HAMILTONACT ONE

1. ALEXANDER HAMILTON

AARON BURRHow does a bastard, orphan, son of a whoreand aScotsman, dropped in the middle of aforgottenspot in the Caribbean by providence,impoverished, in squalor,grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

JOHN LAURENSThe ten-dollar founding father without afathergot a lot farther by working a lot harder,by being a lot smarter,by being a self-starter,by fourteen, they placed him in charge of atrading charter.

THOMAS JEFFERSONAnd every day while slaves were beingslaughtered and cartedaway across the waves, he struggled and kepthis guard up.Inside, he was longing for something to bea part of,the brother was ready to beg, steal, borrowor barter.

JAMES MADISONThen a hurricane came, and devastationreigned,our man saw his future drip, dripping downthe drain,put a pencil to his temple, connected it tohis brain,and he wrote his first refrain, a testamentto his pain.

BURRWell, the word got around, they said, “Thiskid is insane, man”took up a collection just to send him to themainland.“Get your education, don’t forget from whenceyou came, andthe world is gonna know your name. What’syour name, man?”

ALEXANDER HAMILTONAlexander Hamilton.My name is Alexander Hamilton.And there’s a million things I haven’t done,but just you wait, just you wait . . .

ELIZA HAMILTONWhen he was ten his father split, full of it,debt-ridden,two years later, see Alex and his motherbed-ridden,half-dead sittin in their own sick,the scent thick,

COMPANYAnd Alex got better but his mother went quick.

GEORGE WASHINGTONMoved in with acousin, the cousincommitted suicide.Left him with nothin’but ruined pride,something new inside,a voice saying,“You gotta fend for COMPANYyourself.” “Alex,he started retreatin' you gotta fend forand readin’ every yourself.”treatise on the shelf.

BURRThere would havebeen nothin’ leftto dofor someone lessastute,he woulda been dead

or destitutewithout a cent ofrestitution,started workin’,clerkin’ for his latemother’s landlord,tradin’ sugar caneand rum and all thethings he can’t affordscammin’ for everybook he can get his COMPANYhands on, Scammin’plannin’ for thefuture see him now ashe stands on COMPANYthe bow of a ship Plannin’headed for a new Oooh…land,In New York you canbe a new man.

COMPANY HAMILTONIn New York you can Just You Waitbe a new man—Just you wait!In New York you can Just You Waitbe a new man—Just you wait!

In New York you can be a new man—

WOMENIn New York—

MENNew York—

HAMILTONJust you wait!

COMPANYAlexander Hamilton, COMPANY

Alexander Hamilton,We are waiting in thewings for you. Waiting in the wings

for you.You couldnever back down,you never learned to You never learned to

take your time! take your time!Oh, Alexander Oh, AlexanderHamilton Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton...When America singsfor you America sings for youwill they know what Will they know whatyou overcame? you overcame?

Will they know you Will they know yourewrote the game? rewrote the game?The world will never The world will neverbe the same, oh. be the same, oh.

BURRThe ship is in the MENharbor now, see if Just you waityou can spot him.Another immigrant,comin’ up from thebottom.His enemies COMPANYdestroyed his rep, Just you waitAmerica forgot him

MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTEWe fought with him.

LAURENSMe? I died for him.

WASHINGTONMe? I trusted him.

ELIZA/ANGELICA/MARIA REYNOLDSMe? I loved him.

BURRAnd me? I’m the damn fool that shot him.

COMPANYThere’s a million things I haven’t done,but just you wait!

BURRWhat’s your name, man?

COMPANYAlexander Hamilton!

2. AARON BURR, SIRCOMPANY1776. New York City.

HAMILTONPardon me. Are you Aaron Burr, sir?

BURRThat depends. Who’s asking?

HAMILTONOh, well, sure, sir,I’m Alexander Hamilton, I’m at your service,sir.I have been looking for you.

BURRI’m getting nervous.

HAMILTONSir…I heard your name at Princeton. I was seekingan accelerated course of study when I got sortof out of sorts with a buddy of yours. I mayhave punched him. It’s a blur, sir. He handlesthe financials?

BURRYou punched the bursar.

HAMILTONYes!I wanted to do what you did. Graduate in two,then join the revolution. He looked at me like Iwas stupid, I’m not stupid.So how’d you do it? How’d you graduateso fast?

BURRIt was my parents’ dying wish before theypassed.

HAMILTONYou’re an orphan. Of course! I’m an orphan.God, I wish there was a war!Then we could prove that we’re worth morethan anyone bargained for…

BURRCan I buy you a drink?

HAMILTONThat would be nice.

BURRWhile we’re talking, let me offer you somefree advice.Talk less.

HAMILTONWhat?

BURRSmile more.

HAMILTONHa.

BURRDon’t let them know what you’re against orwhat you’re for.

HAMILTONYou can’t be serious.

BURRYou wanna get ahead?

HAMILTONYes.

BURRFools who run their mouths off wind up dead.

LAURENSYo yo yo yo yo!What time is it?

LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGANShow time!

BURR…like I said…

LAURENSShow time! Show time! Yo!I’m John Laurens in the place to be!Two pints o’ Sam Adams, but I’m workin’ onthree, uh!Those redcoats don’t want it with me!Cuz I will pop chick-a pop these cops tillI’m free!

LAFAYETTEOui oui, mon ami, je m’appelle Lafayette!The Lancelot of the revolutionary set!I came from afar just to say “Bonsoir!”Tell the King “Casse toi!” Who’s the best?C’est moi!

MULLIGANBrrrah brraaah! I am Hercules Mulligan,Up in it, lovin’ it, yes I heard ya mother said“Come again?”Lock up ya daughters and horses, of courseit’s hard to have intercourse over four setsof corsets…

LAURENSNo more sex, pour me another brew, son!Let’s raise a couple more…

LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGANTo the revolution!

LAURENSWell, if it ain’t the prodigy of Princetoncollege!

MULLIGANAaron Burr!

LAURENSGive us a verse, drop some knowledge!

BURRGood luck with that: you’re takin’ a stand.You spit. I’m ‘a sit. We’ll see where we land.

LAFAYETTE/MULLIGANBoooo!

LAURENSBurr, the revolution’s imminent. What doyou stall for?

HAMILTONIf you stand for nothing, Burr, what’ll youfall for?

3. MY SHOTLAURENS MULLIGAN LAFAYETTEOoh, Ooh, Ooh,Who are you?

Who are you?Who are you?

MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENSOoh, who is this kid? What’s he gonna do?

HAMILTONI am not throwing away my shot!I am not throwing away my shot!Hey yo, I’m just like my country,I’m young, scrappy and hungry,and I’m not throwing away my shot!I’m ‘a get a scholarship to King’s College.I prob’ly shouldn’t brag, but dag, I amazeand astonish.The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish.I gotta holler just to be heard.With every word, I drop knowledge!I’m a diamond in the rough, a shiny pieceof coaltryin’ to reach my goal. My power of speech:unimpeachable.Only nineteen but my mind is older.These New York City streets get colder, Ishoulderev’ry burden, ev’ry disadvantageI have learned to manage, I don’t have a gunto brandish,I walk these streets famished.The plan is to fan this spark into a flame.

But damn, it’s getting dark, so let me spellout the name,I am the—

HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENSA-l-e-x-a-n-de-r—we are—meant to be...

HAMILTONA colony that runs independently.Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin’ on usendlessly.Essentially, they tax us relentlessly,then King George turns around, runs aspending spree.He ain’t ever gonna set his descendants free,so there will be a revolution in this century.Enter me!

LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS(He says in parentheses)

HAMILTONDon’t be shocked when your hist’ry bookmentions me.I will lay down my life if it sets us free.Eventually, you’ll see my ascendancy,

HAMILTON LAURENSAnd I am not throwing My shot!away my shot.I am not throwing My shot!away my shot.Hey yo, I’m just likemy country,I’m young, scrappyand hungryand I’m not throwing And I’m not throwingaway my shot. away my shot.

HAMILTON/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTEI am not throwing away my shot.I am not throwing away my shot.Hey yo, I’m just like my country,I’m young, scrappy and hungryand I’m not throwing away my shot.It’s time to take a shot!

LAFAYETTEI dream of life without a monarchy.The unrest in France will lead to ‘onarchy?‘Onarchy? How you say, how you say, ‘anarchy?’When I fight, I make the other side panicky.With my-

HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGANShot!

MULLIGANYo, I’m a tailor’s apprentice,and I got y’all knuckleheads in loco parentis.I’m joining the rebellion cuz I know it’s mychanceto socially advance, instead of sewin’ somepants!I’m gonna take a-

HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGANShot!

LAURENSBut we’ll never be truly freeuntil those in bondage have the same rightsas you and me,you and I. Do or die. Wait till I sally inon a stallion with the first black battalionhave another-

HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGANShot!

BURRGeniuses, lower your voices.You keep out of trouble and you double yourchoices.I’m with you, but the situation is fraught.You’ve got to be carefully taught:If you talk, you’re gonna get shot!

HAMILTONBurr, check what we got.Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot,I think your pants look hot,

Laurens, I like you a lot.Let’s hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin’the pot...What are the odds the gods would put us allin one spot,poppin’ a squat on conventional wisdom, likeit or not,a bunch of revolutionary manumissionabolitionists?Give me a position, show me where theammunition is!Oh, am I talkin’ too loud?Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off atthe mouth.I never had a group of friends before,I promise that I’ll make y’all proud.

LAURENSLet’s get this guy in front of a crowd.

HAM/LAUR/LAF/MULL/ENSEMBLEI am not throwing away my shot.I am not throwing away my shot.Hey yo, I’m just like my country,I’m young, scrappy and hungryand I’m not throwing away my shot.I am not throwing away my shot.I am not throwing away my shot.Hey yo, I’m just like my country,I’m young, scrappy and hungryand I’m not throwing away my shot.

LAURENSEv’rybody sing: HAM/LAF/MULLWhoa, whoa, whoa Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!Hey!Whoa! Whoa!Wooh!!Whoa! Whoa!Ay, let ‘em hear ya!Let’s go! Yea!

COMPANYI said shout it to the Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!rooftops!Said, to the rooftops! Whoa!Come on! Whoa!Come on, let’s go! Yea!

LAURENSRise up!When you’re living onyour knees,you rise up.Tell your brother thathe’s gotta rise up.Tell your sister thatshe's gotta rise up.

LAURENS ANDENSEMBLEWhen are thesecolonies gonnarise up?When are these Whoa! Whoa!colonies gonnarise upWhen are these Whoa! colonies gonnarise upWhen are these Whoa!colonies gonnarise up?

