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Synopsis
(This synopsis lists all the songs
in the show. Those available to hear online have links to the lyrics
and music. A full CD recording of the live concert reading is now
available from 
or
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Act One
The people of Acteon welcome their conquering
heroes (Victorious/Masters of the Universe). Their
leader Con Questor announces that he’ll wed Queen Xandora of the
defeated planet, and decrees that his niece Azura shall wed heroic
fighter pilot Brik Hardstone. Although Azura loves poet Jen Starling,
and Brik is engaged to astrophysicist Zelda Buckminster, Con Questor
insists that Azura marry Brik and convinces Brik that Azura resists
him only to hide her love for him (I Love the Way She Needs
Me). Zelda bemoans losing Brik and vows to win him back
( The
Brainiac Blues).
A group of mechanics plans to present a play for
the royal wedding, but Botz is eager to perform Romeo and
Juliet all by himself. Xandora dreads her upcoming nuptials
as Con Questor plans to rape her planet’s rich resources (Four
More Moons).
Jen and Azura plan to flee Acteon and live On
Xayanta. Forbidden from performing their play, the Mechanics
dream of being brave Space Cadets. As Jen and Azura
escape, followed by Zelda and Brik, Xandora flees to her native
planet with Con Questor in pursuit. The Mechanics seize their chance
to join this "secret mission" and all of them blast off
(Countdown).
Act Two
The magical sprite Gizmo reveals that his jungle
planet Xayanta is a Dream World, plunged into darkness
by his feuding parents Heliorus and Terrafanna (Without
Me You’re Nothing).
As Jen and Zelda sing their lovers to sleep (I
Will Be Right Here), Gizmo casts a love spell on both
men and his mother, but Jen and Brik awake, hopelessly in love with
Zelda (Got to Have You Now). Gizmo turns the swaggering
Botz into an ape and Terrafanna awakes, desperately in love with
him (When You Were Mine). To Gizmo’s delight, Azura
and Zelda blame each other for both men being smitten with Zelda
(Lord What Fools These Mortals Be).
The mechanic foreman Flange tries to calm his
terrified crew back to rehearsal, explaining "there’s Nothing
in This World a little Shakespeare couldn’t cure."
Azura grieves the loss of her love (When
You Were Mine) and surrounded by the chaos he’s created,
Gizmo longs to be mortal (Set
Me Free) and he releases all from their spells.
The lovers try to stop Con Questor from marrying
Xandora to destroy her planet, but it’s the mechanics’ performance
of "Romeo and Juliet" that changes his heart. All four
couples are reunited and wed (We Are One) and the
newly mortal Gizmo is finally Feelin’ the Love.
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