Welcome!
If you’re reading this, thank you! You are either a family member, someone helping to bring this project to life, or part of the wider theatre community who has been invited to explore 'A Spoon and Some Glitter'. Your time, interest, and feedback mean the world as we take this idea and shape it into a full stage-ready production, complete with a professional musical score.
This page is dedicated to sharing demo songs from the show. These recordings are still in development, works-in-progress that capture the spirit and storytelling of the musical. They are offered here for private listening only. Please note: all material is copyright © Curt Geneau. No use, reproduction, or distribution outside of this page is permitted.
'A Spoon and Some Glitter' is an original musical imagined and written by Curt Geneau. It is a funny, heartfelt, and magical story about memory, imagination, and the bond between siblings.
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Synopsis
With her daughters off at university and a move to a smaller home ahead, Nicole begins packing the last of the family’s belongings. In the attic, she stumbles across a trunk of forgotten treasures. A purple blanket, a worn spoon, and a sock or two sprinkled with glitter. Suddenly, memories she thought were tucked away come spilling back to life.
From forts built out of bed sheets to potions mixed from shampoo and socks, Nicole and her brother Curt once turned every day into a grand production. Now, through a play-within-a-play written by their younger selves, the audience is whisked into those chaotic, imaginative adventures complete with potion songs, cardboard dragons, blanket kingdoms, and musical numbers that never quite went as planned.
A Spoon and Some Glitter is a funny, touching, and magical new musical about memory, imagination, and the bond between siblings, and a love letter to the stories that make us who we are.
Musical Numbers
The attached audio files are demo versions of the songs from the musical 'A Spoon and Some Glitter' - Songs are subject to copyright.
ACT I
Act I (01) – We Are Stage Kids!
Performers: Full Ensemble
Summary: The curtain bursts open with pure energy and imagination. We Are Stage Kids! introduces our energetic and diverse chorus, and the lively world of stage performance complete with costumes, cardboard castles, and curtain calls. It’s a celebration of the joy of performing, the chaos of community theatre, and the boundless creativity that defines growing up as a 'Stage Kid'. The number sets the tone of the entire show: silly, self-aware, and full of heart.
Connection: Following no prior scene, this number establishes the show’s world and tone immediately. A musical love letter to every kid who ever made a stage out of a living room. Its closing refrain leads directly into Unwritten, where Adult Nicole steps away from the crowd and begins to question what happens when the stage lights dim and 'real life' takes over.
Why It Matters: This song is the show’s heartbeat, a declaration that theatre isn’t just something you do, it’s something you are. It introduces the recurring theme that creativity and belonging outlast childhood. The energy and humor in this opening anthem will later echo through Act II’s 'The Show Must Go Wrong!' in the same playful spirit.
Style: Big-ensemble Broadway opener; rhythmic clapping, bold harmonies, fast lyrical exchanges, and exuberant choreography. Think 'You Can’t Stop the Beat' a high-energy, infectious, and impossible not to smile through.
Act I (02) – Unwritten
Performers: Adult Nicole – Solo
Summary: As the excitement of the opening number fades, the lights fall to a quiet attic. Adult Nicole, surrounded by boxes and old trunk, sings Unwritten, a reflective and vulnerable solo about change, uncertainty, and rediscovering purpose. We discover her daughters have moved away, and life feels paused between chapters. The melody begins softly and grows in hope, mirroring Nicole’s realization that the next story, her own, is still waiting to be written.
Connection: Following the joyous chaos of We Are Stage Kids!, this moment draws the audience inward. It’s the emotional grounding after the overture of childhood energy. By the end of the song, Nicole’s introspection sets up the discovery that will trigger the entire story. As she opens an old trunk, the stage lights subtly shift toward memory, leading directly into The Plays We Staged.
Why It Matters: Unwritten anchors the show in emotional reality. It reminds the audience that while imagination fuels the story, the heart of this musical is about family, transition, and identity. This song introduces Adult Nicole’s inner journey, rediscovering her creative spirit and quietly opens the door to the memories that follow.
Style: Gentle contemporary ballad with piano and strings. Builds from soft reflection to cinematic warmth. Intimate, inspiring, and hopeful, like a whispered reminder that there’s still magic waiting between the lines.