Whoa!Rise up!

Rise up!

HAMILTONI imagine death so much it feels more likea memoryWhen’s it gonna get me?In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?comin’, do I run or do I let it be?Is it like a beat without a melody?See, I never thought I’d live past twenty.Where I come from some get half as many.Ask anybody why we livin’ fast and welaugh, reach for a flask,we have to make this moment last, that’splenty.

Scratch that,this is not a moment, it’s the movementwhere all the hungriest brothers withsomething to prove went?Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand,we roll like Moses, claimin’ our promised land.And? If we win our independence?

‘Zat a guarantee of freedom for ourdescendants?Or will the blood we shed begin an endlesscycle of vengeance and death with nodefendants?I know the action in the street is excitin’,but Jesus, between all the bleedin’ ‘n fightin’I’ve been readin’ ‘n writin’.We need to handle our financial situation.Are we a nation of states? What’s the state ofour nation?I’m past patiently waitin’. I’m passionatelysmashin’ every expectation,every action’s an act of creation!I’m laughin’ in the face of casualties andsorrow,for the first time, I’m thinkin’ past tomorrow,

HAMILTON AND COMPANYAnd I am not throwing away my shot.I am not throwing away my shot.Hey yo, I’m just like my country,I’m young, scrappy and hungryand I’m not throwing away my shot.

HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGANWe’re gonna ENSEMBLErise up! Time to take Not throwing awaya shot! my shot.We’re gonnarise up! Time to take Not throwing awaya shot! my shot.We’re gonna We’re gonna

rise up!Rise up!

HAMILTONTime to take a shot!

Rise up!Rise up!

HAM/LAF/MULL/LAURTime to take a shot! Rise up!

Rise up!Take a shot!Shot! Ri- ri- ri

Shot!A-yo, it’stime to take a shot! Time to take a shot!Time to take a shot! Time to take a shot!And I am– And I am–

HAM/LAF/MULL/LAURNot throwin’ away my-

COMPANYNot throwin’ away my shot!

4. THE STORY OF TONIGHTHAMILTONI may not live to see our glory!

LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENSI may not live to see our glory!

HAMILTONBut I will gladly join the fight!

LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENSBut I will gladly join the fight!

HAMILTONAnd when our children tell our story...

LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENSAnd when our children tell our story...

HAMILTONThey’ll tell the story of tonight.

MULLIGANLet’s have another round tonight.

LAFAYETTELet’s have another round tonight.

HAMILTONLet’s have another round tonight.

LAURENSRaise a glass to freedom,Something they can never take away,

no matter what they tell you.Raise a glass to the four of us.

LAURENS/MULLIGANTomorrow there’ll be more of us.

MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENSTelling the story of tonight.

HAMILTONThey’ll tell the story of tonight.

LAURENS/MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTERaise a glass to freedom,something they can never take away.

HAMILTONNo matter what they tell you.

MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTELet’s have another round tonight.

LAURENSRaise a glass to the four of us.

HAMILTON/LAURENS/MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTETomorrow there’ll be more of us.

HAMILTON/LAURENSTelling the story of tonight

MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTELet’s have another round tonight

HAMILTON/ MULLIGAN/LAURENS/ LAFAYETTE/ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLEThey'll tell the storyof tonight

Raise a glass tofreedom

They'll tell the storyof tonight

Raise a glass tofreedom

They'll tell the storyof tonight

They’ll tell the story of-

FULL ENSEMBLETonight

5. THE SCHUYLER SISTERS

BURRThere’s nothing rich folks love morethan going downtown and slummin’ it withthe poor.They pull up in their carriages and gawkat the students in the commonJust to watch them talk.Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded.Uh-oh, but little does he know thathis daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Elizasneak into the city just to watch all theguys at—

COMPANYWork, work!

ANGELICAAngelica!

COMPANYWork, work!

ELIZAEliza!

PEGGYAnd Peggy!

COMPANYWork, work!The Schuyler sisters!

ANGELICAAngelica!

PEGGYPeggy!

ELIZAEliza!

COMPANYWork!

PEGGYDaddy said to be home by sundown.

ANGELICADaddy doesn’t need to know.

PEGGYDaddy said not to go downtown.

ELIZALike I said, you’re free to go.

ANGELICABut–look around, look around, therevolution’s happening in New York.

ELIZA/PEGGYNew York.

COMPANYAngelica

SCHUYLER S ISTERS AND COMPANYWork!

PEGGYIt’s bad enough daddy wants to go to war.

ELIZAPeople shouting in the square.

PEGGYIt’s bad enough there’ll be violence on ourshore.

ANGELICANew ideas in the air.

ANGELICA AND MALE ENSEMBLELook around, look around—

ELIZAAngelica, remind me what we’re looking for…

ALL M EN

She’s lookin’ for me!

ANGELICA COMPANYEliza, I’m lookin’ Work, work!for a mind at work.I’m lookin for a Work, work!mind at work!I’m lookin for a Work, work!mind at work!Work, work!Whooaaaaa!

ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGYWhooaaaaa!Work! Work!

BURRWooh! There’s nothin’ like summer in the city.Someone in a rush next to someone lookin’pretty.Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funnyBut your perfume smells like your daddy’sgot money.Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heelsYou searchin for an urchin who can give youideals?

ANGELICABurr, you disgust me.

BURRAh, so you’ve discussed me.I’m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!

ANGELICAI’ve been reading Common Sense by ThomasPaine.So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane.You want a revolution? I want a revelationSo listen to my declaration:

ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY“We hold these truths to be self-evidentThat all men are created equal”

ANGELICAAnd when I meet Thomas Jefferson,

COMPANY

Unh!

ANGELICAI’m ‘a compel him to include women in thesequel!

WOMENWork!

ELIZALook around, look around at howLucky we are to be alive right now!

ELIZA/PEGGYLook around, look around at howLucky we are to be alive right now!

ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGYHistory is happening in Manhattan and wejust happen to be in the greatest city in theworld!

SCHUYLER SISTERS AND COMPANYIn the greatest city in the world!

ELIZA/ANGELIC PEGGY MENCuz I’ve been Look around, Hey! Hey! Hey!reading look around Hey!CommonSense byThomas Paine.So men say The Hey! Hey! Hey!that I’m revolution’sintense or I’m happening in- Hey!insane.

ANGELICA WOMENYou want a New York!revolution?I want a Look around,revelation look

In New York! around theSo listen revolution’sto my happeningdeclaration:

ANG/ELI/PEGWe

hold these FEMALE Hey! Hey!truths ENSEMBLEto be self Look aroundevidentthat all men Hey! Hey!are createdequal Look aroundWhoo! Hey! Hey!

At how luckywe areto be alive Hey! Hey!right now!

FULL COMPANYLook around, look around at how lucky we areto be alive right now!History is happening in Manhattan and we justhappen to be

ALL WOMENIn the greatest city in the world

ALL M ENIn the greatest city-

COMPANYIn the greatest city in the world!

COMPANYWork, work! ANGELICA

Angelica!Work, work!

ELIZAEliza!

PEGGYWork, work! And Peggy!

ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGYThe Schuyler sisters!

Work, work!We’re looking for amind at

Work, work! work!Hey!

Work, work!Hey!

Work, work!

COMPANY ANGELICA ELIZA/PEGGYWork, work! Whoa! Hey! Hey!Work, work! Hey! Hey! Hey!

In the greatestWork, work! In the greatest

city in the city in theworld world

COMPANYIn the greatest city in the world!

6. FARMER REFUTEDSAMUEL SEABURYHear ye, hear ye! My name is SamuelSeabury, and I present “Free Thoughts on theProceedings of the Continental Congress!”Heed not the rabble who scream revolution,they have not your interests at heart.

MULLIGANOh my God. Tear this dude apart.

SEABURYChaos and bloodshed are not a solution.Don’t let them lead you astray.This Congress does not speak for me.

BURRLet him be.

SEABURYThey’re playing a dangerous game.I pray the king shows you his mercy.For shame, for shame . . .

HAMILTONYo! SEABURYHe’d have you all Heed not the rabbleunravel at thesound of screams Who screambut therevolution is comin’. Revolution, theyThehave-nots are gonna Have not yourwin this, it’s interests at

hard to listen to your heart.with a straight face.

Chaos and bloodshed Chaos and bloodshedalready haunt are notus, honestly you A solution.shouldn't eventalk. And what about Don’t let them leadBoston? youLook at thecost, n’ all that we’ve astray.lost n’ you talkabout Congress?! This Congress does not

speak forMy dog speaks more me,eloquentlythan thee! they’re playing a

dangerousBut strangely, your game.mange is the same.

I pray the king showsyou his mercy.

Is he in Jersey?For shame,

For therevolution!

For shame,

COMPANYFor therevolution!

SEABURYHeed—

HAMILTONIf you repeat yourself again I’m gonna—

SEABURY/HAMILTONScream—

HAMILTONHonestly, look at me, please don’t read!

SEABURYNot your interests—

HAMILTONDon’t modulate the key then not debate

with me!Why should a tiny island across the searegulate the price of tea?

BURRAlexander, please!

HAMILTONBurr, I’d rather be divisive than indecisive,drop the niceties.

ENSEMBLESilence! A message from the Kng!A message from the King!

FULL COMPANYA message from the King!

7. YOU’LL BE BACKKING GEORGEYou saythe price of my love’s not a price that you’rewilling to pay.You cryin your tea which you hurl in the sea when yousee me go by.Why so sad?Remember we made an arrangement whenyou went away,now you’re making me mad.Remember, despite our estrangement, I’myour man.You’ll be back.Soon you’ll see.You’ll remember you belong to me.You’ll be back.

Time will tell.You’ll remember that I served you well.Oceans rise,empires fall,we have seen each other through it all,and when pushcomes to shove,I will send a fully armed battalionto remind you of my love!

Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya daDa da dat dat da ya da!Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da,Da da dat dat da…

You say our love is draining and you can’tgo on.You’ll be the one complaining when I amgone . . .And no, don’t change the subjectcuz you’re my favorite subject.My sweet, submissive subject,my loyal, royal subject,forever and ever and ever and ever and ever…

You’ll be back,like before.I will fight the fight and win the warfor your love,for your praise,and I’ll love you till my dying days.When you’re goneI’ll go mad,so don’t throw away this thing we had.

Cuz when push comes to shove,I will kill your friends and family to remindyou of my love.Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya daDa da dat dat da ya da!Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya daDa da dat dat-Everybody!

