Story

A montage of songs, collage and unconventional narrative style, Clear Blue Tuesday is a journey of self-discovery in the face of adversity.

Eleven New Yorkers change course after 9/11 forces them to examine why they moved to New York and to decide whether they'll stay. Clear Blue Tuesday follows their lives over the course of six years, each year on a Tuesday in September, as they try to achieve the dreams that drew them to the city.

Through personal journeys, Clear Blue Tuesday explores the difference between the goals we pursue and what makes us happy and how the expanding gap between the two becomes more visible against the backdrop of catastrophic world events.

Process

We started from scratch and over a nine month period eleven actor-singer-songwriters developed a fictional story through an extended rehearsal process with director Elizabeth Lucas. Using personal journeys and improv as a springboard for developing characters and narrative, the cast wrote the songs they sing.