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ALL SHOOK UP is a hilarious and heartfelt musical with an original book by Joe DiPietro, creator of the Tony Award®-winning musical Memphis—which can also be found in the TRW catalogue.
Loosely based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, it’s 1955 and into a square little town rides a guitar-playing young man who changes everything and everyone he meets. Featuring mega hits from the beloved Elvis® catalogue this musical fantasy will have you jumpin’ out of your blue suede shoes with such classics as “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock,” and “Don’t Be Cruel.”
Bringing All Shook Up to your stage offers your community a delightful experience that celebrates the enduring legacy of Elvis Presley®. All Shook Up is more than just a musical—it’s a vibrant, joyous celebration of the power of love, the power of music, and the power of community.
ALL SHOOK UP School Edition has been adapted from the original Broadway production. The School Edition has been carefully edited, with additional director’s notes throughout, to make the show more producible for secondary school and college groups/performers. Song keys have been adjusted to sit more comfortably in the range of secondary school and college performers. In some cases, problematic language has been changed, while in others an alternate choice is offered at the discretion of the director.
NATALIE HALLER – A young woman and an excellent mechanic. She’s much more at home in greasy overalls than in 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. 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.
HENRIETTA – A townsperson, one of NATALIE’S friends.
MALE & FEMALE ENSEMBLE play an assortment of TOWNSPEOPLE.
Note: The author has provided options to permit ALL SHOOK UP to be performed either by an ethnically diverse or ethnically homogeneous cast. The places where substitutions are permitted are enclosed and are followed by an asterisk*. The optional lines can be found in the ADDENDUM.
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.
Reed 1, Reed 2, Reed 3, Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2, Trombone, Guitar 1, Guitar 2, Piano-Conductor (included in Rehearsal Set), Keyboard 2 (Organ), Drums, Bass
Please note, the Reed parts require each player to play several instruments. If your Reed players are not experienced in this method, you may wish to order additional Reed books to divide the parts among multiple players.
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