The Devil's Carnival

John, a grieving father, slits his wrists after losing his son, Daniel. A thief, Ms. Merrywood, is killed in her trailer after a shootout with police. Tamara, a young woman, is killed by her angry boyfriend. All three are greeted by denizens of Hell as they die ("Heaven's All Around"). John, Ms. Merrywood, and Tamara all awaken, each finding an envelope containing a ticket to enter the Devil's Carnival, where Lucifer and his colorful cast of singing carnies invite them to face their own moral failings in a musical horror setting. In this hellish carnival, they encounter various fables and characters from Aesop's Fables, including The Scorpion and the Frog and Grief and His Due, with Lucifer taunting John, revealing that he is in Hell as he could not let go of his grief.