STEVEN UNIVERSE
THE MUSICAL
Act One
Prologue: Look At Me...Pearl
Overture: We Are the Crystal Gems...Instrumental
Welcome to Beach City...Steven, Connie, Ensemble
The War...Garnet, Dancers
Danger Zone...Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl
Fusion Decision...Pearl, Amethyst, Garnet
Garnet's Rage Rap...Garnet
Welcome to Beach City (Reprise)...Steven, Connie, Peridot, Ensemble
Act Two
The Way Things Are...Peridot
For A Nerd...Amethyst
Danger Zone (Reprise)...Greg
Do It For Him/Do It For Her...Pearl, Connie
Look At Me (Reprise)...Pearl
I Gotcha Now...Full Cast
Finale: We Are The Crystal Gems...Full Cast
SYNOPSIS
The story opens on the tragic farewell of Rose Quartz, the powerful and beloved leader of the Crystal Gems. She has chosen to give up her physical form in order to give birth to a half-human child, Steven, with her husband Greg. None of the other Gems want to see her go - especially Pearl, who has dedicated her life to serving Rose and wonders how she will survive without her ("Look At Me"). Flash forward approximately ten to thirteen years, and we see now-honorary-Crystal-Gem Steven Universe giving his friend Connie a tour of his hometown, along with introducing her to many of the fun and quirky characters who live there ("Welcome to Beach City"). Upon their return to the temple, Steven notices that Peridot is sending messages to Homeworld via the Communication Hub. Peridot's arrival provides the catalyst for the Gems to tell Steven about "The War", in which other Gems from Homeworld invaded Earth and Rose Quartz turned against her kind to free humankind. In order to prevent other Homeworld Gems from coming back and enslaving the earth once more, the Crystal Gems decide that the best course of action is to destroy the Hub. Steven wants to bring Connie on the magical mission with him and the Gems, but the Gems are hesitant to bring him into the "Danger Zone", and decide to leave him at home with Greg and Connie. At the Hub, Garnet states that the best way to destroy the Hub is by fusing, though she can't decide whether to form Sugilite or Sardonyx. Both Amethyst and Pearl want to fuse with Garnet, and give different reasons why the "Fusion Decision" shouldn't be too hard. Eventually Garnet decides to fuse with Pearl, and Sardonyx destroys the tower. When the Hub is repaired twice more after this, Steven decides to investigate with Connie and Amethyst, and they discover that Pearl has been repairing the Hub in order to have an excuse to form Sardonyx. Garnet is enraged to learn that she has been deceived ("Garnet's Rage Rap"). Later, Pearl decides that the only way she can make it up to Garnet is to capture Peridot, leading to a condensed version of the events of "Friend Ship." After escaping the ruined ship, the Gems finally succeed in capturing Peridot. Steven quickly tries to befriend Peridot, introducing her to Connie and to the town ("Welcome to Beach City (Reprise)").
In Act Two, Peridot reluctantly concedes to reveal the threat of The Cluster to the Crystal Gems. When Pearl comes up with the idea for the drill and they begin building, Peridot is stunned at the dynamics of the Gems, stating that the caste system from Homeworld is simply "The Way Things Are" and the way they should always be. Steven leaps strongly to his friends' defense and Garnet insists that they stay unruffled by Peridot's prejudices, but Pearl is especially shaken and gets into a fight with Peridot. The altercation is interrupted by a small earthquake, which Peridot worries is a sign that the Cluster is nearing doomsday; Garnet quickly puts emphasis on completing the drill with no further distractions. However, Amethyst quietly expresses how cool - "For a Nerd" - Pearl was for putting Peridot in her place. When Connie comes to see how the drill construction is going, she overhears Garnet talking about the fusion monsters on the loose, and mentions a desire to learn some fighting techniques so she can defend her friends and family. Steven tries to persuade Pearl to teach Connie how to sword fight, but Pearl refuses; when Steven and Connie look to Greg for support, he simply reiterates that the Gems want to keep them safe ("Danger Zone (Reprise)"). Finally their insistence leads to the events of "Sworn to the Sword" ("Do It For Him/Do It For Her"); however, at the end, instead of allowing herself to be reassured, Pearl flees to the Strawberry Battlefields like in "Rose's Scabbard." Alone and desperate, she contemplates on both the joy and the guilt of forming Sardonyx, and compares it to the memory of fusing with Rose. Finally Steven catches up to her, and manages to console her a little ("Look At Me (Reprise)"). When they return, Amethyst is clearly overjoyed and relieved to see that Pearl is okay, but shyly shakes it off. Surprised, Pearl quietly reflects to herself how much Amethyst has grown and matured recently, and opens herself to the notion that she might - possibly - be developing feelings for her; in the end, though, she doesn't care what the future or the past holds, as long as they all have each other right now. The entire main cast (possibly including intermittent bits with Lars&Sadie and other Beach City families) comes together for "I Gotcha Now", where they reflect on the past (Pearl and Garnet's fight, Rose's "death", Peridot's prejudice, etc.) and the future (budding romance between Steven & Connie and Pearl & Amethyst, Peridot's acclimation to Earth, the danger the Cluster poses), and decide that what truly matters is the present moment. Steven immediately ruins the epic dramatic tension of the final note by breaking off early and exclaiming that he just thought of an amazing theme song for the Gems to sing while charging into battle against the Cluster: "We Are The Crystal Gems."