Working, The Musical

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. The new, revised version includes updated lyrics, a streamlined book and two new songs by Stephen Schwartz of Wicked fame and James Taylor.

"Immensely moving ... terrifically original in concept ... it's a glorious show that rethreads the fabric of American life and leaves you cheering."

You Can’t Take It With You

Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s whimsical Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway play, You Can't Take It With You, is the second production for this year’s workshop. The play was the basis for the 1938 Academy Award winning movie by Frank Capra. This depiction of a delightfully eccentric family was Kaufman and Hart’s most successful and longest-running work. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1936, the comedy went on to run 837 performances on Broadway.

You Can't Take It With You relates the humorous encounter between a conservative family and the crazy household of Grandpa Martin Vanderhof. Grandpa's family of idiosyncratic individualists amuse with their energetic physical antics and inspire with their wholehearted pursuit of happiness. Kaufman and Hart fill the stage with chaotic activity from beginning to end.