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The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul

Book, Music and Lyrics by Christie Baugher

The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul is a two-person, one act full-length chamber musical about F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, celebrated literary figures of the Jazz Age. Part memory play, part gin-soaked vaudeville, The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul is a fictionalized, hyper-theatrical imagining of an infamous marriage – an evening in which two tragic, larger-than-life icons of a bygone era finally get to tell their story.

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A commercial off-Broadway production of The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul is in the works produced by Brainstorm Live Entertainment.  For more information, please visit fitzgeraldsmusical.com.

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A preview production of The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul was presented November 8-24, 2024 by Irish Classical Theatre Company in Buffalo, NY, directed by Danny Mefford and featuring Jewell Wilson Bridges as Scott and Shannon O'Boyle as Zelda, with orchestrations by Frank Galgano and Matt Castle.  For more information, check out Irish Classical's website.

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Development History:

  • Presented in concert at 54 Below (2014)

  • Presented in York Theatre's Developmental Reading Series (2016)

  • Workshop, Fault Line Theatre's Irons in the Fire Series (2018)

  • Sold out in concert at Joe's Pub (2019)

  • Official selection of the Pacific Playwrights Festival at South Coast Rep (2020)

  • Selection of the 2023 ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop

  • Presented in Jonathan Larson Legacy concert at Adelphi University (2023)

  • Preview production at Irish Classical Theatre Company, Buffalo, NY (2024)

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All photos from the preview production of The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul at Irish Classical Theatre Company in November 2024, featuring Shannon O'Boyle as Zelda and Jewell Wilson Bridges as Scott.  Photo credit: Jorge Luna

Listen to demos from The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul here:

"[T]he songs are so perfectly reminiscent of The Great American Songbook by (Buffalo’s) Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, or George Gershwin.  None of their songs are quoted or copied, but we are washed with nostalgia for a bygone era.  And Baugher’s lyrics seem of that era, too."
- Peter Hall, Buffalo Rising 

"Witty, smart and heartbreaking... The cast and creative team here are all of the highest caliber and such a successful first staging portends well for the future of this alluring new musical. Catch THE FITZGERALDS OF ST. PAUL before it moves onward, and hopefully upward."
- Michael Rabice, BroadwayWorld

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