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ORDINARY DAYS

From one of musical theatre's most exciting new composers comes Ordinary Days, a refreshingly honest and funny musical about making real connections in the city that never sleeps (but probably should at some point.)

Ordinary Days tells the story of four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, love and cabs. Through a score of vibrant and memorable songs, their experiences ring startlingly true to life. Ordinary Days is an original musical for anyone who's ever struggled to appreciate the simple things in a complex place. With equal doses of humor and poignancy, it celebrates how 8.3 million individual stories combine in unexpected ways to make New York City such a unique and extraordinary home.


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Cast Requirements: PRINCIPALS 2 Women 2 Men CHARACTERS WARREN, in his 20s DEB, in her 20s JASON, in his 30s CLAIRE, in her 30s

Set Requirements: ORDINARY DAYS takes place in New York City, present day. A unit set was used in the original off-Broadway production to represent various locations which include: a busy sidewalk, Claire’s apartment, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, taxi cabs, Starbucks, Claire’s Cousin’s apartment, a rooftop overlooking Union Square and the streets below.

Genre / Style: Musical. Contemporary

Rehearsal / Orchestral Material: Rehearsal Set includes 8 Libretto and 8 Piano - Vocal Books. There is no orchestration for Ordinary Days. Original Cast Recording, Sh-K-Boom Records, 2010. www.sh-k-boom.com/ordinarydays.shtml

Musical Numbers: One By One By One, Don't Wanna Be Here, The Space Between, Let Things Go, Life Story, I'm Trying, Saturday at the Met, Favorite Places, Fine, Big Picture, Calm....

Music and Lyrics by Adam Gwon

Originally Produced in New York City by Roundabout Theatre Company. 

Ordinary Days introduces a promising newcomer to our talent-hungry musical theater, the composer and lyricist Adam Gwon. Mr. Gwon writes crisp, fluid and often funny lyrics that reflect the racing minds of four New Yorkers on a nervous search for their immediate futures. Ordinary Days… captures with stinging clarity that uneasy moment in youth when doubts begin to cloud hopes for a future of unlimited possibility…
Charles Isherwood, The New York Times, 2010

"Mr. Gwon writes crisp, fluid and often funny lyrics that reflect the racing minds of the four New Yorkers on a nervous search for their immediate futures. Ordinary Days introduces a promising newcomer to our talent-hungry musical theater, the composer and lyricist Adam Gwon."
"…A heartfelt and often clever look at life in modern-day New York."
The New York Times, 2010

"Gwon is a young writer of significant promise…capable of extraordinary things."
Time Out NY, 2010

"… extraordinary musical…"
TheaterMania, 2010

"Before the first song of Adam Gwon's "Ordinary Days" has ended, you're aware you're in the hands of a talented composer-lyricist with an unusually fine command of craft. Gwon has written several other shows… should any of them get on in New York City, I'll be the first to be in line. He's got talent."
Backstage.com, 2010