Ticking info here. Running May 29-July 6, San Francisco.
Article by Lily Janiak for the SF Chronicle 5/28/2025
Nine years ago, Beau Lewis created an unusual weekly therapy group for struggling tech founders. Instead of sitting in a circle of folding chairs, participants freestyled — as in hip-hop.
“There was a pressure for us to keep up an external veneer of success and not actually be open and vulnerable about all of the challenges and fears that we had,” recalled Lewis, who co-founded toy company GoldieBlox and serves as CEO of media company and would-be musical theater disruptor Rhyme Combinator. Those feelings, he continued, came out in “whatever your subconscious brain bled out over this beat.”
Article by Logan Culwell-Block from Playbill.com 4/10/2025
American Conservatory Theater has found its full cast for the upcoming world premiere run of RyanNicole Austin, Beau Lewis, and Adesha Adefela’s hop-hop musical CO-FOUNDERS, set to play the San Francisco company’s Strand Theater May 29-July 6.
Jamil Jude will direct the world premiere, with music supervision, orchestrations, arrangements, and music by Victoria Theodore, beats production by Will Randolph V, choreography by Juel D. Lane, scenic design by Arnel Sancianco, costume design by Jasmine Milan Williams, lighting design by Xavier Pierce, sound design by Connor Wang, video content design by David Richardson, and music direction by Tish Diaz. Rebecca J. Ennals will serve as stage manager, with Megan McClintock and Emma Walz as assistant stage managers.
