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We begin our story with Judith sitting by herself. Judith has lived a difficult life but she consoles herself with believing that someone will come and take her away.
SONG: (Judith & ?)
Waiting For Someone
Judith
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Jesse appears with the promise that he is the one she has been waiting for.
SONGS: (Jesse & Judith) Wait No More; Love Will Show the Way
Judith
Jesse
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After a passionate night, Judith wakes up to realize that this is not the man she wants. She orders him to leave. He does.
SONG: (Judith & Jesse) I Have Almost, Already Forgotten You
Judith
Jesse
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Catherine
You would think the story would end here, but it turns out Judith is pregnant. Her daughter is Catherine.
Judith
Jesse
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Catherine and Judith never get along with each other.
Judith hates the reminder of a foolish night; Catherine condemns her mother for sending away her father.
SONG: (Catherine) Daddy Is Gonna Come Back
Catherine
Judith
Jesse
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Catherine grows up on the streets, barely surviving, but believing that she is meant for better things.
SONG: (Catherine) Surprised
Catherine
Judith
Jesse
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Roman
Catherine’s situation changes when she is seen by Roman, the richest man in town and much her elder. He falls in love and takes her in to make her a lady and his wife.
SONG: (Roman & Catherine) In Your Eyes
Catherine
Judith
Jesse
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Roman
Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
Roman takes Catherine to meet his parents. His mother, Plata instructs Catherine on the higher things in life. In particular she teaches that the most perfect things in life can never be seen.
SONG: (Plata & Catherine) Circle in the Sand
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Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
Roman
WestmanRoman’s father Ari tells Catherine a different
story. The important things in life, he says, are within us and in the physical world around us. .
Saxon
SONG: (Catherine and Ari) Now and Here
Ari
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Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
SONG: (Roman & Catherine) This Child
Roman
WestmanRoman and Catherine have a child. They sense
he will be something special. His name is Westman – the hero of our story.
Ari
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Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
SONG: (Saxon & Roman) Everything You Have Got
Roman
Westman
Not long after Westman is born, Saxon, Roman’s stable-hand, stands up to challenge his master to a fight.
Saxon
Ari
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Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
Roman
Westman
Saxon
Ari
Defeated, Roman says goodbye to his son and moves East close to his parents.
SONG: (Roman) When I Cannot Be With You
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Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
Roman
WestmanSaxon takes Catherine and Westman as his
prize, assuring Catherine that, even though she
is above his station, he will cherish her.
Saxon
SONG: (Saxon & Catherine) I Will Change For You
Ari
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Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
Roman
WestmanAt age 13, Westman’s adolescence ignites an
outpouring of art, music writing and exploring. Mother is delighted.
Saxon
SONG: (Westman) Who Knew?
Ari
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Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
Roman
Westman
Saxon
Ari
Ready?
We are at the end of the first part of the story.It’s time to unravel the allegory.
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Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
Roman
Westman
Saxon
Ari
Westman represents the Western mind. Our story is the genealogy of western philosophy.
the West
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Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
Roman
Westman
Ari
Judith, the woman waiting for someone, represents Judaism.
Judaism
Jesse represents Jesus, would-be savior of the Jews.
Jesus
the WestThe maternal grandparents
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Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
Roman
Westman
Ari
The West’s paternal grandparents are the Greek philosophers: Plato, seeing idealized truth “out there” and Aristotle, looking for truth “down here.”
Judaism Jesus Plato Aristotle
the West
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Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
Roman
Westman
Ari
Judaic spirituality and Greek rationality meet in Westman’s parents.
Judaism Jesus Plato Aristotle
Catholic Church Roman Empire
the West
The “West” is born with the Christianization of Rome.
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Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
Roman
Westman
Ari
Saxon, the step-father who raises Westman, represents the Germanic northern Europeans.
Judaism Jesus Plato Aristotle
Church Empire
SaxonGermanic Tribes the West
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Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
Roman
Westman
Ari
Westman’s adolescence is the Renaissance, the west’s rebirth.
Judaism Jesus Plato Aristotle
Church Empire
SaxonGermanic Tribes the West
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Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
Roman
Westman
Ari
The Family
Judaism Jesus Plato Aristotle
Church Empire
SaxonTribes the West
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Catherine
Judith
Jesse Plata
Roman
Westman
Ari
The End of PART I
Judaism Jesus Plato Aristotle
Church Empire
VincentTribes the West