Original Musicals & Plays by Richard Ehrlich
Five contemporary works exploring neurodiversity, mental health, social anxiety, community resilience, and family caregiving. Each piece offers authentic representation and emotional depth for today's audiences.
Where the Noise Becomes Music!
A 17-year-old with ADHD learns to turn her racing mind into music—and discovers her voice, her people, and her power. Jules Chen's brilliant, big-hearted journey from sensory overload to self-acceptance celebrates neurodiversity with warmth, humor, and propulsive pop songs.
A Musical Experience
An 80-minute journey from modern anxiety toward something quieter and more hopeful. Two narrators guide the audience through vulnerability, self-compassion, and the steady inner frequency—the "tonic note"—that's been there all along. No plot, no characters, just honest exploration set to contemporary pop, soul, and gospel.
A Musical
In a neighborhood where visibility can be dangerous, Alex survives by watching from rooftops. Community organizer Sofía believes survival depends on showing up for one another. As surveillance increases and fear becomes reality, their growing love doesn't offer escape—it heightens the stakes. A grounded, intimate musical about choosing presence over isolation.
A Full-Length Play
When the youngest of three siblings becomes the primary contact for his parents in memory care, his siblings' schedules never quite align—and his phone never stops ringing. The play explores a painful paradox—when your greatest strength becomes your greatest vulnerability. David's emotional capacity isn't his strength; it's his poison. David discovers that being the most capable means carrying the weight alone. A devastating examination of family caregiving and the cost of constant availability.
A Contemporary Play
Eight people attend a social anxiety support group. On stage, we see sixteen performers—each character split between Outer Self (the performed social persona) and Inner Voice (the relentless internal commentary). When a fire alarm malfunction traps everyone inside, social performance becomes unsustainable, and something unexpected emerges: the question of whether authenticity is achievable, or itself another performance. An innovative theatrical exploration of the exhausting gap between who we are and who we perform.