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Charleston!

Book by Tim Kelly
Music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur


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CAST:  Flexible cast of 30 (about 10M, 20F), optional chorus, doubling
SET:  Simple interior and exterior sets
TIME:  About 60 minutes
Script:
$9.00 each (Click for more items) Director’s book:  $27.50 each
Piano score:  $25.00 each
Vocal score:  $12.50 each
Vocal/Performance music tracks:  $85.00
Lyric Learner™:  $55.00 each
CD sampler G:  $4.00 each
DVD of amateur performance:  $10.00 each
Orchestral Parts [Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba/bass, Banjo, Percussion]:  $8.00 each


ROYALTY:
$95 First Performance
$95 Each Additional Performance

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It’s the vibrant 1920s, complete with Ziegfeld girls, raccoon coats, ukuleles, goldfish swallowers, and gangsters!  Polly Pepper, a young flapper, is about to turn 18 years old and will then inherit an extraordinary diamond necklace.  She is planning a wacky birthday party and is inviting all her friends.  Buck Wayne, Polly’s new boyfriend, wouldn’t miss the birthday celebration for anything, even if he has to land his private plane on the lawn of the polo grounds.  But watch out, trouble’s in the air!  Mobsters are planning to grab the necklace and have devised a clever con to crash Polly’s party.  Thanks to Polly, they’re defeated hilariously!  Not only does Polly save the necklace, she also saves her aunt from losing money in a confidence scheme and becomes the star of the Ziegfeld Follies...  all before she even cuts the cake!  Meet terrific characters like Monica Woodsquirrel of Radio Station WWWW atop Hotel Times Square, crime fighter Lieutenant Fluke, Mona of the Crazy Cat Club and ’flagpole sitter’ Lenny Knickerbocker.  The songs are sensational, including ’It Has to be Jazz,’ ’Flapper,’ ’Dijja Ever?’ and, natch, ’Ev’rybody, Charleston.’ This simple production is filled with lots of small, funny roles.  So take a step back into the Roaring Twenties!

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Additional products available:
Director’s book:  $27.50 each
Piano score:  $25.00 each
Vocal score:  $12.50 each
Vocal/Performance music tracks:  $85.00
Lyric Learner™:  $55.00 each
CD sampler G:  $4.00 each
DVD of amateur performance:  $10.00 each
Orchestral Parts [Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba/bass, Banjo, Percussion]:  $8.00 each

Charleston!

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JAMIE LEWELLEN
FRIONA, TX
BOERNE COMMUNITY THEATRE
BOERNE, TX
SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL
RIVERVIEW, FL
EMILY NICOTRA
NEW LENOX, IL
ANGLOPHONE NORTH SD
MIRAMICHI, NB  CANADA
MARILYN MULLAN
ROCKVILLE, MD
ST PAUL'S LUTHERAN SCHOOL
ORANGE, CA
EDISON SCHOOL
FOOTHILLS, AB  CANADA
BRIGHT LIGHTS THEATRE
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, IL
SHEPHERD MIDDLE SCHOOL
SHEPHERD, MI
CLAY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
CLAY, WV
MARY POWER-COONEY
CO KILDARE  IRELAND
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN SCHOOL
LEWISTON, MN
BOARD OF ED OF SD #83
SALMON ARM, BC  CANADA
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Flapper
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Ev'rybody Charleston
It Has To Be Jazz
Dijja Ever?
 
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  • All prices are the same whether traditional or digital.
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