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JACK IS DEAD: A NEW PLAY WITH TWO NEW SONGS. BOOK AND MUSIC BY CONRAD REEDER.

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Don’t get stuck in No Man’s Land. LIVE. LOVE. CRY. LAUGH. REPEAT.

Jack is Dead: A famous singer/songwriter dies, discovers an afterlife governed by love and free will, and risks eternity to save his grieving little sister before it’s too late. Jack Is Dead is a two-act comedy-drama with two-original songs about grief, hope, forgiveness, and the enduring power of love.

Words and music by Conrad Reeder
Act II Opening Words and Music by Conrad Reeder
Jack singing Ballad of The Wheel opening Act II

Jack Is Dead celebrates the idea that while death may end a life, it cannot end love—and reminds us that the greatest gift we leave behind is not our possessions or even our accomplishments, but the love that continues to shape the lives of those still living.

With humor, heart, mystery, and original music, Jack Is Dead invites audiences to laugh, cry, leave the theatre humming “Carried By the Wind,” and rediscover the extraordinary gift of being alive.

MOTHER’S DAY

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Years have past and still you are gone,

Yet in my heart,  you linger on.

My mind plays tricks: your phone is dead,

Mail got lost, your car repossessed.

You took a trip, forgot to call.

You got amnesia from a fall.

That’s not your name engraved on stone.

There must be more to you than bone.

On Mother’s Day I buy your card,

But don’t know where you really are.

I’m in heaven, I think I hear.

I’m all around you, very near.

Look closely in your mirrored eye,

For there you’ll see my soul sublime.

“I miss your hands, your laugh,” I say.

“I’d rather have you here to play.”

And just when all is doom and gloom,

A louder voice speaks in the room.

“Mom, I’m home, Happy Mother’s Day!”

And there you are…in my child’s face.

Mom and Me