MAX SUWARNO

BORNE: A New Musical by Max Suwarno was workshopped and produced during Shenandoah Conservatory's ShenCoLab Festival on May 14th, 2022. The cast and creative team of BORNE were given four days to learn and stage the show.  BORNE incorporates themes of love, liberation, and challenging tradition with a cast that is heavily represented by LGBT+ characters and actors, and a plot with roots based in slavic folklore. the music has elements of 80’s rock, but also incorporates an Eastern European sound. the tale is set in turn-of-the-century Romania and follows young Omor on his journey to self-discovery, revealing his dark roots. Omor journeys into a forest beyond time and encounters vengeful witches, bloodthirsty moroi, and a handsome prince who has found himself lost in time.