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A CONCORD THEATRICALS TITLE
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 6w, 4m
Book and Musical Arrangements by Joe Iconis Music and Lyrics by Various
Orchestrations and Musical Arrangements by Rob Rokicki Developed by Lively McCabe Entertainment and Concord Theatricals
Featuring a score of popular songs written and made famous by female artists and female-fronted bands, Punk Rock Girl! is a noisy celebration of all things raw and ragged, trashy and heartfelt, familiar and alien.
Image: 2022 Argyle Theatre Production (Richard Termine)
Punk Rock Girl! is a new musical featuring a score of popular songs written and made famous by female artists and female-fronted bands, including Blondie, Pat Benatar, Avril Lavigne, Joan Jett, P!nk, Gwen Stefani, and more.
16-year-old Angela Quivers is a perfectionist who never takes chances and feels like there's no place where she belongs… until she meets Proxi, a teenager who pulls her into a world of grungy guitars, shocking secrets, and big, loud, messy emotions. A musical about a young person finding a community and creating her tribe, Punk Rock Girl! is a noisy celebration of all things raw and ragged, trashy and heartfelt, familiar and alien.
Punk Rock Girl! is a show about celebrating the differences in each other and learning to love the things that make us unique. As such, the creators of the show urge all productions to cast the show as diversely as possible in terms of ethnicity, body types, and everything in between! We beg you to populate this show with the people who don’t normally get cast in leading roles. Look outside the box. Get creative. Be open. There’s no such thing as an actor who isn’t the right “type” for this musical – there’s room at the table for everybody, no matter how alien they may seem!
ANGELA QUIVERS – Shy, self-identifies as “awkward.” Doesn’t quite feel comfortable anywhere, has both an inherent weirdness and sweetness. Should possess an interesting, personality-filled pop/rock voice. All ethnicities, body types, etc. (Range: F3-E5, High mix/belt with a pop/rock sound, think Blondie meets Pat Benatar meets Fefe Dobson)
PROXI – The ultimate badass punk rock chick. Exploding with charisma, personality, specificity. Everything she does is electric – part T Rex, part Muppet. (Range: G3-E5, High mix/belt with punk rock sound, think Siouxsie Soux meets Joan Jett)
DUDLEY – The sweetest boy. A real introvert, impossibly clumsy, painfully un-slick. He’s got a great big heart. All ethnicities, body types, etc. (Range: D3-A4, Bari/tenor with a pop/rock sound)
PATRICIA – A straight-laced, buttoned-up, tightly-wound overachiever. She has not missed a day of school since kindergarten and, quite frankly, she’s embarrassed for anyone who has. All ethnicities, body types, etc. (Range: G#3-F5, High mix/belt with a pop/rock sound, think Gwen Stefani meets Courtney Love)
ERNST – Suspicious, clever, humorless, harsh, at his happiest when he is catching someone in a lie. All ethnicities, body types, etc. (Range: E3-A4, Bari/tenor with a pop/rock sound)
HERMANN – Ernst’s sidekick. Possesses all of the qualities of Ernst, he’s just fuzzier, duller, blurrier. A bit of a scaredy cat, although he tries not to be. All ethnicities, body types, etc. (Range: F#3-F#4, Bari/tenor with a pop/rock sound)
THE HUMANZ (Proxi’s band)
MATHLETICS COUNSELOR MILLENNIAL COOL KID TRASHY QUEENS BEACH CHICK PUNK CLUB EMCEE PUNK CLUB BOUNCER (Range:F#3-D4) ANOTHER COOL KID TRASH CAT GRANDMA ALBERTA STORE MANAGER A SCHOLAR
ENSEMBLE – Various residents of Forrest Hills, various participants in flashbacks and flashforwards, concertgoers, etc.
NOTE TO THE MUSIC DIRECTOR: Punk Rock Girl! is an exciting and vocally demanding show. Songs cover many styles. Singers should be proficient in making pop/rock and some legit sounds. The breakdown for the cast can be expanded and ensemble part delineations can be flexible to accomodate different gender identites. We have labeled them as High Voices/Low Voices.
Punk Rock Girl! is a show about celebrating the differences in each other and learning to love the things that make us unique. As such, the creators of the show urge all productions to cast the show as diversely as possible in terms of ethnicity, body types, and everything in between! We beg you to populate this show with the people who don’t normally get cast in leading roles. Look outside the box. Get creative. Be open. There’s no such thing as an actor who isn’t the right “type” for this musical – there’s room at the table for everybody, no matter how alien they may seem.
Forrest Hills High School
Punk Rock Girl! Promo Trailer
"Music and Math" from Punk Rock Girl!
