Principal roles (cast subject to understudy)
Character |
Actor
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Description |
Bezos
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Yip
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Title role, leader of the twelve, a man called the "Son of Jeff" and the "King of the Books." |
Judas Iscariot |
Sarah W-G
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One of the twelve apostles of Bezos; concerned for the poor and the consequences of fame. |
Mary Magdalene |
MC Corks
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A follower who finds herself falling in love with the Internet. |
Pontius Pilate |
Brenda Knox
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A governor who foresees the events of Bezo's crucifixion
from beginning to aftermath in a dream.
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Caiaphas |
T.P. Dowling
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One of the main antagonists, a high priest who sees Bezos as a threat to the nation. |
Annas |
Paul Whitener
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Another of the main antagonists, a fellow high priest who is persuaded into seeing Bezos as a threat. |
Peter |
Rick Matthews
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One of Bezos's twelve apostles; denies Bezos three times upon the night of Bezos's arrest to save himself. |
Simon Zealotes
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Jeff Muday
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Another of Bezos's twelve apostles; urges Bezos to lead followers into battle. |
King Herod |
wpk
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The (reluctant) "King of Digital Publishing"; Bezos is brought to him for judgment after first being taken to Pilate. |
Musical numbers (still in rehearsal)
Act One, The Bookfeast
- "Overture/Launch" – Orchestra
- "Google on Their Minds" – Judas
- "What's the Blog" / "Strange Thing Mystifying" – Apostles, Bezos, Mary, Judas, Peter, Woman
- "Ebooks're Alright" – Mary, Judas, Bezos, Apostles
- "This Bezos Must Die" – Annas, Caiaphas, Apostles, Priests
- "Hosanna/Tweet!" – Apostles, Caiaphas, Bezos, Ensemble
- "Poor Internet" – Apostles, Simon, Bezos, Ensemble
- "Lynn's Dream" – Pilate
- "The Time Warner Cable Temple" – Ensemble, Bezos
- "Ebooks're Alright (reprise)" – Mary, Bezos
- "I Don't Know How to Love HTML" – Mary
- "Spammed For All Time" / "Blood Money" – Judas, Annas, Caiaphas, Chorus
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Act Two, The Freakout
- "The Last Clicker" – Apostles, Bezos, Judas
- "Phishing (I Only Want to Say)" – Bezos
- "The Analytics" – Judas, Bezos, Peter, Apostles, Annas, Caiaphas
- "Peter's Cyberbullying" – Maid by the Fire, Peter, Soldier, Old Man, Mary
- "Verizon and Bezos" – Pilate, Annas, Bezos, Ensemble
- "King Herod's Clip (YouTube It and See)" – Herod, Dancers
- "Could We Re-Boot Again Please?" – Mary, Apostles, Peter
- "Judas' Cable Modem" – Judas, Annas, Caiaphas, Chorus
- "Troll Before Pilate (Including the Thirty-Nine Fails)" – Pilate, Caiaphas, Annas, Bezos, Ensemble
- "Superstar" – Judas, Soul Sisters, Angels
- "CTRL-ALT-DEL" – Bezos, Barabbas, Ensemble
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To (mock) RSVP, please contact:
william p. kane digital publishing 330a zsr library wake forest university winston-salem, nc 27106
336-758-6181
kanewp@wfu.edu |
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