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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
The Perfect Screw
Nominated for a 2009 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Musical/Opera, this 40-minute tragi-comedy about creative integrity, autonomy, and the right fit is an allegorical tale that dismantles the ironies of capitalism; a parody of cross-border relations; a romance.

Due to the all-powerful Ford selecting the American Phillips screw for...
Composer: Abigail Richardson
Librettist: Alexis Diamond

The Perfect Screw
The Perfect Screw
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TAP:EX Forbidden – Act 2, Scene 2: “White Key”

Lucifer jangles an entrancing key in front of the Child and a young boy. This key promises to open the gates of heaven, but the boy has his own doubts about that. Nevertheless, he zips up his vest...

The Perfect Screw – Act 1, Scene 2: “Fates, I curse you” (aria)

Robertson in his shop, Amalia (present day) in her bathroom with her antique vanity, Phillips in his workshop, also injured by a screw driver slip.

The Perfect Screw – “Hmm… he cuts quite a figure” (aria)

In the afterlife, Henry Ford invites Robertson to present his screwdriver.

The Perfect Screw – Act 2, Scene 1

In the afterlife, Henry Ford invites Robertson to present his screwdriver. Ford is rapturously impressed, and offers Roberston a deal - but with the catch that Ford would then own the rights to his invention (as Ford puts it, he demands "complete submission"). Phillips reveals himself and makes a sales pitch. Ford is less attracted, but offer...

The Perfect Screw – Act 2, Scene 2

Ford and Phillips celebrate while Robertson is chagrined and depressed by his failure to get the contract. Amalia finally finds the screwdriver aisle in the store.

The Perfect Screw – Act 3, Scene 2

Robertson, still sad, hopes his screwdriver will still be of use to others.

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.

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