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Imagination is the
best resource in the
midst of the worst
circumstances
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23 Roles + 23 ensamble
Un-Rated
2 Acts
DURATION
120 minutes
WITH INTERMISSION
BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS
Edgardo Lar
CASTING
SYNOPSIS
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Full Synopsis
ACT I
Amid the chaos, Ditz, a very young German soldier who despises the Final
Solution, deserts his Company to guide the children to safety in the remaining
ruins of a library. The children are desperately hiding from a vicious squad of
German soldiers sent specifically to capture them all and to take them to
concentration camps.
Meanwhile, the local French Resistance and Red Cross nurses frantically race to
find the children before the German soldiers.
GERMAN POST
The Nazi captain is obsessed with catching the children but Fritz, a
rookie soldier hating his job becomes an obstacle to the Captains
ambition. The frustrated and angry Captain punishes Fritz by
leaving him to guard the camps ammunition and food while he
and the rest of the soldiers continue to search for the children.
A STREET
Phillipe, the Resistance leader, is frustrated by not been able
to find the children while Camille fears that the German
soldiers will kill them for helping the children.
Armand says that -though it seems silly- it would be better to
die fighting with his friends, giving meaning to their struggle to
defend their country and their ideals of freedom.
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ANOTHER STREET
The village women also want to help the children hoping that for just this once the
story would have a happy ending and children could saved.
OUTSIDE
Trop walks through the ruined village in search for food and is
optimistic that in time everything will have to improve.
GERMAN POST
Trop finds the German camp where he proceeds to steal a canteen
and a sack of food supplies. As he flees with the booty, he is shot
by the Nazi captain, who in a rage hits Fritz for failing to guard
the camp and for not shooting the child when he had the
chance.
RED CROSS
The seriously wounded Trop manages to reach the Red
Cross station where before losing consciousness gently
raises his hand saying: Once upon a time, a group of
fairies saved a child, as he passes out from pain, in his
dreams he travels to a fairyland, the fairies ask him to
choose between staying with them or returning to reality. He
chooses to return to help his friends and to find his parents.
After the fairies assure him that he will save his friends and will be back
with his parents forever, Trop regains consciousness and tries to return
immediately to his friends to bring them the supplies, but the nurses stop
him saying he is too weak to leave due to his loss of blood.
The German soldiers arrive at the Red Cross station in their search for children,
and while the nurses distract them, Trop flees with the supplies determined to
save his friends.
After the German troops finally leave, the nurses realize that Trop has escaped
and are completely distraught for the fact so many children are the casualties of
war thinking this most never happen again.
ACT II
INSIDE THE LIBRARY/ NuncajamaS
Ditz organises the children to open an entrance to a hidden tunnel as an escape
route in case the soldiers discover their hideout.
Trop returns badly wounded but surprises everyone with his overwhelming
enthusiasm and conviction that everything will be alright for all of them and that
soon he will be reunited with his parents.
German soldiers arrive to the roof of the library and discover a narrow crack that
leads into the library. The sound of soldiers terrorises the children and in order to
keep them quiet and to avoid giving themselves away, Ditz raises his hand
saying: Once upon a time ... " and reminds them of the tale of the seven little
goats who hid from the wolf.
The children hide as the soldiers unsuccessfully try to shine a torch light through
the narrow crack to see if there are children there. Finally, the soldiers decide to
return to their camp with orders to continue searching the area every hour.
As children emerge from hiding, Dinkah
remembers the Nazi soldiers entered her
home and how his parents and brother were
taken while she hid in fright, and cries
inconsolably saying that one day the soldiers will
find her just as the wolf finally trapped the little
goats. To keep her from suffering, Sant raises his hand
saying: Once upon a time, there was a wolf who did not
want to be a big bad wolf ...", the boys imagine a friendly
wolf not willing to scare others and laugh at his predicament.
They go back to digging their tunnel while the smaller ones take
a nap.
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Raquel and Dietz in adolescent infatuation reflect on what would become of them
if they survive the war. Raquel wonders if Ditz could fall in love with her if they
survive and manage to grow up.
The sound of bombing in the distance awakens the children. Durrel changes his
fearful and pessimistic attitude inspired by his peers who apparently seem never
afraid. Sant is indeed very brave, but being completely honest with his friends,
admits that while he is not afraid of bullets or soldiers, his greatest fear is that - as
much he tries- he can not remember his parents faces. Sarah, shocked at Durrels
suffering, raises her hand and starts a story about how the stars in NuncajamS
are made up of childrens happy memories and how if any of the stars fall children
on earth lose that particular memory forever.
In their fantasy children are surrounded by pirates, mermaids, fairies and other
characters from the world of fantasy who explain to them that reality needs fantasy
as much as fantasy needs reality.
The childrens excitement and celebration raise cause a tremendous fuss which
draws the attention of a German soldier who is patrolling the area and who alerts
the rest of the squad.
The Resistance realizes that the Nazis have found the children and
follows them to the library where they engage them in combat to save
the children. After a terrible battle the Germans brutally slaughter all
the Resistance.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
KIDS
Dinka 6 yrs.
Renard 8 yrs.
Sarah 9 yrs.
Raquel 11 yrs.
Durrell 11 yrs.
Jacob 9 yrs.
Trop 10 yrs.
Sant 13 yrs.
SOLDIERS
Fritz 17 yrs.
Ditz 19 yrs.
Hanz 20 yrs.
Adolf 30 yrs.
Herr Kaptn 35 yrs.
NURSES
Anne 25 yrs
Margot 24 yrs.
Catherine 22 yrs.
FRENCH RESISTANCE
Phillipe 19 yrs.
Armand 18 yrs.
Pierre 22 yrs.
Claire 23 yrs.
Camille 17 yrs.
ENSEMBLE
Adult Raquel, Adult Ditz, Fairies,
Wolf, Elfin, Pirate, Captain, Moms,
Mermaids, Maoris, Soldiers, Orphans.
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Materials
Full Score
Vocal Score
Libretto
Reference recording
Show History
The show opened in Mexico City with great success
with the Thomas Jefferson Musical Theatre Company
Foundation, a prestigious Mexican musical theatre
group for youngsters , with international credits which
include the New York International Musical Theater
Festival (NYMF 09) , the DAEGU International Musical
Festival and the the WorldExpo Shanghai 2010.
Edgardo Lar
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