Sofia! • A Musical About a Southwest Legend

SOFIA! based on the play “The Last Baron of Arizona”

Book and Lyrics by Joanna Kraus

Music and Lyrics by C. Michael Perry

The largest land swindle in the history of the United States was perpetrated by dreamer and con-man, James Addison Reavis. His confident charm and talent in handwriting convinced lawyers, financiers, and a beautiful young woman that she was the true heiress to a Spanish Barony and was entitled to seven thousand five hundred square miles of the Arizona Territory. In this true story, although he uses the pretense of having a moral obligation to his wife, Reavis relishes his deeds throughout. The modern parallels of this story are far too numerous; about the man that almost got away with it. Of course, we seldom hear about those who did get away with it!

SAMPLE SONGS: using the Finale Music Notation software