Gettin' the Band Back Together
Michael Tester
Hands On A Hardbody
by Doug Wright, Amanda Green, Trey Anastasio
Highlights
Awards & Recognition
Drama Desk AwardOuter Critics CircleTony Award
Nominee: Three 2013 Tony Awards, including Best Original Score, 2013 Nominee: Nine 2013 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Musical, Book, Music and Lyrics Nominee: Three 2013 Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical and Outstanding New Score
What readers are saying
Readers appreciate the humor and heartfelt moments in the play, with many noting its relatable character stories. Overall, it presents an engaging experience rooted in real-life events, despite some finding it a bit hokey.
Humorous and touching momentsRelatable character storiesEngaging real-life inspirationA bit hokey at times
Synopsis
Nominee!
2013 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Broadway Musical Nominee!
2013 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Score Nominee!
2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Musical Nominee!
2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music Nominee!
2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Lyrics Nominee!
2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Book of a Musical Nominee!
3 Tony Awards, including Best Original Score, 2013 For 10 hard-luck Texans, a new lease on life is so close they can touch it.
Under a scorching sun for days on end, armed with nothing but hope, humor and ambition, they'll fight to keep at least one hand on a brand-new truck in order to win it.
In the hilarious, hard-fought contest that is "Hands on a Hardbody" only one winner can drive away with the American Dream.
Inspired by the true events of the acclaimed 1997 documentary of the same name by S.R.
Bindler, produced by Kevin Morris and Bindler.
Press Reviews
"Well, if the run isn’t extended due to sales being through the roof, then something is terribly wrong with the world. This is a spectacular theatrical production and should be seen by everyone in town."
— The Sappy Critic
Characters
| Character |
|---|
JD DREW A “good old boy” with pomaded gray hair and a highwattage grin. |
KELLI MANGRUM A pretty brunette with steel ambition. |
BENNY PERKINS Lanky frame, weatherbeaten face, ingratiating grin and lots of homespun philosophy. |
GREG WILHOTE A freckled white kid in a baseball cap. |
JESUS PENA A driven Mexican kid. |
CHRIS ALVARO Well-built under his hoodie, a pair of aviator glasses conceal his eyes. |
RONALD MCCOWAN A goodnatured African-American with a slight Louisiana accent. |
HEATHER STOVALL A flirtatious blonde restaurant hostess. |
VIRGINIA DREW A one-time beauty settling into middle-age. |
MIKE FERRIS Boyishly handsome, wears a cheap tie with a Nascar clip. |
CINDY BARNES Former Miss Gregg County, still fond of pageant hair and pastels. |
NORMA VALVERDE A stout Latina woman in tennis shoes and a floral applique t-shirt. |
JANIS CURTIS A tough old bird with sun-burnished skin and missing teeth. |
DON CURTIS Wears a cardboard sign on his head that proclaims “I LOVE YOU JANIS, GO BABY GO!" |
FRANK NUGENT Disc Jockey, a diehard good ole boy dressed in a Stetson. |
DOCTOR STOKES A professor from LeTourneau University. |
BRAND NEW, NISSAN HARDBODY TRUCK Rendered realistically; it should have corporeality, heft and an alluring, shiny red finish. |
Videos
HANDS ON A HARDBODY: The New TV Commercial for the New Broadway Musical
Publication
PublisherSamuel French
Year2013
BindingPaperback
EditionIllustrated
Pages112
PlaceNew York, NY
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573701818
ISBN-100573701814
LCCML50.M9467 H36 2013
DCC812.0
Hands On A Hardbody is a American play written by Doug Wright and published by Samuel French in New York, NY (2013).
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Samuel French · 2013 · 112 pp
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