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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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Excerpts
The Perfect Screw – Act 1, Scene 1: “Ladies and Gentlemen” (aria)
Robertson demonstrates the new “automatic spiral ratchet spring-loaded screw driver,” affectionately called the “Yankee.” The demonstration is cut short when the driver slips off the single slot screw, injuring Robertson’s hand.
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 – “In my journeys far and wide” (aria)
Phillips sings the praises of his new screwdriver.
The Perfect Screw – “Wandering endlessly” (aria)
Amalia dreams of what can be accomplished with hardware.
The Perfect Screw – “Hmm… he cuts quite a figure” (aria)
In the afterlife, Henry Ford invites Robertson to present his screwdriver.
The Perfect Screw – “Double slit Phillips” (aria)
Amalia critiques the two screwdrivers and chooses the Robertson.
The Perfect Screw – Act 1, Scene 2
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 – Act 1, Scene 3: “Wandering Endlessly” (aria)
Wandering in a big box store, Amalia dreams of what can be accomplished with hardware.
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 offers t...
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 2, Scene 3
Amalia critiques the two screwdrivers and chooses the Robertson.
The Perfect Screw – Act 3, Scene 1
Phillips realizes he will not get rich in his deal with Ford, but Ford will.
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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