by Phil Darg

Sandwiched between apathetic students and an unresponsive administration at Folwell University, History lecturer Edward Hyard laments his powerless position and heavy workload. When student apathy and budget cuts cause him to snap, he confronts his students about their lack of engagement - leading to a resolution not just to study history, but to actually make history by pursuing social change at the college. The students - inspired by Hyard's historical examples - then start a project to undertake reform at Folwell. However, when the administration brushes aside their initial efforts, the project spins out of control and it becomes a protest that soon engulfs the entire university!

Running Time: ca. 100 minutes in two acts

Selected Songs:

• 02 - Climbin' On Up the Ivory Tower
  
• 03 - Academic Wasteland
  
• 04 - The Socratic Method
  
• 06 - Dissertation! Dissertation!
  
• 07- Publish or Perish
  
• 08 - And I'm Proud to Be a Republican Male
  
• 10 - We Can Do Anything!
  
• 12 - Start With Nothing
  
• 14 - Bricks and Mortar
  
• 15 - Occupy It!
  
• 16 - I Can't Hold On [excerpt]