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Stephen Murray

STEPHEN MURRAY

  (1963 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Stephen Murray has been a performing Arts educator for more than 20 years. His plays and musicals have been performed throughout the United States as well as in Canada, Germany, South Africa, Singapore, and Japan. He received the Anna Zornio National Children's Playwriting Award and won the Columbia Entertainment Company National Playwriting Contest. Mr. Murray is also a director, conductor, performer, and songwriter. He has four children and lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Ruth

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         Are We there Yet?         Attack of the Pom-Pom Zombies         Boogie-Woogie Bugle Girls         Curse of the Bard, The         Edge Of the Nest, The         Get Up and Go         Kamp KAOS         Katastrophe Kate         Legend of Katastrophe Kate, The         Magic Snowman, The         Mama Tomcat's Flying School - The Musical         MGTV         Mother Goose, Inc         Musical! the Bard is Back!         Pom-Pom Zombies         President's New Clothes, The         Rescue and Recovery         Round the World and Back Again         Seeing Lessons         Stand Up And Shout - Rumplestiltskin!         Tortoise vs Hare         Universe and Other Stuff, The         Wingin' It

Are We there Yet?

Synopsis:
Humans are a species constantly on the move from here to there to - who knows where! This revue explores the world of transportation and asks the timeless question, "Are we there yet?" Travel way back in time to when walking was the only way to get somewhere. then came the discovery of the wheel, and things really started rollin'! Soon mankind conquered the sea, the sky, the plains, outer space, and the newest frontier, cyberspace! With a flexible cast and minimal sets, nothing can stop you from presenting this tuneful travelogue as topnotch entertainment. the original score bounces along with songs like "Put One Foot," "Go for a Ride," "If Only I Could Touch the Sky," and the hilarious, "In a Hurry." Audiences will come from near and far to see this rollicking revue - a jaunty, musical journey.

Notes:
This is A musical for young performers suitable for casts of various size And gender.

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Eldridge Publishing, 1999   -

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Large Flexible Cast

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Attack of the Pom-Pom Zombies

Synopsis:
It's the 1960s, a big nuclear blast to the past! School's out for the summer, and the teenagers of Ocean View High are ready to surf, sun and have some fun. their favorite hangout is Barnacle Betty's Surf Club, which happens to be right next door to the evil Ivana Ratnik's nuclear power plant. But ooops! Cindy Sue, the head cheerleader, accidentally gets some nuclear slime on her hot dog instead of pickle relish, and soon the beach is overrun with pom-pom wielding zombies! Her all-American boyfriend, the beatniks, the nerds and a tough girl gang named the Barracudas rally their forces to save the beach from the atomic attackers. A sci-fi spoof of those bubbly beach blanket flicks of the '60s.

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Eldridge Publishing, 2000   -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  26            Other:   5 flexible + extras

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Boogie-Woogie Bugle Girls

Synopsis:
the Bugle sisters have turned their grandfather's seaside hotel into a haven for resting soldiers and sailors. Skylar Schutt wants the hotel for unpaid back taxes and he accuses the grandFather of being a German spy.

Notes:
Music by Stephen Murray; lyrics by Stephen Murray; book by Craig Sodaro

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  11            Female:  17            Other:  extras

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Curse of the Bard, The

Synopsis:
the students of Hilltop High are excited! they're going to put on a performance of "Romeo and Juliet." But the Drama director, Miss Peggy Donahue, pressed into service by a principal eager to please his superintendent, is horrified. Twenty years before, when she was a student at Hilltop High, she starred in a disastrous musical version of Shakespeare's "Scottish Play," and she believes the curse lingers on. Sure enough, everything that can go wrong does. the set for the balcony scene collapses, the actress playing Juliet breaks her leg in a freak accident, her understudy develops laryngitis, and the semi-deaf costumer arrives with cowboy outfits - she thought the show was called "Rodeo and Lariat." Add a hystErical playwright, a stage mom from hell, and a mysterious cult of techies who pledge allegiance to their favorite "tool," duct tape.

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Eldridge Publishing, 2000   -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  14            Other:  extras

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Edge Of the Nest, The

Synopsis:
From the day we're hatched to the day we spread our wings and fly on our own, there are a series of requisite, riotous rites of passage that must be experienced. This collection of humorous scenes and hummable songs explores the innocent squawk of infancy, the terrible twos, the treacherous teens, and everything in between. there are tactics for dealing with those who endeavor to shape, stretch and warp our minds and bodies, like gym teachers, substitute teachers and those cafeteria culinary queens, "the Little Lunch Ladies." From the angst of acne, adolescence, and part-time jobs, to the dangers of driver's ed. and dealing with the dreaded kid sister, this is a hilarious, high-flying adventure. This musical soars with laughter and uplifting songs like: "Happy Birthday to Me," "Baby, Baby, We're Babies," "School Daze," "the Teenage Tango" and the tribute to the parents who give us roots and wings, "Thank You."

