About the show
Liv is 40, codependent, and about to have a mid-life awakening, brought on by an overwhelming urge to write music. Starting with no prior experience, she learns to play piano while beginning a relationship with a secret online confidant. The result is a funny, heartbreaking, and fiercely honest playlist of her life—tackling everything from her father’s addiction to a lifetime of staying quiet.
Through raw, original music about family secrets, unspoken truths, and the courage to stand alone, she is led out of woods she didn’t even realize she was in.
Don’t miss Lindsey Kraft, joined on stage by musicians Ben Folds and Dan Rudin in her captivating new one-woman musical story about love, loss, and liberation.
About Lindsey Kraft
Lindsey Kraft is best known for her 20 years as an actor in TV & Film. NETFLIX’S, GRACE AND FRANKIE, HBO’s GETTING ON; Most recently, in APPLE TV’s, THE SHRINK NEXT DOOR; opposite Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd; and a long list of roles on televisions biggest shows.
Lindsey has recently done the Unheard-Of: Learning piano at the age of 40, composing an impressive body of songs, and performing a few hundred shows on tour, solo piano, for artists such as Ben Folds. All the while, Lindsey has composed an original one-woman musical. “We’ve Been Here Before”; chronicles her discovery of music and songwriting as an adult, and the self-honesty that can be learned from brutally honest creativity. In Lindsey’s words, “the songs knew the truth before I did!”
Lindsey also co-wrote the Christmas single from Ben Folds’ 2025 Sleigher (“We Could Have This”) performing it on Kelly Clarkson, CBS Mornings, WXPN’s WorldCafe to name a few. She’s also written and co-written a body of plays. “Wedding Bash” was published by Samuel French and performed at NYC’s 59E59 2017 and elsewhere. She’s written multiple TV pilots for CBS and NBC. Lindsey feels she’s only just getting started, currently recording her debut album, looking forward to the future runs of “We’ve Been Here Before” and already composing her second musical.
About
Ben Folds
Ben Folds is an Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter who has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, a holiday album, and numerous collaborative records. He currently tours as a pop artist, while also performing with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras.
A New York Times Best Selling author, Ben also creates new music for film, TV and theatre, including original songs for an ongoing series of animated Peanuts specials on Apple TV.
In 2022, he launched a music education charitable initiative in his native state of North Carolina which provides funds and keyboards to existing nonprofits that offer free or affordable piano lessons to school-age children from economically disadvantaged households. For the past 15 years he has also been an outspoken advocate for arts funding, music education and music therapy in the US as a member of Americans For The Arts and the Arts Action Fund.
Special thanks
Sara Gilbert
Elaine Bledsoe, Alex Brock, Joannie Burstein, Nick Kassoy, Mike Kopp, Julia McIntyre, Jonathan Mills, Liz Paw, Stephanie Schloss, Studio TM (Molly & Tabs)
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What People Are Saying
“Thank you for such a beautiful song in ‘Beautiful Pain.’ It evokes all of the feels so very powerfully. You’ve got something special going on, and I look forward to watching it all happen for you.”
— Frank“I saw your opening night performance of ‘We’ve Been Here Before’ and just wanted to express my gratitude. You were absolutely stunning, and the play itself touched so many emotional places for me that I felt deeply seen sitting in my little uncomfortable seat at the back of the house. . . Thank you for sharing your gift so generously. It was a beautiful evening, and I’m truly grateful to have experienced it.”
— Sarah“Brave. Bold. Beautiful. Brilliant!”
— Marcela