"Shows great promise at becoming a hit on Broadway." -Andrew Andrews, Opplaud
Reviews for 2022 Workshop at The Episcopal Actors' Guild
While it wouldn't be completely accurate to say The Inconvenient Miracle: A Mysterious Birth Musical is about reproductive health rights, ...it's still quite significant at this time in American history to watch a scene where a 14-year-old girl is asking a nun to help her get an abortion. Add to the mix that the girl is a virgin, the nun has been praying for a sign of God's existence and the show, penned by Emily Claire Schmitt (book), Emily Rose Simons (score) and Ria T. DiLullo (additional story and direction), is billed as a musical comedy, and I have to say there's a lot of intriguing stuff going on.
“Chock-full of satire about Catholicism and cults, The Inconvenient Miracle combines all of the antics, song and dance of a traditional musical comedy with healthy doses of both veneration and skepticism… This is one of those early plays that shows great promise at becoming a hit on Broadway… it is perfect… very nicely developed: the songs are all well-written, with catchy tunes and refined lyrics, and the script is engaging… the actors show a great deal of talent and enthusiasm for their roles… this show will be miraculous.”
The Inconvenient Miracle tells the story of a group of teenage girls in a religious school where only one nun remains on campus, in a similar vein to Saved. It features an all-female/non-binary cast and creative team who have been developing this work for close to six years. The play is neither pro-choice nor pro-life but instead questions the timely issues of faith, consent, self-identification, agency over one’s own body and choice
Off Broadway: The Inconvenient Miracle: A Mysterious Birth Musical
By Natalie Rhine
A chill ripples through the sardined audience gathered at the Episcopal Actor’s Guild. Given the theater’s attic locality and subsequent broiling summer air, something ephemeral must be to blame. The moment I’m recalling is an act two supernatural reveal, the culmination and denouement of this mischievously charming new musical that infuses much-needed mysticism and wonder back into the art form too often dragged down by plot and production practicalities. “The Inconvenient Miracle: A Mysterious Birth Musical” dares to dream, wink, and provoke— what happens when a gaggle of prophesying Catholic school girls declares an atheist the next Virgin Mary? Would it—could it—actually come true?
The Inconvenient Miracle: A Mysterious Birth Musical
By Victor Gluck
While the story depends on questions of faith, Schmitt’s irreverent dialogue for the parochial students makes this story quite contemporary and up-to-date.
Reviews for 2018 Workshop at The Tank
The Inconvenient Miracle
By Zennie Trieu, 730 Review
"This past Monday evening, with an exuberantly packed house and an ambitious all-female cast, I had the immense pleasure of attending the very first public developmental showcase of The Inconvenient Miracle: A Mysterious Birth Musical at Midtown Manhattan’s The Tank. Presented by The Skeleton Rep and directed by the dynamic artist—and mythology enthusiastic—Ria T. DiLullo, the three-hour musical workshop centered on some seemingly implausible and fabulously fantastical happenings at St. Angela’s Catholic School for Girls."