Toby wakes from his stupor and calls out for the missing Top Gallant.  Toby 
remembers his father's words (DO YOU SEE THE STARS).  
      Susanna departs the Jack Rose Tap with her payoff for stealing Top Gallant.  Captain 
Mardocke fetches a saw to expose the ship’s design.  While he is absent, Toby stealthily 
enters and grabs Top Gallant, just as an alarmed Swain Dawkins nearly shoots a blind-
sided Mardocke.  Toby escapes over a trellis, encountering Nick, who is searching for 
Susanna.  Nick gives Toby a gunnysack to keep Top Gallant safe from thieves.  They go 
their separate paths (THE MOON IS HIGH).  
      In Captain Mardocke's quarters, Susanna accuses Mardocke of committing deadly 
harm against Toby's father.  She draws her knife.  Mardocke claws the knife away, 
shoving it to Sparrow.  Susanna is hustled away.  In a rage, Mardocke bribes Winslow’s 
two town constables to capture Toby (FIND ME THE BOY REPRISE (I)).  
      Susanna, captive in a shuttered room, rejects Captain Mardocke's bracelet, 
determined to rebel against his schemes (TELL ME).  
      Cecilia hosts a glittering ball (GOOD DAY, CECILIA! REPRISE / SWEET 
MELODY).  A surprise guest, Pierceton Asheley, Cecilia's father, enters and demands to 
know Toby’s whereabouts.  A quick-witted Mayor Risello rouses party-goers to interrupt 
(MASSACHUSETTS YANKEE).  Toby suddenly bursts in, chased by the town 
constables and Sparrow.  Townspeople renew a bidding war for Toby.  Pierceton 
expresses outrage.  Order is restored when it is rumored a model of Top Gallant is in 
Toby's gunnysack.  The bag is opened, but Top Gallant is missing.  A vengeful Sparrow 
confronts Toby with Susanna's knife.  Desperately wresting the knife from Sparrow, 
Toby dashes away, pursued by townspeople.  
      By the island spit, Susanna protests Nick's advances (DON'T PRETEND, LET’S 
SUPPOSE).  Captain Mardocke enters and captures Nick.  Mardocke rewards a stunned 
Susanna with a fine necklace.  Nick accuses Susanna of setting him up to be shanghaied.
      

      Townspeople chase Toby (ISLAND PURSUIT).  Captain Mardocke's ship 
Black Bess swings into view.  Toby and Mardocke, at cross purposes, implore the 
heavens (I WISH I HAD A FATHER REPRISE / TOP GALLANT THEME 
REPRISE (I)).  Toby leaps onto Black Bess out of sight.  Mardocke orders a 
desperate attempt to find Top Gallant (FIND ME THE BOY REPRISE (II)).  
Shanghaied sailors, led by Nick, mutiny.  Mardocke and his crew run off in pursuit.  
Toby hears his father's voice (WHEN YOU REACH FOR A STAR).  Susanna enters 
to warn Toby something terrible has happened to his father.  Toby protests he has 
just heard from his father (I'LL COME RUNNING WHERE YOU ARE).   
      Captain Mardocke surprises the two.  After a chase, Toby spots Top Gallant in 
the highest rigging.  Mardocke disarms Toby of Susanna’s knife and orders him to 
climb to Top Gallant.  A shouting Mayor Risello and townspeople enter.  A shot 
rings out.  Toby falls, caught by a rope.  Mardocke, victim of a bullet, sinks.  
Cecilia waves a pistol she has slipped from a constable's holster, and faints.  
      Toby looks up at the rigging.  Top Gallant has vanished.  Susanna reassures 
Toby, if he can see the stars, and his father can see the stars, then his father has 
truly found him.  Susanna entreats Nick, asking if he might apprentice Toby.  
Pierceton Asheley approves.  Chiding Cecilia, Pierceton reveals he has discovered 
the lost plans for Top Gallant hidden in her home.  Mayor Risello declares Winslow 
will build a full-size Top Gallant.  Toby, looking up to where Top Gallant was last 
seen, vows to fulfill his father's bold dreams (A BIT OF BLADE REPRISE).  
      Toby stands alone on a windswept hill (TOP GALLANT THEME REPRISE 
(II)).  He gathers the objects he pulled from his pockets on that early yester-
morning.  Burning in the heavens, Top Gallant appears as a brilliant fire of fantasy 
and delight, of a child's dreams and tribulations, of a childhood's magic journey of 
life and death.  
      

