Nathan Bergstedt is the playwright. Sam Miltich composed the score. The Ballad of Newton Badger came from a conversation after a production of Shakespeare in the Park a few years ago. These two artists from Grand Rapids worked together and on their own to present a GR Players presentation of the original play. Based loosely off the character and work of Sir Isaac Newton, The Ballad of Newton Badger is a modern day fairy tale that includes not only the badger but Mayor Buck, a group of squirrels,