Act I (03) – The Plays We Staged
Performers: Adult Curt and Adult Nicole – Duet
Summary: After discovering an old red dress and a glitter-covered spoon in the attic trunk, Curt and Nicole are swept into a joyful rush of memories. The Plays We Staged is a playful, nostalgic duet celebrating how their small childhood “productions” grew into something much bigger, a lifelong love of music, imagination, and sibling creativity. Through laughter and teasing, the song recreates the moment when their living-room stories became a musical production.
Connection: Following the introspective Unwritten, this song reignites color and motion. It’s the emotional spark that pulls the audience from the present day into a remembered childhood. The duet’s upbeat rhythm transitions seamlessly into the gentle ache of You Didn’t Just Take Your Lunchbox, as Curt exits and Nicole’s nostalgia deepens into longing.
Why It Matters: This number is the true catalyst of the show and the moment where the ordinary becomes extraordinary. It reveals how performing became a passion for Curt and Nicole and how theatre became their shared language of connection. It’s joyous yet bittersweet, marking the last time the siblings stand together before the memories take over.
Style: Upbeat nostalgic duet with rhythmic piano, light percussion, and heartfelt harmonies. It's playful, warm, and triumphant with a reflective finish.
Act I (04) – You Didn’t Just Take Your Lunchbox
Performers: Adult Nicole & Wee Nicole – Duet
Summary: After Curt leaves the attic to move boxes to storage, Nicole watches him drive away, just as she once watched her big brother leave for school. The scene fades into memory as Wee Nicole appears, mirroring that same moment many years ago. You Didn’t Just Take Your Lunchbox is a tender, aching duet between Adult Nicole and her younger self (Wee Nicole), blending past and present through parallel emotion. What begins as a child’s sadness becomes a grown woman’s reflection on change, and remembering the feeling of watching those we love move on.
Connection: Following the joyful nostalgia of The Plays We Staged, this song shifts the tone to introspection and heart. The attic dissolves into a soft memory-scape, marking the first step into Nicole’s childhood world. Its final line (“You didn’t just take your lunchbox… you took a piece of me”) drifts away like a lullaby, fading into the light, and into a playful energy of PotionElodie, sung moments later by Wee Nicole.
Why It Matters: This song captures one of the show’s emotional anchors, the feeling of being left behind, not in tragedy, but in time. It defines Nicole’s inner world and her lifelong bond with Curt. The duet between her adult and child selves is a signature A Spoon and Some Glitter moment. It's honest, nostalgic, and quietly devastating in its simplicity.
Style: Gentle, emotional ballad featuring piano and solo violin. Starting with soft acoustic tones and swells into cinematic warmth. The tone is tender, wistful, and heartfelt.
Act I (05) – PotionElodie
Performers: Wee Nicole – Solo
Summary: PotionElodie captures the pure wonder of childhood imagination. As she prepares for an adventure into a world of imagination, Wee Nicole begins to “brew” a magical potion using her tools of creativity, shampoo, glitter, a pickle and a sock. The song is playful and enchanting, sung with wide-eyed sincerity and charm. Each verse feels like a small spell, reminding us that imagination itself is the real magic. By its end, the gentle rhythm of her make-believe blends into a soft lullaby as reality shifts into imagination.
Connection: This song follows the emotional quiet of You Didn’t Just Take Your Lunchbox, gently lifting the tone back into innocence and joy. It bridges sadness and wonder as a child’s exploration turns into creating. The potion-making becomes symbolic of how Nicole’s imagination turns emotion into art. As the song fades, the two siblings take their first physical steps into imagination and, leading into the dreamlike ballad of Close Your Eyes and You’ll Soon See, which carries them from play into the world of dreams.
Why It Matters: PotionElodie is a small but essential heartbeat in Act I. It captures the essence of what makes Nicole who she is, creative, hopeful, and endlessly curious. It’s also the show’s first “magical realism” moment, blending childlike play with musical storytelling. This song subtly introduces the recurring glitter motif becoming a symbol of creativity, love, and transformation that threads through the entire show.
