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SONGS
chronological                   
scenes, singers

song titles link to "music and lyrics" where music
can be heard by clicking song title

scene #s link to song's location in script

bold-faced scene #s indicate main versions of
multi-version songs in script

ACT 1 - scene 1

Heaven by the sea  |  1-1
....martha and bob

What do you want?  |  1-1
    martha, em and bob

What do you want?(2)  |  1-1
    em and bob

Freaks  |  1-1
    em, bob, george and mark
    1-4
    martha, bob, george and mark

Freaks(2)  |  1-1
....martha, em, bob, george and mark

ACT 1 - scene 2

Oh George, you must go to Valley Forge  |  1-2
   .em and george

Benjamin/Benedict  |  1-2
    mark

The Fighting Minutemen  |  1-2
    minutemen

Red, white and blue  |  1-2
    martha

ACT 1 - scene 3

Girls who wear glasses  |  1-3  |  2-2
....martha and bob

The workaday blues  |  1-3  
    george
    2-8
    martha, bob, george and mark

Greensleeves  |  1-3  |  1-3 
....bob
    1-4
....em

I want to be a pop star  |  1-3
....bob

ACT 1 - scene 4

It's so hot  |  1-4  
....martha, bob, george and mark
    1-4
....martha and bob

Hey, nonny nonny  |  1-4
....the trashettes

So long, sucker  |  1-4
....em and bob

ACT 2 - scene 1

King-a-tha  |  2-1
....george and mark

The funky monkey  |  2-1
....george, mark and backup singers

ACT 2 - scene 2

I don't feel so hot  |  2-2
....vomit

Miss Potty Mouth  |  2-2
....martha and bob

ACT 2 - scene 3

(no songs)

ACT 2 - scene 4

Two-holed guitar/ two holes are
    better than one/ just us girls  |  2-4
    martha and bob

I must be strange  |  2-4
....bob

I yearn for Martha  |  2-4   
....george and the I yearn for martha dancers
    2-6  |  2-8  |  2-9
....george

ACT 2 - scene 5

Teach me  |  2-5
    martha and bob

Girls who wear glasses(2)  |  2-5
... bob

ACT 2 - scene 6

Plaster can get broke  |  2-6
....em and mark

Bob  |  2-6
....mark

Em  |  2-6
    mark

Love, glove, above  |  2-6
....mark

I got no love songs  |  2-6
....em and mark

ACT 2 - scene 7

Santa Lucia  |  2-7
....martha, bob, tim and silas

ACT 2 - scene 8

I yearn for Martha/ where's Vomit?  |  2-8
    george and mark

I yearn for Martha(2)  |  2-8  
....george

ACT 2 - scene 9

Ah, love  |  2-9  |  2-9
....george

Toujour l'amour  |  2-9
    martha

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SONGS
alphabetical                   
scenes, singers

song titles link to "music and lyrics" where music
can be heard by clicking song title

scene #s link to song's location in script

bold-faced scene #s indicate main versions of
multi-version songs in script

Ah, love  |  2-9  |  2-9
....george

Benjamin/Benedict  |  1-2
    mark

Bob  |  2-6
....mark

Em  |  2-6
    mark

The Fighting Minutemen  |  1-2
    minutemen

Freaks  |  1-1
    em, bob, george and mark
    1-4
    martha, bob, george and mark

Freaks(2)  |  1-1
....martha, em, bob, george and mark

The funky monkey  |  2-1
....george, mark and backup singers

Girls who wear glasses  |  1-3  |  2-2
....martha and bob

Girls who wear glasses(2)  |  2-5
... bob

Greensleeves  |  1-3  |  1-3 
....bob
    1-4
....em

Heaven by the sea  |  1-1
....martha and bob

Hey, nonny nonny  |  1-4
....the trashettes

I don't feel so hot  |  2-2
....vomit

I got no love songs  |  2-6
....em and mark

I must be strange  |  2-4
....bob

I want to be a pop star  |  1-3
....bob

I yearn for Martha  |  2-4   
....george and the I yearn for martha dancers
    2-6  |  2-8  |  2-9
....george
 
I yearn for Martha(2)  |  2-8
....george

I yearn for Martha/ where's Vomit?  |  2-8
    george and mark

It's so hot  |  1-4  
....martha, bob, george and mark
    1-4
....martha and bob 

