HAIRSPRAY ~ Scene Breakdown ~

(Scenes, Songs & Set)

ACT I Prologue: Tracy’s Bedroom & Streets of Baltimore (1962; A Monday morning , 7:00 AM)

“Good Morning Baltimore” (Dirham)) - Traci, Company B

Bedroom Drop CYC (with cloud gobos?) 2 Baltimore House drops

2 Triangle units (Baltimore house side) Mr. Pinky Store Drop

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 1: TV Station WZZT & Turnblad Home (Monday afternoon)

“Nicest Kids in Town” (Meese) - Corny Collins, Council

CYC Corny Collins Booth

Shape drop (center)...? 2 Triangle units (Corny Collins side)

60’s TV Camera Turnblad home/living room piece

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 2: Bedrooms of Tracy, Penny & Amber

“Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now” (Dirham or Clark) - Tracy, Penny, Amber...Edna, Prudy & Velma - Selected Company C Ladies (teens and moms)

CYC, Scaffold Possible 3 Vanities

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 3: TV Station WZZT (The Audition)

“I Can Hear the Bells” (Meese & Blaydes) - Tracy - Council - 6th Grade Dancers - HS solo dancer

“Miss Baltimore Crabs” (Dirham) - Velma, Council, Little Inez (at end transition only)

CYC Corny Collins Booth

Shape drop (center)...? 2 Triangle units (Corny Collins side)

Scene 3.1: Transition to Detention “Transition to Detention” (Dirham)

- Tracy & Little Inez CYC

Passerelle --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 4: Detention

Dance Dialog Underscore music (Dirham) - Traci, Seaweed - Gilbert, Duane,Lorraine, Stooie and others

Classroom Desks, chair, rolling blackboard, Teacher desk on casters

(Globe, radio) *Plain Local storage

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 5: The “Madison” Gymnasium (Patterson Park HS)

“The Madison” (Meese) - Corny Collins, Traci, Seaweed, Little Inez, Amber, Link - Council, Company A & C

Streamer/Decor drop ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Scene 6: Success

“Nicest Kids in Town” reprise (Meese) - Corny, Traci, Amber, Link, Penny, Edna, Wilbur - Council

“It Takes Two” (Blaydes) - Link, Tracy - Council Guys - Company B Ladies (staged in...not choreographed)

“Velma’s Revenge” (Dirham) - Velma

Station WZZT Turnblad House piece

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 7: Welcome to the Sixties

“Welcome to the Sixties” (Meese) - Tracy, Edna, Dyamites - Pinkies

● Rachel Gilmore, Natalie James, Josie Wright, Chloe Jones, Nicole Marran, Jenna Ritchey

- Various passer-by’s (chosen from Company B) ● Blind man, photographer, hot dog stand worker, couple, old lady,

etc. - Company C - Level II Dancers

CYC

Turnblad Home piece Baltimore Street drops, Mr. Pinky’s Store

Triangle Pieces (house side) Hot-dog stand/cart

Scene 8: Dodgeball (Gymnasium?...Park?)

“I Can Hear the Bells” reprise (Dirham) - Link

“Run and Tell That” (Meese) - Seaweed, Little Inez, Penny, Link, Tracy - Company A

Chainlink fencing pieces...CYC (cloud gobos) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 9: Record Shop

“Run and Tell That” Continued (Meese) - Same as above

“Big, Blond and Beautiful” (Meese) - Part 1...Motormouth, Tracy, Edna, Wilbur (short entrance), Company A

throughout - Part 2...Velma, Link, Council & Moms (Company C Ladies) - Police Officers at the end (2-3 company guys...TBD)

Record Drop with record stands/bins/tables, etc.

Triangle pieces (Baltimore building) Transition back to WZZT (Record drop out...WZZT in)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT II Scene 1: Women’s House of Detention

“The Big Doll House” (Meese & Blaydes) - Matron, Velma, Edna, Amber, Little Inez, Motormouth, Tracy, Penny - Women (TBD)...Company B ladies - Level IV HS Dancers

“Baltimore Reprise” (Dirham) - Tracy

Scaffolding (10-12 Prison bar pieces) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 2: Turnblad Home

“You’re Timeless To Me” (Dirham) - Edna, Wilbur

Turnblad house piece...Hairspray can on side In front of the Main Curtain

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Scene 3: Tracy’ Jail Cell & Penny’s Bedroom “Without Love” (Blaydes)

- Tracy, Link, Penny, Seaweed - Company B - HS Level III Dancers (Paired with Company B guys)

Triangle Pieces (Tracy Cell...Penny Bedroom)

Scaffolding Scene 4: Motormouth’s Inspiration (Record Shop)

“I Know Where I’ve Been” (Dirham) - Motormouth - Company A

Record Shop Drop Record Bin Carts

Scaffolding? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scene 5: Miss Teenage Hairspray (Eventorium)

“It’s Hairspray” (Blaydes) - Corny Collins, Council...no Link or Amber

“Cooties” (Blaydes) - Amber, Council] - 5th Grade dancers

“You Can’t Stop the Beat” PART 1 (Meese) - Tracy, Penny, Link, Seaweed, Amber, Velma, Corny Collins - Council - Chorus A - Dynamites

“You Can’t Stop the Beat” PART 2 (Meese) - Full Company

Shimmer/Rain Drop Shapes drop used in WZZT

Hairspray Can (Roll in) Miss Teenage Hairspray 1962 Scoreboard

Scaffolding --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Floor...painted black with rounded rectangular shapes stenciled (color pallette)...OR cirlcles Passerelle...matches floor...LIGHTS around front of passerelle Confetti for end?