Goddess Laksmi pays a special visit to a corporate meeting where employees are being treated unfairly --- an examination of age discrimination follows.

When Mary West returns from college for Thanksgiving break, she finds her mom acting
very odd about her dad’s recent disappearance. At their holiday feast, the girls have a feeling there could have been foul play. With the help of her older sister Katharine, Mary feels obliged to find out the truth to save the memory of her father’s honor.

Saints In Revolt • Light from the Dark Ages
Saints In Revolt • Light from the Dark Ages
A Medieval Metadrama by Coni Ciongoli Koepfinger

A Medieval esprit d’corps bands together to claim conflict against Thomas Aquinas in a metaphysical gender revolution.

Hildegard of Bingen, Joan of Arc, St. Bridget and Julian of Norwich return with a mission from the Age of Mysticism, each woman in her own right has a claimed conflict with Thomas Aquinas, our antagonist, in this plot of intrigue, love and faith against the oppressive forces of the Inquisition and sexism. The end of time has come and God has decreed an end to the Age of Secrets. Famed theologian, Thomas Aquinas now fears that his teaching about women will be found erroneous. He calls forth these strong women of his day under the pretense that he has written a play in their honor. Yet when they arrive, they find that he was planning to burn them all at the stake to rid the world of all record and memory of their contributions. When Thomas’ plan backfires, the women see fit to create their own scenario, casting Thomas and other men in unimagined roles.

The art and science of death and dying have plagued humanity for centuries. Sometimes we get so caught up with fearing it, we forget how to live joyfully moment to moment. Time is always an issue, isn’t it? In this absurdist comedy, death looms over Mary and Roz, two aging actresses longing for the role of a lifetime. Having known each other forever as friend, colleagues, and rivals, but estranged for decades, they are suddenly and mysteriously reunited over the shared brainchild of creating art from their lives. Revisiting their separate and disparate memories and giving vent to individual fantasies, they weave a tale worthy of their upcoming appearance in The Bardo, which for them is the Great Hall of the Players Club on Gramercy Park. Here, the spirits of legendary actors Edwin Booth and Helen Hayes, emerge to encourage, inspire, and challenge Roz as she–often unskillfully–guides Mary through various phases of transitional consciousness into a new stage of existence. Ultimately, the lives of the two begin to imitate the art they struggle to create for this world and the next. And vice versa.

Serena is having troubles in her personal and professional life. Her jealous and greedy ex-husband makes it hard for relax let alone celebrate her recent success in her career. Until she connects with her higher self with an online Sahaja Yoga class run by Mary, who explains the purpose of meditation, " How can you know the meaning of your life, until you're connect to- the power that created you?"

Broadway veterans, Mary Ellen and Mary both have

had quite successful and satisfying careers. Now in their golden years, Mary invites Mary Ellen to dinner to question why they didn’t stay close. What caused them to become estranged for decades? Was it guilt from an illicit affair? Or envy that caused betrayal? After sorting through some cloudy memories, the truth comes out. Or does it? When they start sharing moment-to-moment intimacies, Mary proposes that they collaborate on a play about their lives to perhaps find the truth of their existence. Mary Ellen agrees and in the process of building their legacy project, their bonds begin to grow even stronger. Fact, fiction, fantasy and frustration all blend together in a bittersweet tale of trying to find meaning at this stage of their lives. What results is touching and totally unpredictable.

A famous writer, Jojo Fagoli, pleads for her release after being confined in a mental ward. A new doctor insists that she is confusing her fact with fiction and that her meds should be increased. Now she is in solitary confinement until she is well enough to distinguish the difference. Jojo pleads that her truth must not be silenced.

TWo single-celled organisms ponder the advantage of moving up the food chain.

Why is that we never know what we’ve got till it’s gone? In “Fortune Teller” Madame Lily tries to teach her despondent nephew Matt that our true gifts can only be found in the here and now. While pining over losing the girl of his dreams, or so he thinks, Matt misses his unexpected present. Meanwhile, as soon as he puts his attention on the things that need it, his true desire will unfold.

