The  Pied  Piper

Book, Music, & Lyrics by Joshua Goldberg

Additional Lyrics by Robert Browning

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60 minutes, optional intermission | flexible cast

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Once upon a time, in Hamelin Town…

A greedy mayor, who taxes his citizens twice a day.

Townspeople, who say “Hey, that's okay!”

A cheesemaker, responsible for the town’s famous cheese.

A family of rats, who are hungry for the cheese.

A little boy, an outcast.

A mysterious old man, hiding a secret past.

And the Pied Piper.

With his magic pipe the Pied Piper leads the rats away and saves the day, but his service comes at a price that the Mayor isn't willing to pay. What to do? Perhaps we haven’t heard the last of the Pied Piper’s tune...