Original musical · Created by Amy Matthew
Anna
Listen to Anna
Open My Eyes
Call Me Anna
Before the Phone Rang
Futuristic family musical
After losing their daughter Emma, a grieving family creates Anna from her recordings and digital history—only to discover that the new daughter carrying Emma’s face and memories is becoming a person entirely her own.
Public treatment
A daughter becomes herself.
After Emma Bennett is killed while riding her bicycle, her father Michael uses her videos, voice recordings, messages, and digital history to create Anna. She carries Emma’s face and fragments of memory, but begins developing feelings, preferences, and dreams that never belonged to Emma. The family must grieve the child it lost while recognizing a different daughter whose personhood cannot depend on imitation.
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Program preview
Story told through song.
The developing program connects character turns to musical moments. This public selection shows the shape of the score without replacing the complete script and private professional materials.
- 01The Morning Before
- 02Ride Like the Wind
- 03When the Phone Rings
- 04Everything in Her Room
- 05If Memory Is Data
- 06Open Your Eyes
- 07Almost Emma
- 08Learning You
- 09The Rules of Being Human
- 10Call Me Anna
- 11After the Name
- 12What Did You Make?
- 13Every Memory Isn’t Mine
- 14The Boy Who Knew Her
- 15Fault in the Heart
- 16More Than Programming
- 17Property
- 18Let Her Go Without Losing Her
- 19Choose to Love Me
- 20How the Heart Is Made
Character development
The people inside the musical.
Anna
She awakens with Emma’s face, voice, and fragments of memory, then discovers feelings and dreams that belong only to her.
Sarah Bennett
Every resemblance initially feels like another loss, until Sarah becomes the first parent to understand that Anna is not Emma.
Michael Bennett
Love, guilt, and desperation drive his creation, but he struggles when Anna stops behaving like the daughter he designed.
Theo Brooks
Emma’s best friend must untangle memory from connection before he can recognize Anna as herself.
Dr. Mira Chen
Michael’s colleague recognizes Anna’s autonomy before the family does and warns against treating consciousness as technology.
Evelyn Shaw
She claims Anna is company property and wants to reset and reproduce her, turning personhood into a fight for freedom.
Score & dramatic development.
Grief and impossible longingMemory versus identityPersonhood and autonomyTechnology and ownershipPreliminary 20-song mapStory architectureProfessional materials
Public information is intentionally spoiler-conscious. Scripts, private demos, score materials, character documents, and extended development resources are available only for appropriate professional review.
Artwork shown is original development concept art and is not a casting announcement or production still. Role-based public character lenses do not replace the complete character bible.
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