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Contact Information hoknes@hotmail.com
BIOGRAPHIES Sam Scott
was born and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with an advanced B.A. in English. He has written poetry, short stories, songs and radio ads, and is currently working on a novel. Sam wrote the original story, dialog and lyrics for Chill: The Musical. samascott@shaw.ca Terry Hoknes
has spent his entire life involved with all aspects of the music business. He has performed worldwide as a singer and performer. He has written over a thousand songs and released numerous albums and recorded and produced with other music acts. He has been nominated 17 times for various Musician of the Year awards in Saskatchewan. Terry wrote the music and recorded and produced the soundtrack for Chill: The Musical. hoknes@hotmail.com Soundtrack CD Recording of Chill The Musical Produced by Terry Hoknes. Includes a talented cast of singers from Saskatchewan Song clips and more info found at Order the CD Soundtrack Recording from hoknes@hotmail.com Watch videos relating to CHILL at http://www.youtube.com/user/hoknes ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING SOUNDTRACK 8 ROLES (4 MALE / 4 FEMALE) HAM = Terry Hoknes OLIVE and EGGPLANT and OLIVES = Caitlin Brown GRAPE = Trevor Bragg KIWI = Bryndis Thorsteinson OLIVES = Riane LaPaire EGGS and GRAPES = Garret Rozzwald EGGS and GRAPES = Christian S. |
CHILL THE MUSICAL The official website of the hot new Canadian Musical Its the age-old story of young against old, of passion against reason, of strife against love, set in a refrigerator near you! The Old Ham struggles to maintain authority when a power failure threatens to over-heat the fridge and many of its residents turn against each other, but his confidence is shaken when his young charge Kiwi rebels against his every word. Two young lovers choose to go their own way regardless of their families' wishes, even if their world ends. What will become of their home? Will Olives and Grapes have peace? Will Kiwi and Ham reconcile? Will everyone learn to just CHILL?
Order the CD Soundtrack Recording from hoknes@hotmail.com CLICK HERE TO HERE AUDIO CLICKS OF EACH SONG Watch videos relating to CHILL at http://www.youtube.com/user/hoknes
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Chill is the story of the
inhabitants of a fridge and what happens to them after the power fails.
The Old Ham, the oldest resident of the fridge, wonders why the younger
generation won't listen to him, and why young Kiwi wants to explore the
outside world. A family of black Olives moves into the fridge, next to
a family of green Grapes, and shortly thereafter the power mysteriously
fails. Fear and suspicion reign, but a young Olive finds herself in
love with a young, green Grape. A romance begins. Meanwhile,
Kiwi sets off, alone, in search of Bananas, the world beyond the fridge, and
a solution to the heatwave.
As the temperature rises so does the tension among the residents of the fridge. Ham and Eggplant call for calm, and point to the Pickles as an example of how to live together in peace. Accusations fly, Grapes and Olives blame eachother for the power failure, and Ham begins to lose confidence in himself. Eggplant councils Olive on her feelings for Grape, but the round, young lovers start to meet in secret. Kiwi's adventure ends prematurely. Ham and Kiwi reunite; Ham pledges to respect Kiwi more: Kiwi appologizes to Ham, but Grapes and Olives continue to fight. In the middle of choas, the lovers pledge themselves to eachother come what may. When the power returns, the warring sides lose their suspicion of eachother, and everyone in the fridge can resume their normal lives and just chill.
Cast of Characters
HAM
The Old Ham has been
in the fridge longer than anyone can remember. He is
distiguished by his odour of experience and regal, phosphorescent
glow. He takes his leadership role in the community even
though there are those who do not.
EGGS
Ham's irreverent
companions, Eggs take nothing seriously. They like to comment
on everything in the fridge and don't seem to care about Ham's
authority, although they certainly recognise his age. The eggs
are the youngest of all those in the fridge.
EGGPLANT
She is the closest to
Ham in age, and loves him, even if she feels he's far too
conservative at times. She stands by him because she knows he
loves everyone in the fridge and knows he doesn;t always express it
well. Sometimes she tries to speak for Ham.
