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David Brush

DAVID BRUSH

  
Nationality:    USA
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David Brush currently serves as education and Outreach Coordinator for the Victoria Theatre association where he manages the Physicians for Kids Discovery Series as well as the Broadway University program and Director of the Schuster Center Broadway Children's Choir. David's education and background lies as a director, actor, designer, author, and educator in Theatre education having served as Director of Vocal Music and Performing Arts for several prominent high school programs. earning dual bachelor's degrees in Theatre / Music education from Wright State University and Judson College, David has also directed and written for the stage for many years. Through his involvement with various non-profits, David has championed the new generation of American Musical Theatre creators and workshopped many original musicals from all over the country. Most notably, David is co-founder and artistic Director for encore Theatre Company whose current home is in the Mathile Theatre inside the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center. encore's mission is the presentation and development of new American musicals and works-in-progress His own stage musicals (as librettist and lyricist) have earned awards and acclaim - most notably as a finalist for the 2003 Chicago STaGeS Festival for new musicals for Jim and David's first work Summer of My German Soldier. David and Jim aere also the creators of the Big Picture - workshopped in 2005. Jim and David's newest work based on the final days of Edgar allan Poe - Cognac & Roses is currently in development.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2016)

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

         Anxiety Project, The         Big Picture, The         Cognac And Roses         Summer Of My German Soldier

Anxiety Project, The

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music by Rachel Dean, libretto and lyrics by David E Brush

1st Produced:
[reading] Queen City Queer Theatre Collective. Cincinnati, OH     03 Jun 2016

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Gay/Lesbian, musical

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Big Picture, The

Synopsis:
Boredom and Monotony is a way of life in Pine Springs, Illinois circa 1962. But this summer, the town - and the famous Drive-In movie theater it boats - will play host to a mother and son reunion like no other. College freshman Billy and his lonely distant mother must unlock the secrets of their past one celluloid frame at a time.

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Book And Lyrics by David Brush; Music by Jim Farley

1st Produced:
Encore Theater Company, Dayton, Ohio (Workshop)    

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encore Theater Company, Dayton, Ohio

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Genre:
full length Musical

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Cognac And Roses

Synopsis:
Genius. Recluse. alcoholic. the final weeks of Edgar allan Poe are steeped in mystery. But each year, a strange visitor called the Poe Toaster secretly visits Poe's graveside leaving behind a half drunk bottle of Cognac and three fresh roses. Who is this mysterious visitor and can he (or she) unlock the secrets of Poe's final days?

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Book And Lyrics by David Brush; Music by Jim Farley

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full length Musical

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Summer Of My German Soldier

Synopsis:
Based on the novel by Bette Greene, 12-year old Jewish American girl Patty Bergen befriends an escaped Nazi POW during the height of WW2 sending the small town of Jenkinsville, arkansas into a frenzy and Patty herself on a life-changing personal journey of discovery.

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Book And Lyrics by David Brush; Music by Jim Farley; Based on the novel by Bette Greene. 2003 Chicago STaGeS Finalist

1st Produced:
Encore Theater Company, Dayton, Ohio     2003

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encore Theater Company, Dayton, Ohio

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Genre:
full length Musical

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