Inspired by and featuring the songs of ELVIS PRESLEY Book ...

1 - DIRECTOR S SCRIPT SINGLE-SIDED Inspired by and featuring the songs of ELVIS PRESLEY Book by JOE DIPIETRO Orchestrations by Michael Gibson & Stephen Oremus Music Arrangements by Stephen Oremus Dance Arrangements by Zane Mark & August Eriksmoen New Orchestrations & Arrangements by August Eriksmoen A NOTE FROM TRW PLEASE: HIGHLIGHT this material MARK cuts in pencil OR pen DO NOT ERASE your personal notes and blocking BECAUSE: TRW MATERIALS DO NOT NEED TO BE RETURNED AND ARE YOURS TO KEEP* 1359 Broadway, Suite 914, New York, NY 10018 866-378-9758 toll-free 212-643-1322 fax *The materials contained herein are protected under copyright, are not for sale, and may only be used for the single specifically licensed live theatrical production for which they were originally provided. Any other use or duplication is strictly prohibited by law 05/07/09 Announcing TRW s new online community!

2 Visit the TRW Virtual Village Become a member (it's free and easy to join). Be part of an innovative way for our customers to connect to each other and share the excitement of live theatre and TRW s cutting-edge catalogue of musicals. * Create your own profile * Post photos from your production * * Having trouble tracking down a set or costume piece? * * Post a thread in the Forum * Blog about working on a show * * Invite your friends to join * It s like Facebook for Theatre People * (Sometimes it takes a ) THE PLACE A small you-never-heard-of-it town somewhere in the Midwest THE TIME A twenty-four hour period, during the summer of 1955.

3 CAST OF CHARACTERS NATALIE HALLER A young woman and an excellent mechanic. She's much more at home in greasy overalls than a dress. CHAD A great-lookin', motorcyclin', guitar-playin', leather-jacketed roustabout. JIM HALLER Natalie's widowed father. Middle-aged and messy, he still longs for his wife. SYLVIA The no-nonsense, African-American owner of SYLVIA'S HONKY-TONK. LORRAINE -- Sylvia's teenage daughter. Pretty, smart and a total romantic. DENNIS An awkward young man. He aspires to be a dentist. MISS SANDRA The beautiful, intellectual caretaker of the town's museum. MAYOR MATILDA HYDE The town's very conservative mayor. DEAN HYDE Matilda's teenage son.

4 He has spent his youth at military boarding schools and he has never disobeyed his mother. SHERIFF EARL The law in town and a man of not many words. He loyally follows the Mayor wherever she goes. MALE & FEMALE ENSEMBLE play an assortment of TOWNSPEOPLE. AUTHOR S NOTE All Shook Up deals with a small town in the 1950 s that recognizes the unjustness of segregation after a leather-jacketed stranger motorcycles into town. In keeping with this spirit, All Shook Up was performed on Broadway with an interracial cast, featuring both African-American and white performers. However, to remove any specific casting issues your theatre group may have, it is acceptable to perform an alternate version of All Shook Up in which the town is divided not along racial lines, but along class lines. Of course, all efforts should be made to integrate your cast as fully as possible. But since All Shook Up is ultimately about the power and magic of music, this alternate version equally captures the spirit of the show.

5 The author has provided options to permit ASU to be performed either by an ethnically diverse or ethnically heterogeneous cast. The places where substitutions are permitted are enclosed XXXXXXXX and are followed by an *. Those options can be found in the Addendum. SONG LIST ACT I JAILHOUSE ROCK CHAD, INMATES heartbreak HOTEL SYLVIA, DENNIS, LORRAINE, JIM, NATALIE, BARFLIES ROUSTABOUT CHAD ONE NIGHT WITH YOU NATALIE C'MON EVERYBODY CHAD, NATALIE, DENNIS, TOWNSPEOPLE FOLLOW THAT DREAM CHAD.

6 NATALIE HOUND DOG/TEDDY BEAR SANDRA, CHAD, DENNIS, NATALIE THAT'S ALL RIGHT CHAD, LORRAINE, SYLVIA, BARFLIES IT'S NOW OR NEVER DEAN, LORRAINE LOVE ME TENDER CHAD, NATALIE BLUE SUEDE SHOES ED, CHAD, GUYS DON'T BE CRUEL CHAD, JIM LET YOURSELF GO SANDRA, STATUES CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE COMPANY ACT II ALL SHOOK UP CHAD, COMPANY IT HURTS ME DENNIS, ENSEMBLE A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION NATALIE, GALS THE POWER OF MY LOVE JIM, CHAD, SANDRA I DON'T WANT TO CHAD DEVIL IN DISGUISE MATILDA, ANGELS, MULTIPLE CHADS THERE'S ALWAYS ME SYLVIA IF I CAN DREAM CHAD, LORRAINE, DEAN, ENSEMBLE CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE (REPRISE) EARL, JIM, SYLVIA, MATILDA FOOLS FALL IN LOVE NATALIE, COMPANY BURNING LOVE CHAD, NATALIE, COMPANY BOWS/C'MON EVERYBODY COMPANY I-1 ACT I SCENE 1 (We hear the familiar downbeats of "Jailhouse Rock.)

