Ivy Austin, Mary Brienza, Kathryn Markey, Eric Poindexter, Kevin Burdette, and Isaiah Sheffer

with special guests
Roy Zimmerman and Jay Leonhart, bass

Staged and Hosted by Isaiah Sheffer
Co-Written by Martin Sage
Musical Direction by Lanny Meyers
Choreographed by Regina Larkin
Cartoon Graphics by Mort Gerberg
Fable Animations by Candy Kugel
Stage Manager and PowerPoint by Michelle DuPré

The Follies takes a comical and tragical look at the forces that may be ripping our nation apart: red states vs blue; conservatives, arch-conservatives, liberals, radicals, and crazies at both extremes; true believers and skeptics; vegans and fast-food freaks; nudists and fashionistas.

Performance playlist:

ACT I

The Disunity Waltz Isaiah Sheffer
My Conservative Girlfriend words and music, Roy Zimmerman
Don’t Cough/No Layoffs Martin Sage
Speaker Of The House Martin Sage/Morton/Greenwich
La Vendetta Sheffer/Mozart
Thanks A Lot, Egypt Mary Brienza
What’s Next, Egypt? Isaiah Sheffer/Traditional
Don't Touch My Junk
The Thalia Peer Inspection Program Martin Sage
Ballad Of Sarah Palin Martin Sage/Mike Phillips
The Couple From Duluth words and music, Jay Leonhart
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Korea? Sharon Lerner/Emily Perl Kingsley/Richard Rodgers
Henry Kissinger And God Isaiah Sheffer
Real America words and music, Roy Zimmerman

ACT II

Every Man For Himself words and music, Roy Zimmerman
In The Company Of Jackasses words and music, Lanny Meyers
Raptured Up The Chalks/Mary Brienza
The State Of Civil Discourse Sheffer/Arthur Sullivan
Battle Hymn Of The Schools Commissioner Kathryn Markey
High Atop The Bell Curve Ivy Austin/Harry Warren
We Like To Sing Together words and music, Roy Zimmerman
Hu’s On First? Kathryn Markey
Watching The Deficit Grow Martin Sage/Mac Davis
To Be A Liberal words and music, Roy Zimmerman
Finale: We’re Still Here! Stephen Sondheim/Leonard Fleischer