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Cliff McClelland

CLIFF MCCLELLAND

  (1965 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Cliff McClelland is a writer/teacher in the Dallas, Texas areA. He has written over twenty plays, thirteen screenplays, and a novel. Mr. McClelland wrote/directed his first full-length feature film, the teen comedyOpen Mike Night, and will direct his second movie, From the Dark, in August of 2006. He has both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in English/Humanities and has taught Theatre for the last fifteen years, all of which entitles him to order off of the dollar menu at McDonald's.

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

         Action Maxx, The Stunt Kid         Coyote, The Trickster         DinoSores         Faces in the Water         HalloWonderLand         Medea, a Rap Tragedy         Mugsy and Gretel         Once Upon a Teen         Shadows Grimm, The         Stepping Off Place, A         Tragedy of Clownbeth, The

Action Maxx, The Stunt Kid

Synopsis:
Maxx is a teen action movie star whose ego is only surpassed by the rudeness with which he treats everyone around him. When aliens from outer space attack the movie company he's working for, however, he's forced to rely on everyone else around him for help in defeating the interstellar invaders.

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Organisations:
Eagle Repertory Theatre

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Genre:
Children's theatre Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  9            Other:  Between 6-10 of either

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Coyote, The Trickster

Synopsis:
Dreamcatcher, a storyteller, narrates the story of Coyote, the legendary prankster prominent in Native American myth. Coyote plays so many tricks on his other animal friends-Fox, Buffalo, Snake, Iktome (spider-man), etc., that they refuse to have anything to do with him. When a Water Monster kidnaps all of his friends, Coyote is forced to forget his practical jokes and work to save his friends before they are destroyed!

Notes:
First production used giant puppets for the Animals, like the Lion King

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Organisations:
Eagle Repertory Theatre

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Genre:
Children's theatre Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  17 of either

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DinoSores

Synopsis:
Dinah desperately wants to become a ballerina; unfortunately, she's a saurus! In the midst of the chaos of her life, with her brother making fun of her, the constant peril of Ms. T (Rex) eating the students, and the mammals ready to interfere at any moment, Dinah learns that dreams may always come with a price, but they can be achieved with enough hard work.

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Organisations:
Eagle Repertory Theatre

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Genre:
Children's theatre Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Faces in the Water

Synopsis:
Adam is Everyman. He experiences three different lives for us: a son living in Colorado, a Father in Pennsylvania, and a husband in Oklahoma, all at different times in the last fifteen years. As the son, he has a close relationship with his blue collar mom, Marilyn, a woman who never had a chance for a better education and life but wants that for Adam. In his next incarnation, Adam finds himself at the beginning of divorce proceedings with his wife, Lindy, who cannot forgive herself for miscarrying their child. As a father, Adam tries to instill the same sense of humor and awe in his daughter, Deidre that he found in his late wife. One morning in the lives of each of these three Adams, tragedy occurs. the World Trade Center is attacked, students bring guns to school in Littleton, Colorado, and the Oklahoma City Federal Building is bombed. these tragedies leave Marilyn, Deidre, and Lindy without the person most important to them, and they respond to the tragedies with letters to Adam that they read at his graveside, a response to terrorism and tragedy from three very American women.

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1st Produced:
Texas thespian Convention, Wichita Falls, TX    2002

Organisations:
Eagle Repertory Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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HalloWonderLand

Synopsis:
Alice is in big trouble. She fell asleep when she was supposed to be watching the chocolate for the Queen of Hearts' Halloween party, and the Jabberwock stole it all! Now she has to get it back before the party or it's off with her head. . . Featuring an array of famous Lewis Carroll characters (the White Rabbit, the Mock Turtle, Tweedledee and Tweedledum), and written in an appealing anapestic meter (a la Dr. Seuss),HalloWonderLand can be performed as a non-scary "haunted house" for children or as a short stage play.

