Hamilton: An American Musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda

ACT 1

INTRODUCTION: Alexander Hamilton

BURR
How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore
and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a
forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence,
impoverished, in squalor,
grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

LAURENS
The ten-dollar founding father without a father
got 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 a
trading charter.

JEFFERSON
And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up.
Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of,
the brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow or barter.

MADISON
Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned,
our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain,
put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain,
and he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain.

BURR
Well, the word got around, they said, “This kid is insane,
man”
took up a collection just to send him to the mainland.
“Get your education, don’t forget from whence you came, and
the world is gonna know your name. What’s your name, man?”

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

COMPANY COMPANY
Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton
We are waiting in the wings Waiting in the wings for you
for you

You could never back down,

You never learned to take
you never learned to take your time!
your time!

Oh
Oh

MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE
We fought with him.

LAURENS
Me? I died for him.

WASHINGTON
Me? I trusted him.

ELIZA/ANGELICA/MARIA
Me? I loved him.

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

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

BURR
What’s your name, man?

COMPANY
Alexander Hamilton!
SCENE 1: AARON BURR, SIR
LOCATION: DOWNTOWN
People are busy walking, women are shopping and talking, men
reading newspapers, etc.

COMPANY (ALL)
1776. New York City.

HAMILTON
Pardon me. Are you Aaron Burr, sir?

BURR
That depends. Who’s asking?

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

BURR
I’m getting nervous.

HAMILTON
Sir…
I heard your name at Princeton. I was seeking an accelerated
course of study when I got sort of out of
sorts with a buddy of yours.

I may have punched him. It’s a blur, sir.

He handles the financials?

BURR
You punched the bursar.

HAMILTON
Yes!

I wanted to do what you did.

Graduate in two, then join the revolution.
He looked at me like I was stupid,
I’m not stupid.
So how’d you do it? How’d you graduate so fast?

BURR
 It was my parents’ dying wish before they passed.

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

BURR
Can I buy you a drink?

HAMILTON
That would be nice.

BURR
While we’re talking, let me offer you some free advice.
Talk less.

HAMILTON
What?

BURR
Smile more.

HAMILTON
Ha.

BURR
Don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for.

HAMILTON
You can’t be serious.

BURR
You wanna get ahead?

HAMILTON
Yes.

BURR
Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead.

LAURENS
 Yo yo yo yo yo!
What time is it?

LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN
Show time!

BURR
…like I said…

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

LAFAYETTE
Oui 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!

MULLIGAN
Brrrah 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 course
it’s hard to have intercourse over four sets of corsets…

LAURENS
No more sex, pour me another brew, son!
Let’s raise a couple more…

LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN
To the revolution!

LAURENS
Well, if it ain’t the prodigy of Princeton college!

MULLIGAN
Aaron Burr!

LAURENS
 Give us a verse, drop some knowledge!

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

LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN
Boooo!

LAURENS
Burr, the revolution’s imminent. What do you stall for?

HAMILTON
If you stand for nothing, Burr, what’ll you fall for?

SCENE 2: MY SHOT!
LOCATION: LOCAL PUB
People are wasted, drinking, cleaning tables.

LAURENS
Ooh, Who are you?

MULLIGAN
Ooh, Who are you?

LAFAYETTE
Ooh, Who are you?

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

HAMILTON
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
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 amaze and 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 piece of coal tryin’ to
reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable. Only
nineteen but my mind is older.
These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder ev’ry
burden, ev’ry disadvantage I have learned to manage,
I don’t have a gun to 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 spell out the name, I
am the—

HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS
A-l-e-x-a-n-d e-r—we are—meant to be…

HAMILTON
A colony that runs independently.
Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin’ on us endlessly.
Essentially, they tax us relentlessly, then King George turns
around, runs a spending 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

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

HAMILTON
And I am not throwing away LAURENS
my shot. I am not throwing My shot!
away my shot. Hey yo, I’m My shot!
just like my country, I’m And I’m not throwing away my
young, scrappy and hungry shot.
and I’m not throwing away my
shot.

HAMILTON/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE
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
hungry and
I’m not throwing away my shot.
It’s time to take a shot!

LAFAYETTE
I 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/MULLIGAN
Shot!

MULLIGAN
Yo, 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 my chance to
socially advance, instead of sewin’ some pants!
I’m gonna take a—

HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN
Shot!

LAURENS
But we’ll never be truly free until those in bondage have the
same rights as you and me, you and I.
Do or die.
Wait till I sally in on a stallion with the first black
battalion have another—

HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN
Shot!

BURR
Geniuses, lower your voices.
You keep out of trouble and you double your choices.
I’m with you, but the situation is fraught.
You’ve got to be carefully taught:
If you talk, you’re gonna get shot!
HAMILTON
Burr, 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 all in one spot,
poppin’ a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not,
a bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists?
Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!

Oh, am I talkin’ too loud?

Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth.
I never had a group of friends before,
I promise that I’ll make y’all proud.

LAURENS
Let’s get this guy in front of a crowd.

HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/ENSEMBLE
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 hungry and
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
hungry and
I’m not throwing away my shot.

LAURENS Said, to the rooftops!

Ev’rybody sing: Come on! Come on, let’s go!
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Hey! HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN
Whoa! Wooh!! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Ay, let ‘em hear ya! Whoa! Whoa! Yea!
Let’s go!
COMPANY - ALL
I said shout it to the Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
rooftops! Whoa! Whoa! Yea!

LAURENS
Rise up! When you’re living on your knees, you rise up.
Tell your brother that he’s gotta rise up.
 Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up.

LAURENS AND ENSEMBLE

When are these colonies gonna rise up?
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
When are these colonies gonna rise up? Rise up!

COMPANY- ALL
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Whoa! Whoa!
Rise up!

CUE: CLOSE CURTAIN

SCENE 3: THE SCHUYLER SISTER

LOCATION: DOWNTOWN AT NIGHT
People are busy walking, men are drinking or reading
newspapers, etc.

BURR
There’s nothing rich folks love more
than going downtown and slummin’ it with the poor.
They pull up in their carriages and gawk
at the students in the common
Just to watch them talk.
Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded.
Uh-oh, but little does he know that
his daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at—

COMPANY - ALL
Work, work!

ANGELICA
Angelica!

COMPANY
Work, work!

ELIZA
Eliza!
 PEGGY
And Peggy!

COMPANY- ALL
Work, work!
The Schuyler sisters!

ANGELICA
Angelica!

PEGGY
Peggy!

ELIZA
Eliza!

COMPANY - ALL
Work!

PEGGY
Daddy said to be home by sundown.

ANGELICA
Daddy doesn’t need to know.

PEGGY
Daddy said not to go downtown.

ELIZA
Like I said, you’re free to go.

ANGELICA
But—look around, look around, the
revolution’s happening in New York.

ELIZA/PEGGY
New York.

COMPANY -ALL
Angelica

SCHUYLER SISTERS AND COMPANY

Work!
 PEGGY
It’s bad enough daddy wants to go to war.

ELIZA
People shouting in the square.

PEGGY
It’s bad enough there’ll be violence on our shore.

ANGELICA
New ideas in the air.

ANGELICA AND MALE ENSEMBLE

Look around, look around—

ELIZA
Angelica, remind me what we’re looking for…

ALL MEN
She’s lookin’ for me!

ANGELICA
Eliza, I’m lookin’ for a
mind at work.
I’m lookin’ for a mind at
work!
I’m lookin’ for a mind at
work! COMPANY
Whooaaaaa! Work, work!
Work, work!
ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY Work, work!
Whooaaaaa! Work!
Work!

BURR
Wooh! 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 funny
But your perfume smells like your daddy’s got money.
Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels
You searchin for an urchin who can give you ideals?

ANGELICA
 Burr, you disgust me.

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

ANGELICA
I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine.
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane.
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
So listen to my declaration:

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

ANGELICA
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson,

COMPANY - ALL
Unh!

ANGELICA
I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!
WOMEN
Work!

ELIZA
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!

ELIZA/PEGGY
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!

ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY
History is happening in Manhattan and
we just happen to be in the greatest city in the world!

SCHUYLER SISTERS AND COMPANY

In the greatest city in the world!

