S.I.M.P.S - A New Musical at IRT Theater

Kevin Everyman is stuck. He knows that boys need to talk about their feelings, but he also knows that his voice is probably not what the world needs to hear. With this in mind, he joins the Self-Improvement & Male Preservation Society, or “S.I.M.P.S.” – a cult of young men promising to teach Kevin how to protect the world from the dangers of his masculinity. But when the society uses harrowing violence to uphold its supposed progressivism, Kevin must reckon more honestly with his role in today’s gender landscape. A pulp-horror satire with a violent jazz-pop score, S.I.M.P.S. uses sensibilities like those of Fight Club, South Park, Michael R. Jackson, and Midsommar as it embarks on a daring, hysterical, complex interrogation of the manosphere.

The show will star Aaron Arnell Harrington (Little Shop of Horrors, Westside Theatre Off-Broadway), Cory Jeacoma (Gatsby at A.R.T.; Beautiful: The Carole King Musical on Broadway), Karl Josef Co (NBC’s “The Endgame”; Gentleman’s Guide…Murder on BroadwayOnDemand), Logan Farine (RENT 20th Anniversary Tour), John El-Jor (Mean Girls on Paramount; American Idol; We Live in Cairo), Walter Higginbotham (Rock of Ages), and Kamari Saxon.

S.I.M.P.S. features book and lyrics by Hamish Marissen-Clark (The Brotherhood of DIX, Toronto) and music by Alec Steinhorn (People You May Know, AMTP/Kennedy Center Award) The musical will be directed by Nicholas Polonio (Slave Play on Broadway) with musical direction by Patrick B. Phillips (The Wiz on Broadway, Suffs on Broadway). It is produced by Shannon Molly Flynn (PAC NYC, Normal Ave).