The Working Boys Band

Book and lyrics by Dominic Orlando
music by Hiram Titus
Music orchestration and arrangements by Raymond Berg

May 3–June 1, 2014

WORLD PREMIERE

In a world before child labor laws, many young people got factory jobs to help their families get by. One visionary educator saw music as a way to bring structure and meaning into the lives those children and so in 1917 Professor C. C. Heintzeman formed the Minneapolis Working Boys Band. Through music, discipline, and compassion, the Professor shaped a rough-and-tumble group of young men into a Twin Cities institution. This world premiere musical celebrates the place of music in the lives of young people with a flourish of romance, a crescendo of patriotism, and the growing drumbeat of the approaching Great War.

Enjoyed most by ages 12+

This production has closed.

Approximate running time of Working Boys Band: 2 hours and 15 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission

Cast

Jon Andrew Hegge – Professor C.C. Heintzeman

Kendall Anne Thompson – Harriet Kent

Martin Ruben – Judge E.F. Waite

Randy Schmeling – A.W. Warnock

Carl Schoenborn – Captain Washburn

Jen Burleigh-Bentz – Mrs. T.G. Winter

Ricardo Vázquez – Franky Montana

Christian Bardin – Andy Eklund

Izzy Karr – Caleb Barker

Keegan L. Robinson – Bjorn Strandvass

Jack Alexander – Ensemble

Mary Bair – Ensemble

Elyse Barnard – Ensemble

Charles Couture – Ensemble

Nic Delcambre – Ensemble

Shelby Ernst – Ensemble

Jonah Harrison – Ensemble

Joshua Harrison – Ensemble

Atlee Jensen – Ensemble

Rory Mitchell – Ensemble

Raphael Ruggero – Ensemble

Creative team

directed by Ron Peluso*

music direction by Andrew Fleser

musical arrangements by Raymond Berg

dramaturgy by Laurie Flanigan Hegge

band direction by Ben Bussey

scenic design by Rick Polenek

costume design by Kathy Kohl

lighting design by Pamela Kildahl*

sound design by C. Andrew Mayer

properties design by Kirby Moore

stage managed by Janet L. Hall*

assistant stage managed by Kristy Goebel*

*member of Actors’ Equity Association