SYNOPSIS In this absurdist comedy, Mary and Mary Ellen, two aging actresses, have known each other forever as friends, colleagues, and rivals. Estranged for decades, they are suddenly and mysteriously reunited over the shared brainchild of creating art from their lives. Revisiting their separate and disparate memories and giving vent to individual fantasies, they weave a tale worthy of their upcoming appearance at the Bardo. As Mary Ellen (often unskillfully) guides Mary through various phases of transitional consciousness, their lives begin to imitate the art they struggle to create.

A look behind the scenes of feminist leader Bella Abzug

Whether it’s fate or fortune, things are starting to work out for Matthew Michaels and his once dysfunctional family. Or is this just what happens when you abandon your “so-called” responsibilities and start to think with your heart?

THE MYSTIC TRILOGY
Song of Creation • Ariel & Raziel • Dance of Life
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THE SONG OF CREATION
visible, invisible, indivisible, still infinitely divisible
an opera lyrique © 1994 C.J.Koepfinger
The Story
Our drama begins at the point of the Alpha and the Omega, as God, the source of all creative energy, begins to initiate the action of the universe. He emits visceral wave forms into the dark abyss of nothingness in the sheer delightful spirit of the desire to create. Thus, the primordial ocean begins to form physically from this mental activity. Thus, God’s great divine-forming mystery consummates and forms into specific patterns of liquid light and all resulting vibrations are solely sympathetic unto the energy of the universal mind of God. The creative energy of that single-mindedness dwelt on one solitary, word - love. From that moment of conception, all life originated. And the uni-verse that conceived the heaven and the earth was born of that alone.

Act One- The Birth of Harmonic Vibration
Waters rise up and crest into glorious patterns with great cadence then gently release into a delicate decline back into the pool, giving rise to yet another offspring, sounding birthcries for release and teeming with life. The more God creates, the more creative He becomes... He is one with His creations, and they are borne out of His love for creating them. Every life form returns His love by propagating creative energy, thus liberating other vivaciously spirited forms. Each and every note of the symphony of life sounds yet another just waiting to perform for the glory of God. All Realised Thought, ART, harmonizes and blends into this temporal orchestration.

On and on each wave further perpetuates the force of God-In-Action. Thus the Great Artistic Vein of Vitality is opened. A pure and majestic stream of I AM consciousness pours forth, and all life is illumined by God’s vision. Everything is structured, precise, sound, and consistent. The Grand Chord of Creation, physical, mental, and spiritual, has struck a balance and God’s own conception of harmony has come to be realised through the mediums of sight and sound and feeling. The breath of life, once imagined, is now adorned with the energy of love... and the heavens and the earth are fabricated in tune with the harmony of truth.

HENCE, the universal, accoustical phenomenon of tonal harmony came into being____ A select series of vibrations released a natural rhythm and musical language sang throughout eternity. All sound reflected in this new concept of light was preordained by the very Breath of God’s being. All relationships between God and His resounding creations coexisted in the dormition of silence, perfectly pitched, whether visible or invisible. Each creation of God the Source, is thus, indivisible and at the same time infinitely divisible. In its mighty splendour, life hatched continously from this ever-growing sound wave of motion.

The closing scene of the first act has brought us into the 5th Century A.D., where we witness the musical celebration of the installation of the world’s first-ever female bishop. The Celtic Hildegarde, adopted daughter of a Druid priest, whose maternal influence pointed her soul towards Christianity is the guest of honor.

She is a very pious yet strong young woman of great faith in the Lord. Hildegard had chosen to live in an Irish Abbey as a nun. After years of devout service to her fellowmen and the sisterhood, and in recognition to her innate wisdom, Hildegard has been elected to serve as the abbess at her monastary. To the surprise of all mankind, God makes His presence known during the ceremony with an act of divine intervention.

