The American Dream: On Fire
A Song Cycle

Liberty for all. Justice is blind. The ultimate Sacrifice. 

Freedom does not come without a price. 

The Pledge of Allegiance. One nation, under God, Indivisible— 

Sacred phrases which built our America; 

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Phrases drenched in the sweat of immigrant hands, steeping in the grit of middle-class families, woven into the very fabric of the dreamers who still, despite seeing the contrary in every headline, believe this country is united— believe that everyone has a place here, has a purpose here. That our American mosaic, which paved our streets, leads us toward the more perfect union our forefathers dreamed of— a brighter tomorrow. 

Yet, when America looks in the mirror, she is burned and tattered. Decades of democracy and still she stands divided. The same phrases, once bridges, form dissonant walls. 

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Phrases that mean nothing. And everything. Two hundred and fifty years since the American Experiment began, and what do we have to show for it? 

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Who is she? 

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Who are we?