Musicals
Book, music and lyrics by Joseph Aragon:
Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare (2009)
Lucrezia Borgia (2007)
Conclave: The Musical (2006)
Euryalus & Lucretia (2006)
Illuminati: The Musical (2005)
Bloodsuckers! The Musical (2004)
Music and lyrics by Joseph Aragon:
For instrumental samples from the musicals,
please visit the Compositions page.
For more information on the musicals (including
performance rights) please contact the author.
Hersteria (2011)
book by Sharon Bajer, music & lyrics by Joseph Aragon
Musical Comedy, 1 act, 90 min | 4f
A comedic musical noir about four women who are driven to murder after being betrayed by their therapist.
Production: Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 2011
produced by Winnipeg Studio Theatre
Script and Audio samples
coming soon...
Illuminati II: The Second One (2011)
Musical Comedy, 1 act, 90 min | 8m, 8f
The sequel to 2005's Illuminati: The Musical. The dreaded secret society meets its match in three Counter-Illuminati agents and a dolphin.
Production: Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 2011
produced by Kiss The Giraffe Productions
Script and Audio samples
coming soon...
Bloodless: The Trial of Burke & Hare (2009)
Musical Dark Comedy, 2 acts, 90 min | 8m, 6f, chorus
Winner: Best of Fest 2009, Winnipeg Fringe Festival
Winner: Harry S. Rintoul Award for Best New Manitoban Play
Two 19th-century serial killers go into business selling corpses to Edinburgh anatomy schools in this true-crime thriller.
Production: Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 2009
produced by White Rabbit Productions
REVIEWS:
Winnipeg Free Press — ★★★★½
Winnipeg Sun — ★★★★
CBC — ★★★★★
Lucrezia Borgia (2007)
Musical Drama, 95 min | 9m, 5f, chorus
Sex, betrayal, corruption and intrigue in Renaissance Italy. A re-examination of the life of history’s legendary femme fatale.
Reading: Prairie Theatre Exchange, Carol Shields Festival, May 2007
Production: Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 2007
produced by Canadian Musical Theatre Development Group (CMTDG), Inc.
Reading: Dry Cold Productions, December 2007
Audio Samples:
Conclave: The Musical (2006)
Musical Comedy, 75 min | 7m, 6f, chorus
Winner: Best of Fest 2006, Winnipeg Fringe Festival
A priest and a paranormal debunker work to foil a demonic plot to blow up the Sistine Chapel during a papal election.
Production: Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 2006
produced by Kiss The Giraffe Productions
Audio Samples:
Euryalus & Lucretia (2006)
Musical Adaptation, 105 min | 8m, 4f, chorus
A Frankish soldier and a married Tuscan noblewoman attempt to consummate their love; plots are hatched, bodices are ripped, and love conquers all in the worst possible way. Adapted from a Renaissance novella by A. S. Piccolomini (later Pope Pius II).
Production: National Theatre School of Canada, April 2006
Part of the 2006 NTS New Words Festival
Audio Samples:
Illuminati: The Musical (2005)
Musical Comedy, 90 min | 7m, 8f
A conspiracy theorist, a journalist, a scientist, and a homeless girl navigate through a complex web of conspiracies to save the world from the clutches of an evil, all-powerful secret society.
Production: Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 2005
produced by Kiss The Giraffe Productions
Audio Samples:
Bloodsuckers! The Musical (2004)
Musical Comedy, 75 min | 6m, 5f
Winner: Best of Fest 2004, Winnipeg Fringe Festival
A group of greedy American theme park developers travel to Romania to negotiate plans for “Dracula Land” with a Transylvanian landholder named Vlad. Singing, dancing and bloodletting ensue.
Production: Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 2004
produced by Kiss The Giraffe Productions
Audio Samples: