How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes

Book and Lyrics by Jonathan Karp

Music by Seth Weinstein
  

Synopsis

How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes is the story of two days in the life of MILES MULDOON, a phobic bookstore clerk at the United Nations who, after an unfortunate incident with a barrage of Guatemalan melons, develops the ability to read people's minds.

Miles has never been one of life's overachievers. A rising young diplomat at the United Nations, VIOLET ZIPPER, informs him that he's a slacker. Violet is ambitious and sexy - she's even been featured on the cover of Disarmament Quarterly posing suggestively with a scud missile. Miles is determined to charm her into giving him a better job...and more.

For counsel, Miles finds solace in the company of his best friend, JULIE LEMMON, a fellow slacker at the bookstore. Beneath Julie's pierced nipples beats the heart of a spiritual seeker. Julie can cite Conversations With God chapter and verse. That book provides her with the chief lesson she is determined to teach Miles: There are only two emotions in life - love or fear.

When the melons change MIles's life forever and the very nature of the new world order is threatened, Miles must make a choice between love and fear. Helping him battle his inner coward is his personal Greek chorus (also known as the Pretentious Assholes), a versatile trio of players who help Miles re-enact events while occasionally singing in foreboding three-part harmonies.

Inspired in equal parts by Neil Simon and William Finn, The Daily Show and Danny Kaye, this is a contemporary musical comedy for a new generation.