A Musical From the book
by Studs Terkel
Adapted by Stephen Schwartz
& Nina Faso
Songs by Craig Carnelia,
Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers and Susan Birkenhead, Stephen Schwartz, James
Taylor
Dance Music by Michele Brourman
Patricia
Cullen, Jodi Carlisle, and Debra
Jean Rogers
Director/Choreographer
Producer
Musical Director/Conductor
Scenic Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Costume Designer
Technical Director
Assistant Director
Synthesizer
Guitar
Percussion
Photography
Graphic Art
Stage Manager
Technical Coordinator
Technical Director
Assistant Technical Director
Set Construction
Lead Scenic
Scenic Artists
Light Rigging
Lights Programmer
Light Operators
Sound Operators
Follow Spot Operators
House Managers
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Todd
Nielsen
Barbara
Beckley
Frank
Basile
Richard
D. Bluhm
Gary
Christensen
Gary
Christensen
Ted C. Giamonna
Hap Lawrence
Bobbi
Cutler
Steven Landau
San Filippo
Paula Rich
Bob Lapin
Richard Bluhm
Laura
Widener
Michael
Wadler
Hap Lawrence
Chad Leeper
Douglas Bashaw
Kurt
Boesen
Todd Eckert
Marty Leeper
William B Majors Jr
Laura
Widener
David Yeomans
Lisa Galipeau
Jeff Statz
Gary Tryan
Douglas Bashaw
Kurt
Boesen
Looi Goring
William B Majors Jr
Elizabeth Teichert
Lights Programmer
Tim
O'Hare
Don
Woodruff
Jan O'Connor
Kurt
Boesen
Lavinia Arriaza
Robyn
Raab
Paul
Coates
Shari Galan |
CAST (in order of speaking
appearance):
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Mike
LeFevre, steelworker
Al Calinda, parking lot
attendant
Nora Watson, editor
Diane Wilson, secretary
Herb Rosen, corporate executive
John Rolfing, newsboy
Rose Hoffman, teacher
Babe Secoli, checker
Brett McCormick, boxboy
Emilio Hernandez, migrant
worker
D.C. Anderson
Kate Rushton, housewife
Roberta Victor, hooker
Grace Clements, millworker
Anthony Palazzo, stone mason
Delores Dante, waitress
Frank Decker, interstate
trucker
Heather Lamb, telephone
operator
Fran Swenson, hotel switchboard
operator
Sharon Atkins, receptionist
Joe Zutty, retired
Tom Patrick, fireman
Maggie Holmes, cleaning
woman
Ralph Werner, salesman
Charlie Blossom, copy boy
Mike LeFevre, steelworker |
Robert
Stoeckle
William
Hubbard Knight
Jodi
Carlisle
Terrah
Whitney
Rydbeck
Thomas
Hobson
Patricia
Cullen
Linden
Waddell
Jeffrey
Steefel
Nick
DeGruccio
D.C.
Anderson
Jodi
Carlisle
Jenifer
Chatfield
Patricia
Cullen
Whitney
Rydbeck
Linden
Waddell
Jeffrey
Steefel
Jodi
Carlisle
Patricia
Cullen
Debra
Jean Rogers
Whitney
Rydbeck
William
Hubbard Knight
Terrah
Chris Van Vleet
Nick
DeGruccio
Robert
Stoeckle |
Musical Numbers
Act I
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All
the Livelong Day
Lovin' Al William
Neat to be a Newsboy
Nobody Tells Me How
Treasure Island Trio
Un Mejor Dia Vendra
Just A Housewife
Millwork
Dance Solo
The Mason
If I Could've Been
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Ensemble
Jenifer
Chatfield
Linden
Waddell
Terrah
Thomas
Hobson
D.C.
Anderson
Chris Van Vleet
Nick
DeGruccio
Jeffrey
Steefel
Patricia
Cullen
Terrah
Debra
Jean Rogers
Linden
Waddel
Chris VanVleet
Nick
DeGruccio
Ensemble
Jodi
Carlisle
Patricia
Cullen
Linden
Waddel
Terrah
Debra
Jean Rogers
Jenifer
Chatfield
D.C.
Anderson
Chris Van Vleet
Debra
Jean Rogers
Nick
DeGruccio
Terrah
Ensemble
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Act II
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It's
An Art
Brother Trucker
Joe
Cleanin' Women
Fathers and Sons
Something to Point To |
Linden
Waddel
Ensemble
Jeffrey
Steefel
Ensemble
Whitney
Rydbeck
Terrah
Jenifer
Chatfield
Linden
Waddell
Debra
Jean Rogers
D.C.
Anderson
Robert
Stoeckle
Nick
DeGruccio
Chris Van Vleet
Whitney
Rydbeck
Ensemble |
The characters in Working
are non-fictional characters. Their names have been changed, but
their words have not. Even in the case of song lyrics, the writers
have tried to remain as faithful as possible to the character's original
words.
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All the Livelong Day (I Hear
America Singing): Words by Walt Whitman; Music and additional lyrics
by Stephen Schwartz
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Neat to be a Newsboy, It's
An Art, Fathers and Sons: Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
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Lovin' Al, If I Could've
Been, Cleanin' Women: Music and lyrics by Micki Grant
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Just A Housewife, The Mason,
Joe, Something to Point To: Music and lyrics by Craig Carnelia
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Millwork, Brother Trucker:
Music and lyrics by James Taylor
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Nobody Tells Me How:
Music by Mary Rodgers; lyrics by Susan Birkenhead
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Treasure Island Trio:
Dance music by Michele Brouman
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Un Mejor Dia Vendra:
Music by James Taylor; Spanish lyrics by Gracelia Daniele and Matt
Landers
Author's Note
Several years ago,
when my adventure began, gathering material for the book, I had no preconceived
notion of how people felt about their jobs. I was vaguely aware of
an undercurrent of restlessness and discontent, of grievances, spoken and
unspoken. What I was searching for was something more specific: the
thoughts and feelings of these people in their own words. What I
discovered, aside from attitudes, was a buried language. The lingo
of "ordinary" people is quite extraordinary, once the conditioned cliches
are cut away. There is a rough beauty to the talk, at times touching
the poetic.
What's the theme of Working,
the book and the musical? It's about a search for daily meaning as
well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment
rather than torpor; in short, for a sort of life rather than a Monday through
Friday sort of dying. Perhaps immortality too, is part of the quest.
To be remembered was the wish, spoken and unspoken, of these heroes and
heroines. In a sense, they were speaking for all of us.
During my three years of
working on the book, I was something of a prospector; I may have, on more
occasions than I had imagined, struck gold. I was constantly astonished
by the extraordinary dreams of ordinary people. No matter how bewildering
the times, no matter how dissembling the official language, those we call
ordinary are aware of a sense of personal worth, no matter how demeaning
their jobs may seem. Their spirit transcends.
Studs Terkel
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