Five Minutes on the Low Road
A near-death musical
Book, music, lyrics, and original concept by Charles T. Betz.
Additional book, lyrics, and music by Josiah Thomas Turner.
Dramaturgy by Josiah Thomas Turner.
A pharmaceutical executive dies and spends five minutes on the "other side." What she brings back will cost her everything she built — and return something she forgot she lost.
Most of us have heard of near-death experiences: a person flatlines on the operating table — and comes back with a story. Five Minutes on the Low Road follows Tanya McDermott, a driven pharma executive who crashes her car and has a textbook near-death experience: the tunnel, the light, a life review, and a choice. She returns transformed. The people around her are not prepared for who she becomes.
Featured Song
Earth Was the Dream
On the other side, in a garden where the flowers sing. More real than real — and almost impossible to leave. Performed by Lia.