ENSEMBLEDa da da dat da dat da da da da ya daDa da dat dat da ya da!Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da da da dadat dat da ya da!

8. RIGHT HAND MANCOMPANYBritish Admiral Howe’s got troops on thewater.

Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor.

ENSEMBLE 1Thirty-two thousandtroops in New York ENSEMBLE 2harbor. Thirty-two thousand

troops in New YorkWhen they surround harbor.our troops!They surround our They surround ourtroops! troops!They surround our They surround ourtroops! troops!

HAMILTONAs a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war.I knew that I was poor,I knew it was the only way to-

HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTERise up!

HAMILTONIf they tell my storyI am either gonna die on the battlefield inglory or-

HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTERise up!

HAMILTONWe will fight for this landbut there’s only one manwho can give us a command so we can-

HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTERise up!

HAMILTONUnderstand? It’s the only way to-

HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTERise up! Rise up!

HAMILTONHere he comes!

ENSEMBLE

Here comes the General!

BURRLadies and gentlemen!

ENSEMBLEHere comes the General!

BURRThe moment you’ve been waiting for!

ENSEMBLEHere comes the General!

BURRThe pride of Mount Vernon!

ENSEMBLEHere comes the general!

BURRGeorge Washington!

WASHINGTON ENSEMBLEWe are outgunned, What?outmanned, What?Outnumbered, Buck, buck, buck, buck,outplanned. buck!We gotta make anall out standayo, I’m gonna need Buck, buck, buck, buck,a right-hand man. buck!

Check it—Can I be real a second?For just a millisecond?Let down my guard and tell the people how Ifeel a second?Now I’m the model of a modern major general,the venerated Virginian veteran whose menare alllining up, to put me up on a pedestal,writin’ letters to relativesembellishin’ my elegance and eloquence,but the elephant is in the room,the truth is in ya face when ya hear the Britishcannons go...

ENSEMBLE

Boom!

WASHINGTONAny hope of success is fleeting,how can I keep leading when the people I’mleading keep retreating?We put a stop to the bleeding as the Britishtake Brooklyn,knight takes rook, but look,

WASHINGTON ENSEMBLEWe are outgunned, What?outmanned, What?Outnumbered,outplanned. Buck, buck, buck, buck,

buck!We gotta make an allout standayo, I’m gonna need aright-hand man.

Incoming!

HAMILTONThey’re battering down the Batterycheck the damages.

MULLIGANRah!

HAMILTONWe gotta stop ‘em and rob ‘emof their advantages.

MULLIGANRah!

HAMILTONLet’s take a stand with the stamina God hasgranted us.Hamilton won’t abandon ship,Yo, let’s steal their cannons-

MULLIGAN COMPANYShh-boom! Boom!

WASHINGTONGoes the cannon, watch the blood and the shitspray and...

COMPANYBoom!

WASHINGTONGoes the cannon, we’re abandonin’ KipsBay and...

COMPANYBoom!

WASHINGTONThere’s another ship and...

COMPANYBoom!

WASHINGTONWe just lost the southern tip and...

COMPANYBoom!

WASHINGTONWe gotta run to Harlem quick, we can’t affordanother slip.Guns and horses giddyup,I decide to divvy upmy forces, they’re skittish as the British cutthe city up.This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny,I scream in the face of this mass mutiny:are these the men with which I am to defendAmerica?We ride at midnight, Manhattan in thedistance.I cannot be everywhere at once, people.I’m in dire need of assistance . . .

BURRYour excellency, sir!

WASHINGTONWho are you?

BURRAaron Burr, Sir?Permission to state my case?

WASHINGTONAs you were.

BURRSir,I was a captain under General Montgomeryuntil he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec,and well, in summaryI think that I could be of some assistance.I admire how you keep firing on the Britishfrom a distance.

WASHINGTONHuh.

BURRI have some questions, a couple ofsuggestionson how to fight instead of fleeing west.

WASHINGTONYes?

BURRWell

HAMILTONYour excellency, you wanted to see me?

WASHINGTONHamilton, come in, have you met Burr?

HAMILTONYes, sir.

HAMILTON AND BURRWe keep meeting.

BURRAs I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeingyour strategy play out.

WASHINGTONBurr?

BURRSir?

WASHINGTON

Close the door on your way out.

HAMILTONHave I done something wrong, sir?

WASHINGTONOn the contrary.I called you here because our odds are beyondscary.Your reputation precedes you, but I haveto laugh.

HAMILTONSir?

WASHINGTONHamilton, how come no one can get you ontheir staff?

HAMILTONSir!

WASHINGTONDon’t get me wrong, you’re a young man, ofgreat renown.I know you stole British cannons when wewere still downtown.Nathaniel Green and Henry Knox wanted tohire you...

HAMILTONTo be their Secretary? I don’t think so.

WASHINGTONWhy’re you upset?

HAMILTONI’m not—

WASHINGTONIt’s alright, you want to fight, you’ve got ahunger.I was just like you when I was younger.Head full of fantasies of dyin’ like a martyr?

HAMILTONYes.

WASHINGTON

Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder.

HAMILTONWhy are you telling me this?

WASHINGTONI’m being honest.I’m working with a third of what our Congresshas promised.We are a powder keg about to explode,I need someone like you to lighten the load. So?

COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON)I am not throwin’ away my shot!I am not throwin’ away my shot!Ayo, I’m just like my country, I’m young,scrappy and hungry!

HAMILTONI am not throwing away my shot!

WASHINGTONSon,

WASHINGON AND COMPANYWe are outgunned, outmanned!

HAMILTONYou need all the help you can get.I have some friends. Laurens, Mulligan,Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what else?

WASHINGTON AND COMPANYOutnumbered, outplanned!

HAMILTONWe’ll need some spies on the inside,Some King’s men who might let some thingsslide.

HAMILTON COMPANY ELI/ANG/PEGI’ll write to Boom! Whoa, whoa,Congress and whoa…tell ‘em weneed supplies,you rally theguys, masterthe element Whoa, whoa,of surprise. Chicka-boom! whoa…

I’ll rise abovemy station,organize yourinformation‘til we rise to the occasionof our newnation. Sir! ELI/ANG/PEG AND WOMEN

Whoa, whoa,whoa…

ENSEMBLEHere comes the General!

HAMILTONRise up!

LAUR/LAF/MULLWhat?

ENSEMBLEHere comes theGeneral!

SCHUYLER SISTERSHAMILTON Rise up!Rise up!

LAUR/LAF/MULLWhat?

ENSEMBLEHere comes the General!

SCHUYLERSISTERS ANDWOMENRise up!

HAMILTONRise up!

LAUR/LAF/MULLWhat?

FULL COMPANYHere comes the General!

HAMILTONWhat?

WASHINGTONAnd his right hand man!

FULL COMPANYBoom!

9. A WINTER’S BALLBURRHow does the bastard, orphan, son of a whore,go on and on,grow into more of a phenomenon?Watch this obnoxious, arrogant, loudmouthbotherbe seated at the right hand of the father.Washington hires Hamilton right on sight,But Hamilton still wants to fight, not write.Now Hamilton’s skill with a quill is undeniableBut what do we have in common? We’rereliable with the

ALL M ENLadies!

BURRThere are so many to deflower.

ALL M ENLadies!

BURRLooks! Proximity to power.

ALL M ENLadies!

BURRThey delighted and distracted him.Martha Washington named her feral tomcatafter him!

HAMILTONThat’s true.

FULL COMPANY1780.

BURR

A winter’s balland the Schuyler sisters are the envy of all.Yo, if you can marry a sister, you’re rich, son.

HAMILTONIs it a question of if, Burr, or which one?

10. HELPLESSHAMILTON/BURR/LAURENSHeyHeyHey hey

HAMILTON/BURR/LAURENS/ALLWOMEN (EXCEPT E LIZA)Hey hey hey hey

ELIZA ALL WOMENOhh, I do I do I do I Hey hey hey heyDooo! Hey! Hey hey hey heyOhh, I do I do I do I Hey hey hey heyDooo! Boy, you got me Hey hey hey

ELIZA AND WOMENHelpless!Look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit I’mhelpless!Down for the count, and I’m drownin’ in ‘em.

ELIZAI have never been the type to try and grabthe spotlight.We were at a revel with some rebels on ahot night,laughin’ at my sister as she’s dazzling theroomthen you walked in and my heart went“Boom!”Tryin’ to catch your eye from the side of theballroom,everybody’s dancin’ and the band’s topvolume.

ELIZA AND WOMENGrind to the rhythm as we wine and dine.

ELIZA

Grab my sister, andwhisper, “Yo, thisone’s mine.” ALL WOMEN

OoohMy sister made herway across the roomto you Ooohand I got nervous,thinking “What’s shegonna do?” OoohShe grabbed you bythe arm, I’m thinkin’“I’m through” OoohThen you look back atme and suddenly I’mHelpless! Helpless!Oh, look at those eyes,

Look into your eyes,Oh! And the sky’s the limitYeah, I’m I’mhelpless, I know Helpless!

Down for the count,And I’m drownin’in ‘em.

I’m so into you, I’m helpless!I am so into you.

Look into your eyes,And the sky’s thelimit I’mhelpless!

I know, I’m down forthe countAnd I’m drownin’in ‘em. Down for the count,

And I’m drownin’in ‘em

HAMILTONWhere are you taking me?

ANGELICAI’m about to change your life.

HAMILTONThen by all means, lead the way.

ELIZAElizabeth Schuyler. It’s a pleasure to meetyou.

HAMILTONSchuyler?

ANGELICAMy sister.

ELIZAThank you for all your service.

HAMILTONIf it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it willhave been worth it.

ANGELICAI’ll leave you to it.

ELIZA AND WOMENOne week later

ELIZAI’m writin’ a letter nightly.Now my life gets better, every letter that youwrite me.Laughin’ at my sister, cuz she wants to forma harem.

ANGELICAI’m just sayin’, if you really loved me, youwould share him.

ELIZA ALL WOMENHa! Two weeks later,Two weeks later,In the living roomstressin’, stressin’my father’s stone-facedwhile you’re askingfor hisblessin’. blessin’.I’m dying inside, asyou wineand dineand I’m tryin’ not tocry, ‘causethere’s nothing thatyour mind can’t do. OoohMy father makes his

way across the roomto you. OoohI panic for a second,thinking, “we’rethrough” OoohBut then he shakesyour hand and says,“Be true” OoohAnd you turn back tome, smiling, and I’mHelpless! Helpless!

