NIGHTINGALE: The Last Days of James Forrestal

Cast and Instrumental Requirements:

CAST
James Forrestal ..................................................................Bass-Baritone
Pauline Davis/Nightingale ..................................................Mezzo-Soprano
George Raines, psychiatrist ...............................................Tenor
Josephine Forrestal ............................................................Coloratura Soprano
President Harry S. Truman ................................................Tenor
Sidney Souers .....................................................................Baritone
Chairman Vinson ................................................................Baritone
Prise, a medic .....................................................................Baritone
Cleveland, a medic ..............................................................Bass-Baritone
Representative Dewey Short .............................................Tenor
Louis Johnson ....................................................................Tenor
Lyndon Baines Johnson ......................................................Baritone

CHORUS (all voice types)

Non-singing parts:
A Reporter
New Guard
Coroner and 2 Interns

INSTRUMENTAL COMPLEMENT
Flute/Piccolo
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
Piano/Synthesizer
String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola, Cello)
Bass
Theremin (optionally executed on synthesizer)
Chromatic Bandura (optionally executed on Harp, Synthesizer, or Piano)

Duration: ca. 1 hour, 40 minutes