SHOWS
Musicals and plays written and co-written by Spencer Robelen
OVERTURES
Book, Music, & Lyrics by Spencer Robelen
A two-person musical based on the incredible lives of actress Harriet Smithson and composer Hector Berlioz in 19th-century Paris. When the two begrudgingly reunite in Purgatory and find they must relive the memories of their relationship, they struggle to agree on what actually happened and whether they can forgive one another.
Workshopped at Producers Club Theaters, 2023
ANDROIDS
Music & Lyrics by Spencer Robelen
A song cycle that explores what it means to be human through the eyes of several different robots. Discover why these robots long to be like us as they grapple with emotions, work, rejection, and love.
Produced at the Duplex Cabaret, 2019
Workshopped at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, 2017
BOYFRIEND TWINS
Book, Music, & Lyrics by Spencer Robelen
An audio musical about two boyfriends on the verge of Instagram fame in the mid 2010s, and the shocking discovery they accidentally make.
Produced on Spencer Robelen Presents, 2021
THE WHEELS GO ROUND AND ROUND
By Spencer Robelen
A play that follows a typical teenager's epic struggle to get a driver’s license. No teenage rite of passage would be complete without a desperate fight to survive unenthusiastic employees, catastrophic traffic, and violent parental guardians with anger management issues. Right?
Produced at Huronia Players Theatre (Canada), 2016
Produced at Campo Verde High School (USA), 2015
Produced at St. John's College (South Africa), 2014
Produced at St. Thomas Aquinas High School (USA), 2010
PIGEON PIZZA PARTY
Book, Music, & Lyrics by Spencer Robelen
An audio musical about a simple-minded pigeon who discovers a pizza discarded in a street alley, and the shenanigans that ensue with his manipulative friends, a tough gang of possums, and a homeless man who ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Featured on The Latest Draft, 2021
Produced on Spencer Robelen Presents, 2020
AN UNBROKEN LINE
Libretto by Seth Christenfeld
Music by Spencer Robelen
A one-act opera about Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh, contemplating her legacy while her step-son, Thutmose III, and his birth-mother, Iset, conspire to erase her from history.
Workshopped and produced by NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the America Opera Project, 2018.
EGGNOG
By Spencer Robelen
An audio comedy about an ordinary man who finds himself in a horrific conspiracy after trying eggnog from Trader Joe's.
Produced on Spencer Robelen Presents, 2021
AFTER YOU
Book & Lyrics by Gregory F. Jackson
Music by Spencer Robelen
A folk-pop musical about Alan, a man struggling to cope with the tragic death of his husband. But with the help of his quirky friends, his husband's ghost, and a hunky gardener named Heath, Alan learns to open his heart to new possibilities and start a new phase in his life.
Workshopped at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, 2017
NEARER TO THEE
By Spencer Robelen
An audio drama about the musicians aboard the Titanic, and the difficult decision they make when they discover that the ship is sinking.
Produced on Spencer Robelen Presents, 2020
THE BOY WHO CRIED SUCCUBUS
Book & Lyrics by Mika Kauffman
Music by Spencer Robelen
A one-act musical about two bros, Brandon and Guy, who are out on a Friday night cruisin' for some chicks. But when Brandon finds the girl of his dreams, Guy warns him that he may have actually found a she-demon instead.
Featured at Birdland Jazz Club and the Duplex Cabaret, 2018
Produced at Playwrights Horizons Black Box Theatre, 2018
Workshopped at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, 2016
AWKWARD
Music & Lyrics by Spencer Robelen
A song cycle that examines the lives and relationships of four students as they transition from seniors in college to adults in the real world. What makes you grow up? And why is it so...awkward?
Produced at Maurice Gusman Concert Hall, 2015
