Music and art thrive against the backdrop of the bubonic plague in The Great Mortality. This musical-in-development will be presented as staged readings at the Spark Musical Theatre Festival. Book by Holly Doubet and James McCarthy. Music and lyrics by Holly Doubet, Kathy Babylon and John Vester. Starring Ben Jones, Elizabeth Raquel Ramirez, Jordan Jones as Farinelli, Brayden Co, Max Jacob Zaner, and Adam Lucas. Directed by Gabriel Barre. Musical director, David J. Madore. Ashley Wren Collins, associate director. Casting by Holly Buczek.