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Act I

Election Day USA

Act I — barbershop quartet

A patriotic-striped barbershop quartet narrates election-night chaos while the LED wall behind them escalates from a sleepy Georgia gym to a full apocalyptic meltdown.

Georgia A school-gym polling place, live chaos on the deck behind the quartet.
Wisconsin The stage struck empty as the Democracy News Network calls the count.
Meltdown An apocalyptic gym -- swirling ballots and the sizzling-steaks gag.

The Algorithm Knows

Act I — dark cabaret

The show's first tonal break -- a cold, haunting cabaret number where the laughter dies. An AI chanteuse addresses the house from a wall of surveillance feeds; by the end the audience is her congregation.

The Machine at Rest A lone cold silhouette before a dim, ordered matrix of feeds.
The Overload The wall erupts into a data storm; shadow-figures close in.
The Benediction Her censored face multiplied across the grid, the congregation kneeling.

Ballad of Four Seasons Total Landscaping

Act I — Gilbert & Sullivan patter

A patter number: the campaign’s post-election press conference gets booked -- through sheer incompetence -- in a strip-mall parking lot wedged between a crematorium and an adult store.

The Confession The strip-mall storefront in daylight; the coordinator alone in the aisle.
The Interruption "BREAKING: RACE CALLED" cuts in; the press buried in their phones.
Triumphant Disaster The marquee flips to "MAKING ASHES GREAT AGAIN" as the room erupts.

Sue Me Baby One More Time

Act I — 90s boy-band

A boy-band of four lawyers in matching suits and 90s hair litigate the election in synchronized choreography before a powdered-wig judge. Every motion: DENIED.

The Argument The four boy-band lawyers in triumphant swagger before the bench.
Denied A full-screen "DENIED!" gavel wall; the powdered-wig judge downstage as the band crumples.

Act II

Stop the Steal, Buy Our Merch

Act II — march anthem

The march to the Capitol staged as a commercial: the Shaman hawks caps and t-shirts at a merch cart, then leads the pack down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the dome.

The Merch Cart Step-off at the Ellipse -- caps and "STOP THE STEAL" shirts for sale.
Pennsylvania Avenue The crowd hardens and marches, the dome straight down the avenue.
Arrival The Capitol head-on, a wide V-formation, the flag raised high.

Storm the Capitol But Make It Fashion

Act II — dance centerpiece

The centerpiece dance number: a rioter-couture corps and sequined showgirls converge into a full Rockettes kick-line in the House chamber.

Statuary Hall The fashion-dance corps drilling in unison among the statue ranks.
The Rotunda Sequined flag showgirls beneath the coffered dome.
The House Chamber Both troupes fused into one high kick-line, the Shaman dead center.