MUSICALS
HELSINKI
—a new musical comedy—
music & lyrics: Barrett Riggins
book & lyrics: Graham Techler
A shy love affair is put to the test by the Finnish depression in 1991.
Winner of the 2025 Richard Rodgers Award. 2026 Workshop at The New Group, directed by John Rando. Selection of National Alliance for Musical Theatre 2024 Festival of New Musicals, directed by Marshall Pailet. Finalist for the 2026 Kleban Prize. Finalist for the 2023 Normal Ave NAP Series. Semi-Finalist for the 2024 and 2023 National Music Theater Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center. Semi-Finalist for the 2023 American Music Theatre Project. In development with Mix & Match Productions.
...PORTIS COLFAX...
—a silly sad one-man musical Western—
music & lyrics: Barrett Riggins
book & lyrics: Graham Techler
A 19th century sharpshooter tours a one-man show in pursuit of his lost love.
Presented as part of Ensemble Studio Theatre/Youngblood's Bloodworks 2025 Reading Series, directed by Dylan Guerra. Recipient of a 2025 Ouroboros Commission. In development with Lucas Katler Productions.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
—a new musical adaptation—
music & lyrics: Barrett Riggins & Graham Techler
Commissioned by Roustabout Theater to write new songs for an adaptation of Dickens' novella. Production in December 2021, 2024, and 2026, directed by Clark Houston Lewis.
THE MODERATORS
—a new musical—
book: Graham Techler
music & lyrics: Barrett Riggins
Lee is an overworked office drone at Coaxial, a company contracted by Facebook to review and remove content deemed too disturbing for the public. When he finds evidence that could potentially stop some of the acts being posted, he has to convince his chipper manager to take action in a darkly comic look at Big Tech's underbelly.
Produced at the Kraine Theater as part of the Originals Theatre Festival in January 2020, directed by Madeline Rouverol.
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