original broadway cast recording

Bob Boyett Roger Berlind Tim Levy Ken Davenport cast list
Ted Hartley Stacey Mindich Jane Bergère alphabetically

Broadway Across America Sharon Karmazin Carl Moellenberg EDDIE - Al Calderon

Tom Miller True Love Productions/Olympus Theatricals RICHIE - Eamon Foley
Center Theatre Group MOLLY - Caitlin Gann
Present LUCY - Elizabeth Egan Gillies
CHARLOTTE - Ariana Grande
ARCHIE - Aaron Simon Gross
MALCOLM - Malik Hammond
Music and Lyrics by Book by SIMON - Joey La Varco
Jason Robert Brown Dan Elish and Robert Horn KENDRA - Delaney Moro
BRETT - Eric M. Nelsen
Starring EVAN - Graham Phillips
Al Calderon Riley Costello Eamon Foley Caitlin Gann PATRICE - Allie Trimm
Elizabeth Egan Gillies Ariana Grande Aaron Simon Gross CASSIE - Brynn Williams
Malik Hammond Henry Hodges Joey La Varco Mary Claire Miskell
Delaney Moro Eric M. Nelsen Liana Ortiz Graham Phillips understudies
Max Schneider Corey J. Snide Allie Trimm Brynn Williams
Riley Costello, Henry Hodges, Mary Claire Miskell, Liana Ortiz,
Set and Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Max Schneider, Corey J. Snide
David Farley Brian MacDevitt Jon Weston

the band
Casting Production Stage Manager Technical Supervisor
Mark Simon, CSA Rick Steiger Peter Fulbright
Executive Producer Press Representative Associate Producers TOM KITT: Piano / Musical Director
101 Productions, Ltd. Barlow Hartman Shorenstein Hays Nederlander ADAM MICHAEL KAUFMAN: Keyboard
The Araca Group CHRIS RAYMOND: Electric and acoustic guitar (solos on tracks 1, 10 & 16)
ZACH PAGE: Electric and acoustic guitar (solos on tracks 9 & 16)
Music Director Arrangements and Orchestrations
LEXI BODICK: Bass
Tom Kitt Jason Robert Brown
ZAC COE: Drums and percussion
Choreographed by CHARLIE ROSEN: Bass (tracks 2, 3, 10, 11 &16)
Christopher Gattelli MAT EISENSTEIN: Associate Conductor
Directed by
JRB: Piano (track 16)

Jeremy Sams MUSIC COORDINATOR: Michael Keller

“13” was originally commissioned and produced by ASSISTANT MUSIC COORDINATOR: Dan McMillan
Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles,
Michael Ritchie, Artistic Director; Charles Dillingham, Managing Director KEYBOARD PROGRAMMING: Randy Cohen
by special arrangement with Bob Boyett
Subsequently produced by Goodspeed Musicals, SUPERVISING MUSIC COPYIST: John Blane
Michael P. Price, Executive Producer
PRODUCTION VOCAL COACH: Liz Caplan
 a nightmare!”
“Okay, you wanna talk about turning 13? It’s
track list
New York’s Upper West Side. Two things are torturing 12-year-old Evan
Goldman: His parents’ upcoming divorce, and his looming, all important Bar
1. 13 / BECOMING A MAN (Phillips & Company) Mitzvah, “the event that defines you, the Jewish super bowl!” [Thirteen/
Perfect Party]
2. THE LAMEST PLACE IN THE WORLD (Trimm)
But the stress is really just beginning: Evan’s mother tells him that he has
3. HEY KENDRA (Calderon, Hammond, Nelsen, Gillies, Moro) to move away from New York City with her -- to Appleton, Indiana! A flat,
brown, desolate Midwestern town. Furthermore, Evan will have to have his Bar
4. GET ME WHAT I NEED (Gross & Company) Mitzvah there, away from all his friends and family, in a town “where UFO’s
go to refuel.”
5. WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A FRIEND (Trimm)
All is not lost, however. Evan meets his new neighbor, Patrice, a quirky girl
6. ALL HAIL THE BRAIN / TERMINAL ILLNESS
who seems to be as much of an outcast in this Midwestern suburbia as he is.
(Phillips, Gross, Nelsen & Company) [The Lamest Place in the World]
7. GETTING READY (Gross, Phillips, Nelsen, Gillies, Moro, There’s only one way for Evan to survive and be popular in this world, and
Trimm & Company) that’s to get the coolest kids in town to come to his party, especially the
coolest of all, the football hero of Dan Quayle Junior High, Brett Sampson.
8. ANY MINUTE (Nelsen, Moro, Trimm & Gross) Evan listens in as Brett and his two side-kicks, the pint-sized Malcolm and
Eddie, try to figure out the perfect place that Brett can take the beautiful head
9. HERE I COME (Phillips & Company) cheerleader Kendra on a date, so he can do “the tongue.” [Hey Kendra] Evan
makes an ingenious suggestion, Kendra agrees to go on the date, and Brett
10. OPPORTUNITY (Gillies & Company) realizes the new kid “might be useful to have around.”
11. BAD BAD NEWS (Calderon, Hammond, La Varco & Foley) Evan is sure that he has his new life under control -- a great new friend
in Patrice and an in with the cool kids – when he suddenly has to make a
12. TELL HER (Phillips & Trimm)
terrifying decision: on his first day at school, Brett and the others make him
13. IT CAN’T BE TRUE (Gillies, Gann & Company) choose between them and the unpopular Patrice. They won’t come to his
party if she’ll be there. Knowing his survival in this new place is at stake, Evan
14. IF THAT’S WHAT IT IS (Gross, Trimm & Phillips) rips up Patrice’s invite, devastating her.

