Spirit of the Game: The Ultimate Musical

When the game is on the line, would you cross it?

Spirit of the Game: The Ultimate Musical is an original dramedy about disgraced high school football star, Johnny Diskakis, who gets a chance at redemption when he joins the Greek National Mixed Ultimate Frisbee team.​

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Philip Vlahakis

Directed and Choreographed by Liz Piccoli

Orchestration and Music Direction by Julian Blackmore.

Johnny is a tiny wide receiver with big dreams of athletic triumphs. But those dreams are derailed when Johnny and his dad, Yiorgos, are forced to move back to their native village on the island of Crete in Greece. As they grapple with a new life working at the grandfather’s farm and inn, Johnny plots a return to football in the U.S.  While on a training run, he is struck in the head by a frisbee and meets Thina, a local athletic phenom who captains the Greek National Mixed Ultimate Frisbee Team. Thina woos a love-struck Johnny onto the squad with immediate results. But this new self-officiated sport tests Johnny in unexpected ways.  As the team makes a surprising championship run, Johnny battles past demons, mixed signals from Thina, and Yiorgos’ disapproval; Johnny may get a shot at redemption, but it’s not clear if that’s a shot he’ll take.

Written by Philip Vlahakis, a New York-based musical theater writer and former world champion ultimate frisbee player, the show was a 2025 winning selection of the Florida Festival of New Musicals. Free Line Media Orlando extolled:  “A sharp and quick-witted musical that mixes a rock score with some traditional Greek music and even a Greek chorus, it’s great fun getting wrapped up in Johnny’s quest for redemption.”

Learn more about the show at ultimatemusical.com