A bold and irreverent exploration of faith, conformity, queerness, and self-discovery.

Welcome to Neehai Valley, a quiet rural town where residents follow the teachings of a literal bush, and conformity is both spiritual doctrine and social glue. Into this tightly wound world steps an outsider whose arrival - along with a pair of magical capris - sparks awakenings no one is prepared for. Desire surfaces. Doubt spreads. Existential crises bloom. And an epic showdown between a bush and a pair of pants becomes inevitable.

Wildly irreverent, The Ostentatious Outlaws of Neehai Valley collides religion, queerness, absurdity, and community into a genre-bending musical comedy. Beneath its camp spectacle lies a story about belief, belonging, repression, and the courage required to question the narratives that shape us.

The show lands somewhere between The Book of Mormon, Little Shop of Horrors, and Kinky Boots, blending satire, humor, and music with a tone similar to South Park.

History

The Ostentatious Outlaws of Neehai Valley is an original musical by local composer/author Keith Hovis. Developed through co-produced readings and workshops, the piece has evolved, building momentum as a bold new theatrical work. Its mashup of pop-cultural references and satirical edge positions it within the lineage of boundary-pushing musical comedies that use humor to explore identity and social tension.