The Legend of Anne Bonny
Book and Lyrics by Emy McGuire
Music by Emy McGuire, Pluto Boll and Nathan McGuire
Anne, an ambitious 18th century housewife, enters the realm of piracy at the beginning of its very violent end. She runs away on a wanted man’s ship, falls in love with more than her fair share of irreputable individuals, and learns that pirates who are captured are forced to betray their kind to live or cling to their legends and die.
With a sword at hip and adventure at hand, Anne seems poised to claim everything she has ever wanted, so long as she can avoid a watery grave as well as the hangman’s noose. But Anne’s captain has become the target of a vengeful pirate-turned-hunter. The world whispers around her that those beneath black flags will soon be doomed. And the quiet young man that Anne has desperately (and secretly) fallen for turns out to be no man at all.
“…the whole effort comes across as incredibly ambitious and passionate — the kind of show where the love and effort that went into bringing it to life resonates in every performance.” - Alex Miller OnStage Colorado