      Toby wakes from his stupor and calls out for the missing Top Gallant.  Toby remembers his father's 
words (DO YOU SEE THE STARS).  
      Susanna departs the Jack Rose Tap with her payoff for stealing Top Gallant.  Captain Mardocke 
fetches a saw to expose the ship’s design.  While he is absent, Toby stealthily enters and grabs Top 
Gallant, just as an alarmed Swain Dawkins nearly shoots a blind-sided Mardocke.  Toby escapes over 
a trellis, encountering Nick, who is searching for Susanna.  Nick gives Toby a gunnysack to keep Top 
Gallant safe from thieves.  They go their separate paths (THE MOON IS HIGH).  
      In Captain Mardocke's quarters, Susanna accuses Mardocke of committing deadly harm against 
Toby's father.  She draws her knife.  Mardocke claws the knife away, shoving it to Sparrow.  Susanna 
is hustled away.  In a rage, Mardocke bribes Winslow’s two town constables to capture Toby (FIND ME 
THE BOY REPRISE (I)).  
      Susanna, captive in a shuttered room, rejects Captain Mardocke's bracelet, determined to rebel 
against his schemes (TELL ME).  
      Cecilia hosts a glittering ball (GOOD DAY, CECILIA! REPRISE / SWEET MELODY).  A 
surprise guest, Pierceton Asheley, Cecilia's father, enters and demands to know Toby’s whereabouts.  
A quick-witted Mayor Risello rouses party-goers to interrupt (MASSACHUSETTS YANKEE).  Toby 
suddenly bursts in, chased by the town constables and Sparrow.  Townspeople renew a bidding war for 
Toby.  Pierceton expresses outrage.  Order is restored when it is rumored a model of Top Gallant is in 
Toby's gunnysack.  The bag is opened, but Top Gallant is missing.  A vengeful Sparrow confronts 
Toby with Susanna's knife.  Desperately wresting the knife from Sparrow, Toby dashes away, pursued 
by townspeople.  
      By the island spit, Susanna protests Nick's advances (DON'T PRETEND, LET’S SUPPOSE).  
Captain Mardocke enters and captures Nick.  Mardocke rewards a stunned Susanna with a fine 
necklace.  Nick accuses Susanna of setting him up to be shanghaied.  
      

      Townspeople chase Toby (ISLAND PURSUIT).  Captain Mardocke's ship Black Bess swings 
into view.  Toby and Mardocke, at cross purposes, implore the heavens (I WISH I HAD A 
FATHER REPRISE / TOP GALLANT THEME REPRISE (I)).  Toby leaps onto Black Bess out 
of sight.  Mardocke orders a desperate attempt to find Top Gallant (FIND ME THE BOY 
REPRISE (II)).  Shanghaied sailors, led by Nick, mutiny.  Mardocke and his crew run off in 
pursuit.  Toby hears his father's voice (WHEN YOU REACH FOR A STAR). Susanna enters to 
warn Toby something terrible has happened to his father.  Toby protests he has just heard from his 
father (I'LL COME RUNNING WHERE YOU ARE).   
      Captain Mardocke surprises the two.  After a chase, Toby spots Top Gallant in the highest 
rigging.  Mardocke disarms Toby of Susanna’s knife and orders him to climb to Top Gallant.  
A shouting Mayor Risello and townspeople enter.  A shot rings out.  Toby falls, caught by a rope.  
Mardocke, victim of a bullet, sinks.  Cecilia waves a pistol she has slipped from a constable's 
holster, and faints.  
      Toby looks up at the rigging.  Top Gallant has vanished.  Susanna reassures Toby, if he can 
see the stars, and his father can see the stars, then his father has truly found him.  Susanna 
entreats Nick, asking if he might apprentice Toby.  Pierceton Asheley approves.  Chiding 
Cecilia, Pierceton reveals he has discovered the lost plans for Top Gallant hidden in her home.  
Mayor Risello declares Winslow will build a full-size Top Gallant.  Toby, looking up to where 
Top Gallant was last seen, vows to fulfill his father's bold dreams (A BIT OF BLADE 
REPRISE).   
      Toby stands alone on a windswept hill (TOP GALLANT THEME REPRISE (II)).  He 
gathers the objects he pulled from his pockets on that early yester-morning.  Burning in the 
heavens, Top Gallant appears as a brilliant fire of fantasy and delight, of a child's dreams and 
tribulations, of a childhood's magic journey of life and death.