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Doctor Aloysius Freeman and Professor Allela Freeman present hidden figures in the American story. As the initial sparks of the American Revolution catch flame, Jupiter Nameless is a man between worlds. On the one hand, he has access to all the wealth, wisdom, and privilege of Monticello, home to Thomas Jefferson, who is something of a mentor and patron for Jupiter. On the other hand, Jupiter is Jefferson’s slave. When a common errand suddenly goes awry, Jupiter finds himself facing something he’s never seen before: some new sort of blight that turns men rabid. Faced with slave catchers on one side and murderous, blighted hordes on the other, Jupiter and Jefferson must work together to save themselves and whoever hasn’t yet been turned.
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CAST & CREW
Aloysius, Jupiter Nameless - Eric Austin
Allela, Fiona Pratt, Gertrude Redd - Kate Piatti
Lillian Method, Carmela Kaine, Veronica Delmonaco - Hannah Schooner
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Arch Porter - Ryan Knowles
Other roles played by the cast.
Original Music Arrangements -...
With special permission from Thomas Jefferson’s estate, we reproduce here for the first time a wonderful trove of correspondence from the days immediately leading up to the Fall of Monticello.
This group of letters gives us insight into the minds and dealings of Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin in the days prior to their harrowing adventure on Jefferson’s mountain top plantation.
However, it also sheds light on ...
How does the simple transport and sale of a dead slave’s corpse turn into a death-defying flight for freedom?
Easier than you might think.
Doctors Aloysius and Allella Freeman turn back the pages of time, taking you to revolutionary era Monticello, where Jupiter Nameless—favored servant and protege of Thomas Jefferson—suddenly finds himself a hunted runaway.
His master will no doubt be looking for him, bu...
Music Featured in Chapter 1: For The Return of Jupiter
When you're down and alone, all others left
Your heart ravaged through, your hopes bereft
Your energy low, your soul downtrod
Your body entombed beneath the sod
Left all alone, now he must die
Down among the dead men
Down among the dead men
Down, down, down, down
Down among the dead men let him lie
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How can one explain the impossible to those unwilling to hear?
On the run from the blight, Jupiter has a surprising reunion, followed quickly by an even more surprising encounter.
As Jupiter navigates a tense new situation, Jefferson welcomes Ben Franklin and his apprentice, Fiona Pratt, to Monticello.
Wine and conversation flow freely, but something is amiss, and their revelries may soon come to an abrup...
Music featured in Chapter 2: That Means You're Still Alive
Why come ye hither, fugitives,
Your minds what madness fills?
In our valleys there is danger,
And there's danger in our hills.
Oh hear ye not the singing
Of our voices wild and free?
Full soon you'll hear the ringing
Of the rifle from the tree.
What's one to do when disaster looms, but everyone around you is too slow to see it?
Jupiter and Jefferson maneuver against each other, and Franklin, Kaine, and Fiona try to keep pace.
All the while, the blight is loose in Monticello's slave quarters. In short order, fine wine isn't the only red that will spill tonight.
Music Featured in Chapter 3: It Damned Sure Aint' From Cheating At Craps
'Twas summer, and softly the breezes were blowing,
And sweetly the nightingale sang from the tree.
At the foot of a hill, where the river was flowing,
I took in the sights that all lay before me
Flow on, waters blue, flow on thou sweet river,
Thy banks, purest stream, shall be dear to me ever,
For there I first g...
When it all starts to come apart, do you save yourself, or does honor demand you help others?
The blight breaks loose, and now Monticello's fine, polite tapestry is unraveling. With life on the line, new alliances form and old bonds are tested.
CAST & CREW
Aloysius, Jupiter Nameless - Eric Austin
Allela, Fiona Pratt, Gertrude Redd - Kate Piatti
Lillian Method, Carmela Kaine, Veronica ...
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CAST & CREW
Aloysius, Jupiter Nameless - Eric Austin
Allela, Fiona Pratt, Gertrude Redd - Kate Piatti
Lillian Method, Carmela Kaine, Veronica Delmonaco - Hannah Schooner
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Arch Porter - Ryan Knowles
Other roles played by the cast.
Original Music Arrangements - Jackie Presti
Ly...
A storm gathers near, regardless of place,
A tempest is toss’d in each brothers face,
The birth of a land is the birth of the storm,
The weather is cold and the war is too warm.
Derry Down Down
Hey Derry Down
The front marches forth in both weather and war,
Each battle is fought, though there isn’t a score,
But more than their lives are lost in the fight,
For after the war, they must battle the...
Who deserves salvation when the dead assault the living?
The Fall of Monticello has begun, and the blight runs rampant across Jefferson's estate.
As the survivors regroup and fortify, Jupiter must hatch a plan to get everyone out. But not all of them will make it.
CAST & CREW
Aloysius, Jupiter Nameless - Eric Austin
Allela, Fiona Pratt, Gertrude Redd - Kate Piatti
Lillian Met...
Beginnings are formed when something else ends,
A skin that was torn, with healing, now mends,
The scars of our past are now etched in stone,
A map to the future when trav’lin’ alone.
A home without peace makes a child want to fight,
A life spent in shadow won’t recognize the light,
Though gray skies may gather, seek shelter from the storm,
Just rise above those dark clouds and the sun’ll keep you warm
...
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