Exciting news: Weightless was nominated for a 2023 Lucille Lortel award (Best Musical) and a 2023 Drama Desk award (Best Music)!
Weightless at NYC’s WP TheateR Fall 2022
We had a THRILLING Off-Broadway run at WP Theater! Stay tuned for more Weightless news!
“ONE OF THE BEST NEW MUSICALS IN RECENT MEMORY! A thumpingly melodic score, with hooks that will be STUCK IN YOUR HEAD FOR DAYS.”
“Weightless is “a sister-power rock concert, with indie-optimist effervescence and MUSIC THAT SOARS.”
“IRRESISTIBLE MUSIC – better than Hadestown – that will keep your head bobbing throughout. The riff battles are THE STUFF OF LEGEND.”
Sisterhood. Love. Vengeance. Flight. Inspired by a tale from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Weightless tells the story of two deeply devoted sisters, Procne and Philomela. Separated by circumstance, they must travel across worlds—facing devastating sacrifice and divine intervention—in order to reunite.
The Kilbanes’ Weightless is a theatrical concept album driven by a deeply moving narrative, which weaves ancient myth with indie rock. The band and the cast are one and the same, blurring the line between actors and musicians, as well as between musical theater and rock concert.
WEIGHTLESS FILM
Streaming April-May 2021
Produced by NYC’s WP Theater and directed by the incomparable Tamilla Woodard (Hadestown), the show features several returning cast members (Lila Blue as Philomela, Josh Pollock as Tereus) and introduces a new one: Oakland rock star Kofy Brown as God.
Photos © Pamela Gentile
Kate Kilbane (Procne/Bass) and Dan Moses (Keyboards/Vocals) are joined onscreen by fellow performer/band members Lila Blue (Philomela), Kofy Brown (Iris/Percussion), Joshua Pollock (Tereus/Guitar), and Dan Harris (Percussion). The creative team includes Animator & Editor Katherine Freer (Lifespan of a Fact, The Band’s Visit), Co-Animator Yee Eun Nam (The Fall of the House of Usher), Cinematographer Peggy Peralta (award-winning documentaries Harana, and A New Color), Production & Costume Designer David Israel Reynoso (Sleep No More) and Sound Editor Gregory T. Kuhn (Horizon, Lortel Award). Weightless was line produced by WP BOLD Special Projects Producer, Nidia Medina.
Photo © Pamela Gentile
Filmed under strict COVID guidelines in a spectacular outdoor setting in the Bay Area, Weightless intertwines animation, live rock performance, and storytelling into a musical experience like no other.
The world premiere of Weightless was developed and produced by Z Space (Lisa Steindler, Executive Artistic Director) and piece by piece productions in March 2018 at Z Space in San Francisco.
“No matter how many times, over how many years, the Kilbanes’ Weightless plays … I’m just going to keep recommending it”
Weightless during QuarantinE!
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What People Are Saying
“Weightless may yet become the massive hit it so richly deserves to be” - Chad Jones, Theaterdogs.net
“Alternately soaring, pounding, exuberant and often heartbreaking” - Robert Sokol, SF Examiner
“Deeply moving” - Tim Sullivan, Broadway World
“Stunningly beautiful story of love, sisterhood, heartbreak, and rebirth” - Jennifer Ann Charron, Theatrius.com
“Beautifully ephemeral… no one who is curious about edgy new musical theater should miss it” - Karen D’Souza, SF Mercury News
“So beautiful, so majestic… the show is magically unique” - David John Chavez, Bay Area Plays
“The Kilbanes could fly endlessly into space on a single, hypnotically executed chord”- SF Chronicle (highest rating)
"Spectacularly beautiful!" - theaterdogs.net
WEIGHTLESS at ACT Spring 2019
Photos by Kevin Berne
Weightless Premiere at Z Space Spring 2018
Photos by Julie Schuchard