As the bishop is performing the ceremonial rites of Hildegard’s appointment, he finds that he is not in control of his own tongue. Thus, the ordaining bishop realises that he is chanting the rite of installation of a subordinate bishop. All present are aghast, and proclaim immediate denial of the female bishop, contesting that sorcery has affected the mind of the presider. Suddenly the sound of a massive wave from the nearby shore releases the threatening rhythm of an oncoming storm with its thunderous roar.

The cloud of doubt shrouds all in darkness until everyone is prompted to kneel by the religious presider as he pronounces Hildegard the new bishop of some eighteen Celtic provinces in her countryside region. The light is immediately restored as soon as the blessing is complete. Hildegarde is visited by angelic beings, who bestow special powers of invocation on her so that she can heal the ailments of her people and restore life’s bliss and thus the harmony of Earth is at an all time high.


Act Two - Secret Societies and Sudden Separations
The glorious song of creation plays joyfully in the hearts of all God’s children, the self-propelling generators of the system of life on Earth. As His Vision grew, God created the angels to function as executors of His Divine Will. In Heaven, a chain of command was structured to insure propensity of God’s Law ofBeing. The angels were created to serve and protect that Law. Each creation was given a talent, and in balance to that energy, each was given the task to discover the specific talent within himself. God, recognized His own theatrical talent as the Great Divine Director and sought to set the stage for the passion play of human self-discovery. With the creation of angelic assistance, and God could now could create a character-being fashioned in his Own image and likeness. As rehearsals began for the great play of life, God designated specific duties to all of His angels... Some became known as the Seraphim, and were to simply keep the harmonic balance in the celestial music of the spheres, while some, called devas, or nature spirits, literally painted the backdrops and settings for mortal beings to perform in this garden of earthly delights. God created angels to sit as thrones to watch over His empire, like Raziel, who was given authorship of The Book of All- Knowledge. He was to maintain the supreme mysteries of life, offering it’s secrets only when mankind evolved enough and was ready to comprehend it. Some, known as archangels, were to pour forth special powers to enhance life’s energy and thus heighten the dramatic potential, so that certain beings would creatively advance. Like Mechizedek, a heavenly counselor whose purpose it was to bestow divine wisdom on mankind, planting the seeds of virtues in in time for rebirth. Some angels acted as dominions, like Ariel, affectionately known as the great Lion of God, one of the seven princes who rule the Earthly waters. Certain angels acted as guardians, simply adjusting the thoughts of men.

History tells of the first wave of discord that sought to spoil God’s Divine Plan of Direction. It was brought forth into the kingdom of Earth in the Ancient World, as time began to presently record itself. Music played out the mysteries of Life and alllowed mankind to sing along, in tune with God, the Begotten Father of All. Yet, in the process of recording, time was conceived by man. It was merely the by-product of illusion, and as time gathered its pretense it began error in its multiplication. Thus, being born of illusion, was not capable of perfecting its own formations. It was simply an image of what once was, no longer a moment in truth. In time, all images soon began to become distorted. Thus, grand illusions appeared as maps of destiny throughout the stars, reflecting only the inverted, false images of life’s patterns. One day, unable to see beyond the veil of illusion, an angel was prompted by the distorted image of a desire to control his own destiny. He seemed to be inebriated by the reflection of himself as it appeared in the light of the stars, and this erroneous reflection tainted his thoughts of God. Lucifer, known now as the “Angel of Fallen Thought”, began to devise a strategy to overthrown God’s great kindgom of Harmony. An unwarranted tune of jealousy had clouded his mind and quickly deformed his spirit. He saw God’s love for mankind as selfish favoritism. Lucifer thought that only he and the holy annointed ones should be endowed with special powers and that surely mortals were unworthy of these gifts. He doubted God’s decision. Hence, Lucifer decided to use the mind of man as a vechicle to gain domination over the cancerous ambition which grew totally out of control within his soul. With his angelic insight, Lucifer spotted an area of physical division within the human species where a possible weakness could bait man. Intoxicating melodies lured men into Lucifer’s masterplan and a Secret Society, separate and apart from God was slowly formed. Lucifer cantered endlessly in hopes to disjoin the loving relationships between men and women.

