revelations from the first and last ever rehearsal of THEY SAY I DID SOMETHING BAD: an unauthorized taylor swift parody musical about the life of the unabomber ted kaczynski presented by the bridgebrook college drama club

by Courtney Taylor

Riley, an edgy playwright in love with her closeted best friend Cheyenne, creates an unruly new musical about the Unabomber – written after the arrest of the high school teacher who groomed her. The piece takes a surreal turn with the arrival of Ecoterrorist Taylor and the Unabomber, forcing Riley and Cheyenne to search for connection and tenderness at the end of the world.

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Riley, an edgy playwright in love with her closeted best friend Cheyenne, creates an unruly new musical about the Unabomber – written after the arrest of the high school teacher who groomed her. The piece takes a surreal turn with the arrival of Ecoterrorist Taylor and the Unabomber, forcing Riley and Cheyenne to search for connection and tenderness at the end of the world.

revelations... is a 75-minute dramedy about college theatremakers, true crime, and rape culture, also ft. queer romance, Ecoterrorist Taylor, musical performances, and the end of the world. Trigger warning for discussion and themes of sexual violence throughout.

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revelations from the first and last ever rehearsal of THEY SAY I DID SOMETHING BAD: an unauthorized taylor swift parody musical about the life of the unabomber ted kaczynski presented by the bridgebrook college drama club

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    This play is feral & weird in a special way that only a play about very recent adults processing their relatively recent childhood trauma through the medium of theatre about whatever has crawled into their mind & is rattling around in there poltergeist-style can be.

    This play is feral & weird in a special way that only a play about very recent adults processing their relatively recent childhood trauma through the medium of theatre about whatever has crawled into their mind & is rattling around in there poltergeist-style can be.

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  • Zach Barr: revelations from the first and last ever rehearsal of THEY SAY I DID SOMETHING BAD: an unauthorized taylor swift parody musical about the life of the unabomber ted kaczynski presented by the bridgebrook college drama club by Courtney Taylor
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    A play that is simultaneously enormous in scale and refreshingly intimate, unashamedly cringe and apocalyptically serious, angry at the whole world and trying to find the worthwhile center of it. One of the better depictions of the emotional whiplash of being a young person today, paralyzed by both the unfairness of the world and the unethical desire to escape from it all.

    A play that is simultaneously enormous in scale and refreshingly intimate, unashamedly cringe and apocalyptically serious, angry at the whole world and trying to find the worthwhile center of it. One of the better depictions of the emotional whiplash of being a young person today, paralyzed by both the unfairness of the world and the unethical desire to escape from it all.

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  • George Landau-Pincus: revelations from the first and last ever rehearsal of THEY SAY I DID SOMETHING BAD: an unauthorized taylor swift parody musical about the life of the unabomber ted kaczynski presented by the bridgebrook college drama club by Courtney Taylor
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    This play has a lot of heart. It’s fun and familiar and deeply committed to all that it does. Great work, can’t wait to see it staged someday.

    This play has a lot of heart. It’s fun and familiar and deeply committed to all that it does. Great work, can’t wait to see it staged someday.

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Character Information

  • Riley
    An edgy playwright in love with her best friend. Was groomed in high school by her English teacher.
    20s
    Any
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female,
      Non-binary
  • Cheyenne
    A nervous dramaturg. Closeted but made out with Riley at a recent drama club party.
    20s
    Any
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female,
      Non-binary
  • Player/The Unabomber
    Plays multiple college actors involved in Riley's show and the Unabomber. In Part Three, the Unabomber plays the high school teacher who groomed Riley. Player/The Unabomber is comedic and chilling.
    20s
    Any
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female,
      Non-binary
  • Ecoterrorist Taylor
    Exactly who you think she is. Speeding up climate change, threatening to kill the audience, #eyeliner sharp enough to kill a man. In Part Three, Ecoterrorist Taylor plays Riley, during the scene of her high school grooming.
    20s
    Any
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female,
      Non-binary

Development History

  • Reading, LimeFest at The Tank, 2024
  • Reading, Paper Kraine Productions, 2024
  • Reading, RE/VENUE NYC, 2024