ANGELICA
 Cuz I’ve been Look around, look Hey! Hey!
reading Common around Hey! Hey!
Sense by Thomas The revolution’s
Paine. happening in—
So men say that Hey! Hey!
I’m intense or Hey! Hey!
I’m
insane.

ANGELICA ELIZA/PEGGY WOMEN

You want a New York! Look around, look
revolution? In New York! around the
I want a revolution’s
revelation happening
So listen to my
declaration:

ANGELICA/ELIZA/PE FEMALE ENSEMBLE Hey! Hey!

GGY Look around Hey! Hey!
We hold these Look around
truths to be self Hey! Hey!
evident that all At how lucky we Hey! Hey!
men are created are to be alive
equal right now
Whoo!

ELIZA/PEGGY MEN
FULL COMPANY
Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right
now!
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be

ALL WOMEN
In the greatest city in the world

ALL MEN
In the greatest city—

COMPANY - ALL
In the greatest city in the world!

COMPANY Angelica!
Work, work!
ELIZA
Work, work! Eliza!

PEGGY
Work, work! And Peggy!

Work, work! ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGY

The Schuyler sisters!
We’re looking for a mind at
work!
Work, work! Hey!
Work, work! Hey!
Work, work!

ANGELICA
COMPANY
 Work, work! Work, work! Work, work!

ANGELICA
Whoa! In the greatest city in the world

ELIZA/PEGGY
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
In the greatest city in the world

COMPANY
In the greatest city in the world!

CUE: CLOSE CURTAIN, TURN OFF LIGHTS

SCENE 4: RIGHT HAND MAN

NOTE: ALL WOMEN MUST BE IN FRONT

SINGS……
CUE: OPEN LIGHTS

COMPANY
British Admiral Howe’s got troops on the water.
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor.

ENSEMBLE 1
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor.
When they surround our troops!
They surround our troops!
When they surround our troops!

ENSEMBLE 2
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor.
They surround our troops!
They surround our troops!

CUE: CLOSE CURTAIN

CUE: OPEN CURTAIN
LOCATION: MILITARY CAMP - GENERAL OFFICE
Washington is seated in his desk.

DIALOGUE……
 BURR
Your excellency, sir!

WASHINGTON
Who are you?

BURR
Aaron Burr, Sir?
Permission to state my case?

WASHINGTON
As you were.

BURR
Sir,
I was a captain under General Montgomery
until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec,
and well, in summary
I think that I could be of some assistance.

WASHINGTON
Huh.

BURR
I have some questions, a couple of suggestions
on how to fight instead of fleeing west.

WASHINGTON
Yes?

BURR
Well—

HAMILTON
Your excellency, you wanted to see me?

WASHINGTON
Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr?

HAMILTON
Yes, sir.

HAMILTON AND BURR

We keep meeting.
 BURR
As I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing
your strategy play out.

WASHINGTON
Burr?

BURR
Sir?

WASHINGTON
Close the door on your way out.

HAMILTON
Have I done something wrong, sir?

WASHINGTON
On the contrary.
I called you here because our odds are beyond scary.
Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh.

HAMILTON
Sir?

WASHINGTON
Hamilton, your intellect and determination are undeniable. I
need right hand man I can trust. Will you accept this role?

HAMILTON
I’ll serve with everything I have, sir.
I am not throwing away my shot.

WASHINGTON
Very well, then.
CUE: Shakehands
CUE: Walks away from the camp to meet the citizen.

ENSEMBLE
Here comes the General!

HAMILTON
(encourages everyone to rise)
Rise up!
Rise up!
 LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/ MULLIGAN
What?

ENSEMBLE
Here comes the General!

SCHUYLER SISTERS AND WOMEN

Rise up!

LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/ MULLIGAN
What?

FULL COMPANY
Here comes the General!

HAMILTON
What?

WASHINGTON
And his right hand man!

FULL COMPANY
Boom!

CUE: CLOSE THE LIGHT AND CURTAINS

SCENE 5: HELPLESS
LOCATION: BALL
People are dancing, girls have choreo with their dress, etc.

