Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future

Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future

World premiere production at Ars Nova 2018 directed by Jordan Fein:

• Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical 
• New York Times Best Theater of 2018
• 9 Drama Desk nominations including Music, Lyrics, Book, and Outstanding Musical
• New York Times and Time Out NY Critics Pick

About the show:

Rags Parkland is a singer-songwriter who lives 250 years in the future. 

He is the central character in Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future, a sci-fi folk-concert musical about Rags Parkland and his former bandmates Beaux Weathers & The Future. Inspired by mid-century American folk music and science fiction writing, Rags Parkland lives at the intersection of Woody Guthrie and Philip K. Dick, painting a picture of a technologically advanced future in which the United States have splintered, Mars is being terraformed by forced labor, and constructed humans are fighting for the right to exist.  

Original Cast Recording:
The original cast recording of the Ars Nova Off-Broadway production was released March 27th, 2020 by Broadway Records. It's available on CD, as MP3s (iTunes, Google Play), and on streaming services. Check it out right now on Spotify:

 Here's a promo music video that Ars Nova produced in the lead up to the run: