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    1984
    Content warning: political indoctrination, interrogation

    Winston Smith is interrogated by a member of The Party about some of his journal entries. In this scene, Smith struggles to differentiate his reality from the reality of The Party.
    Composer: Chris Thornborrow
    Librettist: Nicolas Billon

    1984
    1984
    1984: Piece of Paper
    Winston Smith helps Julia after she trips. This seemingly mundane interaction upends Smith’s world when he reads the note Julia slips into his hand. The words carry so much promise- and so much danger, in the context of an authoritarian government.
    Composer: Chris Thornborrow
    Librettist: Nicolas Billon

    1984: Piece of Paper
    1984: Piece of Paper
    TAP:EX Forbidden
    Content warning: sexual violence, incarceration, religious abuse, homophobia, conversion therapy

    Through several vignettes, Forbidden examines the idea of rules and taboos. Do they protect people, or do they control them? Are they of any value, or do they simply exploit the powerless?

    A young girl, punished with repetition of religious tex...
    Composer: Afarin Mansouri
    Librettist: Donna-Michelle St. Bernard

    TAP:EX Forbidden
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    Excerpts
    1984 – 1984

    Winston Smith is interrogated by a member of The Party about some of his journal entries. In this scene, Smith struggles to differentiate his reality from the reality of The Party.

    1984: Piece of Paper – 1984: Piece of Paper

    Winston Smith helps Julia after she trips. This seemingly mundane interaction upends Smith’s world when he reads the note Julia slips into his hand.

    TAP:EX Forbidden – Act 1, Scene 5: “Go On, Get Out”

    The Child is bored. She reads several books in an effort to learn all the things she shouldn’t do, say, feel, or see. Lucifer simply asks her why, attempting to get her attention on him instead of books. She finds a name, Iblis, and taunts him.

    TAP:EX Forbidden – Act 1, Scene 6: “Book’s Lament”

    A book pleads with the audience to be read. A rhythmic chorus rises. A tribute to the banned, the burned, and the hidden.

    TAP:EX Forbidden – Act 1, Scene 7: “In the Book”

    As Lucifer tries again to get the Child to go with him, the Child finds out who Lucifer is in one of the books of the cell.

    TAP:EX Forbidden – Act 2, Scene 1: “After Intermission”

    The Child is led back to the book cage, and performers take their places.

    TAP:EX Forbidden – Act 2, Scene 3: “In the Maze of Prison”

    The Child questions Lucifer’s role as tempter, while he tempts with growing intensity. He chastises the Child for bowing to authority. She erupts in anger, pushing the books aside and leaving the cage.

    TAP:EX Forbidden – Act 2, Scene 6: “With His Serenity (Falun Dufa)”

    A watcher looks over a group of faithful. His irritation turns to hatred as he accuses them of subversion. He claims to have proof hidden in some papers, but the Child has destroyed them. The Child proclaims “I know what to do,” and the tension between authority and people escalates. The Child begins taking pages and notes from all the surrou...

    TAP:EX Forbidden – Act 2, Scene 7: “Enlightenment”

    The Child creates her own book from pages of other books. She hands out her new rules to the audience.

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