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Hats! The Musical

Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Anthony Dodge, Rob Bartlett, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Sharon Vaughn, Doug Besterman, Susan Birkenhead, Michele Brourman, Pat Bunch, Gretchen Cryer, Beth Falcone, David Friedman, Kathie Lee Gifford, David Goldsmith, Carol Hall, Stephen Lawrence, Melissa Manchester, Amanda McBroom, Pam Tillis, Henry Krieger

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Full Length Musical, Comedy

7f

ISBN: 9780573696725

Book by Marcia Milgrom Dodge and Anthony Dodge
Additional Material by Rob Bartlett, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and Sharon Vaughn
Songs by Various Composers
"A classy music-and-comedy celebration!... Integrity, craft, and heart!" - Chicago Tribune
A new musical about a 49.999 year-old woman who reluctantly faces the inevitable BIG 5-0...until she meets several remarkable women who show her about fun, friendship and forgetting about things that simply don't matter anymore.
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Description

Full Length Musical

Comedy

90 minutes

Time Period - Present Day

FEATURES / CONTAINS

No intermission

Unit Set/Multiple Settings

Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes, Fantasy Costumes

CAUTIONS

No Special Cautions

THEMES

Aging, Feminism, Friendship, Love, Marriage, Memory, Parenting/Family,

TARGET AUDIENCE

Adult, Senior

PERFORMANCE GROUP

Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Senior Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Large Stage, Church / Religious Groups

Exploding with fun, Hats! is a new musical about a 49.999 year-old woman who reluctantly faces the inevitable BIG 5-0...until she meets several remarkable women who show her about fun, friendship and forgetting about things that simply don't matter anymore.

Hats! features original music by a team of Grammy®, Golden Globe® and Tony® winning songwriters - including Doug Besterman, Susan Birkenhead, Michele Brourman, Pat Bunch, Gretchen Cryer, Anthony Dodge, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Beth Falcone, David Friedman, Kathie Lee Gifford, David Goldsmith, Carol Hall, Henry Krieger, Stephen Lawrence, Melissa Manchester, Amanda McBroom, Pam Tillis, and Sharon Vaughn.

It is a joyous, provocative, and hilarious evening for everyone who is 50, knows anyone who is 50 or plans to be 50. Hats! is inspired by the experiences, philosophies, and mission of the Red Hat Society.

"A classy music-and-comedy celebration! It will make a lot of people feel empowered. It does so with integrity, craft, and heart! " - Chicago Tribune

"That's a real audience emitting real belly laughs and crying real tears, dancing, singing and celebrating. I have never seen an audience so affected in the course of watching theater. They left feeling better about themselves, with renewed confidence that they are part of a larger community, emboldened that it's never too late to start living again."- Denver Post

Hats! The Musical was first presented by Sibling Theatricals Inc. at the New Denver Civic Theatre in Denver, Colorado on October 7, 2006. It was directed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett.
Characters

CASTING

7f

CASTING ATTRIBUTES

All Female, Flexible casting

CHORUS SIZE

No Chorus

LADY - Mid-to-late 70s.
MARYANNE'S MOTHER - Widow & loving grandmother.
BARONESS - Age 52. Divorcee. Corporate success. Affluent. From Texas.
CONTESSA - Late 50s. Hispanic. Packed with attitude with a tendency to exaggerate. Married.
DAME - Mid-50s. An empty-nester. Wife & mother of 3.
DUCHESS - 65. African-American. Big-boned with sass and ego. Great marriage.
PRINCESS - Late 50s-to-early 60s. Breast cancer survivor. Divorcee. Absentminded and forever optimistic.
MARYANNE - 49.999. Teacher. Married. Struggling with her impending 50th birthday.
Rental Materials

SIZE OF ORCHESTRA

Small/Combo

MUSICAL STYLE

Classic Broadway, Pop/Rock, Jazz, Country/Western

VOCAL DEMANDS

Moderate

9 Piano/conductor scores
Keyboard 2
Drums
Bass

Author(s)
Marcia Milgrom Dodge

Marcia Milgrom Dodge

Marcia Milgrom Dodge and Anthony Dodge began writing together in 1998, shortly after journeying to Russia to adopt their sweet daughter Natasha. They first adapted Nicholas Meyer's novel The West End Horror for the stage. Sherlock Holmes & The West End Horror premiered at the Bay Street Theatre in 2002. It received a prestigious Edgar Award nomination from the Mystery Writers of ... view full profile

Anthony Dodge

Anthony Dodge and Marcia Milgrom Dodge began writing together in 1998, shortly after journeying to Russia to adopt their sweet daughter Natasha. They first adapted Nicholas Meyer's novel The West End Horror for the stage. Sherlock Holmes & The West End Horror premiered at the Bay Street Theatre in 2002. It received a prestigious Edgar Award nomination from the Mystery Writers of ... view full profile

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Carol Hall

Carol Hall

Carol Hall wrote both music and lyrics for the TONY-winning The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and contributed to Sesame Street, A...My Name is Alice, and the landmark children’s classic Free to Be You and Me. For that project, she wrote both music and lyrics for “It’s All Right To Cry,” “Parents Are People,” and “Glad To Have A Friend Like You.” She also wrote the Off-Broadway musical To Whom ... view full profile

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