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Gail Erwin

GAIL ERWIN

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

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

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

         Arthur The Future King         Big Daddy's Cajun Christmas         Cinderella&Now         Frankenstein - The Real Story         Frankincense On The Grill         Gingerbread Boy, The         Heidi         Humpty Dumpty - Putting The Planet Together Again         Little Lord Fauntleroy         Little Match Girl, The         Lost and Found         Nitnoid Wars Part One (The Beginning)         Nitnoid Wars Part Three (The Final Battle)         Nitnoid Wars Part Two (On The Run)         Odyssey On Stage         Other Disciples, The         Part of the Tree: A Story of the Prodigal Son         Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny         Sadie's Last Chance         Thumbelina         Ugly Duckling, The         We Are The Children Of Abraham         White Woman's Blues

Arthur The Future King

Synopsis:
To protect the young Arthur Merlin has handed him over to a couple of peasants. They have a small son - Kay. Kay and Arthur become great friends. There is a sword stuck in a stone - the evil Lot tries all sorts of tricks and magic to get it out

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Emmy Gifford Childrens Theatre, Omaha, Ne    1986

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Encore Performance Publishing 1989   -

Music:
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Genre:
Youth play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Big Daddy's Cajun Christmas

Synopsis:
Evangeline tracing her family roots goes South for Christmas to stay with members of her family. Her worried parents follow her

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1st Produced:
Diner Theatre, Omaha, Ne    19 Nov 1995

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  1 boy

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Cinderella&Now

Synopsis:
Cinderella lives with her evil Step Mother and Step Sisters in New Orleans. She works in a shoe shop owned by Prince Charming. It is Mardi Gras and time to choose the new Queen of the Mardi Gras. The Step Mother has forbidden Cinderella to attend. A woman police officer helps Cinderella out

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1st Produced:
Emmy Gifford Childrens Theatre, Omaha, Ne    1991

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Youth play

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  13            Other:  -

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Frankenstein - The Real Story

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

1st Produced:
Emmy Gifford Childrens Theatre, Omaha, Ne    20 Oct 1989

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Encore Performance Publishing 1989   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  1boy

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Frankincense On The Grill

Synopsis:
Some modern day children are approached by two men in Biblical clothes and find themselves travelling with the Three Wise Men to Bethlehem

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1st Produced:
Community United Methodist Church, Half Moon Bay, Ca    Dec 2004

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Christmas play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Gingerbread Boy, The

Synopsis:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Encore Performance Publishing 1988   -

Music:
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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Heidi

Synopsis:
Heidi is sent away to live with her grandfather in the Swiss mountains

Notes:
Based on the novel "Heidi" by Johanna Spyri

1st Produced:
Omaha Theater Company,Omaha, Ne    Mar 1996

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  doubling

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Humpty Dumpty - Putting The Planet Together Again

Synopsis:
The storyteller asks Humpty Dumpty - who is the World and in pieces to tell him stories from different places

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1st Produced:
Emmy Gifford Childrens Theatre, Omaha, Ne    1991

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Little Lord Fauntleroy

Synopsis:
Cederic is sent from New York to England to live with his uncle in a castle

Notes:
Based on the novel "Little Lord Fauntleroy" by Frances Hodgson Burnet

1st Produced:
Emmy Gifford Childrens Theatre, Omaha, Ne    1993

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Little Match Girl, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the story "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Encore Performance Publishing 1981   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Lost and Found

Synopsis:
Sara is in the throes of a divorce and is seeing a psychiatrist. As time goes on their roles get reversed

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1st Produced:
Diner Theatre, Omaha, Ne    14 Feb 1996

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Nitnoid Wars Part One (The Beginning)

Synopsis:
America in 2050 has been taken over by a dictator calling himself Kubla Khan. Everyone is being injected with specially prepared nanobots to subdue the population. A teacher hides five children so that they can escape

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Nitnoid Wars Part Three (The Final Battle)

Synopsis:
The children escape and get back with the rebels. A big battle starts with the Censoids

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Nitnoid Wars Part Two (On The Run)

Synopsis:
Helped by a small group of rebels the children make their way to Mount Angel. They are captured by the Censoids - androids of Kubla Khan

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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Odyssey On Stage

Synopsis:
Odysseus and his long journey home

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Emmy Gifford Childrens Theatre, Omaha, Ne    1992

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Other Disciples, The

Synopsis:
Women associated with Jesus meet in secret after his death and resurrection to talk about his life

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Community United Methodist Church, Half Moon Bay, Ca    03 Feb 2013

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Religious play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Part of the Tree: A Story of the Prodigal Son

Synopsis:
The Prodigal Daughter leaves the farm and heads for New York

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Encore Performance Publishing 1994   -

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on books by Beatrix Potter

1st Produced:
Omaha Theater Company,Omaha, Ne    Jan 1997

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Sadie's Last Chance

Synopsis:
Sadie has not paid her taxes and is given a house arrest sentence. She turns to her friends to help turn round her business - a retired Bunny Girl and a nurse with Alzheimer's

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1st Produced:
Diner Theatre, Omaha, Ne    Feb 1992

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Thumbelina

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the story "Thumbelina" by Hans Christian Andersen

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Encore Performance Publishing 1994   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Ugly Duckling, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the story "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Encore Performance Publishing 1990   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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We Are The Children Of Abraham

Synopsis:
Three groups of American tourists climb Mount Sinai to honour Abraham. A Jewish group, a Muslim group and a Christian group

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Religious play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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White Woman's Blues

Synopsis:
The thirty year friendship of two actresses

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Underground In The Old Market, Omaha, Ne    1988

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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