The Pitch
When an enslaved runaway encounters a down and out priest, the unlikely pair must confront the past and battle the darkness of human trafficking and organized crime to accept a second chance at a new life.
Runaway Home is a cross-generational pop/rock musical where broken souls collide to create a found family.
The tone of the show is RENT meets SPRING AWAKENING with the soul of DEAR EVAN HANSEN.
At the core of Runaway Home is a simple message of empathy, community, and found family. An underdog story, Runaway Home gives us unlikely heroes to root for, proving that anyone can rise above their circumstances and survive.
THE WORLD OF RUNAWAY HOME
The action takes place in any metropolitan city - a New York, Chicago, Washington DC, or Atlanta. The setting is a place where one can get lost in the city; somewhere they could never be found.
Synopsis
Thirteen-year-old Aleah’s future was filled with promise as a singer/songwriter. Within a year of her videos going viral, however, her mother sold Aleah’s body to a male fan, forcing Aleah to flee her home and live on the streets. Now, seven years later, Aleah is a victim of human slavery, where she is forced to do the bidding of Duke, the head of the drug and human trafficking ring. Believing she will be set free on her twenty-first birthday, Aleah fights her way through the horror of her life only to discover it’s all a farce. She will never be free. Freedom only lies in her own death.
When desire meets opportunity, Aleah fakes her death and discovers sanctuary in a small, run-down Catholic Church – St. Michael’s. There, she meets a cognitively disabled young man known to everyone as “The Preacher.” While Father Liam battles with the aristocracy of the parish, he cannot bear the increasing homeless population. Defying the leaders of the church, Father Liam opens the doors to them. Even though Aleah believes she is free, there is a fatal flaw in her plan. One of Duke’s girls knows she is alive. Capture is just a breath away.
Set against the backdrop of urban America, this soft-pop/rock musical tackles relevant themes of teen homelessness and trafficking, the staggering statistics of which are seldom reported but growing each year. Featuring a powerhouse cast for the staged reading, Runaway Home is a call to combat the needless death and destruction of our nation’s most vulnerable, and offers sanctuary to anyone who feels trapped, outcast, and alone.
MUSIC
Runaway Home features a pop/rock style with a mix of legit Broadway. Suggested instrumentation would include piano, keyboards, strings, guitar, bass, and percussion.
DEVELOPMENT
Runaway Home is available for development as a commercial stage musical. Additionally, there is a five season limited dramatic television series available and plans for films, novels, and albums.
Developmental Timeline
Stage One - Level Four Developmental Staged Reading, Theatre Row, New York City - September 21 - 22, 2023
Stage Two - Developmental workshops with the creative team and actors towards a staged production.
Stage Three - World Premiere production - TBA
Stage Four - Commercial Production
The Opportunity
Qualified investors and producers may reach out to schedule a meeting to discuss the opportunity.
Please contact Visceral Theatre Management at mcg@visceral-entertainment.com
Schedule a Zoom session to learn more: https://calendly.com/darren-_lk/runaway-home-development