Style: Playful lullaby, simple piano, light percussion, and soft magical sparkle beneath a sweet, youthful vocal. The tone is whimsical, innocent, and enchanting.
Act I (06) – Close Your Eyes and You’ll Soon See
Performers: Adult Nicole – Solo (underscored by dreamlike ensemble harmonies)
Summary: Adult Nicole’s voice softly returns, guiding both her younger self, Curt and the audience into the imagination world that will soon come alive. Close Your Eyes and You’ll Soon See is a gentle, dreamlike number about the power of letting go and trusting imagination to take over. It bridges the real and the remembered, slowly blending them into a world of childhood adventure.
Connection: Following the playful innocence of PotionElodie, this song serves as a transition from reality to fantasy. It begins as a lullaby and blossoms into something ethereal, underscoring the first transformation of the stage. By the end of the piece, the lighting shifts reality melts away, and Wee Curt and Wee Nicole step into a world of make-believe, setting up the excitement of The Quest Begins.
Why It Matters: This song is one of the show’s most important tonal shifts. It’s where the “magic” truly begins. A lyrical bridge between adult reflection and childhood wonder. Close Your Eyes and You’ll Soon See marks the first time the show’s two timelines fully connect, as Adult Nicole becomes both narrator and dreamer. The warmth and reassurance in her voice gently guide the audience deeper into the story’s heart.
Style: Soft, cinematic lullaby with piano, strings, and light choral backing. Fluid and atmospheric, with emotional build but restrained delivery. The tone is tender, ethereal, and introspective.
Act I (07) – This is the Quest!
Performers: Wee Curt, Little Curt, Wee Nicole, Little Nicole & *off Stage* Ensemble (Kids’ Chorus)
Placement: Follows Close Your Eyes and You’ll Soon See and preparing us for A Maiden in a Dress – The Musical
Summary: The dream world bursts fully to life as Wee Curt and Wee Nicole set out on their first grand adventure and subtly hand the torch to both Little Curt and Little Nicole. This Is the Quest is an energetic, imagination-driven anthem where everyday household items become magical weapons and enchanted treasures. The siblings turn cardboard, blankets, and brooms into a stage show. Each verse brims with playful discoveries, and the kind of boundless confidence only children possess.
Connection: Following the dreamlike transition of Close Your Eyes and You’ll Soon See, this number launches the audience into the heart of Nicole’s childhood world. It’s the first full adventure sequence, where the siblings’ creativity explodes into movement, color, and laughter. The song will launch the siblings into an even bigger production, A Maiden in a Dress – The Musical.
Why It Matters: This Is the Quest captures the spirit of the show. It’s the first time the siblings work as co-creators, discovering how imagination can turn the simplest moments into lasting memories. The song also introduces the recurring idea that every act of play has meaning, and foreshadowing the theatre magic that defines their future.
Style: High-energy, theatrical march with a pop-Broadway sensibility. Layered vocals and rhythmic percussion, drive the heart of this adventurous anthem.
Act I (08) – A Maiden in a Dress – The Musical
Performers: Little Curt, Little Nicole & Kids’ Chorus
Summary: After mishearing the phrase “maiden in distress,” Little Nicole insists their next play must be called A Maiden in a Dress. And, also a musical. What begins as a small living-room idea quickly spirals into a full-scale children’s musical, complete with dramatic solos, and an uninvited ensemble of enthusiastic neighborhood kids. A Maiden in a Dress – The Musical is pure, comedic mayhem and a celebration of how seriously kids can take make-believe. The song captures the joy of creativity, the chaos of collaboration, and the first glimmer of theatrical ambition that will shape Curt and Nicole’s lives.
Connection: Following the adventure energy of This Is the Quest, this number feels like the “opening night” of their childhood imagination. It builds naturally from the enthusiasm of play to the excitement of performance. The gradual escalation of a full chorus that seems to appear from nowhere, sets up the even bigger ensemble spectacle of Why Is This a Musical?, the Act I finale.
Why It Matters: This is the siblings’ first taste of theatre magic. What starts as a misunderstanding becomes their first shared “production,” and the first time they truly experience the thrill of performance. The song also marks the moment when play transforms into storytelling, the foundation of the musical’s meta-structure. It’s lighthearted, over the top, and full of heart, showing how two creative kids can turn a small mishap into something unforgettable.
