The Schuyler Sisters

BURR
There’s nothing rich folks love more
than going downtown and slummin’ it with
the poor.
They pull up in their carriages and gawk
at the students in the common
Just to watch them talk.
Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded.
Uh-oh, but little does he know that
his daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
sneak into the city just to watch all the
guys at—
COMPANY
Work, work!
ANGELICA
Angelica!
COMPANY
Work, work!
ELIZA
Eliza!
PEGGY
And Peggy!
COMPANY
Work, work!
The Schuyler sisters!
ANGELICA
Angelica!
PEGGY
Peggy!
ELIZA
Eliza!
COMPANY
Work!
PEGGY
Daddy said to be home by sundown.
ANGELICA
Daddy doesn’t need to know.
PEGGY
Daddy said not to go downtown.
ELIZA
Like I said, you’re free to go.
ANGELICA
But–look around, look around, the
revolution’s happening in New York.
ELIZA/PEGGY
New York.
COMPANY
Angelica
SCHUYLER SISTERS AND COMPANY
Work!
PEGGY
It’s bad enough daddy wants to go to war.
ELIZA
People shouting in the square.
PEGGY
It’s bad enough there’ll be violence on our
shore.
ANGELICA
New ideas in the air.
ANGELICA AND MALE ENSEMBLE
Look around, look around—
ELIZA
Angelica, remind me what we’re looking for…
ALL MEN
She’s lookin’ for me!
ANGELICA COMPANY
Eliza, I’m lookin’
for a mind at work.
Work, work!
I’m lookin for a
mind at work!
Work, work!
I’m lookin for a
mind at work!
Work, work!
Whooaaaaa!
ELIZA/ANGELICA/
PEGGY
Whooaaaaa!
Work! Work!
BURR
Wooh! There’s nothin’ like summer in the city.
Someone in a rush next to someone lookin’
pretty.
Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funny
But your perfume smells like your daddy’s
got money.
Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels
You searchin for an urchin who can give you
ideals?
ANGELICA
Burr, you disgust me.
BURR
Ah, so you’ve discussed me.
I’m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!
ANGELICA
I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas
Paine.
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane.
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
So listen to my declaration:
ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY
“We hold these truths to be self-evident
That all men are created equal”
ANGELICA
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson,
COMPANY
Unh!
ANGELICA
I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the
sequel!
WOMEN
Work!
ELIZA
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
ELIZA/PEGGY
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY
History is happening in Manhattan and we
just happen to be in the greatest city in the
world!
SCHUYLERS SISTERS AND COMPANY
In the greatest city in the world!
ANGELICA
ELIZA/
PEGGY MEN
Cuz I’ve been
reading
Common
Sense by
Thomas Paine.
Look around,
look around
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey!
So men say
that I’m
intense or I’m
insane.
The
revolution’s
happening inHey! Hey! Hey!
Hey!
ANGELICA
ELIZA/
PEGGY WOMEN
You want a
revolution?
I want a
revelation
New York!
Look around,
look
So listen
to my
In New York! around the
revolution’s
happening
declaration:
ANG/ELI/
PEG
We
hold these
truths
FEMALE
ENSEMBLE
Hey! Hey!
to be self
evident
Look around
that all men
are created
equal Look around
Hey! Hey!
Whoo! Hey! Hey!
At how lucky
we are
to be alive
right now!
Hey! Hey!
FULL COMPANY
Look around, look around at how lucky we are
to be alive right now!
History is happening in Manhattan and we just
happen to be
ALL WOMEN
In the greatest city in the world
ALL MEN
In the greatest cityCOMPANY
In the greatest city in the world!
COMPANY
Work, work! ANGELICA
Angelica!
Work, work!
ELIZA
Eliza!
PEGGY
Work, work! And Peggy!
ANGELICA/ELIZA/
PEGGY
The Schuyler sisters!
Work, work!
We’re looking for a
mind at
Work, work! work!
Hey!
Work, work!
Hey!
Work, work!
COMPANY ANGELICA
ELIZA/
PEGGY
Work, work! Whoa! Hey! Hey!
Work, work! Hey! Hey! Hey!
In the greatest
Work, work! In the greatest
city in the
world
city in the
world
COMPANY
In the greatest city in the world!