The Great Escape musical poster with printed title and A New Musical by Kyle Ewalt

A NEW MUSICAL

THE GREAT ESCAPE

A new musical

Book, Music and Lyrics by Kyle Ewalt

“Everybody comes to Provincetown to get away. Some people find a reason to stay.”

A joyful contemporary musical about first love, chosen family, and one unforgettable Provincetown summer.

AT A GLANCE

9 named characters

6 ensemble performers — 3 men and 3 women

Contemporary musical comedy

Set in Provincetown from Memorial Day to Carnival

NEXT STOP: PROVINCETOWN

NEXT STOP: PROVINCETOWN

Sun. Salt air. Chosen family.

The weekend starts before the ferry reaches shore.

THE SHOW

A SUMMER THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.

A SUMMER THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.

Recently out and still learning how to inhabit his new life, Tyler joins his friends for a Memorial Day escape to Provincetown, a place of queer acceptance, crowded bars, blue waters, chosen family and unapologetic celebration.

What begins as a long weekend changes when Tyler meets Andrej, a Serbian student working in town for the summer. Their connection grows from vacation romance into something neither man expected. But Andrej’s uncertain future in America, and the truths he has kept from Tyler, force them to confront the difference between finding freedom and using love as a way out.

Around them, a multigenerational Provincetown community navigates its own arrivals and departures. Old friends face an approaching goodbye, young workers imagine new lives, and a beloved restaurant prepares for its next chapter.

Moving from Memorial Day to Carnival, The Great Escape is a funny, heartfelt celebration of first love, queer history, chosen family and the places that give us permission to become ourselves.

Recently out and still learning how to inhabit his new life, Tyler joins his friends for a Memorial Day escape to Provincetown, a place of queer acceptance, crowded bars, blue waters, chosen family and unapologetic celebration.

What begins as a long weekend changes when Tyler meets Andrej, a Serbian student working in town for the summer. Their connection grows from vacation romance into something neither man expected. But Andrej’s uncertain future in America, and the truths he has kept from Tyler, force them to confront the difference between finding freedom and using love as a way out.

Around them, a multigenerational Provincetown community navigates its own arrivals and departures. Old friends face an approaching goodbye, young workers imagine new lives, and a beloved restaurant prepares for its next chapter.

Moving from Memorial Day to Carnival, The Great Escape is a funny, heartfelt celebration of first love, queer history, chosen family and the places that give us permission to become ourselves.

THE STORY

A PLACE TO BECOME

A PLACE TO BECOME

Everyone arrives carrying something.

Tyler arrives newly out. Andrej arrives on a three-month work visa. Their friends arrive desperate for rest, reinvention, sex, romance, or simply a long weekend away.

Provincetown offers all of them permission to imagine another life. But as summer deepens, escape gives way to choice: what to reveal, what to forgive, what to preserve, and who to become when the ferry heads home.

Tyler arrives newly out. Andrej arrives on a three-month work visa. Their friends arrive desperate for rest, reinvention, sex, romance, or simply a long weekend away.

Provincetown offers all of them permission to imagine another life. But as summer deepens, escape gives way to choice: what to reveal, what to forgive, what to preserve, and who to become when the ferry heads home.

THE PEOPLE IN TOWN

A CONSTELLATION OF ARRIVALS

A CONSTELLATION OF ARRIVALS

TYLER — Newly out and ready to discover the life he has been postponing.

ANDREJ — A Serbian graduate student searching for freedom, stability and a future.

JELENA — Fiercely practical, politically outspoken and determined to protect their opportunity.

EVAN, MIC AND NELSON — Tyler’s exuberant, imperfect chosen family and guides to Provincetown.

CHARLIE AND NADIA — Keepers of the LobStar and a bridge between Provincetown’s past and future.

THE DRAG QUEEN — Commentator, provocateur and glittering master of ceremonies.

THE SCORE

THE SOUND OF SUMMER

THE SOUND OF SUMMER

Pop hooks. Ocean air. A crowded tea dance floor.

Songs for falling in love, making mistakes and finding our ourselves.

Contemporary theatrical score moving among dance-pop, summer anthems, comic cabaret, intimate love songs and direct musical-theater storytelling.

Contemporary theatrical score moving among dance-pop, summer anthems, comic cabaret, intimate love songs and direct musical-theater storytelling.

THE GREAT ESCAPE

LONG TIME COMING

DIVE

TEA DANCE

SUMMER PARADISE

SOMETHING LOST, SOMETHING GAINED

UNDO PAIN

LOVE’S IN TOWN

Early reading with an incredible cast of New York actors, Summer 2025

LOVE’S IN TOWN

One summer can’t solve everything. But it can remind you how much there is to celebrate.

One summer can’t solve everything. But it can remind you how much there is to celebrate.

COME FOR THE ESCAPE. STAY FOR THE LOVE.

COME FOR THE ESCAPE. STAY FOR THE LOVE.

Provincetown is waiting

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