Based on the bestselling children’s book, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus: The Musical tells the story of a pigeon that refuses to be told no despite his limitations. This musical is meant to inspire audiences to reach for the sky and to never stop following their dreams.
“What Could Have Been” is a melancholy tune about love and loss, our main character Pigeon is left alone without the one thing he’s ever truly wanted: The Bus. Pigeon laments on the time he and The Bus could have shared together, only to be left behind. In a silly dream sequence, Pigeon and The Bus get a chance to see what their lives could have been like together, had The Bus not been driven away.
“What Could Have Been” is a melancholy tune about love and loss, our main character Pigeon is left alone without the one thing he’s ever truly wanted: The Bus. Pigeon laments on the time he and The Bus could have shared together, only to be left behind. In a silly dream sequence, Pigeon and The Bus get a chance to see what their lives could have been like together, had The Bus not been driven away.
About the Show: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus: The Musical
Book and Lyrics By: Mo Willems
Music By: Deborah Wicks La Puma
Number of roles: 5
Character Breakdown / vocal ranges:
Name: Pigeon. The snappy, sassy, and demanding bird who never gets what he wants, but that doesn’t mean he’ll ever stop trying.
- Gender: Male
- Vocal range top: F4
- Vocal range bottom: D3
Name: The Bus. A small, puppet vision of the bus that dances in a fantasy sequence. Personification of the sound effects of an engine working. Also can do an engine not working!
- Gender: Male
- Vocal range top: F4
- Vocal range bottom: C3
Name: Backup Duckling 1. The first backup singer in this blues-y tune about the longing for what could’ve been. Sings with two other ducklings, Duckling #2 and Duckling #3.
- Gender: Male
- Vocal range top: E4
- Vocal range bottom: D3
Name: Backup Duckling 2. The second backup singer in this blues-y tune about the longing for what could’ve been. Sings with two other ducklings, Duckling #1 and Duckling #3.
- Gender: Male
- Vocal range top: C5
- Vocal range bottom: D3
Name: Backup Duckling 3. The third backup singer in this blues-y tune about the longing for what could’ve been. Sings with two other ducklings, Duckling #1 and Duckling #2.
- Gender: Female
- Vocal range top: D5
- Vocal range bottom: C4