A Mountain for Elodie

In A Mountain for Elodie, songwriter and performer Benjamin Scheuer turns the upheavals of love, parenthood and grief into an intimate musical portrait of family life. The follow-up to his award-winning solo show The Lion, it traces how the birth of his daughter prompts him to reconsider the relationship with his own late father—and the kind of dad he wants to be. Scheuer’s songs, guitar playing and candid, often funny storytelling give the story room for both tenderness and uncertainty. The result is a personal, music-led journey through the imperfect work of building a family.