"Working"

October 2 - 18 2009

The Cast

Joanne Breidenstein
Doug Bergstein
Michael Car
Sharon Dube
Emma Kessler
Karl Klein
Corey Kline
Teresa Langston
Ruth Ann Pattee
Kirsten Reilly
Marie Schmukal
Mary Scrips
Cynthia Seckler
Jenifer Tuck

The Crew

Directing Team: Timothy Guiles, Teresa Langston, Ruth Ann Pattee
Stage Manager: Joanne Puente

The hopes, dreams, joys and concerns of the average working American are the focus of this unique musical based on Studs Terkel's best-selling book of interviews with American workers, with music by Stephen Schwartz ("Wicked", "Pippin"), pop/folk icon James Taylor, and Mary Rogers (composer of "Once Upon A Mattress" and daughter of Richard Rogers).

"Working" paints a vivid portrait of the men and women the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the parking lot attendant, the waitress, the millworker, the mason, the trucker, the fireman, the housewife, just to name a few. It's a highly original look at the American landscape, made up of monologues, solo songs, and group musical numbers.