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DANIEL HENRI EMOND

-KILL THE WHALE -
It’s a rock opera based on Moby-Dick. But we’ll be skipping the boring PARTS.

Daniel Henri Emond’s new Musical re-imagining is dynamic and intriguing and would, I think, be of great public interest.
                     
        Nathaniel Philbrick, In The Heart of The Sea

​Kill the Whale
is a concept album and live rock opera, built in the characters and waters of Melville's Moby Dick.


When Ishmael, a young rocker with an unknown past falls in love with the hiphop harpooner Q, they join Peek-Wow, the Whaleship/Orchestra led by steel-eyed frontwoman Ahab, who sets her crew upon a course to kill the gigantic sperm whale that maimed her, a plan opposed by Ahab's first mate (and secret admirer), the devout and soulful Starbuck. Contending with face-melting squalls and mad mates, the hymnic wonder of whales nursing in the heart of the Ocean, and the poignant Gospel of the castaway cabin kid Pip, Peek-Wow embarks on a rock and roll quest for vengeance. Kill The Whale is memory manifested as a 1970's folk/hiphop/rock opera, that centers two queer romances, lifts voices of color, and re-casts authority roles as women.
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