Manifest
“N” through “Z”
A list of all the digital theatrical artifacts and the people who sent them headed for the moon aboard the Griffin Lander.
Rick Batalla - Blake…Da Musical
"Rick Batalla, in collaboration with Henry Phillips, made his musical debut with Blake… da Musical, a darkly comedic take on the infamous night Robert Blake may—or may not—have killed his wife. The show won Best World Premiere Musical at L.A.'s Ovation Awards in 2005. In true satirical fashion, Batalla’s musical accomplished what the trial never could: it revealed who really did it. And the only thing more absurd than Batalla’s musical, was Robert Blake’s actual alibi."
Hopefully in the future we can still be poke fun of the rich, powerful, and the famous.
Photo of the Cast of Blake…da Musical!
Song - Hey Blake!
Song - The Tragedy of Bonnie and Blake
Song - Star F*cker
Song - White Trash Destiny
TO FUTURE MOONLINGS -- if you are curious about Earthlings in the early 2000s AD or just bored, and you can open pdfs, read digital screens in English and all those silly details that block cosmic communications, enjoy my 3 full length stage plays, two short plays and a book of poems - they are about humans who take courageous stands for justice and compassion for other humans, even for strangers or people they fear or dislike. If Earthlings have already colonised the moon, you can invite actors - or astronauts with a theatrical pulse - to read these plays aloud, acting the characters and events.
By the time you open this time capsule and read the plays, you will have done what few humans can do - take the time to read these plays and those by other playwrights - and act them out in your mind, in readings with other Moonlings, or become the characters and act out the stories on a stage for other Mountings. If you don't understand some of the words, terms and hidden meanings, don't worry, just enjoy whatever resonates between my year 2025 AD and whatever future year you live in.
No matter what kind of human you have evolved into or other type of conscious creature you are, what really matters in life? Times when we give and receive kindness and compassion and learn at a deep level. My small housecat who is curled up next to my shoulder and my son upstairs, all give each other loving companionship. And yesterday I gave some of my children's old toys to an immigrant woman and her child, sitting in freeing weather on a New York City sidewalk, selling chocolate bars for a dollar. Today I wrote emails to elected leaders begging them to end the cancellation of visas for pro-democracy Afghans who had to flee to Pakistan but now will be sent back to torture or death by Taliban if their approved visas and applications for visas are cancelled.
I try to do at least more than nothing every day to reach out to people in trouble. But unless you have studied ancient history of Earthlings, you probably have no idea why giving toys or writing emails might have any value. I'm also writing a satire about dictators to remind Americans how important our democracy is, with an interactive game-like version of the play for children.. and the next play will be an adventure story about two other Afghans I helped escape the Taliban. I'm trying to use my playwriting skills to make plays that can plunge audiences around the world and maybe even on the Moon into the stories of courageous, compassionate humans... and writing about democracy is my way to stay sane while our democracy's rule by elected leaders is under attack. But if you are in the future, you know how the global trends toward authoritarian rule in 2025 turned out.
3 full length plays
2 short plays
a book of poems
a writing resume
William Shakespeare
The greatest playwright in the English language. Aboard the MoonBox are his complete works.
“By being seldom seen, I could not stir
But like a comet I was wonder’d at;
That men would tell their children ‘This is he;’ ”
