Band Geeks
Musical
Overview
Synopsis
With summer coming to an end, the Cuyahoga High Marching Beavers are preparing to entertain at another highly anticipated football season. But with dwindling band members and huge budget cuts, the Beavers are threatened with extinction. Tuba-playing band captain Elliott and his best friend, perfectionist flutist Laura, are determined to save the Beavers and play at the Festival of Champions. However, when ex-football player Jake is forced to join the band in order to graduate, the already rough-around-the-edges marching band begins to fall out of step. Can Elliott and Laura find a way to unite the band and save senior year? Band Geeks will have audiences reliving their high school days as they follow several misfits trying to make their mark at Cuyahoga High. By the end of the show, audiences will be embracing their inner geek and smiling from ear to ear.
Show Information
- Category
- Musical
- Age Guidance
- Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- First Produced
- 2010
- Genres
- Comedy
- Settings
- Contemporary, Multiple Settings
- Time & Place
- Cuyahoga High School, Ohio, Early 2000’s
- Cast Size
- medium
- Orchestra Size
- Medium
- Dancing
- Some Dance
- Licensor
- Music Theatre International
- Ideal For
- College/University, Community Theatre, High School, Professional Theatre, Regional Theatre, Mostly Male Cast, Includes Early Teen, Late Teen, Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult Characters, Medium Cast
Context
Tommy Newman, Gaby Alter, and Mark Allen began working together as graduate students at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in the Musical Theatre Writing program. Band Geeks was developed in partnership with Goodspeed Musicals in the spring of 2007. The three presented a preliminary draft of Band Geeks in the fall of 2007 and had subsequent readings of the show. In 2009, Gordon Greenberg joined Band Geeks as a co-book writer and director. The first fully staged production was performed at
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Summer has come to an end and the Cuyahoga High Marching Beavers are arriving at band camp to brush up on their skills before the start of a highly anticipated football season. Elliott, the newly appointed captain of the Beavers, is a tuba-playing band geek with something to prove (“Captain of the Beavers”). As he nervously calls roll, it becomes apparent that the Marching Beavers have a lackluster band with only nine members (“Band Geeks”). Among the misfits are Laura, Elliott’s best friend
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| Name | Part Size | Gender | Vocal Part |
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Lead |
Male |
Tenor |
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Lead |
Female |
Soprano |
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Lead |
Male |
Baritone, Tenor |
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Supporting |
Male |
Baritone, Tenor |
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Supporting |
Female |
Soprano |
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Supporting |
Male |
Tenor, Baritone |
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Supporting |
Female |
Soprano |
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Supporting |
Male |
Baritone, Tenor |
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Supporting |
Female |
Mezzo-Soprano |
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Ensemble |
Either Gender |
Mezzo-Soprano, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone |
Songs
ACT ONE
- Captain of the Beavers - Elliott
- Band Geeks - Company
- Keep the Beat - Laura
- Twirler Girl - Jake, Elliott, Company
- Good Enough - Company
- Lost in the Brass - Laura
- If I Had a Stage - Mr. Hornsby
- One Look at You - Jake, Laura
- Friday Night - Laura, Jake, Elliott, Company
- Team Player - Jake, Company
- The Festival of Champions - Company
ACT TWO
- Get It Together - Company
- The Back of the Bus - Laura, Elliott
- Big Shot - Spitz, Natalia
- Lost in the Brass (Reprise) - Laura
- Loser - Jake, Elliott
- Good Enough (Reprise) - Company
- Captain of the Beavers (Reprise) - Elliott, Laura
- Embrace Your Inner Geek - Company
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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Guide Written By:
Emma Houlahan
Canadian vocalist and actor now based in London.