Book and Music by Jordan Knitzer

Lyrics by Jordan Knitzer and Sarah Rossman

Directed by Mary Tomei

Music Directed by Alexandra Crosby

Produced at the New York Theater Festival in 2022

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This 20 minute dark comedy musical which follows Squit, an alcoholic mosquito who quarrels with the moral conundrum of biting humans and her own existence. The musical is the winner of “Best Production Short” at the New York Theater Festival in December 2022.

Jordan is currently working on expanding this musical by adding four separate bugs to his repertoire: a cannabilistic Mantis, an unfocused Locust, a Cicadian Rhythm Band, and a Spotted Lantern Fly. He put up one of these shows in 2023 at the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop titled Mantis Prom alongside composer Barrett Riggins, and hopes to put up a full length musical of bugs with a wide range of collaborators.