[INTRO] [A bulletin board is updated with a sign that reads: “Graduation — 42 Days.”] [The cast stops.] [They stare.] [Silence.] ⸻ JORDAN (softly) Forty-two? … Already? ⸻ (Piano begins.) ⸻ VERSE 1 MAYA Yesterday We were counting How many months We had ahead. Now somehow… We’re counting How many mornings Are left instead. ⸻ AVA Every rehearsal Has the words… “Final performance.” Funny… I never noticed How heavy That word could be. ⸻ PRE-CHORUS ELIJAH Nobody tells you That “last” Is such a quiet word. ⸻ RILEY Until you start hearing it… Everywhere. ⸻ CHORUS FULL COMPANY 🎶 It’s almost gone… This chapter We’ve been living in. It’s almost gone… Before we know Where to begin again. 🎶 🎶 Every hallway, Every song, Every place We’ve called our own… Feels a little different Knowing… It’s almost gone. 🎶 ⸻ VERSE 2 (The stage becomes a montage of “lasts.”) The final dance rehearsal. The final choir warm-up. The last cafeteria lunch. Teachers handing back the last test. Students signing yearbooks. ⸻ JORDAN Remember When this place Felt enormous? ⸻ MAYA Now… It somehow fits Inside my heart. ⸻ VERSE 3 RILEY I’ve been filming everything. Not because I’m afraid to forget. Because I already know I’m going to miss it. ⸻ BRIDGE (Only piano.) AVA What if… We don’t realize Today mattered… Until tomorrow? ⸻ ELIJAH Then let’s notice it now. ⸻ (Strings begin building.) ⸻ FINAL CHORUS FULL COMPANY 🎶 It’s almost gone… So hold this moment close. Every laugh, Every dream, Every face we’ve ever known. 🎶 🎶 Someday We’ll look back On these ordinary days… And realize They were never ordinary At all. 🎶 ⸻ ENDING [The ensemble slowly exits the stage one by one] [Each person turns off one classroom light.] One… Two… Three… [Until only a single light remains.] [Blackout.]
