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Linda Daugherty

LINDA DAUGHERTY

  
Nationality:    USA
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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         African Tales Of Earth And Sky         Ananse the African Spider Man         Bless Cricket, Crest Toothpaste, And Tommy Tune         Cinderella or Everybody Needs A Fairy Godmother         Come Into the Light         Coyote Tales         Daughter Of St Nicholas, The         Don't U Luv Me?         Eat (It's Not About Food)         Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates         Heidi         Jack And the Giant Beanstalk         Just In the Nick Of Time! - A Detective Red Mistletoe Mystery         Little Mermaid, The         Pecos Bill         Pinocchio 2142: A Space Adventure         Rumplestiltskin         Santa's Alive And Well And Mom's Got Him In the Kitchen         Secret Life Of Girls         Sleeping Beauty: the Hundred Year Adventure         Surprising Story Of the Three Little Pigs, The         Velveteen Rabbit, The         Young King Arthur

African Tales Of Earth And Sky

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Theatre Dallas Children's Theater    2001

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Ananse the African Spider Man

Synopsis:
the leopard with bad teeth and the Fairy that Men cannot see

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Based on African folktales

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Childrens play

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Bless Cricket, Crest Toothpaste, And Tommy Tune

Bless Cricket, Crest Toothpaste, And Tommy Tune
Cricket is embarrassed by her brother Tom's obsession - Hollywood musicals - especially ones with tap dances and the tap dancers themselves - Fred astaire, Gene Kelly and Tommy Tune. Perhaps she can invent something in science class to cure him

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1st Produced:
Theatre Dallas Children's Theater    2000

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Anchorage Press Plays 2004   978-0876024119

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Childrens play

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Cinderella or Everybody Needs A Fairy Godmother

Synopsis:
When not playing gin rummy the Fairy Godmother is out helping her clients

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Music and lyrics by Andi Gordon; book by Linda Daugherty

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Come Into the Light

Synopsis:
a grandmother gives her teenage grandson a menorah which sends him and his family back and forth in time

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Music And lyrics by Andi Gordon; book by Linda Daugherty

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  3 teenage boys; 6 children

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Coyote Tales

Synopsis:
Coyote tries to trick the Sun

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Based on Mexican folktales

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Childrens play

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Daughter Of St Nicholas, The

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In this play within a play set in early 20th-century Russia, a colorful troupe of actors in a small provincial theater is presenting a Dramatization of the Russian classic fairy tale about Snegorka, the daughter of St Nicholas, who braves adversity and saves Christmas by finding the lost reindeer and riding the lead reindeer herself on St. Nicholas' appointed rounds. Sergei, as warmhearted off-stage as on, plays St Nicholas, and Misha plays his sidekick. Irina plays the nervous usher who must "go on" as the front half of the reindeer, with the introvert, Igor, playing the rear. add to the mix Old Popo, the ancient curtain puller who may or may not hear the cues, three little girls from the "audience" who appear as dancing snowflakes, and a half-starved street urchin with stage fright who fits the rabbit costume perfectly and discovers a home on the stage. Playing Snegorka is the star, Vayla, beautiful, temperamental and perhaps too old for the part. When Vayla, in an off-stage fit of pique, trips over a chair and breaks her leg, she is replaced by the reluctant Ludi, the kind, shy, stage-struck dresser, who goes on as Snegorka and saves the show. Your audience will enjoy the Drama, romance, holiday fun and a peek at the backstage world of theater. Unit set - runs about 65 minutes

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Dramatic Publishing, IL, USA, 2007   -

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Don't U Luv Me?

Synopsis:
Things start out well when angela a sophomore girl starts dating the very good looking senior CJ. But then he starts taking over everything - what she can wear, who she can see. He constantly bombards her with e-mail, texts and phone messages. Her friends abandon her

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1st Produced:
Intermedia Art, Minneapolis    06 Aug 2010

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Dramatic Publishing Company 2009   -

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Eat (It's Not About Food)

Synopsis:
eating disorders in young girls - and boys too.

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Dramatic Publishing Company 2008   -

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  3 boys; 7 girls

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Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates

Synopsis:
Hans prepares for the big ice skating race. Meanwhile his family are trouble by the disappearance of their savings

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Music by Danny Ray; lyrics by Linda Daugherty; Danny Ray; book by Linda Daugherty. Based on the book by Mary Mapes Dodge

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Heidi

Synopsis:
Heidi goes to live with her grandfather

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Based on the book by Johanna Spyri

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

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Jack And the Giant Beanstalk

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there is much more to this play than Jack and a Beanstalk. Of course, there's the proverbial giant, but there is also the giant's overworked, over-wrought wife, an aria-singing harp, a golden-egg-laying chicken with performance anxiety, and a blue-eyed stranger who looks surprisingly like Jack's long-lost father. Naturally, there's the village at the foot of the Beanstalk and the giant's home in the sky, but there is also, 10 years earlier, a sailing ship caught in a storm off the coast of Pago Pago ("or was it Bora Bora") with its blue-eyed master pulled mysteriously from the wreckage by a giant hand. Certainly, there's Jack's distressed mother and the peddler who sells Jack the magic beans, but there is also the peddler's story of having bought the beans from a blue-eyed stranger; the Ladies Plum and Pomegranate, who provide the comic relief in Jack's village; and Jack's pals, including a rough and ready tomboy named adelaid. With all the familiar ingredients in the mix, plus so much more, and with fresh and witty dialogue, this will be a re-discovered delight for actors and audiences alike. Runs about 65 minutes

