REB + VoDKa + ME

Music by Julia Meinwald
Book and Lyrics by Gordon Leary 
Directed by Benjamin Kamine
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September 11, 2014 would have been Columbine High School shooter Dylan Klebold’s 33rd birthday and the Tumblr community of his fans, known as Columbiners, spent the day thinking of him. The mourning was interrupted when Chardon High School shooter T.J. Lane escaped from prison that evening, throwing the true crime community into a frenzy. REB + VoDKa + ME follows a girl through the events of that day, her own eighteenth birthday, exploring the quest for community and understanding of the misunderstood.

Development History

  • 2019 workshop with The Civilians and Opera America
  • 2018 Opera America Discovery Grant, supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation
  • 2017 workshop with NYU's New Studio on Broadway
  • 2017 Yale Institute for Music Theatre alumni residency
  • 2016-2017 Musical Theatre Factory writers group participant
  • 2016 Sharing, The Civilians’ R&D Group FINDINGS Series
  • 2016 Johnny Mercer Colony at Goodpseed Musicals
  • REB + VoDKa + ME was written in the 2015-2016 Civilians’ R&D Group,

Production Photos

Old School Demo

Demo with Strings

REB+VoDKA+ME demo reel

Music Videos

Concert Videos