The Ballad of Ride the Cyclone or: The Making of a Cult Musical You Know Nothing About [CC]

On paper, Ride the Cyclone never should have worked. It was a musical that dealt with a taboo topic and went against everything the theater industry held sacred. To be fair, the idea of a musical comedy where six kids sang for their lives in purgatory after dying in a roller coaster accident was always going to be a tough sell.

But to the people who created it, money was the least of their concerns. They needed to deal with their grief in the most absurd way possible.

In this new 2 hour film, writer and director Brendon Henderson guides you through the thrilling roller coaster history of a musical that experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.

Compiled from over 20 hours of interviews with the original creative team, actors, and other experts, prepare to uncover the secrets of a cult hit musical nobody knows anything about.

This is the story of Ride the Cyclone.

In regards to our language on disability in this video, we consulted with community members and scholars in the disability community and made the decision to use identity-first language, both because this is the activist community standard, and because our discussions in this video pertain more to disability as an identity marker.

Bibliography: https://tinyurl.com/cyclonebib

A huge thank you to everyone who helped put this huge project together:

Disability Dramaturg Sydney Zarlengo @disabled.autistic.lesbian on Youtube
Interview Coordinator Delaney Heil
Composer Carolee Beck
Illustrator Cesario Tirado-Ortiz
Social Media Consultant Rachael Joyce
Legal Counsel Ron Russo
Assistant Cinematographer Sofia Guadarrama
Death Doula Michelle Améliore
Honest Weight Co-Op Albany Death Cafe
Everyone who participated in our Disability Focus Groups

And of course, my wonderful script editor, collaborator, cheerleader, and wife, Julianna Henderson, without whom, this doc never would have come out.

Thank you to every person we spoke to who helped us finally document this 15 year journey and trusted me enough to tell this story (in alphabetical order):

Rick Boynton
Theresa Ham
Brooke Maxwell
McCarter Theatre Center
Yannick-Robin Mirko
Jacob Richmond
Emily Rohm
Britt Small
Kholby Wardell

Another shoutout to the two resources that were truly a haven during my research:

R/Ride the Cyclone on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ridethecyclone/
The Ride the Cyclone Wiki: https://ridethecyclone.fandom.com/wiki/Ride_The_Cyclone_Wiki

And one FINAL big thank you to everyone who supports the channel on Patreon. Thank you all for putting up with me saying “I promise the video is coming out soon!” for the past four months.

$5 Standing Room Patrons:

Amy Elizabeth Reinhart
Ann Marie Wilson
Anne Dekker
Anon!
Aviva Kamens
Ayinde
Ben Childs
Blythe Lavender
Brent Black
Cindy Lindsay
Danniella
Deena Abdullat
Devra Gatling
Errorgamer
Ethan
Frances McGinn
Holly T
jack walk
Jadin Stoffel
Kelseigh Ingram
Kristin J B
Lawren Kinsey
Marisa
Megan McCasland
MindlessNonsense
Noah Moore
Orange
Phil Edwards
Rachel Goodman
Savannah Cash
stephen seale
Taekook
Timothy Murray
Toryana Frazier


Chapters
0:00 Intro
5:28 Chapter 1: The Lift Hill
39:14 Chapter 2: The Loop
01:19:39 Chapter 3: The Drop

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