15. A LITTLE MORE HOMEWORK (Phillips, Grande & Company) Observing all of this is the manipulative, charming, take-no-prisoners outcast
Archie, a ‘special needs’ boy on crutches, and Patrice’s closest friend. He sizes
16. BRAND NEW YOU (Williams, Grande, Gann & Company) up the new kid, and strikes a deal: he will help Evan smooth things over with
Patrice if the now popular Evan helps him get a date with Kendra, the girl of
his handicapped dreams. [Get Me What I Need]
BONUS TRACKS
17. 13 (Single Version) Meanwhile, Kendra is having second thoughts, prodded by her best friend
Lucy, who explains to an oblivious Kendra the ‘real’ reason Brett asked her
18. A LITTLE MORE HOMEWORK (Single Version) to the movie: to do ”The Tongue.” Lucy’s real motives are not particularly
generous: she has her eyes on Brett for herself!
Archie lives up to his part of the new bargain, and tries to get Patrice to forgive Evan overhears this, and comes up with the perfect plan. He tells Malcolm and
Evan. Patrice makes it clear that that’s not going to happen. [What It Means Eddie he can help Brett get Kendra back and get rid of Lucy, thereby restoring
To Be A Friend] harmony and tongue back into their lives. Archie, fearful for his friend’s well-
being, begs Patrice to go help Evan. She reluctantly does.
Brett, Malcolm and Eddie corner Evan, and tell him he needs to have his mom
get them all tickets to the R-rated movie “The Bloodmaster” if he wants them In front of Brett, Evan freezes. He doesn’t know what to tell Brett. Patrice
to come to his party. Evan tries to come up with a plan to get the tickets, and arrives just in time and offers Brett the advice she wishes Evan would take:
finally realizes that Archie is his secret weapon. [All Hail The Brain/Terminal Just talk to her, honestly and from your heart, and tell her you’re sorry. [Tell
Illness] Evan’s scheme works: Brett gets his date, Evan gets the credit, and Her]
Archie gets to sit next to Kendra at the movie, thereby fulfilling Evan’s part of
the bargain to Archie. Brett runs off to put the advice into action. He exits to break up a fight
between Kendra and Lucy, and in the process tells Lucy it’s over and, using
Evan is again sure he’s got everything handled; Brett got his date and will the words he heard Patrice and Evan say, apologizes to Kendra. It works, and
come to his party, Archie is under control, and even Patrice agrees to come to the two are back together – thanks to Evan!
the movie when Evan asks her out. [Getting Ready]
But Lucy will have none of it, and decides to exact revenge, one of her favorite
But things in the movie don’t go as planned for Evan. As Brett and Kendra pastimes. She starts the gossip machine running at full steam, knowing it will
nervously prepare to kiss, Archie shows up dressed to the eight and a halves, get back to Brett. She then arranges a meeting for Kendra to “thank” Evan for
ready for his “date” with Kendra. Evan ignores a scorned Patrice in his attempts getting her and Brett back together. [It Can’t Be True]
to control Archie, and in one terrifying moment, Brett’s planned kiss ends up
hitting the wrong target. [Any Minute] Just as Kendra is giving Evan an innocent ‘thank you hug’, Brett and the other
kids arrive, and Brett lashes out at Kendra. Evan, finally realizing what he should
Pandemonium ensues, and as Archie explains that Evan set up this “date” with have known from the beginning, stands up to Brett and publicly calls him out
Kendra for him, Brett goes after both of them. Kendra runs out on Brett, to as a bully and a jerk, just in time for Archie and Patrice to see him in his glory.
Lucy’s delight. Furious and frustrated, Brett tells Evan that he’s a dead man, It doesn’t end well. Brett leaves with his new girlfriend, Lucy.
and so is anyone who tries to come to his party.
Exhausted, depressed and disillusioned, Evan decides to call off his Bar Mitzvah.
Outside the movie theater, Patrice reams Evan out for being cruel and insensitive. But Archie and Patrice won’t give up on him. Life may not turn out the way
Evan wonders how he can fix every disaster he’s created? Archie asks him how you want it to, they say, but if you’ve got the right friends, it might turn out
badly he wants to, and in an empowering moment at the cinema’s arcade, Evan just fine. [If That’s What it Is]
finds his inner strength, and vows, somehow, not to run and cower, but to take
control of his life and fix the mess he created. [Here I Come] Evan realizes that the new family he was trying to create in this new town
was right in front of him all the time. Evan’s Bar Mitzvah isn’t a disaster, after
The stage suddenly explodes with a high-energy Midwestern junior high all: his new best friends come, as does his father, who proudly sits with his
school football game. Brett, the star quarterback, is clearly still smitten with mother, and for just one moment, they are a family again. Evan realizes that
Kendra, and she with him. Kendra begs Lucy to go talk to Brett for her, and his life is just beginning, and that many more mistakes and choices will be
ask forgiveness. Lucy goes to Brett and makes a rather different decision, made, but you can only look forward, and no matter what you do, you can’t
taking advantage of the opportunity to steal Brett for herself. [Opportunity] go back. [A Little More Homework]

