[9] The show was produced at the North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, Massachusetts) in June 2008, with Jarrod Emick and Naomi Hubert and directed by Tomé Cousin.

[10] In conjunction with the Sarasota Ballet, the Asolo Repertory Theatre's October 23 – November 22, 2009 at the Mertz Theatre in Sarasota, Florida starred Shannon Lewis, Feltcher McTaggart, Sean Ewing, Nadine Isenegger, Ariel Shepley, Steven Sofia, and Wilson Mendieta.

Directed by Tome' Cousin According to a 1999 Playbill article, the musical was inspired by an experience that Stroman had "when she visited a dance club in the Meat Market district.

'"[15][16] Robin Pogrebin wrote in The New York Times in 1999 of Stroman visiting a swing club and noticing a dancer in a yellow dress.

What came out of this was Contact... "[17] The same origin was related in an article in The New Yorker, written by John Lahr in 2014: “'Into this sea of dark fashion stepped a girl in a yellow dress,' Stroman recalled.

'"[18] Contact is made up of three separate dance pieces, each set to pre-recorded music, including from Tchaikovsky, Stéphane Grappelli, the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Royal Crown Revue, and The Beach Boys.

Mary Ann Lamb (replacement) Ben Brantley, in his review in The New York Times of the production at the Newhouse, wrote: "...Stroman... aided by the dramatist John Weidman and a dream ensemble of dancing actors and acting dancers, has created the unthinkable: a new musical throbbing with wit, sex appeal and a perfectionist's polish.

Brimming with a sophistication that is untainted by the usual fin-de-siecle cynicism, Contact restores the pleasure principle to the American musical.