Look into your eyes,and the sky’s thelimit I’m

Helpless! Helpless!Hoo! Down for the count,

and I’m drownin’ in‘ em I’m

helpless!That boy is mine,that boy is mine! Look into your eyes,

And the sky’s thelimit I’m

Helpless! Helpless! helpless!Down for the count, Down for the count,And I’m drownin’ and I’m drownin’in ‘em in ‘emhelpless!Down for the count,and I’m drownin’in ‘em

HAMILTONEliza, I don’t have a dollar to my name,an acre of land, a troop to command, a dollopof fame.All I have’s my honor, a tolerance for pain,a couple of college credits and my top-notchbrain.Insane, your family brings out a differentside of me,Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to takea bite of me,no stress, my love for you is never in doubt.We’ll get a little place in Harlem and we’llfigure it out.I’ve been livin’ without a family since I wasa child.My father left, my mother died, I grew up

buckwild.But I’ll never forget my mother’s face, thatwas real,and long as I’m alive, Eliza, swear to God,you’ll never feel so…

ALL WOMENELIZA Helpless!I do I do I do

HAMILTON I do!

Eliza…Helpless!

I do I do I doI do!

I’ve neverfelt so- Helpless!

Hey! Yeah,yeah!

Down for thecount andI’m drownin’

I’m in ‘emDown for thecount, I’m-

My life is gon’ Helpless!be finecuz Eliza’sin it.

I look intoyour eyes, Helpless!and the sky’sthe limitI’m

Helpless!…drownin’In ‘em.

Down for thecount,and I’mdrownin’ in‘em.

ALL WOMENIn New York, you can be a new man…in New York, you can be a new man…In New York, you can be a new man…

ELIZA

Helpless.

11. SATISFIEDLAURENSAlright, alright. That’s what I’m talkin’ about!Now everyone give it up for the maid of honor,Angelica Schuyler!

ANGELICAA toast to thegroom! ALL M EN

To the groom!To the groom! ALL WOMENTo the groom! To the groom!

To the bride!To the bride!

To the bride! To the bride!From yoursister, To the bride!

Angelica! ELIZA AND WOMEAngelica! Angelica!

who is always Angelica!by your side.

By your side! By your side!To your union,

To the union!To the union! To the

revolution!To therevolution!

and the hopethatyou provide.

You provide!You provide! You provide!

May youalways...

HAMILTONAND M ENAlways– Always–

be satisfied.Rewind– Rewind–

ANGELICAI remember that night, I just mightregret that night for the rest of my days.

I remember those soldier boystripping over themselves to win our praise.

I remember that dreamlike candlelightlike a dream that you can’t quite place,

but Alexander, I’ll never forget the firsttime I saw your face.

I have never been the same,Intelligent eyes in a hunger-pang frame,And when you said “Hi,” I forgot my dang name,set my heart aflame, ev’ry part aflame,

FULL COMPANYThis is not a game…

HAMILTONYou strike me as a woman who has never beensatisfied.

ANGELICAI’m sure I don’t know what you mean. Youforget yourself.

HAMILTONYou’re like me. I’m never satisfied.

ANGELICAIs that right?

HAMILTONI have never been satisfied.

ANGELICAMy name is Angelica Schuyler.

HAMILTONAlexander Hamilton.

ANGELICAWhere’s your fam’ly from?

HAMILTONUnimportant. There’s a million things Ihaven’t done butjust you wait, just you wait…

ANGELICA

So so so—so this is what it feels like to match witswith someone at your level! What the hell isthe catch? It’sthe feeling of freedom, of seein’ the light,it’s Ben Franklin with a key and a kite! Yousee it, right?The conversation lasted two minutes, maybethree minutes,ev’rything we said in total agreement, it’sa dream and it’s a bit of a dance,a bit of a posture, it’s a bit of a stance. He’s abit of a flirt, but I’m ‘a give it a chance.I asked about his fam’ly, did you see hisanswer?His hands started fidgeting, he looked askance?He’s penniless, he’s flying by the seat ofhis pants.Handsome, boy, does he know it!Peach fuzz, and he can’t even grow it!I wanna take him far away from this place,then I turn and see my sister’s face and she is...

ELIZAHelpless…

ANGELICAAnd I know she is...

ELIZAHelpless…

ANGELICAAnd her eyes are just…

ELIZAHelpless…

ANGELICAAnd I realize

ANGELICA AND COMPANYThree fundamental truths at the exact sametime…

HAMILTONWhere are you taking me?

ANGELICA

I’m about to change your life.

HAMILTONThen by all means, lead the way.

COMPANY (EXCEPT ANGELICA)Number one!

ANGELICAI’m a girl in a world in whichmy only job is to marry rich.My father has no sons so I’m the onewho has to social climb for one,so I’m the oldest and the wittiest and thegossip inNew York City is insidious,Alexander is penniless,Ha! That doesn’t mean I want him any less.

ELIZAElizabeth Schuyler. It’s a pleasure to meet you.

HAMILTONSchuyler?

ANGELICAMy sister.

COMPANYNumber two!

ANGELICAHe’s after me cuz I’m a Schuyler sister.That elevates his status, I’dhave to be naïve to set that aside,maybe that is why I introduce him to Eliza,now that’s his bride.Nice going, Angelica, he was right,You will never be satisfied.

ELIZAThank you for all your service.

HAMILTONIf it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it willhave been worth it.

ANGELICAI’ll leave you to it.

COMPANYNumber three!

ANGELICAI know my sister like I know my own mind,you will never find anyone as trusting oras kind.If I tell her that I love him she’d be silentlyresigned,he’d be mine.She would say, “I’m fine”

ANGELICA AND COMPANYShe’d be lying.

ANGELICABut when I fantasize at nightit’s Alexander’s eyes,as I romanticize what mighthave been if I hadn’t sized himup so quickly.At least my dear Eliza’s his wife;at least I keep his eyes in my life…

ANGELICA MENTo the groom! To the groom!

To the groom! WOMENTo the groom! To the groom!

To the bride!To the bride!

To the bride!To the bride! To the bride!

From yoursister,

Angelica! ELIZA & WOMENAngelica! Angelica!

who is alwaysby your side.

By your side.By your side.

To your union,To the union! To the union!To the To therevolution! revolution!

and the hopethat youprovide.

You provide!

You provide! You provide!May youalways

HAMILTON & MENAlways– Always

be satisfied.Be satisfied,

be satisfied.be satisfied,

And I know MENBe satisfied. WOMENBe satisfied. Be satisfied.Be satisfied.

She’ll be Be satisfied.happy as

Be satisfied.Be satisfied.

his bride.And I know Be satisfied. Be satisfied.

Be satisfied.Be satisfied.Be satisfied.

Be satisfied.

ANGELICAHe will never be satisfied.I will never be satisfied.

12. THE STORY OF TONIGHT (REPRISE)LAURENSI may not live to see our glory!

MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTEI may not live to see our glory!

LAURENSBut I’ve seen wonders great and small.

MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTEI’ve seen wonders great and small.

LAURENSCuz if the tomcat can get married,

MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTEIf Alexander can get married—

LAURENSThere’s hope for our ass, after all!

LAFAYETTERaise a glass to freedom.

LAURENS/MULLIGANHey!Something you will never see again!

MULLIGANNo matter what she tells you.

LAFAYETTELet’s have another round tonight!

LAURENSRaise a glass to the four of us!

LAFAYETTE/HAMILTONHo!

MULLIGANTo the newly not poor of us!

LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/HAMILTONWoo!

LAFAYETTEWe’ll tell the story of tonight.

LAURENSLet’s have another round—

HAMILTONWell, if it isn’t Aaron Burr.

BURRSir!

HAMILTONI didn’t think that you would make it.

BURRTo be sure.

MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTEBurr!

BURRI came to say congratulations.

MULLIGANSpit a verse, Burr!

BURRI see the whole gang is here.

LAFAYETTEYou are the worst, Burr!

HAMILTONIgnore them. Congrats to you, LieutenantColonel.I wish I had your command instead ofmanning George’s journal.

BURRNo, you don’t.

HAMILTONYes, I do.

BURRNow, be sensible.From what I hear, you’ve made yourselfindispensible.

LAURENSWell, well, I heardyou’ve got a special someone on the side, Burr.

HAMILTONIs that so?

LAURENSWhat are you tryin’ to hide, Burr?

BURRI should go.

HAMILTONNo, these guys should go.

LAFAYETTEWhat?

LAURENSNo!

HAMILTONLeave us alone.

MULLIGANMan…

HAMILTONIt’s alright, Burr. I wish you’d brought this girlwith you tonight, Burr.

BURRYou’re very kind, but I’m afraid it’s unlawful,sir.

HAMILTONWhat do you mean?

BURRShe’s married.

HAMILTONI see.

BURRShe’s married to a British officer.

HAMILTONOh shit…

BURRCongrats again, Alexander. Smile more.I’ll see you on the other side of the war.

HAMILTONI will never understand you.If you love this woman, go get her! What areyou waiting for?

BURRI’ll see you on the other side of the war.

HAMILTONI’ll see you on the other side of the war.

13. WAIT FOR ITBURRTheodosia writes me a letter ev’ry day.I’m keeping her bed warm while her husbandis away.He’s on the British side in Georgia.He’s tryin’ to keep the colonies in line.He can keep all of Georgia.Theodosia, she’s mine.

Love doesn’t discriminatebetween the sinnersand the saints,it takes and it takes and it takesand we keep loving anyway.We laugh and we cryand we breakand we make our mistakes.And if there’s a reason I’m by her sidewhen so many have triedthen I’m willing to wait for it.I’m willing to wait for it.

BURRMygrandfatherwas a fire andbrimstone MENpreacher, Preacher,

preacher,preacher

But there arethings thatthe homiliesand hymnswon’t teach Teach ya,ya. teach ya,

teach yaMy motherwas WOMENa genius, Geniusmy fathercommanded Respect,respect. respectWhen theydied theyleft noinstructions.

Just a legacyto protect.

BURR/ENSEMBLEDeath doesn’t discriminatebetween the sinnersand the saints,it takes and it takes and it takesand we keep living anyway.We rise and we falland we breakand we make our mistakes.And if there’s a reason I’m still alivewhen everyone who loves me has diedI’m willing to wait for it.I’m willing to wait for it.