Meanwhile, as Evan shows Archie his renewed confidence, determined to come up And then, everyone celebrates. [Brand New You]
with the perfect plan to rectify ALL his mistakes and get Brett to his party, Brett’s
boys Malcolm and Eddie are distraught. Brett, now Lucy’s man, has been whipped!
- Robert Horn
As Eddie says “If I live to be twenty, I’ll never understand women.” [Bad Bad News]
 act one EVAN EVAN & TWO BOYS BOY ALL
End up in stitches... Pressure mounts: I want a mustache! I wanna fly, wanna run,
ing a man Once it was a joke, wanna drive,
13 / becom KIDS now it really counts KIDS Wanna get rich!
Thirteen! And there’s no turning back. Thirteen! Wanna get drunk!
EVAN wanna get out!
I’m Evan Goldman. I live at 224 EVAN add TWO GIRLS GIRL Wanna get my braces off,
West 92nd Street, in the heart Hide away underground! Life goes wrong. I want a WonderBra! Wanna get my nose pierced,
of Manhattan, and my life just Wanna grow my hair long,
went to hell. KIDS ONE BOY KIDS But all I keep hearing is:
Thirteen! Suddenly they’re yelling Thirteen! “No, you’re not ready!”
Picture me: ‘cause your hair’s too long When do I get it? “No, it’s not time yet!”
Just another cool kid in N.Y.C., EVAN Thirteen! “No, it’s not right now!”
Near the Park and the Met. Can I get through it? ONE GIRL All of the grown-up stuff? “Wait until you’re older!”
Life is sweet: Or your room isn’t clean. Thirteen!
Yankees in the Bronx, How will I make it? “No, you’re not ready!”
pretzels on the street – KIDS ALL FIVE Thirteen! “No, it’s not time yet!”
Just how good can it get? Thirteen! Roll along: When am I old enough? “No, it’s not right now!”
Who’d have guessed “Wait until you’re older!”
Dad would meet EVAN EVAN ALL
a stewardess? Life has changed overnight! Every conversation is Why is the world feeling “No, you’re not ready!”
Mom’s depressed, another lost cause suddenly stranger? “No, it’s not time yet!”
And her lawyers are mean. KIDS Or a list of my flaws Why are my friends acting “No, it’s not right now!”
Now I’m stressed – Thirteen! And I’m just about to turn, totally weird? “Wait until you’re older!”
Life is a disaster Why do I feel like my life is “Homework!”
And I’m cracking from the strain, EVAN MORE KIDS in danger? “Laundry!”
Going totally insane, How do I do it? Just about to turn, Why do I feel like my brain “Dishes!”
And I’m just about to turn, disappeared? “Courses!”
Just about to turn, KIDS MORE KIDS “Just settle down and hold
Just about to turn… Thirteen! God, I’m gonna turn GIRL your horses!”
How will I get through a year
EVAN and KIDS EVAN ALL of Spanish? EVAN
Thirteen! Nothing is going right! Thirteen! In the middle of this city,
BOY In the middle of this street,
EVAN EVAN and KIDS BOY How can I not look dumb in There’s the sound of
Everything switches… The best and the worst I want a dirt bike! Track? something crumbling
And the most and the least Rumbling underneath my feet.
KIDS And the crazy and the scary KIDS BOY In the middle of the sidewalk
Thirteen! And I’m standing on the edge! Thirteen! How can I gain twenty Outside PS 84,
pounds by Friday? I hear a roar
EVAN EVAN GIRL I can’t ignore.
Everything turns around. Twelve years old – I want to kill my ma. BOY
Everything that used to be How can I make my voice I hear,
KIDS good as gold KIDS not crack? “Evan, it’s not your fault,”
Thirteen! Starts to crumble and crack. Thirteen! I hear,
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in the w
“Evan, can’t you see?” ANOTHER GIRL t place MALCOLM and EDDIE
I hear, “Evan, do you want to I can’t wait to come to your the lames Cept you found the perfect I gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta get
go with Mom or stay with me?” party! guide! wit’choo.
I hear, “Kiddo, I’m not angry.” PATRICE
I hear, TWO BOYS Down the road, there’s a And though I don’t really BRETT
“Buddy, you know best,” I can’t wait to come to your Dairy Queen. know you, So true.
And there’s the rumbling party! Up the block, there’s a I can hardly wait to show you
getting louder… WalMart. MALCOLM and EDDIE
TWO KIDS There’s a place you can Every fake and freak, every I wanna get all up in yo’
But there’s one day in I can’t wait to come to your accessorize your pets. fool and clown, bidness, girl.
October party! A school, a tree, a couple of Since the Chippewa settled And make you feel real fine.
When the pieces all will fit, churches, this stupid town,
When they have to be together THREE KIDS And no matter how hard Let ‘em laugh, they won’t BRETT
And pretend they didn’t quit, I can’t wait to come to your anybody searches, keep me down Real fine, not fake fine.
I’ve got one day in October party! That’s about as thrilling as With you by my side!
And I know it’s gotta be this dumb-ass village gets. EDDIE and MALCOLM
The perfect party! THREE KIDS It’s the lamest place in the world, It just got a little bit better! Hey Kendra!
I can’t wait to come to your But it just got a little bit better, Amazing but true!
I’m becoming a man. party! So don’t disappear. Yes, the lamest place in the world BRETT
I don’t know what “a man” It’s the lamest place in the world, Has lots of flaws Hey Kendra.
really means. ALL THE KIDS But I’m pretty sure But maybe it’ll be fine because
The rulebook grows, I can’t wait! I can’t wait! It’s not as lame as it was before It brought me to you! EDDIE and MALCOLM
But no one knows Can’t wait, Now that you’re here. Come closer.
What all the rules allow. Can’t wait,
Can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t Forty miles to the nearest river, BRETT
I’m becoming a man. wait, can’t wait for Sixty miles to the airport, Much closer.
No one tells all us scared in- Thirteen!
hey kendra
When we plan our escape,
betweens Something is comin’! that’s where we’re gonna EDDIE and MALCOLM
Just how we should Thirteen! have to be. EDDIE I got myself a brand new
Be strong, be good, Something is goin’ up! It’s a shame, it’s a sham, it’s 1, 2, 3, here we go… rocking horse…
With so much pressure now! Thirteen! a terrible pity
Something is hummin’! You got dragged away from MALCOLM and EDDIE EDDIE and MALCOLM
One day it gets better - Thirteen! New York City, Hey Kendra… Why don’t you climb up
One day it makes sense. Somebody’s growin’ up! It’s major suck for YOU, here, mama?
One day I’ll stop talking in but it’s amazing luck for me! BRETT
the friggin’ future tense. Thirteen! Hey, Kendra. EDDIE
One day in October, Thirteen! It’s the lamest place in the world, And rock it, rock it all night
It’ll all be great! Thirteen! But it just got a little bit better, MALCOLM and EDDIE long!
And I can’t wait! Thirteen! I’m happy to say: I been thinkin’…
I can’t wait! It’s the lamest place in the world, BRETT
I can’t wait! The best and the worst BRETT Okay, stop! Yeah, not gonna work.
And the most and the least You’re completely exotic, I’ve been thinking.
GIRL And the crazy and the scary Intellectual, neurotic, EDDIE
I can’t wait to come to your And we’re just about to turn You would never have a shot Yeah, so gonna work. It’s
party! Thirteen! ex- double edge…
MALCOLM and EDDIE BRETT EDDIE and MALCOLM BRETT, MALCOLM & EDDIE from group to group, from
Smoooooooth… Friday night. No, no, she can’t do it. Hey Kendra… scene to scene,
I’m begging… ‘Cause you’re the conduit,
BRETT EDDIE and MALCOLM LUCY the medium, the go-
Guys, Kendra’s a ‘good girl’. Down at the mall. I said she can’t go! MALCOLM between,
I can’t just hit on her like Please come to the movies Which means you’re
whack-a-mole. I do that, I’ll KENDRA EDDIE and MALCOLM on Friday… perfectly positioned to
never get ‘the tongue’! Malls are mini miracles. Uh-uh, no way. Get me what I need!
