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 Fable (NYMF), Atlantic (AMTP, Edinburgh) and the New York Times Critic’s Pick adaptation of The Pout-Pout Fish, which premiered at the New Victory Theater in 2019 and continues to tour the nation with TheaterWorksUSA. His latest musical, Fountain, has received residencies through New Victory LabWorks and the O’Neill NMTC. In addition to his work as a writer, Anselmo serves as associate to composer Jeanine Tesori on her projects, most recently the Tony Award-winning Kimberly Akimbo and Soft Power. Member of ASCAP, Dramatists Guild, BMI Advanced Workshop and Northwestern alum. christopheranselmo.com
JARED CORAK is a Brooklyn-based writer and lyricist, originally from sunny South Florida. His musicals include the New York Times Critic’s Pick adaptation of The Pout-Pout Fish, which premiered at the New Victory Theater in 2019 and continues to tour the nation with TheaterWorksUSA, and Fountain, which has received residencies through New Victory LabWorks and the O’Neill NMTC. He is the recipient of the Ellen Schwartz Award for Lyric Writing and the Jean Banks Award. When he is not writing musicals, he works on the CBS TV show FBI. Member of the BMI Advanced Workshop and Northwestern alum.
