{"product_id":"beepers-a-cautionary-cabaret","title":"Beepers: A Cautionary Cabaret","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeepers: A Cautionary Cabaret\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the dawn of the small computer age, we find three office workers at their jobs Ñ all with their own struggles and doubts and longings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAccused of being nerds, their lives and relationships are in flux.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe follow them through laments like Biodegradable Interface, High-Tech Wreck, and Power Failure in my Heart to tongue-twister patter songs full of puns like Edible Bytes and TheyÕre An Infomaniac.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith words and music by famed composer Dennis Bathory-Kitsz writing under his pseudonym Brady Kynans, Beepers is a tuneful cabaret full of earworms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEven though Beepers was written in 1986, it has lessons as well as cautions for our own time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a piano\/vocal score. The written cast of Beepers is gender neutral, a relatively minor change from the 1986 book. In performance, the abbreviated names may be used or gendered names may be assigned to the available players.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eE is Erika\/Everett. E is a jaded social critic, somewhat of an outcast, and always on edge about our roles in modern technology. Alto or baritone.\u003cbr\u003e\nR is Reba\/Rafi. R is a sad, yearning young person, searching for both meaning and love in life, and certain it wonÕt be coming soon. Alto or baritone.\u003cbr\u003e\nL is Ladislaw\/Lydia. L is a shy, reticent programmer with little life experience and a hesitant manner, on the edge of sadness. Alto or baritone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChoruses (Nerds, Color VDT Blues, and Infomaniac) are sung by E, R, and\/or L, or other performers in any combination.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44410583613601,"sku":"9781312364547","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/mj6eze-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1717644212","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/beepers-a-cautionary-cabaret","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}