Overview
- The project, which began a private workshop this week, is in early development led by George Strus’ Benson Drive Productions, with a production timeline to be announced later in 2026.
- Nora Brigid Monahan will write the book and lyrics, Alex Parker will compose the score, and Georgie Rankcom will direct.
- The musical centers on Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener through a modern-day gallery setting where a woman studies their century-old paintings to probe the truth of their lives and love.
- Strus said the team intends to honor Lili Elbe’s legacy by assembling a majority-trans creative team to advance authentic trans representation.
- Workshops are a standard first step in building a new musical because they let creators test songs, scenes, casting, and staging before public production plans are set, and this adaptation draws on David Ebershoff’s 2000 novel later adapted into an Oscar-recognized 2015 film.