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"A rebellion of sincerity in the sea of cold-shouldered, indie irony."-Paper Magazine
"Extraordinarily ambitious, engaging, and uplifting live music experience; a celebration of the sheer power of imagination and creativity that - through the meta-narrative of a grunt soldier writing a science-fiction masterpiece - can't help but pull its own curtain back on the imaginative scope and vision of the show's creators."
-Ear Farm
"Melodramatic, witty, inventive & downright intoxicating. I was not fully prepared for the sheer genius that is FUTURITY."
-The Music Slut
FUTURITY tells the story of Julian Munro, a young Union Soldier in the Civil War who is an aspiring inven-
tor and science fiction visionary. Together with his brilliant mentor, the famous metaphysician Ada Lovelace,
Julian escapes the horrors and monotony of his daily life by dreaming up a high-tech dystopian future. In their
far-fetched visions they devise an omnipotent steam-powered artificial intelligence that is destined to end war
and all of humanity’s miseries. The show fuses traditional American folk, Brechtian choral elements, and The
Lisps’ own brand of eccentric indie rock into a unique and compelling portrait of war, human imagination, and
technological hubris.
FUTURITY has music and lyrics by César Alvarez with The Lisps, Book by César Alvare and Molly Rice
Featuring The Lisps: César Alvarez, Eric Farber, Sammy Tunis, Lorenzo Wolff along with Michael Cerveris,
Chelsey Donn, Maya Ferrara, Grant O’Brien, Ben Simon, and Jillian Tully.
THE LISPS have been a mainstay of New York’s indie-rock and anti-folk scenes for nearly five years and released
their latest record, Country Doctor Museum, to a sold-out crowd at Joe’s Pub in January of 2008. After 2 record-
ings, numerous national and regional tours, performances at SXSW, CMJ, and being named one of New York’s
“8 Bands to Watch” by The L magazine, the group took a five-month break to write new material. What emerged
from that break was a full-fledged musical grown from The Lisps’ unique approach to song and stagecraft.
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