Parodoxical

 

 

 

 

Parodoxical is now available for licensing!

 

Parodoxical is a contemporary, edgy political satire in the form of a narrated concert, with powerful, biting progressive messaging to inspire the audience. It uses 31 PARODIES and libretto to analyze the PARADOX of enabling a minority of Americans to revoke the right to choose from a majority of Americans and threaten the revocation of other civil rights. Act 1 is set in September of 2022 and Act 2 is set in May of 2023. Performance time is about 110 minutes.

 

Parodoxical is written and produced by Alan Stillson and licensed by Stillsonworks. Licensing is available for fundraising events and for live theater production. Licensing terms feature a competitive licensing fee formula and artistic flexibility for the licensee.

 

A live staged reading of the first act was held at Santa Monica Playhouse on December 5, 2022.

YOUTUBE VIDEO LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NHaGcO1Tbs

 

A live staged reading of the second act was held at Santa Monica Playhouse on May 18, 2023.

YOUTUBE VIDEO LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3IbpgQmqeQ

 

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Sample lyrics from two of the parodies:

 

GIVE US THAT FREEDOM FROM RELIGION

Based on Old Time Religion – traditional

 

WHEN RELIGION LEADS TO SLAVERY AND OTHER THINGS UNSAVORY,
SPEAK UP WITH ALL OUR BRAVERY AND MAKE SURE WE STAY FREE.

 

DO NOT LET THE FAR-RIGHT CHEAT US WITH THE WAY THEY VIEW A FETUS.
IT’S THE WAY THEY TRY TO BEAT US INTO MASS PASSIVITY.

 

YOU’RE NEVER TO SAY GAY IN MY STATE

Based on It's Not for Me to Say by Al Stillman and Robert Allen

 

YOU\’RE NEVER TO SAY WOKE IN MY STATE.
THAT WORD JUST MAKES ME CHOKE AND STINGS MY EAR.
FOR WE IN THE SUNSHINE STATE ADORE OUR PAST
AND WE REGRET THAT OUR JIM CROW LAWS DID NOT LAST.

 

List of the parodies and source songs:

ACT ONE

 

Scene 1 – Give Us That Freedom from Religion – based on Old Time Religion – traditional.

 

Scene 2 – Bring Back – based on My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean – traditional.

 

Scene 3 – Alabama – based on Oh Susanna by Stephen Foster.

 

Scene 4 – I Own You – based on You Don’t Own Me by David White and John Madara.

 

Scene 5 –Kansas Has Spoken – based on Morning Has Broken by Cat Stevens and Eleanor Farjeon.

 

Scene 6 – The Wrongly Finding Court – based on The Long and Winding Road by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

 

Scene 7 – Hey, Judas – based on Hey, Jude by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

 

Scene 8 – I Know What You Did Today – based on Today by Randy Sparks.

 

Scene 9 – The Marines\’ Him and Her – based on Marines\’ Hymn by L.Z. Phillips.

 

Scene 10 – The Mud I Sling – based on I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing by Bill Backer, Billy Davis, Roger Cook, and Roger Greenaway.

 

Scene 11 – White Country – based on White Christmas by Irving Berlin.

 

Scene 12 – They\’re Rioting in Washington – based on The Merry Minuet by Sheldon Harnick.

 

Scene 13 – Secret Files – based on Secret Love by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster.

 

Scene 14 – Your Way\’s Not My Way – based on My Way by Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibaut, Claude Francois, and Paul Anka.

 

Scene 15 – We’ll Right the Wrongs – based on I Write the Songs by Bruce Johnson.

 

 

ACT TWO

 

Scene 1 - Still Observing the Paradox – based on Stranger in Paradise by George Chet Forrest, Bob Wright, and Alexander Borodin.

 

Scene 2 - Somewhere in Our Rainbow – based on Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen.

 

Scene 3 - You’re Never to Say Gay – based on It’s Not For me to Say by Al Stillman and Robert Allen.

 

Scene 4 - Red Wave in the Senate – based on Red Sails in the Sunset by Jimmy Kennedy and Wilhelm Grosz.

 

Scene 5 - Poison Reading – based on Poison Ivy by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

 

Scene 6 - Elon – based on Alfie by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

 

Scene 7 - The U Stands for United in Our U.S.A. – based on God Bless the U.S.A. by Lee Greenwood.

 

Scene 8 - Brittney Griner – based on Nothing Could Be Finer Than to Be in Carolina by Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson, and Samuel F Cardon.

 

Scene 9 - It Had to Be Q – based on It Had to Be You by Gus Khan and Isham Jones.

 

Scene 10 - King of the Rogues – based on King of the Road by Roger Miller.

 

Scene 11 - DACA Today – based on Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding and Steve Cropper.

 

Scene 12 - I Wish I Found Asylum – based on Sounds of Silence by Paul Simon.

 

Scene 13 - We Gotta Get Out of This State – based on We Gotta Get Out of This Placeby Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.

 

Scene 14 - Let’s Work Together – based on Let’s Get Together by Richard Sherman and Robert Sherman.

 

Scene 15 - The Achievable Dream – based on The Impossible Dream by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion.

 

Encore – Roe, Roe, Roe Your Vote – based on Row, Row, Row Your Boat – traditional.

 

 

A portion of the script and chorded parody lyrics for Parodoxical may be requested as MS-Word file attachments. Please contact Alan Stillson at Stillsonworks for further information and if you have any questions the e-mail address is astillson13@gmail.com and the landline is 818-884-4284.