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Is There Life After High School?

Full-Length Musical  /  4w, 5m

Book by Jeffrey Kindley
Music and lyrics by Craig Carnelia
Suggested by the Ralph Keyes novel of the same name

In this crowd-pleasing “memory musical,” various characters remember the joy, the laughter, and the pain of what it was like to go through high school.

Is There Life After High School?

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 5m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
This is a “memory musical.” The cast plays various characters remembering the joy, the laughter, and the pain of what it was like to go through high school.
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Performing Groups
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A composite of everyone's remembered high school.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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“Charming, funny, touching and likable.” – Variety
“It's a gentle, low-key piece that wins its way by being so enjoyable. Somehow it touches a common chord; audiences can relate to it, and to the gallery of characters that inhabit it, as they look back on their high school days from 10 to 20 years on... The score... is actually melodic... The lyrics have the same sharpness and insights as the dialogue, and at least two or three of the songs would seem to have the ability to stand alone.” – Variety

Music

Song Samples

The Kid Inside
Things I Learned In High School
Second Thoughts
Nothing Really Happened
Beer
Diary of a Homecoming Queen
For Them
Thousands of Trumpets
Reunion
High School All Over Again
Fran and Janie
I'm Glad You Didn't Know Me
The Kid Inside (Reprise)
10 Piano 1-Conductor
2 Guitars 1&2 (Acoustic, electric, Tenor Banjo)
1 Piano 2 (Fender Rhodes, Electric Grand Piano, Polyphonic Synthesizer)
2 Percussion (Timpani, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Temple Blocks, Ratchet, Tambourine, Claves, Cabasa, Triangle)
1 Drums
2 Cello 1&2
1 Bass (Fender & Acoustic)

1 Marching Band Pack (Full Marching Band Arrangement for “Thousands of Trumpets” Instrumental Sequence)
Scored for:
Flute 1 & Piccolo
Flute 2
Clarinet 1
Clarinet 2
Clarinet 3
Alto Saxophone 1
Alto Saxophone 2
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 3
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
Euphonium
Baritone Horn
Horn 1
Horn 2
Horn 3
Horn 4
Tuba
Bells
Drums


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10 Piano 1-Conductor
2 Guitars 1&2
1 Piano 2
2 Percussion
1 Drums
2 Cello 1&2
1 Bass
1 Marching Band Pack (Full Marching Band Arrangement for “Thousands of Trumpets” Instrumental Sequence)
10 Piano 1-Conductor
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Authors

Craig Carnelia

Craig Carnelia

Craig Carnelia grew up in Floral Park, New York. He was exposed to Broadway at the age of fourteen when he was inspired by the Richard Rodgers musical No Strings. He played guitar, was in a folksinging group and taught himself to play the piano. While attending Hofstra Univer ...

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Ralph Keyes

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Jeffrey Kindley

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