It’s Christmas Eve 2009 and Chris Kirkpatrick from *NSYNC has a decision to make.
As the show begins, it’s Christmas 2009, seven years into *NSYNC’s indefinite “hiatus”, and four of the five members of the historic boy band have gathered for their annual seasonal meetup. You can guess which one is missing. But Chris is sure Justin will show up—and that soon the hiatus will end and the band will get back together. Right?
With a little help from an unlikely guardian angel, Chris is given the chance to revisit *NSYNC’s rise to fame and make a Christmas wish that could change his life forever.
A Christmas Carol meets It’s A Wonderful Life meets… *NSYNC.
Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical (with very little boy band music) is a parody musical mashup featuring 12 original songs composed by Valen Shore, with book and lyrics co-written by Shore and Alison Zatta. Music direction and arrangements by Tony Award nominee Taylor Williams (Moulin Rouge!, Hamilton, Ain’t No Mo), and sound design by Tony Award winning Joshua Millican (Six, The Band’s Visit).
Valen Shore — Music/Lyrics/Book
Valen Shore is a musician and writer based in Austin, TX. Valen's music has had millions of streams across all platforms. Her songs have been featured on Riverdale, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Lucifer, Pretty Little Liars, and The Sims 4. In 2018 she toured with BRONCHO and SYML.
Valen co-created the podcast Real Housewives of Dungeons & Dragons. She is also a proud mama to Dylan.
Instagram: @valenforever / Spotify: VALEN
Alison Zatta — Lyrics/Book
Alison Zatta (she/her) is an L.A.-based actor, writer, and filmmaker. Graduate of Georgetown University. Favorite credits include the music video for P!nk’s F**kin’ Perfect directed by Dave Meyers and the title role in the DC area premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice. Alison’s award-winning short film Girl Meets Roach screened at 40+ festivals worldwide. She recently completed another festival circuit with her script The Break-App (Winner, Copa Shorts Film Festival Screenwriting Competition; Finalist: Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, Oxford Film Festival Screenwriting Competition; Semi-Finalist, Omaha Film Festival Screenwriting Competition). Alison co-created the podcast Real Housewives of Dungeons & Dragons.
Instagram: @alisonzatta / Twitter: @zatta
Taylor J. Williams — Music Director/Arrangements
TONY Award Nominee, Taylor Williams, (he/him) is a New York City-based composer, orchestrator, and electronic music designer. He has collaborated with such artists as Sara Bareilles, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, Heather Headley, Gloria Estefan, Marius de Vries, Steve Martin, Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, Coheed & Cambria, Pentatonix, Charlie Fink, and The Who.
His electronic music work can be heard on the Grammy Award-winning albums of Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, and The Color Purple (2016 Revival), as well as the original cast albums of Heathers, Moulin Rouge, and Beetlejuice. His compositions have been featured in the burlesque webseries At Home With Rhinestone Gorilla by Jenny Weinbloom, as well as Pigeon Food by Lauren Ashcraft and Charlie Biscotto.
Joshua Millican — Sound Designer
Recent Broadway credits as Associate Sound Designer include:
SiX The Musical, Head Over Heels, The Band's Visit (Tony Award for Sound Design, Drama Desk Award for Sound Design), Prince of Broadway, An American in Paris, Sunday In the Park With George, She Loves Me, The Bridges of Madison County, Big Fish.
Other recent credits as Sound Designer include A Night with Gershwin, Holiday Getaway, Fall Springs, Broadway Bounty Hunter (Barrington Stage); Sound of Music (Asolo Rep): Million Dollar Quartet (Weston Playhouse); Eager to Lose, Charlatan (Ars Nova). International: Waitress, Beautiful (Philippines). Graduate of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.