Non-Stop
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Cast List:
Burr | Hamilton | Ensemble | Company | Men |
Women | Angelica | Eliza | Washington | Mulligan |
Lafayette | Laurens
BURR
After the war I went back to New York
HAMILTON
A-After the war I went back to New York
BURR
I finished up my studies and I practiced law
HAMILTON
I practiced law, Burr worked next door
BURR
Even though we started at the very same time
Alexander Hamilton began to climb
How to account for his rise to the top?
Maaaaan, the man is
BURR/ENSEMBLE
Non-stop!
HAMILTON
Gentlemen of the jury, I’m curious, bear with me
Are you aware that we’re making hist’ry?
This is the first murder trial of our brand-new nation
The liberty behind
Deliberation—
ENSEMBLE
Non-stop!
HAMILTON
I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt
With my assistant counsel—
BURR
Co-counsel
Hamilton, sit down
Our client Levi Weeks is innocent. Call
your first witness
That’s all you had to say!
HAMILTON
Okay!
One more thing—
BURR
Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?
Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?
Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?
Soon that attitude may be your doom!
ENSEMBLE
Awwww!
BURR/ENSEMBLE
Why do you write like you’re running out of time?
BURR
Write day and night like you’re running out of time?
ENSEMBLE
Ev’ry day you fight, like you’re running out of time
BURR
Keep on fighting. In the meantime—
ENSEMBLE
Non-stop!
HAMILTON
Corruption’s such an old song that we can sing along in harmony
And nowhere is it stronger than in Albany
This colony’s economy’s increasingly stalling and
Honestly, that’s why public service
Seems to be calling me
BURR/ENSEMBLE
He’s just
Non-stop!
HAMILTON
I practiced the law, I practic’ly perfected it
I’ve seen injustice in the world and I’ve corrected it
Now for a strong central democracy
If not, then I’ll be Socrates
Throwing verbal rocks at these mediocrities
ENSEMBLE
Awww!
BURR
Hamilton, at the Constitutional
Convention:
HAMILTON
I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention!
BURR
There as a New York junior delegate:
HAMILTON
Now what I’m going to say may sound indelicate…
COMPANY
Awwww!
BURR
Goes and proposes his own form of government!
COMPANY
What?
BURR
His own plan for a new form of government!
COMPANY
What?
BURR
Talks for six hours! The convention is listless!
ENSEMBLE MAN
Bright young man…
ANOTHER ENSEMBLE MAN
Yo, who the f is this?
BURR
Why do you always say what you believe?
COMPANY
Why do you always say what you believe?
BURR
Ev’ry proclamation guarantees free ammunition for your enemies!
COMPANY
Awww!
BURR/MEN
Why do you write like it’s
Going out of style?
Write day and night like it’s
Going out of style?
ALL WOMEN
Going out of style, hey!
Going out of style, hey!
BURR/COMPANY
Ev’ry day you fight like it’s
Going out of style
Do what you do
BURR
Alexander?
HAMILTON
Aaron Burr, sir
BURR
It’s the middle of the night
HAMILTON
Can we confer, sir?
BURR
Is this a legal matter?
HAMILTON
Yes, and it’s important to me
BURR
What do you need?
HAMILTON
Burr, you’re a better lawyer than me
BURR
Okay
HAMILTON
I know I talk too much, I’m abrasive
You’re incredible in court. You’re succinct, persuasive
My client needs a strong defense. You’re the solution
BURR
Who’s your client?
HAMILTON
The new U.S. Constitution?
BURR
No
HAMILTON
Hear me out
BURR
No way!
HAMILTON
A series of essays, anonymously published
Defending the document to the public
BURR
No one will read it
HAMILTON
I disagree
BURR
And if it fails?
HAMILTON
Burr, that’s why we need it
BURR
The constitution’s a mess
HAMILTON
So it needs amendments
BURR
It’s full of contradictions
HAMILTON
So is independence
We have to start somewhere
BURR
No. No way
HAMILTON
You’re making a mistake
BURR
Good night
HAMILTON
Hey
What are you waiting for?
