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QuixoteInspired by Miguel de Cervantes’

Don Quixote de la Mancha

Book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus Music by Dennis Poore

Lyrics by Flip Kobler

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Quixote“The smart and witty script takes a serious look at teen angst—with enough comedy to keep the show from drowning in heavy drama ... Dennis Poore’s brilliant musical score spans the Latin rhythm gamut

from salsa to mariachi—and beyond ... This is the kind of musi-cal that makes you leave the theater humming—AND thinking.”

—The Signal Newspaper, Santa Clarita, Calif.

Musical. Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote de la Mancha. Book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. Music by Dennis Poore. Lyrics by Flip Kobler. Cast: 4m., 10w., 11 m. or w. May be doubled to a cast of 13 or expanded to up to 50. Cervantes’ masterpiece Don Quixote de la Mancha gets an extreme makeover. Set in modern-day La Mancha, New Mexico, the story follows the tale of Alonzo Quijana, a student at La Mancha High School. Alonzo is an outcast who doesn’t fit into any of the preapproved social groups. He’s a loner who dreams of a better time: when a single man could change the course of tomorrow and knights upheld justice, chivalry and all things good. But, like most outcasts, he’s bullied and picked on until the pressures of high school become too much. Alonzo’s mind snaps. He sheds his old skin and is reborn as Don Quixote de la Mancha. Teaming with another former misfit, Sancho Panza, Quixote arms himself with a wooden sword, a street sign lance and his old Schwinn bike and sets out to right all the wrongs in the world. Exploring the real-world violence of places like Columbine and Virginia Tech, Quixote is a musical comedy that takes a serious look at teen angst. Flexible staging. Approximate running time: 80 minutes. Code: QD5.

Cover photo: The Hub Theater, North Hollywood, Calif., featuring (l-r) Beatriz Reyes, Ian Gilmore and Bridgete Peterson. Photo: Showdown Stage Company. Cover design: Jeanette Alig-Sergel.

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QUIXOTEA Totally Teen Mu si cal

Book byFLIP KOBLER and CINDY MARCUS

Mu sic byDEN NIS POORE

Lyrics byFLIP KOBLER

In spired by Miguel de Cer van tes’Don Qui xote de la Mancha

Dra matic Pub lishingWoodstock, Il li nois • Eng land • Aus tra lia • New Zea land

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IM POR TANT BILLING AND CREDIT RE QUIRE MENTS

All pro duc ers of the mu si cal must give credit to Flip Kobler and CindyMarcus as co-au thors, Den nis Poore as com poser and Flip Kobler aslyricist of the musical in all pro grams dis trib uted in con nec tion with per -for mances of the musical and in all in stances in which the ti tle of themusical ap pears for pur poses of ad ver tis ing, pub li ciz ing or oth er wise ex -ploit ing the musical and/or a pro duc tion. The names of Flip Kobler,Cindy Marcus and Den nis Poore must also ap pear on a sep a rate line, onwhich no other name ap pears, im me di ately fol low ing the ti tle, and mustap pear in size of type not less than fifty per cent (50%) the size of the ti tle type. Bio graph i cal in for ma tion on Flip Kobler, Cindy Marcus and Den nis Poore, if in cluded in the playbook, may be used in all pro grams. In allpro grams this no tice must ap pear:

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QUI XOTE made its world pre miere at the Fran cis Wil son Play -house in Clearwater, Florida, dur ing the sum mer of 2006. Mu si -cal di rec tion by Mark Jelks, cho re og ra phy by Domenic Bisesti,cos tumes by Mickey Bronson, set de sign by Flip Kobler andlight ing de sign by James Grenelle. The pro duc tion was di rectedby Cindy Marcus.

Orig i nal Cast

Alonzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy MoranskiDonna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . An nie HorakSancho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren FieldDenise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leah RadelIzod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garrett Stew artPreacher Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Aus tinBar ber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Da vid GregorioMallory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April ZinobarSugar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole CormackSaf fron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haley MerkerSage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren BoneCow boy Buck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duncan SmithCorporal Gomez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor AuxierPvt. Vasquez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brittany BettsPvt. Ro dri guez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mi chael HankinsonCassie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samantha HuffmanPepe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Max ZeimannRamon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aubry CheekJessie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adina SnapstailerTurbo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ve ron ica Mar ti nezVe loc ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex PapisThrush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sofi GilDaphne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke WendtDaisy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly YoungDaffodil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mallory Gabardi

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QUI XOTE

CHAR AC TERS(all are high-school age)

ALONZO QUIJANA/DON QUI XOTE (m) – A trou bled,picked-on kid who dreams of a better world. As DonQui xote he sets out to right all the wrongs as a true knight.

