BWW Interview

When David Taylor Gomes and Kyle Holmes set out to write an original musical for their students at Granite Bay High School, they never could have foreseen the impact their work would have on high schools across the nation. Students are reacting to having their voices heard, and the effect is monumental. People are clamoring to see and produce Ranked: A New Musical, which deals with the pressures that teenagers face today in maintaining grades, social status, and their fight to get into the college of their choice.

Musical TheatreWesley GomesJune 6, 2019Musical Theatre, Ranked A New Musical, Ranked, Theatre

ABC10

There’s a local play that’s striking some pretty familiar tones with all of the recent college admissions scandal news. But here’s the thing this play came out way before the news of the scandal broke.

Musical TheatreWesley GomesJune 6, 2019Theatre, Musical Theatre, Ranked, Ranked A New Musical

Granite Bay View

When Granite Bay High School Director of Theatre Arts Kyle Holmes coun’t find the play he wanted for his students, he wrote it himself.

Holmes and co-writer David Taylor Gomes’ “Ranked, A New Musical,” debuted in April to enthusiastic audience reviews.

”Our upcoming class of students had a lot of standout, talented, amazing students,” Gomes said about why they decided to write the play. “We wanted (a production) that would give them all an opportunity to perform and show they best they can be,”

Musical TheatreWesley GomesJune 3, 2019Ranked, Ranked A New Musical, Musical, Musical Theatre, Theatre

Fox 40

GRANITE BAY -- The whole point of Granite Bay High School's musical, "Ranked," is to shine an actual and figurative spotlight on what high school life can be like for the kids struggling through it today and how it might be different.

The first words of this musical were actually written back in May of 2018. By the time it was all over, it turned out to be much more prophetic about college admissions and scandal than anyone could have ever imagined.

Musical TheatreWesley GomesMay 28, 2019Ranked, Ranked A New Musical, Theatre, Musical Theatre

Ranked In Concert

After the tremendous success of the original production of RANKED: A NEW MUSICAL at Theatre at Granite Bay (Granite Bay High School, Granite Bay, CA), writer Kyle Holmes and composer David Taylor Gomes will mount a concert version of the show at the Crest Theatre (Sacramento, CA) on June 8th at 7pm. This one night only alumni concert will feature the original cast from Theatre at Granite Bay, and will be directed by local theatre professional Joelle Robertson. RANKED, which was featured locally and nationally in the press asks -- What are you worth? Who decides? And what do you do when it all comes crashing down?

NPR Morning Edition

A new musical explores life in high school in a way that's eerily familiar. It's called Ranked, and it's set in a dystopian world where your class rank — determined by grades and test scores — governs everything from where you sit to what your future holds.

Wesley GomesApril 12, 2019Ranked, Musical, Musical Theatre, Theatre