The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful (And Her Dog!)

Keegan PLAY-RAH-KA Production For Families

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THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF DR. WONDERFUL (AND HER DOG!) by Lauren Gunderson, music by Bree Lowdermilk
Helen Hayes Awards Recommended
July 5 - 23, 2022
Book & Lyrics by
Lauren Gunderson
Music by
Bree Lowdermilk
Director & Choreographer
Elena Velasco
Music Director
Matty Mitchell
In memory of Zooey Jo Cohen

Dr. Wonderful and her dog, Newton, want to know why the moon changes shape in the sky every night. But how can they study the moon when it’s so far away? By blasting off into space, of course! On their amazing journey, this detective duo gathers clues to solve their lunar mystery using the powers of science, curiosity, and teamwork. Presented by Keegan’s brand for young people and families, Keegan PLAY-RAH-KA (PRK). LEARN MORE ABOUT PRK

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Maryland Theatre Guide Review

“The briskly-paced, bright, and cheerful musical captures that divine and fleeting moment in early childhood when the lines between reality and fantasy are blurred, and where a girl, her dog, and the boy from down the street can travel through the solar system without leaving her bedroom.”

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DC Theater Arts Review

“To see The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful (And Her Dog) is to go on an educational and humorous imaginary journey into space without ever leaving the intimate, cozy, exposed-brick Keegan Theatre in Dupont Circle.”

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Broadway World Review

“Science is everything and everywhere in The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful and Her Dog!, a bubbly musical for children at The Keegan Theatre that takes audiences on a journey from a pillow-fort spaceship to the sun and back, just in time for snacks.”

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Cast
Ruth Elizabeth Diaz
Dr. Wonderful
Ruth Elizabeth Diaz
Christopher Rios
Newton
Christopher Rios
Delante Dates
Ben
Delante Dates
Carianmax Benitez
Mom
Carianmax Benitez
Production Team
Director & Choreographer
Elena Velasco
Music Director
Matty Mitchell
Stage Manager
Rachel Crawford
Master Carpenter
Matthew J. Keenan
Lighting Designer
Venus Gulbranson
Projections Designer
Zavier Augustus Lee Taylor
Sound Designer
Cresent Haynes
Sound Engineer
Michelle Janota
Properties / Set Dressing Designer
Cindy Landrum Jacobs
Costume Designer
Imari Pyles
Hair / Makeup Designer
Craig Miller
Assistant Stage Manager
Olivia Springberg
Writers
Lauren Gunderson. Photo by Bryan Derballa
Book & Lyrics
Lauren Gunderson

LAUREN GUNDERSON has been one of the most produced playwrights in America since 2015 topping the list twice, including 2019/20. She is a two-time winner of the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for I and You and The Book of Will, the winner of the Lanford Wilson Award and the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award, a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and John Gassner Award for Playwriting, and a recipient of the Mellon Foundation’s Residency with Marin Theatre Company. She studied Southern Literature and Drama at Emory University, and Dramatic Writing at NYU’s Tisch School where she was a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship. She co-authored the Miss Bennet plays with Margot Melcon, and her play The Half-Life of Marie Curie is available on Audible.com. Her work is published at Playscripts (I and You; Exit Pursued By A Bear; The Taming and Toil And Trouble), Dramatists Play Service (The Revolutionists; The Book of Will; Silent Sky; Bauer, Natural Shocks, The Wickhams and Miss Bennet) and Samuel French (Emilie). Her picture book Dr Wonderful: Blast Off to the Moon is available from Two Lions/Amazon. She is currently developing musicals with Ari Afsar, Dave Stewart, and Joss Stone. LaurenGunderson.com

Bree Lowdermilk
Music
Bree Lowdermilk

BREE LOWDERMILK (they/them or she/her) is a non-binary trans woman and an advocate for queer voices and stories. Their musicals include The Bad Years, Henry & Mudge, The Mad Ones (fka The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown), Republic, Rosie Revere, Engineer & Friends and the albums Our First Mistake and Kerrigan-Lowdermilk: Live. Bree received the Alan Menken Award and the Richard Rodgers Award for Red written with librettist Marcus Stevens. She is an alumna of the BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop, co-founder of the start-up NewMusicalTheatre.com, and a member of the Dramatist Guild and ASCAP.

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