Producer for staged reading of new musical - a job post by David Secter

About the job

Rule Of Fire, a new musical in old Hawaii, is a cocky queer concoction of history, myth and fantasy that tells the story of Kamehameha the Great, who is a young prince when his remote island makes its first contact with the outside world. There are two primary storylines: the hero’s aikane relationship with Wiki (male friendship including sex, common in the culture then) and his fateful encounter with the aging Captain Cook.

This innovative musical has the potential to attract a large LGBT plus mainstream audience on both stage and screen, with major international appeal. Among its singular features, it is the first musical with a gay or bi historic hero and aikane friendship; the first to portray Captain Cook’s legendary life and death; and the first to celebrate Hawaii’s iconic music, dance, design and allure. The show has an inventive narrative style, distinctive tropical-swing score, spectacular theatrical thrills, and is very scalable with a cast of 13-25 and a large or small island-style band.