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A New Musical

Safety Not Guaranteed

Mar 3 – Apr 12, 2026
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An imaginative indie-rock musical by Guster’s Ryan Miller and Nick Blaemire (Soon, Glory Days) based on the film of the same name.

WANTED: Someone to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You’ll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. I have only done this once before. SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED.  

After seeing this classified ad, journalist Darius sets out to find its author. When she agrees to go along for the ride, however, Darius finds herself in way over her head on a time-traveling adventure that’s beyond what she’s ever imagined.

Heartwarming and hilarious, with an electrifying score, Safety Not Guaranteed asks, if you could go back and change your story – would you?

“Ridiculous fun…Safety Not Guaranteed has an appealingly indie sound...I caught myself humming” – The New York Times 

Music & Lyrics by Ryan Miller
Book by Nick Blaemire
Based on the motion picture written by Derek Connolly
Music Directed by Jeff Tanski
Music Supervision, Orchestration and Arrangements by Bill Sherman
Choreographed by Lisa Fagan
Directed by Oliver Butler

Performance Information

Seating Chart

Seating Chart
  • Running Time

    Running time is approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes with no intermission.

  • Effects Warnings

    This show will use strobe and lighting effects, loud noises, theatrical haze and smoke.

  • Content Warnings

    This show will contain adult language and drinking/drug use.

  • Age Recommendation

    Recommended for ages 13+. Signature does not admit anyone under 6.

Specialty Performances

Discussion Nights

March 25 at 7:30PM & April 7 at 7:30PM

Go behind the scenes with an exclusive post-show discussion following select Tuesday and Wednesday performances.

Pride Night

March 20 at 8PM

A special Friday event for members of the LGBTQ community, family and friends with a lively post-show reception.

Accessibility

Signature Theatre offers several accessibility options to ensure our Theatre is welcoming to everyone.

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Accessible Performances

ASL Interpreted

April 8 at 7:30PM

Masks Required

March 22 at 2PM

Closed Captions via the GalaPro app

All performances

SPONSORED BY

Produced by special arrangement with Big Beach, Broadway & Beyond Theatricals, Lucas Katler Productions, Paige Price Productions and Optimistic Pictures

Originally Produced by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, 2024, Gina Duncan, President; Amy Cassello, Artistic Director; Elizabeth Moreau, Producer

Safety Not Guaranteed was developed, in part, with assistance from the Orchard Project (www.orchardproject.com), Ari Edelson, Artistic Director

 

The Cast

Preston Truman Boyd

Preston Truman Boyd

Jeff
Tyler Dobies

Tyler Dobies

Arnau

he/him SIGNATURE: The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical. NATIONAL TOUR: Junie B’s Essential Survival Guide to School. NEW YORK: Culture Lab LIC: Show Me Eternity. DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: Disney’s Frozen; Constellation Theatre Company: Desperate Measures; Imagination Stage: The Snowman and the Snowdog, Nate the Great, Miss Nelson is Missing; Monumental Theatre Company: tick, tick…BOOM! (Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical). REGIONAL: Boston Lyric Opera: Carousel (Dir. Anne Bogart); Seattle Repertory Theatre: Here Lies Love (Dir. Alex Timbers); Village Theatre: Songs for a New World; Intiman Theatre: THE RACE 2020. OTHER: E-Ticket to Broadway; Concert for America (MD - Seth Rudetsky). EDUCATION: NYU Steinhardt

Steven Nicolás Franco

Steven Nicolás Franco

Tristan/Arnau Understudy

he/him/él SIGNATURE: In the Heights. DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: To Wong Foo - The Musical in Concert; GALA Hispanic Theatre: Frida Libre; Imagination Stage: Cinderella: A Salsa Fairy Tale; Monumental Theatre Company: Finn: A Concert Reading, Spring Awakening. EDUCATION: George Mason University, BFA in Musical Theatre '23, Signature Theatre Overtures Musical Theatre Institute '22. OTHER: Lin-Manuel Miranda Family Fellowship Alum, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. stevennicolasfranco.com. @_stevenfranco

Sydne Lyons

Sydne Lyons

Darius/Liz Understudy

she/her DC AREA: Studio Theatre: Octet; Keegan Theatre: Lizzie The Musical; Compass Rose: Proof; Monumental Theatre Company: American Psycho the Musical. REGIONAL: Theatre Silco: Escape to Margaritaville. AWARDS: Helen Hayes Award - Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical (American Psycho). EDUCATION: AMDA College of the Performing Arts: BFA Musical Theatre. www.sydnelyons.com @sydne_lyons

