Elmira Little Theatre Director: Jordan Louis Fischer

Fall 2017 Musical Director: Jeffrey Matthews

PSM: Sydney Caprio

LINE NOTES
Date: 10/6/17
D – Dropped J – Jumbled P – Paraphrased C – Called Line
ACT - SCENE CHARACTER LINE ACTION NOTES
I - 2 (right before “Relax, I’ve been at Consolidated or
Violet C
“Around Here) fifteen years. You’ll get it. . .”
I - 2 (after “Around
Margaret “Hey.” D
Here”)
“Come on, Violet, Franklin Hart knows
Changed
I-3 Hart the value of each girl who has the
words
privilege to serve under him. Now. . .”
“In a word: Teamwork. Everyone
pulling together. . . . . that you girls Changed
I-3 Hart Said “opportunity”
don’t have the experience growing up word
play. . .”
“. . . By the way, is that the present for Changed
I-3 Hart Said “gift”
my wife?” word
“First, I want to apologize for my
Changed
I-3 Hart behavior yesterday. I got a little carried Said “out of hand”
words
away.”
“Yknow, ever since I made that stupid
I-3 Hart D
mistake about the convention. . .”
“Here’s a little something to say I’m Said “I got you a
I-3 Hart P
sorry. I picked it out myself.” present”
I - 3 (after “Here for Changed
Missy “Oh, Frank, don’t get mad. . .” Said “be”
You”) word
“Just fine, Doralee. My, that’s a lovely
I-3 Missy D
scarf you’re wearing.”
Added “just”
“I’m so glad he appreciates all you do
I-3 Missy Added word between “I’m” and
for him.”
“so”
“Here’s my favorite. An Italian line. . Changed
I-3 Missy Said “this one’s”
.” word
“Four weeks? Are you out of your
I-3 Hart P Said “kidding”
mind? I can’t take four weeks. . .”
I - 3 (right before “. . . Take a look at them when you
“Here for You Missy have time. I’m sorry I bothered you, D
Reprise”) Frank.”

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Line Notes Created by: Sydney Caprio
Updated: 10/6/17
 Elmira Little Theatre Director: Jordan Louis Fischer
Fall 2017 Musical Director: Jeffrey Matthews
PSM: Sydney Caprio

“Heads up, hunky accountant at eleven

I-4 Kathy D
o’clock!”
“Just because you’re not going to Said “place an”
I-4 Margaret order, doesn’t mean you can’t peruse Added words between “to” and
the menu.” “order”
“And it’s going to be a long one. You
I-5 Hart stay after work and clean this mess P Said “here”
up!”
“Look, you can do this, but here’s the
I-5 Violet C
deal . . .”
I - 5 (middle of “I Changed
Dick “Hey, babe.” Said “Judy”
Just Might”) word
“Judy, I can’t stay. Mindi’s waiting in
I-5 Dick D
the car.”
“These are the final divorce paper. You
Said “I need you
I-5 Dick need to sign them and give them to P
to”
your lawyer. . .”
I - 5 (middle of “I “How long have you been waiting for Said “again” after
Josh Added word
Just Might”) that promotion?” “promotion”

I - 5 (middle of “I “. . . You go down there tomorrow and Changed

Dwayne Said “tell”
Just Might”) show ‘em what a great gal you are . . .” word
“Violet. Viol-let, did you receive my Changed
I-6 Roz Said “get”
memo on employee. . .” word
Changed
I-6 Margaret “Liquid diet.” Said “liquid lunch”
word
When you’re asking all the ladies to Look over the lines
I-6 Doralee P
lunch before “Backwoods Barbie” for that section.
“Don’t you ever refer to me as your
Changed
I-7 Violet girl again. I am no girl. I am a woman. Said “not a”
word
. .”
“And you love it, don’t you. It gives
I-7 Doralee P Said “you get”
you some sort of cheap thrill. . .”
“I’ve put up with your grabbing and
Look over the lines
chasing me around the desk. . . . I’ll get
I-7 Doralee J for that little
that gun of mine and change you from
monologue
a rooster to a hen with one shot!”
“. . .I overhead Maria Delgado trying to Changed
I-7 Roz Said “caught”
gather salary information.” word

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Updated: 10/6/17
 Elmira Little Theatre Director: Jordan Louis Fischer
Fall 2017 Musical Director: Jeffrey Matthews
PSM: Sydney Caprio

“Is it five o’clock? Where’s everyone

I-8 Margaret Adlibed
going”
“. . . Half and half, skinny n sweet, rat
I - 10 Violet poison, ant poison -- I have to fetch his D
coffee for him too!”
I - 11 Doralee “What’s wrong?” P Said “what?”

