“An irresistible songfest of sexual freedom and female empowerment…
…always entertaining… hit of the festival!” - Times Square Chronicles
“I can’t believe you let your kids see it” - midwestern grandparent
Wonder Women the Musical tells the TRUE story of three women who lived with the inventor of the lie detector in the 1940’s in a secret 4-way poly-amorous relationship that resulted in the creation of Wonder Woman.
This hilarious upbeat golden age-style musical shows how this sexually liberated group overcame the taboos and traditional beliefs of the day to become a family, They combined their passions for feminist agenda, gender psychology and kink, to create an iconic female superhero designed to ignite humanity’s subconscious desire for a return to matriarchy.
You will learn where Wonder Woman got her bracelets from, why she was constantly tied up, why she was dressed like a dominatrix, why there are no men on Paradise Island, and why so many women were spanking each other in the early issues. It’s all TRUE and you will never look at Wonder Woman the same way!
They quietly expressed their secret lifestyle in the early Wonder Woman comic strips. These are some historic photos of characters represented in the show next to some early Wonder Woman comics.
Book/Music/Lyrics
Gregory Becker is an award winning songwriter, composer and lyricist/librettist. His works have sold over 20 Million units worldwide and have been recorded by Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Leann Rimes, Alan Jackson, Meatloaf, Randy Bachman, Tim McGraw, Brett Eldredge, Billy Currington, Chris Cagle. Alex Williams, Zella Day, John Paul White and many others. They have also been featured in major motion pictures including Flicka, New In Town and Country Strong. He has contributed to multiple Grammy Nominated projects and earned a CCMA for single of the year for his song “Somebody Wrote Love”.
He is represented by ASCAP, Bluewater Music, and is a proud member of the Dramatist Guild and an alumni of Berklee College of Music. He has been a staff songwriter for Sony ATV, BMG, CAA, Warner-Chappell, Famous Music, Southern Crossroads and is currently signed with Bluewater Music. www.GregoryBecker.net
Consulting Producer
Laura Bell Bundy is a Tony-Award nominated actress and singer who has performed in a number of Broadway roles, her best known being the original Amber Von Tussle in the musical version of Hairspray, the original Elle Woods in the musical version of Legally Blonde and Dr. Jordan Denby on television's Anger Management.
LBBTV is Bundy’s production company founded to forge her own creative path, launching successful sketch comedy web series Cooter County & Skits-O-Frenic with millions of views on Youtube including her comedy song “You Can’t Pray The Gay Away.” She has directed over 30 sketches and music videos. Laura Bell developed “Mashville” for Netflix as creator, composer and lyricist. She is currently developing ‘Girl Time’ — a women’s history sketch comedy show for Free Form as creator, writer and executive producer.
LBB is the founder of Double Standards, a non-profit that supports the equal treatment of women. these subjects will be covered in her upcoming album “Women Of Tomorrow."
Director
Lorin choreographed Broadway’s recent THE WHO’S TOMMY, HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, OLIVER!, INTO THE WOODS, WAITRESS, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, LES LIASONS DANGEREUSE with Janet McTeer and Live Schreiber, WAITING FOR GODOT with Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stuart, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG at Roundabout, ASSASSINS at Encores, LA TRAVIATA at The Metroppolitan Opera, CHESS at The Kennedy Center, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 21 CHUMP STREET for “This American Life” (Brooklyn Academy of Music), The Public Theater’s THE VISITOR, TWELFTH NIGHT and THE ODYSSEY (Public Works, Delacort Theater), FANNY and GOD BLESS YOU, MR ROSEWATER(City Center Encores!), and A CHRISTMAS CAROL McCarter Theatre.
Lorin is currently developing Lauren Sandler’s novel This Is All I Gotwith playwright Kirsten Greenidge into a musical about a homeless woman in NYC and her plight to find a stable housing for herself and her newborn son. Lorin recently directed Candace Bushnell’s one woman show, IS THERE STILL SEX IN THE CITY at the Daryl Roth Theatre, which became a NYTimes Critic’s Pick.
Executive Producer
Oliver is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning producer at OHenry Productions, a New York-based production company which he founded in 2014. His producing credits include the West End's The Inheritance (Olivier Award); Broadway's The Inheritance (Tony Award) Burn This (Tony Nom), Sea Wall/A Life (Tony Nom), Slave Play (Tony Nom), Derren Brown: Secret, and Escape to Margaritaville; Studio recording of Witness Uganda; Off-Broadway's Invisible Thread, and Straight; and the National Tour of Hundred Days. Upcoming: Lempicka. In addition to producing independently, Oliver is the consulting producer at DVRF, a nonprofit dedicated to developing new work and supporting emerging theater artists. He is also the host and co-producer of BroadwayWorld's OHenry Report Podcast.
Executive Producer
Christine Merritt is a former high tech executive turned songwriter and now musical theater producer. During her 20 year corporate career she managed teams for software leaders such as Business Objects, and SAP and then led Google’s AdWords channel for Premier small business partners across the United States. Her career pivot to songwriting led her to writing with Greg Becker and being introduced to “Wonder Women The Musical”. Her belief that the Forces of Love (maybe link to song?) can heal and that the world should know that the most iconic female superhero was created by women fuels her passion for producing this project. Christine, Greg and Canadian singer Michelle Creber wrote and won the Grand Prize for the 2023 American Songwriter Magazine Lyric Contest. She is a member of BMI, The Nashville Songwriter’s Association and is completing her Songwriting Certificate Program with Berklee College of Music.
WJM productions / General Manager
ZACHARY BAER is a producer of live and digital entertainment, currently serving as the Associate Producer at Wagner Johnson Productions. He has helped develop and produce Broadway, Off-Broadway, touring, and international productions at Disney Theatrical Group and Roundabout Theatre Company, and he was a co-producer of the Tony Award®-winning Peter and the Starcatcher. Notable productions
include: Aladdin, Frozen, Newsies, The Lehman Trilogy, West Side Story, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Zack is a proud graduate of Newton North High School and Northwestern University.
Wonder Women, the musical, tells the unknown story of three women who lived with Martson in a secret poly-amorous relationship. Performance will take place Friday, February 15 at 6 p.m. Attendance is FREE and seating is LIMITED.
This year's selections cover a diverse range of material, from struggles with gender identity, to challenging family dynamics, to the yearning for connection and the origins of Wonder Woman.
Wonder Women, the musical, chosen as an Official Selection at the Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival. The musical tells the unknown story of 3 women who lived with Marston in a secret poly-amorous relationship.
Casting the world premiere reading of "Wonder Women" as part of Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival Selection. Approx. ten rehearsals from July 7-Aug. 2 at Studio Tenn in Nashville, TN and three dates of tech/performances at Out Front Theatre Company in Atlanta, GA as part of the Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival.
