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Runaways

"This blast of undiluted teen spirit... is guaranteed to leave you feeling windblown, hyped up and ready to race through the most torpid summer night."

The New York Times

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Drama
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary, 1970s
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings, Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language
  • Orchestra Size: Small/Combo

  • Performance Group:
  • Large Stage, Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Runaways is a collection of songs, dances, and spoken word pieces performed by children who have run away from their homes. Initially created from interviews with homeless children and those in orphanages, Liz Swados weaves songs about personal struggle and the world at large through the eyes of youth in New York City in the 70s. The show blends different musical styles from pop to hip-hop, jazz to reggae, while asking why children can't remain children.
REVIEWS:

"This blast of undiluted teen spirit... is guaranteed to leave you feeling windblown, hyped up and ready to race through the most torpid summer night."

The New York Times

"It's enthralling -- a fast and furious, poignant and disturbing 80 minutes."

amNY

"Elizabeth Swados makes us eavesdrop on the sufferings of children. That sounds ominous but it isn't... The calligraphy of childhood is one of the wonders of nature even when the message it writes is heartbreaking."

The New York Times

"An immensely affecting show."

Newsweek

Premiere Production: Runaways premiered at The Public Theater in New York City in February 1978 under the direction of Elizabeth Swados.

Characters

  • Casting: 11M, 9F
  • Casting Attributes: Multicultural casting, Ensemble cast
  • Casting Notes: Cast includes children of various ages
  • Chorus Size: Medium

  • HUBBELL
    INTERPRETER
    A.J.
    JACKIE
    LIDIA
    MELINDA
    NIKKI KAY KANE
    MANNY
    EDDIE
    SUNDAR
    ROBY
    LAZAR
    ERIC
    IGGY
    DEIDRE
    EZ
    LUIS
    MEX-MONGO
    JANE
    MOCHA

    • Available Material

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    1 x Script / Chorus Book / Score Sampler

    		$24.00

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