“Calm down and put those boxes

I - 11 Doralee D
away.”
“Let me go check on him and then
I - 11 Doralee Adlibed
we’ll decide what to do.”
“Oh, Mr. Hart! Mr. Hart! Mr. Hart!
Said “we’ve finally
I - 12 Roz We’ve got them at last! Violet P
got them”
poisoned you!. . .”
I - 13 Detective “How is he, Doc?” C

“I’ll need you boys to sign some form Changed

I - 13 Doctor Said “do”
so we can perform an autopsy.” word
I - 13 Doralee “Now, Violet, take it easy.” D
“It’s all over. There’s gunna be an
I - 13 Violet C
autopsy. . .”
“Who cares? I’m finished. I’m a
I - 13 Violet C
murderer.”
“Let’s keep her moving. She thinks too Changed
I - 13 Doralee Said “walking”
damn much when she’s sittin’. word
“It’s no use, I’m gunna get the gas
I - 13 Violet chamber like Susan Haywood in “I C
Want to Live”!”
I - 13 Violet “I did that. Me. Guilty. That.” J

“No. Tell ya what. How about we walk

I - 13 Doralee D
out of here, real calm like.”
“We’ve got to make sure there’s no
Said “I’m going to
I -14 Violet trace of the poison. I’m going to wipe P
check”
up the coffee area in case I spilled.”
“So you admit it. You all plotted to Changed Said “the three of
I - 14 Hart
murder me.” words you”

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 Elmira Little Theatre Director: Jordan Louis Fischer
Fall 2017 Musical Director: Jeffrey Matthews
PSM: Sydney Caprio

“Mr. Hart, I’m begging you. You’ll

I - 14 Doralee ruin our lives. Think of what you’re J
doing. . .”
“Mr. Hart, if you touch that phone I’m Changed
I - 14 Doralee Said “tear”
going to jerk it clean out of the wall!” word
“The cord is cutting off my circulation.
I - 14 Hart I give you my word I’ll stay here and P Said “I promise”
work things out with you three.”
The section when you both come back
Doralee & Look over the lines
I - 14 in after the hear the gunshot until the
Violet for that section
beginning of “Shine Like the Sun”
I - 14 (right before
“Now, hang on there, girls, uh ladies,
“Shine Like the Hart D
you’re ladies. . .”
Sun”)
“Why would my clean socks be with Said “be in the
II - Entracte Josh P
the dirty clothes?” hamper?”
II - 1 Doralee “Yes I did, Roz. I told him.” D
“The only problem is there’s no way
II - 2 Doralee we’re gonna hold Roz at bay for much C
longer.”
“Like being able to keep pictures and Changed
II - 2 Doralee Said “put”
things on our desks?” word

“Too big. It’s the old boys club. I could

II -2 Violet C
never be CEO.”

II - 2 (right before “. . . Man, I want it so much I can taste Changed

Violet Said “bad”
“One of the Boys”) it.” word
“Sometimes it seems like he was just
Changed Said “feels” for
II - 4 Violet here a moment ago, sometimes it
words both words
seems like it’s been a lifetime.”
The whole scene before “Get Out and Look over that
II - 5 Dick
Stay Out” whole section

“Deposit slips, wire transfers, swollen

II - 6 Doralee J
bank accounts. . .”
“Hart, it’s over. We have proof you’ve
II - 6 Violet C
stolen thousands. . .”

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 Elmira Little Theatre Director: Jordan Louis Fischer
Fall 2017 Musical Director: Jeffrey Matthews
PSM: Sydney Caprio

“Sure, we can all go have a little chat

with the police and then I’ll hire the
II - 6 Hart J
best lawyer in town and get off scot-
free. . . “
“Oh, I almost forgot. A Mr.
II - 6 Margaret D
Tinsworthy’s on his way up.”

“Damn right. I need to know who’s Changed

II - 7 Tinsworthy Said “straight”
responsible.” word

“Is this Violet Newstead? The Violet Remember her last

II - 7 Tinsworthy Adlibed
Newstead?. . .” name
“And Mr. Hart signed off on the
II - 7 Violet changes. Doralee has copies of every P
memo.”
“I want you by my side, Hart. think
II - 7 Tinsworthy C
it’s time you came to work with me.”

II - 7 Hart “It would be an honor, sir.” P

“Before we get to that, sir, I think you
II - 7 Hart need to know what these three have P Said “but first”
really been up to.”
“Or the sacrifices I’ve made so all my
Changed
II - 7 Hart girls could reach their greatest Said “highest”
word
potential.”
“. . . The little guy cooks and coaches
Changed
II - 7 Violet ball and balances budgets and squeezes Said “stretches”
word
a dollar as far as it can go. . .”
“Hostage? Garage door opener? Little
II - 7 Tinsworthy C
lady, you are one hell of a joker.”

“I’m impressed by everything that’s

II - 7 Tinsworthy D
gone on here in the last few weeks. . .”

“The Bolivian operation is just Changed

II - 7 Tinsworthy Said “starting”
beginning to take off. . .” word
“You could use some color, Hart.
II - 7 Tinsworthy You’ve been spending too much time C
indoors.”

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 Elmira Little Theatre Director: Jordan Louis Fischer
Fall 2017 Musical Director: Jeffrey Matthews
PSM: Sydney Caprio

“Another ingenious though! Only a Changed

II - 7 Tinsworthy Said “what an”
visionary like you would suggest. . .” word
“Now you listen here, Frank. I’m not in
II - 7 Tinsworthy the habit of taking no for an answer. D
Bob!”
Look that
II - 7 Roz Finale monologue J
monologue over
II - 7 (middle of “. . . but she realized she was too late.
Doralee D
“Finale”) Bigger boobs had already. . .”

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