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Gerald P Murphy

GERALD P MURPHY  

 Nationality:    USA
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Gerald Murphy is a high school English teacher, a playwright, composer, songwriter, singer, banjo, guitar and mandolin player, and very poor actor who has the worst memory for lines in the galaxy. He has had more than thirty plays and musicals published and has had his shows performed in over twenty countries. In his leisure time he plays in a music group called "The Celtic Cats" in his home city of Yreka, California with his wife, Nicole. He has three grown children and three (so far) grandchildren. "I just might be the luckiest and happiest man I know," reports Mr. Murphy.

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below is a list of Gerald P Murphy's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Billy Goat Gruff         Cagic Mup         Death to the Drama Club!         Drama Club Must Die!         Gossip, The         Jane Eyre         Little Bigfoot         Olivia Twist         Princess on the Rocks         Rhyming Pied Piper         Rhyming Storyteller         Rhyming Three Sillies         Romeo Loves Juliet

Billy Goat Gruff

Synopsis:
Overweight goats meet greedy troll. The troll's dinner menu changes when Billy Goat butts in.

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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005   -

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Genre:
Children's 10 Min Comedy Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 6

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Cagic Mup

Synopsis:
Captain Spoon's family are starving. Their cow must be sold. The exchange for a magic cup provokes delight and disaster.

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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

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Genre:
Children's 10 Min Rhyming Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 11

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Death to the Drama Club!

Synopsis:
Drama club students come to the rescue when their wickedly devious temporary principal, Mrs. Grackle, threatens to cut their struggling program to balance the school's budget. The students and their sponsor rally together to give an impassioned plea at the school board meeting. Impressed, the board decides to give the club one last chance, provided they can put an original version of Wizard of Oz together. . .in one week. The result is an uproarious, whirlwind adaptation of the modern classic, but is it enough to save their beloved Drama club?

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1st Produced:
Barrington Middle School, Barrington, RI    2007

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc, 2008   -

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Genre:
60-70 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  12 females, 6 males, 20 either (24-60 actors possible: 12-32 females, 6-26 males)

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Drama Club Must Die!

Synopsis:
The High School budget needs to be cut. The Drama club is under threat from the unsympathetic principal. Can the Drama Club save themselves by creating a production of The Wizard of Oz from scratch?

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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

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Genre:
Children's 2 Act Musical Comedy Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  13            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 26

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Gossip, The

Synopsis:
Mrs. Grey tries to stop a rumour spreading by telling everyone that it isn't true. The result is that the rumour spreads rapidly, and her daughter's wedding is ruined.

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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005   -

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Genre:
Children's 10 Min Rhyming Comedy Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  6            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 10

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Jane Eyre

Synopsis:
The classic Gothic tale of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is deconstructed and transformed into a comedy in this hilarious and fast-paced one-act. Despite a gruesomely unhappy younger life, Jane ascends from lowly orphan to governess at the strange and mysterious Thornfield Hall, where she falls for the brooding master of the house. Narrated by Jane's sassy and spoiled cousins, Georgiana and Eliza, and complete with a talking dog, imaginary horses, and, of course, the agonizing pain of unspoken love, you've never seen plain Jane like this before.

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1st Produced:
Siskiyou Performing Arts Center, Yreka, CA    13 Apr 2012

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc   -

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Genre:
35 min comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  6            Other:  1 either (9-11 possible: 5-7 f, 3-5 m)

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Little Bigfoot

Synopsis:
Camp Log-off is a summer camp for kids who need to be weaned off their computer habit. The camps owners are bankrupt and looking for ways of supplementing their income - what could be better than the reward for capturing a Bigfoot, which is rumoured to be in their area?

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Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

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Genre:
Children's 2 Act Musical Comedy Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  13            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 24

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Olivia Twist

Synopsis:
When Olivia Twist is rescued from the streets, she thinks she has met with a philanthropist, however her benefactor turns out to be a lot more sinister. . .

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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005   -

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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Children's 2 Act Musical Mystery Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  10            Other:  -

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Princess on the Rocks

Synopsis:
Princess Vivian doesn't want to marry the prince from the neighbouring kingdom and is packed off in a box by her wicked stepmother. Meanwhile, the prince is forced to choose a bride by the unusual method of a sleeping contest!

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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005   -

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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Children's 1 Act Musical Comedy Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  10            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 19

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Rhyming Pied Piper

Synopsis:
Rats are taking over the rich town of Hamelin, so when an eccentrically dressed stranger offers to drive them away, the Mayor offers to heap him with gold. However, when the rats have disappeared, so has the Mayor's promise, till the stranger reminds the town of his musical prowess.

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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Children's 10 Min Rhyming Comedy Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 17

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Rhyming Storyteller

Synopsis:
A group of children are bored with stories with moral endings. The Storyteller introduces the tale of the perfect girl who comes to an imperfect end. (Based on "The Story Teller" by Saki.)

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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005   -

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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Children's 10 Min Rhyming Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 12

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Rhyming Three Sillies

Synopsis:
A prince discovers that his fiancee comes from a family totally lacking in common sense. He resolves to marry her only if he can find three sets of sillier people.

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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005   -

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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Children's 10 Min Rhyming Comedy Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 6

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Romeo Loves Juliet

Synopsis:
The time is now and in Pub Verona the Montagues and Capulets are still feuding, only now it's an argument over who wrote the Complete Works of Shakespeare. There's trouble when Romeo and Juliet fall in love, and trouble of a different kind involving explosives and a pick-up truck.

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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Children's 2 Act Musical Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  12            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 25

Further Reference:
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