Brokeneck Girls:

The Murder Ballad Musical

Directed by Michael Hagins, written by Eve Blackwater, music by Brokeneck Girls.

Spring 2024 at NYC Fringe Festival and Estrogenious Festival. March 22, April 6, 10, 14 and 19.

The Murder Ballad Musical is a comedy based on the celebrated violence in folk music and the true crimes that inspired these songs.  The social commentary delivers fast-paced, uproarious laughter while addressing issues of race, class, gender, violence and power.  Revenge, redemption, free will and the conflict between good and evil unfold unexpectedly in a story focused on three women who bond over music and begin to share increasingly outrageous secrets. Eventually the truth comes out- that the desire to survive has driven all of them to become what they fear most.  The score, performed by the folk noir band Brokeneck Girls,  features songs of murder, mayhem and dirty deeds spiced up with juicy gossip and facts about the real people and events in the songs. Loyalty, murder, quick wit, banjo jokes show a hidden side of history and make for a thoroughly entertaining evening.