OLIVE
Young, black and
beautiful, Olive fears nothing other than losing her opportunity to
be with Grape. Even if she can't spend her life with Grape,
she'll never regret her feelings for him. The rising
temperature in the fridge only increases her desire to be with Grape
and she plans to accept her fate bravely.
GRAPE
Young and
open-minded, he loves his family but doesn't share their animosity
towards the Olives. He is unconvinced that blaming them for
the power failure is right or fair. He doesn't know how to
stop the conflict in the fridge but loves Olive and cares about her
more.
KIWI
A rebel looking for a
cause, exploration or restoring the
chill to the fridge, Kiwi is young and frustrated.
Ham won't let Kiwi make decisions or
explore the world, even though Kiwi's motives are pure. Kiwi's
energy and curiosity overwhelm Ham's rules; Kiwi runs away from
home.
OLIVES
The new family in the
neighborhood who move in just before the power fails. They
become the scapegoat for the trouble in the fridge.
GRAPES
A young and large
family, the Grapes have been in the fridge long enough to call it
home. They do not welcome newcomers. |
Song by Song
All is well in the fridge, apart from a
minor tiff between Ham and Eggs. It seems the Eggs don't
respect Ham; they think he's old, smelly and green. Ham
explains his lofty position head of the fridge community and the
beauty of their chilly lives in HOME.
The Eggs are
unconvinced.
A family of black
Olives moves into the fridge. The Grapes who live nearby are
uneasy with the newcomers, the STRANGERS. But young Olive
sees, and falls in love with young Grape. Its a new feeling,
one Olive has never felt before, but she knows others have felt this
feeling. it THE USUAL UNUSUAL.
Kiwi, much younger
than Old Ham, doesn't understand why Ham says Kiwi can't leave the
fridge to explore the world beyond the door. Ham feels Kiwi is
just too young to make big decisions. Kiwi pleads with Ham;
its time to explore, because, Kiwi says, I HAVE HEARD ABOUT BANANAS.
Ham has a different view, and tries to convince Kiwi that LIFE IS
NOT A DANDYLION SALAD.
The power fails and
the fridge gets warmer. Ham calls for unity and calm, which
many Olives and Grapes take to mean unity within their families
against all others, a different sort of UNITY.
Conflict erupts and
Ham feels that not only has the power failed in the fridge, but so
has his authority in the community. He and Eggplant try to
understand the situation. They ask WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR
HOME.
Olive approaches
Grape, they are in love, but after she leaves Grape is pressured by
his family to agree that Olives family, THEM, are to blame for the
power failure. Olive knows that she has to act fast, so she
sends an anxious note to Grape: TREMBLE.
Kiwi wants to help
find a solution to the warming of the fridge, but Ham sees Kiwi as
a nuisance. Their disagreement reaches a climax: I'M LOSING
YOUR MIND. Kiwi runs. Eggplant has a similar meeting
with Olive, telling her she ought to be patient with her love for
Grape, that there is no need to JUMP A GRAPE.
Olive and Grape have
a secret meeting and Grape tells her he doesn't blame her family
for the heatwave. They pledge their love and trust; I WILL
BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SAY.
Ham holds a meeting
with Eggplant and some Olives and Grapes. Ham can't find a
solution to the Olive-Grape problem and loses the support of both
sides when he asks them for tolerance. He begins to think
MAYBE THIS HAM'S BEEN AROUND TOO LONG.
Kiwi fails to reach
the light in the fridge, which is suspected to have something to do
with the power outtage, and now Kiwi is afraid to go home.
After an unhelpful conversation with the eggs Kiwi
feels DOWN.
Olive waits for the
return of her brother with the second note from Grape. She
wants to see him again, and is impatient, there is NO TIME TO LOSE.
Ham and Eggplant have
another meeting with Olives and Grapes, and tell them that if they
want peace they should GO ASK THE PICKLES, because they understand
unity. The meeting brings no peace.
Olive and Grape have
another secret meeting and reaffirm their love in defiance of all
else: REVEAL THE WORLD TO ME. The power returns; Kiwi
returns and Ham tells Kiwi that all that matters is how they treat
each other, their arguement is unimportant by comparison, IT DOESN"T
MATTER.
With a
chill once again in the
fridge the cause of recrimination disappears and everyone begins to
feel as if they are HOME AGAIN. |
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