Quilters
Jack Lawrence Theatre
Previews Began: September 20, 1984
Opening Night: September 25, 1984
Closing Night: October 14, 1984
Music: Barbara Damashek
Lyrics: Barbara Damashek
Book: Barbara Damashek
Molly Newman
A pioneer woman and her daughters record the family’s hardships and joys in the exquisite quilts they make by hand, each quilt “block” commemorating an event in their lives.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Pieces of Lives
Rocky Road
Little Babes That Sleep All Night
Thread the Needle
Cornelia
The Windmill Song
Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb
The Butterfly
Pieces of Lives (Reprise)
Green, Green, Green
The Needle’s Eye
ACT TWO
Hoedown (Traditional)
Quiltin’ and Dreamin’
Pieces of Lives (Reprise)
Every Log in My House
Land Where We’ll Never Grow Old
Who Will Count the Stitches?
The Lord Don’t Rain Down Manna
Dandelion
Everything Has a Time
Hands Around
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Evalyn Baron Daughter
Marjorie Berman Daughter
Emily Knapp Chatfield Musician Daughter
Alma Cuervo Daughter
Melanie Sue Harby Musician Daughter
John S. Lionarons Musician Son
Lynn Lobban Daughter
Rosemary McNamara Daughter
Jennifer Parsons Daughter
Lenka Peterson Sarah
Joseph A. Waterkotte Musician Son
Catherine Way Musician Daughter
Understudies: Eda Seasongood (Sarah, Daughter)