tick, tick…BOOM!

October 9-27 2024

You asked and we listened: tick, tick…BOOM! is back by popular demand!

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
David Auburn, Script Consultant
Vocal Arrangements and Orchestrations by Stephen Oremus

Directed by Robi Hager and Steve Pacek
Featuring Robi Hager

Artistic Sponsors:
Kevin Maurer & James Schneider

tick, tick…BOOM! is a semi-autobiographical rock musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning creator of the worldwide phenomenon Rent.  On his 30th birthday, a Musical Theater Composer (played by Broadway’s Robi Hager) navigates love, friendship, and everything in between, to achieve his big break. Our star-studded cast returns to tell this life-affirming story about the pressures of being an artist and the joys of creative fulfillment.

tick, tick…BOOM! was originally produced off-Broadway in June 2001, by Victoria Leacock, Robyn Goodman, Dede Harris, Lorie Cowen Levy, Beth Smith

tick, tick…BOOM! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

• Wednesday, October 9th @ 7:30 PM – Preview
• Thursday, October 10th @ 7:30 PM – Opening Night
• Friday, October 11th @ 7:30 PM
• Saturday, October 12th @ 3:00 PM
• Saturday, October 12th @ 7:30 PM
• Sunday, October 13th @ 3:00 PM
• Wednesday, October 16th @ 10:30 AM – Student Matinee
• Thursday, October 17th @ 7:30 PM
• Friday, October 18th @ 7:30 PM
• Saturday, October 19th @ 3:00 PM
• Saturday, October 19th @ 7:30 PM
• Sunday, October 19th @ 3:00 PM
• Wednesday, October 23rd @ 10:30 AM – Student Matinee
• Thursday, October 24th @ 7:30 PM
• Friday, October 25th @ 7:30 PM
• Saturday, October 26th @ 3:00 PM
• Saturday, October 26th @ 7:30 PM
• Sunday, October 27th @ 3:00 PM

One Book One Norristown

Friday, November 8th 2024

Free Event! Full S.T.E.A.M Ahead: Bridging Arts & Sciences

One Book One Norristown 2024 comes to Theatre Horizon with a reading by award-winning poet Warren C. Longmire, founder of the Excelano Project, and a performance of “The Poet vs The Machine” by author Marcos de le Fuente. Stay for a panel discussion, Audience Q&A and book signings.

R&B Brunch

Saturday, November 16 2024

Featuring & Curated by Moe Peay

Whether you’re a Bloody Mary or a Mimosa fan, come on down to Theatre Horizon for a morning of Rhythm & Blues! Sip your favorite brunch beverage and chow down on some delicious brunch eats, while enjoying this unforgettable one-day-only R&B performance featuring some of Norristown’s Beloved Musicians, as curated by Moe Peay.

20th Anniversary Cabaret

December 13-15 2024

Featuring Past Theatre Horizon Favorites, Directed and Curated by Theatre Horizon Co-Founder Matt Decker

Honorary Producer: Seth’s Fund (Seth Alan Peterson Memorial Scholarship Fund)

Celebrate 20 years of Musical Theatre with us at Theatre Horizon, as sung by Philadelphia and Norristown performers. This retrospective event highlights some of our favorite productions as we look forward to what’s on the “Horizon.” Co-Founder Matthew Decker brings us an evening of show-stopping tunes from THE COLOR PURPLE, INTO THE WOODS, 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and much more!

• Friday, December 13th @ 7:30 PM
• Saturday, December 14th @ 2:00 PM
• Saturday, December 14th @ 7:30 PM
• Sunday, December 15h @ 3:00 PM
• Sunday, December 15th @ 7:30 PM

Please note that tickets to our Saturday evening, December 14th Cabaret Performance and Anniversary Celebration are not yet on sale.  If you would like to learn more about this special evening, please e-mail ricki@theatrehorizon.org.  More details are coming soon.  This will be an evening you won’t want to miss!

Young Americans

March 19 – April 6th 2025

by Lauren Yee

Take a seat for a dual road trip like no other in Lauren Yee’s Young Americans. Newly engaged immigrants Jenny and Joe depart on a cross-country road trip to their new home in Portland, as they learn to connect as a couple. 20 years later, Joe and their adopted daughter, Lucy, set out for a similar adventure to take Lucy to college. As Jenny and Joe traverse the strange territory of their new country, and Lucy pieces together their bittersweet family history, this beautiful comedy explores what home and belonging truly mean—and the lengths we go for the people we love.

• Wednesday, March 19th @ 7:30 PM – Preview
• Thursday, March 20th @ 7:30 PM – Preview
• Friday, March 21st @ 7:30 PM – Opening Night
• Saturday, March 22nd @ 3:00 PM
• Saturday, March 22nd @ 7:30 PM
• Sunday, March 23rd @ 3:00 PM
• Wednesday, March 26th @ 10:30 AM – Student Matinee
• Thursday, March 27th @ 7:30 PM
• Friday, March 28th @ 7:30 PM
• Saturday, March 29th @ 3:00 PM
• Saturday, March 29th @ 7:30 PM
• Sunday, March 30th @ 3:00 PM
• Wednesday, April 2nd @ 10:30 AM – Student Matinee
• Thursday, April 3rd @ 7:30 PM
• Friday, April 4th @ 7:30 PM
• Saturday, April 5th @ 3:00 PM
• Saturday, April 5th @ 7:30 PM
• Sunday, April 6th @ 3:00 PM

Penelope

May 7 – 18 2025

Music and Lyrics by Alex Bechtel
Book by Alex Bechtel, Grace McLean and Eva Steinmetz
Based on writings in The Odyssey by Homer

“A wonderfully ingratiating new musical from songwriter Alex Bechtel and his co-bookwriters Grace McLean and Eva Steinmetz, who’ve set out to center the heroine a little more firmly” – The Washington Post

Raise a glass to Penelope as she tells us her side of The Odyssey through song in this one woman tour-de-force. She finally steps into the spotlight to recount her time cooped up on the island kingdom of Ithaca for twenty years. This witty and thoughtful musical flips the script on the dutiful wife of Odysseus. After 2020, we can say that as a society, her experience is not Greek to us.

• Wednesday, May 7th @ 7:30 PM – Preview
• Thursday, May 8th @ 7:30 PM – Preview
• Friday, May 9th @ 7:30 PM – Opening Night
• Saturday, May 10th @ 3:00 PM
• Saturday, May 10th @ 7:30 PM
• Sunday, May 11th @ 3:00 PM
• Wednesday, May 14th @ 10:30 AM – Student Matinee
• Thursday, May 15th @ 7:30 PM
• Friday, May 16th @ 7:30 PM
• Saturday, May 17th @ 3:00 PM – Q&A Following performance
• Saturday, May 17th @ 7:30 PM
• Sunday, May 18th @ 3:00 PM