Singing……
ELIZA ALL WOMEN
Ohh, I do I do I do I Hey hey hey hey
Dooo! Hey! Hey hey hey hey
Ohh, I do I do I do I Hey hey hey hey
Dooo! Boy you got me Hey hey hey

ELIZA AND WOMEN

Helpless!
Look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit I’m helpless!
Down for the count, and I’m drownin’ in ‘em.
 ELIZA
I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight.
We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night,
laughin’ at my sister as she’s dazzling the room
then you walked in and my heart went “Boom!”
Tryin’ to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom,
everybody’s dancin’ and the band’s top volume.

ELIZA AND WOMEN

Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine.

ELIZA
Grab my sister, and
whisper, “Yo, this
one’s mine.”

My sister made her way across the room to you

and I got nervous,
thinking “What’s she gonna do?”
She grabbed you by the arm, I’m thinkin’
“I’m through”
Then you look back at me and suddenly
I’m Helpless!

Oh, look at those eyes,

Oh!
Yeah, I’m
helpless, I know

I’m so into you,

I am so into you.
I know I’m down for the count
And I’m drownin’ in ‘em.

Dialogue……

HAMILTON
Where are you taking me?

ANGELICA
I’m about to change your life.

HAMILTON
Then by all means, lead the way.
 ELIZA
Elizabeth Schuyler. It’s a pleasure to meet you.

HAMILTON
Schuyler?

ANGELICA
My sister.

ELIZA
Thank you for all your service.

HAMILTON
If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been
worth it.

ANGELICA
I’ll leave you to it.

Singing……

ELIZA AND WOMEN

One week later

ELIZA
I’m writin’ a letter nightly.
Now my life gets better, every letter that you write me.
Laughin’ at my sister, cuz she wants to form a harem.

ANGELICA
I’m just sayin’, if you really loved me, you would share him.

ELIZA
Ha!
Two weeks later,
In the living room stressin’
My father’s stone-faced
while you’re asking for his blessin’.
I’m dying inside, as you wine and dine
and I’m tryin’ not to cry,
‘cause there’s nothing that your mind can’t do.
My father makes his way across the room
to you.
I panic for a second, thinking,
 “we’re through”
But then he shakes your hand and says,
“Be true”
And you turn back to me, smiling, and I’m
Helpless!

Helpless!
Hoo!

That boy is mine,

that boy is mine!
Helpless! Helpless!

ALL WOMEN
stressin’
Blessin’.

Oooh
Oooh
Oooh
Oooh

Helpless!

Look into your eyes,

and the sky’s the
limit I’m
Helpless!

Down for the count,

and I’m drownin’ in
‘em I’m
Helpless!

Look into your eyes,

And the sky’s the
limit I’m

Down for the count,

And I’m drownin’ in em

Dialogue……
HAMILTON
Eliza, I don’t have a dollar to my name,
 an acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame.
All I have’s my honor, a tolerance for pain,
a couple of college credits and my top-notch brain.

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

ELIZA
I do!

HAMILTON
Eliza, will you marry me?

ELIZA
I do!

Cue: Close curtain

Prepare for the wedding location

CUE: OPEN CURTAIN

CUE: Wedding Entourage - Guests will come in by partner and
then last si Alex and Eliza, followed by the priest.

PRIEST - FREDDIE
Alenxander, do you take Eliza for your lawful wife, to have
and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for
richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do
you part?

HAMILTON
I do.

Cue: skinship or whatever

SCENE 6: SATISFIED
LOCATION: Wedding celebration
People are dancing, celebrating, etc.

MULLIGAN
Alright, alright. That’s what I’m talkin’ about!
Now everyone give it up for the maid of honor,
Angelica Schuyler!
 ANGELICA
A toast to the groom!

To the bride!

From your sister,

who is always by your side.

To your union,
and the hope that you provide.

May you always…

be satisfied.

[DISTORTED TRANSITION]

ANGELICA
I remember that night, I just might
regret that night for the rest of my days.
I remember those soldier boys
tripping over themselves to win our praise.
I remember that dreamlike candlelight

like a dream that you can’t quite place,

but Alexander, I’ll never forget the first
time 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 COMPANY
This is not a game…

HAMILTON
You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied.

