Working:
An Introduction

Based on the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Chicago hero Studs Terkel, Working is a musical exploration of 26 people from all walks of life. While the initial concept of director, Gordon Greenberg, was to update all the professions featured in the musical in favor of quirky, uber-contemporary careers, it became clear that the strength of the show was in the core truths that transcended specific professions, that people’s relationships to their work ultimately revealed key aspects of their humanigy, regardless of the trappings of the job itself. The show, still set in contemporary America, contains timeless truths.