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THE FRESHMAN EXPERIMENT - a living musical
The Freshman Experiment follows two young women (posting under the pseudonyms of "Christine Coke" and "PosterChild") who blog about their lives during their first years at two different universities. As the bloggers describe living away from home, struggling through classes, troubles with roommates and romances, and so on, Kerrigan and Lowdermilk work to translate their experiences into music and lyrics. www.thefreshmanexperiment.com

HENRY AND MUDGE
Henry is a seven-year-old boy who has just moved to a new house in the country. His parents say it’s so he has room to play. Henry only thinks it’s lonely. Mudge is the 180-pound dog that moves in with Henry’s family. He and Henry become fast friends and they spend all their time together. Maybe Henry’s year in the country won’t be so bad after all! Henry And Mudge was commissioned by TheatreworksUSA and will open off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in 2006.

THE UNAUTHORIZED AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SAMANTHA BROWN
Sam, a senior in high school, has what everyone always wanted: a boyfriend who loves her, functional parents and an acceptance letter to the school of her choice. And since she's moving to New York City she doesn't even need the driver's license she's too chicken to get. So she doesn't need to be worried. And she doesn't need to be happy. Right? Featured in the National Alliance of Musical Theatre Songwriter Showcase (September 25, 2005), at the 92nd St. Y’s Showcase Series at the Makor (April 15, 2005), and at Bound For Broadway IV at Merkin Hall (November 28, 2005).

THE WOMAN UPSTAIRS
Helen Morton is a physicist who hates music, living above a violinist who is falling in love with her. Once a woman who only lived for her work, she starts to realize that she needs to find other reasons for life when she learns that she’s going to be fired. Filled with a cast of characters as big as the city they inhabit, The Woman Upstairs is a belated coming-of-age story, an old-fashioned New York romance, and the quirky journey of a physicist who needs to learn how to love the sounds of the city. Workshop production at the 47th Street Theatre as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival (September 2004). Reading at North Shore Music Theater as part of the BOAM Festival in Boston (May 2004).

WRONG NUMBER
You wake to the sound of a phone ringing. A voice on the line says that he has kidnapped your child. There's only one thing: you don't have a child. Do you find out whose kid it is, or roll over and head back to sleep? This is one of many choices you, the audience, will make in this new choose-your-own-adventure musical comedy. Wrong Number was co-commissioned by the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Workshop production at the 45th Street Theatre as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival (September 2005).