It’s perfect! KENDRA
EDDIE LUCY Sure I’ll come! EVAN
Incoming! Kendra, three LUCY ‘Cause you already Look, Archie, I’m the wrong
o’clock… No, it isn’t. committed to do that thing! LUCY guy for this.
We so majorly have to talk!
1, 2, 3, get shizzy… EDDIE and MALCOLM KENDRA ARCHIE
Hey Kendra… What thing? BRETT, MALCOLM & EDDIE One date! That’s all I’m
BRETT Oo, baby, we so goooood. asking.
Kendra, there’s something I BRETT LUCY
wanna ask you… Hey Kendra… That thing! EDDIE EVAN
You gonna get all up in her Isn’t there some nice girl on
LUCY EDDIE and MALCOLM KENDRA bidness, yo! the special needs bus?
Oh God… Don’t be nervous. What thing?
ARCHIE
EDDIE and MALCOLM BRETT LUCY They don’t like me.
Trust me, baby. That thing you said you ed Even back before the
Hey Kendra!
would do on Friday! get me what I ne crutches,
BRETT ALL THREE It was clear,
Hey Kendra. We’re gonna get some KENDRA ARCHIE I don’t fit here.
popcorn and some Raisinets. There is no thing! There’s the cool kids – So it’s hopeless,
EDDIE and MALCOLM There’s the preps I can’t walk right up to
I’ve been thinking… MALCOLM LUCY And there’s the skate punks Kendra and say “Hey.”
Chocolate covered. Yes, there is, Kendra! And the jocks – She’d run away.
BRETT And then there’s me.
I’ve been thinking. EDDIE KENDRA But look at you!
Tell yo’ mama not to worry, girl. I’m going to the movies There’s the losers – You’re making friends and
ALL THREE Friday night with Brett! There’s the nerds having parties
I wanna spend a little special ALL THREE And there’s the stoners And adapting with
time with you. It’s gonna feel real fine. LUCY And the Goths – impressive speed!
No you’re not! Don’t And then there’s me. Just twenty minutes when
KENDRA KENDRA contradict me in public, we’re sitting so our knees
Aw… Yay! Kendra! We’ll talk about this But then there’s you! could touch –
later! ‘Cause you’re the new kid in Yes, it’s a tiny inconvenience
ALL THREE LUCY the school, but it means so much!
I wanna take you to a movie, girl. No no no no no! KENDRA You’re not defined by one ‘Cause out of all of Indiana,
You can’t go to the movies FINE! specific breed, you can get me what I need!
on Friday night! And so you’re free to flit
EVAN the time is now. A friend sends notes back classes, All Hail the Brain!
It’s impossible! So who cares how? and forth all day He acts like you’re not even He did what no one else
Just do your best, And doesn’t care that you there, could do,
ARCHIE I won’t bother you again, can’t spell. Then he doesn’t know… Saw us through,
And what I need is Kendra! And that’s a promise, A friend knows you’ve got a He doesn’t know! Saved the day!”
guaranteed! crush on your teacher, He’ll never know what it And all I have to do is
BOYS So you can help me out and But a friend would never tell. means to be
Kendra! Kendra! we can both do very well, A friend’s outside waiting A friend Wait ‘til Mom goes to sleep,
Or I can turn around and The minute you both hear Then sneak the license from
ARCHIE make your life a living hell! the bell… the wallet in her purse,
Beautiful Kendra! It’s up to you, you’ve got a Make a color Xerox, laminate it,
choice, you’ve got incentive And if your heart is always all hail the b Then put the license back in
BOYS to succeed! breaking rain / the wallet in her purse,
Kendra! Kendra! Yes, I know it sounds insane. ‘Cause the world is just not fair, terminal illn Then find the dress she wore
Jerry Lewis can explain! When you’re at your worst, ess In the picture on the license
ARCHIE You’ve got to help me, Evan, Your friend’s the first one there, KIDS that I copied and I laminated.
Wonderful Kendra! Help me, Evan, Giving you something to lean on – Brain’s gonna do it! Wear the dress,
Make her appear! Help me, Evan, And that’s what it means to Brain’s gonna do it! Get a wig,
Help me, Evan! be a friend. Friday night, the Brain’s Show the license,
ARCHIE & BOYS Get me what I gonna do it! Buy the tickets…
If you want a girl, Need! A friend won’t smoke when Friday night, we go to the mall What could go wrong?
The girl you want is she’s in your room And Brain’s gonna get us
EVAN Or laugh at the poems you write. into the movie! KIDS
ARCHIE I’ll try. A friend won’t go and start Gonna go see “The Brett’s gonna do it!
Kendra! kissing your brother Bloodmaster”! Brett’s gonna do it!
ARCHIE The minute that you’re out of sight. Friday night, “The Friday night, Brett’s
GIRLS I knew you would. A friend is the person Bloodmaster”! gonna do it!
Kendra! Kendra! You call sixteen times ev’ry Friday night, Friday night! Friday night at
night… Brain’s gonna do it! “The Bloodmaster,”
ARCHIE Brain’s gonna do it! Brett’s gonna do The Tongue
Very hot Kendra! be a friend And if your heart is always with Kendra!
what it means to breaking, EVAN Friday night at the movie
BOYS And you want to run and hide, I have a plan. at the mall!
Very hot, very hot! PATRICE When your hope is gone, I have a plan. And Brain’s gonna get us in!
A friend’s not a cheap little Your friend is on your side. Possibly, I think I have a plan.
ARCHIE phony creep It’ll take a lot of work, EVAN
Go tell Kendra Or a jerk trying to make a deal. If someone moves in ‘round It’ll take a lot of luck, I have a plan!
I’m waiting here! A friend is a person who, the corner But when it all comes through, A better plan.
most of all, And you want to show him They’ll say: Actually, an almost-perfect
Here’s the problem: Cares about what you feel; you care, plan.
Every minute, every second And nothing is harder So you give him all your last “All Hail the Brain! It sounds absolutely nuts,
that I wait Than learning a friend isn’t real. month of vacation He does what no mere It’ll take a lot of guts,
Might be too late. And all of the time you can spare, mortal can! But when it all comes
So let’s face it: He’s the man! through,
If I ever had a chance, And then, on the first day of Evan Goldman! They’ll say:
“All Hail the Brain! And it’ll all come true the neighborhood….. EVAN & ARCHIE BRETT
Give that Bar Mitzvah Boy Because… We’re all set for Friday, All Hail the Brain!
a hand! EVAN so who could complain?
Ain’t he grand? No one says “no” to a boy La la la la la la la la la la la KIDS
Ain’t he great! with a terminal illness. la la… ARCHIE All Hail the Brain!
And all I have to do is Take it from me, it’s a sure Except for you, because
guarantee of success. ARCHIE you’re Jewish and you EVAN
Go that day to the movie Listen, I’m not making fun of …Which wouldn’t be so bad always complain. All Hail the Brain!
theater, your terminal illness, if it weren’t my birthday on
Break into the projection But you hold the secret Friday, but the insurance didn’t EVAN KIDS
room, to getting my mom to say cover… It’s true, but All Hail the Brain!
Steal the reels of film for “yes.”
The Bloodmaster, So talk to my mom, EVAN EVAN & ARCHIE ALL
Take ‘em down the hall and get her to buy La la la la la la la la la la la la No one says no to a boy All Hail the Brain!
where they’re showing The tickets we need to obtain. la la… with a terminal illness!
Bambi, Brett gets his movie, Ask for a day at the mall or
Switch the reels, I get the credit, ARCHIE a trip to Belize!
Leave the theater, And you get your date, …I can always pay you for Nothing’s too hard and no
Tell the guys we’re gonna go so who would complain? the tickets if I don’t get my quest unendurable getting ready
see Bambi! Except for you, because medicine next month… Long as you’re sure you’re
What could go wrong? you’re dying, but completely incurable! ARCHIE
No one says no to a boy EVAN No one says no to a boy Only got one shot –
