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Todd Wallinger

TODD WALLINGER

  
Nationality:    USA
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Todd Wallinger is an award-winning playwright from Colorado Springs, CO with over 150 productions in 45 states plus Canada, Australia, South Korea, the Philippines and the UK. Five of his plays are published by Pioneer Drama Service. HOW I MET YOUR MUMMY won the 2015 Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Play Competition for Youth Theatre. RUMPELSTILTSKIN, PRIVATE EYE won that same award in 2014. KILL THE CRITIC! took 2nd place in the Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence and 2nd place in the McLaren Memorial Comedy Playwriting Competition. Todd founded the children's theatre company Pikes Peak Kidstage in 2005 and served as its executive director until 2007. From 2008 to 2010, he was the theatre critic for the Colorado Springs Gazette. From 2012 to 2013, he was the theatre critic for the Colorado Springs Independent. Todd teaches playwriting at the Colorado State Thespian Conference and serves with the Colorado Theatre Guild as a judge for their annual Henry Awards.

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

         _urloined Letter, The         Anger Mismanagement         Butler Did It, The!         Fear of Clowns         How I Met Your Mummy         Kill the Critic!         Long Tall Lester, or the Fastest Encyclopedia Salesman in the West         Million Dollar Meatballs         Rumpelstiltskin, Private Eye         Wanderer, The         You're Driving Me Crazy

_urloined Letter, The

Synopsis:
One dark night, a beautiful young singer walks into hard-boiled detective Nick Bullitt's office and laments that one of her letters has been stolen. But it's not an old love letter. It's the letter "P," and without it she can't sing, let alone recite "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers." Now it's Nick job to find the culprit while struggling to maintain his sanity in this outrageously funny "play on words."

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1st Produced:
Pine Crest School (Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Usa)    2010

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Pioneer Drama Service in 2011. http://www.pioneerDrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=URLOINEDLE   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy, Mystery, 30 min One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  2

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Anger Mismanagement

Synopsis:
A perpetually irritated New Yorker gets deeper and deeper in trouble after spilling coffee on a fellow subway passenger.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Colorado Springs, Co    21 Jan 2012

Organisations:
Springs Ensemble Theatre

1st Published:
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Genre:
Comedy, 10-minute

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Butler Did It, The!

Synopsis:
A womanizing young cad is found stabbed to death in the kitchen of an old English manor. All evidence point to the butler having done it, so the other members of the household tie him to a chair while they wait for the police to arrive. the only problem? the butler didn't do it. And now he's got just half an hour to find the real killer - while still tied to the chair.

Notes:
Won the 2012 Cheyenne Little Theatre Players New Play Project. [Delete the rest].

1st Produced:
Eureka, Mt, Usa    30 Aug 2013

Organisations:
Eureka Community Players

1st Published:
http://www.pioneerdrama.com/SearchDetail.asp?pc=BUTLERDIDI, 2013   -

Music:
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Genre:
Full-length Comedy/Mystery

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Fear of Clowns

Synopsis:
A clown visits a psychiatrist for a very unusual fear.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Colorado Springs, Co    16 Feb 2012

Organisations:
Millibo Art Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy, 10-minute

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  1

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How I Met Your Mummy

Synopsis:
In this witty, spine-tingling farce, the O. Howe Dulle Museum is about to unveil their latest find-a mysterious mummy named Yo-Wut-Sup-and everyone wants to get their hands on him! A pushy reporter vows to prove Yo-Wut-Sup is a hoax. A wacky mystic intends to sneak him back to Egypt. Three high school students want to use him in their lowbudget horror film. And two clueless robbers plan to steal the mummy, if only they can figure out what one looks like. Can Melvin Trimble, the world's most cowardly security guard, stop them? Or will he be left taking the "wrap"? And why is there, not one, not two, but three creepy mummies roaming the halls? Now museum, now you don't!

Notes:
Won the 2015 Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Play Competition for Youth Theatre

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1st Published:
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Genre:
Full-length Farce

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Kill the Critic!

Synopsis:
On the night of his Broadway debut, an impulsive young actor kidnaps New York City's most powerful theatre critic to prevent him from writing a bad review and ends up accidentally killing him.

Notes:
Took 2nd place in the 2013 McLaren Memorial Comedy Playwriting Competition. Took 2nd place in the 2013 Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence

1st Produced:
Tri-Lakes Center For The Arts, Palmer Lake, Co, Usa    28 Jun 2013

Organisations:
Black Box Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Full-length Farce

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Long Tall Lester, or the Fastest Encyclopedia Salesman in the West

Synopsis:
Notorious outlaw Billy Black is back in town, causing the sheriff to head for the hills. How will the Mayor find a replacement before Billy appears, guns ablazing? Simple! Choose the first person who walks through the door. Unfortunately, the first person turns out to be Lester McChester, encyclopedia salesman. Can Lester stop the notorious outlaw? Will he even try? Or will he merely "throw the book" at him? Audiences of all ages will love this hilarious sendup of classic westerns.

Notes:
won the New Rocky Mountain Voices 2011 Competition

1st Produced:
Frontier Elementary School, Colorado Springs, Co    2006

Organisations:
Pikes Peak KidStage

1st Published:
Pioneer Drama Service, 2012. http://www.pioneerDrama.com/SearchDetail.asp?pc=LONGTALLLE&id=3   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy, Western, 30 min One Act

Parts:
Male:  3-6            Female:  2-5            Other:  -

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Million Dollar Meatballs

Synopsis:
Two bumbling jewel thieves are on the run from the cops when they duck into Chez Monyeu, a restaurant so bad no one has ever eaten there before (unless you count the mice). And that's just the start of their problems. Not only has Chez Monyeu's chef just quit, but the city's most powerful restaurant critic is about to arrive. In desperation, the restaurant's owner, mistaking the thieves for famous French chefs, insist that they make their Million Dollar Meatballs for the tough-minded critic. Insanity ensues as the pair try to keep up the ruse while hunting for the seven priceless diamonds they lost. Will the thieves get away with their crime? Where could the diamonds have gone? And why are the meatballs so crunchy?

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1st Produced:
Discovery Canyon Campus High School, Colorado Springs, Co    23 Oct 2014

Organisations:
DCC Theatre

1st Published:
Pioneer Drama Service, 2015. http://www.pioneerdrama.com/SearchDetail.asp?pc=MILLIONDOL   -

Music:
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Genre:
Full-length Farce

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  4

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Rumpelstiltskin, Private Eye

Synopsis:
Fairytale Land has been hit by a crime wave. The Three Bears' home was broken into. The Three Little Pigs' homes were destroyed. Now Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother is missing. Could an evil mastermind be behind them all? Only hard-boiled detective Rumpelstiltskin and his wise-cracking partner Ugly Duckling can solve this wacky case.

Notes:
Won the 2014 Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Play Competition for Youth Theatre

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Pioneer Drama Service, 2015   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy, 60-minute

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  11            Other:  12

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Wanderer, The

Synopsis:
A harried businessman attempts to reconnect with his Father after the old man is arrested for an unlikely crime.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Oakland, Ca    12 Oct 2012

Organisations:
Pan Theater

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama, 10-minute

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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You're Driving Me Crazy

Synopsis:
A collection of plays featuring some of the most outrageous driving lessons ever.

Notes:
Won the Director's Choice Award, 2014 Short + Sweet Theatre Festival, Canberra, Australia

1st Produced:
Newburgh Free Academy, Newburgh, NY, Usa    05 Jun 2012

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy, four 10-minute plays

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  8            Other:  -

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