King-a-tha  |  2-1
....george and mark

Love, glove, above  |  2-6
....mark

Miss Potty Mouth  |  2-2
....martha and bob

Oh George, you must go to Valley Forge  |  1-2
   .em and george

Plaster can get broke  |  2-6
....em and mark

Red, white and blue  |  1-2
    martha

Santa Lucia  |  2-7
....martha, bob, tim and silas

So long, sucker  |  1-4
....em and bob

Teach me  |  2-5
    martha and bob

Toujour l'amour  |  2-9
    martha

Two-holed guitar/ two holes are
    better than one/ just us girls  |  2-4
    martha and bob

What do you want?  |  1-1
    martha, em and bob

What do you want?(2)  |  1-1
    em and bob

The workaday blues  |  1-3  
    george
    2-8
    martha, bob, george and mark

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CHARACTERS
chronological
scenes, songs

scene #s below characters' names link to entrances in scenes

song titles link to "music and lyrics" where music
can be heard by clicking song title

scene #s after song titles link to song's location in script

bold-faced scene #s indicate main versions of
multi-version songs in script

Bob, young female comedian
1-1a  |  1-1b  |  1-2  |  1-3  |  1-4a  |  1-4b
2-2  |  2-4  |  2-5  |  2-7  |  2-8  |  2-9

Heaven by the sea  |  1-1
What do you want?  |  1-1
What do you want?(2)  |  1-1
Freaks  |  1-1  |  1-4
Freaks(2)  |  1-1
Girls who wear glasses  |  1-3  |  2-2
Greensleeves  |  1-3  |  1-3
I want to be a pop star  |  1-3 
It's so hot  |  1-4  |  1-4
So long, sucker  |  1-4  
Girls who wear glasses(2)  |  2-5
Miss Potty Mouth  |  2-2
Two-holed guitar/ two holes are
    better than one/ just us girls  |  2-4
I must be strange  |  2-4
Teach me  |  2-5
Santa Lucia  |  2-7
The workaday blues  |  2-8   

Martha, young arrival
1-1a  |  1-1b  |  1-2  |  1-3  |  1-4a  |  1-4b
2-2  |  2-4  |  2-5  |  2-7  |  2-8  |  2-9

Heaven by the sea  |  1-1
What do you want?  |  1-1
Freaks(2)  |  1-1
Red, white and blue  |  1-2 
Girls who wear glasses  |  1-3  |  2-2
Freaks  |  1-4
It's so hot  |  1-4  |  1-4 
Miss Potty Mouth  |  2-2
Two-holed guitar/ two holes are
    better than one/ just us girls  |  2-4
Teach me  |  2-5
Santa Lucia  |  2-7
The workaday blues  |  2-8   
Toujour l'amour  |  2-9
 
Off-stage singers
1-1
Heaven by the sea  |  1-1  

Em, young actress
1-1a  |  1-1b  |  1-2  |  1-3a  |  1-3b  |  1-4  
2-6  |  2-7

What do you want?  |  1-1
What do you want?(2)  |  1-1
Freaks  |  1-1
Freaks(2)  |  1-1
Oh George, you must go to Valley Forge  |  1-2
Greensleeves  |  1-4
So long, sucker  |  1-4
Plaster can get broke  |  2-6  
I got no love songs  |  2-6
 
George, young musician
1-1  |  1-2  |  1-3  |  1-4
2-1  |  2-3  |  2-4  |  2-6  |  2-8  |  2-9

Freaks  |  1-1  |  1-4
Freaks(2)  |  1-1
Oh George, you must go to Valley Forge  |  1-2
The workaday blues  |  1-3  |  2-8  
It's so hot  |  1-4
King-a-tha  |  2-1 
The funky monkey  |  2-1
I yearn for Martha  |  2-4  |  2-6  |  2-8  |  2-9
Plaster can get broke  |  2-6
I yearn for Martha(2)  |  2-8
I yearn for Martha/ where's Vomit?  |  2-8
Ah, love  |  2-9  |  2-9
 
Mark, young musician
1-1  |  1-2  |  1-3  |  1-4
2-1  |  2-3  |  2-4  |  2-6  |  2-8  |  2-9

