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Richard Hellesen

RICHARD HELLESEN

  (1956 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Graham Agency  represented by Earl Graham

Richard Hellesen (born 1956) is a West Coast playwright. His works have been performed by regional Theater companies including South Coast Repertory in Orange County, California, the LA Rep (Los Angeles Repertory Company), the Denver Center Theatre Company, Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC, City Theatre in Miami, Florida, and GEva Theatre in Rochester, New York. A California resident, the playwright has served on the faculty of California State University, Fullerton and American River College, and has been a resident artist at the William Inge Center for the Arts in Independence, Kansas. He received the Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwriting Award from the National Theatre Conference in 1998. His 1987 musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, written with composer David de Berry, may be Hellesen's most widely produced work.- http://en.wikipediA.org/wiki/Richard_Hellesen

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

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         4/100Ths         All She Wrote         And So Goodbye         Bad Water Blues         Birdman         Birds Of A Feather         cappella, A         Christmas Carol, A         Communique         Compelled         Counting Ninas         Couvade         Cyrano De Bergerac         Dos Corazones         Drive In         Emperor's New Clothes, The         Eureka!         Face2Face         Gathering Blue         Gift Rap         Indian Summer         Johnny Tremain         Kingdom         Last of the Red Hat Mamas         Layin' Off The Lizard-Boy         Moonshadow         My Mom's Dad         Necessary Sacrifices         Octopus         Old Lace         Once In Arden         One Destiny         Power Play         Pride Of Weedpatch Camp, The         Road From Appomattox, The         Speedy And Public Trial         Teardown         Trashed!         Twelve Dancing Princesses         Untamed!         Wind In the Willows, The         You're Getting Warmer

4/100Ths

Synopsis:
Ad man Denny wants to score with Olympic winner Shelia but things change on a photographic shoot

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All She Wrote

Synopsis:
A film story analysist, Danny, has hit middle age and his career is in the doldrums. He buys a box of books at a garage sale in the hopes of finding something he can put forward as an idea for a film. In the box is the diary of a young woman who comes to Los Angeles, falls in love, gets pregnant and is abandoned. Then all she wrote starts spilling over into Danny's work and marriage. Friends turn out not to be who he thought they as - as does the diary writer

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Drama

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And So Goodbye

Synopsis:
In St Louis in the 1930s a young woman writes her wandering brother to say she has made it possible for him to return home

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Bad Water Blues

Synopsis:
Oxygen is disappearing from the ocean. This is putting in jeopardy the singing of the contestants of "American Tidal". It turns out to be due to pollution. Detective Coral Reef investigates. She has some suspects: the jealous washed up blues singer Thelonious Monkfish; nightclub owner La Nina and her accomplice Tiburon

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Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

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-     2001

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Birdman

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-     2005

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Birds Of A Feather

Synopsis:
Coyote the mythical trickster comes across a flock of young birds who have not learned fear.

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Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

1st Produced:
-     1995

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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cappella, A

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-     1994

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Christmas Carol, A

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Based on "a Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Music And lyrics by David de Berry; book by Richard Hellesen. Based on "a Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens

1st Produced:
-     1987

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Genre:
Musical adaptation

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Communique

Synopsis:
Socialite Deborah thought she had escaped her notorious past as an urban terrorist. But a friend from that time is threatening to go to the media

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-     2001

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Compelled

Synopsis:
A playwright has her play turned down. She feels that the play has not only been rejected but she has been discriminated against. She turns to a lawyer to take her case to court

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Drama

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Counting Ninas

Synopsis:
Peter has written the book for a Broadway musical. After the opening he goes to the hotel room of his long time friend and the composer of the musical, Michael. Michael had be able to attend the rehearsals but is too ill with AIDS to attend the first night

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1st Produced:
-     1998

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Genre:
AIDS one act

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Couvade

Synopsis:
Nate's wife is in labour. Nate suffering from sympathy pains has gone to the mens room where he gets help from another father

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1st Produced:
-     1987

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Cyrano De Bergerac

Synopsis:
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Original Playwright - edmond Rostand

1st Produced:
-     1998

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Dos Corazones

Synopsis:
Two women share a room in the maternity hospital. One feeling depressed after childbirth pours her heart out to the other before realising that the other woman can only speak Spanish

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1st Produced:
-     1994

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the Best 10-Minute Plays Of 2012. Published by Smith and Kraus, Inc.    -

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Drive In

Synopsis:
At the outdoor theatre. A shy and inexperienced teen has taken a girl who does have experience. Two girls who are dateless but don't mind. Three swaggering guys out to just have fun

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1st Produced:
-     1976

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Emperor's New Clothes, The

Synopsis:
Two conmen - one who never talks and one wisecracking and has lots of one-liners. They go to the Empire of Abalona where they learn that the Emperor is obsessed with clothes

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Based on the story by Hans Christian Anderson

1st Produced:
-     2006

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Eureka!