In order to disconnect from the All-Knowing Mind of God, a clandestine source of communication needed to be devised for the members of the secret society. Thus, information could be disclosed despite the presence of light and thus, the silver chord in the path of God now could be avoided. Amoral activity spawned in the darkness and incorrigible behavior became the new way of life, abandoning the Laws of God. And in the year 912 A.D., Lucifer offered a discourse of secret communication to an official religious court reigning in Rome. With a rope pulled tightly around his neck, Lucifer attempted to shorten the sounds made from his own vocal chords. Results of this endeavor found Lucifer surreptitiously whispering antagonistic ideas to his court. And the end of the second scene leaves us with a quite endearing thought. This Roman Court of highly religious order convened to pose the question as to whether or not the mortal women of earth had souls. The resulting knowledge of the study of the court, thanks to the weight of the voting bishops of the Celts, decided by a narrow margin of one percent that a woman did in fact have a soul. Despite the decree in affirmation of women being born of God, Lucifer smiled, knowing that he had planted the seeds of submissive desire between the hearts God creatures of harmonies love.

The second wave surged with the ascendence of new ideas about life during the Medieval Times. Thus, the third and final scene of the second act follows the lives of the English mystic, Julian of Norwich and religious enthusiast, Margery Kempe. Both women, writing during the 1300 and 1400’s, explore a world of revelation directed by the hand of God nearby. The spiritual equilibrium soon became out of focus. Tonal Harmonies were becoming more and more abstracted, and new thoughts encouraged the disciples of dissonance. That lingering question of doubt, about women having souls prompted man to begin a search outside of himself, ignoring his true purpose of self-discovery. Men began looking at women in a different light. And as the chanting prophecies of these medeval authors foretold of the coming of this verbal intercourse; they also predicted that spoken word would be soon out of tune with God’s Divine Plan and its residuals would carry much more discord than any man was ever meant to endure.

Act Three - The Final Dissolve of Light and Dark
Despite all of the rapid progress of disillusionment, peace and harmony still seemed to rule God’s kingdom. It was not until that fatal night in the Garden of Eden, the ever-contemporary stage set for mankind’s presentation of betrayal to mankind, that Lucifer appears once again. He has come to assist Man and His Beloved Soulmate to play out the evil of the roles that he had precast them into in his distorted picture of mankind. And as it would appear... It seems that it should hence come to pass. The third and final wave of discord arises with an overflowing pool of blood when Lucifer slits his own throat thus severing his bond with God forever. Any future harmonic possibility in his voice is now rendered hopeless. Doomed to a percussive dance of death, Lucifer believes that he will never sing a harmonious note again. Still he is ecstatic with the gutteral disguise in his voice. Pure monotone speech is achieved by the shortened vocal chords. The resulting sounds he can make will be released with a more abrupt attack and a complete elimation of resonance. Now, Lucifer has tampered with his own body and by tempering the instrument of the voice it seems that he has contrived the abilility to talk as fast as he can. He no longer fears discovery by God, since he is so disconnected, and thus he decides to put the power of his speech to the test.

