Fest Fast Facts

1. Where Did Lizard Boy Come From? Lizard Boywas originally commissioned by Seattle Rep in 2012 and premiered there in 2015. In 2016, the Lizards basked in the San Diego sunshine at Diversionary Theatre for a second production. Our original cast album is available wherever you stream your music!
2. Why a Lizard Boy? I created the lead character Trevor while imagining a queer, Filipino superhero whose queerness and race are not at the core of his trauma. Instead, his deep insecurity is his lizard scales, which he learns may even be his greatest power. While on the surface Lizard Boy is a superhero myth, underneath the green scaly skin it’s a story of being an outsider.
3. Only 3 actors? For all the epic turns this story takes, we tell it on a very small scale with only three actor-musicians! Every note of music and every sound you hear is made by the actors—with the exception of one huge, mythical, secret sound at the very end, but you really think I’d spoil it? No way!
4. Lizards Around the World! While we’ve only had two regional productions on the west coast, our cast album has spread Lizard love all over the freakin’ planet, including Ireland, Australia, the Netherlands, and the Philippines! My favorite thing we’ve seen in the last couple of years is a social media surge of Lizard Boy fan art, cosplay and song covers! #LizardBoy!
5. What’s Next for the Lizards? We’re looking for partners for a commercial production in New York and beyond. This musical was created for the stage but we’d also love to explore Lizard Boy as a live-action film, an animated film, a graphic novel, a TYA novel and more!