In Shapeshifters: A Queer Comic Book Musical, High school bully and comic book genius, Mel, discovers a hidden plane of existence called Queer Time, simply by drawing scenarios with pen and paper. In Queer Time, Mel joins the ranks of an underground network of Queer and Trans superheroes called The Shapeshifters. As Mel and the Shapeshifters sprint toward uncertain futures, this tribe of queer heroes must rely on community to persist, resist, and survive their living nightmares. Based heavily in music and image, Shapeshifters synthesizes epic musical theatre, LGBTQ history, and visually arresting graphic novels to create a universe of queer superheroes all its own. 

Shapeshifters is the inaugural recipient of the Denovan Grant (commissioned in 2018 for the Duplex), with development by Musical Theatre Factory and the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, and was performed as part of an ongoing residency at Joe's Pub.