A Twilight Parody called Twilight: The Musical is happening in NewYork , a parody for Charity to raise money for national charity organization "Blessings in a Backpack". 

Twilight: The Musical is a parody of the Twilight saga in the vein of Urinetown andThe Rocky Horror Picture Show. Twilight: The Musical examines our culture of obsession through the story of teenage outsider Bella Swan who risks everything when she embarks on a star-crossed romance with Vampire Edward Cullen.

 

Twilight: The Musical was created by Ashley Griffin, and features a book by Ashley Griffin, with music and lyrics by Jeremy Ezell, Ashley Griffin, Sean Mahoney, David Mallamud, and Michael Sutherland. The show had its first workshop in NYC in 2010 at the LABA theater, and is currently in development in NYC.

 

A one-night only concert reading presentation of the parody Twilight: The Musicalis being presented by Liz Ulmer, Moxyrah Productions, and Dreamcatcher Entertainment, January 16^th, 2012 at 8pm to benefit national charity organization Blessings in a Backpack. The concert will be directed by Gabriel Barre, and presented at New World Stages. Casting to be announced shortly.

 

All proceeds will benefit Blessings in a Backpack.

 

 

New World Stages is located in Manhattan at 340 West 50^th Street, New York, NY 10019. Tickets are available by visiting telecharge.com, or by calling telecharge at: 212-239-6200

 

 

Blessings in a Backpack (http://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/) is a unique program designed to feed elementary school children whose families qualify for the federal Free and Reduced Price Meal program, and have little to no food on the weekends. Better test scores, improved reading skills, positive behavior; improved health and increased attendance have all been attributed to the success of this program. $80 feeds a child in the program for an entire school year.

Blessings in a Backpack is a 501 C (3) non-profit organization currently feeding over 55,000 children in 318 schools in 37 U.S. states and three countries -Canada, Columbia and Haiti.