Seattle-area playwright Eva Moon’s darkly comic musical, “First you Jump” premieres Thursday, Jan. 15, at Valley Center Stage, 119 W. North Bend Way, North Bend.

Directed by Valley Center Stage’s Gary Schwartz, the play tells the stories of five very different characters facing extraordinary choices that will alter their lives irrevocably:

A U.S. Senator must choose between her Tyrannosaurus Rex lover and her Senate seat;

A middle-aged, bitter and very human Pinocchio longs for the past;

A woman who experiences a startling transformation in her most intimate moments wants to take a chance on love, and more.

For Eva Moon, a long-time performer and writer in the Seattle area, this show is an exciting extension from her previous solo work. In 2011, Moon learned that she carried the BRCA1 genetic mutation, which spiked her breast and ovarian cancer risk. Her decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy and hysterectomy led her to create her solo musical comedy, “The Mutant Diaries: My Genes,” which she has performed on stages across the U.S. and London.

“First you Jump” is entirely fictional, but the ideas grew out of issues raised by her own health and medical decisions.

“I wanted to explore how people make impossible choices and to make audiences wonder what they might do in similar circumstances,” Moon said.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, Jan. 15 to 17 and 22 to 24.

Tickets are $17.50 for adults, $14 for seniors and students. Learn more at www.valleycenterstage.org.