CouchSurfing%2C The Musical

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CouchSurfing Global Arts
music, video, writing, dance, film, etc -- related to CS

An exercise in Global Coordinated Experience & Motion

1 Script

Script

Authors: JoeEdelman, *you*

Cast

at least 3,000 "chorus members", distributed globally across the earth
special supporting roles in Berlin (B), Montreal (M), and Tokyo (T).

Act 1, Scene 1

The musical begins with people in CS homes all around the earth opening their curtains. Simultaneously. It is morning in Tokyo.

T: It is morning here.

EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD (E): It is evening elsewhere.

T: Let the festivities begin.

E: Let them begin!

Act 1, Scene 2

The 3,000+ chorus members stand silently, listening to their ambient environments, for 10 minutes.

Act 1, Scene 3

Scene 3 takes place over 1 month. During this month, chorus members make an attempt to meet other chorus members in real life. If/when two chorus members manage to meet, they kiss each other on the cheek and make little bell sounds together.

Act 2

Something goes terribly wrong in Berlin.

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