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Synopsis
Set during post-World War III, President Abraham Canaan blasts off to Mars with his AI co-pilot robot, Siri. Their mission: to secure new resources for what little life is left on Earth. Nadia — a middle-aged, single Black woman who is a history teacher — drinks-sinks herself into the Mariana Trench. There, an Angel Fish appears and states, “For unto her, a child is born — walk nine months on rock bottom. Do not try to climb out too quickly.” Abraham and Siri grow awkwardly closer in space — but troubles develop as Siri’s battery runs low. Month three: Nadia has walked across the Pacific Desert to arrive in what was once Hollywood; she experiences the sickness of pregnancy and the sickness of the old American Dream — fallen stars all about. Abraham short-circuits Siri in trying to repair her, and Siri turns on Abe’s greed. Month six: Nadia arrives at the Mississippi Swamp, river of death, drain of the American Dream. What are her dreams now, what dreams — nightmares? — might her child know, or never know? Back in space, Abe thinks he has repaired Siri, but Siri has a surprise for Abe: time to end his mission to pillage Mars of its water; time to end Abe and thus life on Earth without fresh water. Month 9: Nadia arrives at the dead salty sea of New York — once home. Siri explodes the mission to Mars, and Nadia gives birth to a stillborn child. Humanity ends on Earth; and the Earth transfigures into a beautiful new forest of alien plant and animal life.
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| GRANT NAME | YEAR | Opera Grants for Women Composers: Discovery Grants | 2023 |
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