Bobby Strong: Act 1

Momma Strong: How's the urinal holding out?

A little spillage, nothing to be concerned about. The people are happy, that's the main thing. Now you boys be good.

Hope: I can't fight against my father, Bobby.

And I can't not fight against him. So you can join us or you can stand aside.

Hope: .... Bobby, I won't fight against my father.

And I told you I won't not fight against him.

Hope: Good night, Bobby Strong.

And good night....

Lockstock: You're a good boy, Bobby Strong. See that you don't end up like your father.

And how did my father end up?

Pennywise: .. She'll abide by it or she'll join her husband.

And what if there was a new law in town, Ms. Pennywise? A new law that didn't come from any voting process or elected body or process of judicial review, but a brand new law that came from an organ. That's right, a muscular, blood-pumping organ. Like this one. Right here.

Hope: Thanks ever so much for the directions and such. Bye!

Anytime.

Hope: The gleaming tower on the hill? Couldn't miss it.

Beautiful

Hope: Well, sure I did.

Because---- well---,because mine feels awful cold just now.

Hope: Well, good night...

Bobby, Bobby Strong.

Hope: So it is.

But if you squint, you can just make out their headquarters rising above the skyline.

Pennywise: Like father, like son, that's what I say. Now let's get to work.

But it was about my father that I was thinking, Ms. Pennywise. About what happened to him yesterday. About what's happening to all of us.

Pennywise: He broke the law yesterday, Bobby, and that's the end of it.

But what if the law is wrong?

Pennywise: For the privilege to pee! The poor: Lowly me, lowly me... Poor: waaaaaa waaaa waaaaa

But, Ms. Pennywise! But, Ms. Pennywise! Pa! Pa! What are ya doin, Have ya lost ya mind??

Pennywise: A muscular organ?

Can't you see it, Ms. Pennywise? Well, if this one's too small for you, why not try this one on for size?!

Hope: That was me. I was rushing off to work, first day.

Find your way all right?

Hope: .....IT'S LEADING YOU FOLLOW YOUR HEART.

Follow my heart? But to where?

Follow your heart ends...

Follow your heart ends...

Pennywise: Alright folks you know the drill.

GLEAMING AND RADIANT, ITS WHAT ILL KEEP MY EYES ON.

Hope: Hope.

Good night, Hope. I won't forget what you said, about the clouds and my heart.

Old Man Strong: Don't forget me, Bobby!

I won't Pa

Soupy Sue: Here's some cash, Bobby. Just for you.

Keep your cash friend,. And relieve yourself in happiness.

SING OF TODAY

Keep your men back, Cladwell. We've got your daughter and we're not letting her go!

Soupy Sue: .....The line stepped away from me!

Ladies! We can settle this calmly. Pick a number between one and ten.

Hope: So what'll it be Bobby?

Looks like we're in a real tight spot doesn't it.

Old Man Strong: What if it is? I feel better now, and that's all I cares about.

Oh, Pa.

*poor pushing*

One at a time! One at a time!

Hope: Cold?

Or empty. One of the two.

Tiny Tom: No shorter than yesterday. Unless I've grown.

Or, rather, something I didn't do.

Lockstock: Out a bit late, don't' you think?

Out late taking care of another late-night rush is all. There's talk of more fee hiked, people are getting edgy.

Old Man Strong: Bobby!

Pa!

Hope: You see there? Even you heart knows you should follow your heart.

Peace and joy, plenty of water. I guess I do want those things.

Pennywise: Bobby Strong! Where the hell have you been?

Pennywise: Sorry I'm late, Ms. Pennywise. I was up all night thinking, is all.

Old Man Strong: Tell yer mother i love her!

I will Pa! I will!

Penny: Grab a mop, Bobby. Never thought I'd live to see the day

"What became of him"? What do you mean by that?

Pennywise: The same as its always been

... LOOK AT THE SKY

Hope: You have to listen carefully. Here, let me try.

........Do you--

Pennywise: We'll take your fee now, Mrs. Strong. The improved fee that is

DAILY WE...

Hope: It's rather shiny, that's true enough.

Did you mean what you said to those policemen? About, everyone having a heart?

Hope: Usually.

Didn't I see you down by the amenity this morning?

Hope: Policemen protect the peace.

Do they?

Pennywise: Let the girl go, Bobby, she's done nothing wrong.

Don't let go of the girl. And follow me!

Hope: Even criminals.

Even policemen?

Hope: To wherever your heart tells you to go.

Even................ there?

Cladwell: Officer Lockstock! Prepare your man.

Everybody into the amenity! We'll be relatively safe in there!

Tiny Tom: No shorter than yesterday. Unless I've grown.

He's my pa, Ms. Pennywise. Can't he come in free? Just this once?

Old Man Strong: Hi, Bobby

Hi, Pa

Hope: Bobby?!

Hope?!

Hope: ........I told you to follow your heart, not seize an amenity.

I did follow my heart, Hope. Thanks to you.

Hope: A vacuum? In your chest? It sounds so implausible.

I did something wrong this morning is all I'm saying. I can't seem to get it out of my head.

