SUPER JEWELS | JUNE 20-22
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A New Musical Based on the Award-winning Novel
Why does everything seem so easy for everyone else? As Jewels recounts her adventures from Kinderprison to Muddle School, she looks for clues to what sets her apart. Could she be an alien, a superhero, or something completely different?
Join Jewels as she explores the confusing - and often hilarious - world of social expectations. Jewels' journey of self-discovery takes her to some unexpected places, and most surprising of all is finding a little bit of ourselves along the way.
Performances:
Friday June 20 at 7pm | Opening Night reception
Saturday June 21 at 2pm
Saturday June 21 at 7pm | ASL-interpreted
Sunday June 22 at 2pm | ASL-interpreted
Spinning Tree Theatre is a Resident Theatre Company at Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center
8788 Metcalf Ave. in Overland Park, Kansas
The writing team
BK Bradshaw
Brenda "BK" Bradshaw is an award-winning author, former elementary and middle school teacher, special reading teacher, and assistant professor of elementary education. An avid reader and writer, BK has always been immersed in children's literature. In recent years, her daughters have given her the inspiration to create the resilient female characters, Crystal Brave and Super Jewels.
BK's books include:
Autism: What Schools are Missing
The Alien Logs of Super Jewels
The Adventures of Crystal Brave series:
Earthquake at the Taum Sauk,
Treasures of the Current,
and Lost in the Woods
Foxies and the Mysterious Floating Object
Sometimes in the Sky
BK has been a guest on the podcasts, The Autism Show, Talkin Live with Eli, and Care Activities with Neil Hogbin. She has made appearances on Ozarks Live! news show in Springfield, Missouri, volunteered with the Horse Tales Literacy project and met with hundreds of children and teachers across the Ozarks in school and barn visits.
Josh Freilich
Josh Freilich is a NYC-based composer, arranger, orchestrator and musician. Originally from Ardsley, New York, Josh has been devoted to music since age 2, when he began plunking out melodies on his family's upright piano. By 4, he was taking piano lessons, later diving into jazz and classical training. His love for musical theatre was sparked after seeing his first Broadway show at age 9, and cemented when he played the opening chords of "Pippin" at French Woods Festival.
Josh earned his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Piano from the Manhattan School of Music and his MFA from NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, where he wrote his first full-length musical, loosely based on Oscar Wilde’s The Star Child. Music director credits: Tuck Everlasting, Oliver!, Sweet Charity, The Prom, Joseph…Dreamcoat, countless others. Arranger/Orchestrator credits: A New Brain with Tony winner William Finn, multiple charts with the New York Pops, and Air Supply’s Graham Russell. Has arranged and played with Brian Stokes Mitchell, Paul Gemignani, Andrea Burns, Kerry Butler, and Steven Reineke.
Josh is a proud member of the Disney Cruise Line family since 2018.