GONE ASTRAY’s score will bridge the world of contemporary musical theatre and the singular Native American sound.

ACT I

• PROLOGUE: AHE’ HEE  Music by Ed Koban

Faces stare out from a sky-high wall of posters of missing Native girls. A a man, possibly a Sheriff, crosses the stage with a sign featuring a white girl which he posts over other faces, reading, “Have you seen me?” 

• FIRST CEREMONY (Abbie) Music by Ed Koban

A young Lakota woman, Abbie, comes to the O’Mally House. Her past and reasons for being there are shrouded in mystery. 

• BIRDSONG (Frank & Raven) Music & Lyrics by Ed, Sibella, Kingston Koban and Jennie Staniloff-Redling

Finding an old guitar that Raven taught herself to play on, Frank reminisces about a song Raven wrote herself. 

• INVISIBLE (Abbie and Ensemble) Music & Lyrics by Ed Koban

A flashback by Grace leads her back to the moment that Raven disappeared, similar to the panic felt by Native parents when their children vanish.  

• LAKȞÓTA LULLABY (Abbie) Ancient Lakota song

Abbie sings Winston to sleep with an ancient Lakota lullaby, as other Native mothers join the song. 

• RISE AGAIN (Abbie & Ensemble) Music & Lyrics by Ed Koban

Abbie, who has had her fill of Grace’s biased and ignorant prejudice about her people launches into her to put her in her place, once and for all. 

• FINALE ACT 1

Grace, desperate, accosts her treasured statue of the Virgin Mary, offering the purest thing she has, Winston, if that’s what is needed to return Raven. Reading her lips, Winston bolts, crashing out the door after Abbie, changing the course of the O’Mally’s lives forever.

ACT II

• SAFE (Abbie and Winston,) Music by Ed Koban 

Abbie and Winston have fled from the O’Mally house and are seeking shelter on the trails in the mountains as Abbie senses danger and seeks to protect Winston. 

• IYÁKHIŽU Reprise (Abbie) Music & Lyrics by Ed Koban & Jennie Staniloff-Redling

Abbie bids goodbye to Winston, now safely hidden, undertaking the ultimate sacrifice to protect him from evil spirits that lurk among them. 

• WAK’Ú (Ensemble) Music by Ed Koban

Abbie confronts her ultimate challenge, violent and dangerous. 

• GONE ASTRAY (Abbie and Grace) Music & Lyrics by Ed Koban and Jennie Staniloff-Redling)

In a moment of mystery, Grace is led to the ultimate moment of recognition and healing.