Cast of Characters

The Showgirl	Foxy LaRue
The Ancient Mariner	Bud Tiffany
The Diver	Neil Eber
The Diver's Wife	Bud Tiffany
The German Diver	Geoff Brown
The Giant Eel	Geoff Brown
The Mollusk King	John Marsh
Iver the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Driver	Chris Iseli
The Giant Squid	Bud Tiffany
The Giant Clam	John Marsh

Songs Act I

OVERTURE
In which the legend of the ocean floor's most ravenous and horrific creature--and his irresistible lure--is revealed

BIG PEARL
Wherein we meet the Fisherman and his Wife, who reveals to him a secret of impressive dimensions, and the only means by which their family may survive

SETTING SAIL
The fisherman's voyage to the Abyssal Plain--home of the behemoth mollusk--begins

BRING MY PEARL TO ME
The desires of the Wife for her family are manifold

GUTEN MORGEN FRAULEIN
The well-meaning Teutonic Diver, a newcomer to the fishing village, has an eye for lonely fishermens' wives--and spreads fear and dread through that peculiar species

THE FISHING LIFE
In which the fisherman's wife reconsiders the peril of her beloved's quest

DIVER DOWN
The fisherman reveals his dreams of riches and disillusionment with the monotony of the fisherman's lot. A warning comes from a serpentine observer to take heed when dealing with mollusks of such leviathan dimensions

THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE, FISHING
The constant quest for sustenance sends the Wife to the fishing pier

THE GIANT EEL
Wherein the verbose sea serpent, in exchange for his own life, reveals a horrific development to the Wife





Act II

THE WIFE'S LAMENT I
In which the Wife pleads for a savior to extricate her husband from the deep

THE GERMAN VOLUNTEER
The brave Teutonic Diver pledges to make haste to the Abyssal Plain to extricate the Fisherman

THE WIFE'S LAMENT II
In which the Wife continues to plead for a savior to extricate her husband from the deep

THE MOLLUSK KING
The most libidinous Ocean Regent of all offers the weeping wife the benefit of his stature and services of his allies:

IVER THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD CUTTER DRIVER
Seaman extraordinaire and avowed nemesis of certain behemoth gigantiform mollusks--and seemingly heroic Teutonic Divers

THE GIANT SQUID
Baleful the eye and vicious the beak of the paladin teuthid, a mighty decapod invertebrate which has ranged the world's oceans with Iver in pursuit of Evil

COMES A DIVER
The plight of the Fisherman worsens in an unexpected way

THE CLASH OF THE TITANS
The sea roils as the battle is joined between the leviathans of the deep and the frail humans who seek to harvest their riches

THE CLAM'S LAMENT
Our worst fears made flesh

YOU ARE FORGIVEN
Wherein the sins of man and mollusk are absolved