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Music and Lyrics BY Creighton Irons
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musical • 2 acts • 120 minutes • 6f, 5m, flexible ensemble
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Overview
In 1917-18, Emma Kolmeier and her two young siblings flee from Germany to escape the war in Europe, leaving everything they know far behind them. The youths settle with relatives in southern Illinois, where they make new friends—and begin to confront harsh persecution as America enters the war against Germany.
Type of Show:
Full-length Musical
Performing Groups:
Professional Theatre
Community Theatre
College/University
High School/Secondary
Performance Type:
Live
Digital
Dance Requirements:
Primarily staged movement with one choreographed number
Tech Requirements:
Minimal/flexible, with projections utilized throughout (news headlines, dates, and imagery as notated in the libretto)
Casting
Emma Kolemeir
•PrincipalWarm pop soprano
Eighteen
Else Kolemeir
•PrincipalSoprano
Seventeen
Horst Kolemeir
•PrincipalUnchanged male voice
Twelve
Kurt Jensen
•PrincipalBaritone
Seventeen
Kathleen Jensen
•PrincipalMezzo soprano, strong belt
Sixteen
Raymond “Red” Brady
•PrincipalStrong baritone
Seventeen
Agnes Kelley
•SupportingAlto
Seventeen
Mildred “Millie” Johnson
•SupportingMid-range soprano
Sixteen
Donald “Donnie” Farwell
•SupportingBaritone
Sixteen
Gretchen Parker
•SupportingSoprano
Twenty-five
Morris Bellamy
•SupportingBaritenor
Twenty-five
Others
•EnsembleMultiple
Flexible, playing various roles. Age range: teen.
Instrumentation
The ideal instrumentation is piano (MD), guitar (acoustic & electric, not at the same time), electric bass, horn, violin, and cello. Horn and violin are never played at the same time and could be played by a synth.
The show can also be performed with any paired down version of this, from just piano to piano/guitar, piano/bass/drums, piano/horn, etc. Only piano is required.
Orchestra Size:
Small
Orchestration for Instruments:
Piano
Drums
Bass Guitar
Guitar
Horn
Violin
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Young Conservatory, American Conservatory Theater Photo byAlessandra Mello- Photo byCreighton Irons
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