New Plays (Excerpts and MP3s)

MP3 of Gilgamesh: an epic musical event. LISTEN HERE  and be transported…

This is the opening of the dramatic musical I am writing based on the Epic of Gilgamesh. Book and Lyrics  by Gabrielle Orcha;   Music by Nicole Adams. The Gilgamesh team is currently in development; we have visions of  a fall 2011 production.  Please listen, enjoy, and feel free to follow along with the text below.  I welcome comments and invite one and all who want to support the development and production of this project.  This is the story…

THIS IS THE STORY

OF A GREAT MAN

THE G-D HERO,

WHO LOVED

WHO LOST

WHO JOURNEYED AND RETURNED;

WHO CAME TO KNOW

THE WHOLE.

THIS IS THE STORY OF A MAN

WHO WRESTLED DEMONS

AND BECAME SHEPHERD

OF HIMSELF.

WHO PREPARED TO STRIKE HIS REFLECTION

ONLY TO CRADLE THE ENEMY

IN HIS ARMS.

WHO TURNED HIS FACE AWAY

FROM MORTALITY

AND CAST HIS EYES

TO THE SECRET.

LET US DO THE SAME, THEN, YOU AND I

LET US RETURN TO THE SECRET WAYS

OF ANCIENT TIMES

THE LOST AND FOUND TALE

OF A BROKEN HEART

MADE STRONG.

COME,

STUDY THE BRICKWORK,

TOUCH THE GREAT WALL,

STAND ON THE FOUNDATION THEY HAVE LAID

LAID BY THE SEVEN COUSELLORS.

TOGETHER, WE SHALL ASCEND, ASCEND THE COPPER STAIRCASE

OF THE GREAT TEMPLE

TO THE HOLY ROOM WHERE,

IN THE COPPER BOX

WITH THE BRONZE LOCK

THE STONE TABLETS WAIT.

LET US CROSS THE THRESHOLD.