from the book by Studs Terkel

adapted by Stephen Schwartz, Nina Faso, and Gordon Greenberg

songs by

CRAIG CARNELIA
MICKI GRANT
MARY RODGERS and SUSAN BIRKENHEAD
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
JAMES TAYLOR

Dance Music by MICHELE BROURMAN

Original production directed by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

directed by Shirley Serotsky

April 14 – May 13, 2012

Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Sundays at 3:00 pm

*Special performance Monday, April 16, at 8:00 pm

Run time: 2:00

The hopes, dreams, joys and concerns of the average working American are the focus of this unique, extraordinary musical. That the everyday lives of “common” men and women should be so compelling and moving will surprise and inspire anyone who has ever punched a time clock.

Based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with American workers, 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 that’s simply impossible to forget.

Immensely moving… terrifically original in concept… it’s a glorious show that rethreads the fabric of American life and leaves you cheering.”
– Daily News

… a kind of maturity not often associated with Broadway shows.”
-Boston Globe

THE ENSEMBLE

The Production Staff

Director – Shirley Serotsky
Music Director – Jake Null
Choreographer – Kurt Boehm
Assistant Director – Michael Innocenti
Stage Manager – Rich Ching
Set & Costume Design – Leon Weibers
Lighting Design – Stephanie P. Freed
Properties & Set Dressing – Carol Baker