PRISM: A Festival of New Queer Musicals

The Brick presents
PRISM: A Festival of New Queer Musicals
by The Makers’ Ensemble
playing September 8-13, 2026
at The Brick Theater
running time 90 minutes
tickets $25-50
PRISM: A Festival of New Queer Musicals
Produced by The Makers’ Ensemble in partnership with The Brick Theater & Brooklyn Art Haus
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THE LAUGH OF THE MEDUSA
By Thani Brant
Directed by Megumi Nakamura
Music Directed by Déa Thatcher
One night in two timelines millennia apart, a young writer and the mythical gorgon Medusa pray for a new world where they can live authentically in freedom and safety. Their twin prayers thin the veil that separates space and time, pulling them together on a years-long journey to help each other break free of ancient cycles of violence. THE LAUGH OF THE MEDUSA is a trans coming-of-age musical with a folk-rock score that speaks urgently to the power of artists to forge the path to a better world.
THE RUMSPRINGA PROJECT
Conceived & Directed by Machel Ross
Music & Lyrics by Nina Ross and Ellen Winter
Book by Bubba Weiler
A music-theatre kaleidoscope of queer coming-of-age stories in America inspired by the Amish tradition, “Rumspringa”. Known colloquially as ‘jumping the fence’, it is not only a threshold, but also exists as the liminal passage between worlds.