Soft Magical Tofu Boy(s)
2025 Festival
For More Information Contact
Colin Rivers – Marquis Literary, colin@mqent.ca, 416.960.9123 x226
Number of Acts: 1
Number of Principals (Male): 3
Number of Principals (Female): 2
Number of Principals (Trans / GNC): 2
Total Cast Size: 7
Orchestra Breakdown:
Piano/Keys 1, Keys 2, Bass, Guitars, Violin, E-Drums
Casting Notes:
The cast is 3 actors who each play one of the main three brothers, and then four ensemble members who play all other ensemble but also all other principal roles – ensemble tracks often interchange between pronouns but within a particular range of gender. (I.e. Ensemble track 3 only plays He/Him or They/Them)
Genre & Style:
90s R&B, 90s Pop
Synopsis
Three brothers have a magical ability: to conjure images and sounds into the air. But what good is that in a hard, unmagical world? Soft Magical Tofu Boy(s) is a colorful journey through a queer Asian fantasia brimming with pop divas, anime princesses, disapproving ancestral spirits and more.
Development History
Soft Magical Tofu Boy(s) was commissioned in 2022 by the Musical Stage Company in Toronto as with funding from the Aubrey and Marla Dan Fund for New Musicals. It has been developed and supported by the Musical Stage Company along with fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company through a series of workshops in Toronto from 2023-present. It was developed with the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center as part of the 2024 National Music Theatre Conference in Waterford, CT. In 2024, it won the Playwrights Guild of Canada’s Dan School of Drama & Music Award for Best New Musical.