ShapeShifter

A Comanche Musical

Change is coming. The Ancestors spoke of it. But when O-Ray, a Comanche teen, innocently considers what it would be like to see the world through the eyes of an animal, an alternate world of mysterious creatures and talking animals reveals itself.

It’s 1894 when O-Ray encounters little troll-like people and a gigantic snake with wings that threatens the very freedom of her people. Soon after, O-Ray shapeshifts into a gray wolf and learns she’s not the only ShapeShifter. But when a young boy is taken by a mammoth owl known to hunt children out after dark, O‑Ray and Muutuumi, a young warrior, must find the boy and return him home before he vanishes for good.

It is here the Comanche people find themselves on the cusp of an ever-changing world and they cling to the one thing fear can’t diminish . . . hope.

ShapeShifter is a stage musical with melodies, music, lyrics, and a book by Apryl Allen.

Playwright: Apryl Allen     Composer: Apryl Allen     Lyricist: Apryl Allen

Characters: O-Ray (ShapeShifter: Gray Wolf), Ayoko (ShapeShifter: Hummingbird), Young Muutuumi (ShapeShifter: Mustang), Tuhu Mua (Father), Medicine Man, Snake with Wings, Old Muutuumi (Narrator), Nunupi (little troll-like people), and 2 White Spirit Buffalo (pre-recorded Comanche dialogue by Elders)