A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant - LIVE!

Book, Music, & Lyrics by Kyle Jarrow (based on a concept by Alex Timbers)

Directed, Designed, Executive Produced, & Adapted for television by Sean Pollock (Cohort XII, Class of 2023)

A VERY MERRY…LIVE! is a co-production that was directed, designed, executive produced, & adapted for television by second year LIU TV Writers Studio student, Sean Pollock and his production company, Unattended Baggage, along with the TV Writers Studio. This production was produced by LIU Media Arts grad Angel Edme (Class of 2021) along with Melanie Alice Ward, Niara Sena, Paige Esterly, & Jay Cruz of IFT Network. The theatrical cut of VERY MERRY…LIVE! will be streaming completely free of charge on IFT Network until February 13th.

VERY MERRY…LIVE! was filmed in the style of an NBC / FOX Live! musical special Off-Broadway at the 14th St. Y in NYC for a live studio audience of over 100 on November 5th, 2023.

Below is the special “directors cut” of the production which was re-taped on a VHS tape to give the audience the feeling that it was a “lost” retro TV special, evoking memories of the first NBC Live! ever made, PETER PAN (1960) with Mary Martin.

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