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Cast List:

Burr | Company | Angelica | Eliza | Peggy |
Schuyler Sisters | Men | Women


BURR
There’s nothing rich folks love more
Than going downtown and slummin’ it with the poor
They pull up in their carriages and gawk
At the students in the common
Just to watch them talk
Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded
Uh-oh, but little does he know that
His daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at—

COMPANY
Work, work!

ANGELICA
Angelica!

COMPANY
Work, work!

ELIZA
Eliza!

PEGGY
And Peggy!

COMPANY
Work, work!
The Schuyler sisters!

ANGELICA
Angelica!

PEGGY
Peggy!

ELIZA
Eliza!

COMPANY
Work!

PEGGY
Daddy said to be home by sundown

ANGELICA
Daddy doesn’t need to know

PEGGY
Daddy said not to go downtown

ELIZA
Like I said, you’re free to go

ANGELICA
But—look around, look around, the
Revolution’s happening in New York

ELIZA/PEGGY
New York

COMPANY
Angelica

SCHUYLER SISTERS/COMPANY
Work!

PEGGY
It’s bad enough daddy wants to go to war

ELIZA
People shouting in the square

PEGGY
It’s bad enough there’ll be violence on our shore

ANGELICA
New ideas in the air

ANGELICA/MEN
Look around, look around

ELIZA
Angelica, remind me what we’re looking for…

MEN
She’s lookin’ for me!

ANGELICA
Eliza, I’m lookin’ for a mind at work

COMPANY
Work, work!

ANGELICA
I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!

COMPANY
Work, work!

ANGELICA
I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!

COMPANY
Work, work!

ANGELICA
Whooaaaaa!

ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGY
Whooaaaaa!

SCHUYLER SISTERS/COMPANY
Work!

BURR
Wooh! There’s nothin’ like summer in the city
Someone in a rush next to someone lookin’ pretty
Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funny
But your perfume smells like your daddy’s got money
Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels
You searchin for an urchin who can give you ideals?

ANGELICA
Burr, you disgust me

BURR
Ah, so you’ve discussed me
I’m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!

ANGELICA
I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
So listen to my declaration:

ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGY
“We hold these truths to be self-evident
That all men are created equal”

ANGELICA
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson

COMPANY
Unh!

ANGELICA
I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!

WOMEN
Work!

ELIZA
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!

ELIZA/PEGGY
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!

ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGY
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
In the greatest city in the world!

SCHUYLER SISTERS/COMPANY
In the greatest city in the world!

ELIZA/PEGGY
Look around, look around
The revolution’s happening in—
New York!
In New York!

ANGELICA
Cuz I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane
You want a revolution?
I want a revelation
So listen to my declaration:

MEN
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

WOMEN
Look around, look around the revolution’s happening

ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGY
We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal
Whoo!

WOMEN
Look around
Look around
At how lucky we are to be alive right now

WOMEN
Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey!

COMPANY
Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now!
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be

WOMEN
In the greatest city in the world

MEN
In the greatest city—

COMPANY
In the greatest city in the world!
Work, work!

ANGELICA
Angelica!

COMPANY
Work, work!

ELIZA
Eliza!

PEGGY
And Peggy!

COMPANY
Work, work!

ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGY
The Schuyler sisters!

COMPANY
Work, work!

ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGY
We’re looking for a mind at work!

COMPANY
Work, work!

ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGY
Hey!

COMPANY
Work, work!

ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGY
Hey!

ANGELICA
Whoa!
In the greatest
City in the world

ELIZA/PEGGY
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
In the greatest
City in the world

COMPANY
Work, work!
Work, work!
Work, work!

COMPANY
In the greatest city in the world!