Punk Rock Girl Sizzle Reel - Argyle Theatre
World Premiere of Punk Rock Girl - Meet the Cast
Side 1
1. “Take Back The Power" – Proxi & The Humanz, Ensemble 1a. Take Back The Power Transition – Band 2. “Cool Kids (Part 1)” – Angela & Ensemble 2a. Mathletics! – Band 2b. Punk Stinger – Band 2c. Spouting Their Rhetoric –Band 3. “You Don’t Look Like One of Us” – Ensemble 4. “Don’t Speak” – Angela, Patricia 4a. Punk Stinger 2 – Band 5. “Patricia's All Fired Up” – Patricia 6. “Where You Gonna Turn?” – Jacki, Sheena & Ensemble 6a. Want Ads – Band 7. The Mashup – Patricia, Angela & Ensemble 7a. “Two Hours Later!” – Ensemble 7b. The Most Important Rule – Band 8. “Angela's Lament” – Angela 8a. Proxi's Entrance – Band 9. “Words and Guitar” – Proxi & Ensemble 10. “Rebel Girl” – Angela & Ensemble 10a. To The Club – Band 11. “Cherry Bomb” – Judy, Jackie, Sheena & Punk Ensemble 12. “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll” – Proxi & The Humanz 13. “Take Back the Power (Unplugged) / I Love Rock 'n' Roll” – Proxi & Ensemble 13a. Outside the Punk Club – Band 13b. Vision of Patricia – Band 14. “All Fired Up (Part 1)” – Proxi & Ensemble 15. “Music and Math” – Angela & Proxi 15a. What's Going On Here? – Band 15b. 12 Years Earlier – Band 16. “All Fired Up (Part 2)” – Angela & Ensemble 17. “Call Me / Hanging on the Telephone” – Angela & Ensemble 18. “Don't Speak (Reprise)” – Angela 18a. Proxi is Revealed – Band 19. “Area 52” – Ensemble 20. “E.T.” – Ensemble 21. “Sixty Years” – The Humanz 22. “Try” – Angela & Ensemble 23. “Rebel Girl (Reprise)” – Angela, Proxi & Ensemble
Side 2
24. Entr’acte / “I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone” – The Humanz 24a. “Joey Ramone (Playoff)” – Ensemble 25. “Celebrity Skin / Awful” – Patricia, Angela, Proxi & The Humanz, Ensemble 26. “One Way or Another” – Ernst & Hermann 27. “Awful (Reprise)” – Ensemble 28. “Complicated” – Angela 28a. Complicated (Playoff) – Band 29. “I’m With You” – Proxi 30. “Sk8er Boi” – Patricia & Proxi 30a. Transition to Outside – Band 31. “Surface Envy (Preprise)” – Patricia, Angela, Proxi & Dudley 32. “Punk Rock Girl” – Dudley 32a. The Trance – Band 32b. All of Our Problems Are Solved – Band 32c. Dressing Room – Band 33. “Take Back the Power (Reprise)” – Proxi & The Humanz, Patricia, Angela, Ernst, Hermann & Ensemble 34. “Surface Envy / Finale” – Company 34a. Exit Music – Band
1 Keyboard-Conductor 1 Guitar 1 – Electric 1 Guitar 2 – Electric & Acoustic 1 Electric Bass 1 Drums – Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Tom 1, Tom 2, Floor Tom, Hi-Hat, Crash, Trash/FX Crash, Ride, Splash, Tambourine, Triangle, Mark Tree, Shaker & Flexitone ORCHESTRATION NOTES: The score to the Punk Rock Girl! was orchestrated for 5 pieces. First and foremost, this is a rock score, therefore it is especially demanding for lead guitar. We found it helpful to share the load of solos and licks between the two guitar books, but you may adjust as necessary. For our world premiere production, we used the following equipment: KEYBOARD-CONDUCTOR: 88-key weighted keyboard controller with volume, sustain, and patch change pedals, and a Mainstage rig. In Mainstage, our programmer used a mixture of stock Logic sounds and other VST plug-ins. *Note that throughout the Keyboard-Conductor, programming ranges are indicated in Yamaha standard, where C3 is middle C. GUITAR 1: I recommend a Fender Stratocaster with a Line-6 Helix Multi-effects Processor. If your player decides to use their own pedals, you will need at least: OD, Distortion, Delay, Reverb, Tremolo, Wah; we also used a synth fx pedal. GUITAR 2: I recommend a Gibson Les Paul with a Line-6 Helix Multi-effects Processor. The acoustic guitar should be a steel string with a darker, warmer sound. If using your own pedals, you will also need at least: OD, Distortion, Delay, Reverb, Tremolo, Fuzz, and Phaser. You will also need a Capo. *Note: Ideally an actor onstage would play guitar for the first half of #32 Punk Rock Girl. Also, there is a short violin passage in #33 Take Back The Power (Reprise) that Guitar 2 covered in our production, however, it can also be covered by the Key 1 book — or if the actor is able to play. BASS: Electric 5 string. Pedals: Fuzz, Phaser. Note that many of the songs are picked (we tried differentiating finger picking sections parked with pizz.) -Rob Rokicki, co-arranger, orchestrator
25 Libretto-Vocal Book 1 Piano-Vocal (rehearsal) 1 Keyboard-Conductor (performance) 1 Guitar 1 – Electric 1 Guitar 2 – Electric & Acoustic 1 Electric Bass 1 Drums – Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Tom 1, Tom 2, Floor Tom, Hi-Hat, Crash, Trash/FX Crash, Ride, Splash, Tambourine, Triangle, Mark Tree, Shaker & Flexitone
25 Libretto-Vocal Book 1 Piano-Vocal (rehearsal & performance)
Joe Iconis is a musical theatre writer and performer. He has been nominated for a Tony Award, four Drama Desk Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards, and is the recipient of an Ed Kleban Award, a Jonathan Larson Award, a Richard Rodgers Award, t ...
Rob Rokicki is a composer and lyricist whose work has been recognized worldwide and nominated for Drama Desk, Lortel and Off-Broadway Alliance awards. Recently signed with Kobalt music, Rokicki is best known for his music and lyrics in the critically acclaimed Broadway show T ...
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