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The year was 2007, and conditions in Bello Gardens, one of the most squalid and dangerous housing projects in America, were at their worst. Decimated by poverty, tortured by crime, and suffocated by neglect, the slum known cynically as the Joke faced a lonely, unnoticed death. When tensions in the community rose to a breaking point, the last remaining inhabitants of Bello Gardens--desperate gang members turned remorseless freedom fighters--vowed not to give up its deserted streets without a battle to the death. Tyrant, Draw Thy Sword is the fictional history of the tactical siege of the Joke, the tale of one December night when this country's troubled divide between cultures erupted in chaotic house-to-house warfare. Cast, in order of appearance: Soren Narnia Jason Hill Brian Lillie Seythe McCoy Teddy Ray Bullard Sasha-Ann Simons Amy Paonessa Tausha Marshall Marcus Anderson Damon Alums Cherisse Rivera Savion Hays Antonio King MUSIC: Lee Rosevere, from “10 Minute Meditations,” licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere