Creators
Randal Myler
Randal Myler’s credits include: Director and Co-Author of It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues (Tony Award® nomination for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical), Director and Co-Author of Hank...
Mark Harelik
Mark Harelik, a native Texan, grew up in the only Jewish family in the small town of Hamilton in central Texas, where his two biographical plays, The Immigrant and The Legacy, take...
Videos
Reviews
"Hank Williams: Lost Highway, the sharp, witty, deftly shaped musical biography now in a sensational production by American Blues Theater, charts that classic arc of self-destruction. "
Chicago Sun
Orchestration
5 Musicians
BAND REDUCTION - Onstage Actor/Musicians are flexible but scoring is as follows:
ACOUSTIC BASS
ELECTRIC GUITAR
MANDOLIN
FIDDLE
STEEL GUITAR
Casting
Hank Williams
Male
A south Alabama hillbilly singer, thin and black-eyed. He dresses in high-priced western suits and always wears a Stetson.
Tee-Tot
A Black south Alabama street singer of indeterminate age.
The Waitress
Female
The keeper of an all-night diner somewhere in the south. A cheerful, lonely person.
Hoss
Male
A member of Hank's band, The Drifting Cowboys. A big, boyish man, Hank's age. Plays upright ("doghouse") bass.
Jimmy (Burrhead)
Male
A member of Hank's band, plays lead electric guitar. From Oklahoma, especially so in his speech.
Leon (Loudmouth)
Male
A member of the band and a skillful musician on many instruments, featured on the fiddle. Pleasant and taciturn.
Fred Rose (Pap)
Male
A founder and executive of a Nashville music publishing company. A Midwesterner from Chicago.
Audrey Williams
Female
Hank's first wife, later his professional widow. A blond Alabama beauty, sweet and exuberant and sure.
Shag
The pedal steel guitarist.
Production Materials
The required production package will include the materials listed below. These materials will be shipped upon receipt of payment if your license request is approved.
10 Cast Script/Vocal Books
A combination of the show’s full script and the full vocal book. All dialogue within each song is printed in the score to prevent flipping back and forth during rehearsals. All books are spiral-bound and double-sided.
2 Director’s Scripts
A single-sided, spiral-bound script designed with plenty of space for the director to take notes and add blocking during the rehearsal process.
1 Stage Manager’s Script
A single-sided, three-hole punched script that can be inserted into your three-ring binder.
2 Piano/Vocal Scores
This piano score includes all vocal parts. It can be used during the rehearsal process and during performance.
Orchestration Set
SUGGESTED - Acoustic Bass, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle, Steel Guitar
Production Resources
Additional Printed Books
Additional books (Cast Script/Vocal, Piano/Conductor, etc.) are available.
$25 each
Digital Orchestration PDFs
Prefer playing or rehearsing from your tablet? All of our orchestration scores (including PC and PV) are available in digital copies.
Digital PC or PV $50
Full Digital Orchestration Set $150
Broadway Plus
A workshop experience in which a Broadway artist speaks and works with students in an educational setting through our partnership with Broadway Plus.
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