Desperate Measures

Music by David Friedman

Book and Lyrics by Peter Kellogg

Directed by David Smith-English

June 30- July 24, 2022

Preview June 30, Opening night July 1

Winner of the 2018 Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics, this witty and wild new musical comedy takes the Bard’s Measure for Measure and shakes things up. When the dangerously handsome Johnny Blood’s life is on the line, he must put his fate into the hands of a colorful cast of characters including a mysterious sheriff, an eccentric priest, an authoritarian governor, a saloon girl gone good, and a nun out of the habit. Before the sun sets, will they rise up and pull off the greatest caper yet, or will Johnny be left hanging?

“Desperate Measures draws uncanny parallels to the world in which we’re currently living—namely in its exploration of the abuses of power that take place in this small Western town.” -Oliva Clement, Playbill

Sponsored by Betsy and Wendell White, Jean Uzelac and Daphne and Tim Wuest