find a way - shaina taub & original broadway cast of suffs lyrics
lucy
alice?
alice
lucy, thank god!
lucy
i got your telegram and came
as soon as i could
what’s the emergency?
alice
the first protest march ever held
in our nation’s capital
lucy
today?
alice
two months from today
so there’s no time to waste
welcome to our new office
lucy
ah?
alice
you’re a member of the
suffrage march planning committee
lucy
holy cow! how many in it?
alice
counting you?
lucy
don’t say two?
alice
two
lucy
but alice, we’re not in college anymore
we’ve never planned a national action before
alice
nope
how will we do it when it’s never been done?
how will we find a way when there isn’t one?
alice, lucy
[chorus]
how will we find a way
find a way
we’ve got to find a way
find a way
alice
first pursuit is to recruit
inez milholland
lucy
*the* inez milholland??
alice
papers call her glamorous
alice, lucy
dazzling
alice
all the things i’m not
we need a public face
alice, lucy
it’s gotta be inez milholland
alice
i’m alice paul and this is my best friend lucy burns
lucy
we were field hockey teammates at swarthmore
alice
offense!
lucy
defense!
inez
wow, ok. sporty. why don’t we
have a smoke?
alice
oh yes, we adore cigarettes
lucy
[cough] it’s really nice
alice
we want you to be the grand marshall of our suffrage march
inez
ms. paul, i’m far too busy with the bar
alice
she’d rather get liquored
than fight our liberty?
inez
i’m studying
for the bar *exam*
alice
oh, that’s marvelous
we could use your legal sk!lls
to precure our permit?
this march is unprecedented
inez
how so?
alice
it’s on pennsylvania avenue
inez
oh
alice
the day before the inauguration
inez
oooohhhhh
alice
we’ll make every front page with a picture of you leading the pack
inez
on horseback
alice, lucy
what?
inez
i should be riding
my steed should be white
a feminine reclaiming of the armored knight
alice
of course
lucy
where the h*ll are we getting a horse?
[chorus]
alice, lucy
how will we do it when it’s never been done?
how will we find a way when there isn’t one?
alice, lucy, inez
how will we find a way?
find a way
we’ve got to find a way
find a way
inez
i want you
to meet someone
lucy
a socialite?
inez
a socialist
inez
ruza wenclawska
alice, lucy
ruza wenclawska
ruza
my fellow workers
we must strike!
inez
came from poland
when she was seven
ruza
we must strike for safe conditions
inez
worked in the mills
since she was eleven
this is her fight too
not just us fortunate few
they’ll listen to her
ruza
strike!
inez
not to you
ruza
strike! strike! strike!
alice
that was a great speech
inez
ruza, this is alice paul from the suffrage movement
lucy
suffrage is votes
for women
ruza
i’m polish, not stupid
look
i want no part of your polite little suffragette parlor games
alice
well that’s perfect
because when we take on a tyrant
we burn him down
ruza
so how do we afford a march?
[chorus]
alice, inez, lucy, ruza
how will we do it when it’s never been done?
how will we find a way when there isn’t one?
how will we find a way, find a way?
we’ve got to find a way, find a way
alice
get up on this soapbox
inez
oooh!
alice
stand there
ruza
but no one’s here
alice
gotta start somewhere
inez
women of the country
how long
must women wait
for liberty?
how long?
chorus
how long
must we wait
inez
must we wait
chorus
must we wait
ruza
must we wait
chorus
must we wait
inez
join us
in a march
on march 3rd
ruza
give some money
alice
spread the word
ruza
give more money!
inez
make your voice heard
chorus
alice, inez, lucy, ruza
how will we do it when it’s never been done?//how will we do it when it’s never been done?
how will we find a way when there isn’t one?
how will we find a way, find a way?//how will we find a way?
we’ve got to find a way, find a way
doris
march for our liberty!
alice
lucy, who is she?
lucy
doris stevens
doris
a student
from nebraska
lucy
she just showed up
doris
when i heard about your march
i hopped on the next train
i want to help!
whatever i can do
i wrote up these leaflets too
alice
so you’re a writer?
doris
yes sir*ma’am!
yes i am!
alice
congratulations on your new job
doris
what?
alice
you’re our secretary now
keep a record
doris
february 1st
doris stevens named secretary!
alice, inez, lucy, ruza
how will we do it when it’s never been done?
how will we find a way where there isn’t one?
doris
february 2nd
a meeting with
officer slyvester
major sylvester
it’s major sylvester
alice
major! we need a permit for a protest on the 3rd of march
major sylvester
i don’t have cops to spare for a ladies’ parade
inez
i would just hate for my father to hear you deny me
my constitutional right
major sylvester
father?
inez
senator dwight
chair of the law enforcement treasury
you know?
the man who signs your paycheck
major sylvester
you can have your dawggone permit
now get the heck out of my sight
inez
thank you, officer
major sylvester
major
alice
is he really your father?
inez
i used to date his son
alice, inez, lucy, ruza
how will we do it when it’s never been done?
how will we find a way where there isn’t one?
doris
one week to go
alice
numbers?
doris
26 floats
9 brigades
a delegation from all 48 states
alice
200 marshalls
ruza
10 marching bands
doris
representatives from?
alice
30
doris
30 universities
inez
contingents from
15 professions
alice
oh, and the dancers for the pageant!
doris
so we’re at one
wait no, 2
with the crowd depending
200,000 people attending
inez
we’re gonna need more pinwheels
[all at once]
lucy
should we all spread out
or stick together
if inez is up front
should i be i the middle
alice wants to be
[[needs work]]
doris, inez, ruza
tk tk tk tk
alice
we can do it!
all
how will we do it when it’s never been?
how will find a way where there isn’t one?
doris
ms. paul
ida b. wells wrote to say
she plans to march
lucy
ida b who?
inez, alice, doris, ruza
ida b. wells
inez
she’s a famous journalist
doris
but
alice
what?
doris
well, we’ve received letters from several southern donors threatening to pull out if colored women partic*p*te
alice
but we’ve already said they’re welcome to partic*p*te
doris
one proposes we tactfully ask colored women to withdraw
inez
tactfully
doris
others say they must march in back
alice
let’s make a special colored delegation at the back of line, no one pulls out
it will all be fine
ruza
i’m an immigrant
so should i march in back too?
alice// all
how will we find a way?
find a way /how will we find a way?
we’ve got to find a way, find a way
ida
so you’re this alice paul
i’ve been hearing so much about
alice
mrs. wells!
ida
well, you’ve got quite the team
alice
yes!
inez
we haven’t slept in weeks
ida
please
i have four children
i haven’t slept in years
alice
we’re glad you’re here for the march
ida
i’m not only here for the march
my club has also come
to agitate for
laws against lynching
my people cannot vote
if they are hanging from trees
all
we support you
ruza
yes!
ida
why have i been told to march in back?
alice
all due respect, but we don’t have a choice
without the southern women’s support
there might be no march
lucy
we refuse to be exclusive
so we’ve made a place for you
in back
inez
we’re concerned for your safety
should there be an attack
doris
mary church terrell might agree to it
so
ida
oh, the one
other black suffragists whose name
you know?
alice
you are a brilliant
agitator, ida
thousand of suffs are arriving in town
right now
should we cancel the endeavor?
ida
so i’m the one wrecking
the endeavor ?
inez
ida, how about*
alice
i think we all
must do whatever it takes
for the march to go on
even if that means
waiting your turn
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