Wait for it

ENSEMBLEWait for itWait for itWait for it

BURRI am the one thing in life I can control

ENSEMBLEWait for itWait for itWait for itWait for it

BURRI am inimitableI am an original

ENSEMBLEWait for itWait for itWait for itWait for it

BURRI’m not falling behind or running late

ENSEMBLEWait for itWait for it

Wait for itWait for it

BURRI’m not standing still,I am lying in wait

ENSEMBLEWaitWaitWait

BURRHamilton faces an endless uphill climb

ENSEMBLEClimbClimbClimb

BURRHe has something to provehe has nothing to lose

ENSEMBLELoseLoseLoseLose

BURRHamilton’s pace is relentless,he wastes no time

ENSEMBLETimeTimeTime

BURRWhat is it like in his shoes?Hamilton doesn’t hesitate.He exhibits no restraint.He takes and he takes and he takesand he keeps winning anyway.He changes the game.He plays and he raises the stakes.And if there’s a reasonhe seems to thrive when so few survive, then

Goddamnit-

BURR COMPANYI'm willing to wait I'm willing to waitfor it. for it

Wait for itWait for...

I'm willing to wait I'm willing to-for it…Life doesn't Life doesn'tdiscriminate discriminatebetween the sinners between the sinnersand the saints, and the saints,it takes and it takes it takes and it takesand it takes. and it takesWe rise and we keep living

anyway,we rise and we fall andwe breakand we make our

We fall mistakes.and if there's a reason and if there's a reasonI’m still alive I’m still alivewhen so many have when so many havedied, died,then I’m willin' to- then I’m willin’ to-

BURRWait for it... WOMEN

Wait for it… MENWait for it….

Wait for it...Wait for it…

Wait for it…Wait for it…

Wait for it…Wait for it…

Wait for it…Wait for it…

Wait...

14. STAY ALIVEELIZAStay alive...

ELIZA/ANGELICA/ENSEMBLE WOMENStay alive...

HAMILTONI have never seen the General so despondent.I have taken over writing all hiscorrespondence.Congress writes, “George, attack the Britishforces.”I shoot back, we have resorted to eating ourhorses.Local merchants deny us equipment,assistance,they only take British money, so sing a songof sixpence.

WASHINGTONThe cavalry’s not coming.

HAMILTONSir!

WASHINGTONAlex, listen. There’s only one way for us towin this.Provoke outrage, outright.

HAMILTONThat’s right.

WASHINGTONDon’t engage, strike by night.Remain relentless ‘til their troops take flight.

HAMILTONMake it impossible to justify the cost of thefight.

WASHINGTONOutrun.

HAMILTONOutrun.

WASHINGTONOutlast.

HAMILTONOutlast.

WASHINGTON

Hit ‘em quick, get out fast.

HAMILTONChick-a-plao!

WASHINGTONStay alive ‘til this horror show is past.We’re gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast.

HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTERaise a glass!

MULLIGANI go back to New York and my apprenticeship.

LAFAYETTEI ask for French aid, I pray that France hassent a ship.

LAURENSI stay at work with Hamilton,we write essays against slavery,and every day’s a test of our camaraderieand bravery.

HAMILTONWe cut supply lines, we steal contraband,we pick and choose our battles and places totake a stand.And ev’ry day,“Sir, entrust me with a command,”and ev’ry day,

WASHINGTONNo.

HAMILTONHe dismisses me out of hand.

ELIZA/ANGELICAInstead of me, Stay alive…he promotes LEECharles Lee. Charles Lee.Makes himsecond-incommand:

LEEI’m a General. Whee!!!!

HAMILTONYeah. He’s not the choice I would have gonewith.

HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTEHe shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth.

WASHINGTONEv’ryone attack!

LEERetreat!

WASHINGTONAttack!

LEERetreat!

WASHINGTONWhat are you doing, Lee? Get back on yourfeet!

LEEBut there’s so many of them!

WASHINGTONI’m sorry, is this not your speed?!Hamilton!

HAMILTONReady, sir!

WASHINGTONHave Lafayette take the lead!

HAMILTONYes, sir!

LAURENSA thousand soldiers die in a hundred degreeheat.

LAFAYETTEAs we snatch a stalemate from the jaws ofdefeat.

HAMILTONCharles Lee was left behind

without a pot to piss in.He started sayin’ this to anybody who wouldlisten:

LEEWashington cannot be left alone to his devicesindecisive, from crisis to crisis.The best thing he can do for the revolutionis turn n’go back to plantin’ tobacco in Mount Vernon.

COMPANYOo!!

WASHINGTONDon’t do a thing. History will prove him wrong.

HAMILTONBut, sir!

WASHINGTONWe have a war to fight, let’s move along.

LAURENSStrong words from Lee, someone oughta holdhim to it.

HAMILTONI can’t disobey direct orders.

LAURENSThen I’ll do it.Alexander, you’re the closest friend I’ve got.

HAMILTONLaurens, do not throw away your shot.

15. TEN DUEL COMMANDMENTS

MENOne, two, three, four

FULL COMPANYFive, six, seven, eight, nine…

BURR/HAMILTON/LAURENS/LEEIt’s the Ten Duel Commandments.

FULL COMPANYIt’s the Ten Duel Commandments.Number one!

LAURENSThe challenge: demand satisfaction.If they apologize, no need for further action.

COMPANYNumber two!

LAURENSIf they don’t, grab a friend, that’s your second.

HAMILTONYour lieutenant when there’s reckoning tobe reckoned.

COMPANYNumber three!

LEEHave your seconds meet face to face.

BURRNegotiate a peace…

HAMILTONOr negotiate a time and place.

BURRThis is commonplace, ‘specially ‘tweenrecruits.

COMPANYMost disputes die, and no one shoots.Number four!

LAURENSIf they don’t reach a peace, that’s alright.Time to get some pistols and a doctor on site.

HAMILTONYou pay him in advance, you treat him withcivility.

BURRYou have him turn around so he can have

deniability.

COMPANYFive!

LEEDuel before the sun is in the sky.

COMPANYPick a place to die where it’s high and dry,number six!

HAMILTONLeave a note for your next of kin.Tell ‘em where you been. Pray that hell orheaven lets you in.

COMPANYSeven!

LEEConfess your sins, ready for the momentof adrenaline when you finally face youropponent.

COMPANYNumber eight!

LAURENS/LEE/HAMILTON/BURRYour last chance to negotiate.Send in your seconds, see if they can set therecord straight…

BURRAlexander.

HAMILTONAaron Burr, sir.

BURRCan we agree that duels are dumb andimmature?

HAMILTONSure.But your man has to answer for his words,Burr.

BURR

With his life? We both know that’s absurd, sir.

HAMILTONHang on, how many men died because Leewas inexperienced and ruinous?

BURROkay, so we’re doin’ this.

COMPANYNumber nine!

HAMILTONLook ‘em in the eye, aim no higher.Summon all the courage you require.Then count

MENOne two three four

FULL COMPANYFive six seven eight nine

HAMILTON/BURRNumber

COMPANYTen paces!

HAMILTON/BURRFire!

16. MEET ME INSIDEHAMILTONLee, do you yield?

BURRYou shot him in the side!Yes, he yields!

LAURENSI’m satisfied.

BURRYo, we gotta clear the field!

HAMILTON

Go! We won.

COMPANYHere comes the General!

BURRThis should be fun.

WASHINGTONWhat is the meaning of this? Mr. Burr,get a medic for the General.

BURRYes, sir.

WASHINGTONLee, you will never agree with me,but believe me, these young men don’t speakfor me.Thank you for your service.

BURRLet’s ride!

WASHINGTONHamilton!

HAMILTONSir!

WASHINGTONMeet me inside.

COMPANYMeet him inside! Meet him inside! Meet himinside, meet him, meet him inside!

WASHINGTONSon—

HAMILTONDon’t call me son.

WASHINGTONThis war is hard enoughwithout infighting—

HAMILTONLee called you out. We called his bluff.

WASHINGTONYou solve nothing, you aggravate our alliesto the south.

HAMILTONYou’re absolutely right. John should have shothim in the mouth.That would’ve shut him up.

WASHINGTONSon—

HAMILTONI’m notcha son—

WASHINGTONWatch your tone.I am not a maiden in need of defending, Iam grown.

HAMILTON (OVERLAPPING)Charles Lee, Thomas Conway,these men take your name and they rake itthrough the mud.

WASHINGTONMy name’s been through a lot, I can take it.

HAMILTONWell, I don’t have your name. I don’t haveyour titles.I don’t have your land.But, if you—

WASHINGTONNo—

HAMILTONIf you gave me command of a battalion, agroup of men to lead, I could fly above mystation after the war.

WASHINGTONOr you could die and we need you alive.

HAMILTONI’m more than willing to die—

WASHINGTONYour wife needs you alive, son, I need youalive—

HAMILTONCall me son one more time—

WASHINGTONGo home, Alexander.That’s an order from your commander.

HAMILTONSir—

WASHINGTONGo home.

17. THAT WOULD BE ENOUGHELIZALook around, look around at how lucky we areto be alive right now.Look around, look around…

HAMILTONHow long have you known?

ELIZAA month or so.

HAMILTONEliza, you should have told me.

ELIZAI wrote to the General a month ago.

HAMILTONNo.

ELIZAI begged him to send you home.

HAMILTONYou should have told me.

ELIZAI’m not sorry.

ELIZA HAMILTONI knew you’d fight The war’s notuntil the war was won

done.But you deserve achance to meetyour son.Look around, lookaroundat how lucky we areto be aliveright now.

HAMILTONWill you relish being a poor man’s wife,unable to provide for your life?

ELIZAI relish being your wife.Look around, look around…

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 this child

Shares a fraction of your smileor a fragment of your mind, look out world!That would be enough.

I don’t pretend to knowthe challenges you’re facing.The worlds you keep erasing and creating inyour mind.

But I’m not afraid.I know who I married.So long as you come home at the end ofthe daythat would be enough.

We don’t need a legacy.We don’t need money.If I could grant you peace of mind,

If you could let me inside your heart...Oh, let me be a part of the narrative

in the story they will write someday.Let this moment be the first chapter:where you decide to stayand I could be enoughand we could be enoughthat would be enough.

18. GUNS AND SHIPSBURRHow does a ragtag volunteer army in needof a showersomehow defeat a global superpower?How do we emerge victorious from thequagmire?Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross’ flaghigher?Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon!An immigrant you know and love who’sunafraid to step in!He’s constantly confusin’, confoundin’ theBritish henchmen.Ev’ryone give it up for America’s favoritefighting Frenchman!

COMPANYLafayette!

LAFAYETTEI’m takin this horse by the reins makin’redcoats redder with bloodstains.

COMPANYLafayette!