BRETT with a terminal illness! La la la la la la la la la la la With a fatal disease! Better get it right.
Hey, Brain, did you set up my Who could refuse when you la la! I’m getting ready.
date for Friday? shuffle your shoes BRETT Gotta look real hot
and say “Please!” ARCHIE All Hail The Brain! When it’s Friday night.
EVAN Use all the tricks that you …And you know, I’ve always I’m getting ready!
Date? learned in your cradle: felt a kinship with the Jewish KIDS
You don’t need to lay it on people. All Hail the Brain! I’m getting ready today.
BRETT thick with a ladle, I’m getting ready to say
With Kendra! ‘Cause no one says “no” to EVAN BRETT I’m not that weird geek you
a kid with a fatal disease! Out of the blue, I never thought he’d take think I must be.
EVAN a thought comes to you the bait! I’m getting ready to move.
Date! Date! ARCHIE Like sun coming out from This is great! I’m getting ready to prove
Archie, I have major news. I can do this! the rain. Evan Goldman! Kendra just needs a sex god
And after the stress, like me.
EVAN EVAN my mother says… KIDS
I have a plan. I know you can. Evan Goldman! EVAN
I have a plan ARCHIE All Hail the Brain! On Friday night, I’ll be the
So you and Kendra can go La la la la la la la la la la la la Yes! hometown hero.
out on Friday night! la la… EVAN
EVAN I did what no one else could do! ARCHIE
I need your help, though, ARCHIE Yes! Tell me, who Gotta cut my nails…
so stay calm. Mrs. Goldman, I hate to bother Could complain?
You need to go talk to my Mom, you but I was strolling through
EVAN EDDIE and MALCOLM LUCY LUCY KENDRA
If this goes right, Here it comes, here it comes! But he could also get his You don’t do that! But now I just don’t know
then I’ll be free and clear. tongue stuck down your throat, what to say...
BRETT Or try to kiss so hard, he KENDRA
ARCHIE Here comes the chips one of your teeth, But he’s soooo cute. EVAN
Gotta shave my beard… Or there’s a million other ways Venotayhem!
BRETT, EDDIE and that it could all go wrong. LUCY
EVAN MALCOLM It doesn’t matter if the urge You’re a good girl! KENDRA, LUCY & PATRICE
And if it goes as planned, Tolu balu balu balu balu balu to kiss him back is strong, I’ve got to get ready for him!
Patrice will understand balu balu balu balu balu balu You’ve got to hold that boy at bay, KENDRA
Some prices are worth balu balu balu bala! Step back from the edge Listen, lucy… ARCHIE
paying when your dreams and say: I’m getting ready, it’s true!
come true… KENDRA LUCY
Okay, so just go through this “I’m a good girl, I don’t do that. Don’t question me! ARCHIE & EVAN
ARCHIE with me one more time. I’m a nice girl, put that away. I’m getting ready to do
I’m getting ready for her! I’m a good girl, keep your KENDRA Something that makes her/them
I’m getting ready, yes, sir! LUCY hands off.” But I could be his girlfriend! Accept me at last!
Ready for passion, Okay. If you tell him that, then
delight and romance! you’ll be okay. LUCY ARCHIE, EVAN, PATRICE,
KENDRA You’re a good girl! LUCY, KENDRA, MALCOLM
ARCHIE & EVAN If he does it and I let him… KENDRA & EDDIE
I’m getting ready to go! What if it’s just, like, this much? KENDRA I’m getting ready, all right!
I’m getting ready, and knowing LUCY I’m a good girl… Nothing can stop me tonight!
I may only get this one chance… You’re a slut. LUCY
When you got that solo in BOTH BRETT
BRETT KENDRA choir, it’s ‘cause I told you You/I don’t do that! Tolu balu balu balu balu balu
There, in the dark of the Right. what to sing. balu balu balu balu balu balu
Appleton Cinema, And if he wants to, When you got the lead in EVAN balu balu balu bala!
Free from the public’s prying eyes, but I stop him… the fall school play, it’s Koh-amar...
There, with my girl in the ‘cause I coached you all last ALL
chair beside me, LUCY spring. KENDRA & LUCY I’m getting ready!
I can reveal my Big Surprise! You’re a tease. When you got to be the I could be his girlfriend! Ready!
There, while the rest of the head of the cheerleading Ready!
crowd’s immersed in KENDRA squad, it’s ‘cause i taught EVAN Now!
All of the blood vessels God. you everything. Ha’el Adoshem...
onscreen burstin’, And if I let him and I like it… Think of all the things i
Kendra will get to be the first in should have had you got LUCY
Line to realize: LUCY instead If I could get her out of the
Here comes the Tongue! You’re a skank. Because you did just what i way...
said!
EDDIE and MALCOLM KENDRA You’re a good girl! EVAN
Here it comes, here it comes! Wow. Bore hashamayim...
KENDRA
BRETT “I’m a good girl!”
Here comes the Tongue!
 any minute BRETT KENDRA here I come I’m gonna find out what they’ve
This is so not romantic. If I want it… got and I will get me some,
Now here I come!
BRETT KENDRA BOTH EVAN
Someone got his eyelids He wants to be with Lucy. If I close my eyes! Nothing’s done or set, You think I won’t get my wishes;
torn off. There are options to consider. You’ve never known
And I’m sitting here, BRETT BRETT I admit I didn’t make it work somebody this ambitious.
And I should be doing This was such a stupid idea. Any minute… tonight. Take a breath, count to ten,
something. I’m not finished yet. I blew it once but I won’t again:
That guy got an axe in his KENDRA KENDRA They are not gonna call me
throat And she’s right. Any minute… a quitter, I’m beginning to see,
And she’s sitting there, ‘Cause I‘m gonna try again I’m beginning to learn,
And I don’t know why I’m BRETT BRETT with all my might I’m becoming a man
waiting, If I could just… Any moment… Until I can show the people And here I come!
But oh, any minute, In this town
I’ll be getting closer. KENDRA KENDRA That I can get it right! So here I come!
I’ll be where I want to be… I’m a good girl… Any moment… I’ve got a million other tricks
Any minute. So here I come! still up my sleeve!
BRETT BOTH I got a million other tricks
KENDRA …Turn my head slightly Any time! still up my sleeve, yeah. KIDS
Someone got his skull sideways… Here I come! Look out, ’cause he’s comin’
chopped in half, BRETT And I am not about to pack on fast!
And he’s sitting there, PATRICE No more time to sit on my butt. my bags and leave, no no no.
And maybe he doesn’t want me. And oh, any minute, Time to move in. I didn’t push this hard to go EVAN
Maybe it was something I said. He’ll do something for me. Time to get started. back where I started from! Here I come!
Or maybe my breath. Did he just invite me Here I come!
Why did I eat those porkrinds? So he could ignore me? ARCHIE KIDS
‘Cause oh, any minute He won’t even know I’m gone… This is it, Archie. You can break me down, Yes, he’s comin’ up!
He could turn and kiss me. You can say I just don’t “get it,”
And we’ll be where we BRETT BRETT You can make me kiss the EVAN
ought to be… Any minute! After all, tonight is the tongue. life I knew goodbye. And I am not about to pack
Any minute… And after the tongue, You can kick me out, my bags and leave,
KENDRA There will be groping! You can say I’m gonna regret it,
BRETT Any minute… But you never get to tell me KIDS
She just set his penis on fire. ARCHIE I can’t try! No no no no no!
BRETT Okay. Before you can put me off
KENDRA Any moment… Or count me out, EVAN
This is weird. BRETT & ARCHIE Just look me in the eye – I’m gonna fight until I get my
KENDRA And so, watch out, Kendra! share!
BRETT Any moment… Now, watch out, women! So here I come! I’m gonna win this battle
What do I do? Now! Now! Now! It’s a little late but now I’m fair and square!
BRETT in control, yeah! I didn’t push this hard to
KENDRA If I want it… Here I come! end up where I started from!
Am I fat? Better check me out ‘cause
this is how I roll, whoa!
