Veteran humorist and playwright, Justin Moran, launched “Spiderman Smackdown”, a guerilla theatre project to write, rehearse, and perform a fully realized musical based on the character Spiderman in under 30 days with a budget of $0. Opening one day before the $75 Million Broadway musical “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark”, Moran’s musical was the first Spiderman Musical to officially open in New York City.

Moran  launched a blog (thespideyproject.blogspot.com) and YouTube page to promote the project and to enlist a troupe of volunteer writers, designers and actors. “How important is $75 Million in making good theatre?” joked Moran. “We’re going to develop a story, write a complete musical score and script, design sets and costumes, cast, rehearse, advertise and ultimately mount the production on March 14th, 2011 at the The People’s Improv Theatre in NYC.”

Moran  collaborated with writer Jon Roufaeal on the story and book, based on the original story from “the Amazing Spiderman” comic books, and brought on composers Adam Podd (POPE! the Musical, ImgineOcean) and Doug Katsaros (Broadway's Hair; The Rocky Horror Show; Grammy nominated Footloose; TV's The Tick) to write and arrange the score. “The outpouring of volunteers was overwhelming,” said Moran, “and I was extremely confident in the level of talent that was going into creating this completely original Spiderman Musical.”

Featuring a cast of nine and five piece band, “The Spidey Project”  sold out its single performance in New York in under a minute and added a second. Its had a subsequent run in Los Angeles and now looks to take to the road for a limited tour.