Village Theatre, a company based in the Seattle area that concentrates on performing new plays, will present a Mother Road-related production during the Village Originals’ ninth annual Festival of New Musicals this week.
Productions will be held at the Francis J. Gaudette Theatre in Issaquah, Wash. These will be staged readings — no sets, but the plays fully sung with the script in the actors’ hands.
According to Playbill, one of the productions is this:
Route 66
Book by Jerold Goldstein and William Squier
Lyrics by William Squier
Music by Fred Stark
“This upbeat country musical is a toe-tapping, foot-stomping journey about love and the American spirit. Take a breathtaking ride on Route 66, the iconic highway that is the backbone of this unexpected love story. A struggling journalist is given an assignment no one else would take that paired her up with a free-spirited photographer. The turn events forces her to look at life from a new angle. Their assignment: Route 66. Come along as this duo learns that success is about the road taken, relationships developed, and the people you meet along the way.”
The “Route 66” presentation is Saturday. Alas, it’s invitation-only to see it.
More about “Route 66” can be found here, including a synopsis and excerpts of several songs.