Overview
BEEHIVE School Edition celebrates the powerful female voices of the 1960’s with such timeless hits as “My Boyfriend’s Back,” “Be My Baby,” “Son of a Preacher Man,” and “Me and Bobby McGee.” Told from the perspective of six young women who come of age in this enigmatic decade, Beehive takes us from their first Beehive Dance to the challenges we faced as a nation.
BEEHIVE School Edition is a large-cast version of the original 6-women script, for a high school cast of up to 28 or more (8 lead female soloists with a chorus of girlfriends and boyfriends). However, you could easily do the show with as small a cast as 10-20 girls and 1-3 boys.
BEEHIVE SCHOOL EDITION must be performed exactly in accordance with the materials provided by TRW. The songs contained in the song list in the TRW License and in the TRW performance materials are the only songs that can be in the show. The addition of any song not in the TRW licensed show, whether in whole or part, specifically Society’s Child, is a willful and intentional infringement of the copyright of the song and will subject you to legal action and punitive damages by the song’s writer and music publisher. YOU MUST PERFORM THE SHOW PRECISELY ACCORDING TO THE TRW LICENSE AND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS.
Casting & Production
Casting
*Beehive School Edition is designed to be suitable for a wide range of school theater casts, with a cast as large as 20 (or more) girls and 10 (or more boys) or as small as 8 girls.
Character List:
GIRLS #1-8
BOYS #1-6
TINA TURNER
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
LULU
ARETHA FRANKLIN
JANIS JOPLIN
GRACE SLICK
GARNET MIMMS
JOHNNY
WILKIE WONDER
ANNOUNCERS
ENSEMBLE GIRLS
ENSEMBLE BOYS
Orchestral Information
6 Musicians
Piano-Conductor
Tenor Sax
Trumpet (Trumpet in Bb, Tambourine)
Guitar (Electric)
Bass (Electric)
Drum Set
Credits
BEEHIVE: THE 60’s MUSICAL
SCHOOL EDITION
Created by LARRY GALLAGHER
Additional material for the School Edition written by RACHEL BRYAN
Media
- The Name Game
- My Boyfriend's Back
- Sweet Talking Guy
- I Sold My Heart To The Junkman
- Academy Award
- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
- It's My Party
- Where The Boys Are
- The Beehive Dance
- River Deep Mountain High
- Proud Mary
- You Don't Own Me
- To Sir With Love
- A Natural Woman
- Me And Bobby McGee
- Make Your Own Kind Of Music