A daring work of epic theatre in four acts, Bamejilabumus travels through four different types of story-telling, all tainted with aspects of Ancient Greek drama. A surrealist sequence precedes a melodramatic seminar precedes a Socratic trial precedes a simple and absurd closing. Heavily inspired by the book of Job. Function over style; moving parts over aesthetics. The beats of the story are included here. Fear not, they contain many secrets only those who've read can understand.
From the text of Bamejilabumus...
"B.L.: I wished to know him more...
why is Nantugget /
The place he visits? Is /
There not a worse-off /
Place? Does he mean to /
Frighten us? Does he /
Know that there are /
Bamejilabumus-fearing spirits who've /
kept the spirit with their /
Actions as much as they /
Can? Does he understand /
Why the down-trodden /
Among us take to their /
Destructions? Is there /
No empathy for their /
Shortcomings? Does /
The agent of Bamejilabumus /
Only see pictures of /
What we do here, like /
From some image search on /
The Internet? Can he /
Not see into the morning /
Back aches and nightly /
Remembrances of the good /
And bad occurring that day /
As our sore necks fall asleep? /
Does he not know humanity?"
Act I: The Stranger (surrealist fantasy)
Belinda Holmes Curses God
A stranger is found in town
Blue Lily greets Tim Crawdad
Tim Crawdad meets the nicely dressed man
Tim Crawdad fears his condition
The arrival of the Angel of Death
The Angel of Death's message
Act II: The Convention (melodramatic seminar)
The 8 convene in closed quarters
Act III: The Trial (full-cast epic battle)
The Angel of Death's second message
The ceremony's introduction and result
Tim Crawdad challenges the result of the ceremony
The people fear rebellion
Belinda Holmes condemns
The Mayor questions integrity
The nicely dressed man says the condemned can die
A police officer appeals
Patty Faux calls upon the will of the collective
Tim calls into question the angel's religion
The nicely dressed man analyzes speech
Blue Lily takes matters into her own hands
Act IV: The Condemnation
Tim Crawdad awaits the Angel of Death
The Angel of Death visits Tim Crawdad
The Angel of Death receives his sentence
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