SANCHO PANZA (f) – The ne glected nerdy girl who will -ingly be comes Qui xote’s squire in ex change for hav ingone true friend.

DONNA (f) – The hard-edged cyn i cal girl. You could cutdi a monds on her soul.

DENISE (f) – Alonzo’s lov ing sis ter.

IZOD (m) – Denise’s boy friend. Smart and smooth. Run -ning for class pres i dent has made him see ev ery thing tohis own po lit i cal ad van tage.

PREACHER DAN (m or f) – Izod’s friend. He be lieveshe’s out to save souls so tends to talk like a re vival-tentpreacher.

BARBER (m or f) – Izod’s friend. Loyal and trust wor thy,but not bright est bulb in the pack. Gets his id i oms mixed up.

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MALLORY (f) – The most pop u lar girl. Will do what everit takes to stay that way.

SUGAR (f)SAFFRON (f) Called The Spices. Mallory’s en tou rage

SAGE (f) and yes men.

COW BOY BUCK (m) – The jock who wears cow boy hatsand boots and talks like he’s still in the sad dle.

COR PO RAL GOMEZ (m) – Leader of the ROTCs. Drillser geants are afraid of this guy.

PVTS. VASQUEZ & RO DRI GUEZ (m) – ROTC re cruits.

CASSIE (f) – As sis tant man ager at the El Do rado Cas tle.Wants to do ev ery thing by the book so she can get apro mo tion and be a real man ager and ev ery thing.

PEPE (m or f)RAMON (m or f) Workers at the El Do rado Cas tle.JESSIE (m or f)

VE LOC ITY (m or f) The Gearheads. Ev ery thingTURBO (m or f) they do is about cars. ThinkTHRUSH (m or f) about cars. Talk about cars.

DAPHNE (f) The cash-hun gry skank who will fake any -thing for a buck.

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DAISY (f) – The baby-doll skank who’s used to get tingher way.

DAF FO DIL (f) – The biker skank who’ll kick your butt ifshe does n’t get her way.

By dou bling the ROTCs, the El Do rado Workers, the GearHeads and the Skanks the show can be per formed with acast of 13.

The cast can also be ex panded. Adding more of TheSpices, Cow boys, ROTCs, Eldo rado Workers, Gearheadsand var i ous Cho rus the show can be done with a cast up to50 per form ers.

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MU SI CAL SE LEC TIONS

1. Blah-Blah Cha-Cha

2. All for the Best2A. Gomez At tacks (Stings)

3. Let Don Qui xote Sing3A. Alonzo to Don Qui xote (Scene Change)3B. To the Toboso (Scene Change)3C. Donna and Mallory Show down (Sting)

4. Don’t Mean a Thing4A. Donna Sweeps (Un der score)4B. Fight Scene (Un der score)4C. Leaving Toboso (Scene Change)4D. On to Ad ven ture (Scene Change)4E. Wind mill Fan fare (Sting)4F. On to El Do rado (Scene Change)

5. Fri day Knight5A. Back to Toboso (Scene Change)5B. The Let ter (Un der score)5C. Sancho to Eldo rado (Scene Change)

6. Skank Tango6A. En ter the Gearheads (Scene Change)6B. The Golden Hel met (Sting)

7. I’ll Be Okay7A. Denise Searches (Scene Change)7B. Izod’s Idea (Scene Change)

8. Mi Corazon8A. The Green Knight (Sting)

9. All for the Best (Re prise)9A. Don Qui xote’s Break down (Un der score/Scene Change)

10. Let Dul ci nea Sing

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(As the houselights dim a Latin intro is heard. The lights come up on a roll ing chalk board. BOOK RE PORTTODAY scrawled in chalk. ALONZO stands in front ofit, read ing…)

SONG 1: BLAH-BLAH CHA-CHA

ALONZO. Book re port for world his tory. Fourth pe riod.By Alonzo Quijana. My re port is based on sixty-sevendif fer ent books about knight errantry. It was a bettertime and very dif fer ent than to day. (A cha-cha beatsneaks up un der us.) In this long-lost feu dal sys tem, ev -ery body be longed to a cer tain group. No bles, scholars,war riors, mer chants, peas ants, slaves. You were part of a group, or you died. No body stood alone.

