TIME:
Late summer 2008 in the waning days of the Bush Administration (6 years into the Afghanistan War and 4 years into the Iraq War), during the last days of the too often polarizing campaign for president between John McCain and Barak Obama.
PLACE:
A forgotten neighborhood in Washington, D.C. near the Duke Ellington Bridge.
ACTION:
Reeve, a decorated, multiple-tour Marine is sent stateside for treatment of wounds sustained during an IED explosion while on active duty in Afghanistan. The rest of his unit was killed in action, while he suffered wounds that left him in a coma for over a year. His visible wounds have healed, yet 6 months of intensive physical therapy has left him no closer to leaving his wheel chair.
With his military career all but ended and his civilian life in shambles having alienated his family and friends, Reeve vows to do whatever is necessary to return to active duty and the familiar perils of live fire in the mountains and villages of Afghanistan, rather than be faced with the uncertainties and emotional turmoil of home.
TAG:
“….to care for him who shall have borne the battle…” A. Lincoln
W.I.A. Synopsis
Bio | Kevin Jeffers, D.M.A.
Early Years:
Born to Carrold and May Jeffers in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Graduated New London Senior High School with high honors where participated in; Football, Basketball, Golf; Band, Choir and Musical; Debate and Public Speaking. Admitted to National Honor Society as a Junior.
Received a full 4 year scholarship for academics and music, and graduated Heidelberg College with a Bachelor of Music Degree in Voice Performance with high honors. Was the first freshman admitted to the Opera Workshop Program.
Graduated Northwestern University with a Masters of Music degree in the Voice Performance and Opera. Graduated University of Wisconsin-Madison with a doctorate in Voice Performance.
Professional Career:
Taught Private Voice for the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a teaching assistant and visiting professor. Taught voice, general music and conducted two vocal ensembles for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, before moving to New York City.
Performed over 25 major roles in opera and musical theatre, performed as soloist in numerous orchestral and oratorio concerts, performed over 20 solo recitals around the United States, featured in numerous developmental and premiere works.
Compositions:
Began composing vocal music at age 14. Trained in composition while at Heidelberg College and Northwestern University. Was selected as a contributing composer/lyricist to BMI’s two-year Music Theatre workshop. Currently a member of ASCAP.
Composed over 200 art songs (primarily on English language texts), numerous small choral works; a SATB solo a cappella Latin Mass; a large choral work for 12 part divisi SATB chorus, soprano obbligato and baritone solo entitled “OF MUSIC” based on a text by Kahlil Gibran; an orchestrated and partially recorded version of a complete “REQUIEM MASS” for orchestra, SATB chorus, SATB solo quartet, and baritone soloist, are among his other works.
Contributed to numerous cabaret performances premiering in New York City and songs as incidental music for known plays.
Theatre compositions include: “Life Cycle” for voice and piano (a monodrama; original book, music and lyric); “The Starry Messenger” (based on the life of Galileo: original music, book and lyric), “If it happens in the song…” (original book, music and lyric); “Spoon River: a musical anthology” based on the Edgar Lee Masters’ classic “Spoon River Anthology” (adaptation of text, original book, music and lyrics); “Caught in the Net” (an internet romantic musical comedy; original book, music and lyric); “Quattre Oisseaux” (based on conversations with and two plays by Joe Pintauro: “Birds in Church” and “Rex”: adaptation; original music, book and lyrics); “Almost Love; an elegy for a Lady” (based on Arthur Miller’s one act play “Elegy for a Lady”: adaptation; original music, book and lyric).
Musical Releases:
Released single “Looking for Christmas” music and lyric by Kevin Jeffers fall of 2009. Released “And so must be love” (including; “Where are you…”, “If she had only smile”, “And so must be love”, “At the first meeting of our eyes”, “One day” and “You’ve become the music”.