“Lethologica”
(leh-thuh-LOH-jik-uh)
The word is on the tip of your tongue...
"Lethologica" is the unforgettable journey of forgetting. The Blue Devils B Corps' 2025 production dives into the frustratingly familiar feeling of almost remembering—a word, a name, a melody—just beyond your grasp.
The show unfolds in five evocative chapters:
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Talk Over Each Other – The corps splits into opposing forces, clashing in a chaotic swirl of musical ideas. Familiar harmonies tease your memory, but the full picture won’t quite form.
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Get to the Point – Virtuosic melodic fragments bounce around the ensemble in frantic urgency. Repetition, rapid-fire rhythms, and Fred Sturm’s Signal Fires bring to life the need to be heard—and understood.
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Sit in Silence – Words fail. Silence speaks. This haunting moment uses stillness and the ethereal strains of Enjoy the Silence and Eric Whitacre’s choral textures to build emotional tension while the electronics whisper hints of something you can’t quite place.
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Can’t Find the Right Words – A playful, meme-inspired movement that stutters and stumbles, capturing the humor and frustration of searching for the perfect phrase. “Have you ever had a dream...?”
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That’s It! – The revelation. The resolution. The song that’s been just out of reach finally bursts through: Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The show closes in triumphant clarity, releasing the tension that’s been building all along.
“Lethologica” is a brilliant blend of cerebral concept and crowd-pleasing design—a thrilling, layered production that captures the universal feeling of almost remembering... until you do.