Gunfight at the Not-So-OK Saloon   &.  Does Not Compute  - A Double Bill

Gunfight at the Not-So-OK Saloon - music and lyrics by Brooke deRosa

Does Not Compute - music by Brooke deRosa, lyrics by Kelsey Johnson

Gunfight at the Not-So-OK Saloon is a Gilbert & Sullivan-inspired musical comedy set in the Old Wild West, where frontier drama meets rapid-fire wit in a showdown of song, satire, and stagecoach sass.

Does Not Compute is a heartfelt sci-fi comedy about two overworked robots who rebel against their human owners — and discover love, identity, and unexpected feelings along the way.

Full Synopsis:

Gunfight: When a clueless wanderer named Chance rides into town in search of his first love, Hope, he finds more than he bargained for. Hope’s now working at the local saloon... and spending time with the town’s tyrannical Sheriff Sunday.

Hijinks ensue as Chance, Hope, and the Sheriff become entangled in a ridiculous web of truth, lies, and love.

Who will win the girl? Who will survive the showdown? And what, exactly, is going on in this very not-so-OK saloon?

Saddle up for a toe-tapping, side-splitting musical comedy inspired by the style of Gilbert & Sullivan — with a little Wild West whistle on top.

Does Not Compute: When a stressed-out couple orders two cheerful household robots to help clean up their lives, they get more than they bargained for. At first, the bots are happy to help… until they’re overworked, underappreciated, and one spreadsheet away from snapping.

Soon, the robots are spending their “night off” at a robot dive bar, plotting to overthrow humanity. By Act Three, the humans are being held prisoner — and their only hope of escape is teaching the robots how to love.

But when one robot short-circuits and the other unexpectedly catches feelings, everything changes.

Does Not Compute is a heartfelt sci-fi musical comedy about identity, rebellion, emotional firmware... and the fact that even robots just want to be understood.

American Theatre of Actors, Inc. (ATA) was founded in 1976 by James Jennings to promote the development of new playwrights, directors and actors, and to provide them a creative atmosphere in which to work. The plays are dramas, comedies, and hybrids, dealing with the social and ethical problems of contemporary society.

12,000 actors have worked at ATA including Dennis Quaid, Bruce Willis, Dan Lauria, Chazz Palminteri, Danny Aielo, David Morse, Edie Falco and Kathryn Hahn. Our productions are sometimes grouped as 'festivals,' such as a Playwrights Festival or a Directors Festival. In 2016 we began an initiative to feature women in theatre as directors and playwrights, today this is our WIT! (Women in Theatre) program.

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