ROLF(E)

 

FULL-LENGTH STAGE MUSICAL COMEDY

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Robert John Ford

 

You know him from "The Sound Of Music," but how did a dancing messenger boy become a member of the Nazi Youth movement during one fateful summer?  Was he the villain or just a naïve, hormonal teenager?  And exactly how do you spell his name?  ROLF(E) tells the hilarious back-story of an unheralded and misunderstood hero-wannabe who would do anything for love and the resistance, while also examining more serious and timely themes such as gender/sexual identity, the rise of fascism, and the challenge of discerning what is actually true in an era of disinformation. 

 

Original 2022 workshop production supported by an Iowa Arts Council major project grant. 

 

A workshop production is planned for fall 2026 in NYC.  Info will be posted here when confirmed.