KIDS would I be This is such a complicated CHEERLEADERS see behind his head
He’s comin’ up right! If I didn’t take advantage of O-P-P! Turn as blind as a bat with
Better watch out! an opportunity! CHEERLEADERS no eyes?
He’s comin! Comin’ oh! O-P-P! LUCY
KENDRA Opportunity! MALCOLM
EVAN Here we go! LUCY What is a man
So here I come! Opportunity! (kissing BRETT) When he turns on his friends?
CHEERLEADERS We’ve been tossed
The Quayle Quails rock and CHEERLEADERS CHEERLEADERS Now we’re lost,
the Quayle Quails kill! O-P-P! O-P-P, opportunity! Just a platter of burnt ends.
act two The Thunderhawks won’t O-P-P!
but the Quayle Quails will! LUCY EDDIE
The Quayle Quails squawk Opportunity! LUCY I feel you.
opportunity and the Quayle Quails cluck! Opportunity!
The Quayle Quails win ‘cause CHEERLEADERS MALCOLM
LUCY the Thunderhawks suck! Hey-oh! CHEERLEADERS How do we make
My best friend ran out on O-P-P, opportunity! O-P-P, opportunity! Our hero wide awake
her boyfriend. LUCY O-P-P! Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh! So that he
And her boyfriend’s the boy I could be Brett’s brand-new Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh! Can re-
that I wanna be with. girlfriend. LUCY Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh! Alize?
My best friend’s in a bad Opportunity! Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh!
situation. KENDRA MALCOLM & EDDIE
When she cries and she Oh, Lucy, look at Brett. CHEERLEADERS LUCY That girl is bad bad news!
tries to repair her romance, Whoa-oh! Whoa-oh-oh! What kind of best friend Bad news!
Is it nasty if I notice that I LUCY Whoa-oh! Whoa-oh-oh! would I be Nothing but tears,
just got a chance? I could show him a lot of If I didn’t take advantage of Nothing but trouble,
If I whisper “pretty please” new tricks. LUCY an opportunity? Nothing but stress!
a little, How do I choose what Yes, she is bad bad news!
Maybe I can seize a little KENDRA to say, what to see Bad news!
O-P-P opportunity, O-P-P He looks like a rainbow full of sad. When presented with a
opportunity. candy-coated opportunity? bad bad news EDDIE
LUCY Bad news!
CHEERLEADERS Kendra still wants to be I was denied,
O-P-P, opportunity! Brett’s girlfriend. But now I’ve learned. EDDIE MALCOLM & EDDIE
O-P-P! I’m getting ready. What is a man Our buddy Brett
KENDRA I’m gonna get When he gives up his soul Is gonna regret
LUCY Lucy, go apologize to him for me! The thing I earned. For a lick That he ever said yes!
Opportunity! I’m really ready. From a chick The girl may be hot
LUCY I’m really ready for you. Who completely takes control? But all that he’s got
CHEERLEADERS But do I cut her a break I’m really ready to do Is bad bad news.
Whoa-oh! Whoa-oh-oh! ‘cause she made a mistake? Something I’ve wanted to do MALCOLM
Whoa-oh! Whoa-oh-oh! Or do I take the reward For so long! Tell the tale. EDDIE
that I really wanna take? What do you do when your
LUCY No matter how I BRETT EDDIE friend’s life’s at stake?
What kind of glam-slam girl contemplate it, Oh, hey Lucy. How does a man who can
MALCOLM ALL MALCOLM PATRICE
tell her
Man, he’s flipped. We’ve been abandoned, Drive a stake through her Tell her that all you ever
Left in the sand and heart, if she just had a heart. wanted…
SIMON Who are we now? EVAN
No, he’s whipped ALL Tell her you’ve thought EVAN
Like the cream on a cake. He fell for a slut The longer it goes, the about what happened. Tell her that all you ever
With a fabulous butt worse it’ll get! Tell her you haven’t wanted…
EDDIE But she’s bad bad news. So somebody’s gotta tell Brett! slept at night.
What can we say? Tell her although you made a PATRICE
EDDIE RICHIE huge mistake, Was maybe
MALCOLM Perhaps there’s a way we can Yeah! You want to make it right.
He won’t talk. ‘dispose’ of her. EVAN & PATRICE
ALL Tell her you know A smile or a glance.
SIMON MALCOLM That girl is bad, bad news! you aren’t perfect.
He won’t play. Maybe she can ‘meet with an Bad news! Tell her you’ve waited EVAN
accident’? She took our pal. way too long. Tell her you’re sorry.
EDDIE, MALCOLM and She took our leader Tell her you’re sorry –
SIMON SIMON And led him astray! Tell her you mean it. PATRICE
How could one tongue We have got to make clear that Hey! Hey! Tell her you just were wrong. Tell her you mean it.
destroy a whole team? she’s not welcome here, She’s totally bad bad news!
The most horrible way we Bad news! PATRICE EVAN & PATRICE
EDDIE, MALCOLM, SIMON can find. Tell her she shouldn’t have Ask for another chance.
and RICHIE EDDIE ignored you Tell her you just want
That girl is bad bad news! MALCOLM Bad news! Or dissed you in front of all another chance.
Bad news! We could go train a pit bull the school.
to chew on her flesh. MALCOLM Tell her the minute she got
SIMON Bad news! “out of touch,”
Very bad news. EDDIE You felt like such a fool. it can’t be true
I don’t think they attack their ALL Tell her that studying together
RICHIE own kind. Listen up, Brett! Was so nice you prayed it MOLLY
She’s like a snake! You’re not ruined yet! wouldn’t end. Oh hey, Lucy? What’s up?
RICHIE We’ll show you the way!
EDDIE We could torture her mother Throw her under the bus Say you forgive her. LUCY
She’s like a cockroach! and chop up her dog. And come back to us! Say you were jealous. Check this out. I just got the
Ask if she’ll be your friend. juiciest text from Charlotte,
SIMON SIMON MALCOLM who told me the nastiest
She’s like a cow! To be honest, I don’t think Even though she has EVAN & PATRICE thing about Kendra.
A skinny cow. she’d mind! excellent shoes... Tell her that people get
things wrong, MOLLY
ALL EDDIE ALL ‘Cause people are afraid Kendra! No! What?
Wow, she is bad bad news! I could rip off her pocketbook. She’s bad, bad, bad, bad, They won’t fit in your world
Bad news! Look, it’s a start. bad, bad, bad, bad Or in your life. LUCY
News! But things will work out fine All right, I’ll tell you. But
MALCOLM Bad news! If she will only listen. remember…
Très bad!
Everything Charlotte says CASSIE & CHARLOTTE BOTH ALL THREE if that’s what it is
is a lie. Yo. You better not believe her! Kendra and Evan at the game,
It’s a lie, it’s a lie, it’s a lie. Then they vanished without
Everything Charlotte says MOLLY CASSIE, CHARLOTTE & a trace. ARCHIE
is a lie, Everything Charlotte says MOLLY Then she saw Kendra under If that’s what it is,
You better not believe her. is a lie. Holy mack-a-roly, oh, the bleachers Then that’s what it is.
it can’t be true! Lettin’ Evan get to You’re probably right to just
‘Cause she says she saw LUCY No, you can’t repeat a single Third base! forget it.
Kendra and Evan at the mall, Everything Molly says word I’m telling you! Let’s face it,
Standing face to face… is a lie. And oh, can you imagine ALL SEVEN you’ve worked so hard,
Laughing and talking and what Brett would do Holy mack-a-roly, oh, And now you’re scarred
holding hands BOTH If he heard that kind of a it can’t be true! And free of any hope.
And slurping all the way to It’s a lie, it’s a lie, it’s a lie. rumor? There’s an awful lot of I guess you should mope.
First base! trouble they could get in to! Forget what you planned.
MOLLY MOLLY And oh, can you imagine Hey, I understand.
But everything Charlotte Everything Charlotte says Everything Cassie says what Brett would do
says is a lie, is a lie… is a lie… If he heard that kind of a rumor? If that’s what it is,
You better not believe her! Then that’s what it is.
LUCY CHARLOTTE EDDIE Though that’s not the way I
MOLLY Everything Molly says Everything Molly says Everything Kendra says is a lie! choose to see it.
Kendra and Evan? is a lie, is a lie… I have my own view that works
