When Adam learns that Cain is gone, he curses him, but also remembers Cain and Abel playing childhood games ("Close to Home").Ĭain returns and describes what he has found: "A Ring Of Stones," which means that Adam's family members are not the only people in the world. Before he leaves, Father makes Abel promise that he won't tell Adam about the meeting and tells Abel that he is the only hope for the future. Cain declares that he will find his own destiny without Father's help and storms off. Father comes upon Cain and Abel and tells them that he has placed his hope in them. Cain convinces Abel to leave their home to seek their own destinies out in the world ("Lost in the Wilderness"). Eve worries that she has passed her hunger for knowledge onto Cain. As the boys grow up, Cain becomes more curious about the world while Abel remains obedient to Adam. Adam prays to Father to be let them back into paradise. Eve gives birth to two sons, Cain and Abel. Time passes as the Storytellers describe Adam and Eve's desolate new environment ("The Wasteland"). Father exiles Adam and Eve to the wilderness ("The Expulsion"). Adam chooses to stay with Eve instead of staying in Eden ("A World without You"). Father orders Eve to leave the garden and tells Adam that he will make him a better wife. Unashamed, Eve tells Father that she understands her own potential. Father calls to them, but Adam is ashamed. ![]() When Adam realizes that they have eaten from the tree of knowledge, he and Eve hide from Father. Eve eats the fruit and tricks Adam into eating it by turning it into juice. The Snake convinces Eve to pursue knowledge and eat the fruit of the tree ("In Pursuit of Excellence"). Eve does not know the answers, but she is intrigued. However, Eve remains curious about the world beyond ("The Spark of Creation") A Snake comes up to Eve and asks her questions. When she tries to show the tree to Adam, he is not interested and goes back to naming his bugs. One day, Eve goes up to the tree of knowledge, and it enchants her. ![]() Meanwhile, in the night, Adam and Eve kiss and realize that they are not brother and sister. Father reflects on how well his universe turned out ("Father's Day"). When that is done, Adam and Eve go to sleep as Father sings them a lullaby ("Grateful Children"). With the help of the Storytellers pretending to be animals, Adam, Eve and Father name the animals ("The Naming"). ![]() To divert their attention away from the tree, Father asks Adam and Eve to help him name all of the animals. Father tells her to have faith in his reasons. Eve questions why Father put the tree there if it's not good. Father tells them that it is the tree of knowledge and that they must never eat its fruit. Eden is a perfect place.Įve wants to know about the glowing tree on top of the hill. He creates Adam and Eve and gives them the Garden of Eden in which to live. Father comes on and declares, "Let there be light." Father builds the world based on his dream ("Let There Be"). As the chorus of Storytellers describes the beginning of the world, when Father created the heavens, candles are lit around the stage. The story of Adam and Eve, Cain, and Abel
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