(Now the GOTH KIDS come on, chant ing over ALON -ZO’s re port. One by one the other groups will en ter,each talk ing over the other, mak ing a ca coph ony thatdrowns out ALONZO. They cir cle him, sur round him,un til he can’t take it any more.)

THE GOTHS (chanted).Dark mascara…silver chainsSelf-made scars to show my pain

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Skull and bones…all in blackTattoos up and down my backKiller music…poetryDepression and apathyDo not care…do not feelThat’s the only way to deal

(While they re peat, the next group co mes on, and thenthe next, one af ter the other. Through all this, ALONZOkeeps giv ing his re port, louder and louder.)

ALONZO. Only the knights stood alone. They were thesole pro tec tors of what was good and right in the world.They used their might for right. They helped the weak.Gave to the poor. Served the no bles. Res cued dis tresseddam sels. They were the last great cham pi ons of all thatwas de cent. A knight could only be come a knight if hewere dubbed by a wor thy no ble. It was ev ery knight’sdream to change the world for the better—

MALLORY & THE SPICES.LOUIS VITTONDONNA KARANGUESS GIVENCHYVOGUE AND TIFF’NY

SAKS MERCEDESKLEIN CASSINICHASE MANHATTANGOLD AND PLAT’NUM

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IZOD & THE SMART ONES (spo ken).Chemistry, geometryAlgebra biologyPoly sci, calculus,Computer program,English Lit,

THE ROTCs.I DON’T KNOW BUT I’VE BEEN TOLDI DON’T KNOW BUT I’VE BEEN TOLDGOTTA KEEP THE STATUS QUO’DGOTTA KEEP THE STATUS QUO’DI DON’T KNOW BUT IT’S BEEN SAIDI DON’T KNOW BUT IT’S BEEN SAIDHIGH SCHOOL MESSES WITH YOUR HEADHIGH SCHOOL MESSES WITH YOUR HEAD

BUCK & THE COW BOYS. Hoo. Hah. Hoo. HahALONZO. Stop!

(ALONZO claps his hands over his ears. Ev ery onefreezes. Sound cuts off like an ax. Lights black out un tilhe alone is in a pool of light. He basks in the quiet ofhis mind for a mo ment, then…)

MALLORY. Uno, dos, tres, quatro.

(Lights up and the MU SIC kicks into high gear.)

THE CAST.CAN’T STOP THE MUSICCAN’T MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN

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DON’T TURN YOUR BACKUPON YOUR PACKOR YOU GET LEFT ALONE

CAN’T FIGHT THE CURRENTCAN’T STOP THE SUMMER THAWWALK THE WALKAND TALK THE TALKAND DO THE BLAH-BLAH CHA-CHA

ALONZO.THERE WAS A TIME WHEN DAYS WERE NOT

SO LOUDAND DREAMS STRETCHED PAST THE

HORIZONTHE WORLD COULD HEAR A LONE VOICE IN

THE CROWDAND NIGHTS WERE FILLED WITH PASSION

ALONZO. THE CAST.THERE WAS A TIME CAN’T STOP THE MU SICA MAN COULD STANDALONE CAN’T MAKE IT ON YOUR

OWNAND CHANGE THE COURSE DON’T TURN YOUR BACKOF TO MOR ROW UPON YOUR PACK

OR YOU GET LEFT ALONETHE SUN ROLLS ON CAN’T FIGHT THE

CUR RENTOUR PATHS ARE CARVED IN CAN’T STOP THE SUMMERSTONE THAWAND WE ARE DOOMED WALK THE WALKTO FOL LOW AND TALK THE TALK

AND DO THE BLAH-BLAH…

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(ALONZO can’t be heard any more. Once again he’sswal lowed by the crowd.)