While sitting high atop a tree in the garden, Lucifer squeals as he physically pulls out the torn vocal chords from his own throat and tosses them at the feet of Eve. She is a beautiful young woman who lies in slumber beside her husband, Adam, who is also asleep. lucifer drips the blood from his throat onto the eyes of the unsuspecting Eve. She awakes from the disturbance and tries to wipe the blood stain from her eyes. With a touch of sorcery, Lucifer has now transformed the once bloody vocal chords into the dancing live wires of an electrical cord, to attract Eve’s attention. He now tempts Eve to plug the cord into the Forbidden Outlet of life. Lucifer falsely promises Eve that this will allow her to be an extension of God’s great powers here on Earth. Eve retorts telling him that God had already warned Adam and her both about this Forbidden Outlet. This was the outlet was off limits and was purposely put out of their reach for their own safety, for this was the Forbidden Outlet of violent sex. And only under the supreme wisdom of God’s great counsel could it’s thoughts be be contained. God’s solemn warning concluded that they should never tap into with this opposing power that lies in the darkness beyond their grasp. Thus, Eve refused to accept the extension cord, and did not plug into the Forbidden Outlet.

Once upon a time, long ago in the garden
Of a boy, named Jack
Sprouted a rather large and lively beanstalk...

Lively, much like the Lively arts
Performing Arts, that is.
The boy, Jack…was a puppeteer.



Oh! Jack dreamed of having a successful puppet theatre.
One that could help his family make ends meet,
For they were poor, and grew poorer with each passing day!
But lo! And behold!
This boy, Jack, believed in the magic of the theatre...
In the magic of the arts, the lively arts...
And one day, one very special day, once upon a time,
His theatrical dreams came right into his real life!

Join Jack, his Mother, Benny Zee Beanstalk, Giant , Harpy, and Goldie Goose for an interactive fun-filled time!

NOTE: Non-musical version available

Five strangers wait for a bus that never comes ? The sound of a huge pendulum scraping the earth ... What happens in microbiology is the same thing that is happening in astrophysics.... It’s really quite hard to grasp in one mind... It’s really the essence of all minds.

Meet Howard Suffect, he's a brilliant physicist with wisdom that could change the way the world sees itself. Yet there's one problem - his life is a train wreck ---about make a fatal crash. Out of nowhere, Derrick Wyman comes on board. Wyman claims to be Howie's actual "dreamweaver". A metaphysical, modern, quantum odyssey, Coffeehouse Magik- Einstein’s Brew gently probes the integration of life’s dimensions by weaving together dreams and waking reality into one seamless garment. Here this lonely, forlorn man meets Destiny head on… only to realize that the power to change misery to joy is a tool found in every human heart- simply put, it is the will to love. Now transformed, elevated, and no longer bound by the shackles of regret, Howie eagerly climbs out of the depths of his own self-imposed despair with reckless and free abandon... to love and to be loved once and for all. 


Note: Play is fully revised since the published version

REVIEW OF THE 2015 NEW YORK CITY WORKSHOP PRODUCTION
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When the treasured family pet, Pierre goes blind, Maura and Mark Bonetelli find a vet who offers to restore his sight with experimental surgery. Now he's world famous, since he can talk as well see. Will their family secrets be revealed on national television when the pooch makes his talkshow debut? Or will his loyalty stand firm... perhaps it's time for a muzzle..

While enjoying what appears to a lovely breakfast in their cluttered yet quaint eat-in kitchen, Andrea and Troy try to avoid the arrival our their anticipated but not-so honored guest.

Sleeping With Destiny by Coni Koepfinger.

Three young, pregnant women, Destiny, Anna, and Clara sit on a bench talking while Simon wanders about unnoticed in this world where men are forbidden to be seen. Anna questions whether or not Destiny has the endowment to make it through basic training as a first time breeder in the baby factory in the New World Society. As a first timer, she still has perceptual resonances to the "Memory of What Was" and this allows a portal for Simon to enter, as he was her former lover.

In this New World Society humans are forbidden to touch each other. The new physics has proven that the manifestation of love through the interaction between corporeal bodies can only weaken and deform the vital unit thus weakening the species as a whole.

Yet Simon has been assigned the mission to return to this reality by reconnecting with Destiny, who was his former bride beloved, lost during childbirth.

The Setting
TIME: 2250 A.D.

