What if you found a magic pencil that could answer almost any question?
Based on the 2015 novel by Kate Messner, All the Answers is the musical story of an anxious teenager who discovers in the middle of a math quiz that her pencil magically answers questions in a voice only she can hear. As Ava and her friend Sophie test the pencil's abilities, its answers lead to school-drama secrets, hard family truths and a lot of comedy. Along the way, Ava experiences gutting growing-up moments, heartbreaks and some well-won victories. But as the pencil grows shorter with every sharpening, she's forced to decide what's worth knowing and what's better left to discover for herself. With a soaring contemporary score and a multigenerational cast, this story helps us make peace with our questions and answer the biggest one of all: how we will spend our one precious life.
Book by Kate Messner
Music by Haley Bennett
Lyrics by Haley Bennett & Kate Messner
Developed with & Directed by Amy Anders Corcoran
Kate Messner
book + lyrics
Kate Messner is a NYT Bestselling author of 80+ books for kids, including All the Answers and Keep The Ghost Light On, a Broadway ghost story coming in February 2027. She's thrilled to be collaborating on her first musical with director Amy Anders Corcoran and composer Haley Bennett. www.katemessner.com
Haley Bennett
MUSIC + lyrics
Haley Bennett Broadway: & Juliet, Redwood, Diana, Once on This Island, Escape to Margaritaville, Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, Anastasia, Bandstand, Paramour and Finding Neverland. Music Supervisor and/or Coordinator for NBCUniversal, Apple TV, Radio City Music Hall, The Ogunquit Playhouse and several Broadway cast recordings. BA in Psychology, Harvard University.
Amy Anders Corcoran
DEVELOPMENT + DIRECTOR
Amy Anders Corcoran (Development & Director) is a director who specializes in new works. New musical premieres as director include: Senior Class (NAMT 2021!) at Olney Theatre Center, The Great Emu War (Goodspeed Musicals), Christmas in Connecticut (Goodspeed Musicals), Unexpected Joy (The York and Southwark Playhouse, London). She also has a new adaptation of Little Mermaid on the Disney Wish. Amy has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in London, and in many theatres across the US. MFA-Penn State, Directing. BA-University of Kansas, Psychology. www.amyanderscorcoran.com