Cruisical: A Lesbian Musical is an anachronistic musical comedy where six queer women—Mercedes de Acosta, Moms Mabley, Vita Sackville-West, Violet Trefusis, Virginia Woolf, and Esther Eng—find themselves transported to the year 2018, where they have landed on an all-inclusive lesbian cruise, with a buffet spread at their disposal. Hearts become entangled over piña coladas by the pool, as these women deal with petty interpersonal disputes and larger misunderstandings of 21st-century queerness. We pay earnest homage to our foremothers, who lived and loved out loud at great personal risk. In Cruisical, we give them the tropical lesbian vacation they deserved.
Featuring: Becca Q. Co, Julia Cavagna, Maritza Bostic, Anna Slate, Lim Mui, Sarah White, and Julian Hernandez
Written by Anna Lublina & Elena Rose Light, Music Composed by Lilly Kaplan, Directed by Anna Lublina, Choreographed by Elena Rose Right