Animal Spirits: a new musical about economist John Maynard Keynes
Staged Reading of "Animal Spirits: a new musical about economist John Maynard Keynes"
Book, lyrics, music and arrangements by David Thorne Scott
Directed by Hayley Thompson-King
Cast:
Allegra Wright
April Ball
Carmen Marsico
Craig Juricka
David Thorne Scott
Davron Monroe
Jonathan Gallegos
Mara Bonde
Neal Ferreira
Rene Pfister
Mark Shilansky, piano
Eric Byers, guitar
Mark Poniatowski, bass
Mike Connors, drums
John Maynard Keynes developed groundbreaking economic theories in a turbulent time. ANIMAL SPIRITS shows how Keynes’ friendships and love affairs with brilliant artists and free-spirited bohemians unlocked his genius and changed the world.
ANIMAL SPIRITS tells the story of economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), whose groundbreaking theories transformed the 20th century. Young Maynard and his brilliant bohemian friends, including Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Lytton Strachey, and Duncan Grant, lived lives of wild parties, polyamorous intrigue, and passionate debates about art, love, and – after their friends started dying in World War I – politics. Maynard wrote a devastating critique of the leaders of the Allies, which predicted the rise of fascism and established him as a public intellectual.
Maynard employed his skills as an economist to advise governments and amass wealth, which he used to support struggling artists. He was bisexual, and spent much of his life in romantic relationships with men until he fell in love with and married the quirky Russian ballerina Lydia Lopokova. During the Great Depression, he taught the world how governments can intervene in the free market to the benefit of all.
His circle of friends was smashed by the brutality of World War II, but Maynard invented new economic plans that let Britain survive the German onslaught and help defeat Hitler. For his final act, he negotiated a new system of international rules that prevented the rise of a third world war and spread prosperity. But in the end, did he hold fast to his deepest principles, or did he betray them?
Moonshine Room at Club Café
209 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Doors open at 6:30, show starts at 7:00.
Dinner is served daily starting at 5:00 p.m.
Come early and have a meal and a drink!
https://davidthornescott.com/animal-spirits
Book, lyrics, music and arrangements by David Thorne Scott
Directed by Hayley Thompson-King
Cast:
Allegra Wright
April Ball
Carmen Marsico
Craig Juricka
David Thorne Scott
Davron Monroe
Jonathan Gallegos
Mara Bonde
Neal Ferreira
Rene Pfister
Mark Shilansky, piano
Eric Byers, guitar
Mark Poniatowski, bass
Mike Connors, drums
John Maynard Keynes developed groundbreaking economic theories in a turbulent time. ANIMAL SPIRITS shows how Keynes’ friendships and love affairs with brilliant artists and free-spirited bohemians unlocked his genius and changed the world.
ANIMAL SPIRITS tells the story of economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), whose groundbreaking theories transformed the 20th century. Young Maynard and his brilliant bohemian friends, including Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Lytton Strachey, and Duncan Grant, lived lives of wild parties, polyamorous intrigue, and passionate debates about art, love, and – after their friends started dying in World War I – politics. Maynard wrote a devastating critique of the leaders of the Allies, which predicted the rise of fascism and established him as a public intellectual.
Maynard employed his skills as an economist to advise governments and amass wealth, which he used to support struggling artists. He was bisexual, and spent much of his life in romantic relationships with men until he fell in love with and married the quirky Russian ballerina Lydia Lopokova. During the Great Depression, he taught the world how governments can intervene in the free market to the benefit of all.
His circle of friends was smashed by the brutality of World War II, but Maynard invented new economic plans that let Britain survive the German onslaught and help defeat Hitler. For his final act, he negotiated a new system of international rules that prevented the rise of a third world war and spread prosperity. But in the end, did he hold fast to his deepest principles, or did he betray them?
Moonshine Room at Club Café
209 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Doors open at 6:30, show starts at 7:00.
Dinner is served daily starting at 5:00 p.m.
Come early and have a meal and a drink!
https://davidthornescott.com/animal-spirits
For more information visit
https://www.clubcafe.com/club-events/animal-spirits/, 7:00 pm
Club Cafe - Moonshine Room
209 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
United States
Type:
Theater