EDDIE & MALCOLM With all these jerks
LUCY BOTH CASSIE It’s a lie! It’s a lie! It’s a lie! And unenlightened fools.
Yep. You better not believe her! Everything Charlotte says is… I make my own rules.
MALCOLM I do what I can.
MOLLY MOLLY ALL THREE Doin’ the tongue with some If I hit the wall,
What about Brett? ‘Cause i just heard that It’s a lie, it’s a lie, it’s a lie! other guy! Well, maybe it’s all just part
of the plan.
LUCY BOTH MOLLY EDDIE & MALCOLM Tomorrow will come,
I know, she’s so full of it! But She said she saw Making up stories, You better believe it! Today will be gone:
really, really, really, don’t say Kendra and Evan I don’t know why. And so I put one foot in
anything! ALL front of the other,
MOLLY ALL THREE ‘Cause he said she saw One foot in front of the other
MOLLY On their bikes You better not believe her! She said she saw And just keep walking on.
Of course not! I won’t say a Having a little race. She said he saw
word. CASSIE PATRICE
LUCY So don’t say nothing Kendra and Evan at the mall If that’s what it is,
CHARLOTTE & CASSIE Molly saw Kendra in the park Kendra and Evan at the park
Y’ello? Letting Evan get to second base! CHARLOTTE Kendra and Evan at the lake ARCHIE
But she just told me Kendra and Evan at the movies If that’s what it is,
MOLLY MOLLY Kendra and Evan at the zoo
Cassie? But everything Charlotte MOLLY PATRICE
says is a lie! She said she saw LUCY What also is true
LUCY And I just saw them
Charlotte! Right now!
ARCHIE One day I’ll be older ARCHIE I need a little less pressure, CHARLOTTE
What also is true And then I’ll write a book One foot in front of the other, And a little more time. And the days ahead comin’
About the choices that I made… on so quick,
BOTH EVAN I am trying to follow, You can’t get out of the way.
Is it may not always be PATRICE One foot in front of the other, I am trying to lead,
disaster. The choices that you made… I am trying to find what is true, CHARLOTTE & RICHIE
ARCHIE But if you’re gonna stand & EVAN
PATRICE EVAN The crip, the geek, the Jew with me, You keep runnin’
I realize that now it is, And the chances that I took. and his mother… Then you have to concede
But how it is That we all have a little ALL KIDS
Isn’t how it’s got to be. PATRICE PATRICE more homework to do. Day turns to day turns to
Another day comes, The chances that you… And just keep walking on. day turns to day
Another day goes, CHARLOTTE Turns to day turns to day
And if I get teased or hurt ARCHIE Day turns to day turns to And I’m a little bit older,
Or lied to or punched If that’s what it is, day turns to day a little bit faster,
in the nose, Then that’s what it is. a little more homework Turns to day turns to day. A little bit closer, a little bit.
I say “I won’t cry,” At least until Disney can You get a little bit older, Day turns to day turns to
I cry until dawn, rewrite it. a little bit taller, day turns to day turns to
And then I put one foot in We put on our shoes and socks EVAN A little bit better, a little bit. day turns to day
front of the other And take the knocks If you stand here behind me Day turns to day turns to
And wish that it would change… And you call me a man day turns to day turns to day And the sky goes blue and
PATRICE & ARCHIE And you’re counting on me And the days before all go the sky goes black
One foot in front of the other PATRICE to come through, too fast, And no matter what you do,
And maybe it will. You should know that You can’t hold on. you can’t go back, you go
PATRICE I’ll give you So you go Day into day into day…
And just keep walking on. EVAN The best that I can,
And maybe it can. But we all have a little more CHARLOTTE & RICHIE EVAN
EVAN homework to do. & EVAN I turned thirteen, my parents
I’m becoming a man. ARCHIE Day turn to day turns to day got divorced, and I moved
Maybe all that it means is I face Until then, you trust If you’re walking beside me turns to day from New York City to the
The world for what That all this is just And you want to be friends, Turns to day turns to day middle of nowhere.
It is and not “becoming a man.” You should know I’m
What I wish it would be. depending on you. EVAN ALL
PATRICE So you gotta hang in there And I’m a little bit older, Day into day into day.
I’m becoming a man. You take your best shot… ‘Til the whole story ends a little bit stronger,
Watching everything fall ‘Cause we all have a little A little bit smarter – PATRICE
into place, ALL THREE more homework to do. a little bit. I turned thirteen, and I kissed
I swing, I miss; ‘Cause look what you/I got! a boy. More than once!
I’ll get through this, And I’ve been looking in the
I almost guarantee. PATRICE back of the book for the answers, CHARLOTTE & RICHIE KENDRA
Go on and put one foot in Hoping the bell wouldn’t chime, & EVAN I turned thirteen and signed a
One day I’ll be thirty, front of the other. But I’m not ready to put Day turns to day turns to virginity pledge.
One day I’ll be fine, down my pencil just yet, day turns to day
One day I’ll make fun of this EVAN There are too many answers Turns to day
dramatic life of mine. One foot in front of the other. that I didn’t get.
ALL CASSIE CHARLOTTE CHARLOTTE
Day turns to day turns to But I’m not ready to put brand new you I didn’t know where I I opened my eyes
day turns to day turns to down my pencil just yet. was meant to be. And there’s a great big world
day turns to day… CASSIE I figured no one would be around.
SIMON I saw the cover and I judged there for me, I opened my eyes,
LUCY There are too many answers the book. But now, now, now And just look, just look,
I was diagnosed with an that I didn’t get. I turned away without a I see a brand new you. Look at what I found!
eating disorder. second look,
RICHIE But now, now, now MOLLY & CHARLOTTE CHARLOTTE & CASSIE
BRETT I need a little less pressure. I see a brand new you. I never knew that you could I opened my eyes
I failed math. But we won the understand, And there’s a great big world
championship! ALL I told myself I better run around.
And a little more time. and hide. MOLLY, CHARLOTTE & I opened my eyes...
All I am trying to follow, I never noticed what was CASSIE
And I’m a little bit braver, I am trying to lead, there inside, But I looked up and you CASSIE
a little bit broader, I am trying to learn what is true. But now, now, now reached out your hand, And just look, just look,
A little bit brighter, I am trying to be what you I see a brand new you, And now, now, now Look at what I found!
a little bit… want and I need And I can’t stop myself I see a brand new you!
And we all have a little from lovin’
ARCHIE more homework. Ev’ry itty bitty thing you do!
I turned thirteen and I had We all have a little more
to have spinal cord surgery. homework.
God, that sucked. We all have a little more
homework
ALL To do
Day turns to day turns to day! (Day turns to day turns to
day turns to day turns to day)
EDDIE A little more homework to do
I got busted for driving my (Day turns to day turns to
Dad’s pickup. day turns to day turns to day)
A little more homework to do
ALL (Day turns to day turns to
Day turns to day turns to day! day turns to day turns to day)
A little more homework to do
CHARLOTTE (Day turns to day turns to
I got drunk. day turns to day turns to day)
A little more homework to do
MOLLY (Day turns to day turns to
And I’ve been looking in the back day turns to day turns to day)
of the book for the answers.
Hoping the bell wouldn’t chime. EVAN
My name is Evan Goldman. I
MALCOLM live at 24 Plains Drive, Appleton,
My parents split up. Indiana. I’m thirteen years old.
And I’m just getting started.
credits

