Music, lyrics and book by Debbie Andrews and Mike Blaxill of Gladshot

Director and Choreographer: Kay Cole

Creative Consultant: James Rado

BARCODE takes place in a not so distant future where the Data Jammer resistance fights a hack-tacular media war against Earth Corp, the one corporation that rules the globe. Earth Corp wields control over the populous by imprinting barcodes on the wrists of every citizen to monitor all activity. An unlikely romance develops between the young Jammer Dorna, and Nest, the son of an Earth Corp News anchor. Together they could spark a revolution.

BARCODE began in embyonic form as a 4-scene reading at Dixon Place, workshopped at an NYC rock club with cast members from “American Idiot” and premiered at the New York International Fringe Festival with “Hair” author James Rado as creative consultant. Recently Los Angeles-based director and choreographer Kay Cole joined the creative team.

Corporate, Safe and Secure

Data Jammers

(clockwise from left) Jeff Tuohy, Brian Bateson, Raena White, Lynda DeFuria, Sheri Sanders, Mairys Joaquin

Dorna and Nest

Mairys Joaquin and Wes Haskell

Spy Fly

(l to r) Adam Shapiro, Luis Villabon, Matthew Bryan Feld

This Shit is the Best

(clockwise from l) Sheri Sanders, Kyle Szen, Greg Roderick, Simon Pearl, Ellen Weiss, Raena White, Dana Gitlin

"develops a crazy universe in true balls-to-the-wall fashion with an extremely appealing score as its centerpiece" - Theater Mania

"a new rag-tag, upstart, rock-and-roll musical that would be truly terrifying if it wasn't so much fun" - The Huffington Post

CREATIVE TEAM

Debbie Andrews and Mike Blaxill (Music, Lyrics, Book)

Mike and Debbie co-write and perform for the band Gladshot. Their songs have been featured on TNT ("Men of a Certain Age"), CW, Oxygen, MTV and ABC television shows, and they've shared the stage with such artists as OK Go and Gods & Monsters. Debbie is a published poet and an NEA Jazz Award recipient pianist. Mike received BMI's Abe Oleman Award as "the years most promising singer-songwriter".

Kay Cole (Director, Choreographer)

A consummate director and choreographer, Kay brings a unique and timely vision to her creative endeavors in LA, London's West End (“Snoopy”), Off-Broadway (“Desperate Writers”), and Broadway and Film (“Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks”). Her long list of LA credits includes “Bernstein’s Mass” and “Camelot” (Hollywood Bowl), and “Atlanta” (Geffen Playhouse, NAACP nomination).

James Rado (Creative Consultant)

With Gerome Ragni, Jim created "HAiR," co-authoring the book and lyrics, the latter of which were set to music by Galt MacDermot. He originated the role of Claude in "HAiR" when the show premiered on Broadway.

CONTACT

Debbie and Mike - gladshot(at)gmail.com

Kay Cole - kay(at)kaycole.net

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