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Rocking Horse Winner – Scene 10: Ava and Paul
Paul begs his rocking horse for more luck for the Derby. Ava decides Paul’s been too agitated lately, and the distance between them grows wider. Ava leaves his room and bemoans Paul’s lack of understanding. She deserves luxury now and then, and Paul robs her of comfort. As if on cue, she hears Paul noisily riding his rocking horse again. While s...
Gould’s Wall – Scene 10
The Girl calls out to Glenn.  She asks him for help with a piece of music.
Gould’s Wall – Scene 11
Louise is ready.  She chooses a climb, exploring and unleashing her own full voice as she travels upward.
My Mother’s Ring – My Mother’s Ring
Paul is being interviewed about his missing parents. Is Paul a suspect? Is the interrogator a police officer or a psychiatrist? Who were the people who were in his parents' house when Paul returned from his trip? All is not as it seems.
One Lump or Two? – One Lump or Two?
Four Victorian women sit down for a most unusual tea time. The women have two things in common: their dislike of the other women and of their husbands. Each woman refuses to drink tea for one reason or another while brainstorming ideas such as poison, prison, bee-stings or drowning. But who are they plotting against– their partners, or each other?
She is Me – She is Me
Janna and her grandpa are in Toronto’s distillery district. Before she has to leave, Janna asks him to tell the story of how he and Grandma met.
Sleep, Sleep – Sleep, Sleep
A boy and his mother make up ways of killing an unnamed woman.  When the game is over, the boy asks what would happen if they killed the woman “for real,” if it would make his father love them again.
Snow Globe – Snow Globe
A sister and brother go through the belongings of their recently departed mother and find an old snow globe from their youth. They both really want to keep it. A bitter fight ensues and the sister inadvertently blurts out a very painful secret.
Partager la musique
The Goddess of Music reconciles the tribe of the arco violin players with the tribe of pizzicato players, inviting them to make music together.
Sooner Than Later – Close your eyes, son
A father comforts his son as he encourages him to end his life, rather than waiting for him to die of a terminal illness.
The Two Graces – “Oh, to belong to the sea” (aria)
Queen Liz imagines what it would be like to be free.
The Perfect Screw – Act 3, Scene 3
Amalia at home, mounting her vanity. She praises the Robertson's screwdriver as he observes from heaven.
The Perfect Screw – Act 3, Scene 4
All sing the praises of the Robertson screwdriver.
The Rape of Artemisia – The Rape of Artemisia
In pain after being raped by Tassi, Artemisia tries to understand what just happened, while Tassi justifies himself.
The Shaman’s Tale – “Many years ago”
The Shaman introduces the audience to his newest clients, a Man and Woman hoping to have a child.
The Shaman’s Tale – “Because of the sacrifice”
The Shaman explains the end of the couple's tale.
The Theory of Everything – Theory of Everything
At a restaurant, a man flirts with a woman he thinks he recognizes. She is emotionally frank with him, but it turns out she isn't who he thinks she is.
The Translator – “America died in that cell” (aria)
Traumatized by her experiences, Alessandra reflects on her work as a translator in an American military prison.
The Translator – “You can understand all you want” (aria)
Colonel Crane, Alessandra's supervisor, tersely tells her to lose what her perceives as her naive sense of morality: "We are just here to win."
The Translator – The Translator
2003: After leaking torture photos to the internet, American army translator Alessandra Jenson refuses to be hushed up, and live streams her suicide in protest.
The Perfect Screw – Act 3, Scene 2
Robertson, still sad, hopes his screwdriver will still be of use to others.
The Two Graces – The Two Graces
Irish pirate Chieftain Grace O'Malley sneaks into the bedroom of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and convinces the Queen to give her back her ship and free her lover. In return Grace will attend the Queen's birthday celebration and cause a sensation - which delights Liz.
The Virgin Charlie – “Step ever so softly now…” (aria)
Drag performer Charlie sings a number in the persona of the Virgin Mary.
The Virgin Charlie – “Charlie, please listen…” (aria)
The Virgin Mary explains to Charlie why he has been chosen to carry the child of God.
The Virgin Charlie – “Little one I aim to help you” (aria)
Charlie sings gently to his child, the Messiah, who he has been chosen to bear.
The Waterfall – Part 1
On the first warm spring day in the mountains, Olaf, a rich farmer, proposes to Runa, a poor farmer, only to discover that she is in love with the bandit Davith. Angered by this, Olaf burns down Runa's farm, and Runa escapes up the mountain searching for Davith.
Two Sisters – Two Sisters
Two sisters are outside by the river talking. One sister describes the boy she hopes to be with, and the other sister admits that she is pregnant with his baby. Jealousy is a deadly emotion.
The Handless Maiden: Scene 8 (Wash the Loss) – Wash the Loss Away
A Gardener, lost in the wilderness, ends up at Madonna's cabin. She recognizes him as the man in her dreams and vows to heal him of his grief.
What is She? – What is She?
An intersex woman wins a gold medal, but her struggles to get there mean nothing to the organization and the other athletes. She’s disqualified and shamed.
Where is Ava – Where is Ava
Chloe and Eddie are in the throes of love when they’re interrupted by Matt, Chloe’s athlete ex-husband. Matt asks where their daughter Ava is, and criticizes Chloe for abandoning Ava for a man.
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