AMY'S HOUSE
A New Musical
Book, Music and Lyrics written by Kelly Boucher, Mike Gowdy, Rosanne Gowdy, and Cindy Lesser.
Amy's House is loosely based on the story of Amy Archer, a Connecticut woman who, at the turn of the twentieth century, establishes one of the first nursing homes in the country. In order to keep her business alive and fulfill what she believes to be her purpose in life, Amy turns into a serial killer, poisoning her residents with arsenic-laced lemonade. The pressure of maintaining a double life, as well as constant strain brought on from the memories of the lives Amy has shattered, leads Amy's descent into madness. The show is a mix of Little Shop of Horrors, Sweeney Todd, and evil fun.
Staged Reading/Hybrid Performance of January 2025 was a huge hit! Stay tuned for pics, videos, etc.
Directed by: Cindy Lesser
Music Director: Michael Gowdy
Producer: Scott Minnick
More info at: podiumplayers.org
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Watch our highlight reel from our staged reading from New Britain, CT!
While Amy's House is inspired by historical persons and events, certain characters, characterizations, incidents, locations and dialogue are fictionalized or invented for purposes of dramatization.
Development History
January 27, 2019: Invited Read-Through
March, 2020: Accepted into the Rave Music Festival in NYC
August 13, 2020: Invited Zoom Read-Through
September 18, 2021: Key Bank Rochester Fringe Festival, Staged Reading
Watch our Rochester Submission video :)
November 19 & 20, 2024: Auditions for our next staged reading performance
January 24 & 25, January 31 & Feb. 1, 2025: Staged Reading performance with Podium Players of East Hampton, CT!
Listen to a few tracks from the show-
Little Lemonade - Amy invites old folks into her home and kills them off one at a time with poisoned lemonade in this upbeat, evil swing number
Set Me Free - Ruth, an elderly woman in the home, awakens from a comatose state and begs for Amy to free her from from this world
What's It Like - Mary, Amy's daughter, tells Franklin, a man working at her mother's house, what it's like when old people move in
Number's Don't Lie - Carl, a reporter in town, starts to realize that the number of obituaries he's writing about old folks staying in the Archer home seems suspicious
Unraveling - Amy struggles to separate reality from the people she's killed and keeps hearing as she descends into madness
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