PERPETUAL SUNSHINE & THE GHOST GIRLS
Words by Sara Cooper, Music by Lynne Shankel
PERPETUAL SUNSHINE & THE GHOST GIRLS is a through-composed musical theatre piece about the capitalist exploitation of workers’ bodies and rights in the face of a national public health crisis. Featuring an original 1920’s-2020’s mashup score, the show is based on the true story of the women who worked in the factories and were knowingly poisoned by the United States Radium Corporation, and who fought back, changing United States labor laws forever.
“The Music Of Tomorrow”
Performed by Leila Shaye
Orchestration by August Eriksmoen
Filmed December 2020 at the University of Michigan School of Music,Theatre and Dance
“Perpetual Sunshine”
Directed by Victoria Bussert
Orchestration by Lynne Shankel
Music Direction, Audio and Video Editing by Matthew Webb
Featuring Katelyn Baughman, Piper Bruce, Colette Elan Caspari, Audrey Hare, Autumn Key, Jesse Kirtley, Alexa Lopez, Eden Mau, Claire Marie Miller, Andie Peterson, Lauren Senden and Bella Serrano
Development History
Richard Rodgers Award (2022)
National Alliance For Musical Theatre Festival Of New Musicals (2022)
New York Theatre Barn Choreography Lab (2022)
Rhinebeck Writers Retreat (2021)
New York Theatre Barn New Works Series (2021)
Featured in NYU Faculty Concert (2021)
5 x 15 Festival, Beck Center for the Arts featuring Baldwin Wallace. Direction by Victoria Bussert, Music Direction by Matthew Webb (2021)
National Alliance For Musical Theatre 15-Min Challenge Winner (2020)