The cast and company return to usher in Eliza, who takes over for Burr and narrates the Afterword of our story. The play ends by asking the audience directly, “Who tells your story?”

Hamilton the man and… Read More [WASHINGTON]

Let me tell you what I wish I’d known

When I was young and dreamed of glory

You have no control:

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

Who lives

Who dies

Who tells your story?

[BURR]

President Jefferson:

[JEFFERSON]

I’ll give him this: his financial system is a

Work of genius. I couldn’t undo it if I tried

And I tried

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

Who lives

Who dies

Who tells your story?

[BURR]

President Madison:

[MADISON]

He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity

I hate to admit it, but he doesn’t get enough credit

For all the credit he gave us

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

Who lives

Who dies

Who tells your story?

[ANGELICA]

Every other founding father's story gets told

Every other founding father gets to grow old

[BURR]

But when you’re gone, who remembers your name?

Who keeps your flame?

[BURR AND MEN]

Who tells your story?

Who tells your story?

[ANGELICA AND WOMEN]

Who tells your story?

Your story?

[WOMEN]

Eliza

[ELIZA]

I put myself back in the narrative

[WOMEN]

Eliza

[ELIZA]

I stop wasting time on tears

I live another fifty years

It’s not enough

[COMPANY]

Eliza

[ELIZA]

I interview every soldier who fought by your side

[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS]

She tells our story

[ELIZA]

I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings

You really do write like you’re running out of—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]

Time

[ELIZA]

I rely on—

[ELIZA AND ANGELICA]

Angelica

[ELIZA]

While she’s alive—

[ELIZA AND ANGELICA]

We tell your story

[ELIZA]

She is buried in Trinity Church

[ELIZA AND ANGELICA]

Near you

[ELIZA]

When I needed her most, she was right on—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]

Time

[ELIZA]

And I’m still not through

I ask myself, “What would you do if you had more—”

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]

Time

[ELIZA]

The Lord, in his kindness

He gives me what you always wanted

He gives me more—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]

Time

[ELIZA]

I raise funds in D.C. for the Washington Monument

[WASHINGTON]

She tells my story

[ELIZA]

I speak out against slavery

You could have done so much more if you only had—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]

Time

[ELIZA]

And when my time is up, have I done enough?

[ELIZA]

Will they tell our story?

[COMPANY]

Will they tell your story?

[ELIZA]

Oh. Can I show you what I’m proudest of?

[COMPANY]

The orphanage

[ELIZA]

I established the first private orphanage in New York City

[COMPANY]

The orphanage

[ELIZA]

I help to raise hundreds of children

I get to see them growing up

[COMPANY]

The orphanage

[ELIZA]

In their eyes I see you, Alexander

I see you every—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]

Time

[ELIZA]

And when my time is up

Have I done enough?

Will they tell my story?

[COMPANY]

Will they tell your story?

[ELIZA]

Oh, I can’t wait to see you again

It’s only a matter of—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]

Time

[COMPANY]

Will they tell your story?

Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?

Will they tell your story?

Who lives, who dies—

[COMPANY]

Time…

Time…

Time...

[FULL COMPANY]

Who tells your story?