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1st Produced:
Dallas Children's Theater    1996

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Dramatic Publishing, IL, USA, 2008   -

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Just In the Nick Of Time! - A Detective Red Mistletoe Mystery

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In this Christmas whodunit, ace detective Red Mistletoe is retained by the citizens of the North Pole to find Santa Claus, who has disappeared at the height of the season. If losing Santa wasn't enough, the previously colorful citizens are losing their Christmas spirit and their holiday hues. as Christmas draws near, the elves, rather than carefree in color, are glum in gray. Doctor Green, no longer sporting green, is bitten by a reindeer. Purple Gumdrop's not purple anymore! and the costumed children, rehearsing for Mrs Claus' annual "Santa Send-off Celebration," begin to look like they're in an old black and white movie. So it's up to Detective Red Mistletoe, now in shades of gray, to get some answers in black and white. Could the three suspicious new arrivals - Bob Humbug, Fruitcake (Humbug's sidekick) and Holly Wreath (Santa's new red-headed secretary) - know anything about Santa's whereabouts? Do they really hail from the South Pole as they claim? Can Red save Santa in time to bring a colorful Christmas to the children of the world and even find a little romance along the way? Of course he can - Just in the Nick of Time! With easily accomplished costume changes, turning characters from colorful to colorless and back again, lots of parts for children and teens, a mystery to solve, a comedy with witty dialogue and plenty of holiday warmth, this show is perfect holiday fare for kids and families

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Genre:
55 min Youth audiences

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Little Mermaid, The

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Based on a story by Hans Christian Anderson

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Anchorage Press Plays    -

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Childrens play

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Pecos Bill

Synopsis:
Pecos Bill, Chuckwagon Annie and Slewfoot Sue

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Music and lyrics by B Wolf; book by Linda Daugherty.

1st Produced:
Dallas Children's Theater    1997

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  9 children

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Pinocchio 2142: A Space Adventure

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22nd century a marooned space explorer J. Petto builds himself an android - Pinocchio. Pinocchio gets in to all sorts of trouble egged on by Bernard J Foxworth and Delila Cat - who sell him to a Virtual Reality theme Park. With the help of the Star Fairy he escapes, saves his Father and earth

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  10+ children

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Rumplestiltskin

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Dallas Children's Theater    1997

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Santa's Alive And Well And Mom's Got Him In the Kitchen

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ellen Marsden and her children face their first Christmas after the death of her husband and their father

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Genre:
Youth play

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  1 boy; 1 girl

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Secret Life Of Girls

Synopsis:
I'm going to tell you a secret - and I don't want you to tell. the secret is about me, about my life, how it will never be the same again In this honest and unflinching Dramatization of teen-girl angst, a window is opened into the tumultuous and destructive world of girls' bullying. abby seeks to gain acceptance as the newest member of the school championship volleyball team. as she and her team-mates struggle to find a friend, a place in the group and themselves, their jockeying for position is sometimes humorous and often heartbreaking.Invitations are extended or withheld, individual friendships sacrificed to collective judgments, and alliances formed and changed daily as they careen from exclusion to isolation to acceptance and back again. Bullying in the form of gossiping, keeping secrets, using friendship as a weapon, name-calling, exclusion, spreading rumors, backbiting, clinging to cliques and manipulation become a prelude to dangerous behaviors such as depression, cutting, and eating disorders. the adults in the girls' lives are either unable or unwilling to change their behaviors. Though desperately concerned, abby's mother is unable to make contact with her daughter, while the volleyball coach and team mom enable rather than work to effect change. When faced with the consequences of their actions, the girls ultimately resolve - one by one - to change their behaviors. Based upon interviews with girls on the giving and receiving end of bullying, the play highlights the impact of "cyberbullying," the facilitation of mean-spirited behaviors through the use of cell phones, text and instant messaging, e-mail and chat rooms

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60 min

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Male:  -            Female:  10            Other:  -

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Sleeping Beauty: the Hundred Year Adventure

Synopsis:
Beauty speaks to a noble squire in his dreams

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  11            Female:  12            Other:  -

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Surprising Story Of the Three Little Pigs, The

Synopsis:
classic fairy tales - the Three Little Pigs & the Three Billy Goats Gruff & Goldilocks and the Three Bears - begin in their usual "once upon a time" fashion. However, this time things change on the way to "happily ever after" as the pigs wonder what life would be like if the wolf were not always at their door, the billy goats gruff decide they can't face another trip-trap over the troll's bridge, and Papa Bear has had enough of the meddlesome little Goldilocks! assisted by the Voice (struggling to narrate the changing stories) and three Stage-hands (desperately trying to juggle sets to keep the stories straight), the three trios join forces to rewrite their stories, ridding themselves of their respective villains by exchanging them

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Theatre Dallas Children's Theater    2000

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Dramatic Publishing, IL, USA, 2008   -

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large mixed class

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Velveteen Rabbit, The

Synopsis:
A boy's love brings his toy rabbit to life

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Music and lyrics by B Wolf; book by Linda Daugherty. Based on the book "the Velveteen Rabbit" by Margery Williams

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Young King Arthur

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Dallas Children's Theater    1998

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