Act 1
#1 If You New My Story
Alice, Billy, Company
Scene 2. 1945. Billy's Home. Outside Hayes Creek.
#2 She's Gone
Billy, Daddy Cane, Mama Cane
Scene 3. 1945. Margo's Bookshop.
#3 Bright Star
Billy Cane, Margo, Edna, Florence, Ensemble
Scene 4. 1945. Asheville. Lobby of the Asheville Southern Journal
#4 Way Back in the Day
Alice, Ensemble
Scene 5. 1923. A House in the very small town of Zebulon, North Carolina.
#5 Who Mama
Jimmy Ray, Alice, Ensemble
Scene 6. 1923. Zebulon, North Carolina. A cabin in the woods.
#6 Firmer Hand/ Do Right
Daddy Murphy, Alice, Mama Murphy, Ensemble
Scene 7. 1923. Zebulon. Mayor's Office.
#7 A Man's Gotta Do
Jimmy Ray, Mayor Dobbs, Stanford
Scene 8. 1945. Asheville. Alice's Office.
Scene 9. 1945. Hayes Creek. Margo's Bookshop.
# 8 Asheville
Margo, Ensemble
Scene 10. 1923. A Park in Zebulon.
#10 What Could Be Better
Jimmy Ray, Alice, Ensemble
Scene 11. 1923 Zebulon. A Doctor's Office.
Scene 12. 1923. Zebulon. Mayor's Office.
#11 I Can't Wait Part 1
Alice, Spirits
Scene 13. 1923 Zebulon. Limbo.
#11A I Can't Wait Part 2
Alice, Jimmy Ray, Spirits, Ensemble
Scene 14. 1945. Alice's Office.
Scene 15. 1924. Zebulon. A Pathetic shack in the woods. Night.
#12 Please, Don't Take Him
Mayor Dobbs, Alice, Stanford, Mama Murphy, Daddy Murphy, Ensemble
Scene 16. 1923. Interior of a Train Car.
#13 A Man's Gotta Do (Reprise)
Mayor Dobbs, Ensemble