Style: Over-the-top children’s musical parody with bold brass, rhythmic piano, and a full ensemble chorus. Playful and self-aware, with layered harmonies and comic interruptions.
Act I (09) – Why Is This a Musical?
Performers: Full Cast – Wee, Little, and Adult versions of Curt and Nicole; Ensemble Chorus
Summary: The stage erupts into beautiful chaos as every version of Curt and Nicole (including the newest versions Young Nicole and Young Curt) collide in a single, show-stopping number. Why Is This a Musical? is the moment when imagination and reality fully merge in a comedic yet heartfelt anthem about art, purpose, and why stories need to be told. The number starts as a self-aware joke (“Why are we singing? Who wrote this thing?”) but swells into a unifying celebration of family, creativity, and love. As all ages of the siblings come together, the audience sees their journey from playful kids to nostalgic adults reflected in one exhilarating, show stopping musical moment.
Connection: Following the delightful pandemonium of A Maiden in a Dress – The Musical, this finale of Act 1 takes that joyful energy and explodes it into a grand theatrical statement. It unites all timelines in a single scene, symbolizing the seamless bridge between imagination and memory. The closing chorus builds to a powerful ensemble finish that leaves the audience breathless before the lights fade and intermission begins.
Why It Matters: This number is the emotional and thematic heart of Act I. It distills the show’s core question: Why do we tell stories at all? and answers it through connection, not explanation. It’s equal parts satire and sincerity, proving that the siblings’ creativity has meaning far beyond childhood play. This is the moment when A Spoon and Some Glitter stops being a nostalgic memory and becomes a celebration of storytelling itself.
Style: Full Broadway ensemble showstopper with layered harmonies, rapid-fire humor, and big orchestral swells. Self-aware, heartfelt, and explosive. A dazzling, meta-finale that brings down the house as the curtains close.
Musical Numbers
The attached audio files are demo versions of the songs from the musical 'A Spoon and Some Glitter' - Songs are subject to copyright.
ACT II
Act II (01) – Curtain’s Up… Again!
Young Curt and Nicole kick off their own play-within-a-play, bigger and bolder than before. With fog machines, more musical numbers, cue cards, and plenty of chaos! It’s a cheeky, self-aware opening that sets the tone for Act II.
Act II (02) – Every Kingdom Needs a Hero
The townspeople realize that Nicole, not Curt, has been the true hero all along. This anthem celebrates her kindness, creativity, and imagination as the qualities that make a real leader.
Act II (03) – The Show Must Go Wrong! ** COMING SOON **
Placeholder for the song in production: 'The Show Must Go Wrong!' Temporarily Linked to 'We are Stage Kids'
Act II (04) – A Maiden in a Dress – Finale
Nicole’s adventure reaches its peak in this playful but heartfelt finale to the “Maiden” storyline. It’s triumphant and theatrical, but also bittersweet as Curt begins to fade from the story.
Act II (05) – A Knight’s Goodbye
Curt’s emotional farewell. In this tender ballad, he admits he always looked up to his sister and passes back the “Badge of Bravery” she once gave him. A quiet, moving moment in the heart of Act II.
Act II (06) – Unwritten (Reprise)
Adult Nicole and her younger self share a duet that reconnects her with her imagination. Hopeful and tender, this song reassures that even when life feels uncertain, the next page is still unwritten.
Act II (07) – You Inspired Me
Curt’s love letter to Nicole. This duet reflects on their bond, their adventures, and how she has always been the one who inspired him. Warm, heartfelt, and deeply personal.
Act II (08) – We’re Perfectly Imperfect
Looking back on their shared story, Adult Curt and Nicole embrace the joyful chaos of their adventures. A playful, touching duet that celebrates the magic in not getting everything exactly right.
Act II (09) – Why Is This a Musical? (Reprise)
The Act II Finale is a full chorus reprise of the Act I closure - 'Why is This a Musical?' We realize that the musical that the audience has just watched has been a gift from Curt to his sister Nicole. We also finaly get the answer to the question: Why is This a Music? Well.. Because Nicole wanted it to be!