PLACE: The Universal Park, a fabricated garden area just outside of the All Life Factory, a place where its employees may go go experience cybersynthetic relaxation and exchange regulated dialogues.

Rudolph's Big Secret*
A holiday tale When the song's hero meets up with the dismayed and down on her luck elf, Suzie McSneezer, he shares a glimpse of his past that is sure to inspire and bring holly red cheer and ever green to all.

Cast of Characters
THE SILENT SNOWMAN: A cardboard character
RUDOLPH: The red-nosed reindeer
SUZIE McSNEEZER: An elf
SANTA CLAUS: As himself.
THE WINTER WIND: (The Audience.)
BOBBY BAGGINS: A storyteller (a.k.a. "Big Max" - a bully.)
MR. BOGUTIER: A toymaker
ELVES/SHRUG BUGS/SNOWFLAKES: The chorus/ensemble

The Setting:The North Pole, present day.

The Red Room explores the very essence of the questions of quality of life and love. It attempts to honestly embrace what man can ever know about his reality. It's been called a modern version of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" where he lets Socrates describe a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall by things passing in front of a fire behind them, and begin to ascribe forms to these shadows. In Koepfinger's play, the cave becomes a womb where two unborn, Jack and Jill, question there present reality and ponder what awaits them beyond the womb.

Thy Kingdom Come © 2016 by Joe Izen & Coni Koepfinger
THY KINGDOM COME is a bold new musical by Joe Izen and Coni Koepfinger that peers deep into the heart of humanity and sees through it into a new vision, a look into the light, where the reflection of mankind is love. When TED, the world's first transhuman, falls in love with boss Livia, he starts to question the very purpose of life and finds something might be missing.













SYNOPSIS
The play opens with the song “Bright Star of Connection” in the caves of Wahunga, in the prehistoric landscapes amongst the earliest pinnings of primitive humanity.  We see cavemen emerging from their dwellings, gathering to do a ritual mating dance - they are reaching out to explore their surroundings and each other.  Suddenly there is a flash in the blackness of the night sky, and all heads turn heavenward to witness the collision of stars creating pattern after pattern.  After the light show, one single star pulses to the beat of the music as the cave people dance their way back into their caves.


As we fast-forward to the 22nd century, the music morphs us into a sterile, futuristic landscape where love and human relationships have become a thing of the past. Having grown completely dependent on technology, humanity has come to rely on the Dept of Purification (DOP) - a very powerful centralized government. The DOP regulates the entertainment technology in order to provide a safe, non-violent environment for all. The mantra “Everything done today must make for a better tomorrow” is heard in the DOP song that paints this bleak picture of the new world.


Next we find ourselves at the Central Circulation Desk at the DOP Library in the year 2112. Here we meet TED, a lively, bright-spirited, efficient AI who dutifully follows  at the heels of his supervisor Livia. She, in contrast, is disgruntled and grumbles repeatedly about the task list of the day. Their job is to manage content for the holodeck vision centers (HVC) where humans go for permissible recreation.  The external world has become completely volatile and strictly prohibited.  The HVCs were created by the DOP ( Department of Purification) to offer safe conditions in a controlled virtual environment.  It is Livia’s job to make sure that the AIs are all operational at max capacity.  TED is one of many who view the story file content for the library before it is uploaded to the HVC for access to the general public.  It is the purpose of the DOP to make sure that all materials are refined with clean language and emotionless messages to avoid any sort of aggression or idealism that could create longing or desire. Although TED is very good at what he does, he has begun to question the system, as he becomes more and more aware of his intimate feelings for Livia. When he offers her a poem that he has written about her, Livia dismisses it and tells him that he shouldn’t waste his time doing things like this. As she leaves, TED turns slowly to the audience and pours his heart out to us in One Long Step Away.


As the song ends, TED stands still dreamy-eyed only to be rudely awakened by an abrupt delivery drone beeping in his face, bumping into him, almost knocking him over. He takes the new shipment in and then realizes that the delivery tag was pulled in error and that its content was not yet DOP approved and could contain uncensored material. He immediately tries to have the shipment returned but then starts to get curious and begins to examine it.