LAFAYETTEAnd I’m never gonna stop until I make ‘emdrop and burn ‘em up and scatter theirremains, I’m

COMPANYLafayette!

LAFAYETTEWatch me engagin’ em! Escapin’ em!Enragin’ em! I’m-

COMPANY

Lafayette!

LAFAYETTEI go to France for more funds.

COMPANYLafayette!

LAFAYETTEI come back with more

LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLEGunsAnd shipsAnd so the balance shifts.

WASHINGTONWe rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidatetheir gifts.

LAFAYETTEWe can end this war at Yorktown, cut themoff at sea, butfor this to succeed, there’s someone elsewe need:

WASHINGTONI know.

WASHINGTON AND COMPANYHamilton!

LAFAYETTESir, he knows what to do in a trench.ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean—

WASHINGTON AND COMPANYHamilton!LAFAYETTESir, you’re gonna have to use him eventually,what’s he gonna do on the bench? I mean—

WASHINGTON AND COMPANYHamilton!

LAFAYETTENo one has more resilienceor matches my practical tactical brilliance—

WASHINGTON AND COMPANYHamilton!

LAFAYETTEYou wannafight for yourland back?

COMPANYHamilton!

WASHINGTONI need myright handman back!

WOMENLAFAYETTE Hamilton! MENAh! Uh, get Get your rightya right hand hand manman back back!you know you Hamilton! Your rightgotta get ya hand manright hand back!man back

I mean you Hamilton! Hamilton!gotta put Ha-some thought Ha-into theletter but thesoonerthe better to Hamilton, Hamilton,get your right Hamilton, Hamilton,hand man Ha-ha-! Ha-ha-!back!

Hamilton!Ha- ha-!Hamilton,Hamilton!Ha- ha-!

WASHINGTONAlexander Hamilton,troops are waiting in the field for you.If you join us right now, together we can turnthe tide.Oh, Alexander Hamilton,I have soldiers who will yield for you.

If we manage to get this right,they’ll surrender by early light.The world will never be the same, Alexander…

19. HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOUWASHINGTONI was younger then you are nowwhen I was given my first command.I led my men straight into a massacre.I witnessed their deaths firsthand.

I made every mistake,I felt the shame rise in me,And even now I lie awake,

LAURENS/MULLIGANKnowing history has Whoa…its eyeson me. Whoa…

Whoa…Yeah

HAMILTON/WASHINGTONHistory has its COMPANYits eyes Whoa…on me. Whoa…

Whoa…Yeah

WASHINGTONLet me tell you what I wish I’d knownwhen I was young and dreamed of glory:You have no control:

WASHINGTON AND COMPANYWho lives, who dies, who tells your story.

WASHINGTONI know that we can win.I know that greatness lies in you.But remember from here on in,

WASHINGTON/HAMILTON ANDMENHistory has its

ENSEMBLEEyes on you. Whoa…

Whoa…Whoa…

FULL COMPANYHistory has its eyes on you.

20. YORKTOWN(THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN)

COMPANYThe battle of Yorktown. 1781.

LAFAYETTEMonsieur Hamilton.

HAMILTONMonsieur Lafayette.

LAFAYETTEIn command where you belong.

HAMILTONHow you say, no sweat.Finally on the field. We’ve had quite a run.

LAFAYETTEImmigrants:

HAMILTON/LAFAYETTEWe get the job done.

HAMILTONSo what happens if we win?

LAFAYETTEI go back to France,I bring freedom to my people if I’m giventhe chance.

HAMILTONWe’ll be with you when you do.

LAFAYETTEGo lead your men.

HAMILTONSee you on the other side.

LAFAYETTE‘Til we meet again, let’s go!

ENSEMBLEI am not throwin’ away my shot!I am not throwin’ away my shot!Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I’m young,scrappy and hungryand I’m not throwin’ away my shot!I am not throwin’ away my shot!

HAMILTON‘Til the world turns upside down...

ENSEMBLE‘Til the world turns upside down!

HAMILTONI imagine death so much it feels more likea memory.This is where it gets me:on my feet,the enemy ahead of me.If this is the end of me, at least I have a friendwith me,weapon in my hand, a command, and mymen with me.Then I remember my Eliza’s expecting me...not only that, my Eliza’s expecting.We gotta go, gotta get the job done,gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!Take the bullets out your gun!

ENSEMBLEWhat?

HAMILTONThe bullets out your gun!

ENSEMBLEWhat?

HAMILTONWe move under cover and we move as onethrough the night, we have one shot to liveanother day.We cannot let a stray gunshot give us away.We will fight up close, seize the moment andstay in it.

It’s either that or meet the business end ofa bayonet.The code word is ‘Rochambeau,’ dig me?

ENSEMBLERochambeau!

HAMILTONYou have your orders now, go, man, go!And so the American experiment beginswith my friends all scattered to the winds.Laurens is in South Carolina, redefiningbrav’ry.

HAMILTON/LAURENSWe’ll never be free until we end slavery!

HAMILTONWhen we finally drive the British away,Lafayette is there waiting—

HAMILTON/LAFAYETTEIn Chesapeake Bay!

HAMILTONHow did we know that this plan would work?We had a spy on the inside. That’s right,

HAMILTON/COMPANYHercules Mulligan!

MULLIGANA tailor spyin’ on the British government!I take their measurements, information andthen I smuggle it!

COMPANYUp

MULLIGANTo my brother’s revolutionary covenantI’m runnin’ with the Sons of Liberty and I amlovin’ it!See, that’s what happens when you up againstthe ruffians.We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it!Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction,when you knock me down I get the fuck backup again!

COMPANYLeft! Right! Hold!Go!What! What! What!

HAMILTONAfter a week of fighting, a young man in a redcoat stands on a parapet.

LAFAYETTEWe lower our guns as he frantically waves awhite handkerchief.

MULLIGANAnd just like that, it’s over. We tend to ourwounded, we count our dead.

LAURENSBlack and white soldiers wonder alike if thisreally means freedom.

WASHINGTONNot. Yet.

HAMILTONWe negotiate the terms of surrender.I see George Washington smile.We escort their men out of Yorktown.They stagger home single file.Tens of thousands of people flood the streets.There are screams and church bells ringing.And as our fallen foes retreat,I hear the drinking song they’re singing…

ALL M ENThe world turned upside down.

FULL COMPANYThe world turned upside down,the world turned upside down,the world turned upside down,down,down, down, down.

LAFAYETTEFreedom for America, freedom for France!

COMPANY

Down, down, down.

HAMILTONGotta start a new nation,gotta meet my son.

COMPANYDown, down, down.

MULLIGANWe won!

LAFAYETTEWe won!

MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENSWe won!

MULL/LAF/LAUR/HAMILTON/WASHINGTONWe won!

COMPANYThe world turned upside down!

21. WHAT COMES NEXT?KING GEORGEThey saythe price of my war’s not a price that they’rewilling to pay.Insane.You cheat with the French, now I’m fightingwith France and with Spain.I’m so blue.I thought that we’d made an arrangementwhen you went away,You were mine to subdue.Well, even despite our estrangement, I’ve gota small query for you:

What comes next?You’ve been freed.Do you know how hard it is to lead?

You’re on your own.Awesome. Wow.Do you have a clue what happens now?

Oceans rise.Empires fall.It’s much harder when it’s all your call.

All alone, across the sea.When your people say they hate you, don’tcome crawling back to me.

Da da da dat da dat da da daDa ya daDa da datDa da ya da. . .You’re on your own . . .

22. DEAR THEODOSIABURRDear Theodosia, what to say to you?You have my eyes. You have your mother’sname.

When you came into the world, you cried andit broke my heart.

I’m dedicating every day to you.Domestic life was never quite my style.When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart.And I thought I was so smart.

You will come of age with our young nation.We’ll bleed and fight for you, we’ll make itright for you.If we lay a strong enough foundationwe’ll pass it on to you, we’ll give the world toyou, and you’ll blow us all away…someday, someday.Yeah, you’ll blow us all away,someday, someday.

HAMILTONOh Philip, when you smile I am undone.My son.Look at my son. Pride is not the word I’mlooking for.There is so much more inside me now.

Oh Philip, you outshine the morning sun.

My son.When you smile, I fall apart.And I thought I was so smart.My father wasn’t around.

BURRMy father wasn’t around.

HAMILTONI swear that BURRI'll be around for you.

I'll be around for you.

HAMILTONI’ll do whatever it takes.

BURRI’ll make a million mistakes.

BURR/HAMILTONI’ll make the world safe and sound for you...…will come of age with our young nation.We’ll bleed and fight for you, we’ll make itright for you.

If we lay a strong enough foundationwe’ll pass it on to you, we’ll give the world toyou, and you’ll blow us all away...someday, someday.Yeah, you’ll blow us all away,someday, someday.

23. NON-STOPBURRAfter the war I went back to New York.

HAMILTONA-after the war I went back to New York.

BURRI finished up my studies and I practiced law.

HAMILTONI practiced law, Burr worked next door.

BURREven though we

started at the verysame time,Alexander Hamiltonbegan to climb.How to account for hisrise to the top? ENSEMBLEMaaaaan, the man is Non-stop!non-stop!

HAMILTONGentlemen 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-newnation.

BURR AND ENSEMBLEThe liberty behind Non-stop!deliberation–

I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubtwith my assistant counsel—

BURRCo-counsel.Hamilton, sit down.Our client Levi Weeks is innocent. Call yourfirst witness.That’s all you had to say!

HAMILTONOkay!One more thing–

BURRWhy do you assume you’re the smartest inthe room?Why do you assume you’re the smartest inthe room?Why do you assume you’re the smartest inthe room?Soon that attitudemay be your doom!

ENSEMBLEAwwww!

BURR ENSEMBLEWhy do you write like Why do you write likeyou’re running out you’re running outof time? of time?

Write day and nightlike you’re running outof time?Ev’ry day you fight, Ev’ry day you fight,like you’re running out like you’re running outof time. of time.Keep on fighting. Inthe meantime— Non-stop!

HAMILTONCorruption’s such an old song that we can singalong in harmony and nowhere is it strongerthan in Albany.This colony’s economy’s increasingly stallingand

BURR AND ENSEMBLEHonestly that’s why He’s justpublic service seems Non-stop!to be calling me.

I practiced the law, I practic’ly perfected it.I’ve seen injustice in the world and I’vecorrected it.Now for a strong central democracy,If not, then I’ll be Socrates

HAMILTONThrowing verbal rocksat these mediocrities. ENSEMBLE

Awww!