Freaks  |  1-1  |  1-4
Freaks(2)  |  1-1
Benjamin/Benedict  |  1-2 
It's so hot  |  1-4
King-a-tha  |  2-1 
The funky monkey  |  2-1
Bob  |  2-6
Em  |  2-6
Love, glove, above  |  2-6
I got no love songs  |  2-6  
I yearn for Martha/ where's Vomit?  |  2-8
The workaday blues  |  2-8  

Ms Henkle, middle-age college adviser
1-2  |  1-3  |  2-5  |  2-7

Friend #1 and #2
1-2
Benjamin/Benedict  |  1-2

Minutemen, three actors
1-2
The Fighting Minutemen  |  1-2

Wounded Soldier, actor
1-2

Theodore, middle-age representative
1-4  |  2-1  |  2-3

The Trashettes, three young female singers
1-4  |  2-1
Hey, nonny nonny  |  1-4

King of the Fads, middle-age impresario
2-1  |  2-3

Backup Rappers
2-1
The funky monkey  |  2-1

Musicians
2-1

Video Technician
2-1

Funky Monkey dancer (optional)
2-1

Producer, young woman
2-2  |  2-8

Vomit, three young male musicians
2-2  |  2-8
I don't feel so hot  |  2-2

Guard #1, female
2-2

I Yearn For Martha dancers
2-4
I yearn for Martha  |  2-4

Receptionist
2-5

Tim, young actor
2-7
Santa Lucia  |  2-7

Silas, young actor
2-7
Santa Lucia  |  2-7

Dressers
2-7

Theater Manager
2-7

Stagehands
2-7  |  2-8

Guard #2, male
2-8

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CHARACTERS
alphabetical
scenes and songs

scene #s below characters' names link to characters' entrances in scenes

song titles link to "music and lyrics" where music
can be heard by clicking song title

scene #s after song titles link to song's location in script

bold-faced scene #s indicate main versions of
multi-version songs in script

Backup Rappers
2-1
The funky monkey  |  2-1  

Bob, young female comedian
1-1a  |  1-1b  |  1-2  |  1-3  |  1-4a  |  1-4b
2-2  |  2-4  |  2-5  |  2-7  |  2-8  |  2-9

Heaven by the sea  |  1-1
What do you want?  |  1-1
What do you want?(2)  |  1-1
Freaks  |  1-1  |  1-4
Freaks(2)  |  1-1
Girls who wear glasses  |  1-3  |  2-2
Greensleeves  |  1-3  |  1-3
I want to be a pop star  |  1-3 
It's so hot  |  1-4  |  1-4
So long, sucker  |  1-4  
Girls who wear glasses(2)  |  2-5
Miss Potty Mouth  |  2-2
Two-holed guitar/ two holes are
    better than one/ just us girls  |  2-4
I must be strange  |  2-4
Teach me  |  2-5
Santa Lucia  |  2-7
The workaday blues  |  2-8 

Dressers
2-7

Em, young actress
1-1a  |  1-1b  |  1-2  |  1-3a  |  1-3b  |  1-4  
2-6  |  2-7

What do you want?  |  1-1
What do you want?(2)  |  1-1
Freaks  |  1-1
Freaks(2)  |  1-1
Oh George, you must go to Valley Forge  |  1-2
Greensleeves  |  1-4
So long, sucker  |  1-4
Plaster can get broke  |  2-6  
I got no love songs  |  2-6

Friend #1 and #2
1-2
Benjamin/Benedict  |  1-2

Funky Monkey dancer (optional)
2-1

George, young musician
1-1  |  1-2  |  1-3  |  1-4
2-1  |  2-3  |  2-4  |  2-6  |  2-8  |  2-9

Freaks  |  1-1  |  1-4
Freaks(2)  |  1-1
Oh George, you must go to Valley Forge  |  1-2
The workaday blues  |  1-3  |  2-8  
It's so hot  |  1-4
King-a-tha  |  2-1 
The funky monkey  |  2-1
I yearn for Martha  |  2-4  |  2-6  |  2-8  |  2-9
Plaster can get broke  |  2-6
I yearn for Martha(2)  |  2-8
I yearn for Martha/ where's Vomit?  |  2-8