THE CAST.CAN’T STOP THE MUSICCAN’T MAKE IT ON YOUR OWNDON’T TURN YOUR BACKUPON YOUR PACK ALONZO.OR YOU GET LEFT ALONE LEFT ALONE.

CAN’T FIGHT THE CURRENTCAN’T STOP THE SUMMER THAWWALK THE WALKAND TALK THE TALKAND DO THE BLAH-BLAH CHA-CHATHE BLAH-BLAH CHA-CHATHE BLAH-BLAH CHA-CHATHE BLAH-BLAH CHA-CHA

(Song ends and ALONZO is downstage, clutch ing hishuge stack of books. He reads. From the back of the the -ater co mes COR PO RAL GOMEZ, lead ing PRI VATESSANCHEZ and RO DRI GUEZ, dressed in fa tigues andcar ry ing an ROTC sign.)

COR PO RAL GOMEZ. I DON’T KNOW BUT I’VEBEEN TOLD

VASQUEZ & RO DRI GUEZ. I DON’T KNOW BUT I’VE BEEN TOLD.

COR PO RAL GOMEZ. ROTC MEN ARE BOLDVASQUEZ & RO DRI GUEZ. ROTC MEN ARE BOLD.PRI VATE VASQUEZ. And women!

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COR PO RAL GOMEZ. JOINED THE CORPS SO ICOULD BE

VASQUEZ & RO DRI GUEZ. JOINED THE CORPS SO ICOULD BE.

COR PO RAL GOMEZ. ALL THE MAN THAT I COULDBE

VASQUEZ & RO DRI GUEZ. ALL THE MAN THAT ICOULD BE.

PRI VATE VASQUEZ. And woman!COR PO RAL GOMEZ. Pri vate Vasquez!PRI VATE VASQUEZ. Sir, yes sir.COR PO RAL GOMEZ. Quit sayin’ that women thing.

You’re throw ing off the song.PRI VATE VASQUEZ. Sir, it’s a sex ist song, sir.COR PO RAL GOMEZ. What?PRI VATE RO DRI GUEZ. I don’t think it’s all that sexy.

Have you seen that Paris Hilton com mer cial. Yoinks.COR PO RAL GOMEZ. But ton it up, Ro dri guez.PRI VATE RO DRI GUEZ. Sir, yes sir.PRI VATE VASQUEZ. Sir, I am not a man, but I still want

to be one of the great est war riors in the world. Sir.COR PO RAL GOMEZ. Good for you, sol dier, but quit

screwin’ up the song. (He turns and bumps head on into ALONZO, who drops his books.) What’s the mat ter withyou, ci vil ian, you’re in the mid dle of a train ing ex er cise.

ALONZO. Sorry…COR PO RAL GOMEZ. Are you the in vis i ble boy?ALONZO. I don’t…COR PO RAL GOMEZ. I did not see you there, so you

must be the in vis i ble boy?ALONZO. I don’t think…

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COR PO RAL GOMEZ. I can not hear you. Sound off likeyou got a pair.

ALONZO. No.COR PO RAL GOMEZ. No what?ALONZO. No, I’m not in vis i ble.COR PO RAL GOMEZ. You say no SIR.ALONZO. No sir.

(There’s a SCREAM from off stage. ALONZO drops topick up his books.)

PRI VATE RO DRI GUEZ. Sir, flag on ap proach, sir.COR PO RAL GOMEZ. ’Ten HUT. Pre pare to sa lute the

flag. Sa lute.

(They do as MALLORY co mes on with her cro nies.SUGAR, SAF FRON and SAGE. They have a pair ofboxer shorts fly ing from a pole. SANCHO is run ning af -ter them, try ing to get her un der wear.)

SANCHO. Come on, you guys. That’s not funny. I needthose.

COR PO RAL GOMEZ. Pre pare to cap ture the flag.PRI VATE RO DRI GUEZ. Sir, yes sir.COR PO RAL GOMEZ. Cap ture the flag!

(They chase SANCHO who is chas ing MALLORY andthe girls. They van ish off stage. ALONZO keeps pick ingup his books when his sis ter DENISE en ters.)

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DENISE. Alonzo. What are you do ing? You left with outyour lunch again. Look at you, are these yes ter day’sclothes?

