JG
Book, Music, & Lyrics by Joshua Goldberg
Additional Lyrics by Robert Browning
60 minutes, optional intermission | flexible cast
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...
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premiered in February 2017 at the Portsmouth Academy of Performing Arts in Portsmouth, NH. Directed by Joshua Goldberg.
CHARACTERS
PIED PIPER
MACEY
JOHNNY BRACH
MAYOR
CHEESEMAKER
MYSTERIOUS OLD MAN
LISELOTTE, HILDEGARDE & FRANK
TAX COLLECTOR
TOWN CRIER
CHILDREN – Josie Jensen, Daniel Decker, Wendy Wagner, Henry Hansen
PARENTS – Mrs. Brach, Mr. Brach, Mrs. Jensen, Mr. Decker, Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Hansen
RATS – Reeta, Rachelle, Rhonda, Roxie, Reginald, Rosalind
SONGS
1. Hamelin Town – Townspeople, Mayor, Rat Solo
2. Little Angel – Parents, Children, Johnny
3. Playing Around – Children, Johnny
4. Rats! – Townspeople, Rats, Johnny, Mayor, Town Counselors
5. The Pied Piper's Tune – Pied Piper, Townspeople
6. The Pied Piper's Tune (Rats) – Pied Piper, Townspeople
7. Leftover (Macey) – Macey
8. It's The Cheese – Cheesemaker, Townspeople, Pied Piper
9. The Pied Piper's Tune (Revenge) – Pied Piper
10. The Pied Piper's Tune (Children) – Pied Piper
11. Leftover (Johnny) – Johnny
12. Little Angel/Hamelin Town (Reprise) – Parents
13. Money – Mayor, Town Counselors
14. Leftovers – Macey, Johnny
15. What Did The Rat Say? – Mysterious Old Man, Pied Piper
16. Caught In A Life – All
17. Finale – Townspeople, Rats, Pied Piper, Mysterious Old Man