Madeleine Hicks & Kara McLeland
FAIRY FLOSS
A NEW MUSICAL
Friday & Saturday, July 24-25 at 8:30PM
OZ Arts Nashville (6172 Cockrill Bend Circle)
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Madeleine Hicks
MUSIC BY
Kara McLeland
STARRING
Gabe Cyrus
Seth Nathan Green
Blake Holliday
Andrew Newton
Emma Supica
Cammie York
STAGEHANDS & ENSEMBLE
Christine Copelan
Haley Johnson
CHOREOGRAPHY BY
Shabaz Ujima
PUPPETRY & PROP DESIGN BY
Madeleine Hicks
PROJECTION DESIGN BY
Shel McMurtry
MUSIC PRODUCED BY
Nathan Girard
Paul Kintzing
Kara McLeland
PRODUCED BY
Hayley Rose Maurer / Deep Strange Productions
Deliciously sweet and abundantly heartwarming, Fairy Floss is a whimsical new musical that reimagines the story of the creation of cotton candy as an uplifting queer romance. Utilizing her distinctly playful theatrical style, pop-art aesthetics, and fanciful puppets, director and writer Madeleine Hicks joins forces with songwriter and musician Kara McLeland to tell the unauthorized, sugar-coated story of how two locals created a love for the ages. The festive new production features an all-star cast of local theatrical talent anchored by the irresistible duo of Seth Nathan Green and Andrew Newton in the leading roles.
The turn of the century is approaching when Nashville natives Dr. William Morrison, an uptight dentist, and John C. Wharton, a loveable candymaker, become star-crossed lovers and unlikely business partners with the creation of their new confectionery treat. Fairy Floss follows the quirky pair of entrepreneurs from their humble origins in Middle Tennessee to the groundbreaking debut of their wildly popular new treat at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904. Delightfully blending local historical events with magical realism, this hilarious reimagination of Nashville’s little-known culinary past invites audiences to collectively imagine an even sweeter future together.
It’s sure to be a gay affair to remember.



