Show Synopsis:
In the beginning of the world, Father created Adam and Eve to live in the Garden of Eden, but told them to stay away from the apple tree. Eve is tempted by the serpent to eat an apple, which gives her knowledge of the world, and Father banishes her from Eden. Adam eats an apple to stay with her in the wilderness, and they have two children named Cain and Abel. One day, Cain tells his family that he has found a ring of stones, indicating other people besides them, and Adam tells him to never go near the stones again, no matter how curious he is. Cain and Adam fight, and Abel intervenes and kills his brother, condemning his descendents to being forever marked for his sin. Eve prays for her descendents to once again find Eden, and dies. Generations later, Noah, a descendent of Cain's younger brother Seth, is ordered by Father to build an ark to save his family from a flood that will kill the the rest of the world. His youngest son Japheth is in love with their servant girl Yonah, who bears the mark of Cain, and he refuses to let her board the ark with them. Japheth sneaks her on the ark, and when she is discovered, Noah finds that he is not sure what the right thing to do is. He gives the couple his blessing as the family discovers that there is land nearby and that the flood will be over soon. Father gives them the power to control their own fate, since they have earned it, and Noah's family spreads throughout the world to repopulate it and perhaps find the Garden of Eden once more.
Character:
Eve, the first woman made by God; young, spunky, and curious where her partner Adam is not.
Song Context:
Adam is obeying the Father and refuses to eat from the Tree of Knowledge or even consider why they should not eat from it, and Eve is confused why she wonders at this question and not Adam.
Fun Facts:
1) This musical is very loosely based on the first nine chapters of Genesis but makes no attempts at literary accuracy.
2) This musical has never won any major awards but is an extremely popular choice for school, church, and community theater productions.
3) Stephen Schwartz composed this song early on in the rehearsal process to introduce the idea of independent thinking in the orderly environment of the Garden of Eden.
"""Beyond, beyond.""
It sounds full of wind and mist, doesn't it?
It means other things exist, doesn't it?
""Beyond, beyond:
It says ""Adam leave your list,"" doesn't it?
Father, why does my head feel this joy and this dread since the moment I said
Beyond!
I've got an itching on the tips of my fingers,
I've got a boiling in the back of my brain,
I've got a hunger burning inside me - cannot be denied.
I've got feeling that the Father who made us,
When he was kindling a pulse in my veins,
He left a tiny spark of that fire smoldering inside.
The spark of creation is flickering within me.
The spark of creation is blazing in my blood.
A bit of the fire that lit up the stars
And breathed life into the mud, the first inspiration!
The spark of creation!
I see a mountain and I want to climb it.
I see a river and I want to leave shore.
Where there was nothing let there be something, something made by me.
There's things waiting for me to invent them
There's worlds waiting for me to explore
I am an echo of the eternal cry of
Let there be!
The spark of creation is burning bright within me.
The spark of creation won't let me rest at all
Until I discover or build or uncover
A thing that I can call my celebration
Of the spark of creation.
The spark of creation ? may it burn forever.
The spark creation ? I am a keeper of the flame.
We think all we want is a lifetime of leisure,
Each perfect day the same,
Endless vacation.
Well, that's alright if you're a kind crustacean,
But when you're born with an imagination,
Sooner or later you're feeling the fire get higher and higher!
The spark of creation!"