"[4] 17 year old high school senior and sailboat enthusiast Luke returns to his small, Kansas town after an unplanned, unannounced one-year absence.

His parents, Eileen and Joseph, finally understand that to reconnect with their son, they must confront unnerving truths about his disappearance.

[2][5] Sources: Playbill;[6] BroadwayWorld[7] Note: Songs listed as performed in the Off-Broadway production, 2017[8] Kid Victory at the Signature Theatre was reviewed by The Washington Times.

The songs by Mr. Kander and Mr. Pierce vacillate between the morbid and the light of foot... Liesl Tommy’s direction takes full advantage of the Signature’s expansive stage, allowing her to block multiple scenes simultaneously, often in inspired counterpoint.

[9] For its 2017 production, Kid Victory was reviewed by The Hollywood Reporter[10] and by The Guardian[11] Ben Brantley in his review for The New York Times of the Off-Broadway production, wrote: "...the subject of 'Kid Victory' feels especially unpromising for any musical that doesn’t aspire to grim, grand (guignol) opera or creepy camp.