Exorcistic: The Rock Musical

Exorcistic: The Rock Musical is a bold, high-octane horror-comedy. Winner of LA Drama Critics Circle Best Music and Lyrics 2023 and Best new musical Off-Off Broadway BroadwayWorld Awards 2024. Written by Michael Shaw Fisher (book, music, and lyrics) and starring Emma Hunton (from Freeform’s Good Trouble), this campy, self-aware parody launches when a struggling theater troupe known for it’s musical parodies tries to cash in on the 52nd anniversary (who doesn’t love an anniversary) of the legendary horror film The Exorcist—by staging a chaotic, over-the-top rock musical.

We join the company for the first staged reading of the original musical. Since there’s an instant conflict of personalities and creative priorities within the company, they decide to do an “experimental version” of the parody, but throughout the reading, cast mates become offended and technical issues ensue quickly spiraling them into theatrical madness as the cast realizes they are no longer just parodying evil, but summoning it.

With 19 original rock numbers, cabaret chaos, fourth-wall breaks, audience interaction, satanic showbiz spectacle, and a rotating cast of guest divas.