A classic coming of age story set in the forgotten world of the great New England sailing ships.
Harvey Cheyne, a spoiled 12-year-old boy who falls off his father's ocean liner in the North Atlantic in 1928. Rescued by Manuel, a Portuguese fisherman, Harvey is brought aboard a New England fishing schooner and put to work. Thrust into a pre-modern world of ropes, sails and fishing lines, Harvey rebels, and he is soon branded a "Jonah" and blamed for the ship's bad luck. But with Manuel's help and friendship, Harvey leaves his boyhood behind, wins over the crew, and learns the value of hard work, spirit and song.
The musical is based on the Rudyard Kipling novel and the classic Academy Award-winning film.
Ideal for Male casts or choral groups, nautical enthusiasts, classic film fans.
Cast Requirements: 17 Men, 1 Boy, 12 musicians, 2 Acts
Genre / Style: 1920's, Classic drama
Rehearsal / Orchestral Material: Conductor/Keyboard 1 (Piano);
Keyboard 2 (Synthesizer, Accordion);
Reed 1 (Clarinet, Flute);
Reed 2 (Oboe, English Horn);
Reed 3 (Bassoon);
Trumpet;
French Horn;
Violin;
Viola;
Cello;
Bass;
Percussion;
Musical Numbers: Out Of The Sea, Little Fish, I'm Harvey Ellesworth, Cheyne, Ten Seconds/Not So Bad, Heed The Signs/Once There Was A Day, I Make Up This Song, A Hundred Years Ago, That's Where I'm Bound, Jonah, You Never Saw, Song Of The Sea, Grand Banks Sequence, Regular Fellas, I'm Home and many more...