KEITH VARNEY
creator of nonsense.
THEATER
I GOT FIRED: A REVENGE MUSCIAL
Book, Music & Lyrics: Keith Varney
Director: Steve Bebout
An aspiring writer spends six years working in a soul-crushing cubicle. When an evil new boss takes over, he is forced to make a decision that gets him fired. With security guards & everything. Based on a true-ish story. Some names have been changed to protect the guilty.
Winner - Theater for the American Musical Prize Winner - DIMF Production Award
Winner - Best Interntational Musical 2011 (DIMF) Winner - DIMF Best Actor in A Musical (Keith Varney)
Backstage.com - Critics Pick
BLOODY BLOODY JESSICA FLETCHER
A MUSICAL PARODY
Music & Lyrics: Keith Varney
Book: Josh Lamon, Kevin Zak & Philip Taratula
Director: Dan Knechtges
The tiny town of Cabot Cove Maine has a murder rate that makes Darfur seems like Pleasantville. Not to worry, a geriatric novelist has come to save the day.
PIE EATER
Music & Lyrics: Derek Roland
Book: Keith Varney
Stevie Pinenut dreams of being a world champion competitive eater. But the title already belongs to the most feared ninja food-warrior in the world, Kumahara, who’ll stop at nothing to stay on top. Stevie teams up with a gang of misfit competitors hungry to save the sport, even if it means selling out! In order to beat Kumahara, Stevie will have to overcome the betrayal of the woman he loves and his own personal demons. With help from his friends, a passionate French chef, a dancing banana therapist, and good old rock ‘n’ roll, he just might have what it takes to climb the mountain, beat the bear, take down Kumahara and his Sensei, hit the high note and get back the girl.
ELWAY: THE MUSICAL
Book, Music & Lyrics: Keith Varney
John Elway loves football. John Elway loves the Denver Broncos. Can he win the Superbowl and save the city of Denver? A comedic fable about the sheer awesomeness of professional football & the awesomeness of musical theater.
JOSHUA: THE MUSICAL
Book: Thomas Hallett
Music & Lyrics: Keith Varney (as Theo Carver)
Based on the novel by Joseph Girzone & the Bristol Bay Productions Film
A mysterious man shows up in the small town of Auburn & changes everything.
SCOOBY DOOSICAL!
Book: Steve Wargo
Music & Lyrics: Keith Varney
Genre: 10 Minute Musical Spoof
Ever seen that musical episode of Scooby Doo where the Scooby Gang discovers the cult (secret cult) that summoned the Smurfs from hell?
THE OTHER SEX
Book: Keith Varney
Lyrics: Keith Varney & Jillian Louis
Music: Jason Debord & Keith Varney
The gender tables get turned.
HOT MESS IN MANHATTAN
Book: Cait Doyle & Meggie Doyle
Music & Lyrics: Adam Gwon, Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk , Ryan Scott Oliver, Julianne Wick Davis , Gaby Alter, Nick Blaemire, Sam Carner and Derek Gregor, Ryan Cunningham and Joshua Salzman , Drew Gasparini, Michael Mahler & Keith Varney
A high-heeled, low-brow musical comedy following one 20-something woman trying to conquer the big city the only way she knows how: the Way of Carrie Bradshaw. Armed with a score featuring a dozen of musical theater's hottest new composers and one worn-out pair of Blahniks, she confronts her greatest fear: if 'Sex and the City' lied, then what's to become of a Hot Mess in Manhattan?"
"More audacious is Keith Varney’s “A Song to Sing(pod),” a sardonic number about sponsoring children in Third-World countries, complete with a Bunraku-style puppet child. Varney ventures into a kind of “Book of Mormon” irreverence" Backstage.com
HOT MESS IN MANHATTAN
Book: Cait Doyle & Meggie Doyle
Music & Lyrics: Adam Gwon, Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk , Ryan Scott Oliver, Julianne Wick Davis , Gaby Alter, Nick Blaemire, Sam Carner and Derek Gregor, Ryan Cunningham and Joshua Salzman , Drew Gasparini, Michael Mahler & Keith Varney
A high-heeled, low-brow musical comedy following one 20-something woman trying to conquer the big city the only way she knows how: the Way of Carrie Bradshaw. Armed with a score featuring a dozen of musical theater's hottest new composers and one worn-out pair of Blahniks, she confronts her greatest fear: if 'Sex and the City' lied, then what's to become of a Hot Mess in Manhattan?"
"More audacious is Keith Varney’s “A Song to Sing(pod),” a sardonic number about sponsoring children in Third-World countries, complete with a Bunraku-style puppet child. Varney ventures into a kind of “Book of Mormon” irreverence" Backstage.com
TO CONTACT ME ABOUT ANY OF THESE PROJECTS, PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT:
keithvarneywriter@gmail.com
TV/WEBSERIES
STRANGER THINGS: THE MUSICAL
Written by: Kevin Zak
Directed by: Nathan Chang
Song: Leggo My Eggo
Sung by: Ruby Lewis, Marissa Rosen,
Karen Summerton & Will Porter
Music & Lyrics: Keith Varney
Song: Lair of the Demogorgon
Sung by: Keith Varney
Music & Lyrics: Keith Varney
Song: Ballad of Barb
Sung by: Allison Guinn
Music & Lyrics by Keith Varney
Song: Thank You, Karen, For the Casserole
Sung by: Kevin Zak
Music & Lyrics: Keith Varney
SUBMISSIONS ONLY
Season 2 - Episode 6
Written by: Kate Wetherhead &
Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Song: I Wanna Drive a Bus
Sung by: Marc Kudisch
Music & Lyrics: Keith Varney
Song: What I Though I Knew
Sung by: Donna Vivino
Music: Keith Varney
Lyrics: Kate Wetherhead
SEE YOU LIGHTER
Song: FCLMA
Music & Lyrics: Keith Varney
Written by: D+ Productions