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Gordon Leary

GORDON LEARY  

 Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of Gordon Leary's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Across The River         Cheer Wars         Debbies, The         Disappeared, The         One-Man Show         Pregnancy Pact         Sled Ride

Across The River

Synopsis:
The summer of 1969 Tranquil Nelson strikes up a friendship with a boy from across the river - the polluted Cuyahoga. A fantastical journey takes them across a burning river and to the Moon with Neil Armstrong

Notes:
Music by Hyun Rim Kim; lyrics and book by Gordon Leary

1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at New York University    2007

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Cheer Wars

Synopsis:
Halle Bolingbroke is heir to a cheer leading team coached by her mother. Her mother had devoted her life to the team and to teaching Halle everything about cheerleading - but Halle had no aptitude for it. A rival team arrives back from exile led by Nuella Percy and her daughter is a cheerleading machine

Notes:
Music Karlan Judd; lyrics and book Gordon Leary. Inspired by "Henry IV Part One" by William Shakespeare

1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at New York University    2008

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  9            Other:  -

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Debbies, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Ryan Scott Oliver; lyrics by Gordon Leary; book by Gordon Leary. Based on the short story by Angus Oblong

1st Produced:
-    2005

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Ten minute musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Disappeared, The

Synopsis:
A mother mourns for her children

Notes:
Music by Julia Meinwald; lyrics and book by Gordon Leary. Based on "Antigone" by Sophocles

1st Produced:
-    2008

Organisations:
Prospect Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One act musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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One-Man Show

Synopsis:
John wakes from a coma to find himself center stage at the legendary East Village cabaret, Joe's Pub. His dying wish has been granted-he will finally star in his own one-man show. Confronted with just one hour to live, John dances and sings to the point of diminishing returns. Two caregivers and a disembodied frontal lobe-cum-pianist provide the entertainment. Expect Joseph Papp, Ginger Rogers, The Wooster Group, Nichols and May, andy Warhol, dissociative identity disorder, and the First Lady of the One-Man Show, Tony award-winner Elaine Stritch, all to enter the fray.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
author John Heginbotham; Music & Lyrics By Julia Meinwald & Gordon Leary; Choreographed By John Heginbotham

1st Produced:

Organisations:
DanceNOW [NYC]

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Pregnancy Pact

Synopsis:
Maddie who is fifteen has three devoted friends. When Maddie discovers she is pregnant the friends want to get pregnant too. They want to all live together and bring up their babies together. But then other girls hear about their plans and want to join them

Notes:
Music by Julia Meinwald; lyrics and book by Gordon Leary

1st Produced:
Weston Playhouse, Weston, VT    2012

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Sled Ride

Synopsis:
Fifteen year old Matt goes to live with Zeena and her 13 year old son Ethan. The boys form a close friendship that Zeena is determined to break

Notes:
Music by Aravind Sreenivasan; lyrics and book by Rochelle Bright; Gordon Leary. Based on "Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton

1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at New York University    2006

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:
One act musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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