The Suitcase: Music

List of Scenes with Musical Numbers

ACT ONE:
• “Arrival” (Orchestra)
— Music and Orchestrations by Luscinda L. Dickey | 2025 Demo | Copyright 2025 —

SCENE ONE: Ms. Clara’s Wartime Shop of Useful Odds and Ends and the street just outside; Eastbourne, East Sussex, England; evening on Saturday, June 17, 1944.
• “Long Stems” (The Shopkeeper)
• “Millions of Words” (April)
— Lyrics, Music, and Orchestrations by Luscinda L. Dickey | Vocals by Kira Byler (April) | 2025 Demo | Copyright 2025 —

SCENE TWO: April’s Study; Wimberly Manor; Beachy Head, East Sussex, England; the next evening.
• “The Song in the Suitcase” (Leona & Mr. Jenkins)
• “Who Am I to Say” (April)
SCENE THREE: The Parlor and Dining Room; minutes later.
• “Regina and Mister Fogg” (Young Finn & Young Regina)
• “Beneath a Venice Bridge” (Regina)
SCENE FOUR: April’s Study; perhaps half an hour later—around 9:45 that night.
• “Hope” (Regina)
SCENE FIVE: The Parlor; 4-o-clockish the next morning.
• “Follow the Nightjar’s Call” (Leona, Günter, Young Finn, Young Regina, & Regina)
• “Victoria’s Waltz” (Orchestra)
• “As Byron Said” (Regina, April, & Herr Dietrich)
SCENE SIX: Ms. Clara’s Wartime Shop of Useful Odds and Ends; a frigid afternoon six months later; a few days before Christmas.
SCENE SEVEN: The Parlor of Wimberly and Regina’s room at an evacuee boarding school in the countryside; New Years Eve, 1944 through May 8, 1945.
• “1945” (April, Regina, Mrs. Jenkins, Mr. Jenkins, Lord Charles, & Miss. Charlotte)
— Lyrics, Music, and Orchestrations by Luscinda L. Dickey | Vocals by Shayne Maggard (April) and Tara Flury (Regina) | 2025 Demo | Copyright 2025 —

ACT TWO:
A dark, uncertain limbo.
• “Before It Fades” (Troy)
SCENE ONE: April’s Study; a hot, late Saturday morning in May a week after VE-Day.
• “Dietrich’s Refrain” (Troy)
• “The Locket” (Leona)
SCENE TWO: The Parlor and Dining Room, transitioning to April’s Study; a couple evenings later; May 18-21, 1945.
• “Two Weeks” (April, Troy, Mrs. Jenkins, Mr. Jenkins, & Lottie)
SCENE THREE: The Great Hall of Wimberly Manor; late afternoon of May 31, 1945.
SCENE FOUR: The Great Hall; perhaps half an hour later; a storm looming.
• “Finde mich” (Leona, Günter, Young Regina, Young Finn, & Regina)
SCENE FIVE: The Parlor; minutes later.
• “Irrelevant” (Troy)
• “Reprise” (Regina & Troy)
SCENE SIX: The Great Hall; that evening through that night.
• “Let the Curtain Rise” (April)
• “Through Darkness” (Orchestra)
SCENE SEVEN: Ms. Clara’s Shop of Useful Odds-and-Ends; two months later; an early August morning.
• “Departure” (April, Regina, Troy, Leona, & The Shopkeeper)

Needed Musicians

• Woodwinds: Flute (1 part), Oboe (1 part), & Bb Clarinet (1 part)
• Brass: French Horn (1 part)
• Strings: Violins (3 parts: solo, 1st Violin, & 2nd Violin), Viola (2 parts including solo), Cellos (3 parts: solo, 1st Cello, & 2nd Cello), & Bass (2 parts including solo)
• Keyboardist: Piano/Celesta (1 part, can be split as 2)
• Percussionists: Conga and Xylophone (Standard three & a half octave) & Drum Set—snare; kick bass; floor tom; high tom; crash cymbal; hi hat; ride cymbal; triangle; cow bell; woodblock—only 1 needed; tambourine

THE SUITCASE
Book by Luscinda L. Dickey
Music, Lyrics, & Orchestrations by Luscinda L. Dickey
Additional Lyrics by Kira Byler