Recorded August 30, 31, and September 1, 2008 at Legacy Studio A509, NYC PROPS FROM JRB: David O, Thomas Murray,  Craig Wolynez,  Aaron
Fischer, Brian Kennedy, Joel Ehrlich, Madeline Puzo, Todd Graff, Michele
RECORDING PRODUCED BY Jeffrey Lesser and Jason Robert Brown Lynch, Adam Ben-David, Freddie Gershon, French Woods Festival of the
Performing Arts (Ron Schaefer, Jeff Maynard), Stagedoor Manor, Lincoln
EXECUTIVE ALBUM PRODUCERS: Kurt Deutsch and Bill Rosenfield
Center Theatre, Cat Davis, Brooke Pierce, Georgia Stitt, Molly Cate Brown,
ASSOCIATE ALBUM PRODUCERS: Noah Cornman and Steve Norman and all of the cast members and musicians (and their parents) who have
RECORDED AND MIXED BY Jeffrey Lesser contributed so much to “13” on the road to Broadway. 
ENGINEER: Bojan Dugic
PRO-TOOLS OP/2ND ENGINEER: Missy Webb 13 opened on October 5th, 2008 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: David Herman, Don Goodrick, Tyler Can Dalen in New York City
CUE MIXER: Chris Jennings
MASTERED BY Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, © 2008 Semolina Farfalle
Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP)
CHILD GUARDIANS: Ashley Gonzales, Libby Stevens
ALBUM PACKAGE DESIGN: Jessica Disbrow Talley SPECIAL THANKS: Bob Harris, Mark Sendroff, Joaquin Esteva, Robert Robles,
PHOTOS: Justin Borucki Chris Bubacz, Sarah Marcus, Ashley Nelson, Nancy Neos, Russ Anixter
ALBUM PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: Kate Rousseau, Joey Oliva, Johnna Jackson and Don Rice

GENERAL MANAGEMENT: 101 Productions, LTD.

Wendy Orshan / Jeffrey Wilson
David Auster
COMPANY MANAGER: Sean Free
ASSISTANT COMPANY MANAGER: Chris D’Angelo

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER: Rick Steiger

SHOW PRESS REPRESENTATIVE: Barlow / Hartman

ALBUM PRESS REPRESENTATIVE: Seth Cohen PR

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evan
Graham Phillips
patrice

Allie Trimm
archie
Aaron Simon Gross
lucy
Elizabeth Egan Gillies
brett

Eric M. Nelsen
kendra
Delaney Moro
eddie
Al Calderon
cassie

Brynn Williams
richie
Eamon Foley
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Ariana Grande
malcolm

Malik Hammond
molly
Caitlin Gann
simon

Joey La Varco