About the Show

A teen's body bites back when men harm her in a new musical by Michael R. Jackson & Anna K. Jacobs.

Dawn O'Keefe, a devout evangelical Christian teenager, possesses a mysterious and incomprehensible power – when men assault her, her body bites back. Literally.

This new musical, a collaboration between Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning playwright Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop) and Anna K. Jacobs (POP!), draws its inspiration from the cult classic film of the same name. It's a fierce, electrifying, and intensely entertaining musical crackling with insuppressible longing and age-old anger, a dark comedy that weaves the story of a girl whose sexual curse is also her salvation.

Critic Reviews (12)

For a previous production

"a show about faith and shame, but as experienced by an alpha white girl"
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For a previous production

"Even as it exalts the power of women, 'Teeth' slices into manhood down to the root."
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For a previous production

"new musical takes a bite out of religious purity"
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For a previous production

"By blowing the top off of 'Teeth'...creators get to wreak some fun theatrical havoc"
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For a previous production

"Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson...turned it into the brilliant must-see musical"
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For a previous production

" It's like a John Waters film without laughs.".
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For a previous production

"I enjoyed Teeth, but I do question the wisdom of ratcheting up the gore"
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For a previous production

"The score has some great numbers; the lyrics are often not for the faint of heart."
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Creative team

Anna K. Jacobs

Composer / Bookwriter

Michael R. Jackson

Bookwriter / Lyricist

Sarah Benson

Director