Life The Musical: Not the Cereal
   by Joel Freedman and   
    Lawrence Joseph Glatt              

The Play

Set in the early 90’s, Life, the Musical: Not the Cereal is about belief, faith and finding your path in life.  A cult leader and her inner circle have recruited a little band of obedient followers. We see them absorb a young, lost neophyte.   In the comedy that ensues, a computer programmer, turned reluctant cult-deprogrammer, tries to rescue her but, falling in love with a committed member of “Life,” joins the cult.  The plot thickens as “the day” of “the miracle” approaches.  The charismatic leader started the sham cult years ago and has no plan for the miracle.  As the day draws near, she doesn’t know what to do.  The curtain closes for intermission as the moment arrives. 

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As Act II begins the cast is paralyzed.  They learn that the author has died and did not leave a second act.  With no guide they all try to assert control over their life and the life of the other cast members.  As a result of the chaos that follows, they learn that they cannot find their life by controlling others or by following someone else’s plan for them.  They start to look within.  They begin to really search for happiness by being the author of their own life.  

Life, the Musical: Not the Cereal, had a production at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario and one in downtown Toronto.  It played to small enthusiastic audiences in the mid 1990’s.