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Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 3m
by Sarah Ruhl and Todd Almond
In this chamber musical version of Sarah Ruhl’s Melancholy Play, Tilly’s melancholy is of an exquisite quality. She turns her melancholy into a sexy thing, and every stranger she meets falls in love with her.
Sarah Ruhl is the 2003 recipient of the Whiting Award for Drama!
In this chamber musical version of Sarah Ruhl’s Melancholy Play, Tilly’s melancholy is of an exquisite quality. She turns her melancholy into a sexy thing, and every stranger she meets falls in love with her. One day, inexplicably, Tilly becomes happy, and wreaks havoc on the lives of her paramours. Frances, Tilly’s hairdresser, becomes so melancholy that she turns into an almond. It is up to Tilly to get her back.
Melancholy Play was first produced at the Piven Theatre under the Artistic Direction of Joyce Piven, opening on 28 June 2002, in Evanston, IL, directed by Jessica Thebus, music by Greg Hirte. Melacholy Play: a chamber musical was first produced by 13P at the Invisible Dog, in Brooklyn, directed by Davis McCallum.
in addition to Matthew, the pianist, there is ideally a string quartet.
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“A classy show... with a sparse elegance.” – Chicago Tribune
“Could turn out to be quite a central pillar of the Ruhl canon… an extensive score from (Todd) Almond that, formatively at least, puts you in mind of some Stephen Sondheim chamber musical like Passion, or maybe something by William Finn… the addition of music feels very organic to the work... you'd have no idea that was not the plan all along. The music adds to the considerable sensuality, and the notable wit, of the piece. This is a classy show [at Piven], with a sparse elegance.” – Chicago Tribune
Sarah Ruhl on Melancholy Play
Melancholy Play: a chamber musical – Excerpt, Trinity Rep
Melancholy Play: a chamber musical – Trailer, WCSU
Melancholy Play: a chamber musical – About the Show with Trinity Rep
A Song from Melancholy Play: a chamber musical
Melancholy Play: a chamber musical – Sarah Ruhl on Developing the Music
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1. “Frank Offers Up His Defense ” – Frank and Company2. “The Unfeeling Lorenzo” – Lorenzo3. “Tilly and Lorenzo Look at the Rain” – Tilly, Lorenzo and Company4. “Frank and Frances’s Account of Their Labor” – Frank and Frances5. “Tilly Sings About Her Customers” – Tilly, Frank and Company6. “Tilly Visits Lorenzo” – Tilly and Lorenzo7. “The Beauty Shop” – Tilly, Frances and Company8. “Frances Explains to Joan about her Affair with Tilly” – Frances and Joan9. “Frank and Tilly Make Love” – Frank, Tilly and Company10. “(then she began to cry)” – Frank and Tilly11. “Tilly’s Aria” – Tilly and Company12. “French Song” – Lorenzo13. “Joan Explains to Frances about her Sexy Sad Feeling” – Joan and Frances14. “Tonight I am Older than All the Books” – Tilly and Company15. “Happy Birthday” – Tilly, Frances, Joan, Lorenzo and Frank16. “I’m Happy Now” – Tilly17. “Joan and Frances Lie Down” – Joan18. “Frances and Frank Would Like to Curl Up” – Frances and Frank19. “Frank Goes to See Lorenzo” – Frank and Lorenzo20. “A Song from the Company” – Company21. “French Song (Reprise)” – Instrumental22. “Frances the almond, Revealed” – Instrumental23. “Talk to me, Frances” – Tilly24. “Stay in your Home!” – Tilly and Joan25. “Frances in the Almond” – Frances26. “Joan at Work, the Night Shift” – Joan27. “Frank’s Story” – Frank28. “Underscoring of a Rousing Speech” – Instrumental29. “A Chant in the Dark” – Joan, Tilly, Frank and Lorenzo30. “Julian is Revealed” – Instrumental31. “The (happy) Waltz” – Company
6 Piano-Conductor Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello
6 Piano-Conductor
Sarah Ruhl’s plays include In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, The Clean House, Passion Play, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Melancholy Play, For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday, The Oldest Boy, Stage Kiss, Dear Elizabeth, Eurydice, How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, Orlando, Late ...
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