In Process Program Notes
CREATIVE TEAM
Orchestra
Recorded from live outdoor performances in Memorial Stadium, April 9-11, 2021
ACT I
- INN-DEPENDENT
Book, music and lyrics by Blake Cordell
In this present-day homage to the musicals of the 40s, there are bouncy tunes, tap-dancing and the high stakes of losing a family business surrounding a boy meets boy love story. Blake Cordell wanted to portray a world where the queer romantic core was accepted and not the battle to be fought similar to the Mickey and Judy movie musicals of yesteryear.
| Cast | |
|
Arty |
Jackson Welsh |
| Gray | Brett Boline |
| Roger | Matthew Robison |
| Claire | Annelise Mock |
| Selections | |
| Audio Intro by Blake Cordell | |
| The Bell Hop | Arty/Gray/Roger/Jeremy |
| Angel's Wing | Arty/Gray |
| Independently | Claire |
- THE UNCIVIL ONES
Additional book by Charissa Bertels
Three strong, independent females seek to find their place in the male dominated society of the Civil War. High drama and a blue-grass/Appalachian-inspired score combine to explore themes of freedom, equality, and intersectional feminism inspired by the historical figures Dr. Mary Elizabeth Walker, the only female to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor; Mary Jane Richards Bowser, a Union spy during the Civil War and Mary Irene (Levi) Hook, modeled on Albert DJ Cashier, a trans male who fights for the Union.
| Cast | |
| Mary Edwards | Emma Price |
| Mary Jane | Nikèla Reed |
| Mary Irene/Levi | Masie Dulitz |
| Miss Van Lew, Albert | Brooke Doll |
|
Thomas, Judge, Union
Registrant, Miss Schumer
|
Annelise Mock |
| Selections | |
| Audio Intro by Charissa Bertels | |
| I'm Good With Me | Dr. Mary Walker |
| Mary Ran | All Women |
| Every Day | Levi |
| The Uncivil Ones | All Women |
ACT II
3 THE YEAR AFTER
By Tim Aumiller and Scott Schneider
A quintet of New Yorkers confront the realities of seeking love, losing love and enduring relationships in a time of personal and political chaos in 2017, the year after.
| Cast and Selections | |
| Audio Introduction by Tim Aumiller | |
| Protest Woman 1 | Brooke Doll |
| Flee | Michael Pierce |
| See Me | Nikèla Reed |
| Protest Woman 2 | Brooke Doll |
|
CT Wedding Reception
|
Ben Chisam, Brett Boline |
| Protest Woman 3 | Brooke Doll |
| Farewell, September |
Jackson Welsch, Emma Price, Masie Dulitz,
Matthew Robison, Annelise Mock |
4 AN AMERICAN IN BEIRUT
Music and Lyrics by Alex Wakim
Book by Chantal Bilodeau
Concept developed with Jonah Kirkhart
It is the story of a first-generation Lebanese-American who returns to Beirut to uncover the stories of the past and explore what it means to live in two different cultural worlds while also dealing with a budding romance.
| Cast | |
| Anna | Annelise Mock |
| Jack | Matthew Robison |
| Nabila | Masie Dulitz |
| Elie | Michael Pierce |
| Advisor | Nikèla Reed |
| Ensemble |
Jackson Welsh, Ben Chisam, Emma Price,
Brooke Doll, Brett Boline
|
| Selections | |
| Audio Intro by Alex Wakim | |
| Pictures of My Past | Anna |
| An American in Beirut | Jack/Anna |
| Happily | Nabila/Elie |
| 1/32nd Lebanese | Anna |
| Thank You | Jack |
| Why is Arabic So Hard? | Full Company |