ANGELICA
I’m sure I don’t know what you mean. You forget yourself.

HAMILTON
You’re like me. I’m never satisfied.
 ANGELICA
Is that right?

HAMILTON
I have never been satisfied.

ANGELICA
My name is Angelica Schuyler.

HAMILTON
Alexander Hamilton.

ANGELICA
Where’s your fam’ly from?

HAMILTON
Unimportant.
There’s a million things I haven’t done but
just you wait, just you wait…

ANGELICA
So so so—
so this is what it feels like to match wits
with someone at your level!
What the hell is the catch?
It’s the feeling of freedom, of seein’ the light,
it’s Ben Franklin with a key and a kite! You see it, right?

The conversation lasted two minutes, maybe three minutes,

ev’rything we said in total agreement, it’s
a dream and it’s a bit of a dance,
a bit of a posture, it’s a bit of a stance. He’s a
bit of a flirt, but I’m ‘a give it a chance.

I asked about his fam’ly, did you see his answer?

His hands started fidgeting, he looked askance?

He’s penniless, he’s flying by the seat of his 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…

ELIZA
Helpless…

ANGELICA
And I know she is…

ELIZA
Helpless…

ANGELICA
And her eyes are just…

ELIZA
Helpless…

ANGELICA
And I realize

ANGELICA AND COMPANY

Three fundamental truths at the exact same time…

HAMILTON
Where are you taking me?

ANGELICA
I’m about to change your life.

HAMILTON
Then by all means, lead the way.

COMPANY (EXCEPT ANGELICA)

Number one!

ANGELICA
I’m a girl in a world in which
my only job is to marry rich.

My father has no sons so I’m the one

who has to social climb for one,
so I’m the oldest and the wittiest and the gossip in
New York City is insidious,
 And Alexander is penniless,
Ha! That doesn’t mean I want him any less.

ELIZA
Elizabeth Schuyler. It’s a pleasure to meet you.

HAMILTON
Schuyler?

ANGELICA
My sister.

COMPANY
Number two!

ANGELICA
He’s after me cuz I’m a Schuyler sister.

That elevates his status, I’d

have 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.

ELIZA
Thank you for all your service.

HAMILTON
If it takes fighting a war for us to meet,
it will have been worth it.

ANGELICA
I’ll leave you to it.

COMPANY
Number three!

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

ANGELICA AND COMPANY

She’d be lying.

ANGELICA
But when I fantasize at night
it’s Alexander’s eyes,
as I romanticize what might
have been if I hadn’t sized him
up so quickly.
At least my dear Eliza’s his wife;
at least I keep his eyes in my life…

ANGELICA
To the groom!

To the bride!

From your sister,

who is always by your side.

To your union,
and the hope that you provide.

May you always

be satisfied.

And I know
She’ll be happy as
his bride.

And I know

ANGELICA
He will never be satisfied.
I will never be satisfied.

SCENE 7: YORKTOWN
LOCATION: Battlefield
Soldiers are busy loading cannons and checking weapons.
Hamilton and Lafayette strategize.

DIALOGUE……

LAFAYETTE
This is it, Hamilton.
The French fleet blocks their escape by sea.
Now, we take them by land!

HAMILTON
We’ve fought too hard to lose now.
We’ll hit them fast, cut off their supply lines,
and force their surrender.

WASHINGTON
Today, we fight not just for victory, but for freedom.
The world will watch what happens here.
Stay strong, stay united, and let’s end this war!

CUE: THE BATTLE BEGINS AGAINST THE BRITISH SOLDIER

HAMILTON
Take the trenches!
We have to cut off their retreat!

LAFAYETTE
Victory is within our grasp! Push forward!

CUE: MORE BATTLES

BRITISH OFFICERS - FREDDIE, SHAMS, AHMAD, JAICEE, ZHAINE

We surrender.
(Wave white flag)

LAFAYETTE
Freedom for America, freedom for France!

HAMILTON
Gotta start a new nation,
gotta meet my son.
MULLIGAN
We won!
 LAFAYETTE
We won!

MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS
We won!

MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS/HAMILTON/WASHINGTON
We won!

THE END OF ACT 1

TO BE CONTINUED……