Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell                           Music by Janet Hood

      Music Direction by Beth Falcone                      Directed by Amy Anders Corcoran

  CAST
Courtney Balan • Allyson Kaye Daniel • Luba Mason • Celeste Rose

Unexpected Joy is the story of three generations of female singers, long-held family tensions and a week together where change is in the air. In modern day Cape Cod, Joy, a baby boomer and proud hippie, is holding a memorial concert for the other half of her popular musical duo, Jump & Joy. When her tightly wound conservative daughter and her sweet rebellious granddaughter arrive from Oklahoma, the sparks fly as one family seeks to find the common ground in their different values, dreams and goals. A heartfelt and hilarious story that celebrates diversity and acceptance, Unexpected Joy weaves folk-rock, pop, and blues in bringing together a family that hasn’t experienced true joy together for decades.

1. HOW DO WE GO ON?
   Joy and Back up singers
2. LIKE A GOOD GIRL
   Tamara
3. I THINK I'M LOSING MY VOICE
   Rachel, Joy and Tamara
4. BEFORE YOU ARRIVE
   Joy, Tamara and Rachel
5. SHE'S GOT A MIND OF HER OWN
   Lou
6. I DON'T WANNA GET MARRIED
   Joy
7. WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO
   Lou, Joy, Tamara and Rachel
8. BETTER TIMES ARE COMIN'
   Rachel and Choir
9. YOU ARE MY WORST NIGHTMARE
   Rachel and Lou
10. UNEXPECTED JOY
    Joy and Lou
11. WHEN WILL I HAVE MY OWN?
    Tamara
12. RAISING THEM RIGHT
    Rachel
13. COMMON GROUND
    Joy, Lou, Tamara and Rachel
14. BOWS (Unexpected Joy Reprise)
    Joy, Lou, Tamara and Rachel
15. EXIT MUSIC
    The Band

‘Unexpected Joy’ Is a ‘Me’ Generation Musical