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When in Rome...

Book by Martin A. Follose
Music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur


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CAST:  5M, 10F, 1 role that can be any, chorus, optional doubling
SET:  Simple interior and exterior sets
TIME:  About 120 minutes
Script:
$9.25 each (Click for more items) Director’s book:  $27.50 each
Piano score:  $30.00 each
Vocal score:  $12.50 each
Vocal/Performance music tracks:  $85.00
CD sampler M:  $4.00 each
DVD of amateur performance:  $10.00 each
Orchestral Parts [Alto sax, Tenor sax, Baritone sax, Trumpet I, Trumpet II, Trombone I & II, Bass, Percussion]:  $8.00 each
Conductor score:  $50.00 each


ROYALTY:
$105 First Performance
$105 Each Additional Performance

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When in Rome, do as the Romans do...  slip on a toga and charge like a lion into this dazzling musical!  ’Left the checkbook in the chariot, your Caesar Card at home?  Don’t worry, we’ve got lay-away!’ Your audiences will really love the tongue-in-cheek humor Bill Francoeur delightfully weaves into the 10 songs in this side-splitting musical comedy.  Peasant thieves Gladius (you could say he’s a dorkus supremus!), Minimus (his friends call him Mini), and Julia sneak into the royal palace disguised as handmaidens.  Gladius is smitten with the beautiful princess and simply must catch another glimpse of her.  They are promptly caught in a hilarious scene, almost becoming lion food until the princess gets an idea.  She must marry soon, but almost all the senators and other men of the city, except the repulsive Senator Altilis, are away at war.  If she can’t find a suitable match, her father has decreed she must marry the last gladiator standing in the upcoming games!  That’s the last thing this intelligent but headstrong feminist leader wants!  And Senator Altilis is deviously plotting to get her out of the empire’s affairs by moving the date of the gladiator games up, thus burdening the princess with having to plan her dreaded wedding.  This is where Gladius comes in!  The princess schemes to train Gladius to compete in the games so she can avoid marrying Brudis, the brainless brute favored to win.  The only hitch?  Gladius has to win!  That’s easier said than done, as the princess realizes once the training begins!  This masterful, eclectic musical will knock your togas off with songs like the peasants’ comical ’I Could Be Royalty,’ the Broadway style ’Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day,’ the muses’ rousing ’Last Gladiator Standing’ and Gladius’s hysterical ’I’m Gonna Die.’


Additional products available:
Director’s book:  $27.50 each
Piano score:  $30.00 each
Vocal score:  $12.50 each
Vocal/Performance music tracks:  $85.00
CD sampler M:  $4.00 each
DVD of amateur performance:  $10.00 each
Orchestral Parts [Alto sax, Tenor sax, Baritone sax, Trumpet I, Trumpet II, Trombone I & II, Bass, Percussion]:  $8.00 each
Conductor score:  $50.00 each

When in Rome...

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INT'L SCHOOL OF ZURICH NORTH
WALLISELLEN  SWITZERLAND
BIGFORK PLAYHOUSE
BIGFORK, MT
JULIE SCHUERGER
ALBANY, OR
SAULT AREA HIGH SCHOOL
SAULT ST MARIE, MI
ROSETOWN PLAYHOUSE
ROSEVILLE, MN
WICKENBURG HIGH SCHOOL
WICKENBURG, AZ
COTTER HIGH SCHOOL
WINONA, MN
ELKO COUNTY SCHOOL DIST
ELKO, NV
RED DEER CATHOLIC RGN'L DIV.39
RED DEER, AB  CANADA
BEDFORD ROAD COLLEGIATE
SASKATOON, SK  CANADA
MOVIUNE ESCOLAS DE ARTES ESPCT
LISBON  PORTUGAL
CRAWFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DIST
MEADVILLE, PA
SANDY CREEK CENTRAL SCHOOL
SANDY CREEK, NY
KEYSTONE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
LAGRANGE, OH
OTTOVILLE LOCAL SCHOOL DIST
OTTOVILLE, OH
CINDY PELLETIER
ELLICOTT CITY, MD
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On This Night
I Got Obligations
Rome Wasn't Built in a Day
I'm Gonna Die
The Last Gladiator Standing
When in Rome
I Could Be Royalty
Long Live the Games
Nothing Ever Changes in Rome
Hear what directors and critics are saying:

Great book and score, very fun show to produce.


The neat thing about the humor in this is that it applies to a lot of different age groups and it’s timeless humor.  This has a lot of people and it incorporates a larger cast so they can all have some neat parts. Sue A.  Gamet, South Jefferson High School, Adams, NY


 
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