New Musical Trevor, Based on the Oscar-Winning Short Film That Launched The Trevor Project, to Open Off-Broadway

Trevor, a new musical based on the Academy Award-winning short film of the same name, will arrive at off-Broadway's Stage 42 this spring. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical collaborators Marc Bruni and Joshua Prince will direct and choreograph the production, set to begin performances in April.

Trevor features a book and lyrics by Dan Collins and music by Julianne Wick Davis (who together penned the 2016 musical adaptation of the documentary Southern Comfort). Based on an original story by James Lecesne, the show follows 13-year-old Trevor, a force of nature with a vivid imagination. As he deals with becoming a teenager, he struggles to navigate his own identity and determine how he fits into a challenging world.

The nonprofit Trevor Project, the nation's only accredited crisis intervention and suicide prevention organization focused on saving LGBTQ lives, was created as a result of the Trevor film.

The off-Broadway staging of Trevor follows a 2017 world premiere mounting at Chicago's Writers Theatre. Casting and a start date for the New York production will be announced soon.