*OVERTURE: 2112- OVERTURE*

ACT ONE, SCENE ONE: HILLTOP, CT: 2112

(The lights come up on stage, and we see a town that looks like something straight out of Fiddler on the Roof. Plowsmen are everywhere, and the town itself looks old-fashioned. The year, however, is 2112- a century into the future. In the background, we hear a piano version of the overture of “2112,” setting the stage. At this moment, BENJAMIN GENALSIKOFF, nicknamed “Barchy,” enters on stage. He looks like a Barchetta from the 1950’s, but is actually the uncle of the main protagonist, reincarnated.)

BARCHY
(to the audience)
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