Banksters, beware!  Funded 100% by donations, produced by volunteers eager to share the honest truth and a good laugh, MORTGAGE MELTDOWN: THE MUSICAL is on its way to the stage, cable television, and internet. This site has songs, scenes, samples of script, resources for voters, and college curriculum resources.   ff  |  HOME |  ABOUT |  VOLUNTEER |  DONATE |  PERFORM |  EVENTS |  PHOTOS |  SONGS |  RESOURCES |  SUPPORTERS |  CONTACT |

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Welcome to MORTGAGE MELTDOWN: THE MUSICAL! Homeowners were traumatized by the last foreclosure crisis... and now we face another mortgage meltdown! You have heard some parts of the story, something about government deregulation of the banks, high-stakes investments, derivatives based on securitized loans, the 2008 financial collapse, and the need for a massive bailout of banks. But most people cannot explain how those problems connect to widespread foreclosures and evictions. We don't what THAT history to repeat itself! Wouldn't it be nice to have a clear understanding of what the [bleep!] happened, presented in a good old-fashioned musical that leaves you humming catchy tunes? We are gathering our best talent to work on this NOW!  We were planning to organize a full stage production, and we started filming individual scenes using any available actors and locations.  Videos are posted on YouTube from those early efforts-- you can see the links below. But for 2020, we need to work with social distancing: No large groups of actors, minimal crew, safety precautions, creative new production methods.  Your donations help us revise the script, record the music in new ways, and change our whole plan. Preview FOUR New Scenes As we wait for donations to edit these new scenes for television and YouTube, these PREVIEWS are viewable only on this website as rough drafts. Eve 'n' Stephen give special thanks to Beth Charlesworth, Michael Dooley, Helen Hymes, Mark Moulton, House of Bigger Girls, and Collective Roots! (Click the red links to view/listen, then click your browser's BACK button to return here.)  1. BANK-SPEAK (Preview, small) Cast: Michael Uhila & Earl Rhue Add Music: 10-FAX!Demo.mp3 2. MOVING BACK IN (Preview, small, 29fps) Cast: J.B. Bell & Steven Stein, with MortMelt Singers in background Add Music: 21-BadWorse073014-KeyC.mp3 after we record singers with these words: 21-BadWorse073014-KeyC.pdf 3. WATCH YOUR STEP (Preview, small, 29fps) Cast: Oleta Proctor & Helen Hymes Add Music: 09-FixerUp-2008Demo.mp3 or 09-FixerUp-2012Demo.mp3 4. WHERE IS MY REP? (Preview, small) Cast: Helen Hymes Add Music: 13-Bankers'BluesDemo.mp3 We also have 2 half-finished Previews on YouTube ("Housing Boom, 2005" and "Mancession/Sheconomy"). All 6 new scenes need to be completed with audio/video editing, opening titles and music, closing credits and music, and proper formatting before they can be broadcast on television.  Please DONATE for editing, or VOLUNTEER your editing skills in Adobe Premiere, and add your name to the closing credits of a new video! -------------------------- ACTORS, we need you! PERFORM CastList1pg.pdf Rehearse for the show, or try a scene with friends. Here is a demo of the new interactive script for Act 1, Scene 1: Click "INTERACTIVE SCRIPT"  Stream or download the Demo album "Mortgage Meltdown: The Musical" on iTUNES or any other online music store. AND/OR You can order a Demo Soundtrack CD (pictured here) with a booklet of lyrics (19 tracks, 21 minutes). Send the mailing address by email when you click DEMO CD, or include the mailing address when you make a donation: Domo arigato (どうもありがとう) to several Japanese donors! We did not get your email addresses, but we do appreciate your donations through PayPal. ----------------- See more photos by clicking PHOTOS. ------------ Why wait? If you want to SEE the show now, BE the show! Do-It-Yourself Dinner Theatre Host a dinner and script reading to raise funds and help test the scenes. Click I WANT TO HELP to ask about creating your own MortMelt event.

FIX THE PROBLEM: Keep banks from funding politicians.  Click YesFairElections.org to see recent victories in CA to disclose WHO is funding local elections, and to Overturn Citizens United. Courts allow homeowners to be illegally deprived of their homes, but you can speak out against corrupt judges. Search: "Judicial Council + [name of state] + meetings" Here is the meeting calendar for CALIFORNIA'S JUDICIAL COUNCIL. Read their agendas and reports carefully. This ridiculous proposal for UNLAWFUL DETAINER, page 14 says CA judges should "dispose of" eviction cases in only 30-45 days, which is not nearly enough time for a fair hearing to determine whether the foreclosure was legal! Read about LAWSUITS BY ERIC MAINS, FORMER FDIC BANK REGULATOR, a lawyer who quit his high-paying govenment job to attack fraud in the banking industry, starting with his own house. --------------- WATCH and SHARE Videos of Scenes Click the red title to watch video on YouTube, then click your browser's BACK button to return here. Click CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP to see Act 4, Scene 9 (2011) as risky derivatives are explained in rhyme.  [Note: Dec 2014 Congress passed the "CROMNIBUS BUDGET" allowing even more risky swaps.] (Housing Counselor Earl Rhue, right, explains to Homeowner Phill Bossett why a loan might be set up to fail. Scene was scripted for 5 bankers, revised for this video.) ------------------------- Click LEHMAN COLLAPSED! to watch Act 2, Scene 1 (Four bankers confront the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September, 2008.) Banker William Byron Webster begs the feds for a bailout to save Lehman and avoid global economic disaster. ------------------------- Click the red title HOUSING BOOM, 2005 (Preview) to watch Act 1, Scene 4. Cast: Judy Cerda Add Music: 02-Loan2004-1introDemo.mp3 (Mrs A, played by Judy Cerda, is frustrated with her husband's long hours as a real estate agent.) ------------------------- Click the red title MANCESSION/SHECONOMY ("Calling Pops, 2011") to watch the video of Act 2, Scene 3. Cast: Judy Cerda Add music: 11-I'mDepressedDemo.mp3 (Mrs A confronts the recession in July, 2011.) ------------------------- Click the red link to see CAN'T SELL THE CONDO, Act 2, Scene 7 Ms E, a lawyer who knows how get people out of restrictive foreign countries, can't get herself out of the mortgage on an underwater home.

This ambitious production has several parts:

Soundtrack: Order a copy of the Demo CD and song booklet-- just send your mailing address by email when you click DEMO CD. It would be nice if you DONATE any amount to help cover the costs.

Production of a brand-new two-hour musical for live audiences and for filming (all digital production) distributed through this website, and YouTube, and MIDPENINSULA COMMUNITY MEDIA CENTER, and public access television nationwide. Volunteer now to get the stage, script, and songs ready for actors/singers who will perform the production whenever we find a venue and funding. 
Click VOLUNTEER.
Media Center map and directions are at the bottom of this web page: MEDIA CENTER MAP

Broadcast of scenes from MORTGAGE MELTDOWN: THE MUSICAL on community access cable television stations across America (no censorship!) and on internet, in time to inform the public before the elections of November 4, 2014.

Licensing for stage productions of MORTGAGE MELTDOWN: THE MUSICAL at colleges, community theaters, and other venues at affordable costs.

This website, with curriculum and links so everyone can LEARN with online RESOURCES. We need to educate college/university students, their instructors, and the general public on the causes and effects of the mortgage meltdown, and keep everyone informed of current developments so people can take action in their communities.

Help Make It Happen! We have plenty of red ink to explain this Mortgage Meltdown. What more do we need? YOU!

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