2009 show
Project Footlight had a smashing inaugural performance Monday night. After brainstorming and writing over a single weekend in February, eighteen musical theater writers created a full-length musical in three perspectives on a theme. Each act of the musical (Mei Yu, Dead Man Blogging, Office Babe) describes the journey of the lonely and unfulfilled American finding a kind of instant fame on the Internet that reinvents the landscape of their personal relationships.
In Mei Yu, written by David Hilder & Will Aronson, Leslie Kramer & Melissa Li, and Pia Wilson & Mitch Kess, the daughter of a reticent and traditional Chinese American school bus driver helps vault her mother to fame after a daring rescue of the children on the bus, only to discover that her mother caused the accident.
- Mei Yu: Fiona Choi
- Amanda Yu: Soara Joye Ross
- Videographer: Brandon James Ellis
- Christina: Erica Robinson
- Doug: Richard True
- Mayor: Whit Baldwin
- Ensemble: Whit Baldwin, Rian Bodner, Brandon James Ellis, Allison Linker, Erica Robinson, Sandy Rosenberg, Richard True, Meghan Wilson
In Dead Man Blogging, written by Scott Ritter & Ken McCarthy, Owen Robertson & Alan Cancelino, and Mike Maeillo & Mark Weiser, an awkward and sexually inept teenager posts his video "suicide note" which goes viral, despite the author's vitality, and inspires copycats.
- Blake: Whit Baldwin
- Katie: Allison Linker
- Wikipedia: Rian Bodner
- Toledo Girl: Erica Robinson
- College Guy: Brandon James Ellis
- Blake Girl: Fiona Choi
- Rose (Mom) & Arianna Huffington: Sandy Rosenberg
- Eddie (Dad): Richard True
- Ensemble: Rian Bodner, Fiona Choi, Brandon James Ellis, Allison Linker, Erica Robinson, Sandy Rosenberg, Richard True, Meghan Wilson
In Office Babe, written by Rachel Rubin Ladutke & Jeff Smith, Daria Polatin & Brad Howell Houghton, and Noel Katz & Adam Cohen, a bored administrative assistant podcasts her tart and revealing commentary about her co-workers, who become unwitting fans of their own character assassinations.
- Jane (Office Babe): Soara Joye Ross
- Austin (Boss): Richard True
- Nanci (Chatterbox): Erica Robinson
- Lisa (Basketcase): Sandy Rosenberg
- Ken (Flirty Guy): Rian Bodner
- Michael (Slobby Guy): Whit Baldwin
- Ensemble: Allison Linker, Richard True, Meghan Wilson