Sarah Caroline Billings

"One Woman’s Agatha Christie’s Adventure of the Christmas Pudding” is a (sort of) one-woman show that captures the chaos of trying to do it all.

The story centers on Jane, a driven writer-director-actor who takes on the task of performing an entire production solo after her cast fails to show up. Desperate to impress a potential investor, Jane juggles every character herself, pushing her abilities to the brink as she struggles with identity, control, and maintaining that Christmas cheer.

The show within a show is a Poirot mystery, brought to life with a 1920s musical theater sound and a lively array of suspected jewel thieves: a domineering matriarch, an entangled love triangle, mischievous schoolchildren, a weary cook, and, of course, the brilliant Detective Poirot.

Requiring only a piano or small band, this production is brought to life with a clever accompanist and a few daring audience members. The result is a show that entertains theater buffs, Agatha Christie enthusiasts, and festive families (with kids over ten) alike. The musical is a broad comedy grounded in an exploration of the importance of letting go.

A missing reality TV contestant. A desperate single mom. Crimes messier than spilled rosé.

BESTIE ISLAND THE MUSICAL serves up your biggest reality obsessions - “The Bachelor,” “Love Island” and “Real Housewives” - set to pop earworms. Follow our heroine Jamie through tropical chaos, messy drama, and crimes she never saw coming. The show is Carly Rae Jepsen meets Little Shop of Horrors meets the darkest corners of your FYP*.

*For the uninitiated, your FYP is the For You Page on TikTok

The Creators

Music and Lyrics
Colby Lapolla - work produced with Selling Sunset, Disney, Diane Warren, etc.

Libretto and Some Lyrics
Sarah Caroline Billings - work produced at Cherry Lane, Barrow Group, American University, etc.

- 2024 Terrence McNally New Works Incubator Lab Semi-Finalist
- 2024 Premiere Stages’ Play Festival Finalist
- The 2024 Relentless review panel called The Sound "whimsical and poignant", and shared that it was discussed at length.
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The Sound, a semi-autobiographic fantasia, follows a young girl and a woman as they investigate the girl's memories of a traumatic time through imaginative play.

https://disarminggirls.com/

Truus is an aspiring soldier, Hannie is a law student, and Freddie (the younger sister of Truus) is just here for a good time. Disarming Girls is a movement-led, neoteric take on the incredible true story of these three women living in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. Their involvement in the Dutch Resistance leads to their ultimate mission: seducing Nazi officers to their execution. A chorus of three other women builds the environment, inhabits characters, and guides the audience through this reimagining. DG is playful in its examination of how Truus, Hannie, and Freddie used their “femininity” to great advantage, but also brutal in its exploration of war and trauma.

2023 Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition Semi-finalist.
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A high-stakes callback is lent depth by the plot and words of Hamlet.
Runs 90 minutes with no intermission or scene breaks. Set in a rehearsal room. 1W/2M. You in yet?
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A director calls back a young unknown actor.
"Hamlet" is going up on Broadway in six months, and a move to stay relevant, the director has decided Hamlet will be played by a woman.
Throughout that evening, the true nature of the two is revealed and tension escalates as the text of "Hamlet" gives words to their conflict. The power shifts between the director and the actor, reality shifts, and blackmail ends the play. Or does it? And the question remains: is revenge actually wild justice?