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Son of a Gun!
Music and Lyrics by Don Chaffer
Book by Chris Cragin
Directed by Steve Day
at Joe's Pub
May 9th at 7pm
tickets are $17
A new rock musical under development, The Khrusty Brothers is a cross between The Royal Tenenbaums, The Who's Tommy, and Smoke on the Mountain. A quirky fable about a father and a son, the musical’s main character Danderhauler Agamemnon Khrusty grows up under the tutelage of his father Winston Wilbur Force Khrusty. Winston has lived a successful career as a traveling bluegrass-gospel singer, but Danderhauler wants to sing a different tune. The musical also includes the brothers Bud, Jonas, and Khorky Khrusty, as well as a merry band of pregnant teens. While zanny, The Khrusty Brothers is predmoninetly an exploration of how our parents shape our world view.
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Don Chaffer, Composer/Lyricst
Don Chaffer has won an ASCAP song of the year award in CHR as well as a "song of the year" award from Radio and Records. He has also sold the best-selling independent Christian album of all time with his band Waterdeep. Having been signed under the Squint records private label, Waterdeep stood in league with bands like Sixpence None the Richer and Burlap to Cashmere. Their albums have been produced by Darrell Brown (Keith Urban, Radney Foster), Dennis Matkosky (Chicago, Eddie Money), and engineered by Niko Bolas (Neil Young, Fiona Apple, Billy Joel).
"Don Chaffer's stream of consciousness songwriting is among the best in the business: gutsy, honest, relatable, poetic... without sounding forced or obvious." - Christianity Today
Chris Cragin, Book Writer
Chris has written six full length plays including A War in a Manger (commissioned and given a "first look presentation" by Art Within Theatre in Atlanta), Emily (Theatre Row), Deadheading Roses (produced by Firebone Theatre at The Lamb's in Times Square and Acacia Theatre, published by Original Works Publishing), Debutantes Anonymous (workshopped at The Lamb's Theatre), The River Nun (developed at The Public EWG), and Lady of the Dunes. Chris also has six one act plays: Milking Success (Actor's Theatre of Louisville Semi-Finalist and MWTC finalist), Peanut Butter or Soy (Baylor University), Pankhurst (Baylor University), Nathaniel, Dig (The Public EWG retreat), and Port Authority (The Public EWG retreat). Chris is a proud member of the inaugural Emerging Writer's Group at The Public Theatre.