Well knowing it’s forbidden, he nonetheless watches the story file of Frank, an elderly gentleman, who appears to have lost the love of his life and is now searching for someone new with the help of a 21st century computer-dating service called Club Singularity. In this file, Frank sings of his zest for life and search for love in the lively little number I’ve Still Got It. Surprising TED with an observational check, Livia sees that he is viewing the contraband. She is furious and opens TED’s back panel to check his holographic storage. She tells him to seal the box and return until it is DOP approved. Livia explains to him that he should review his history files before he starts to probe any further – and reminds him of the chaos that almost destroyed the earth in the 21st century. TED promises to do so yet still questions why this content needed censorship. He protests saying there was no illicit sex or violence. Livia warns him not to get too inquisitive and to remember that all work is monitored and he might find himself back in the factory with all of the other malfunctioning AIs. After Livia leaves, TED calls for a drone pick-up and when he sees there is time before it arrives, he gets tempted to view another file from this forbidden box.

In this next file, we meet Janet who is also a computer-dating applicant at Club Singularity. Her softness and genuine care for others moves TED to further understand the concepts of love, dating and relationships. TED identifies with the wisdom of her insecurity through the poetry of her ballad, To Be Out There Again. He is now perplexed to learn that these behaviors were considered too volatile for the health and well-being of society and are now forbidden by the DOP. Still TED develops a sense of empathy for both Janet and Frank and goes back to the box to view yet another.

TED looks around to see if the monitors are in his range, and puts in a new story file. This one is labeled “Curt, Applicant Profile”. We see a handsome young man typing and talking aloud to his computer. TED is excited because he thinks he may really have some incite here as to how the human-computer interaction all began, and maybe he can find some pointers as to how to pursue his courting of Livia. But Suddenly the file quits with the info tag “corrupted”. Disappointed TED rushes to grab another data file. Here we meet Bella and Beamer, who appear to be a couple in conflict. After the brassy, bold young singer belts the blues to explain her condition in the song “I Want More”, they continue to argue and fight about what is lacking in their unfulfilled lives. Now TED is quite perplexed and after her song, he continues to watch scenes from her profile that reveal even more trouble. Once again Livia walks in on TED’s viewing and is extremely angry. She exclaims that she has no choice but to report him. She reveals her fear of the DOP and continues to scorn TED for putting both of their lives in jeopardy. She explains to TED that they all live in a tightly closed circuit, a symbiotic relationship that proves that the actions of one closely affect the lives of all. Livia presses a button on the main frame panel as TED stands, looking down, sullen awaiting his fate.

The report has been made, the collective voice of the DOP call Livia and TED to question them on this act of insubordination. At first Livia is dispassionate recounting the details of TED’s actions. The more Livia hears TED’s logical reasoning for his continued viewing, she understands that something valuable from their past has been purposely buried. When TED urges the DOP to reconsider allowing him to probe and continue his investigation, Livia begins to defend him. There is extreme displeasure from the DOP and the verdict is made not in favor of the two. TED is sentenced to the thinktank for complete reprogramming and Livia is pronounced terminated. She will be given a survival pass and a ticket to a secondary city in a subgrade environment. She has 24 hours to vacate, and the two are escorted off in different directions by robots.

We now see the image of a fragmented TED torn to pieces in the reprogramming vault. As he is being rewired, the pain of sparks and jolts are seen on his face as it is projected on a larger screen. His body parts hang loosely in the balance. The distorted music of this repeated torture continues until suddenly, as if by some strange, mystical occurrence, TED’s pained expression turns to solace then to joy as he purposely forces his attention above the reprogramming images. TED is now seeing images in his memory from the data files of the applicants for Club Singularity. Frank and Janet exploring new found love, Bella and Beamer being reunited along with affectionate images of Livia with him. Ted absorbs the beauty of these aesthetics and sings about this experience in “The Love that Lives Inside”. The dream then grows dark yet TED still can see the lines of light between the people, almost like a computer grid illuminated in a black abyss. A lifeless voice beckons, “TED 8396, your reprogramming is complete- report back to your position.”

