"In a way, we Americans are the last victims of the Holocaust, imprisoned by secrets of the Cold War, locked in the fortress of lies. In a democratic society, there is only one hard way to liberation - truth produces freedom"
- John Loftus
"Apollo is the God of Light, and thus, the God of Truth. He is a direct link between gods and humans, guiding humans to know the divine will, showing them how to make peace with the gods; the purifier too, able to cleanse even those stained with the blood of their kindred." -Edith Hamilton
Part One: Lebensraum is a fantasia of Rocket History, tracing the journey beginning with a young boy's dreams through the historic U.S. moon landing.
Part Two: Gravity explores the inquiry into Arthur Rudolf's participation as a supervisor at the Nazi V-2 Rocket Factory and his eventual eviction from the United States.
Part Three: Liberation explores the intersection of the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race as these events occurred in in the 1960’s, in Huntsville, AL (where the German rocketeers were sent to develop ballistic missiles and the Apollo moon rocket). The piece extends back to the U.S. Civil War, and deals with the legacy of slavery, the idea of progress, and the unrealized ideals of America.
APOLLO Part One was first workshopped at ASK's Common Ground Festival in June of 2002, then Act One was performed at the Edge of the World Festival's L.A. History Project in October 2002. Part Two workshopped first at The Powerhouse Theatre in Santa Monica, CA in October of 2003. In September 2004, both acts were put together for the first time at the Ivy Substation in Culver City, CA
APOLLO [Part One and Two] premiered at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, CA, playing from June 5 to July 3, 2005. It was then known as Part One
APOLLO [PART Three:Liberation] is currently being developed in a series of workshops. The entire piece is scheduled to be produced at Portland Center Stage in Portland, OR in 2008
