Son of a Khrusty

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Son of a Gun
Music and Lyrics by Don Chaffer
Book by Chris Cragin and Don Chaffer
A staged reading
Saturday, July 2 at 8pm; Sunday July 3 at 3pm; Wednesday, July 6 at 8pm; and Friday, July 8 at 7pm
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, 305 Great Neck Road, Waterford, CT 06385
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Danderhauler Agamemnon Khrusty finally admits to himself and his girlfriend, Lucy, that he is going to quit the family band. The confession proves untimely when the next day their father and band leader is diagnosed with aggressive tongue cancer, leaving Dan the responsibility of carrying on the family legacy. Packed with dueling cowboys, flaming vans, seduction, and one angelic host, Son of a Gun is a darkly comic bluegrass rock musical that tells the tale of this wildly eccentric Appalachian family.

Click on a song to listen to the music
HAVE YOURSELF A REAL GOOD TIME ! (Winston, Elmadora, and the family)
I'M AFRAID I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS (Lucy)
TOOLS IN THE GARAGE
WHITTLE DOWN (Dan)
LEAVE IT IN (Cowboy Jesus)

Don Chaffer, Composer/Lyricist
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).

Chris Cragin, Book Writer
Chris Cragin is a proud alumni of the 2008 Emerging Writers Group at The Public Theater, where her play, The River Nun, was presented in the 2009 Spotlight Series. Her new musical Son of a Gun, (music and lyrics by Don Chaffer and Lori Chaffer), was accepted as one of four new musicals in the 2011 Eugene O'Neill National Music Theater Conference and was also recently given a concert reading at Joe's Pub. New York productions include Emily, An Amethyst Remembrance by Firebone Theater (winner of NYIT Outstanding Female Actor in a Lead Role award for leading actress Elizabeth Davis), Deadheading Roses by Firebone Theatre, Love & Money (excerpt), and Milking Success, at the Nyorican Poets Café, and Dig at Horse Trade Theater. Other playwriting awards include: Yale Music Theater Institute Finalist, Actor’s Theatre Louisville 10-minute play contest semi-finalist, Riva Shriver Comedy Award Finalist, Primary Stages Semi-Finalist, Inter-Act Play Commission Finalist. Chris works as a screenwriter and story supervisor for Motion Capture NYC. (www.motioncapturenyc.com)

Justin Badger -Danderhauler Agamemnon Khrusty Justin Badger is an actor/singer/songwriter based in New York City. He recently made his Broadway debut in The Public Theatre’s production of Hair directed by Diane Paulus. Other recent New York credits include: Claudius in Welcome Home, Hamlet! (at Joe’s Pub), and Redman #2 in Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant (of which he is a founding member). Regionally he has performed at The Shakespeare Theatre as Guiderius in Cymbeline (dir. Rebecca Bayla Taichman); at A.R.T. with Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant, at the Stonington Opera House as Macduff in Macbeth, Oliver/Amiens in As You Like It and Laertes in Hamlet; for The Emergent Theatre in Tulsa as Dr. Treves in The Elephant Man and Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Television Credits: 30 Rock, Sensing Murder. Justin holds a BFA from UCSB and an MFA from Columbia University. www.justinbadger.com

Drew McVety - Winston Julius Octavia Khrusty, Jr
Broadway: Billy Elliot, Sunday in the Park With George (Roundabout), Spamalot (Shubert), Frozen (MCC Circle in the Square), Big River (Roundabout, Special Tony Award), Titanic (Original Cast), The Heidi Chronicles (Original Cast). First national tour: Cabaret, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Off-Broadway: Click Clack Moo (Lucille Lortelle), Lone Star Love (Houseman), Corpus Christi (MTC; Drama Desk nomination); This Lime Tree Bower (American premiere, Primary Stages), The Substance of Fire (LCT), Twelfth Night, A Doll's House (Public Theater/Acting Company), Rosemary for Remembrance (Atlantic Theater), Red Memories (Circle Rep), The Heidi Chronicles, Substance of Fire (Playwrights Horizons),

Rebecca Hart - Lucy Quintessentia Sunshine
Rebecca Hart (LUCY). New York: DEAD CITY by Sheila Callaghan (world premiere, New Georges), LILA CANTE (At Hand), VENDETTA CHROME (Clubbed Thumb), LOVE SUCKS (NYMF), PUNK PRINCESS (NYMF), THE DEVIL & TOM WALKER (Metropolitan Playhouse), PHENOMENON (HERE), and the original solo show JAZZ DESERT: the life & death of an american band (Culture Project & Druid Theatre Ireland). Regional: A DEVIL AT NOON by Anne Washburn (O'Neill Center), ORESTES: a Tragic Romp by Anne Washburn(Folger Theatre DC & Two River Theatre (NJ), ROCK & ROLL: The Reunion Tour (Actors Theatre of Louisville), PROZAK & THE PLATYPUS (Hartford Stage). She recently co-wrote, composed, and performed in the original musical "STRUCK" in HERE's Summer Sublet Series, and is the lead singer & songwriter for the band Rebecca Hart & the Sexy Children (www.rebeccahart.net).

Jared Mason - Cowboy Jesus
Broadway: Million Dollar Quartet. Jared has performed in several national and international tours including STOMP where he met his wife, Noni. As a multi-instrumentalist/composer, he won Album of the Year at the L.A. Music Awards in 2004.


	Lori Fischer - Elmadora Lucretia Khrusty Lori Fischer is the 2008 New York University “Harry Kondoleon Graduate Award in Playwriting” recipient and a 2008-09 Dramatists Guild Fellow. She is also the actor and author of the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway musical Barbara’s Blue Kitchen. Her work has been seen at the 2007 and 2008 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, the 2007 Stonestreet Film Festival, the 2005 RIPFEST Film Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and The Adirondack Theatre Festival. Other writing credits include: the top forties country song It’s Easy For You. Her short film Dottie’s Thanksgiving Pickle starred Olympia Dukakis, Nancy Opel and Joey Collins premiered at Anthology Film Archives.
				Billy Brimblecom - Bud Gilgamesh Khrusty Billy is a full-time drummer, bandleader, and producer based in Nashville, TN. with over 20 years of experience. He has toured the U.S., Japan, United Kingdom, & Canada. He has played or recorded several artists and producers including Phil Keaggy, Don Chaffer, Waterdeep, Victoria Williams, Blackpool Lights, Steve Wilson, Ed Rose, Sixteen Cities, The START, Brian Virtue, and The Creature Comforts. Billy is also an actor who has performed with Comedy Sportz in Kansas City w/ SNL's Jason Sudeikis. He has performed in regional theatre productions of Always Patsy Cline, Jesus Christ Superstar, Moo Juice, Pink Floyd's The Wall, and Spinal Tap (staged reading). Billy also beat cancer in 2005.
		Ryan Melia - Khorky Kuster Khrusty Ryan is a founding member of PigPen Theatre Company, NYC Fringe Theatre Festival, ITW's Martha's Vineyard, and Iron Dale Theatre. Ryan is a graduate of the Carnegie Melon School of Drama.	David J. Hahn - Co-Musical Director David is a music director and pianist. He lives in New York City and works for theatre productions, auditions, classes and individuals. Dave is currently the Associate Conductor for the revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and the Associate Synth Programmer for Alan Menken's Leap of Faith. Dave's solo piano recording of Hoagy Carmichael's "Nearness of You", from his 2006 album Straight Ahead, can be heard in the 2010 feature film Takers, staring Matt Dillon and Hayden Christensen.e.

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