Jack & Aiden

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

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

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.

Praise

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

“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