Mortgage Meltdown: The Musical is almost finished, but I want to use the 2022-2023 school year for a test drive of each section. If you know someone who might volunteer for this exciting opportunity, please send email to with MMTM in the subject line to: Eve [at] MortMelt [dot] com
As a professional curriculum designer, I want to be sure the music scores, songs, script, sets, and scene structure are suitable for colleges and high schools. No profanity, no guns, no on-stage fighting, no sex or nudity, but some scenes are too intense for young children. Many scenes use rhymed dialogue or other devices for easy memorization.
This original musical is 70% comedy (Bankers have much of the humor) with some serious scenes (stressed families, eviction, off-stage domestic violence). Each scene needs only a few actors. Some roles should be played as specified (kids, teens, parents, grandparents, two men for the gay couple, one woman for the attorney), but many of the roles can have flexible, inclusive casting (eg, Real Estate Agent, VA Loan Officer, Pension Fund Manager).
Ideally, the testers would include some retired or very experienced teachers, and some tech/crew experts, along with a range of teachers and students from various disciplines: Performing arts (theater, music, dance), economics, history, psychology, English, and English as a Second Language.
Core content is integrated within the work. Most songs and scenes require the actors and director to prepare by learning details about foreclosure fraud during the time period 2003-2013. I will provide links and/or .pdf documents as needed. Available but not required: resources and directions for asking US Senate to close the loopholes that continue to allow illegal foreclosure.
Thank you!
Eve Sutton