Gunnar Manchester

Gunnar Manchester

Kenneth

he/him NYC: BAM: Macbeth in Stride; The Brick: See/Unsee. REGIONAL: Hudson Valley Shakespeare: OCTET; Yale Rep: Macbeth in Stride; Huntington Theatre: Clyde’s; Trinity Rep: A Christmas Carol, Tiny Beautiful Things; Gamm Theatre: Ironbound, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, As You Like It, Uncle Vanya, Arcadia; Wilbury Theatre Group: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Spring Awakening, Straight White Men, Church; Gloucester Stage: Private Lives; Commonwealth Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing, Cymbeline; Actor’s Shakespeare Project: Exit the King. EDUCATION: MFA Brown University/ Trinity Rep. www.gunnarmanchester.com

Joshua Morgan

Joshua Morgan

Tristan/Others

SIGNATURE: Soon, [title of show]. BROADWAY: Ain’t Too Proud, Les Misérables. OFF-BROADWAY/NATIONAL TOURS: Stiff, Ain’t Too Proud. DC AREA: Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Olney Theatre Center, Folger Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Rep Stage, Theater J, Adventure Theatre-MTC. REGIONAL: North Shore Music Theatre, North Carolina Theatre, Penguin Rep, CFRT, TUTS, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Coachella Valley Repertory. FILM: Paterno (HBO). TV: Law and Order: SVU, Lincoln Rhyme, FBI, Law and Order, Law and Order: Organized Crime. OTHER: Co-Host of the “Creative Risk Podcast”. @jmorganarts

Mia Pak

Mia Pak

Darius

she/they OFF-BROADWAY: Signature Theatre: Three Houses; The Public Theater: Suffs; Lincoln Center Theater: In The Green; Lincoln Center Theater: Your Own Personal Exegesis. REGIONAL: Hudson Valley Shakespeare: Octet; Flint Repertory Theatre: Riddle of the Trilobites; Interlochen Shakespeare Festival: Much Ado About Nothing. Pacific Repertory Theater: Heathers. TOUR: morning//mourning by Gelsey Bell. Released her first album titled All Too Much in 2024 under the name miamiamia. 2025 Lucille Lortel Nominee for Best Actor in a Musical (Three Houses). Represented by Ivy Rock Management. Miajpak.squarespace.com. IG: @miajpak and @miamiamiamusic. 

Scout Santoro

Scout Santoro

Jeff/Kenneth Understudy

he/him REGIONAL: Walnut Street Theatre: A Christmas Story; The Glimmerglass Festival: The Pirates of Penzance, Pagliacci; The REV Theatre Company: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; Playhouse Stage Company: Something Rotten!. EDUCATION: Ithaca College: BFA Musical Theatre. www.scoutsantoro.com @scout.santoro

Erin Weaver

Erin Weaver

Liz/Others

SIGNATURE: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Pseudolus), Private Jones (King, Helen Hayes Award), Into the Woods, Company (Helen Hayes Award), The Last Five Years, Xanadu. NATIONAL TOUR: Les Misérables. DC AREA: Arena Stage: Newsies, Mother Courage (Helen Hayes Award); Folger Theatre: Sense & Sensibility (Helen Hayes Award: Ensemble), Romeo & Juliet, Comedy of Errors, Arcadia (Helen Hayes Award), The Tempest; Round House Theatre: Oslo, Or, (Helen Hayes Award), Ordinary Days (Helen Hayes Award), The Nutcracker, A Wrinkle in Time; Theater J: Gloria: A Life, Sheltered, Tiny Lights (Director), Shakespeare Theatre: Our Town, Kennedy Center: Me, Jane, The Gift of Nothing (Helen Hayes Award, adaptation); Adventure Theatre: Lump of Coal For Christmas; Imagination Stage: You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Wonderland…

Creative Team

Enhance Your Experience

Inside Signature with Nick Blaemire

February 2, 1-2PM

Writer, actor and composer Nick Blaemire’s work was last seen on the Signature stage in 2015’s Soon. Now he is back with his new indie-rock musical Safety Not Guaranteed. Come hear about his start in theater, his musicals Space Dogs and August Rush and his portrayal of playwright and lyricist Adolph Green in the movie Maestro.

Signature Theatre

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