ALONZO. I dun no. Maybe.DENISE. That means yes. How late were you up last

night?ALONZO. Not late.DENISE. I heard you bangin’ around at four thirty.ALONZO. That’s early.DENISE. What were you do ing?ALONZO. Re search. Look, I found this great pas sage

about Sir Belvery. Did you know he was n’t born no ble.He be came a knight through deeds. And look at this one, Armondo of Spain was no body, un til he changed hisname to Don—

DENISE. I’m sure it’s great.ALONZO. It’s better than great. These were the great est

men of their time.DENISE. Alonzo.ALONZO. They gave up ev ery thing to go out and try to

right the wrongs in the world.DENISE. Alonzo.ALONZO. They helped the help less. They did n’t ask for

any thing in re turn. How cool is that? They made a dif -fer ence. They changed things.

DENISE. Alonzo! You gotta stay fo cused here, bud. Whatdid Doc tor Clark say about let ting your imag i na tion runaway with you? Are you tak ing your med i ca tion?

ALONZO. I hate that stuff.DENISE. Mom and Dad won’t be back from the con fer -

ence un til Mon day. If you go in sane be fore then, they’llkill me. Sane un til Mon day, crazy on Tues day. Right?

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(She hands over a bot tle of pills. MU SIC sneaks up.)Come on. The doc tor read us the riot act, all right. It’snot so bad.

SONG 2: ALL FOR THE BEST

DENISE.JUST ENOUGH TO SILENCE THE NOISEGIVE THE VOICES A RESTSAND THE EDGES DAMPEN THE FIREBELIEVE ME IT’S ALL FOR THE BEST

YOU KNOW IT KEEPS THE NIGHTMARES ATBAY

ALONZO.IT TAKES THE DREAMS AWAY TOO

DENISE.IMAGINATION WON’T RUN AWAY

ALONZO.IT’S GOT NOWHERE TO RUN TO

DENISE.IT’S ALL FOR THE BESTYOU KNOW WHAT TO DO

ALONZO.I DON’T WANT TO DO THIS UNLESSTHERE’S NO OTHER ANSWER

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DENISE.I WISH THAT WERE TRUEBELIEVE ME IT’S ALL FOR THE BEST

CALMS THE WAVES ON YOUR STORMY SEAS

ALONZO.AND I WILL MAKE IT ASHOREBE MY LIGHTHOUSE GUIDE ME ON HOME

DENISE.THAT’S WHAT SISTERS ARE FOR

IT’S ALL FOR THE BEST

ALONZO.IF YOU SAY IT’S TRUE

DENISE.I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN GUESSI KNOW YOU CAN DO THIS

ALONZO.I LOVE YOU TOO

BOTH.BELIEVE ME IT’S ALL FOR THE BESTALL FOR THE BESTALL FOR THE BEST

(Song ends as he takes the bot tle of pills. She hands over a lunch bag.)

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DENISE. Okay. Here. I made you tuna fish.ALONZO. I love tuna fish.DENISE. Like I don’t know.

(There’s a mo ment of gen u ine sib ling love here. ThenIZOD, PREACHER DAN and BARBER en ter, pass ingout fly ers. BARBER bel lows through a mega phone.)

IZOD. Vote for me.BARBER. Vote for Izod.PREACHER DAN. Amen, brother.IZOD. Se nior class pres i dent.PREACHER DAN. Preach on.BARBER. Re mem ber a vote for Izod is like a chicken in a

bucket.PREACHER DAN. Hallelu—what?IZOD. A chicken in a bucket?PREACHER DAN. What does that mean?BARBER. Well, it’s like a slo gan.PREACHER DAN. Chicken in a bucket?BARBER. It’s a work in prog ress.PREACHER DAN. Chicken in a bucket?BARBER. Hey, if at first you don’t suc ceed… Just keep

doin’ stuff and maybe you will some time.PREACHER DAN. I worry for you. I re ally do.IZOD. Denise.DENISE. Hi baby. (They kiss like high school sweet hearts.)

I love you.IZOD. I love you too. (PREACHER DAN and BARBER

sigh like we’re at the tap ing of a sit com.)DENISE. How goes the cam paign?IZOD. Great. It’s go ing great.

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