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1st Produced:
Eagle Repertory Theatre (Richardson, TX, United States)    1999

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
30-40 min Haunted house play for young children

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  7            Other:  2 males, 7 females, 10 either (19 actors possible: 2-12 males, 7-17 females)

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Medea, a Rap Tragedy

Synopsis:
This Medea is set in the future, when much of the earth has been destroyed by the excesses of mankind. Medea, betrayed by her husband Jason, plots his downfall, his and the princess and the king who supports them. the chorus is a group of modern "fly" girls who hip-hop the audience through all the crucial background information as Medea, practicing the now-forbidden sciences, plans death for those around her.

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1st Produced:
Fred Nichols Auditorium, DeSoto, TX    -

Organisations:
DeSoto High school

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Music:
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Genre:
Full-length Tragedy with music Tragedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  8            Other:  4

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Mugsy and Gretel

Synopsis:
Two gangsters, straight out of the old fifties and sixties cartoons, end up on stage in front of a large group of children acting out the parts of Hansel and Gretel in order to evade the two cartoonish cops who are chasing them.

Notes:
Won the Best New Play Award from the Southwest theatre Association in 1996

1st Produced:
Fred Nichols Auditorium, DeSoto, TX    1995

Organisations:
DeSoto High School Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Children's theatre Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  1

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Once Upon a Teen

Synopsis:
Do "once upon a time" and "happily ever after" co-exist in today's society? To find out, three narrators focus on an all-girls' school, where some familiar characters are attempting to overcome abusive parents, rude classmates, and an upcoming Hamlet test. Moved by their stories, one narrator tries to unsuccessfully alter the course of events by appealing to the Fairy Tales Union, but no one can argue with fate. In this touching play, it is bravery, pain, and love that result in unexpected endings for all.

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1st Produced:
Richardson High School (Richardson, TX, United States)    2003

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
85-100 min Tragicomedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  12            Other:  2 males, 12 females, 3 either (15-29 actors possible: 2-10 males, 10-19 females)

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Shadows Grimm, The

Synopsis:
the Shadows Grimm is a play in verse and a play in the darkness. It is performed either behind a lighted drop, where the actual shadows are seen on the drop, or in front of a lighted cyc curtain, where the actors themselves become the shadows. the audience is asked to use their imagination to fill in the colors and details, for they will only see shadows on the stage as they listen to five narrators do all the voices for the stories of Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, and Jack and the Beanstalk.

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Organisations:
Eagle Repertory Theatre

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Genre:
Children's theatre One Act

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  9            Other:  flexible

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Stepping Off Place, A

Synopsis:
the employees and owner of a singing telegram company are in the midst of a meeting in the World Trade Center when an airplane crashes into it. With fire burning down from above and rubble blocking the steps below, the entertainers fight to devise a plan to escape the building. At least most of them do. One of the group, a clown, is in the midst of a huge depression and has been thinking of committing suicide all day. Now he's forced to choose between his selfish desire to end his life and helping the others find a way down to the bottom and possible freedom.

Notes:
This play was the second in A pair of plays written As A response to the 9/11 tragedy in America. the first, Faces in the Water, concerned American tragedy in general. A Stepping Off Place was inspired by the horrible images of

1st Produced:
Black Box Theatre, Richardson, TX    2005

Organisations:
Eagle Repertory Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
full lengh One Act

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Tragedy of Clownbeth, The

Synopsis:
When Clownbeth returns victorious, having defeated the Ringling Brothers for mastery of the circus realm, King Delvin heaps praises and rank upon his worthy shoulders. However, Clownbeth's wife, the half-cat, half-human temptress Bordinella, is not content. She dreams of fame and urges Clownbeth to kill the king. It's the Scottish play in a circus setting, complete with rubber chicken duels and chainsaw massacres. "Is this a squirting flower I see before me?" Indeed, Clownbeth. . .indeed

Notes:
I was looking for A way to Adapt MacBeth that had never been tried before, And then I realized that A LOT of people Are Afraid of clowns. That's the only excuse I have for this very funny, very strange play

1st Produced:
Black Box Theatre, Richardson, TX    -

Organisations:
Eagle Repertory Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  2

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