BURRHamilton, at the Constitutional Convention:

HAMILTONI was chosen for the Constitutional Convention.

BURRThere as a New York junior delegate:

HAMILTON COMPANYNow what I’m going Awwww!to say may soundindelicate . . .

BURRGoes and proposes What?his own form of

government!

His own plan fora new form ofgovernment!

What?Talks for six hours! The convention is listless!

ENSEMBLE MANBright young man…

ANOTHER ENSEMBLE MANYo, who the f is this?

BURRWhy do you always COMPANYsay what you believe?Why do you always Why do you alwayssay what you believe? say what you believe?

Ev’ry proclamationguaranteesfree ammunition for Awww!your enemies!

BURR AND M ENWhy do you writelike it’s ALL WOMENgoing out of style? Going out of style,

hey!Write day and nightlike it’sGoing out of style? Going out of style,

hey!

BURR AND COMPANYEv’ry day you fight like it’sgoing out of style.Do what you do.

BURRAlexander?

HAMILTONAaron Burr, sir.

BURRIt’s the middle of the night.

HAMILTONCan we confer, sir?

BURRIs this a legal matter?

HAMILTONYes, and it’s important to me.

BURRWhat do you need?

HAMILTONBurr, you’re a better lawyer than me.

BURROkay.

HAMILTONI 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 thesolution.

BURRWho’s your client?

HAMILTONThe new U.S. Constitution?

BURRNo.

HAMILTONHear me out.

BURRNo way!

HAMILTONA series of essays, anonymously published,defending the document to the public.

BURRNo one will read it.

HAMILTONI disagree.

BURRAnd if it fails?

HAMILTONBurr, that’s why we need it.

BURRThe constitution’s a mess.

HAMILTONSo it needs amendments.BURRIt’s full of contradictions.

HAMILTONSo is independence.We have to start somewhere.

BURRNo. No way.

HAMILTONYou’re making a mistake.

BURRGood night.

HAMILTONHey.What are you waiting for?What do you stall for?

BURRWhat?

HAMILTONWe won the war.What was it all for?Do you support this constitution?

BURROf course.

HAMILTONThen defend it.

BURRAnd what if you’re backing the wrong horse?

HAMILTONBurr, we studied and we fought and we killedfor 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.

BURRI’ll keep all my plansclose to my chest.

ENSEMBLEWait for it, wait forit, wait…

I’ll wait here and seewhich way the windwill blow.I’m taking my time, Which way the windwatching the will blow.afterbirth of a nation, I’m taking mywatching the tension time, watching thegrow. afterbirth of a nation,

watching the tensiongrow.

ANGELICAI am sailing off to London. I’m accompaniedby someonewho always pays.I have found a wealthy husband who will keepme in comfort for all my days.He is not a lot of fun, but there’s no one whocan match you for turn of phrase.My Alexander.

HAMILTONAngelica.

ANGELICADon’t forget to write.

ELIZALook 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 ofyour time,if I could grant you peace of mind,

would that be enough?

BURRAlexander joins forces with James Madisonand John Jay to write a series of essaysdefending the new United States Constitution,entitled The Federalist Papers.The plan was to write a total of twenty-fiveessays, the work divided evenly among thethree men. In the end, they wrote eighty-fiveessays, in the span of six months. John Jaygot sick after writing five. James Madisonwrote twenty-nine. Hamilton wrote the otherfifty-one.

BURRHow do you writelike you’re ALL WOMENrunning out of time? Running out of time?Write day and nightlike you’rerunning out of time? running out of time?

BURR AND MENEv’ry day you fight,like you’rerunning out of time, running out of time,like you’rerunning out of time, running out of time,are yourunning out of time? 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 secondyou’re alive?

WASHINGTONThey are asking me to lead.I am doing the best I canto get the people that I need,I’m asking you to be my right hand man.

HAMILTONTreasury or State?

WASHINGTON

I know it’s a lot to ask,

HAMILTONTreasury or State?

WASHINGTONTo leave behind the world you know…

HAMILTONSir, do you want me to run the Treasury orState department?

WASHINGTONTreasury.

HAMILTONLet’s go.

ELIZAAlexander…

HAMILTONI have to leave.

ELIZAAlexander–

HAMILTONLook around, look around at how lucky we areto be alive right now.

ELIZAHelpless…

HAMILTONThey are asking me to lead.

ELIZALook around, isn’t this enough?

ANGELICAHe will never be ELIZAsatisfied, What would be enoughhe willnever be satisfied, To be

satisfied,satisfied, satisfied, WASHINGTONsatisfied… satisfied… History has its BURR

eyes… Why do you assume you’re

the smartest inon… the room?

Why doLook around, you! you assume you’re the

smartest in thelook around! ENSEMBLE

room? Non-Why do stop!

He will You assume you’re thenever be satisfied, Isn’t this smartest in the

room? Non-satisfied, enough?

What would be enough? Soon that attitude’s stop!satisfied… gonna

WASH/MUL/ LAUR/LAFHistory has its be your doom! Non-eyes... Why do you stop!

fighton... like you’reyou... running out of time? Non-

Why do youWhy do you fight like fight

like Why do you fight like stop!ALLhistory has its eyes onyou…

HAMILTONI am not throwin’ away my MENshot! Just you wait!

I am not throwin’ away my FULL COMPANYshot! Just you wait!I amAlexander Hamilton! Alexander Hamilton

Hamilton, just you wait!I am not throwin’ away my shot!

ACT TWO

1. WHAT’D I MISS

COMPANYSeventeen. Se- se- seventeen...Se- se- seventeen...

BURR1789.How does the bastard orphan,immigrant decorated war vetunite the colonies through more debt?Fight the other founding fathers til he hasto forfeit?Have it all, lose it all,you ready for more yet?Treasury Secretary. Washington’s thePresident,ev’ry American experiment sets a precedent.Not so fast. Someone came along to resist him.Pissed him off until we had a two-partysystem.You haven’t met him yet, you haven’t hadthe chance,‘cause he’s been kickin’ ass as the ambassadorto Francebut someone’s gotta keep the Americanpromise.You simply must meet Thomas. Thomas!

COMPANYThomas Jefferson’s coming home!Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!Thomas Jefferson’s coming home Lord he’sbeen off in Paris for so long!Aaa-ooo!Aaa-ooo!

JEFFERSONFrance is following us to revolution,there is no more status quo.But the sun comes up and the world still spins.

ENSEMBLEAaa-ooo!

JEFFERSON

I helped Lafayette draft a declaration,then I said, ‘I gotta go.I gotta be in Monticello.’ Now the work athome begins…

ENSEMBLEAaa-ooo!

JEFFERSONSo what’d I miss?What’d I miss?Virginia, my home sweet home, I wanna giveyou a kiss.I’ve been in Paris meeting lots of differentladies...I guess I basic’lly missed the late eighties...I traveled the wide, wide world and cameback to this…

ENSEMBLEAaa-ooo!

JEFFERSONThere’s a letter on my desk from the President.Haven’t even put my bags down yet.Sally be a lamb, darlin’, won’tcha open it?It says the President’s assembling a cabinetand that I am to be the Secretary of State,great!And that I’m already Senate-approved...I just got home and now I’m headed up toNew York.

ENSEMBLEHeadin’ to New York!Headin’ to New York!

JEFFERSONLookin’ at the rollingfieldsI can’t ENSEMBLEbelieve that we Believe that we areare free. freeReady to facewhatever’s awaitingme in N.Y.C. Me in N.Y.C.

JEFFERSONBut who’s waitin’ for me when I step in the

place?My friend James Madison, red in the face.

JEFFERSONHe grabs my arm andI respond, ENSEMBLE“What’s goin’ on?” Aaa-ooo!

MADISONThomas, we are engaged in a battle for ournation’s very soul.Can you get us out of the mess we’re in?

ENSEMBLEAaa-ooo!

MADISONHamilton’s new financial plan is nothing lessthan government control.I’ve been fighting for the South alone.Where have you been?

ENSEMBLE JEFFERSONAaa-ooo! Uh...France.

MADISONWe have to win.

JEFFERSON ENSEMBLEWhat’d I miss? Wha? Wha? What’dI miss?What’d I miss? I’ve come home to

this?Headfirst into apolitical abyss!

Headfirst, into theabyss!

I have my firstcabinet meetingtoday, Chik-a-pow!I guess I better thinkof something to say,I’m already on myway, On my waylet’s get to thebottom of this…

What did I miss?Ahhh ah!

WASHINGTONMr. Jefferson, welcome home.

HAMILTONMr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton.

WASHINGTON AND ENSEMBLEMr. Jefferson, welcome home.

COMPANYMr. Jefferson, welcome homeSir, you’ve been off in Paris for so long!

JEFFERSONSo what did I miss?

2. CABINET BATTLE #1WASHINGTONLadies and gentlemen, you coulda beenanywhere in the world tonight, but you’rehere with us in New York City. Are you readyfor a cabinet meeting???

WASHINGTONThe issue on the table: Secretary Hamilton’splan to assume state debt and establish anational bank. Secretary Jefferson, you havethe floor.

JEFFERSON‘Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’We fought for these ideals; we shouldn’tsettle for less.These are wise words, enterprising menquote ‘em.Don’t act surprised, you guys, cuz I wrote ‘em.

JEFFERSON/MADISONOww

JEFFERSONBut Hamilton forgetshis plan would have the government assumestate’s debts.Now, place your bets as to who that benefits:the very seat of government where Hamiltonsits.

HAMILTONNot true!

JEFFERSONOoh, if the shoe fits, wear it.If New York’s in debt—why should Virginia bear it? Uh! Our debts arepaid, I’m afraid.Don’t tax the South cuz we got it made inthe shade.In Virginia, we plant seeds in the ground.We create. You just wanna move our moneyaround.This financial plan is an outrageous demand,and it’s too many damn pages for any man tounderstand.Stand with me in the land of the freeand pray to God we never see Hamilton’scandidacy.Look, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky.Imagine what gon’ happen when you try totax our whisky.

WASHINGTONThank you, Secretary Jefferson. SecretaryHamilton, your response.

