"We Refuse" is the opening number. We meet Thomas Henderson and his fiance Julia Gordan at an anti-draft peace rally in the fall of 1941, just 2 months before Pearl Harbor. They are both unshakeable pacifists, practicing passive resistance as a form of protest.
Julia Gordon finds herself on the other side of the world, in more ways than one. She has gone from small town life in Ohio to a bamboo hut in the jungle of Bengal India. In the song "I Can Do This" she summons her strength and fights with her doubts.
A song of reconnection as Julia tenderly tries to heal Tom with her unconditional love.
Two very different lives call to Tom. Now he must make a choice.