What do you stall for?
BURR
What?
HAMILTON
We won the war
What was it all for?
Do you support this constitution?
BURR
Of course
HAMILTON
Then defend it
BURR
And what if you’re backing the wrong horse?
HAMILTON
Burr, we studied and we fought and we
killed
For the notion of a nation we now get to build
For once in your life, take a stand with pride
I don’t understand how you stand to the side
BURR
I’ll keep all my plans
Close to my chest
ENSEMBLE
Wait for it, wait for
It, wait…
BURR
I’ll wait here and see
BURR/ENSEMBLE
Which way the wind
Will blow
I’m taking my time
Watching the
Afterbirth of a nation
Watching the tension grow
ANGELICA
I am sailing off to London
I’m accompanied by someone who always pays
I have found a wealthy husband
Who will keep me in comfort for all my days
He is not a lot of fun, but there’s no one
Who can match you for turn of phrase
My Alexander
HAMILTON
Angelica
ANGELICA
Don’t forget to write
ELIZA
Look at where you are
Look at where you started
The fact that you’re alive is a miracle
Just stay alive, that would be enough
And if your wife could share a fraction of your time
If I could grant you peace of mind
Would that be enough?
BURR
Alexander joins forces with James Madison and John
Jay to write a series of essays defending the new
United States Constitution, entitled The
Federalist Papers. The plan was to write a total of twenty-five essays, the
work divided evenly among the three men. In the end, they wrote eighty-five
essays, in the span of six months. John Jay
got sick after writing five. James
Madison wrote twenty-nine. Hamilton wrote the other fifty-one!
How do you write like you’re
BURR/WOMEN
Running out of time?
BURR
Write day and night like you’re
BURR/WOMEN
Running out of time?
BURR AND MEN
Ev’ry day you fight like you’re
BURR/ENSEMBLE
Running out of time like you’re
Running out of time
BURR
Are you running out of time?
ALL WOMEN
Awwww!
FULL COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON)
How do you write like tomorrow won’t arrive?
How do you write like you need it to survive?
How do you write ev’ry second you’re alive?
Ev’ry second you’re alive? Ev’ry second you’re alive?
WASHINGTON
They are asking me to lead
I am doing the best I can
To get the people that I need
I’m asking you to be my right hand man
HAMILTON
Treasury or State?
WASHINGTON
I know it’s a lot to ask
HAMILTON
Treasury or State?
WASHINGTON
To leave behind the world you know…
HAMILTON
Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State department?
WASHINGTON
Treasury
HAMILTON
Let’s go
ELIZA
Alexander…
HAMILTON
I have to leave
ELIZA
Alexander—
HAMILTON
Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now
ELIZA
Helpless…
HAMILTON
They are asking me to lead
ELIZA
Look around, isn’t this enough?
ANGELICA
He will never be satisfied
He will never be satisfied
ELIZA
What would be enough
To
Be satisfied
ANGELICA/ELIZA
Satisfied
Satisfied…
ELIZA
Look around
Look around!
Isn’t this enough?
What would be enough?
Why do you fight like
WASHINGTON
History has its eyes…
On…
You!
WASHINGTON/MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS
History has its eyes…
On…
You...
BURR
Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room? Why do you assume
you’re the smartest in the room? Why do you assume you’re the smartest
in the room?
Soon that attitude’s gonna be your doom!
Why do you fight like you’re running out of time?
Why do you fight like
ANGELICA
He will never be satisfied
Satisfied…
Satisfied...
Why do you fight like
ENSEMBLE
Non-stop!
Non-stop!
Non-stop!
Non-stop!
COMPANY
History has its eyes on you
HAMILTON
I am not throwin’ away my shot!
MEN
Just you wait!
HAMILTON
I am not throwin’ away my shot!
FULL COMPANY
Just you wait!
HAMILTON
I am
FULL COMPANY
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton, just you wait!
HAMILTON
I am not throwin’ away my shot!