The hopes, dreams, joys, and concerns of the average working American are the focus of this musical.That the everyday lives of "common" men and women should be so compelling and moving will surprise and inspire anyone who has ever punched a time clock.

Based on Studs Terkel's best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working plants a vivid portrait of the men and women the world so often takes for granted; the schoolteacher, the parking lot attendant, the waitress, the millworker, the mason, the trucker, the fireman, the housewife, just to name a few.