The Thrill Of It All!

The Thrill Of It All! is a coming-of-age story, set in the years just after World War II, in which a young man discovers the things that are most important to him, namely home, family, and wife.

Filled with the optimism and can-do attitude of the time, our hero, Jimmy Applebaum, decides that his hometown of Fair Oaks, Indiana is too small to satisfy his dreams and sets off to find his fortune in the big city of Chicago. This fish-out-of-water doesn't meet quite what he expects and soon finds himself in over-his-head. When Nick D'Angelo convinces Jimmy to join his Association Of Investment Counselors, Jimmy doesn't realize

that this is just a front for Nick's gambling operation, nor that Nick and his henchmen are trying to "pin the rap" on Jimmy every chance they get.

On the way to discovering that there really is no place like home, Jimmy helps catch the gangsters, becomes a pioneer in television and modern marketing and, of course, gets the girl. But which one? Mary Rand, the girl he left behind in Fair Oaks, or Evie Starling, the exciting and seductive gangster's moll who befriends him in Chicago? With characters and songs in the American musical theatre tradition, this funny and touching musical will leave you humming while reminding you to "do it for The Thrill Of It All.

Book, Music

& Lyrics by

E. Karl Gallmeyer

Cast Size: 13 principals (8 men, 5 women) plus chorus

Songs

Memories Of Home

When We Were Young

I’ve Got Plans

When There Is Love

Jimmy’s Goodbye

Welcome To The Second City

The Thrill Of It All