CMU School of Drama


Thursday, April 02, 2026

Out Here gives a fresh musical spin to the family drama

Chicago Reader: In Out Here, a new musical by Leslie Buxbaum and Erin McKeown, which has its world premiere at Court Theatre this month, the characters wrestle with what it means to be open and spontaneous without losing everything they thought they wanted. Dawn thinks she wants a divorce, and she reconnects with her college sweetheart, Robin, who she broke up with when she thought it would be too hard to build a family in a same-sex relationship. Brian starts a new relationship with Gina. And Cleo and Jett, Robin’s nonbinary child, try to figure out what it all means for them as their parents restart their romantic lives in midlife.

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