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Eldridge Publishing, 1998   -

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Genre:
musical comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Very flexible cast size

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Get Up and Go

Synopsis:
Here is a collection of humorous sketches which explore the world of travel and transportation, and answer the timeless question that has plagued mankind from the beginning: "Are we there yet?" Whether walking, on wheels, with wings or by water, performers and audience alike will embark on a rollicking, hilarious adventure about the human need to get from one place to another. Travel way back in time to when walking was the only way to get somewhere. then came the discovery of the wheel, and things really started rollin'! Soon mankind conquered the sea, the sky, the plains, outer space, and the newest frontier, cyberspace! Each vignette requires a different set of characters or double cast if less actors are available. About an hour long.

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Eldridge Publishing, 1999   -

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Genre:
Sketch Comedy Sketch

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Very flexible cast

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Kamp KAOS

Synopsis:
Confusion and fun are the business of the day at Kamp KAOS, a summer camp that boasts its own 12-watt radio station. It's opening day at the camp and director Wally Schneider is already in trouble: the mortgage is due, the world's wealthiest woman wants to buy the camp, the county health inspector is coming and the mysterious weather phenomenon El Gordo has brought a migration of mice! It's up to the wacky gang of counselors and campers to save the day when Wally eats cheese laced with sedative. This one-set musical can easily expand or contract to the number of actors available. the otherwise rock-and-roll tinged score includes a contrapuntal march, the Gilbert-and-Sullivanesque "Wally's Life Story," the waltz to greed, "Give Me More," a "hat and cane" vaudeville tune about practical jokes, a ghost story, and the rousing "Save the Day."

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Eldridge Publishing, 1999   -

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Genre:
musical comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large flexible cast

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Katastrophe Kate

Synopsis:
Hold on to your tumbleweeds 'cause here comes the legendary Katastrophe Kate, the most dangerous woman in the West! Whaddaya mean, you never heard of her!!? Didn't ya know that Texas has a panhandle on accounta she was such a great cook?! This 90-minute Tex-Mex musical tall tale begins when Katherine, a mild-mannered, Eastern born and bred protegee of world-famous chef, Madame Julia Enfant, must transform herself into Katastrophe Kate in order to conquer the Wild West with her chili recipe. In a steamy cook-off at Miss Lillian's Saloon, Kate also has a little romance simmerin' on the back burner with her arch rival, Jose Habenero, who claims to have the hottest chili in the Southwest. Into the musical melting pot, throw some dancin' girls called the Fosse Posse, add a dash of international outlaws for spice, and pepper with a prying reporter named Penelope Penmore, and you have a recipe for one red-hot, toe-tappin' Texas chili party! the rip-roarin' score has just the right country-western flavor, featuring songs like "Texas Rodeo Angel," "I Think She's Got It," "Hot Stuff," "I Feel Lousy," and "Showdown."

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1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing, 1999   -

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Genre:
musical comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  18            Other:  8 flexible

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Legend of Katastrophe Kate, The

Synopsis:
Hold on to your tumbleweeds 'cause here comes the legendary Katastrophe Kate, the most dangerous woman in the West! Whaddaya mean you never heard of her!!? Didn't ya know that Texas has a panhandle on accounta she was such a great cook?! This Tex-Mex tall tale begins when Katherine, a mild-mannered, Eastern-born and bred protTgTe of world-famous chef, Madame Julia Enfant, must transform herself into Katastrophe Kate in order to conquer the Wild West with her chili recipe. In a steamy cook-off at Miss Lillian's Saloon, Kate also has a little romance simmerin' on the back burner with her arch rival, Jose Habaħero, who claims to have the hottest chili in the Southwest. Into the melting pot, throw some dancin' girls called the Fosse Posse, add a dash of international outlaws for spice, and pepper it with a prying reporter named Penelope Penmore, and you have a recipe for one red-hot, Texas chili party! (A musical version of this play is also available.)

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Eldridge Publishing, 2000   -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  18            Other:  9 flexible

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Magic Snowman, The

Synopsis:
A mysterious stranger arrives at a village where everyone is grumpy, gloomy, and just plain glum. the stranger's arrival marks one of the most magical days of the year'winter's first snow. But the freshly fallen snow fails to cheer up any of the grumpy villagers until the stranger decides to make a magic snowman. This interactive musical offers an abundance of warmth, spirit, and goodwill that will delight children of all ages.

Notes:
Performance Time: Approximately 30 minutes

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Genre:
Interactive Children's Musical Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  9 flexible (With doubling 4 flexible)

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Mama Tomcat's Flying School - The Musical

Synopsis:
A bunch of tom cats hatch a seagull egg and raise the chick

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Stephen Murray; book by Spring Herman. Based on the book "The Story Of The Seagull And The Cat Who Taught Her To Fly" by Luis Sepulveda

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1st Published:
Big Dog Books   -

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Genre:
Childrens musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  4 either sex

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MGTV

Synopsis:
Mother Goose and the Brothers Grimm have been in competition for over 200 years and the friction between them doesn't seem to be abating. When Mother Goose takes off on vacation leaving Simple Simon in charge, the Goose employees go on strike. the only way Simon can bring them back to work and get the company out of the red is to agree to appear on a fairy-tale TV special with the Brothers Grimm employees. But they plan to sabotage the presentation on the live broadcast, destroying Mother Goose's company once and for all! But Mother Goose finds a way to bring her company back better than ever.

