MASQUE: A Musical Revel of Unexpected Consequence
Book & Lyrics by Patrick Thomas McCarthy ptmc
World's richest man, defies plague, occupies bunker, stages cabarets! Now, sing for your supper!
In a near dystopian future, when a devastating viral plague shuts down civilization, the world’s richest man, Prosper Prince, gathers those closest to him and retreats to a remote bunker. Fully supplied and staffed, Prince plans to ride out the storm in a series of cabaret entertainments featuring the seven deadly...
World's richest man, defies plague, occupies bunker, stages cabarets! Now, sing for your supper!
In a near dystopian future, when a devastating viral plague shuts down civilization, the world’s richest man, Prosper Prince, gathers those closest to him and retreats to a remote bunker. Fully supplied and staffed, Prince plans to ride out the storm in a series of cabaret entertainments featuring the seven deadly sins. His captive cult followers are even required to compose their own music and scenework. Tonight, it is Halloween, a special night at Chateau Flesh with everyone costumed and masked. Now they all must sing for their supper as he carries out his plan for dominance, but his kind of dominance has unexpected consequences...
Spun from Edgar Allen Poe's The MASQUE of the RED DEATH
Cast = 5 Women & 6 Men & 5 Musicians
Prosper Prince – world's richest man, a CEO, a decadent president, bari-tenor
Evie Prince – his daughter, a precedent, the only one, soprano
Adam Dupris – her lover, an instrument, a "they", to be played, bari-tenor
Chantel DeCluse – friend & counselor to the family, fraudulent, gossip columnist, fortune teller, alto
Doctor Derek Dread – friend & counselor to the family, sweaty, corpulent, bari-tenor
Nightshade – Mistress of the Revels, a decadent participant, alto
Berlin – Master of the Revels, a decadent participant, bari-tenor
The 2 Fallen Angels – Kyle & Keith – [bass, bari-tenor] Prince's personal assistants, boy band, confidantes, boosters, singers, dancers, hit squad
The 2 Vixens – Kyra & Kyrie, [soprano, alto] singers, dancers, gossips, servants
The 5 musicians – 1. synth/organ/harpsichord/theramin/strings/woodwinds/brass 2.synth/tracks/piano 3.electric bass/string bass 4.electric guitar/acoustic guitar/banjo 5.percussion
MASQUE Act ONE MUSICAL NUMBERS
Deep Down Here, You're V.I.P. (entire cast)
Spinning Lazy (Adam & Evie)
Greed Screed (Dread & DeCluse & Girls Back-up)
Gender Envy (Prince, Adam, Berlin, Boys Back-up)
You Don't Know (Evie, Prince)
Blood Lust (Prince, Dread & DeCluse)
Just Take a Bite (Dread, DeCluse, Evie)
The Math of Wrath (Berlin, Nightshade, Prince)
You Don't Know ...reprise (Evie, Prince, Girls Backup)
To Die For... Our Dinner (All)
MASQUE ACT TWO MUSICAL NUMBERS
Gluttony's WHITE ROOM WALTZ (All)
SPINNIN' CRAZY (Adam & Evie)
ROGUE's VOGUE - Proud to Be the BFDs (The 4 Bodily Functions)
DIE LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO (Berlin, Nightshade, Dread, DeCluse)
PICK YOUR POISIN - REDRUM in the Red Room (Adam, Evie, Prince)
Carol of the MASQUE (All /9 zombie voices/Adam ghostly/Evie living)
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