Jay Rivera-Herrans wrote the book, lyrics, and music for — and stars in — a new musical, Stupid Humans, which opens Thursday. The show is the semi-autobiographical account of a student who discovers his passion is for music, not medicine. A dozen Notre Dame students are huddled around a keyboard at the back of the Regis Philbin Studio Theatre on a snowy Sunday night. On cue, the music starts and the ensemble starts chanting, “Won’t give up, won’t give up,” while one student stomps to the beat...
For Puerto Rico native Jay Rivera-Herrans, choosing a major he loved wasn’t easy. He turned that struggle into an original musical.
Carrie Gates
