A MULTIMEDIA ROCK MUSICAL ABOUT AMBITION, GRIEF, AND FINDING YOUR PLACE IN A VAST UNIVERSE
CONCEPT, MUSIC & LYRICS BY
CAMERON HOOD
BOOK BY
CAMERON HOOD, JOHN D. LARSON & DREW HUMPHREY
ADDITIONAL MUSIC & LYRICS BY
RYAN ALFRED, RYAN DAVID GREEN, JOHN D. LARSON & JAMES OLMSTEAD
Inspired by NASA's Voyager Missions
THE STORY
A DRIVEN SONGWRITER and his selfless collaborator turn their love of NASA’s Voyager missions into the language of their music and relationship.But as their careers grow, so does the distance between them. As ambition, grief, and inherited pain pull them apart, they must decide whether they are doomed to repeat the patterns that shaped them — or brave enough to rewrite them.
THE VOYAGER MISSIONS
IN 1977, NASA LAUNCHED a pair of unmanned Voyager spacecraft on a scientific grand tour of the solar system. Each craft was outfitted with a golden record of music, greetings, and images of life on earth to carry beyond the planets into interstellar space.
THE GRAND TOUR
THE GOLDEN RECORD
This is the story of two Voyagers who made a record and took it on tour.
EXPERIENCE THE SHOW
IMAGINE THE EMOTIONAL INTIMACY of Once, the scale and ambition of Pink Floyd’s The Wall, and the cosmic wonder of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos.
NARRATIVE SYNOPSIS (1 MIN)
INTEGRATION OF VOYAGER MATERIAL (9 MIN)
SELECT SONG
"ECLIPTIC BLUES" (2:34)
SELECT SONG
"BLEEDING HEART" (3:26)
SELECT SONG
"GOLD RINGS" (3:11)
Proof-of-concept film available upon request
THE WORLD OF VOYAGERS
THE THEATRICAL WORLD
MUSIC
A driving indie-rock score propels a sung-through script, as the two central characters transform their longing, ambition, and heartbreak into songs, recording sessions, and live concert performances.
MULTIMEDIA
Minimalist scenic design centers archival imagery and mission audio from the Voyager program to create a world where the exploration of outer space reflects the inner lives of the characters.
METAPHOR
As they struggle to understand themselves and each other, the characters interpret their emotional lives and artistic ambitions through the language and symbolism of the Voyager program.
THE VISUAL WORLD
IMMERSIVE, WIDESCREEN PROJECTIONS
MINIMALIST SETS AND PROPS
NASA GRAPHICS
ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE
MISSION-SPECIFIC TITLES
FULL-PRODUCTION CONCERT SEQUENCES
COSMIC SCALE FOR INTIMATE EXPLORATION
DEVELOPMENT
OVER MORE THAN A DECADE, Voyagers: A Space Rock Opera has been developed through songwriting, demo recording, theatre workshops, live performances, and multimedia experimentation.
Five workshops completed
Developed in collaboration with Saguaro City Music Theatre + University of Arizona
Grant and crowdfunding support
Proof-of-concept performance film completed
Projection design proof-of-concept achieved
PRAISE
"ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AND ORIGINAL NEW MUSICALS I'VE ENCOUNTERED."
JAMES OLMSTEAD
BROADWAY ORCHESTRATOR
"THE KIND OF WORK THAT CAN KEEP THE VOYAGER SPIRIT ALIVE FOR A NEW GENERATION."
Douglas Stetson
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Program Manager (1983–2008)
"A work of art in the finest sense of the term. A show of thought and beauty."
NATE WILEY
HOST OF THeatre q's podcast
CREATIVE TEAM
OVERVIEW
CONCEPT, BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS
Songwriter and performer with 20+ years of live performance experience as one-half of the folk duo Ryanhood. Winner of an International Acoustic Music Award and creator of the TEDx Talk "How Bad Things Can Make Us Good People."
WORKSHOP DIRECTOR & BOOK
Producing Artistic Director of Saguaro City Music Theatre, and former Broadway cast member of White Christmas.
JOHN D. LARSON
BOOK & ADDITIONAL LYRICS
Creative writer and academic administrator collaborating on characters, story structure, and lyrics.
MUSIC SUPERVISOR & ORCHESTRATOR
Broadway music director, arranger, and orchestrator whose work includes The Devil Wears Prada, Tony Awards, and A Beautiful Noise.
INDUSTRY MATERIALS
THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS are available by request for industry professionals, collaborators, and presenters interested in exploring the project further.
Industry materials available by request