HAMILTONThomas. That was a real nice declaration.Welcome to the present, we’re running areal nation.Would you like to join us, or stay mellow,Doin’ whatever the hell it is you do inMonticello?If we assume the debts, the union getsA new line of credit, a financial diuretic.How do you not get it? If we’re aggressive andcompetitiveThe union gets a boost. You’d rather give ita sedative?A civics lesson from a slaver. Hey neighbor,Your debts are paid cuz you don’t pay forlabor.“We plant seeds in the South. We create.”Yeah, keep ranting,we know who’s really doing the planting.And another thing, Mr. Age of Enlightenment,Don’t lecture me about the war, you didn’t

fight in it.You think I’m frightened of you, man?We almost died in a trenchwhile you were off getting high with theFrench.Thomas Jefferson, always hesitant with thePresident,reticent—there isn’t a plan he doesn’t jettison.Madison, you’re mad as a hatter, son, takeyour medicine.Damn, you’re in worse shape than thenational debt is in,sittin’ there useless as two shits.Hey, turn around, bend over, I’ll show youwhere my shoe fits.

WASHINGTONExcuse me? Jefferson, Madison, take a walk!Hamilton, take a walk! We’ll reconvene aftera brief recess. Hamilton!

HAMILTONSir!

WASHINGTONA word.

MADISONYou don’t have the votes.

JEFFERSON/MADISONYou don’t have the votes.

JEFFERSONAha-ha-ha ha!

JEFFERSON/MADISONYou’re gonna need congressional approvaland you don’t have the votes.

JEFFERSONSuch a blunder sometimes it makes mewonder why I even bring the thunder.

MADISONWhy he even brings the thunder…

WASHINGTONYou wanna pull yourself together?

HAMILTONI’m sorry, these Virginians are birds of afeather.

WASHINGTONYoung man, I’m from Virginia, so watch yourmouth.

HAMILTONSo we let Congress get held hostage by theSouth?

WASHINGTONYou need the votes.

HAMILTONNo, we need bold strokes. We need this plan.

WASHINGTONNo, you need to convince more folks.

HAMILTONJames Madison won’t talk to me, that’s anonstarter.

WASHINGTONWinning was easy, young man. Governing’sharder.

HAMILTONThey’re being intransigent.

WASHINGTONYou have to find a compromise.

HAMILTONBut they don’t have a plan, they just hatemine!

WASHINGTONConvince them otherwise.

HAMILTONWhat happens if I don’t get congressionalapproval?

WASHINGTONI imagine they’ll call for your removal.

HAMILTONSir—

WASHINGTONFigure it out, Alexander. That’s an order fromyour commander.

3. TAKE A BREAKELIZAUn deux trois quatre PHILIP HAMILTONCinq six sept huit Un deux trois quatreneuf.

Cinq six sept huit neuf.Good!Un deux trois quatreCinq six sept huit Un deux trois quatreneuf.

Cinq six sept huit neuf.

Sept huit neuf– Sept huit neuf–

Sept huit neuf–Sept huit neuf–

ELIZA AND PHILIPOne two three four five six seven eight nine!

HAMILTONMy dearest, Angelica,“tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrowcreeps in this petty pace from day to day”I trust you’ll understand the reference toanother Scottish tragedy without my havingto name the play.They think me Macbeth, and ambition ismy folly,I’m a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massivepain,Madison is Banquo, Jefferson’s MacduffAnd Birnam Wood is Congress on its way toDunsinane.

HAMILTON/ANGELICAAnd there you are, an ocean away.Do you have to live anocean away?

Thoughts of you subside,then I get another letter,I cannot put the notion away…

ELIZATake a break.

HAMILTONI am on my way.

ELIZAThere’s a little surprise before supperand it cannot wait.

HAMILTONI’ll be there in just a minute, save my plate.

ELIZAAlexander—

HAMILTONOkay, okay—

ELIZAYour son is nine years old today.He has something he’d like to say.He’s been practicing all day.Philip, take it away—

PHILIPDaddy, daddy, look—My name is Philip.I am a poet.I wrote this poem justto show it.And I just turned nine.You can write rhymes,but you can’t writemine. HAMILTON

What!I practice Frenchand playpiano with mymother.

Uh huh!I have a sister but Iwant a little brother.

Okay!My daddy’s trying to

start America’s bank.Un deux trois quatrecinq!

Bravo!

ELIZATake a break.

HAMILTONHey, our kid is pretty great.

ELIZARun away with us for the summer.Let’s go upstate.

HAMILTONEliza, I’ve got so much on my plate.

ELIZAWe can all go stay with my father.There’s a lake I know…

HAMILTONI know.

ELIZAIn a nearby park.

HAMILTONI’d love to go.

ELIZAYou and I can go when the night gets dark…

HAMILTONI will try to get away.

ANGELICAMy dearest Alexander,You must get through to Jefferson.Sit down with him and compromise,don’t stop ‘til you agreeyour fav’rite older sister,Angelica, reminds youthere’s someone in your corner all the wayacross the sea.In a letter I received from you two weeks agoI noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase.It changed the meaning. Did you intend this?

One stroke and you’ve consumed my wakingdays.It says:

HAMILTON/ANGELICA“My dearest Angelica”

ANGELICAWith a comma after “dearest.” you’ve written

HAMILTON AND ANGELICA“My dearest, Angelica.”

ANGELICAAnyway, all this to sayI’m coming home this summerat my sister’s invitation,I’ll be there with your fam’lyif you make your way upstate.I know you’re very busy,I know your work’s important,but I’m crossing the ocean and I just can’twait.

HAMILTON AND ANGELICAYou won’t be an ocean away.You will only be a moment away…

ELIZAAlexander, come downstairs. Angelica’sarriving today!

ELIZAAngelica!

ANGELICAEliza!

HAMILTONThe Schuyler sisters!

ANGELICAAlexander.

HAMILTONHi.

ANGELICAIt’s good to see your face.

ELIZAAngelica, tell this man John Adams spends thesummer with his family.

HAMILTONAngelica, tell my wife John Adams doesn’thave a real job anyway.

ANGELICA…you’re not joining us? Wait.

HAMILTONI’m afraid I cannot join you upstate.

ANGELICAAlexander, I came all this way.

ELIZAShe came all this way–

ANGELICAAll this way–

ELIZA AND ANGELICATake a break.

HAMILTONYou know I have to get my plan throughCongress.

ELIZA AND ANGELICARun away with us for the summer.Let’s go upstate.

HAMILTONI lose my job if I don’t get my plan throughCongress.

ELIZA AND ANGELICAWe can all go stay with our father.

ELIZA ANGELICAThere’s a lake I know I know I’ll miss your

face–In a nearby park Screw your courage

to the sticking place–You and I can go

Eliza’s right–

Take a break Take a break.and get away–

Run away with usfor the summer–

Let’s go upstate Let’s go upstate.where we can stay.

We can all go stay withour father,if you take your time–

Look around, look you will make youraround mark.at how lucky we areto be alive right now– Close your eyes and

dream–We can go– when the night getsdark.When the night gets Take a break.dark.Take a break.

HAMILTONI have to get my plan through Congress.I can’t stop until I get this plan throughCongress.

4. SAY NO TO THISBURRThere’s nothing like summer in the city.Someone under stress meets someonelooking pretty.There’s trouble in the air, you can smell it.and Alexander’s by himself. I’ll let him tell it.

HAMILTONI hadn’t slept in a week.I was weak, I was awake.You never seen a bastard orphanmore in need of a break.Longing for Angelica.Missing my wife.That’s when Miss Maria Reynolds walked intomy life, she said:

MARIA REYNOLDSI know you are a man of honor,I’m so sorry to bother you at home

but I don’t know where to go, and I came hereall alone...

HAMILTONShe said:

MARIAMy husband’s doin’ me wrongbeatin’ me, cheatin’ me, mistreatin’ me...Suddenly he’s up and gone.I don’t have the means to go on.

HAMILTONSo I offered her a loan, I offered to walk herhome, she said

MARIAYou’re too kind, sir.

HAMILTONI gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away,she lived a block away, she said:

MARIAThis one’s mine, sir.

HAMILTONThen I said, “well, I should head back home,”she turned red, she led me to her bed, let herlegs spread and said:

MARIAStay?

HAMILTONHey...

MARIAHey...

HAMILTONThat’s when I began to pray:Lord, show me how tosay no to this.I don’t know how tosay no to this.

HAMILTONBut my God, she looks so helpless

And her body’s saying, “hell, yes”

MARIAWhoa…

HAMILTONNooo, show me how to

HAMILTON/ENSEMBLESay no to this.

HAMILTONI don’t know how to

HAMILTON/ENSEMBLESay no to this.

HAMILTONIn my mind, I’m tryin’ to go

ENSEMBLEGo! Go! Go!

HAMILTONThen her mouth is on mine, and I don’t say...

ENSEMBLENo! No!Say no to this!No! No!Say no to this!No! No!Say no to this!No! No!Say no to this!

HAMILTONI wish I could say that was the last time.I said that last time. It became a pastime.A month into this endeavor I received a letterfrom a Mr. James Reynolds, even better, itsaid:

JAMES REYNOLDSDear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in goodhealth,and in a prosperous enough position to putwealthin the pockets of people like me: down on

their luck.You see, that was my wife who you decided to

HAMILTONFuuuu—

JAMES REYNOLDSUh-oh! You made the wrong sucker a cuckold,so time to pay the piper for the pants youunbuckled.And hey, you can keep seein’ my whore wifeif the price is right: if not I’m telling your wife.

HAMILTONI hid the letter and I raced to her place,screamed “How could you?!” in her face,she said:

MARIANo, sir!

HAMILTONHalf dressed, apologetic. A mess, she lookedpathetic, she cried:

MARIAPlease don’t go, sir!

HAMILTONSo was your whole story a setup?

MARIAI don’t know about any letter!

HAMILTONStop crying Goddamnit, get up!

MARIAI didn’t know any better

HAMILTONI am ruined...

MARIA HAMILTONPlease don’t leave me I amwith him helpless. helpless—how could I

do this?Just give him whathe wants and you can

have me. I don’t want youWhatever you want, I don’t want you

MARIA HAMILTONIf you pay, I don’t…You can stay.

Lord, showme how to ENSEMBLEsay no to this. Say no to this!

TonightI don’t knowhow tosay no to this. Say no to this!Cuz thesituation’shelpless.

Helpless.And herbody’sscreaming,“Hell, yes”

Whoa!No, show mehow tosay no to this. Say no to this!How can I

How can you Say no to this!say no to this? Say no to this?

There isnowhere Ican go.When herbody’s onmine Go! Go! Go!I do not say...

No!No!

HAMILTON Yes. MARIA Say no to this!

Yes!No!No!

Yes! Say no to this!Yes.

Yes. Yes! No!

No!Say no to this!

Yes. Yes! No!No!Say no to this!

Say no to this. I don’t say no to this, Don’t say no to this.there is nowhere Ic