YOU ARE MINE To Be Presented By Venice Island Performing Arts

Venice Island Performing Arts New Musical Series has selected YOU ARE MINE by Connecticut playwright Susan Cinoman, based on the music of Nashville singer/songwriter Maia Sharp and directed by Beth Criscuolo, to be presented as its 2026 new musical.

Venice Island Performing Arts New Musical Series presents O’Neill National Musical Theatre Conference Semi-Finalist You Are Mine, a funny and romantic new play with music by award-winning playwright, television writer, and Philadelphia native Susan Cinoman, based on the music of acclaimed singer/songwriter Maia Sharp.

What happens when a buttoned-up restaurant hostess, an Ivy League-bound dishwasher, a wildly hotheaded cook in recovery and his angry longtime girlfriend, the ghost of a wealthy Manhattanite, and a Subaru salesperson find themselves in various states of unrequited love—together in a broken-down apartment on one transformative night?

This musical comedy about the seductive pull of the past and the soaring possibilities that open up when we are brave enough to let go is an original musical first seen in workshop at the Connecticut Theatre Exchange in Washington, Connecticut, directed by Nelson Eusebio and produced by Tracy Liz Miller and Kent Burnham.

Performances run November 20 and 21, 2026 at Venice Island Performing Arts & Recreation Center 7 Lock Street Philadelphia, PA 19127. Ticket information is forthcoming, 

About Susan Cinoman

Susan Cinoman is a playwright and screenwriter whose work is published and produced internationally. She began as a comedy writer and performer in the all-woman comedy group, “The Soubrettes,” in Philadelphia. For television, Susan created the recurring character of Miss Cinoman on the ABC hit The Goldbergs and wrote for the series.

Stage productions include Gin and Bitters and Cinoman and Rebeck at Miranda Theatre Company. Other representative stages include Ensemble Studio Theatre, Naked Angels, Creative Voices, Cherry Lane Theatre, Tristan Bates Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse, and others.

Cinoman is the recipient of the Maxwell Anderson Playwrights Prize. Her work has also been recognized by the Golden Script Competition, the O’Neill National Musical Theatre Conference, Vineyard Arts Project, and the Sag Harbor American Music Festival. She and director Douglas Tenaglia received the Best Connecticut Filmmaker Award for Love and Class in Connecticut.

About Maia Sharp

Maia Sharp has had her songs recorded by Bonnie Raitt, The Chicks, Cher, Edwin McCain, David Wilcox, Art Garfunkel, Liz Wright, Lisa Loeb, Terri Clark, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal, Trisha Yearwood, and many others.

Sharp has released nine solo albums, a collaborative project with Art Garfunkel and Buddy Mondlock, and the duo project Roscoe & Etta. She is also an adjunct professor at NYU and has been writing for Songwriting With: Soldiers for eight years. Her latest album, Tomboy, will be available in all the ways on September 12.