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| “Revelation” The Musical Book by Pauline Dessler Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Levi Shanes Short Summary |
“Revelation” opens on Election Night, 2024 as the human
race is threatened with a pandemic of unknown origin.
When the new President takes her place in office in early
2025, she must grapple with worldwide panic over the
mysterious and deadly illness—and her own unraveling
marriage. And when scientists discover that the pathogen
is a primordial bacteria released into the world’s water
supply by a melting glacier and that the human race has no
immunological defense to fight it, Deborah must send her
biologist husband into what remains of the equatorial
rainforest to search for a botanical cure.
The concept of this piece centers around the incorporation
of a variety of musical genres and ethnicities, and a
cautionary tale of climate change—both of which reflect the
speculative nature of any story set in the future—while
reinforcing the tenet that, while humankind might evolve,
both human nature and needs are constant.
race is threatened with a pandemic of unknown origin.
When the new President takes her place in office in early
2025, she must grapple with worldwide panic over the
mysterious and deadly illness—and her own unraveling
marriage. And when scientists discover that the pathogen
is a primordial bacteria released into the world’s water
supply by a melting glacier and that the human race has no
immunological defense to fight it, Deborah must send her
biologist husband into what remains of the equatorial
rainforest to search for a botanical cure.
The concept of this piece centers around the incorporation
of a variety of musical genres and ethnicities, and a
cautionary tale of climate change—both of which reflect the
speculative nature of any story set in the future—while
reinforcing the tenet that, while humankind might evolve,
both human nature and needs are constant.