LIBRETTO Rev. 11/22/13! ! ! ! ! ! Book, Music and Lyrics by Michael! O’Dell ! ! ! A One-Act, 90 Minute! Musical ! ! ! ! CONTACT! INFO: 3100 Broadway Street, #112 Boulder, CO 80304 917.554.1400
[email protected] CHARACTERS ! (in order of appearance) Dr. Ralph Geralding (aka PROF): A man of about 50, a former chemistry professor and current meth-addicted, bi-polar, homeless bum. Adopted father of GG. !BARITONE. George Filipe Geralding (aka GG): A nineteen year-old Latino, broodingly smart and creative, sensitive, yet sarcastic, a burgeoning graffiti artist. Gay. Adopted son of Prof !and Grace. TENOR. Isabella Chavez (aka IZZY): A feisty Latina girl of about 17, in her senior year of high school, writes but doesn't really show it to anybody. Wild, yet has an introspective side. !MEZZO Dr. Grace Simon, Phd. (aka GRACE): a woman of about 50, a successful !psychotherapist and professor, Adopted mother of GG. SOPRANO. Marcus Sanchez (aka MARCUS): an ethnic (Black or Latino) man of about 24-28, a !gay bartender and social worker graduate student. BARITONE. ! S E T T! I N G Place: Los! Angeles Time: !Today ! ! ! Waiting... PRODUCTION HISTORY ! Waiting... premiered during its workshop production May 10-12, 2012 in Boulder, Colorado. After extensive revisions, Waiting... played The 2013 Boulder International Fringe Festival for six shows September 18-28, 2013. www.waitingthemusical.blogspot.com! ! ! ! MUSICAL SYNOPSIS! ! !PRE-SHOW CURTAIN SPEECH ............................................................................... PROF Scene 1: On the Buses, Cars, and Highways of Los Angeles ! THE HISTORY OF ME (PROLOGUE) .......... GG, GRACE, IZZY, MARCUS, PROF Scene 2: A Chinese Restaurant ! BEAUTIFUL ............................................................................................. PROF, GG Scene 3: A Skid Row Alley MAGIC KINGDOM ..........................................................................................