10-MINUTE MUSICAL COLLECTION
Book, Music, & Lyrics by
Chris Kerrigan
Drama
The Only Thing That Matters
Three adult sisters have dinner together at one of their homes in the suburbs. Kerri, the middle child and black sheep of the family is determined to not be undermined by the judgments and critiques of her two more well-adjusted and successful sisters. But as soon as alcohol and discussions of social issues descend upon the evening, all bets are off.
Overview
Cast Size
3f
Duration
10 Mins. Approx.
Setting
Dinning Room, Brentwood, CA, Present Day.
Subgenre
Kitchen Sink Drama
Themes
Family, Current Events, Politics, Women’s Interest
Target Audience
Teen (Age 14 - 18), Young Adult (Age 18 - 23), Adult
Style
Contemporary Musical Theatre
Instrumentation
Piano/Vocal
Additional Resources
Accompaniment Tracks
Cautions
Intense Adult Themes, Strong Language
Casting Information
KERRI - Female Identifying, early 30’s, recovering alcoholic with two weeks sober. Vulnerable, reactive, damaged by past traumas.
ALLY - Female Identifying, late 30’s, upper middle class suburban mother. Always moving, highly judgmental, privileged.
MYSTIE - Female Identifying, late 30’s, career woman, lives life on her own terms, highly judgmental, somewhat bratty.
Songs
Media
Production History
2019 - Performed in Theatre Now's SOUND BITES 6.0 Festival at Merkin Hall at the Kaufman Music Center.
Author Bios
CHRIS KERRIGAN is a musical theatre actor, singer/songwriter, and playwright living and working in Los Angeles. He is the head of the theatre department at STAR Education, a far-reaching after school program that serves over a hundred schools in the greater Los Angeles area. He has written nine full-length children’s musicals (Two Sides to Every Story, Screen Time: The Musical!, The Toy Store, and Reading is Rad, to name a few) that have been performed in elementary schools far and wide. He has performed in several regional productions including Parade (Hugh Dorsey), Violet (The Preacher), Assassins (John Wilkes Booth), American Idiot (Tunny), Jekyll & Hyde (Jekyll/Hyde), and Avenue Q (Brian), to name a few. He plays piano/keyboards in several LA bands as well.
