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
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...