Synopsis:
Young Martin Wimmer sees the Californian Gold Rush from the start

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Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

1st Produced:
-     2006

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Face2Face

Synopsis:
Benno's friends reject him because of his face. He goes in search of what might be an acceptable one. He meets a Master and Servant they tell him to dislike himself. He then meets a Bully who tells him that if you cannot be liked make them fear you

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1st Produced:
-     1991

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc New York   -

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Genre:
Youth play

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Gathering Blue

Synopsis:
A young and disabled weaver - Kira - is orphaned - living in a world where the old and infirm and artists are sacrificed

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Music and lyrics by Joy Sikorski; Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen. Based on the novel "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

1st Produced:
-     2008

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  1 child

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Gift Rap

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1st Produced:
-     1990

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Indian Summer

Synopsis:
Based on a true story. Thomas Jefferson Mayfield is left by his father with the Choinumne tribe for them to look after for the summer. Thomas befriends another boy Koo-nance who together with his mother show him their culture

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Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

1st Produced:
-     2003

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Johnny Tremain

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1st Produced:
-     2007

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Kingdom

Synopsis:
A designer is asked to redesign a theme park. He is overjoyed - then he meets a single mother and her child who live in a run down motel on the fringe of the theme park

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1st Produced:
Center Theatre, Denver, Co     1999

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  1 child

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Last of the Red Hat Mamas

Synopsis:
Liz is about to turn fifty and it is not something she is looking forward to. Her older sister wants her to join the Red Hat Society and have some fun and friendship

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Short play

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Layin' Off The Lizard-Boy

Synopsis:
Trouble at the freak show. The World of Exotic Wonders has come to the end of the road. For the owner Moses it has been his life. To force him to give it all up his wife the Fat Lady has gone on a diet. That just leaves one other live attraction Bobby the Lizard-Boy and he has to be let go

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1st Produced:
-     1997

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  1 voice female

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Moonshadow

Synopsis:
deals with the Viet Nam War

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1st Produced:
Philadelphia Festival Theatre     1991

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1st Published:
In Philadelphia Enquirer, 5/11/91   -

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My Mom's Dad

Synopsis:
Maddie hates the fact that she has had to give up her room for her hard of hearing eccentric grandfather. James an Asian-American friend tells her a story that helps explain how important grandparents are

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Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

1st Produced:
-     1993

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc New York   -

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Genre:
Musical

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Necessary Sacrifices

Synopsis:
explores the two documented encounters between Frederick Douglass and abraham Lincoln during a period of national crisis. During the summers of 1863 and 1864, Douglass challenges Lincoln to use his power as president to bring truth to America's founding ideal that all men are created equal.

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1st Produced:
Ford's Theatre, 511 Tenth Street, N.W. Washington, Dc     25 Jan 2012

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Genre:
biographical Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  volinist

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Octopus

Synopsis:
A battle between wheat famers and the railroad operators who want their land

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Based on the novel "Octopus" by Frank Norris

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Old Lace

Synopsis:
Elaine is very old and wheelchair bound. She has nothing but her memories. She remembers the elderly aunts of her husband. They gave her a lot of crystal and a bottle of elderberry wine and arsenic

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Once In Arden

Synopsis:
Shakespearean actress Helena Modjeska is persuaded out of retirement for one last performance

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1st Produced:
-     1990

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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One Destiny

Synopsis:
At the time Abraham Lincoln was being assassinated actor Harry Hawk was on stage. The theatre owner Harry Ford was in the box office counting the receipts. A week later they meet at the now closed theatre and discuss whether there was anything they could have done to have prevented the assassination

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1st Produced:
-     2006

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Power Play

Synopsis:
Alex loves all electrical items. One day he blows up all the circuits. He follows a white haired scientist through a hole in the socket and finds himself in a strange land. He meets some befuddled inventors from history. He goes a mad tea party presided over by an alternative fuel salesman

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Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

1st Produced:
-     2002

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Pride Of Weedpatch Camp, The

Synopsis:
Driven from their homes by the Dust Bowl Deenie and her friend Will end up in a labour camp -Weedpatch Camp. They are both ostracized at the camp and not allowed to attend the school. The school superintendent urges them to build their own school

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

1st Produced:
-     2004

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Road From Appomattox, The

Synopsis:
The day after the surrender at Appomattox - April 10th 1865 General Ulysses S Grant and General Robert E Lee meet

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1st Produced:
Tour By The Ford Theatre    

Organisations:
education@fords.org

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Speedy And Public Trial

Synopsis:
Joseph K is arrested one morning by government agents. They seize his computer and mobile phone. He is rushed through the justice system - but no one will tell him what he has done wrong

Notes:
Based on "the Trial" by Franz Kafka

1st Produced:
-     2004

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Teardown

Synopsis:
Jeff has made it big - now he sells up to build the house of his dreams. He buys a run down ranch house from an elderly couple and have in demolished. Steve his best friend is an architect and is designing the house. The elderly couple go to see Steve and he discovers a dark secret

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1st Produced:
-     2001

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

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Trashed!

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1995

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Twelve Dancing Princesses

Synopsis:
Where do the princesses go at night?

Notes:
Based on A story by the Brothers Grimm

1st Produced:
-     1990

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French In New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  13            Other:  extras

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Untamed!

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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1998

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Wind In the Willows, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the book by Kenneth Grahame

1st Produced:
-     2004

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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You're Getting Warmer

Synopsis:
Alex from "Power Play" has a polar bear living in his cellar. Climate change has made the bear leave his natural habitat

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

1st Produced:
-     2008

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

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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