Retail Song Cycle: A Brand New Musical by Cameron Michael Fehring
Sun, Jan 14
|Casper
The Retail Song Cycle is a project that combines documentary techniques and musical theatre storytelling by using verbatim customer interactions and actual events to describe a life-changing year in big retail in the internet age.


Time & Location
Jan 14, 2024, 2:30 PM – Jan 15, 2024, 5:30 PM
Casper, 230 W Yellowstone Hwy, Casper, WY 82601, USA
About the event
An idealistic young man from a small town, with a strong work ethic, and a belief that people are generally good, starts a new job. We follow Mac's journey as he navigates the reality of being a naïve, eager new employee coming to terms with the opposing forces of "actual reality" and "retail reality" at the hands of his favorite unnamed Fortune 500 retail store, in an unnamed city. Mac’s first day happens to coincide with the role out of a new Sales Model, the governing ideologies used to interact with customers, which his supervisor: Perry, and the managers: Lynn, Bridgett, Terry, Jackie and Joe are all excited to share with the team. His teammates: Miranda, Cheryl, Mitchell and Eric show him the ins and outs of the Hardlines department, and educate him on the truths of retail. After a management meeting where it is revealed that a scheduled corporate visit could…