--WORKING--"The Mason singing,the Waitress singing, the Farmworker singing,the Car Hiker singing,the Fireman singing...each one singing.The Checker, the Trucker, the Hooker, the Housewife...I hear, America singing."--A musical by Stephen Shwartz and Nina Faso, based on the best selling book by Studs Terkel.A gritty and truthful portrayal of American workers doing everyday jobs.-- Fulton Montgomery Community College Director: Jason Radalin Musical Director: Maria Riccio Bryce Costumes: Mary Condon "Hey somebody dont'cha wanna hear, the story of my life? Everybody done know that song, workin' for a livin' the whole day long.All the live long day!"
 "You know what I want? I want my kid to tell me that he's not gonna be like me.I want him to look at me and say "Dad, you're a real nice guy...but you're a fucking dummy." Hell, yes. If you can't improve yourself, you improve your posterity. That's what can get to you. The non-recognition by some people. To say that a man is just a laborer, or a woman is just a housewife...it bothers you sometimes." "I'd punch out a ticket,slide under the wheel, and right off the bat have it under control.Usin' one hand I'd spin'er around and without looking back put'er straight in the hole.People wonder how I do it..there ain't nothin' to it. Cause I'm Lovin' Al the Wizard. Wheels and me agree. Lovin' Al is a Wizard,king of the parking lot Grand Prix. Gotta skip...I see a tip. Lovin' Al signin' off."-AL CALINDA-Car Hiker "All I am is, just a housewife..nothing special,nothing great.What I do is, out of fashion. What I feel is, out of date. All I am is, someone's mother. All I am is, someone's wife.All of which seems, unimportant. All it is is, just my life.Did you ever think, really stop and think what a job it was? Doing all the things, that a housewife does?"-THE HOUSEWIVES- "I didn't want to become a housewife like my mother and sisters. I think I've always known that I wanted..'more' out of life.I was bright, and I didn't play by "The Rules". I like to think of myself as an upper class working girl. You become your job. What you do, is what you are."-CANDY COTTINGHAM-socialite-,-ROBERTA VICTOR- prostitute- "If you have a nice lookin' babe, that sorta brightens your day. We have a code we put on the sheet. We put a "Q". That stands for cutie. If you see a nice little honey laying out in her backyard with her top strap undone...if you go there and scare her good, so she jumps up. And you can see...everything...this takes time. It adds excitement to the day."-CONRAD SWIBEL- UPS man "I make two round trips from Milwaukee and pass within four blocks of my house and never go home.You sit in your truck and your only companionship is your own thoughts. You get mighty lonely not talking to anybody for forty-eight hours. Halfway back from Milwaukee, you have to call your dispatcher, and I'll tell you, you're even glad to talk to him."-FRANK DECKER-trucker "I have to be a waitress. I mean, how else does the world come to me? Everybody's got to eat....everybody has hunger.And I serve them. I give service. I can't be servile. There is a difference. I got intoxicated with giving service! It becomes theatrical.And I feel like...Mata Hari...and that intoxicates me. I'm on stage!" "You know, the world's so screwed up, the country's screwed up. But firemen, you actually see them produce.You see them put out a fire.You see them come out with babies in their hands.You see them give mouth to mouth when a guy's dying. You can't get around that shit. That's real.It shows something I did on this earth. I always wanted to be a fireman"
" Everyone should have something to point to. Something to be proud of. Look what I did.See what I've done. I did the job, I was the one. Everyone should have something to. Some way to be tall in the crowd...proud!" -CAST-CHRIS PITCHER (ironworker,soloist),JIM ROTH(car hiker soloist,fireman),LISA BERRY( project manager,telephone operator),AUBREY SEPPA(woman in cubicle),RYAN DUTCHER(corporate executive),KATERI SPLITTGERBER(teacher soloist,telemarketer),AMANDA GATTO(supermaket checker),CARLOS ALEMAN(boxboy),ROBERT MENDOZA(Un Mejor Dia Vendra Soloist),ALISSA DETWEILER(Millwork soloist,housewife),MARK PEEK(UPS man, man in cubicle),KATHERINE KELLEHER(prostitute,receptionist),TONI LANDRIO(waitress soloist,socialite),BOB MURRAY(stone mason),BILL VISCUSI(Mason soloist),JAMIE BRADT(trucker soloist, supermarket manager),DOMINIC WASSEL( Maitre'D),KENT WALDRON(retired man),BRANDON CANIZZARO( Joe soloist),AMANDA JENSEN(cleaning woman),BOB DUGAN(real estate agent), JENNY BERRY(copy assistant, woman in cubicle)
-MUSICAL NUMBERS-"ALL THE LIVELONG DAY" (company),"LOVIN' AL"(Jim Roth),"NOBODY TELLS ME HOW"(Kateri Splittgerber),"UN MEJOR DIA VENDRA"(Robert Mendoza),"JUST A HOUSEWIFE"(Alissa Dettweiler,Amanda Jensen,Kateri Splittgerber,Toni Landrio),"MILLWORK"(Alissa Dettweiler),"IF I COULD'VE BEEN"(Chris Pitcher,Amanda Jensen and Company),"THE MASON"(Bill Viscusi),"BROTHER TRUCKER"(Jamie Bradt),"ITS AN ART"(Toni Landrio),"JOE"(Kent Waldron,Brandon Canizzaro)"CLEANIN' WOMEN"(Amanda Jensen,Alissa Detweiler,Kateri Splittgerber,Toni Landrio),"FATHERS AND SONS"(Chris Pitcher),"SOMETHING TO POINT TO"(company)
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