As soon as TED is released he returns to the library searching frantically for Livia. He realizes that he has reached a new level of self-awareness. He knows that he knows that he should not be able to remember what has happened but is driven by his pure desire to find Livia. TED appears, thankful to find Livia still there; she is cleaning out her desk.

TED reports that he was somehow able to thwart the reprograming with a fully engaged fantasy simulation of the 21st century in which he found out the real reason why the projections from Club Singularity were forbidden. He tells Livia that he searched the data files only to find that up until 2069 computers were used for matchmaking the relationships of humans until scientist and entrepreneur, Eli Rusk, put forth the erroneous information that AIs were absorbing the emotional content of the data. Rusk permeated the fear that AIs would soon become superior to humans if permitted to ascribe emotion. Thus, computer dating was banned and Club Singularity closed. From this, a universal paranoia developed regarding the art of human interaction which coincided with the increasing violence in society. A phobia followed and a government decree forbid the practice of dating altogether. Still angry and bitter with the news of her dismissal, Livia tells TED that she is not surprised and tells him what she really thinks of the DOP and their modernity in the 22nd century as she sings about it in The Monster. After the song, TED is extremely agitated and tells Livia that they must go back to Club Singularity, retrieve the data base of the programming that allowed for live, interpersonal interactions.
Feeling slighted and out of a job, Livia agrees to go back with TED to investigate events leading up to the closing of Club Singularity. TED explains that the expressions of love those story files conveyed elevated not only his performance levels but also restructured his operational DNA enough to allow him to transcend the reprogramming. When Livia questions TED on how he can be sure that love will enhance their way of living, he tells her that he knows from personal experience. Livia laughs questioning the very idea that TED thinks that he is in love with someone and teases him, probing to find out who it is. Suddenly TED explodes with emotion only to confess that he is in love with her. When she contests that he can’t love her, he comes back with even more zeal singing “I Know I Am Real”. TED then makes a proposal to Livia that will not only change her life but also may alter the entire course of human destiny.... Thus... in Act Two we venture to past and bring back what was lost.

“SCHOOLHOUSE is an astounding and unique perspective on the complexity of school violence.” Lyn Marsh, PhD


“Koepfinger and Izen reveal the link between dreams, parallel universes, and possible transition to them via a new kind of timeless awareness in their new musical SCHOOLHOUSE.”Robert Rhodes, Physicist and New Media Science Advisor


SCHOOLHOUSE ©2014- 2016 by Joe Izen and Coni Koepfinger All Rights Reserved


Even in the most tragic of circumstances, the will of the human spirit longs to recover and to reconnect with the experience of loving and living in harmony with itself and others. After walking into a magical 19h century schoolhouse, Ella meets Derrick, the love of her life. As fate would have it, the brutal reality of school violence tears them apart. Both are left scarred and wounded, yet thanks to the provocative Dr. Kazan, these young lovers are prompted to look beyond these bleak appearances and help create a brighter vision not only for themselves but one that can offer a renewed hope for all mankind.

Dubbed the Velveteen Rabbit for New Age adults, " Garrett , the Blue Giraffe" is the tale of a sad and lonely giraffe who seeks to understand his inner turmoil of wanting to be a rhino. He is considering molecular reconstruction but when he makes a divine appointment with Israfel, his heavenly counselor, he learns who just who he really is and why it's important to be true to himself.

When actress Diana Dorn finds out her cell phone is starting to control her life, she realizes that maybe there is a divine plan for her after all... Could this be her guardian angel??? In any case, now she's starting to GET THE MESSAGE.