The Retail Song Cycle tells a true story: every event in the plot actually happened, every character is based on a real person, and every customer interaction is recreated authentically and verbatim. Test your capacity for humanity.
The Hardlines Employees (Workers):
Cheryl - High Belter - A3-G5 A Hardware employee and expert, smart, sarcastic.
Eric - Baritone - A2-G4 A Lawn and Garden employee, caring but aloof.
Miranda - Belter - A3-F5 A Hardware employee, brilliant, driven, a teacher's pet.
Mitchell - Tenor - C2-A4 A Home Fitness employee, cool, calm, and copes with alcohol.
Mac - Baritone - A2-G4 The department's new hire, eager, idealistic, and with a good work ethic.
The Managers:
Lynn - Soprano - A3-Bb5 Hardlines Manager, eager, optimistic, but gets it.
Bridgett - Soprano/Belter - A3-G5 Home Manager, calm, collected, and the cool one.
Jackie - Mezzo/Belter - A3-F5 Admin Manager, used to be fun, now is eternally stressed.
Terry - Mezzo - F3-F5 Softlines Manager, doesn't suffer fools, believes deeply in the company.
Joe - Baritone - A2-E4 General Manager, kind, naive, a mouthpiece.The Supervisors
Perry - Baritone/Tenor - G2-G4 Hardlines Supervisor, eager, an opportunist, a "nice guy."
Mamie - Mezzo/Belter - G3-F5 Admin Supervisor, kind, sympathetic, a safe space.
All named characters may be played as non-binary/gender nonconforming!
Doubling is permitted/encouraged.
2 Orchestrations are available:
Band Charts: Piano, Keyboard 1, Keyboard 2, Guitar, Bass, Drums
Orchestra Charts: Piano, Keyboard 1, Keyboard 2, Guitar 1, Guitar 2, Bass, Drum Kit, Percussion, Violin 1, Violin 2, Cello 1, Cello 2, Woodwinds 1, Woodwinds 2
