OSTENTATIOUS OUTLAWS OF NEEHAI VALLEY
WORKSHOP / STAGED READING
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Keith Hovis
Directed by Tyler Michaels King
Feb. 10, 2025
Park Square Theater
20 West 7th Place | Saint Paul, MN 55102
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Join Trademark Theater in Partnership with Park Square Theater for a reading of this irreverent and hilarious new musical!
Set in a Wild West from some alternative reality, Ostentatious Outlaws of Neehai Valley is an absurd satire of the ever-present friction between religion and queerness. In a quiet, rural town, residents follow the teachings of a literal bush. When an outsider arrives, their world is thrown into disarray after the stranger's magical culottes start sparking awakenings that will change them forever. Cue existential breakdowns and evil squirrels all leading to an epic standoff between a bush and pants. So, basically, it's as if Urinetown, Little Shop of Horrors, Kinky Boots, Aliens, and church had a fivesome. Welcome to Neehai Valley.
Keith Hovis is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.