CREATION OG PRESENTS
Humanity supplied the material.
We opened a department.
Musical comedy, theatrical mischief and a few perfectly reasonable questions that make the whole room reconsider the paperwork.
Created by Nathan Garrett · Comedy first. Humanity included.
THE OPENING LINEUP
Eleven recordings, including a wild card. Ordinary life has given us plenty to work with.
01 / THE INDEPENDENCE FILE
Independence has been declared.
The name tag would like a word.
America has parted ways with British rule. The inherited place names and taste for official ceremony seem to have missed the announcement. A theatrical celebration follows the gap between a grand declaration and the habits that stay behind.
Fictional satire with a very real question tucked inside the festivities.
02 / PEACE AT THE FOUR-WAY STOP
A beautiful philosophy.
A very inconvenient traffic light.
Good intentions climb into the driver’s seat and immediately encounter other drivers. Patience sounds wonderful until somebody takes a little longer at the intersection. A playful look at the space between the kindness we believe in and the horn we are reaching for.
For anyone whose commitment to peace has briefly encountered a turn signal.
03 / COMPETITIVE CALM
Doing nothing has become
a remarkably demanding assignment.
The Coach has a plan. Cal wants to win at peace. Miles just wants somewhere to sit. A relaxation class fills up with forms, notifications and a leaderboard until the effort to unwind becomes the busiest part of the day.
A sunny musical comedy about taking a break—and trying much too hard to get it right.
04 / THE EMERGENCY PLAN
A power outage.
An emergency plan trapped on a screen.
A Director’s confident presentation meets an inconvenient lack of electricity. A Resident has questions. An Engineer has a lantern. Between smart appliances and a rapidly cooling dinner, somebody may finally have to do something useful.
A musical comedy for everyone who has been asked to report an internet outage online.
05 / PLEASE CONTINUE TO HOLD
Customer service put him on hold.
He took musical direction.
A simple change of address becomes an unexpected conducting engagement. The caller gets to know the repeating tune a little too well—and the pen meant for taking notes starts giving instructions to the orchestra.
Orchestral soul, a patient phone line and increasingly ambitious hold music.
06 / FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
His afternoon has been cancelled.
A man follows the shampoo label with magnificent dedication. The hardware store can wait. So can the towel. A blues-rock comedy about taking instructions far beyond their useful life.
07 / THE FAMILY RESEMBLANCE
He recognizes the words.
He was hoping not to be the one saying them.
An ordinary sentence suddenly sounds suspiciously like childhood. Thermostat rules, familiar warnings and inherited habits tumble out—along with a chance to choose what the next generation hears. Affectionate comedy about the family phrases we carry.
08 / STILL LEARNING
The heart means well.
The feet are catching up.
An opinion arrives before the reading. A dance step goes sideways. An apology needs a little practical adjustment. A funny, hopeful song about owning the missteps, listening more closely and staying on the dance floor.
09 / AFTER THE ENCORE
The show was a triumph.
The engine has other news.
Two musicians finish a glorious night and meet a problem applause cannot solve: the van won’t start. Rock-and-roll confidence, spectacularly unhelpful equipment and a phone call bring the evening back down to earth—with affection for the person who comes to get them.
10 / PLEASE SELECT HUMAN
The form wants a category.
The redhead has follow-up questions.
A beard like a brushfire, an indoor warranty and a complicated relationship with sunshine turn a simple questionnaire into a country-comedy standoff. Behind the sunburn and special characters is a person too wonderfully human for a little box. Pull up a chair. The paperwork can wait outside.
Contains explicit language.
11 / THE WILD CARD
The agenda is complaints.
The heart proposes dancing.
The back remembers. The knees have questions. The stomach would like a word about dinner. Our wild card gives the body a seat at the table, then lets an unexpectedly tender conversation spill onto the kitchen dance floor.
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THE DEPARTMENT’S VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS
We notice the contradictions hiding in ordinary life, give the characters every reason to believe their own logic, and follow the consequences until the whole thing starts singing.
The joke comes first. Music brings timing, character and the occasional perfectly placed interruption.
Created by Nathan Garrett through The Human Comedy Department, in collaboration with AI.
A distinct creative department within Creation OG, shaped by human observation, lived experience, writing, listening and choice. Recordings are released through Arcadia Frequencies.
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