HIT REWIND

a time travel mystery musical

In Hit Rewind, Joey is an overconfident, gay, Latiné fashionista campaigning for Prom King at a Christian boarding school until a knock on the head spins him from 2016 to the 1989, into a world where his parents are his classmates, no one’s heard of Instagram, and his dad is the resident homophobic bully. Soon, Joey realizes that he has the chance to prevent the untimely and mysterious death of a closeted queer student, a death that’s haunted his mother and the entire town for decades.  Will he be able to save this teen from their tragic fate? Can he adapt to a world that doesn’t spin around him alone?  Is it cheating on your boyfriend if you kiss someone in a different century?  Based on the YA novel Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes, this “queer Back To The Future,” is filled with adventure and missteps that could erase Joey's future or get him stuck in the past forever. Packed with laughs, high-stakes action, and endless 1980’s references, this musical comedy ultimately celebrates the spin of the moral universe towards justice…and glitter.

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Book, Music & Lyrics by David Davila & Michael Wartofsky

Based on the YA novel Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes

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Developmental History:

- Berklee College of Music (Workshop) 2026

- Drama Club Camp (Residency) 2025

- Berklee College of Music (Concert) 2024

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