Clay (musical)

[1] The show opens with Sir John presenting his protégé, Clay, for his first major concert.

In an attempt to stall for time, Sir John tells the audience the story of Clay's life.

The MC is Sir John, a talented rapper whose face was deformed in a car accident and has no chance of getting signed to a record label.

On the night of his on-stage debut, Clifford's father tracks him down and reprimands him for embarrassing his family, telling him, "Your mother is rolling in her grave."

Developed in collaboration with and directed by Eric Rosen During a short run at Northwestern University in 2004, Eric Rosen of About Face Theatre saw Clay, later sending it to an About Face production in Chicago under his direction, and later the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles.