ABOUT THE SHOW
Growing up in her family’s roadside oddities shop, twelve-year-old Andi has always shared a special bond with her grandfather Pop, a collector of curiosities with a penchant for telling tall tales. But when Pop’s memories suddenly begin to fade, Andi must brave a looming hurricane and embark on a perilous odyssey through the oddities of Florida in search of the one thing that might cure him: The Fountain of Youth.
A raucous, folk-rock celebration of the healing power of family folklore, FOUNTAIN looks at love and loss through the eyes of a child—and encourages us all to find the wonder in the weird.
"The enchanting score and emotional resonance of this adventure leap off of the page and take you on a musical journey that is both intimate and epic. It's a must-see experience that elevates the genre."
- NAMT Festival Committee
THE FAMILY TREE
ANDI'S JOURNEY
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DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
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FOUNTAIN was presented as part of the National Alliance for Musical Theater (NAMT) 2023 Festival of New Musicals
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FOUNTAIN was 1 of 3 musicals workshopped at the O'Neill Theater Center's
2023 National Music Theater Conference
FOUNTAIN was recently named a recipient of the inaugural Pipeline Arts Foundation Award
& Honorable Mention for the American Playwriting Foundation's 2022 Relentless Award
MUSIC
CHRISTOPHER ANSELMO is an award-winning songwriter and playwright. His musicals include ATLANTIC (Edinburgh), FABLE (NYMF) and the NYT Critic’s Pick adaptation of THE POUT-POUT FISH, which premiered at the New Victory Theater in 2019, continues to tour the nation with TheaterWorksUSA, and recently released its official cast recording. His latest musicals include FOUNTAIN, which was developed at the O’Neill NMTC and NAMT Festival of New Musicals, and is currently under option from Hendel Productions; and PRINCESS KAY OF THE MILKY WAY, developed at the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Grove at Goodspeed Musicals and Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, and will have its world premiere at Minneapolis’s Children’s Theatre Company in Spring 2027. Also with Jared Corak, he is currently developing a new commission from Two River Theater and a new licensing project for Disney Theatrical Group. As a team, they have been named finalists for the Larson Grant and Kleban Prize. In addition to his work as a writer, Anselmo has served as associate to composer Jeanine Tesori on her projects, most recently KIMBERLY AKIMBO and SOFT POWER. Member of ASCAP, Dramatists Guild and the BMI Advanced Workshop. christopheranselmo.com
JARED CORAK is a Brooklyn-based writer and lyricist. His musicals include the NYT Critic’s Pick adaptation of THE POUT-POUT FISH, which premiered at the New Victory Theater in 2019, continues to tour the nation with TheaterWorksUSA, and recently released its official cast recording featuring George Salazar, Bonnie Milligan, Talia Suskauer and others; FOUNTAIN, which was developed at the O’Neill NMTC and NAMT Festival of New Musicals, and is currently under option from Hendel Productions; and PRINCESS KAY OF THE MILKY WAY, developed at the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Grove at Goodspeed Musicals and Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, and will have its world premiere at Minneapolis’s Children’s Theatre Company in Spring 2027. Also with Christopher Anselmo, he is currently developing a new commission from Two River Theater and a new licensing project for Disney Theatrical Group. As a team, they have been named finalists for the Larson Grant and Kleban Prize. Corak is also the recipient of the Ellen Schwartz Award for Outstanding Literary Merit in Lyric Writing and the Jean Banks Award. When he is not writing musicals, he works on the CBS TV show FBI.
