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IN INCUBATION UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

SAGUARO CITY MUSIC THEATRE

A MULTIMEDIA ROCK MUSICAL ABOUT AMBITION, GRIEF, AND FINDING YOUR PLACE IN A VAST UNIVERSE

CONCEPT, MUSIC & LYRICS BY

CAMERON HOOD

BOOK BY

CAMERON HOOD, JOHN D. LARSON

DREW HUMPHREY

ADDITIONAL MUSIC & LYRICS BY

RYAN ALFRED, RYAN DAVID GREEN

JOHN D. LARSON & JAMES OLMSTEAD

Inspired by NASA's Voyager missions

THE STORY

A DRIVEN SONGWRITER and his selfless collaborator turn their love of NASA’s Voyager missions into the language of their music and relationship.

But as their careers grow, so does the distance between them. As ambition, grief, and inherited pain pull them apart, they must decide whether they are doomed to repeat the patterns that shaped them — or brave enough to rewrite them.

THE VOYAGER MISSIONS

IN 1977, NASA LAUNCHED a pair of unmanned Voyager spacecraft on a scientific grand tour of the solar system. Each craft was outfitted with a golden record of music, greetings, and images of life on earth to carry beyond the planets into interstellar space.

THIS IS THE STORY OF TWO VOYAGERS WHO MADE A RECORD AND TOOK IT ON TOUR.

EXPERIENCE THE SHOW

NARRATIVE SYNOPSIS (1 MIN)

INTEGRATION OF VOYAGER MATERIAL (9 MIN)

SELECT SONG
"ECLIPTIC BLUES" (2 : 3 4 )

SELECT SONG
"BLEEDING HEART" (3:26 )

SELECT SONG
"GOLD RINGS" (3:11 )

Proof-of-concept film available upon request

THE WORLD OF VOYAGERS

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MUSIC

A driving indie-rock score propels a sung-through script, as the two central characters transform their longing, ambition, and heartbreak into songs, recording sessions, and live concert performances.

MULTIMEDIA

Archival imagery and mission audio from the Voyager program merge with cinematic projection design to create a world where the exploration of outer space reflects the inner lives of the characters.

METAPHOR

As they struggle to understand themselves and each other, the characters interpret their emotional lives and artistic ambitions through the language and symbolism of the Voyager program.

DEVELOPMENT

OVER MORE THAN A DECADE, Voyagers: A Space Rock Opera has been developed through songwriting, demo recording, theatre workshops, live performances, and multimedia experimentation.

Five workshops completed
Developed in collaboration with Saguaro City Music Theatre + University of Arizona
Grant and crowdfunding support
Proof-of-concept performance film completed
Projection design proof-of-concept achieved

ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AND ORIGINAL NEW MUSICALS I'VE ENCOUNTERED IN RECENT YEARS."

James Olmstead

Broadway orchestrator

THIS IS THE KIND OF WORK THAT CAN KEEP THE VOYAGER SPIRIT ALIVE FOR A NEW GENERATION."

Douglas Stetson

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Program Manager (1983–2008)

CREATIVE TEAM

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CAMERON HOOD

CONCEPT, BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS

Songwriter and performer with 20+ years of live performance experience as one-half of the folk duo Ryanhood. Winner of an International Acoustic Music Award and creator of the TEDx Talk "How Bad Things Can Make Us Good People."