7 " LIGHTS UP on the iconic "Jailhouse Rock" image two levels of silhouetted prisoners behind bars. A SPOT on CHAD) "JAILHOUSE ROCK" CHAD THE WARDEN THREW A PARTY IN THE COUNTY JAIL THE PRISON BAND WAS THERE AND THEY BEGAN TO WAIL THE BAND WAS JUMPIN' AND THE JOINT BEGANS TO SWING YOU SHOULD-A HEARD THOSE KNOCKED-OUT JAILBIRDS SING LET'S ROCK. OH,BABY, LET'S ROCK. EV'RYBODY IN THE WHOLE CELL BLOCK WAS DANCIN' TO THE JAILHOUSE ROCK. SPIDER MURPHY ON THE TENOR SAXOPHONE LITTLE JOE'S A' BLOWIN' ON THE SLIDE TROMBONE THE DRUMMER BOY FROM ILLINOIS GOES CRASH, BOOM, BANG! THE WHOLE RHYTHM SECTION, WHAT A PURPLE GANG CHAD LET'S ROCK OH, BABY, LET'S ROCK PRISONERS ROCK, ROCK ROCK IN THE JAIL ROCK, ROCK IN THE JAILHOUSE CHAD EV'RYBODY IN THE WHOLE CELL BLOCK WILL BE DANCIN' TO THE JAILHOUSE ROCK (WARDEN ENTERS) WARDEN All right, boy, I gotta let ya go now. But I'm hopin' a week in the slammer taught you a lesson no more ridin' into my town, playin' that music, excitin' our women.

8 We don't like our women excited! So now you get on your bike and get. Oh, but one more thing, I, uh, promised I'd give you this note. It's from my daughter. And, uh, here's one from my wife. And my mother. (EXITS) CHAD NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN SAID TO NUMBER THREE I-2 #47 YOU'RE THE CUTEST JAILBIRD I EVER DID SEE. #3 I SURE WOULD BE DELIGHTED WITH YOUR COMPANY #47 AND #3 COME ON AND DO THE JAILHOUSE ROCK WITH ME! CHAD LET'S ROCK OH, BABY, LET'S ROCK PRISONERS ROCK, ROCK, ROCK ROCK IN THE JAIL ROCK, ROCK IN THE JAILHOUSE CHAD EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE CELL BLOCK WILL BE DANCIN' TO THE JAILHOUSE ROCK PRISONERS THE SAD SACK IS SITTIN' ON A BLOCK OF STONE WAY OVER IN THE CORNER WEEPIN' ALL ALONE. THE WARDEN SAID HEY BUDDY, DON'T YOU BE NO SQUARE CHAD IF YOU CAN'T FIND A PARTNER, USE A WOODEN CHAIR! PRISONSERS LET'S ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK CHAD OH, BABY, LET'S ROCK PRISONERS ROCK, ROCK, ROCK CHAD EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE CELL BLOCK CHAD AND PRISONERS WAS DANCIN' TO THE JAILHOUSE ROCK.

9 (DANCE BREAK. THE PRISONERS go wild) I-3 ALL ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK LET'S ROCK OH, BABY, LET'S ROCK EV'RYBODY IN THE WHOLE CELL BLOCK, WILL BE DANCIN', WILL BE DANCIN', WILL BE DANCIN' TO THE JAILHOUSE, DANCIN' TO THE JAILHOUSE, DANCIN' TO THE JAILHOUSE, ROCK! I-4 SCENE 2 SYLVIA'S HONKY-TONK (The bar is segregated whites on one side, African-Americans on other. It is a dreary bar full of dreary people. SYLVIA tends bar as her daughter lounges) SYLVIA C'mon, Lorraine, quit goofin' off, we got customers. LORRAINE Oh, Mother, it's the same old drunks every day. SYLVIA How many times have I told you? They're not drunks. They're alcohol enthusiasts. (NATALIE, wearing her greasy mechanics uniform, ENTERS) NATALIE Hey, Lorraine LORRAINE Hi, Natalie. How're things at the gas station today? NATALIE Dead as ever. Have you seen my dad? LORRAINE Not yet.

10 (DENNIS ENTERS) DENNIS Natalie! Natalie, thank goodness you're here! Look what came in the mail this morning. (Holds up a letter) I'm shipping out in a couple of weeks! NATALIE The army? DENNIS Dental school. NATALIE Oh, Dennis, you got in, congratulations! LORRAINE Oh, you're so lucky to be getting out of this town! I-5 DENNIS Well, actually I've been maybe thinking not going. NATALIE What? But it's your dream LORRAINE And you're so smart NATALIE And it's not like there's anyone to keep you here. DENNIS Well, what if there was. What if there was girl who I was in love with, but she doesn't know it yet NATALIE Oh, my gosh, who? LORRAINE Yeah, who? (DENNIS tries to say it but cannot) DENNIS No one, there's no girl. I was just joking. (DENNIS crosses away. LORRAINE follows) LORRAINE It's Natalie, isn't it? DENNIS Oh gosh, yeah LORRAINE HEY, NATALIE! (NATALIE turns) DENNIS No, please don't tell her, I'll die!