Runaways
Joseph Papp Public Theater
Martinson Hall
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Opening Night: February 21, 1978
Closing Night: April 30, 1978
Music: Elizabeth Swados
Lyrics: Elizabeth Swados
Book: Elizabeth Swados
A musical revue of songs and monologues delivered by children who have run away from home.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Appendectomy………………………………………………Jackie
Where Do People Go………………………………..Company
Once Upon a Time………………………….Lidia, Company
Every Now and Then……………A. J., Sundar, Company
Song of a Child Prostitute…………………….Jackie, Lidia,
Manny, Luis
Find Me a Hero………………………………Lazar, Company
The Undiscovered Son……….Eric, Fleisher, Schimmel
The Basketball Song…………………………..EZ, Company
Lullaby for Luis………….Lidia, Luis, Higgins, Company
We Are Not Strangers………………………Eric, Company
ACT TWO
Lullaby From Baby to Baby…………..Melinda, Hubbell,
Deidre
Revenge Song…………………………………………..Company
Sometimes……………………………Roby, Lazar, Company
We Are Not Strangers (Reprise)……………..Mocha, EZ,
Company
The Untrue Pigeon………………………….Nikki Kay Kane
Senoras de la Noche…………………………..Lidia, Manny,
Nikki Kay Kane
Where Are Those People Who Did “Hair”?……..Lazar,
Deidre,
Company
Let Me Be a Kid……………………………………….Company
Lonesome of the Road………….Luis, Sundar, Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Bernie Allison Sundar
Trini Alvarado Melinda
Leonard “Duke” Brown EZ
Mark Anthony Butler Mex-Mongo
Ray Contreras Luis
Jossie de Guzman Lidia
Karen Evans Deidre
Jonathan Feig Iggy
Sheila Gibbs Chorus
Bruce Hlibok Hubbell
Anthony Imperato A.J.
Diane Lane Jackie
Jon Matthews Eddie
Evan Miranda Eric
Nan-Lynn Nelson Nikki Kay Kane
Toby Parker Chorus
Lorie Robinson Interpreter for Hubbell
Venustra K. Robinson Roby
Randy Ruiz Manny
David Schechter Lazar
Kate Schellenbach Jane
Understudies: Michelle Dagarvarian, Katherine Diamond, C.S. Hayward, Rachel Kelly, Michael Laylor, Timmy Michaels, Jaime Perry
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