The Origin & transformation
How the musical came to (un)life and its creative journey.












Structure, Story World, & Genre
I was also taking time to study plot structure, story world, and genre. One of my books placed horror films like Dracula and Frankenstein in the superhero category. These creature features usually have an origin story and deal with similar themes. This made me very excited as I had already gravitated towards the idea that the story may well be like a comic book or graphic novel—like Batman. Would the vampire drag queen be the hero or the villain? The vigilante story was percolating inside me so strongly that no matter where Jared guided me, I’d find a way back to it. We started toying around with ideas for other projects, and one of them involved Revenge Tragedies, such as The Spanish Tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi, and, of course, the most famous one, Hamlet. Reviewing the elements of revenge tragedy, suddenly everything began to click. Vigilante films were modern day revenge tragedies. Batman is often portrayed as a vigilante. The other thing I was suddenly gifted was a stronger structure for the story. The elements of revenge tragedy created a kind of outline of what might possibly occur. I didn’t have all the answers but I had a great start.
I began formally writing the musical and started working out ideas in a blank book that went everywhere with me. It contains nearly every thought I’ve had about the piece.












Second Demo and real life events
I released a demo for another instrumental piece in the show. This would also be a good time to share how real life events were making me want to continue the long marinating of the show before continuing official rewrites. I had felt that the story world was potentially too ridiculous until the Trump Presidency made the story word seem incredibly quaint. Additionally, during the Covid-19 pandemic came an even deeper understanding of the issues facing BIPOC and transgender people thanks to the incredible documentary, Disclosure, the racial reckoning . I would need distance and more wisdom to continue writing this piece,