Michael Kaplan
Musical Theater and Storytelling

Pitch Night Finalist - Musicalwriters.com November 2025
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Semi Finalist - Wild Imaginings Festival 2025
Three couples eagerly arrive at their regular dinner together, only to find that the fourth couple is missing. What happened to Sarah and Fred? Someone heard they had a fight. Another knows a bit of dirt, but they don’t want to share. Did the marriage blow up overnight? With that, the dynamic of the show is established. The six friends will tell the story of Sarah and Fred, trying to piece together what exactly happened. Sarah and Fred appear to sing about their highs and lows, capturing the history of a 20-year marriage in blazing musical shorthand. Along the way, the perspectives twist and clash, as our guides bring their personal biases to the shared story line. In other words, we have a song cycle punctuated by totally unreliable narrators.
Book and Lyrics by Michael Kaplan
Music by Sam Steere & Michael Kaplan
Sam and I were thrilled to have one of our songs performed at the MusicalWriters.com New Works Cabaret on Sept 30, 2023 at Theatre Arlington in Arlington, Texas. The entire evening was under the inspired direction and creative vision of Rebecca Lowrey, and Ms. Jessica Humphrey simply knocked it out of the park!
