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musicbyKamalaSankaram
librettobyRobHandel
alldecisionswillbe madebyconsensus
azoomopera
characters:
BRADSHAW,theonewhowantstomaketherules
FITT,theonewhoissupposedtotaketheminutes
YORGIS,theonewholikestomakethings
HSIEH,theintenseone
LINSKI,theonewhoknowstheyarealive
STILLER,theonewhowaslevitatingthepentagonbeforeyouwereborn
ALLUVIAL,theonewhoisinthewrongmeeting non-singingroles:
Bradshaw’skids
Linski’scat
performancenotes:
Sungrhythmsshouldbeasclosetospeechaspossible.
Boxedsectionsshouldberepeateduntilthenextcuepoint.
Performersshouldnottrytomatcheachother'spulse.
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librettobyRobHandel
HoldMusic BRADSHAWturnsonhiscameraandbeginsthemeeting.
Ifthat'sev'ry - -one...
Ifthat'sev'ry - -onewho's coming? -
musicbyKamalaSankaram
Arpeggiated
Synthesizer
greements: Assume - bestinten - -tions. Onedi-va,onemic.
Aremin - -der:youcanturnoffyourvide - -o. bandwidth. -
Noteveryonehasthesame
LINSKIentersthemeeting
&It'ssogood toseeyou.
Whereareyou? Whereareyour grandkids? Iwanttoseeyourgrandkids.
Excuseme... Wedon'ttalkaboutthe grandkids. Maybeyouforget. Wedon'ttalk...
Wedon'ttalkaboutthe grandkids.
FITTandYORGISenterthemeeting. FITTismutedatfirst.
Ithinkwe... Oh.Sorry.
Yougo.
Sorry,Iwasmuted
Ithinkwe... Oh.Sorry.
Yougo.
Theonethingweneedtodecidetoday...
I'mtaking - minutes. -
Justsoev'ry
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Nowisourmoment. Rightnow. Thepeopleare behindus.
Therewasaquestion abouttheweather.
Therewasaquestion abouttheseasons. Theweatherforthe action. Theseasonforthe action.
? EnterafterHSIEHandBRADSHAWhave cycledacoupleoftimes. Ithinkwe... Oh.Sorry. Noteveryonehasthesame
BRADSHAW You go. bandwidth. -
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& IkeepthinkingoftheISS.
LetSTILLERcompleteonecyclebeforeentering. Thepeopleupthere ontheISS. Itmustbelikethatmovie. Anyoneknowthatmovie? Whoa!Ittraumatizedme.
Thisisnotthewaytogo.IwaslevitatingthePentagonbe-
ItwasontheWPIXChannel11After SchoolMovie.
What'sitcalled? Wait. What'sitcalled?
bandwidth. -
Noteveryonehasthesame
Theonethingweneedtodecide todayisa
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What's it
Thisisnot thewaytogo.
Iwaslevitating thePentagonbe-
date for the act ion. -
(ugh!) called? They send...
fore you were born.
?
Theydon'tknow
Theactionmustbefunny. Theactionmustbebeautiful. whattodowithfunny. whattodowithbeauty.
?
Nowisourmoment. Rightnow. Thepeopleare behindus. ?
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That'showwewin.
Therewasaquestion abouttheweather. Therewasaquestion abouttheseasons. Theweatherforthe action. Theseasonforthe action.
Synth. Wait! Atthelastsecondbefore - takeoff - way
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threeastronautsare takena- andre-
three fe-maleastronauts. So now the crew
is three male as tro - nauts - and three fe male - astronauts.
what? women. -
saidno leaders. Guys....
co-verthemselves.
&
?
Iwas13watchingthis ontheWPIXChannel11After SchoolMovie at3:30intheafternoon.
? Thisisnot thewaytogo.
Iwaslevitating thePentagonbe-
Theactionmustbebeautiful.
Theactionmustbefunny. whattodowithfunny. whattodowithbeauty.
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fore you were born. Theydon'tknow That'showwewin.
AftertheMALEVOICEends,ALLUVIALentersthemeeting.
IsthisConflictArchaeology?
Thisisn'tevenmymeeting.
IsthistheElginMarblesWorkingGroup?
Thisisn'tevenmymeeting.
Sorry
It'scalledsomethinglikeit camefromplanet
Iwasmuted Ifwecan'tdance,the actiondoesn't matter
Causeitturnsout theyknewtheearth wasgoingto
earth explode. All pears. IT'S TO-TALLYSYNCHRONOUS
Ihatethepassivevoice. Decisionswillbemade Takenunderadvisement. Thepassivevoiceisthe
BRADSHAWisstilldeepbreathing.
three Eves.
three Eves yelling bees pressor.
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Insteadof Thereareonly orsomething
Theactivevoiceisthevoice ofthe thorninthe
You go.
fore you were born. & Ithinkwe... Oh.Sorry.
Thisisnot thewaytogo. IwaslevitatingthePentagonbe-
LINSKI,FITT,YORGIS,HSIEH, andBRADSHAWturnofftheir cameras.
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Speakthelinesasdeliberatelyaspossible,tastingeachconsonant.Playwithcontourasyoulike.
Ifwedon'tcomeback fromthemarch
Ifacarisspeeding towardyou
Ifweareonaplaneandsome menstandupandaskif anyoneisChinese.
IfIdon'tcome
Packupallthefoodin thehouseinyour backpack.
Putonallyourwarm clothes.
Gotoyourgodfather's housebythelake.
Don'tacceptaridewith anyone.
IfIdon'tcome
Ifanyoneasksyou whereyourparentsare
saytheyarewaiting foryoubythelake.
saytheyarewaiting foryoubythelake.
FITT,YORGIS,HSIEH,andBRADSHAWturn theircamerasbackon.Singthissectionasquicklyas youcan.Itshouldfeelverydense.
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FITT,STILLER,HSIEH,and BRADSHAWfreeze.
Whoa!Thentheyget suckedoutoftheship. Theygetsuckedout.
Ifweareouttogetherandyouseetwo orthreemenyoudon'tknowcome andstandaroundmeandtalktome youkeepmoving,don'trun
Ihavesomethingto tellyou. I'mwithanother group.
Synth. I-keba - -na. Flower - ar-ranging. - Apractice - I've writ-ten about. -
SynthDrum
Bracketingandplanningisa
Synth. diegeticfact. I'm shar-ingalinkwiththegrouprightnow.
Synth. I'm sharing - a linkwiththegrouprightnow. I'm sharing - alinkon Nordic - larp-ing.
Ifwecan't dance It'sjustanother momentwedon'tknowwe'rea- Iwannadance.
live.
Theireyesburst. Thisisthe afterschool movie Theireyesburst
Walk.Don't lookback.
Whoa. simply - Wedon'tre-
Iftheytakeyoutoaplace withalotofotherpeople. Don'tlookback.
Wedon't projectonthebuiltenvironment. iteratethebuiltenvironment.
Ihavesomething totellyou. I'mwithanother group.
Iknowsomeofus havetogo. Iknowsomeofushaveanothermeeting.
LINSKIandSTILLERturnofftheircameras.
Theireyesburst.
Synth
Were- itwith misodressing Or:ahy-
place drau-lic swan.
Okay. Redneck - Re volt.ing.
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Thisisthe afterschoolmovie. Theireyesburst
I'mwith Icangetyouagun.
heretomorrow.