Sure, the fundraising activities have moved from spring’s hyper jitterbug pace to summer’s languid waltz. But don’t go thinking that nothing’s happening.
There is an upcoming event that is not going to be pleasant, but it will be rewarding. No, it’s not your meeting with your accountant. It’s “Broken the Musical.”
Broken the Musical*
What’s that? You didn’t see it on your Dallas Summer Musical lineup? It wasn’t there. This production will debut at Gilley’s on Friday, July 25, with local actors Molly Pope and Jonathan Hardin with original story by Monica Martino and music by Aaron Frylund.
Okay, so you don’t usually associate Gilley’s with musicals, but you also probably don’t put musicals together with the Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center.
The show “follows the path of Mona as she suffers a sexual assault and then grapples with repairing her shattered life.”
According to Monica, who is also the executive producer, ““After hearing the news report about the lost rape kits I thought to myself, ‘That’s just not right.’ Don’t these perpetrators know that no means no? It was then that I came up with the ‘No Means No Tango,’ which turned out to be one of the leading performances in the musical. ‘Strike A Chord’ was also based on a poem that I previously wrote. The words for Broken just showed up; I channeled it.”
For its black-tie opening night on July 25, 50% of ticket sales will benefit the DARCC “to help those in the Dallas-Fort Worth area who are victims of rape.”
Throughout the musical’s run (July 25-August 17), a box will be available for audience members to make donations for the center.
Due to the brutal subject matter, this show is a very adult program and no one under 17 will be admitted with or without guardian.
* Graphic courtesy of "Broken the Musical"