Sunnyland, A New Rock Banjo Opera
By Stephan John Meyers (a.k.a. Breadfoot)
February 7-8 2025 at 7:30 pm
At The Black Box Theatre in Swain Hall
Sunnyland follows a misunderstood young’un from a Small Town to the Big City. Punk rock loving, banjo slinging Gibson—bullied since before he could remember—finally decides it’s time to accept the invitation of his one true and good childhood friend Sasha to make his escape to the Big City, where he dreams of finding acceptance—and maybe even a taste of the big time.
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Stephan John Meyers is a veteran independent musician, songwriter, and performer from Chatham County, who has shared the stage with acts as diverse as the Avett Brothers, Green Day, and Regina Spektor. His solo performances have been described by fans as a cross between Shel Silverstein and Roger Miller. Sunnyland marks his first foray into musical theatre.
Development of Sunnyland has been supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Chatham Arts Council.
Stephan John Meyers
Stephan John Meyers is a veteran independent musician, songwriter and performer who has shared the stage with acts as diverse as the Avett Brothers, Green Day and Regina Spektor. ‘SUNNYLAND – A Rock Banjo Opera’, is his first honest to goodness attempt at writing for musical theater. The endeavor in part was sparked by fans remarks suggesting his live solo performances seemed
somehow a cross between Shel Silverstein and Roger Miller or reminiscent of Arthur Miller’s, ‘Death Of A Salesmen’. Also at play in this work beyond Meyers’s
lifelong affection for musicals is his time spent growing up in a small semi-rural town and his later life, living and pursuing his own musical dreams, in the Big
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