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Ride the Cyclone (High School Edition)

A funny, moving look at what makes a life well-lived!

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Dark Comedy
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
  • Orchestra Size: Small/Combo

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary
In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other — the chance to return to life. This popular musical is a funny, moving look at what makes a life well-lived! 
Broadway Licensing’s author-approved High School Editions are carefully curated to be made suitable for teenage actors and family audiences. These versions soften offensive language and sexual content while maintaining the integrity of the show and preserving the authors’ intent. We are proud to work with our authors and create opportunities for student actors to engage with relevant material in an age-appropriate manner.
REVIEWS:

"Ingeniously dark and funny."

 Washington Post

"A wonderful, touching and memorable roller coaster ride of a theatrical experience, for teen and adult audiences alike. With the show’s supernatural atmosphere... this is, quite simply, a beautiful 'Dream of Life' come true."

 Chicago Theatre Review

"Both eerie and funny, as well as subversive, serious, touching, and great."

 Vulture

Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast

  • THE AMAZING KARNAK
    Male - 35-50
    non-singing role; the narrator; a mechanical fortune-telling machine.

  • OCEAN O'CONNELL ROSENBERG
    Female - 18-25
    The leader of the group, relentlessly competitive, sometimes cruel, though she sees herself as a virtuous person; high Broadway mix, with a pop quality; big range.

  • MISHA MACHINSKI
    Male - 18-25
    adopted from Ukraine as a teenager; he has thick Ukrainian dialect and a lot of rage; he is obsessed by Gansgsta Rap (an enormous fan of the auto-tune phenomena); there is a hidden, soulful romantic side; Baritenor with the ability to sing lyrical Ukrainian folk music as well rap.

  • NOEL GRUBER
    Male - 18-25
    the only gay kid in Uranium; never had a relationship; obsessed by French New Wave cinema, he has fantasies of dying a tragic death. Must be able to sing in the style of a French chanteuse.

  • RICKY POTTS
    Male - 18-25
    Begins the play wordless and on crutches; suffers from a degenerative disease that has left him speechless and mostly immobile; he discovers at the beginning of the play that in this strange purgatory, he has regained all of these abilities. Baritone rock voice; basic accordion and/or tumbling a plus.

  • CONSTANCE BLACKWOOD
    Female - 18-25
    Overweight, and outwardly okay with it, but there is a very deep self-loathing. Will do anything for Ocean's friendship and allows herself to be used as a doormat; dubbed "the nicest girl in town," a title she secretly despises. Very likable comic actress; alto belt, with a rock edge.

  • JANE DOE
    Female - 18-25
    She was decapitated in the accident and no one claimed her body; even though she isn't headless in the piece (but often carries around a headless doll). She reacts in a literal way and largely without emotion, almost robot-like; the other contestants are totally freaked out by her. Classically trained soprano with a flexible coloratura upper range, and some grit and meat in the lower register.

    • Available Material

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    Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

    1 x Cast Script/Vocal Book

    		$24.00
    Pre-Production Pack Shipped upon receipt of a signed License Agreement and full payment of all invoices. This is optional.

    1 x Cast Script/Vocal Book
    1 x Director's Script
    1 x Stage Manager's Script
    1 x Piano/Conductor's Score

    		$75.00
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    7 x Cast Script/Vocal Books
    2 x Director's Script
    1 x Stage Manager's Script
    1 x Piano/Conductor's Score

    1 x Piano/Conductor's Score
    1 x Guitar Score
    1 x Cello/Bass Score
    1 x Drums
    1 x Keyboard 2

    		$550.00 +$135.00/pm
    Sound Effects Package Shipped upon receipt of a signed License Agreement and full payment of all invoices. This is optional.

    An easily downloadable SFX package includes all the necessary noises to enhance your production. No additional software is required so you can simply run these from a computer, phone or tablet.

    		$100.00
    Show|Ready Shipped upon receipt of a signed License Agreement and full payment of all invoices. This is optional.

    With Show|Ready, you can virtually send your Musical Director home with each and every member of your cast! Show|Ready allows you to play a customizable rehearsal track of your show, complete with individual vocal parts and all dance breaks on a Mac, PC, and soon of your iOS device. Your musical director simply uploads any edits made at that day's rehearsal and your cast can access and download the newest version with all of the new changes! This enables your entire cast to rehearse correctly from the beginning, saving you valuable time and effort.

    With an intuitive, Show|Ready gives you complete control over which parts you hear, and lets you modify the key or tempo and cut, vamp, or repeat measuresas you please. All shows include the piano, bass, drum, and all vocal parts, as well as a sheet music viewer that automatically displays the piano/conductor score and changes the page as you listen and navigate throughout the show.

    		$300.00
    Stage|Tracks Shipped upon receipt of a signed License Agreement and full payment of all invoices. This is optional.

    Stage|Tracks provides quality performance tracks, edited to integrate your individual changes from Show|Ready. With the best sounding tracks at an affordable price, Stage|Tracks will greatly enhance your production if you do not have live musicians to accompany the show. However, you should be advised that while Stage|Tracks provides quality performance tracks of the full orchestration, it is not recommended to be used alongside live musicians.

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