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LIZ PETERSON
Nationality: USA
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Liz Peterson, a native of Illinois, is a lover of words and music. She has taught English at the junior high through university levels and has written textbooks, poetry, short stories, one novel and three musicals. Currently, she tutors, studies piano and music composition, plays the recorder, sings in choirs and writes melodies to poems by her favorite poets. In her spare time she golfs, sails, swims, babysits with her grandchildren, plays bridge and travels with her husband. She is proud that her musical version of The Wind in the Willows has been performed in 22 states and New Zealand, with frequent productions in Illinois and California. She is sorry to say that her acting career began and ended with the part of Mrs. Moorehen in The Wind in the Willows. Her daughters say she's good but sounds too much like a teacher.
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Grandpa Ben Three Men in a Boat Wind in the Willows, TheGrandpa Ben
Synopsis:
Ben Franklin, at 81, would rather instruct, enlighten, and play with his grandchildren than go to the State House and sort out the Constitutional Convention. The situation is urgent because the large-state men and the small-state men are at each other's throats and if they can't reach an agreement, there will be no United States. Ben's daughter Sally enlists the children to help their recalcitrant grandpa get out of the bathtub, get dressed, do his exercises, eat his breakfast, and get on with the important business of making a nation.
Notes:
Book by Liz Peterson, music and lyrics by Liz Peterson and Jill Darrow. Parts: 10, including two young children. Ben should be played by a competent, mature actor between the ages of 16 and 81.
1st Produced:
Swarthmore, PA Jan 1983
Organisations:
The Young People's Theater Workshop, Swarthmore, PA (Sponsored by The Players Club of Swarthmore)
1st Published:
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Music:
Piano/vocal score
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Genre:
Children's Musical
Parts:
Male: 7 Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PageThree Men in a Boat
Synopsis:
In this adaptation of Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat, three young English bachelors, convinced that their health is failing them, decide to spend a fortnight on the River Thames in a double-sculling skiff. They look forward to rest, relaxation, and the simple joys of camping life, but find that their holiday is fraught with all sorts of (for them) mind-boggling frustrations.
Notes:
Music, lyrics, and book by Liz Peterson
1st Produced:
Philadelphia, PA May 1991
Organisations:
Climax Theatre
1st Published:
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Music:
Music: Piano/vocal score
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Genre:
Musical
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 1 Other: doubling
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Top of PageWind in the Willows, The
Synopsis:
The wealthy, spoiled and wildly enthusiastic Mr. Toad of Toad Hall takes up a new hobby-motorcars-and terrorizes the once-peaceful English countryside along the Thames. His friends, Rat, Badger and Mole, try to talk sense to him without success. As a last resort, they lock him in his bedroom. He escapes and "borrows" a motorcar without asking-then the big trouble starts!
Notes:
Music, lyrics, and book by Liz Peterson. Concert version available too. Based on the novel "The Wind In The Willows" by Kenneth Grahame
1st Produced:
Winnetka, IL 1985
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Coach House Press, Morton Grove, IL, 1984; subsequently published by Anchorage Press, Inc. New Orleans, LA, 1993; currently published by Dramatic Publishing, Woodstock, IL, 2011 -
Music:
Piano/vocal score with one piano/alto recorder duet. Synthesizer accompaniment CD available from playwright.
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Genre:
Family Musical
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: 9 to 40+, of either gender
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