Not a Word

After leaking damning information on their government, the Hacker has found refuge in a foreign embassy. One step outside and Hacker would be arrested. As months and years pass, Hacker fears the public has forgotten this fateful sacrifice. One day, Madame Suzuki, a talking parrot and social media sensation, comes to the window. The Hacker captures Parrot and uses the bird as a PR tool to regain the attention of journalists and fans worldwide. Tensions soon arise between human and bird over their new empire. What is true freedom and what does it cost? Parrot cleverly manipulates the increasingly crazed Hacker to leap out of the window in the name of freedom, lording over the embassy room in peace.

Scene 1: Not a Word

Every morning, in an attempt to maintain their sanity, Hacker goes through the same routine,

which includes flipping through the newspaper hungrily in search of their name. Not finding any

mention of themselves yet again, Hacker sings the aria “Not a Word.” Disgusted and depressed

by the media’s coverage of some stupid parrot, Hacker returns to bed.