(L to R:) Danny Homes as Jonathan and Kenny Ramos as Web, at the Prebys Theatre, SDSU

About the Play

In 1973 Missouri, 16-year-old Web isn’t expecting to find anything good at his new school after fleeing his past on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Certainly he’s not expecting to connect with Jonathan, the spacey Ziggy Stardust-obsessed teen he gets paired with for a school project. As the two grow closer, Web grapples with his anger at an unjust world and Jonathan struggles with his own demons, believing that his sexuality needs to be “fixed” with conversion therapy. Both boys must try to end the wars inside themselves and find a way forward. With a Bowie-inspired cosmic rock score, Ziggy, Stardust, and Me is a far-out coming of age love story.

The Creative Team

Project Conceived & Directed by Dani Bedau
Dramaturged by Courtney Mohler
Adapted from the original novel by James Brandon
Book and Lyrics by Jessie Field & James Martinez Salem
​Music by James Martinez Salem 

Production History

• Upcoming Reading with Theatre Now New York!
• 2024: Workshopped at Diversionary Theatre in San Diego, CA. 
• 2023: (Sept) Staged and the first ever show performed in the Prebys Theatre at SDSU (a sold-out run).
  (March) Workshop reading at SDSU presented at Rhapsody Hall.