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Synopsis

Working concerns the hopes, dreams, joys and concerns of the average working American. In the course of one twenty-four hour workday, the audience meets and hears stories of various workers including the schoolteacher, the parking lot attendant, the waitress, the mill worker, the mason, the trucker, the fireman and the housewife.

Show Information

Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
2
Genres
Cast Size
large
Ideal For
Mostly Male Cast, Includes Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult, Late Teen, Elderly Characters, Large Cast

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Plot


Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Al Calinda

Supporting

Male

Tenor

Amanda McKenny

Supporting

Female

Rex Winship

Supporting

Male

Rose Hoffman

Supporting

Female

Mezzo-Soprano

Babe Secoli

Supporting

Female

Roberto

Supporting

Male

Baritone

Conrad Swibel

Supporting

Male

Roberta Victor

Supporting

Female

Candy Cottingham

Supporting

Female

Grace Clements

Supporting

Female

Alto

Anthony Coelho

Supporting

Male

Tenor

Frank Decker

Supporting

Male

Baritone

Dave

Supporting

Male

Baritone

Heather Lamb

Supporting

Female

Sharon Atkins

Supporting

Female

Enid DuBois

Supporting

Female

Delores Dante

Supporting

Female

Joe Zutty

Supporting

Male

Baritone

Tom Patrick

Supporting

Male

Maggie Holmes

Supporting

Female

Ralph Werner

Supporting

Male

Charlie Blossom

Supporting

Male

Mike Dillard

Supporting

Male

Baritone

Kate Rushton

Supporting

Female

Mezzo-Soprano

Sam

Featured

Male

Songs

Act 1

  • All The Livelong Day – Company (Stephen Schwartz)
  • Traffic Jam - People in Traffic (James Taylor)
  • Lovin' Al – Al and His Ladies (Micki Grant)
  • Nobody Tells Me How - Rose Hoffman (Susan Birkinhead & Mary Rodgers)
  • I'm Just Movin' - Babe & Other Checkers (Schwartz)
  • Un mejor Dia Vendra - Roberto Nunez & Migrant Workers (Taylor, Matt Landers, & Graciella Danielle)
  • Neat to be a Newsboy – John Rushton and Newsboys (Schwartz)
  • Just A Housewife - Kate Rushton and Housewives (Craig Carnelia)
  • Millwork- Singer & Millworkers (Taylor)
  • If I Could've Been - Company (Grant)

Act 2

  • The Mason – Anthony Coelho (Carnelia)
  • Brother Trucker - Frank Decker, Dave McCormick & Truckers (Taylor)
  • It's an Art - Delores Dante and Customers (Schwartz)
  • Joe – Joe (Carnelia)
  • Cleanin' Women - Maggie Holmes & Women Company (Grant)
  • Fathers & Sons – Mike Dillard & Male Company (Schwartz)
  • Something to Point To - Company (Carnelia)

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.

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