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String

Fall for this original, uplifting, and belty musical about fate, love, and the imperfections that make us human.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Orchestra Size: Small

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Richard Rodgers Award (2015)
After angering Zeus, the Fates, the goddess sisters who spin, measure, and snip the strings of life for every human on Earth, find themselves banished to a modern office building in the mortal world, where they continue their work hidden among the mortals whose destinies they weave into one giant, glorious tapestry. When eldest sister Atropos accidentally loses her pair of scissors in the building, she meets Mickey, the building’s overnight security guard. Soon love gets the better of her, and she finds herself falling for him, stealing his string to keep him immortal and defying all of the rules she has to follow as a goddess. This exception to the rules begins to disrupt the natural order—can the tapestry of the Universe and her sisters stand this flaw?

Fall for this original, uplifting, and belty musical about fate, love, and the imperfections that make us human.
REVIEWS:

"The show tunes are fun, catchy, and tantalizing – very simply unique and engaging...You’ll want to experience String for yourself."

 Seattle Pockets


Characters

  • Casting: 2M, 4F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Flexible casting
  • Casting Notes: Cast size is flexible, but requires a minimum of 10 actors.
  • Chorus Size: Small/Medium

  • ATROPOS - Female - Oldest sister. A caretaker. Cuts the string of your life.
    LACHESIS - Female - Middle sister. Sporty, fun, restless. Measures the string of your life.
    CLOTHO - Female - Littlest sister. Cheerful and surprisingly wise. Spins the string of your life.
    MICKEY - Male - A security guard. A nervous talker, self-deprecating and charming.
    O'BRIEN/CHORUS - Male - A friendly security guard who's a little older than Mickey.
    GENEVA/NIGHT/CHORUS - Female - A really quiet janitor about O'Brien's age. Also plays NIGHT, the Fates' mother, and the VOICEOVER in the prologue.
    CHORUS - All Genders - Represents the voice of the Infinity Building via its various employees. Collectively, they are an agitated and quirky bunch who hate their day jobs. At minimum, 4 actors playing these tracks: MAN IN SUIT, ZEUS, HR GUY, PROOFREADER GAL, TEMP CHICK

    • Available Material

    Name Price
    Digital Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional.

    1 x Cast Script/Vocal Book

    After your purchase, a link will be emailed to you, allowing the download to take place.

    		$10.00
    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 Piano/Conductor's Score
    1 x Stage Manager's Script

    		$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.

    12 x Cast Script/Vocal Books
    2 x Director's Scripts
    2 x Piano/Conductor's Scores
    1 x Stage Manager's Script
    1 x Rehearsal Piano Score

    		$550.00 +$135.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    1 x Piano
    1 x Violin
    1 x Viola
    1 x Cello
    1 x Bass (Acoustic/Electric)
    1 x Percussion (Glock/Bells, Vibraphone, Drum Kit, Egg Shaker, Bongos, Congas, Djembe, Finger Cymbals, Sleigh Bells, Mark Tree)

    NOTE: The Violin, Viola, and Cello books can be performed with the standard acoustic instrument, with or without the suggested effects.

    		$250.00 +$75.00/pm

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