Guard #1, female
2-2

Guard #2, male
2-8

Ms Henkle, middle-age college adviser
1-2  |  1-3  |  2-5  |  2-7 

I Yearn For Martha dancers
2-4
I yearn for Martha  |  2-4
 
King of the Fads, middle-age impresario
2-1  |  2-3

Mark, young musician
1-1  |  1-2  |  1-3  |  1-4
2-1  |  2-3  |  2-4  |  2-6  |  2-8  |  2-9

Freaks  |  1-1  |  1-4
Freaks(2)  |  1-1
Benjamin/Benedict  |  1-2 
It's so hot  |  1-4
King-a-tha  |  2-1 
The funky monkey  |  2-1
Bob  |  2-6
Em  |  2-6
Love, glove, above  |  2-6
I got no love songs  |  2-6  
I yearn for Martha/ where's Vomit?  |  2-8
The workaday blues  |  2-8

Martha, young arrival
1-1a  |  1-1b  |  1-2  |  1-3  |  1-4a  |  1-4b
2-2  |  2-4  |  2-5  |  2-7  |  2-8  |  2-9

Heaven by the sea  |  1-1
What do you want?  |  1-1
Freaks(2)  |  1-1
Red, white and blue  |  1-2 
Girls who wear glasses  |  1-3  |  2-2
Freaks  |  1-4
It's so hot  |  1-4  |  1-4 
Miss Potty Mouth  |  2-2
Two-holed guitar/ two holes are
    better than one/ just us girls  |  2-4
Teach me  |  2-5
Santa Lucia  |  2-7
The workaday blues  |  2-8   
Toujour l'amour  |  2-9

Minutemen, three actors
1-2
The Fighting Minutemen  |  1-2

Musicians
2-1

Off-stage singers
1-1
Heaven by the sea  |  1-1

Producer, young woman
2-2  |  2-8

Receptionist
2-5

Silas, young actor
2-7
Santa Lucia  |  2-7

Stagehands
2-7  |  2-8

Theater Manager
2-7

Theodore, middle-age representative
1-4  |  2-1  |  2-3

Tim, young actor
2-7
Santa Lucia  |  2-7 

The Trashettes, three young female singers
1-4  |  2-1
Hey, nonny nonny  |  1-4

Video Technician
2-1

Vomit, three young male musicians
2-2  |  2-8
I don't feel so hot  |  2-2

Wounded Soldier, actor
1-2

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SCENES
                              
ACT 1 - scene 1 - bleeker house
Martha arrives in LA and meets Bob
Martha meets Em
Martha meets George and Mark
Martha and Em become Freaks

ACT 1 - scene 2 - bleeker house
Martha meets Ms Henkle
Selections from musical performed for Martha
Ms. Henkle knows theater owners

ACT 1 - scene 3 - bleeker house
Bob mad at Martha for taking part
Em mad at Ms Henkle for taking over
Mark thinks George's song is stupid
Bob takes Em's place in the Freaks

ACT 1 - scene 4 - park
The Freaks sing in the park
The King wants George and Mark
Martha and Bob left behind
Em tells Martha and Bob to start own group

ACT 2 - scene 1 - king of the fads
George and Mark meet the King
George and Mark sing for the King

ACT 2 - scene 2 - beach baby a-go-go
Martha and Bob audition
Vomit auditions
Bob won't get off the stage
 
ACT 2 - scene 3 - hotel room
George and Mark wallow in their success
George and Mark dumped by the King

ACT 2 - scene 4 - park
Martha and Bob after the audition
George and Mark after the dumping
George declares his love for Martha

ACT 2 - scene 5 - ms henkle's office
Martha and Bob at college
Ms Henkle not very helpful to Martha

ACT 2 - scene 6 - bleeker house
George looks for Martha
Mark denies liking anyone
Em tells where Martha and Vomit are

ACT 2 - scene 7 - patchwood theater
Ms Henkle begins rehearsals
Em and Ms Henkle argue about play
Martha and Bob abandoned again

ACT 2 - scene 8 - beach baby a-go-go
George and Mark assert themselves
George and Mark battle guard and Vomit
The Freaks audition

ACT 2 - scene 9 - bleeker house
George declares his love to Martha
Bob wants the Freaks to reunite

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SCENES
songs, singers

songs indented and preceded by dash
       
song titles link to song's location in script   

"music" links to  "music and lyrics" where music
can be heard by clicking song title