Hope: Squalor and noise, hopes and joys. It was telling me about all those things.

I didn't know two hearts could speak as one!

Hope: You were rather brave with them.

I don't care for policemen. Not those two, anyway.

Hope: Even to the clouds if that's what your heart commands. What's it saying now?

I don't know. I don't know how to listen to my heart.

Hope: Do you think you'd be feeling as bad as you do if you didn't have a heart?

I don't know. I suppose not.

Lockstock: Wouldn't want to put you under suspicion for taking care a late night behind the bushes....

I don't need to do that anymore, Officers. Not while I work for Penny, I don't'.

Pennywise: Don't do this, Bobby. You'll regret it.

I don't think so. C'mon, Ma. This one's on the house. For everyone, forever!

Pennywise: What did you say?

I said what if the law is wrong, Ms. Pennywise?! What if all this is wrong?!

Hope: Your fellow revolutionaries seem to think so.

I suppose we should leave.

Pennywise: ... all night "thinking"! You work here now, Bobby, you don't need to go to the bushes anymore.

I wasn't..

Hope: And I won't forget what you said, about the laughter and gladness. Hope: Wait a minute, when can I see you again?

In this darkness I'm afraid you can't see me at all. But a bright, shining world is waiting to start, I can feel it. Come to Amenity Number Nine tomorrow. I'll show it to you.

Pennywise: They carted old so and so off to Urinetown the other day

Is that so? What he do?

Hope: Pardon?

It most certainly is.

Hope: Why, my heart was saying those exact words just the other day.

It was?!

Lockstock:... that there's his daughter.

It's quite a ways from here, maam. This here's the bad part of town.

Pennywise: Now, who's first? Momma Strong: I am!

Ma!

Hope: Why didn't you tell me you were going to start a revolution?

Maybe for the same reason you didn't tell me you were a Cladwell.

Pennywise: Better none of us. So get in line and have your money ready-- the new fee-hike money, that is!

Ms. Pennywise!

Music and SCENE ENDS

Music and SCENE ENDS

The vacuum?

My action. I let someone down that I love dearly. I feel real bad about it

Old Man Strong: Remember me boys! Oh God, what have I done?! Remember me!!!

Not without you, they won't. Which is why you're coming with us.

Pennywise: Help her!!!!!

Now run, everybody!. Run for your lives! Run!!!!!

Pennywise: ......Get that head out of the clouds, Bobby Strong! You get it out of the clouds!

OFF IN THE DISTANCE THERES A BEAUTIFUL HORIZON...

Hope: Not because of me, I hope?

Oh no. Because of something I did.

Soupy Sue: We'll all pay! Always and forever, just so long as you keep lettin' us pay!

Oh, Pa! What's become of you?

Molly Sweedlepipe: ...You see!

Relax, Molly. Everyone will get a turn.

Cladwell: Now release the girl. It's time you faced your punishment like a man.

Release?! No one's holding....

SCENE ENDS

SCENE ENDS

Hot Blades Harry: ....So I think we should all take a moment and....

Slow down

Momma Strong: Busiest on record, if your books are right.

So many happy people.

The Poor after Cladwell talks: Ooooooooooo

Sure, Mr. Cladwell, that's what you;ve been saying for 20 years. And for 20 years we've waited for the long-term solutions that never came. Well, we're done waiting you see, for a new day has dawned today. *Hooray* I'm not finished! A day of hope and happiness when the idea of human dignity is more than just a forgotten notion, but a living, breathing reality. A day, this day, when the people pee for free, because the people are free!

Hope The gleaming tower on the hill?

That's the one!

Pennywise: Bobby's a sweet boy, but not sweet enough to sweeten that spillage, not by a long shot.

The amenity will take as much s it has to, Ms. Pennywise. The days of deprivation are over for these people.

Hope: I'm the same girl I was last night.

The girl last night would've joined us by now, hope.

Hope: ...saying. Maybe something I shouldn't have heard.

There was?

Hope: If it feels cold, then it must still be there, don't you think?

Unless there's a vacuum where it used to be.

Barrel:... keep your head out of the clouds now, don't you?

WHAT do you MEAN by that?

Robby: coppers.......... Run! Run for your life!

Wait! Wait! Please, everyone, remain calm!

Momma Strong: In the name of the sky you're coming with us!

We're walking out of here, Mr. Cladwell, and you're going to let us! That is, if you care about your daughter.

Lockstock: It'll take a lot of explaining to keep us calm, Bobby Strong.

We've taken control of this amenity, Officers. The people here pee for free.

Pennywise: Oh, such and such i hear.

Well, what do you know? Old so and so!

Hope: Stand aside?

You heard me.

Momma Strong: Here's all I have, Bobby, is it enough?

You hold onto that money, Ma.

All: WHaaat?

You know, just sort of, take it easy for a while.

Lockstock: ...private company that controls these public bathrooms?

You mean Urine Good Company?

Hope: Gosh It's beautiful.

You most certainly are.

Momma Strong: Can I see you for a minute, Bobby,

You win.... What is it, Ma?

Pennywise: Perhaps best to stay back here with your father, Hope dear. The police will want to charge soon.

Your father?