I REMEMBER MAMA Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Martin Charnin. Book by Thomas Meehan. Additional lyrics by Raymond Jessel. Based on the play by John Van Druten from stories by Katherine Forbes. This musical version of the famous play was Richard Rodgers' final work before he died. Katrin, a successful writer, reads from her memoirs, reliving her memories of her Norwegian mother and family. She takes us back to San Francisco at the turn of the century when she was sixteen, and we learn that Dada has lost his job and may have to take his family back to Norway. Only when Katrin finally manages to sell her first story to a magazine do they manage to stay in America. Cast: 4 men, 5 women, 1 boy, 4 girls, chorus Instrumentation: 2 flutes (2nd db. piccolo), oboe db. cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bassoon db. bass clarinet, 3 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, percussion, harp, piano db. celeste, 6 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, bass