A promotional poster for the musical 'Monster' featuring a woman with dark hair and a serious expression, set against a dark background with a circuit board design.

monster

a full-length musical by hannah z. morley and benjamin walton loosely based off of mary shelley’s frankenstein. developed as a thesis for nyu’s graduate musical theatre writing program, evie creates an ai mimicking the consciousness of her ancestor mary shelley to write new stories to save her family’s failing publishing business and to win the attention of her mom.

    • book by hannah z. morley, music and lyrics by benjamin walton.

    • cast of 4 (with an ensemble of 4)

    • pop/rock score

    • developed at the nyu graduate musical theatre writing program as a thesis with feedback from randall eng, mindi dickstein, and deborah brevoort - june 2023-may 2024

    • winter workshop at nyu hosted by jonathan bernstein (cast: rebecca naomi jones & marinda anderson) - january 2024

    • goodspeed opera house residency - march 2024

    • 16-hour workshop at new york university (dir. marella martin koch, music dir. mila henry, cast: susan o’dea, olivia abiassi, demond green) - april 2024

    • 90-minute table reading at nyu (cast: ryan koch, juliana rose smith, rachel jancarek, sarah drummer) - may 2024

    • finalist for pegasus playlab - 2025