Works by Kate Thomas:
FORGET ME NOT (Book & Lyrics; Music by Joey Contreras)
Synopsis:
Forget Me Not (Book & Lyrics by Kate Thomas, Music by Joey Contreras) – In 1998, a whale washes ashore in a coastal town, and brings a burst of attention to the remote community. Townspeople initially welcome the interest, but that all changes, when a journalist decides to reopen a cold case that has long haunted them. Ten years prior to the whale, three local women were strangled on the beaches of Forget-Me-Not Cove, but the murderer was never found. When Pete Medina, the brother of one of the victims, returns home after a decade to reinvestigate, he and his fellow townspeople are forced to confront the grief they have buried. This stunning dive into the past leads to an explosive reveal, and ultimately, collective healing. FORGET ME NOT is a new ensemble musical that not only upends the murder mystery trope, but urges us to wonder what we would do to keep from being forgotten.
Bio:
Kate Thomas is a Kleban Prize Finalist, Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist, and 2021 PMCA Emerging Playwright Competition Winner. She is the book writer and lyricist for her musicals with Joey Contreras, ALL THE KIDS ARE DOING IT (Provincetown Playhouse, O’Neill NMTC Finalist, NAMT Semifinalist, IWU, Tisch), FORGET ME NOT (NY Theatre Barn, The Dare Tactic, Open Jar Institute, O’Neill NMTC Semifinalist, NAMT Semifinalist, Tisch), and I USED TO SHINE (Prospect Theater Company, Symphony Space). She was a 2018-2019 Athena Theatre Company Playwriting Fellow and Resident Dramaturg, and her plays include DIRTY JULY (Monsterpiece Theater Collective Winner “BEST PLAY,” New York Theater Festival, Athena Reads), GENUINELY HERE (Edge Fest Semifinalist, Athena Theatre Company, Symphony Space) and SHOOTING JANINE (Athena Theatre Company, Symphony Space). She is part of the Playground-NY Writers Pool, and received her MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from Tisch School of the Arts.
Website: www.katethomaswrites.com