The Boy with the Sun in His Eyes

Name: The Boy with the Sun in His Eyes
Start: 2026-01-17T20:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-01-17T22:30:00-06:00
Location: PS1 Close House (538 South Gilbert Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240)

Schedule

Sat Jan 17 2026 at 08:00 pm to 10:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

PS1 Close House (538 South Gilbert Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240) | Iowa City, IA

A Developmental Workshop of a New Musical Written by Steven Gross, Directed by Owen Brightman
Support is provided by the Iowa Arts Council, which exists within the Iowa Economic Development Authority.
TICKETS: www.thestevengross.com/boysunic/tickets
Tickets are available for general admission at $20, $15, or $10 and for students at $5. We are offering this sliding scale to increase access to these readings for the entire community. Please choose the price level that feels like a comfortable stretch but not an anxiety-inducer.
Synopsis
Kai is a dreamer and community organizer working to stop the demolition of a public observatory. When the supernatural starts to warp his reality and bring the ghosts of his past and the promise of his future into conflict, he goes on a journey to bring peace to his life and learns how to grieve and grow.
This is a workshop reading! Actors will be reading and singing with their scripts on music stands and there will be minimal staging and design elements. Audience members will be asked to provide feedback on their experience and perspective on the musical following the reading.
Cast & Crew
Kylen Phillips as KAI
Haydon Bailey as BEAU
Asha Keller as MAYA
Eve Minkler as RACHEL
Norah Wolfe as JUSTINE
Emma Bibb as ALEX/ENSEMBLE
Niyati Deshpande as LUCE/ENSEMBLE
Zafyre Sexton-Turner as VIC/ENSEMBLE
Kaiya Kralik, Jimmy Rempel as ENSEMBLE
Owen Brightman, Director
Alex Rain, Stage Manager
Anna Marine, Accompanist
Jamie Ellis, Community Liaison
Steven Gross, Producer
Blake Shaw, Cellist/Bassist
Andre Garcia, Guitarist