A Transparent Musical
Mark Taper Forum
Los Angeles, CA
Previews Began: May 20, 2023
Opening Night: May 31, 2023
Closing Night: June 25, 2023
Music: Faith Soloway
Lyrics: Faith Soloway
Book: MJ Kaufman
Joey Soloway
Based on the hit Amazon Prime original TV show by Joey Soloway, the uplifting comic story of the Pfefferman family, whose patriarch is finally allowing their true selves to emerge as Maura, the transgender matriarch she always knew she was. Maura’s ex-wife is left questioning a lifetime of partnership, her oldest daughter unravels her own perfect life, her son runs the other way, and her youngest child begins to discover who they really are.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
Standing Order…………………………………..Company
How………………………….Maura, with Ali, Sarah, Josh
If You Are You…………………………………………….Ali
It’s A Lot……………………………………………Ali, Ezra
Who Suffered More………………………..Shelly, Maura
3 Grown-Ass Siblings……..Josh, Sarah, Ali, Bar Patrons
Chosen Family…………….Davina, Maura, LGBTQ Group
You Must Be (Love at the JCC)……………..Raquel, Josh
The Secret to a Marriage….Shelly, with Josh, Sarah, Ali
Lavender Song………………………..Magnus, Queerdos
ACT TWO
Jewish and Queer…………………….Magnus, Queerdos
40 Years………………………………………………Maura
Not in My Body……………………………..Ali, Queerdos
Steady Now……………………………………Davina, Ezra
What’s in a Name……Ali/Ari, Magnus, Gittel, Queerdos
Mom in a Car………………………………………….Sarah
Deviant…………..Dora, Gerd, Charlotte, Queerdos, Ali,
Magnus
Emergency Contact…………………………Shelly, Maura
Quartet…………………………Sarah, Josh, Len, Raquel
Never Look Back…………………………………….Maura
A New Standing Order…..Maura, Ari, Davina, Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Daya Curley Maura Pfefferman
Adina Verson Ali Pfefferman/Ari
Liz Larsen Shelly Pfefferman
Zachary Prince Josh Pfefferman
Queerdo
Sarah Stiles Sarah Pfefferman
Queerdo
Pat Towne Marv/Magnus Hirschfeld
Peppermint Davina/Darlene
Murphy Taylor Smith Rabbi Raquel
Gittel
Queerdo
Jimmy Ray Bennett Hyman
Karl
Queerdo
Others
Kasper Ezra/Edward
Robert Pieranunz Len
Queerdo
Others
Emily Goglia Megan
Queerdo
Others
Samora la Perdida Other Megan
Dora
Queerdo
Others
Justin Rivers Charlotte/Charli
Others
Futaba Shioda Gerd
Queerdo
Others
Dahlya Glick Shlohmo
Queerdo
Others
Swings: Ty-Gabriel Jones, Jonathan Ritter
Understudies: Alanna Darby (Maura), Alanna Darby (Rabbi Raquel/Gittel)