The Piper: A Play in Four Acts

The drama stages a medieval town's encounter with a mysterious piper who first rids it of a rat infestation by music and, when denied agreed payment, leads the town's children away. Through four acts that move from a bustling market to subterranean hills and lonely cross-roads, civic leaders, clergy, parents, and players confront pride, broken promises, communal guilt, and the limits of authority. Folk ritual, spectacle, and uncanny imagery mingle with debates about justice, accountability, and the moral cost of bargaining with forces beyond understanding. The work frames a legend as a public, ritualized examination of loss and responsibility.