Jack & Aiden

A two-person queer & trans musical about grief, healing, and hot gay sex.

New
Performed by Laura Leo Kelly & Justin P. Lopez

Book by Lane Michael Stanley
Music & Lyrics by Tova Katz
Additional Lyrics by Lane Michael Stanley

Slow Down
Performed by Justin P. Lopez & Laura Leo Kelly
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Performed by Justin P. Lopez & Laura Leo Kelly
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Performed by Laura Leo Kelly

When Aiden first meets Jack, it’s through the sex-saturated world of gay male hookup apps– Aiden’s first exploration since transitioning. But as the two spend more time together, things get complicated - they must navigate their grief, recovery and trauma and find out if they can hold one another’s human messiness. Jack & Aiden asks what it takes to open ourselves up to the profound joy and pain that come with truly being known.

Read Jack & Aiden on the New Play Exchange.

I Forgive You
Performed by Laura Leo Kelly & Justin P. Lopez

Praise

“My review of Jack & Aiden: a musical so nice, I saw it twice.”
-Austin Chronicle

Hey, Daniel
Performed by Laura Leo Kelly

“Go see this wonderful production, and go see it now. You’ll be disappointed in the future that you weren’t among those of us singing its praises today.”
-Broadway World

Awards
Ground Floor Theatre’s production of Jack & Aiden was nominated for 9 B. Iden Payne Awards.

Wins: Outstanding Original Score (Tova Katz), Outstanding Intimacy Direction (Andy Grapko)
Nominations: Outstanding Musical Production, Outstanding Feature Length Script (Lane Michael Stanley), Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Trace Turner), Outstanding Leading Performer in a Musical (Laura Leo Kelly, Justin P. Lopez), Outstanding Small Cast, Outstanding Set Design (Gary Thornsberry), Outstanding Media Design (Micah Mabry and Zac Crofford)

Casting & Credits
1 Transmasculine Person | 1 Cisgender Man
Originally Commissioned by Ground Floor Theatre, Austin, Texas
Demos Recorded at Ground Floor Theatre (Credits) & Mixed by Michael O’Konis