Gravity: A New(tonian) Musical
Created by Joel Chapman, Weston Gaylord, Matt Herrero, Jessia Hoffman, and Ken Savage
The Father of Modern Physics...The Mother of Science Fiction...And the Inventor of Time Travel!
When physics prodigy Sophie is catapulted back in time, her meet-cute with 23-year old Isaac Newton inadvertently prevents him from getting hit with the mythic apple and discovering gravity—which makes her time machine stop working. Now trapped in 1666, Sophie must restore history and navigate the Enlightenment, where Natural Philosophers are the pop stars of their day. She tangles with historical luminaries such as up-and-comer Edmond Halley, Isaac's rival Gottfried Leibniz, and the unknown author Margaret Cavendish, who is embroiled in her own quest for fame and scientific recognition. GRAVITY is a new romantic comedy, smashing together madcap time travel mayhem and delightfully remixed history.
RUNTIME: 2 acts, 2 hours 10 min // CAST: 13 (5W, 8M) - Diverse casting is essential
"By far, the standout of the year"
-Palo Alto Online
"I Wanna Be Mad" : Lyrics by Weston Gaylord and Matt Herrero, Music by Matt Herrero
OTHER SAMPLES
Staged Industry Reading in NYC produced by Film FiftySix
November 2025
Staged Reading in SFBATCO’s New Roots Theatre Festival
November 2024
Featured at A Little New Music concert
November 2019, Catalina Jazz Club
Staged Reading Series at Brava Theatre
March 17th-18th, 2019.
Script Workshop with A.C.T.’s MFA Acting Program
June 2018
Featured at A Little New Music concert
April 2017, Catalina Jazz Club
Selected as Finalist for O’Neill National Musical Theatre Conference
May 2017
Staged Reading at TheatreWorks New Works Festival 2016
August 2016, Lucie Stern Theatre
Staged Reading at Z-Space's Z Below
March 2016, Z Below
Staged Reading series
October 2015, Z Below
October 2015, Stanford's Roble Theatre
