Stay Alive
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Cast List:
Eliza | Angelica | Women | Hamilton | Washington |
Lafayette | Laurens | Mulligan | Lee | Company
ELIZA
Stay alive…
ANGELICA/ELIZA//WOMEN
Stay alive…
HAMILTON
I have never seen the General so
despondent
I have taken over writing all his correspondence
Congress writes, “George, attack the
British forces.”
I shoot back, we have resorted to eating our horses
Local merchants deny us equipment, assistance
They only take British money, so sing a song of sixpence
WASHINGTON
The cavalry’s not coming
HAMILTON
But, sir!
WASHINGTON
Alex, listen. There’s only one way for
us to win this
Provoke outrage, outright
HAMILTON
That’s right
WASHINGTON
Don’t engage, strike by night
Remain relentless ‘til their troops take flight
HAMILTON
Make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight
WASHINGTON
Outrun
HAMILTON
Outrun
WASHINGTON
Outlast
HAMILTON
Outlast
WASHINGTON
Hit ‘em quick, get out fast
HAMILTON
Chick-a-plao!
WASHINGTON
Stay alive ‘til this horror show is past
We’re gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast
HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS
Raise a glass!
MULLIGAN
I go back to New York and my apprenticeship
LAFAYETTE
I ask for French aid, I pray that France has sent a
ship
LAURENS
I stay at work with Hamilton
We write essays against slavery
And every day’s a test of our camaraderie
And bravery
HAMILTON
We cut supply lines, we steal contraband
We pick and choose our battles and places to take a stand
And ev’ry day
“Sir, entrust me with a command,”
And ev’ry day
WASHINGTON
No
HAMILTON
He dismisses me out of hand
ANGELICA/ELIZA
Stay alive...
HAMILTON
Instead of me
He promotes
HAMILTON/LEE
Charles Lee
HAMILTON
Makes him second-in-command:
LEE
I’m a General. Whee!!!!
HAMILTON
Yeah. He’s not the choice I would have gone with
HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS
He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth
WASHINGTON
Ev’ryone attack!
LEE
Retreat!
WASHINGTON
Attack!
LEE
Retreat!
WASHINGTON
What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your
feet!
LEE
But there’s so many of them!
WASHINGTON
I’m sorry, is this not your speed?!
Hamilton!
HAMILTON
Ready, sir!
WASHINGTON
Have Lafayette take the lead!
HAMILTON
Yes, sir!
LAURENS
A thousand soldiers die in a hundred degree heat
LAFAYETTE
As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of defeat
HAMILTON
Charles Lee was left behind
Without a pot to piss in
He started sayin’ this to anybody who would listen:
LEE
Washington cannot be left alone to his
devices
Indecisive, from crisis to crisis
The best thing he can do for the revolution
Is turn n’ go back to plantin’ tobacco in Mount
Vernon
COMPANY
Oo!!
WASHINGTON
Don’t do a thing. History will prove him wrong
HAMILTON
But, sir!
WASHINGTON
We have a war to fight, let’s move along
LAURENS
Strong words from Lee, someone oughta hold
him to it
HAMILTON
I can’t disobey direct orders
LAURENS
Then I’ll do it
Alexander, you’re the closest friend
I’ve got
HAMILTON
Laurens, do not throw away your shot