"...We have love. We have technology. What could possibly go wrong?..."

Synopsis

We live in a world where reality is only an adjective. Where, thanks to the Internet, you can now be rejected by millions of people on a global scale. Where there have been so many technological innovations, the next improvement might just kill us.

"This Happened To Someone I Know" is a series of musical sketches and one-acts in which several lonely people try to find romance and connection in a game where the rules keep changing and that no one was ever any good at in the first place. As the final song states, "Love is war, and we’re the walking wounded." Yet despite the odds, it’s still possible. We will end in hope, dancing as the lights fade around us.

Book & Lyrics by Alan Gordon
Music by Mark Sutton-Smith
Featuring Michael Hunsaker, Kristin Maloney, Nick Cearley, Karen Hyland, and Kim Brownell.
Recorded at Uptime Studios, New York City, Engineered by M.P. Kuo
Pianist: Tim Rosser* & Mark Sutton-Smith

Musical Numbers

• Somebody Else* - The opening number, sung by the company.
• Everything About You - A man sings to his online lover, who he has never seen in person.
• Reality* - A man waits to audition for "The Real World." For the eighth consecutive year.

From the one-act "First Love: Pornstar"

• The Girl in the Dirty Magazine - A man sings of his obsession for a porn star.
• Nice Guys - The morning after a night of extreme sexual role-playing, a woman contemplates what's missing from her life.

From the one-act "Last Love: Bad Reception"

• I Knew You'd Come Back* - A couple reunites in a forest clearing after an eleven year absence.
• Enough* - They sing of what might have been.
• Let's Find Out* - Is she a ghost or his delusion?
• I Knew You'd Come Back (Reprise)*

From the one-act "First Love: Kaypro II"

• Florida - A pair of adult twins sing of their fear of aging.
• Kaypro II - Valerie finds her old computer, and sings of her early adolescent adventures.
• Valerie the Valkyrie - Valerie plays an old computer game, and generates her heroic alter ego.
• The Wizard's Map - With Valerie at the controls, the Valkyrie begins her quest through the dungeons in search for the Wizard's Map.