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Darien Martus

DARIEN MARTUS

  
Nationality:    USA
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Darien Martus's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Agape         Blessings         Dancing With My Doggie         Eternity's Dream         Homeless         Incredibly Awesome Pied Piper, The         Oedipus         Passing Through         Pockets         Some Love         Wedding And the Dance         Yellow Bus 'N Stuff

Agape

Synopsis:
A revue about love with lyrics based on conversations with the singers in the cast.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Barn Theatre, Oakland University    1976

Organisations:
Student enterprise Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
revue Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Blessings

Synopsis:
Life on Skid Row

Notes:
Written with Michael Kearns

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Dancing With My Doggie

Synopsis:
A children's musical realting the ins and outs of friendship.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Oakland University resident touring children's theatre    1985

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Children's Dance Musical Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Eternity's Dream

Synopsis:
In a series of songs and dances, the creator of mankind debates the pros and cons before going ahead with the making of humans.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Roseville, MI    1972

Organisations:
Ascent Theatre Community

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Homeless

Synopsis:
Homeless people try to stay alive on the Streets of San Francisco

Notes:
Written with Michael Kearns

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  chorus

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Incredibly Awesome Pied Piper, The

Synopsis:
the story of the Pied Piper set to contemporary music.

Notes:
This play won the Desert theatre League Award for Best Original Writing And Best Children's theatre, 1994

1st Produced:
Palm Springs Playhouse    1993

Organisations:
Skybaby Music

1st Published:
SkyBaby Music, 1993   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Children's Musical Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Oedipus

Synopsis:
A rock musical adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. Songs speak to the universal desire to understand our origins and purpose set against the tragedy of Oedipus.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Barn Theatre, Oakland University    1975

Organisations:
Student enterprise Theatre at the Barn

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
2 act rock musical Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Passing Through

Synopsis:
A musical revue with songs delving into the dynamics of upheaval and change in personal lives.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Gallery Theatre, Barnsdall Art PArk, Los Angeles    1984

Organisations:
City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Dept.

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
revue Musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Pockets

Synopsis:
It's just me and a baby grand piano and songs I've written that all have to do with pockets: what we carry in them, what we have with us all day, what's important to us and maybe something of who we are.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Hudson Mainstage Theatre, LA    02 Nov 2014

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
one-man, one-piano musical

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Some Love

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Darien Martus, Book And Lyrics by Henry Mach. This play received the Bay Area Critics Circle Award for Best Original Musical Score, Darien Martus And for Best Original Book And Lyrics, Henry Mach, 1995.

1st Produced:
Josie's Cabaret    1994

Organisations:
Artists Confronting AIDS

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Wedding And the Dance

Synopsis:
An abstract musical exploration into the world of love and marriage.

Notes:
Darien wrote this musical As A part of his Bachelor's degree in music At Oakland University.

1st Produced:
Roseville, MI    1973

Organisations:
Ascent Theatre Community

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Yellow Bus 'N Stuff

Synopsis:
A children's musical based on a day in the life of a child in school.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Oakland University resident touring children's theatre    1977

Organisations:
Other Things and Co.

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Children's Dance Musical Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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