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Overview

Synopsis

Taking place in the small Italian village of San Forino, about eighteen years after the end of World War II, the show concerns Carmelina and her 17-year-old daughter, Gia. Carmelina has told her daughter that her father is an American soldier, who had heroically died in battle. Even though a local café owner, Vittorio, woos Carmelina, she refuses to love again. However, Carmelina harbors a painful secret. She had actually had love affairs with three different American soldiers “ and she does not know which one is the father of Gia. Trouble ensues when the three American Veterans decide to have a reunion back in San Forino.

Show Information

Music
Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
1979
Genres
Cast Size
large
Ideal For
Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult, Mature Adult, Late Teen Characters, Large Cast

Characters

Showing 8 of 17 characters

Character Portrayals

See StageAgent members who have performed roles in Carmelina.

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Songs

Act I

  • It's Time for a Love Song
  • Why Him?
  • I Must Have Her
  • Someone in April
  • Signora Campbell
  • Love Before Breakfast
  • Yankee Doodles Are Coming to Town
  • One More Walk Around the Garden
  • All That He'd Want Me To Be
  • It's Time for a Love Song (Reprise)

Act II

  • Carmelina
  • The Image of Me
  • I'm a Woman
  • The Image of You
  • It's Time for a Love Song (Reprise)

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.