Musicals
Book, music and lyrics by Joseph Aragon:
Illuminati II: The Second One (2011)
Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare (2009)
Lucrezia Borgia (2007)
Conclave: The Musical (2006)
Euryalus & Lucretia (2006)
Illuminati: The Musical (2005)
Bloodsuckers! The Musical (2004)
Music and lyrics by Joseph Aragon:
For instrumental samples from the musicals,
please visit the Compositions page.
For more information on the musicals (including
performance rights) please contact the author.
Illuminati III: The End of the World (2012)
Musical Comedy, 1 act, 75 min | 8m, 8f
The final instalment of the Illuminati saga. Three Counter-Illuminati Agents fend off a cosmic Armageddon.
Production: Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 2012
produced by Kiss The Giraffe Productions
Script and Audio samples
coming soon...
Hersteria (2011)
book by Sharon Bajer, music & lyrics by Joseph Aragon
Musical Comedy, 1 act, 90 min | 4f
A comedic musical noir about four women who are driven to murder after being betrayed by their therapist.
Production: Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 2011
produced by Winnipeg Studio Theatre
Script and Audio samples
coming soon...
Illuminati II: The Second One (2011)
Musical Comedy, 1 act, 90 min | 8m, 8f
The sequel to 2005's Illuminati: The Musical. The dreaded secret society meets its match in three Counter-Illuminati agents and a dolphin.
Production: Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 2011
produced by Kiss The Giraffe Productions
Script and Audio samples
coming soon...
Bloodless: The Trial of Burke & Hare (2009)
Musical Dark Comedy, 2 acts, 90 min | 8m, 6f, chorus
Winner: Best of Fest 2009, Winnipeg Fringe Festival
Winner: Harry S. Rintoul Award for Best New Manitoban Play
Two 19th-century serial killers go into business selling corpses to Edinburgh anatomy schools in this true-crime thriller.
Production: Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 2009
produced by White Rabbit Productions
Production: Toronto ON, October 2012
produced by Theatre 20
Production: Winnipeg MB, April/May 2013
produced by White Rabbit Productions
Lucrezia Borgia (2007)
Musical Drama, 95 min | 9m, 5f, chorus
Sex, betrayal, corruption and intrigue in Renaissance Italy. A re-examination of the life of history’s legendary femme fatale.
Reading: Prairie Theatre Exchange, Carol Shields Festival, May 2007
Production: Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 2007
produced by Canadian Musical Theatre Development Group (CMTDG), Inc.
Reading: Dry Cold Productions, December 2007
Audio Samples:
Conclave: The Musical (2006)
Musical Comedy, 75 min | 7m, 6f, chorus
Winner: Best of Fest 2006, Winnipeg Fringe Festival
A priest and a paranormal debunker work to foil a demonic plot to blow up the Sistine Chapel during a papal election.
Production: Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 2006
produced by Kiss The Giraffe Productions
Audio Samples:
Euryalus & Lucretia (2006)
Musical Adaptation, 105 min | 8m, 4f, chorus
A Frankish soldier and a married Tuscan noblewoman attempt to consummate their love; plots are hatched, bodices are ripped, and love conquers all in the worst possible way. Adapted from a Renaissance novella by A. S. Piccolomini (later Pope Pius II).
Production: National Theatre School of Canada, April 2006
Part of the 2006 NTS New Words Festival
Audio Samples:
Illuminati: The Musical (2005)
Musical Comedy, 90 min | 7m, 8f
A conspiracy theorist, a journalist, a scientist, and a homeless girl navigate through a complex web of conspiracies to save the world from the clutches of an evil, all-powerful secret society.
Production: Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 2005
produced by Kiss The Giraffe Productions
Audio Samples:
Bloodsuckers! The Musical (2004)
Musical Comedy, 75 min | 6m, 5f
Winner: Best of Fest 2004, Winnipeg Fringe Festival
A group of greedy American theme park developers travel to Romania to negotiate plans for “Dracula Land” with a Transylvanian landholder named Vlad. Singing, dancing and bloodletting ensue.
Production: Winnipeg Fringe Festival, July 2004
produced by Kiss The Giraffe Productions
Audio Samples: