Abe
- Full Length Musical, Drama, Victorian (British and American)
- 16M, 9F
- ISBN: 9780573696442
"The founding fathers for their own musical with 1776, so why not Abe?"
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Description
- Full Length Musical
- Drama
- 120 minutes
- Time Period: Victorian (British and American)
- Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings, Opportunity for Spectacle
- Cautions: No Special Cautions
- Orchestra Size: Large
- Performance Group:
- Large Stage, Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Outdoor, College Theatre / Student
Abe is a new musical about the early life of Abraham Lincoln. The show explores his youth as a flatboat pilot on the Mississippi, his early love for Ann Rutledge, his troubled marriage to the difficult and mentally fragile Mary Todd, and his attempt to be a good father to his sons. The story follows Abe from his earliest attempts at self-improvement through the 1860 election which made him the 16th president of an already fracturing United States.
The score is fully orchestrated and uses bold, melodic and traditional musical theatre styles that embrace the story's period and Americana roots. It can be produced fully staged or as a concert performance. The musical features a large cast and requires strong singers: baritone, soprano, mezzo-soprano, 3 adult male singing roles, 3 male children singing roles, male/female chorus with many speaking roles.
REVIEWS:
The score is fully orchestrated and uses bold, melodic and traditional musical theatre styles that embrace the story's period and Americana roots. It can be produced fully staged or as a concert performance. The musical features a large cast and requires strong singers: baritone, soprano, mezzo-soprano, 3 adult male singing roles, 3 male children singing roles, male/female chorus with many speaking roles.
REVIEWS:
"The founding fathers got their own musical with 1776, so why not Abe?"
Playbill.com
Premiere Production:
Abe was first presented on February 20, 2009 at The Oakley-Lindsay Civic Center in Quincy, Illinois by The Muddy RiverOpera Company.
Characters
- Casting: 16M, 9F
- Casting Attributes: Flexible casting, Expandable casting, Room for Extras
- Chorus Size: Medium
MENTOR GRAHAM - New Salem schoolteacher
JIM RUTLEDGE - New Salem tavern owner
ANN RUTLEDGE - Jim Rutledge's daughter
DENTON OFFUTT - New Salem storekeeper
JACK ARMSTRONG - one of the Clary's Grove Boys
ANOTHER CLARY'S GROVE BOY
MRS. CAMERON - New Salem townswoman
1st CAMERON DAUGHTER
2nd CAMERON DAUGHTER
MARY TODD - a visitor in Springfield
ELIZABETH EDWARDS - Mary Todd's sister
NINIAN EDWARDS - Elizabeth's husband, a Springfield politician
1st MALE GUEST
2nd MALE GUEST
BILLY HERNDON - a young lawyer
1st LADY GUEST
2nd LADY GUEST
MARY'S DANCING PARTNER
A SPRINGFIELD CITIZEN
HIS WIFE
ROBERT LINCOLN - Abe and Mary's son
WILLIE LINCOLN - Abe and Mary's son
TAD LINCOLN - Abe and Mary's son
MR. BROOKS - a New York reporter
MR. BRIGGS - a New York politician
MATHEW BRADY - a photographer
JASON ROGERS - a young man
1st ILLINOIS DELEGATE
2nd ILLINOIS DELEGATE
TIM CARTER - delegate from Ohio
A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
