SYNOPSIS

THE PLACE
A small you-never-heard-of-it town somewhere in the Midwest

THE TIME
A twenty-four hour period, during the summer of 1955.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

NATALIE HALLER - A young woman and an excellent mechanic. She's much more at home in
greasy overalls than a dress.

CHAD - A great-Iookin', motorcyclin', leather-jacketed roustabout.

JIM HALLER - Natalie's widowed father. Middle-aged and messy, he still longs for his wife.

SYLVIA - The no-nonsense, African-American owner of SYLVIA'S HONKY -TONK.

LORRAINE --Sylvia's teenage daughter. Pretty, smart and a total romantic.

DENNIS - An awkward young man. He aspires to be a dentist.

MISS SANDRA - The beautiful, intellectual caretaker of the town's museum.

MAYOR MATILDA HYDE - The town's very conservative mayor.

DEAN HYDE - Matilda's teenage son. He has spent his youth at military boarding schools and
he has never disobeyed his mother.

SHERIFF EARL - The law in town and a man of not many words. He loyally follows the Mayor wherever she goes.

MALE & FEMALE ENSEMBLE play an assortment of townspeople.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

"All Shook Up" deals with a small town in the 1950's that recognizes the unjustness of segregation after a leather-jacketed stranger motorcycles into town. In keeping with this spirit, "All Shook Up" was performed on Broadway with an inteuacial cast, featuring both African-American and white performers.
However, to remove any specific casting issues your theatre group may have, it is acceptable to
perform an alternate version of "All Shook Up" in which the town is divided not along racial lines, but along class lines. Of course, all efforts should be made to integrate your cast as fully as possible. But since "All Shook Up" is ultimately about the power and magic of music, this alternate version equally captures the spirit of the show.

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