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1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing, 1999   -

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Genre:
Fantasy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  9            Other:  12 flexible

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Mother Goose, Inc

Synopsis:
the age-old competition between Mother Goose and the Brothers Grimm isn't abating. Mother Goose's employees encourage her to take a vacation, but while she's gone, Simple Simon messes everything up and the employees go on strike. the only way Simon can bring them back to work and get the company out of the red is to agree to have them appear on a fairy-tale television special with the Brothers Grimm and their employees. Unfortunately, the Brothers plan to sabotage the show! Eleven swingin' but sophisticated songs include "Grimm, Grimm, Grimm," "Vacation," "Frances Flashbulb's Fairy Tale Follies," and "the Power of Make-Believe."

Notes:
3rd Place winner, Columbia Entertainment Company's Jackie White Memorial National Children's Playwriting Competition.

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Eldridge Publishing, 1996   -

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Genre:
musical comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  9            Other:  12

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Musical! the Bard is Back!

Synopsis:
the students of Hilltop High are excited! they're going to put on a musical of "Romeo and Juliet." But the director, Miss Peggy Donahue, pressed into service by a principal eager to please his superintendent, is horrified. Twenty years before, when she was a student at Hilltop, she starred in a disastrous production of Shakespeare's "Scottish Play," and she believes the curse lingers on. Sure enough, everything that can go wrong, does. the set for the balcony scene collapses, Juliet breaks her leg, her replacement develops laryngitis, and the semi-deaf costumer arrives with cowboy outfits - she thought the show was called "Rodeo and Lariat." Add a hystErical playwright, a stage mom from hell, and a mysterious cult of techies who sing a love anthem to duct tape, and you've got one merry mayhem of a madcap musical, quicker than you can say, "Macbeth" - oops! (First place winner in the Columbia Entertainment Company's 2000 Jackie White Memorial Playwriting Contest.)

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(also known As "Bard is Back!"). Winner of the Columbia Entertainment Company's 2000 Jackie White Memorial National Children's Playwriting Contest. the first musical ever to receive this Award.

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Eldridge Publishing, 2000   -

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Genre:
musical comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  14            Other:  chorus

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Pom-Pom Zombies

Synopsis:
It's the 1960s, a big nuclear blast to the past! School's out for the summer, and the teenagers of Ocean View High are ready to surf, sun and have some fun. their favorite hangout is Barnacle Betty's Beach Club, which happens to be right next door to the evil Ivana Ratnik's nuclear power plant. But, ooops! Cindy Sue, the head cheerleader, accidentally gets some nuclear slime on her hot dog instead of pickle relish, and soon the beach is overrun with pom-pom wielding zombies! Her all-American boyfriend, the beatniks, the nerds and the tough girl gang named the Barracudas rally their forces to save the beach from the atomic attackers. A sci-fi spoof of those beach blanket flicks of the '60s, the score explodes with hilarious hits like "School's Out," "Don't Touch the Hair," "It's Cool to Be a Nerd," "My Girlfriend's Dead (And I'm Gonna Be in Trouble)," "Voo-Doo Shoo-Be-Doo" and the dance craze, "Doin' the Zombie." the cast will have a blast and so will your audiences!

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Worcester County Light Opera    -

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Eldridge Publishing, 1997   -

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Genre:
musical comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  17            Other:  5 flexible plus extras

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President's New Clothes, The

Synopsis:
The President has no dress sense and is always being mocked by the media. It is election time and there is to be a television debate with his rival candidate. The President's campaign manger hires two wardrobe consultants. They have a suit that can only be seen by the President's most loyal constituents

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Music, lyrics and book by Stephen Murray

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  12            Other:  5 either sex; chorus

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Rescue and Recovery

Synopsis:
Janie has just discovered that her husband - who is a doctor - is having an affair with one of his nurses -Lyle.

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Genre:
Comedy. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Round the World and Back Again

Synopsis:
History of the World from dinosaurs to space exploration

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Eldridge Plays   -

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Genre:
Youth play

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Seeing Lessons

Synopsis:
America's first school for blind people

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Stephen Murray; book by Spring Herman. Based on the novel "Seeing Lessons" by Spring Hermann

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St Timothy's School, Hartford, CT    2009

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Genre:
Youth musical

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Stand Up And Shout - Rumplestiltskin!

Synopsis:
Can the children in the audience help save the day? They can if they shout "Rumplestiltskin"

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Music by Stephen Murray; lyrics and book by Robert Kinerk

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Tortoise vs Hare

Tortoise vs Hare
The leader of Hare's Angels challenges the Tortoise to a race

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Music, lyrics and book by Stephen Murray

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Freelance Players Inc   -

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Genre:
Musical

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Universe and Other Stuff, The

Synopsis:
Science from the Big Bang to the wheel and space exploration

Notes:
Music, lyrics and book by Stephen Murray

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Eldridge Plays   -

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Wingin' It

Synopsis:
Life from birth to teens

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Eldridge Plays   -

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Genre:
Youth play

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