How To Dance In Ohio

BOOK & LYRICS Rebekah Greer Melocik
CO-LEAD PRODUCER & GENERAL PARTNER Level Forward
MUSIC Jacob Yandura
MUSIC DIRECTION Lily Ling
CHOREOGRAPHER Mayte Natalio
DIRECTOR Sammi Cannold

How To Dance In Ohio

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Musical
In Development
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BOOK & LYRICS Rebekah Greer Melocik
CO-LEAD PRODUCER & GENERAL PARTNER Level Forward
MUSIC Jacob Yandura
MUSIC DIRECTION Lily Ling
CHOREOGRAPHER Mayte Natalio
DIRECTOR Sammi Cannold

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Based on the award-winning HBO documentary, How to Dance in Ohio is a heart-filled new musical exploring the need to connect and the courage it takes to step out into the world. At a group counseling center in Columbus, Ohio, seven autistic young adults prepare for a spring formal dance—a challenge that breaks open their routines and sets off hilarious and heartbreaking encounters with love, stress, excitement, and independence. How to Dance in Ohio is a story about people standing on the cusp of the next phase of their lives, facing their hopes and fears, ready to take a very big first step…and dance.

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