ACT 1 - scene 1 - bleeker house

Martha arrives in LA and meets Bob
    -Heaven by the sea  |  music
          martha and bob

Martha meets Em
    -What do you want?  |  music
          martha, em and bob
    -What do you want?(2)  |  music
          em and bob

Martha meets George and Mark
    -Freaks  |  music
          em, bob, george and mark

Martha and Em become Freaks
    -Freaks(2)  |  music
          martha, em, bob, george and mark


ACT 1 - scene 2 - bleeker house

Martha meets Ms Henkle

Selections from musical performed for Martha
    -Oh George, you must go to Valley Forge
          music
          em and george
    -Benjamin/Benedict  |  music
........ mark
    -The Fighting Minutemen  |  music
         minutemen
     -Red, white and blue  |  music
.........martha

Ms. Henkle knows theater owners


ACT 1 - scene 3 - bleeker house

Bob mad at Martha for taking part
    -Girls who wear glasses  |  music
         martha and bob

Em mad at Ms Henkle for taking over

Mark thinks George's song is stupid
    -The workaday blues  |  music
          george

Bob takes Em's place in the Freaks
    -Greensleeves (fragment) | (fragment) 
       music
........  bob
     -I want to be a pop star  |  music
........  bob


ACT 1 - scene 4 - park

The Freaks sing in the park
    -Freaks (fragment)  |  music
          martha, bob, george and mark
....-It's so hot  |  music
          martha, bob, george and mark
  ..-It's so hot (fragment)  |  music
          martha and bob

The King wants George and Mark
    -Hey, nonny nonny  |  music
........  the trashettes
 
Martha and Bob left behind
    -Greensleeves (fragment)  |  music
          em
    -So long, sucker  |  music
          em and bob
 
Em tells Martha and Bob to start own group


ACT 2 - scene 1 - king of the fads

George and Mark meet the King
    -King-a-tha  |  music
          george and mark

George and Mark sing for the King
    -The funky monkey  |  music
           george and mark


ACT 2 - scene 2 - beach baby a-go-go

Martha and Bob audition
    -Girls who wear glasses (fragment)  |  music
.........  martha and bob

Vomit auditions
    -I don't feel so hot  |  music
         vomit

Bob won't get off the stage
    -Miss Potty Mouth  |  music
          martha and bob


ACT 2 - scene 3 - hotel room

George and Mark wallow in their success

George and Mark dumped by the King


ACT 2 - scene 4 - park

Martha and Bob after the audition
    -Two-holed guitar/ Two holes are
     better than one/ Just us girls  |  music
          martha and bob
     -I must be strange  |  music
          bob

George and Mark after the dumping
 
George declares his love for Martha
    -I yearn for Martha  |  music
          george and the I yearn
          for martha dancers


ACT 2 - scene 5 - ms henkle's office

Martha and Bob at college
    -Teach me  |  music
          martha and bob
    -Girls who wear glasses(2)  |  music
........  bob

Ms Henkle not very helpful to Martha


ACT 2 - scene 6 - bleeker house

George looks for Martha
    -Plaster can get broke  |  music
          em and george

Mark denies liking anyone
    -Bob  |  music
          mark
    -Em  |  music
          mark
    -Love, glove, above  |  music
........  mark
     -I got no love songs  |  music
          em and mark

Em tells where Martha and Vomit are
    -I yearn for Martha (fragment)  |  music
          george


ACT 2 - scene 7 - patchwood theater

Ms Henkle begins rehearsals
    -Santa Lucia  |  music
          martha, bob, tim and silas

Em and Ms Henkle argue about play

Martha and Bob abandoned again


ACT 2 - scene 8 - beach baby a-go-go

George and Mark assert themselves
    -I yearn for Martha/ where's Vomit?
          music
          george and mark

George and Mark battle guard and Vomit
    -I yearn for martha (continued)  |  music
          george
    -I yearn for martha(2)  |  music
 ........ george

The Freaks audition
    -The workaday blues (new version)
           music
........   martha, bob, george and mark



ACT 2 - scene 9 - bleeker house

George declares his love to Martha
    -I yearn for Martha (fragment)  |  music
          george
    -Ah, love  |  music
          george

Bob wants the Freaks to reunite
    -Toujour l'amour  |  music
          martha
    -Ah, love (continued)  |  music
          george

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