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"The Lyre's Masque (The Re-Telling of Our Story)"

A glimpse into a new production – in collaboration with Noble 7 Publications; let’s transport ourselves to the enchanting world of medieval times.

Join us on the Hero's Journey of our hero, Prince Tamino, from Mozart's "Magic Flute," representing Humanity as he goes on an adventure, learns new lessons, and wins a victory by the end of it with his newfound knowledge.

The story begins when Prince Tamino portals through an energy vortex to Mount Shasta, right to where the Muses of the Lyre, Apollo's daughters Hypate (played by Elin Carlson), Mese (Stephanie McPeak Petersen), and Nete (Michelle Gibson) are living in an RV. They are soon joined for this adventure by Sarastro, the High Priest from the "Magic Flute" (Shalamoor Bey).

In the process of trying to figure out how to get him back to his proper time, the Muses decide to ask their father, Apollo, for a lyre, who sends Shalamoor/Sarastro to them bearing an ancient lyre with a note saying that for the lyre to work for Prince Tamino to return home, it must be publicly played by its new owner for three days. Apollo asks that he entertain the three Fates: Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos.

The Muses organized a three-day event called a "Masque," a courtly form of dramatic entertainment among the 16th and 17th-century English nobility. These same "Masques" also disclose True History in their storylines without calling it that. So, while this is named the "Lyre's Masque," it is also a reference to the "Liar's Masque."

For the performance, the Muses placed a copper masque over Prince Tamino's eyes, but the eyes of the masque immediately snapped shut and could not open.

A stage with three thrones is set to entertain one Fate at a time over the three nights. Each night of the performance, Prince Tamino sings and plays his lyre; Puck from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream" articulates versed commentary, and each one of the Muses and Shalamoor/Sarastro narrates a story of intrigue, of a beautiful land infiltrated by evil, that shows not only the awful deeds that took place but how those deeds are hidden from our awareness.

By the end of the three-day performance, the three Fates are visibly upset and ready to attack them, but Shalamoor/Sarastro's magic immediately immobilizes them; the eyes of Prince Tamino's copper masque open when he can suddenly "see" Truths he had not seen right before he returns to his home in time-and-space in Vienna.

Please see the cast Bio’s below:

 Michelle Gibson Bio:

Michelle Gibson was born in July of 1963, and raised outside of Washington, D.C. in Montgomery County, Maryland.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work and Psychology from the University of Maryland in Baltimore Country in 1989. She has lived in many different places and has travelled extensively.

She firmly believes there would be no mysteries in history if we had been told the true history.

She has been fascinated by megaliths most of her life, and her journey has led her to uncover a key to the truth. She found a star tetrahedron on the North American continent by connecting the dots of major cities and extended the lines out. Then she wrote down the cities that lined up primarily in circular and linear fashion and got an amazing tour of the world of places she had never heard of with remarkable similarities across countries.  This whole process, and other pieces of the puzzle that fell into place, brought up much information, including a suppressed, ancient, advanced, global civilization.  Based on her in-depth research of cities and places in alignment around the world, she has provided extensive evidence that a world-wide Moorish civilization, with its roots in ancient Mu and Atlantis, existed in balance and harmony and built all of the world’s infrastructure.

Stephanie McPeak Petersen Bio:

Stephanie was born in the Midwest in the mid-1960s1960s and holds a degree in English and Linguistics from Western Illinois University. She's married to footbag world champion Allan Petersen, originally from Denmark, and they live in the mountains of Colorado. As of 2024, she's published five books:  "The Next Octave" (non-fiction), "Halving It All" (science-fiction), Inflationary Faeries" (fantasy fiction), The Sport of Footbag (non-fiction), and "Cost Benefit Jr.: Stories in Microeconomics" (textbook). Her areas of research involve the overlap of economic theory with music theory, as well as hidden history that's been encoded in both Shakespeare and 19th century literature. Sir Francis Bacon is also a favorite area of study. Her YouTube channel is her full name, Stephanie McPeak Petersen.

Elin Carlson Bio:

Elin Carlson is a professional singer, who has performed classical music and opera, as well as jazz, pop, and a cappella.  Her distinguished career as a soloist spanned the United States and Europe, and her dozens of leading role engagements ranged from the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute to the title role in Norma, to Grizabella in the Hamburg, Germany production of Cats.

Alongside her live performances, Elin has been in top demand in choirs and as a soloist in hundreds of film scores, TV shows, commercials, and for various artists’ audio recordings.  She was a founding member of the a cappella group Sixth Wave and is the featured soprano on all of the Beethoven's Wig albums.

Elin had the honor of singing the soprano solo on the re-recording of the original Star Trek theme, when the classic Star Trek series was re-released on HD DVD and further syndication, which for a long-time Trek fan such as herself, was a dream come true.

She joins Michelle, Stephanie, and Shalamoor in the quest for knowledge about where we really are, what our history actually is, and in leaving all fantasy-based reality to learn how to thrive in this realm as true children of the Creator,

Mark I. Ritchie (Shalamoor Bey) Bio:

Public Confidence Coach, Private Attorney General and Tartarian Yahudan Chief Priest.

Mark Irvin Ritchie brings Mastery in the areas of public speaking, radio and television productions, and ecclesiastical law.

Ritchie developed his communications' skills and experiences while serving as media coordinator for the family business, Montgomery, Alabama-based Freedom Life Ministries, Inc, a faith-based entity founded by his mother and father in 1979.  Responsibilities included production and hosting of all radio and television programs as well as serving as media liaison.

The media experiences inspired Ritchie to launch MARK RITCHIE UNLIMITED, a radio production and recording firm.  He used this company to create the MARK RITCHIE SHOW, which was broadcasted on 13 stations across Alabama and Florida.  Ritchie was host and producer.

Mark Ritchie worked for television news departments, including WSFA NBC Montgomery Alabama, WBRC FOX6 Birmingham, Alabama and WATE ABC Knoxville, Tennessee.

Along the way, Mark Ritchie became an award-winning Toastmaster, award-winning television reporter, as well as having served as the Spokesman for Knoxville Mayor, Victor H. Ashe.

Working for the City of Knoxville exposed Ritchie to many, many matters of law, fueling his hidden passion for law.

The passion for law led the way for the creations of a civics and jurisprudence development group called the Moorish American Consulate.

The Civics and Jurisprudence work led to the creation of the current organizations founded and led by Mark Ritchie.  The two organizations are RemedyWerx LLC and the Tartarian Yahudan Priesthood and Trust.

Today, Ritchie is honored to contribute to this literary project with very insightful SeaStars.