The Magic of Ordinary Things
How do you go on when the people you love die? If you could see them one more time, what would you say? What would you want to hear? Gina Harris got the chance. An audio drama in seven acts, “The Magic of Ordinary Things” is a musical memoir that tells her story. It is a theatre piece, a dream with original music, a tale that spans 43 years, two parents, a singing teacher, and a lonesome cowboy named Deets. It tells of how moments missed and things once taken for granted become the stepping stones to a new life. It’s never too late. Everyone you miss is waiting inside you.
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How do you go on when the people you love die? If you could see them one more time, what would you say? What would you want to hear?
Gina Harris got the chance. An audio drama in seven acts, “The Magic of Ordinary Things” is a musical memoir that tells her story. It is a theatre piece, a dream with original music, a tale that spans 43 years, two parents, a singing teacher, and a lonesome cowboy named Deet...
Act I: “The Dream”
After Gina’s parents are gone, she feels lost. Then, her Mother comes to her in a dream. This begins a musical journey that starts at 1127 45th St., Gina’s beloved childhood home and her very own secret garden where anything can happen.
THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY THINGS is a serialized audio drama with original music and is meant for anyone who has lost someone or whom loss has touched in some way. You ca...
Act II: “Corrine”
How do you fit in when you’re the new kid on the block and your parents are in their own, grownup world? Gina reaches across time to find a friend in a lonely, Victorian woman. Can ghosts be real?
THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY THINGS is a serialized audio drama with original music and is meant for anyone who has lost someone or whom loss has touched in some way. You can find more information, including song sam...
Act III: “The Trial of Gina Harris”
After her parents are gone, Gina returns to her childhood home and has to face her fear of having abandoned them. Where does she belong? Where is her home? And what kind of daughter was she anyway? Questions she uses to torture herself.
THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY THINGS is a serialized audio drama with original music and is meant for anyone who has lost someone or whom loss has touched in som...
Act IV: “The Invisible Moon”
Gina faces the mistakes she has made that can never, ever be undone, especially with her Father. But is there room for forgiveness in her Father’s, big, cowboy heart? Is there room in hers?
THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY THINGS is a serialized audio drama with original music and is meant for anyone who has lost someone or whom loss has touched in some way. You can find more information, including son...
Act V: “Five Hundred and Sixteen”
Ask any daughter about her relationship with her Mother – tense at times, right? But Gina begins to see her Mother in a different light and realize how hard her Mother worked. Also, that she drove her Mother a little crazy…
THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY THINGS is a serialized audio drama with original music and is meant for anyone who has lost someone or whom loss has touched in some way. You c...
Act VI: “Freedom”
Does a person have to be perfect? Memories of her parents come floating back to help Gina turn the corner – let go of regrets – and be ready to meet the teacher she has waited for all her life.
THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY THINGS is a serialized audio drama with original music and is meant for anyone who has lost someone or whom loss has touched in some way. You can find more information, including song sample...
The Epilogue: “Life After”
What now? One night on a long, lonely walk, Gina sees something that shapes her future.
THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY THINGS is a serialized audio drama with original music and is meant for anyone who has lost someone or whom loss has touched in some way. You can find more information, including song samples, videos, photos and transcripts at www.GinaHarris.com/The-Magic-of-Ordinary-Things-Podcast.
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The Magic of Ordinary Things: Full Show
The full production of The Magic of Ordinary Things, presented without episode cuts or breaks.
THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY THINGS is a serialized audio drama with original music and is meant for anyone who has lost someone or whom loss has touched in some way. You can find more information, including song samples, videos, photos and transcripts at www.GinaHarris.com/The-Magic-of-Ordinary-T...
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