Composer
Ursa: A Folk Musical
Music, lyrics, and book by Jake Schindler and Sam Boer
Ursa is a one-act folk-musical that tells the story of an audacious girl, Ursa, and her strange codependent friendship with a bear she meets in the forest. A concert/musical hybrid that draws equally upon from the worlds of folk coffeehouses and campfire folklore, Ursa speaks to the restlessness many young people growing up in the present moment must navigate; how this anxiety complicates their relationships; and the catharsis they feel as they accept the ways they grow and change throughout early adulthood.
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The Cosmikids
Book, music, and lyrics by Bonnie Duff and Jake Schindler
Premiered by Bravo Academy in Toronto, 2026
The Cosmikids is a high-energy youth musical about ten of the smartest kids on Earth, sent into space as the first-ever crew of child astronauts until a wormhole flings them into a distant galaxy and into the path of an ancient, superior alien race convinced human children have nothing to offer. When a colossal, sun-blocking space cat threatens to freeze the aliens' planet, it's Jamie, the one Cosmikid without a PhD or Pulitzer prize, forever certain they don't belong, who finds the way through. Equal parts space adventure and playground comedy, The Cosmikids is a warm, funny look at what it actually takes to be smart: not genius, but curiosity, teamwork, and the willingness to help.
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The Light Goes Round
Music and Lyrics by Ben Kopp and Jake Schindler
Book by Margot Greve
Performed by Margot Greve, Ben Kopp, Jake Schindler, Ben Yoganathan
A new musical that tells the true story of J.P. Radelmuller and the lighthouse he kept at Gibraltar Point on the Toronto Islands. In 1815, Radelmuller was known to store bootleg alcohol which he would serve to Fort York soldiers who visited the point. This is the story of the night it went wrong. This is a ghost story.
Produced for the Toronto Fringe 2020 Community Booster.