A New Brain
by Austin Rainbow Theatre (ART)
Mar. 27 - Apr. 11, 2026
By the Tony Award-winning creators of Falsettos, A New Brain is a life-affirming musical about creativity, mortality, and the messy, beautiful transformation that happens when you’re forced to face yourself. Composer Gordon Schwinn is stuck—creatively and emotionally. But when a sudden collapse lands him in the hospital with a potentially terminal diagnosis, his world shifts overnight. Haunted (sometimes literally) by a tyrannical frog puppet named Mr. Bungee, Gordon confronts the music he never finished, the relationships he’s taken for granted, and the life he’s been too scared to fully live. A celebration of queer identity, artistic purpose, and the raw vulnerability of becoming, this musical pulses with transformation—where illness becomes awakening, and every note is a step toward something more honest, more joyful, more alive.
A New Brain
by William Finn, James Lapine
Austin Rainbow Theatre (ART)
979 Springdale Rd
Austin, TX, 78702
March 27 - April 11, 2026
Ground Flood Theatre
