In the biblical land of Caanan, Joseph is the favorite son of Jacob. As such, he encounters the jealousy of his brothers who object to his dreams in which he is the hero and the brothers have to pay homage to him.
They arrange to have him killed and to prove his death, show their father the multicoloured coat smeared with blood. In fact, Joseph has been sold in slavery to the household of Potiphar who has him thrown in jail as he objects to the attraction between his wife and Joseph.
Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams is relayed to Pharaoh who has started to have a series of dreams. Joseph foresees seven years of full harvests and this to be followed by seven years of famine. Joseph is put in charge of preparing for the years of famine and, just as prophesied, the dreams came true.
Back in Caanan, the famine affected Joseph’s family too. The brothers travel to Egypt to find work. They go to Joseph who recognises them but they don’t recognise him.
They bow down before him (just as foretold in an earlier dream). Joseph has a score to settle though and after giving his brothers grain, he hides a goblet in Benjamin’s sack. Benjamin is accused of theft. The brothers plead for Benjamin’s release from custody and Joseph relents and then reveals himself as their brother.
The ending is a happy one.
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Our cast:
Narrator: Molly Murphy.
Joseph: Dylan Arnold
Jacob: Andrew “Sowerberry” Ranck
Potiphar: Brad Sandy
Mrs. Potiphar& Tango Dancer: Sarah Armitage*
Pharaoh: Dale Grove.
Joseph’s Eleven Brothers:
- Reuben: Jay Prewitt
- Simeon: Joshua Saul Bain
- Levi: Joe Fields
- Judah: Dustin Bond
- Dan: David L. Johnson
- Naphtali: Ruby Sullivan
- Gad: Jakob Seger
- Asher: William Dory
- Issachar: Cameron Wunderlich
- Zebulun: Dorian Dowd
- Benjamin: Devin Huff
Baker: Ellie Emmert*
Butler: David L. Johnson
Ishmaelites: Dale Grove & Suzanne Funk*
The Wives:
Rachel: Hannah Newlin*
Leah: Amanda Standers*
Bilah: Ellie Emmert*
Zilpah: Kathryn Dory*
Egyptian Guard: Shelby Merrill*
Lyric Dancer: Chloe Gardner
*Indicates also in the Ensemble
Songs:
Act One
“Prologue” – Narrator, Joseph, Ensemble
“Any Dream Will Do” – Joseph, Narrator, Ensemble
“Jacob and Sons” – Narrator, Joseph, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Jacob, Wives, Ensemble
“Joseph’s Coat” – Jacob, Joseph, Narrator, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Wives, Ensemble
“Joseph’s Dreams” – Narrator, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Joseph
“Poor, Poor Joseph” – Narrator, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Ishmaelites
“One More Angel in Heaven” – Narrator, Reuben (soloist), Levi, Simeon, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Wives, Jacob, Ensemble
“Potiphar” – Narrator, Ensemble, Mrs. Potiphar, Potiphar, Joseph
“Close Every Door” – Joseph, Lyric Dancers, Ensemble
“Go, Go, Go Joseph” – Narrator, Butler, Baker, Ensemble, Joseph, Full Company
Act Two
- “Pharaoh’s Story” – Narrator, Ensemble
- “Poor, Poor Pharaoh” – Narrator, Butler, Pharaoh, Ensemble
- “Song of the King” – Pharaoh, Ensemble
- “Pharaoh’s Dream Explained” – Joseph, Ensemble
- “Stone the Crows” – Narrator, Pharaoh, Joseph, Female Ensemble
- “Those Canaan Days” – Simeon (soloist), Jacob, Reuben, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin
- “The Brothers Come to Egypt/Grovel, Grovel” – Narrator, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Joseph, Ensemble
- “Who’s the Thief?” – Joseph, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Ensemble
- “Benjamin’s Calypso” – Judah (soloist), Joseph, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Ensemble
- “Joseph All the Time” – Narrator, Joseph, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Ensemble
- “Jacob in Egypt” – Narrator, Jacob, Ensemble
- “Any Dream Will Do (Reprise)” – Joseph, Narrator, Jacob, Ensemble
- “Joseph Megamix” – Full Company