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Alan Bailey

ALAN BAILEY

  
Nationality:    USA
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Alan Bailey co-authored one of the countrys most frequently produced musicals, Smoke on the Mountain, which ran more than five hundred performances at the Lamb's Theatre in New York, garnering award nominations from the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation. It was named one of the ten best plays of the year by Time magazine, The New York Times, and the Associated Press. Smoke on the Mountain and its sequels Sanders Family Christmas and Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming are among Samuel Frenchs most frequently produced plays. Additionally, Mr. Bailey has written eight plays that have been produced regionally; he contributed to the musical scores of six of these shows, including the cult favorite Henry the 8th at the Grand Ole Opry. His play Wedding Belles was a semi-finalist for the American Theatre Critics Associations Harold and Mimi Steinberg New Play Award, recognizing the best plays of the year that premiered professionally outside New York City. Alan, a Macon, Georgia native, is a five-time undefeated Jeopardy champion and multi-tournament Jeopardy veteran. Additionally, he is not only one of the few humans to defeat IBMs computer Watson in a Jeopardy match, he holds the record for having beat that fearsome son-of-a-bitch computer by the biggest margin of any player who lived to tell it.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America

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

         Mystery of Miz Arnette, The         Sanders Family Christmas         Smoke On the Mountain         Smoke On the Mountain Homecoming         Wedding Belles

Mystery of Miz Arnette, The

Mystery of Miz Arnette, The
The Mystery of Miz Arnette is set in Oklahoma's devastating Dust Bowl. The time is 1934 when Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd along with their gangs roamed the territory. Out of the desolate nowhere arrives Miz Arnette to rent the room that had been advertised and leased four months ago. With the family farm at stake and desperate for the additional income, young Floy Kate strikes a deal and takes in the intriguing stranger that would forever change her life.

Notes:
written by Alan Bailey and Ronnie Claire Edwards

1st Produced:
Bath House Cultural Center Dallas, Texas    May 2011

Organisations:
One Thirty Productions

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sanders Family Christmas

Synopsis:
n this sequel to the ever popular New York hit Smoke on the Mountain, the Sanders family returns to Mount Pleasant, NC, home of the Mount Pleasant Pickle Factory. It's Christmas eve, 1941. Reverend Oglethorpe has invited them to the Baptist Church to sing and witness, getting the congregation into the down home holiday spirit before the boys, including one of the Sanders' own, are shipped off to World War II. More than two dozen Christmas carols, many of them vintage hymns, and hilarious yuletide stories from the more or less devote Sanders family keep the audience laughing, clapping and singing along with bluegrass Christmas favorites. Richly entertaining, this wildly infections musical brings cheer to audiences eager to see how their friends from Smoke on the Mountain have been getting along.

Notes:
Written by Connie Ray, conceived by Alan Bailey with musical Arrangements by Mike Craver

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, NY,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Smoke On the Mountain

Synopsis:
the year is 1938. It's Saturday night in Mount Pleasant, NC, and the Reverend Oglethorpe has invited the Sanders Family Singers to provide an upliftin' evening of singin' and witnessin'. the audience is invited to pull up a pew and join in the rollicking good time. More than two dozen songs, many of them vintage pop hymns, and hilarious stories from the more or less devout Sanders provide a richly entertaining evening that has audiences clapping, singing, laughing and cheering.

Notes:
Written by Connie Ray, conceived by Alan Bailey with musical Arrangements by Mike Craver

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, NY,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Smoke On the Mountain Homecoming

Synopsis:
It's October, 1945, and the gospel-singing Sanders Family is back together again. the war is over and America's years of prosperity are just beginning. But there's another kind of rite of passage at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, where Reverent Mervin Oglethorpe is giving his last service. He's been called to preach in Texas, and he's already bought a ten-gallon hat and is preparing to ride into the sunset with his wife June, who is eight months pregnant. Tomorrow morning, young Dennis Sanders takes over as Mount Pleasant's pastor. Join the Sanders Family as they send Mervin and June off in style, with hilarious and touching stories and twenty-five toe-tapping Bluegrass Gospel favorites.

Notes:
Written by Connie Ray, conceived by Alan Bailey with musical Arrangements by Mike Craver

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Organisations:
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1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Wedding Belles

Wedding Belles
our garden-club ladies meet a young girl who has come to their little Texas town to marry an infantryman before he ships off for World War II. the women impulsively decide to throw the girl an elaborate wedding, and their lives and friendships are thrown into turmoil as they race to accomplish the nuptials in one frenzied afternoon.

Notes:
written by Alan Bailey And Ronnie Claire edwards

1st Produced:
One Thirty Productions    2008

Organisations:
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1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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