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Joan Cushing

JOAN CUSHING

  
Nationality:    USA
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Joan Cushing's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2021)

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below is a list of Joan Cushing's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Brave Irene         Christmas Doll, The         Diary Of A Worm, A Spider And A Fly, The         George & Martha         Grace For President         Heidi         Junie B Jones And A Little Monkey Business!         Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy         Miss Nelson Has A Field Day         Miss Nelson Is Missing!         Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood         Tussaud
Brave Irene

Synopsis:
Irene has to deliver a ball gown to a spoiled brat of a Duchess. She has to brave the elements - snow, wind and the dark

Notes:
Music, lyrics and book by Joan Cushing. Based on the book "Brave Irene" by William Steig

1st Produced:
Adventure Theatre, Glen Echo, MD     2002

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Childrens musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Christmas Doll, The

Christmas Doll, The
London 1840. Lucy and her sister Glory are confined to the workhouse where they are terrorised by the staff. Fever breaks out and they seize the chance to escape. Wandering along by the Thames they find a doll. Lucy is convinced it is the one she had when younger - she had been telling her sister stories about the doll to comfort her. They meet a beggar boy Nick Button. The doll leads them on an adventure that will change their lives forever

Notes:
Music, lyrics and book by Joan Cushing. Based on the book "The Christmas Doll" by Elvira Woodruff

1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing   

Music:
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Genre:
Childrens musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  10            Other:  extras

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Diary Of A Worm, A Spider And A Fly, The

Synopsis:
Will Worm learn to stand on his own two feet (even though he does not have feet) Will Fly be able to rescue her Aunt Rita? Is Spider getting too big for his body?

Notes:
Music, lyrics and book by Joan Cushing. Based on the books "Diary of a Worm", "Diary of a Spider", "Diary of a Fly" by Doreen Cronin

1st Produced:
Oregon Childrens Theatre, Portland, OR     Jan 2011

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Genre:
Childrens musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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George & Martha

Synopsis:
Hippos George and Martha are best friends. They learn that practical jokes can sometimes backfire and the importance of privacy

Notes:
Music, lyrics and book by Joan Cushing. Based on the book "George & Martha Collected Stories" by James Marshall

1st Produced:
Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD     2011

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Genre:
Childrens musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Grace For President

Synopsis:
Grace discovers that there has never been a woman president. She decides that she will remedy that by becoming the first. There is a school election for president Grace stands so does the most popular boy in school

Notes:
Music, lyrics and book by Joan Cushing. Based on the book "Grace For President" by Kelly S DiPucchio

1st Produced:
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Genre:
Childrens musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Heidi

Synopsis:
This version remains true to the original story, with Heidi the orphan being passed off from a grumpy aunt to a grumpier grandFather - a loner living high in the Swiss alps. Heidi spends her days tending goats with her friend Peter and her nights studying the stars. She is happy living with grandFather alp. Nonetheless, she has to move - again - this time to Frankfurt, to be a companion for a disabled girl, Clara. Just when you're starting to wonder if anything good happens to Heidi, something does. She is allowed to return home to live with her grandfather, and he is so thrilled to have her back, he invites Clara for an extended visit, and opens his home to neighbors and friends.
- Miriam Chernick, DC theatre Scene

Notes:
Based on the book by Johanna Spyri; Book by Martha King De Silva; Music And Lyrics by Joan Cushing

1st Produced:
Imagination Stage, Washington Dc     2009

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Junie B Jones And A Little Monkey Business!

Synopsis:
Junie B helps fix a toilet at kindergarten. She thinks her new baby brother is a monkey

Notes:
Music, lyrics and book by Joan Cushing. Based on the book "Junie B Jones and a Little Monkey Business!" by Barbara Park

1st Produced:
Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD     01 Jul 2003

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Genre:
Childrens musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  doubling

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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

Synopsis:
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Genre:
Youth play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Miss Nelson Has A Field Day

Synopsis:
The Smedley Tornadoes have never won a football match. This has driven the coach mad. Miss Nelson has a friend who could help enter Viola Swamp

Notes:
Music, lyrics and book by Joan Cushing. Based on the book "Miss Nelson Has A Field Day" by Harry Allard and James Marshall

1st Produced:
Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD     12 Nov 2003

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Miss Nelson Is Missing!

Synopsis:
Miss Nelson Is Missing! is based upon the popular children's picture book about the misbehaving kids of room 207 at Horace B. Smedley elementary. When their mild-mannered teacher Miss Nelson goes absent, the kids plan to get away with even more mischief and less learning under a substitute teacher. Much to their horror, they wind up with the strictest and most terrifying substitute teacher ever, Viola Swamp

Notes:
book by Harry Allard Book, music, lyrics by Joan Cushing

1st Produced:
Imagination Stage     2001

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1st Published:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood

Synopsis:
a Swamp Chorus sings backup to the Zydeco-driven score in this foot-stomping, family-friendly musical soaked in Cajun hot sauce! When the Big Bad Gator spies tasty duck Petite Rouge and her sidekick cat TeJean heading down the bayou, Petite leads him on a wild duck chase through the New Orleans Mardi Gras, all the way to a surprise ending

Notes:
adapted from the book by Mike Artell, Illustrated by Jim Harris. Book, Music and Lyrics: Joan Cushing

1st Produced:
Imagination Stage, Bethesda, Md     2005

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  extras

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Tussaud

Synopsis:
Marie Tussaud forced to make death masks of guillotined nobles

Notes:
Music, lyrics and book by Joan Cushing

1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Lyceum, Alexandria, VA     28 Feb 2001

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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