by Mark Twain
Adapted by R. Rex Stephenson
Music by Jon Cohn and C. Michael Perry
Lyrics by R. Rex Stephenson, Jon Cohn and C. Michael Perry
(TCY & YT) (For production by Professional Groups, College/University Groups, Community Groups, High Schools, Middle Schools/Junior High Schools, Church Groups, Children’s Theatres/Youth Theatres)
This adaptation of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn follows Mark Twain’s novel from Huck running away from The Widow Douglas to join Jim for their adventures down the Mississippi River. They encounter the King and the Duke; get involved in a Shakespearian production of “Romeo and Juliet,” are joined by Tom Sawyer and end up at Aunt Sally’s, where Jim is freed and Huck takes off for “Injun Territory.” The songs are sprightly and evocative and some are just plain beautiful like Jim’s song about Freedom. This show has so much inside it, like its novel predecessor, that it cannot help but speak to a modern audience; a group of human beings embroiled in the very same political and social climate that was present over 150 years ago. But it is also a testament to a loving father and son relationship, which the whole journey was about in the first place.
PLAY DETAILS:
- 11M 2W 6B 3G 4TB 2TG + townspeople [Can be done with 6M 2W 3B 2G 4TB 2TG +townspeople, if desired
- Unit Setting.
- About 90 minutes
- ORDER #3021
Available for ALL producing groups.
PERUSAL MATERIALS
- The PERUSAL PAGES file is in PDF format and contains the first act of this musical: HuckFinnPERUSAL
SONG LIST
- #1 — Robber’s Way Of Life — Tom, Huck & Gang
- #2 — Free — Jim & Huck (a double melody song)
- #3 — Come All Sinners — Crowd
- #4 — Right Thing To Do — Huck
- #5 — Free (reprise) — Huck
#6 — Noble Duke Of York — Children - #7 — Fixed for Life — King and Duke
- #8 — Free (reprise #2) — Jim
- #9 — Run — Jim, Tom, Huck
- #10 — Finale — Huck
- #11 — Curtain Call — Company
SONG SAMPLES (mostly rough vocal demos and a few non-vocal demos of the songs)
DEMO of a BACKING TRACK: (the melody lines are not played in the Backing Tracks)
PURCHASE REHEARSAL MATERIALS:
(Any PDF purchased will be emailed to your email address — if you need to provide that to us (not the one on your PayPal account?), email us. CDs will be mailed to a snail mail address. Do not purchase rehearsal materials or pay for royalties until you have performance clearance.)
- Script in PDF format — Order #3021a : $25.00 (from which you will be authorized to copy for your production)
- Vocal Book in PDF format — Order #3021b : $15.00 (from which you will be authorized to copy for your production)
- Piano-Vocal Score in PDF format — Order #3021c : $25.00 (from which you will be authorized to copy for your production)
- First Performance Amateur/Educational Royalty — Order #3021d : $95
- Second Performance Amateur/Educational Royalty — Order #3021e : $75
- Small Combo Arrangements in PDF format – Order #3021h : $40 (consists of the Piano-Vocal Score[above] plus Acoustic Guitar and Acoustic Bass. In addition to the Piano-Vocal Score we can send a Piano-Conductor Score with all the instrumental and vocal parts displayed.)
- BACKING TRACKS (mp3 Download or CD) – Order #3021j : $50 (11 tracks with Piano, Acoustic Guitar, and Acoustic Bass)
- Professional Royalties will be quoted upon application.
PRODUCTIONS:
- Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre, Ferrum Virginia — 2002
BILLING CREDITS
The following is how the credits should read in all programs, posters, fliers, handbills and other promotional advertising for the show:
Mark Twain’s
The Adventures of Huck Finn
A Musical
Book and Lyrics by
R. Rex Stephenson
Music by
Jon Cohn & C. Michael Perry
(first performed at the Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre, Ferrum, Virginia)
NOTE: The names of the Playwright(s), Composer, Lyricist, and Bookwriter shall be equal in size, type, coloring, boldness, and prominence. No billing shall appear in type larger or more prominent than the billing to the Authors except for the title of the play. (In a press release all type, will of course, be the same size.)
ALSO:
THIS NOTICE MUST APPEAR IN ALL PROGRAMS, ON ALL POSTERS AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS AND INTERNET ADVERTISING/WEBPAGES FOR THE PLAY:
“The Adventures of Huck Finn is presented through special arrangement with Premiére Theatrical Licensing on behalf of Leicester Bay Theatricals. All authorized materials are also supplied by LBT, www.leicesterbaytheatricals.com”
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