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TOM SHELTON (1955 - )
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TOM SHELTON is an accomplished writer, composer, musical director, teacher and actor. In addition to his work with long-time collaborator Susan Hunter, he has written a series of successful murder mysteries produced by the Gourmet Detective throughout Southern California, including "Darling, You Slay Me!" and "Stay Tuned For Murder". Other original works include "the Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Jesse James", "the Disciples Undoing", "Speak Easy", and a long string of classic fairy tales musically adapted for the Barnsdall Theater in Hollywood.
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Caddie Woodlawn Darling You Slay Me Silueta Stay Tuned For MurderCaddie Woodlawn
Carol Ryrie Brink's Newberry Award-winning novel Caddie Woodlawn is brought to exuberant life as a musical. Caddie (the iconic, high-spirited Wisconsin pioneer girl beloved by generations of readers) leads her willing siblings in a series of thrilling adventures, not always with the approval of her traditional Bostonian mother. Her father, however, encourages her antics, that she might thrive amidst the new, tougher ways of the West. In a Dramatic climax, Caddie single-handedly diffuses a potentially deadly clash between the terrified settlers and the local Dakota tribe through a daring and dangerous act. But her action only deepens her conflict with her mother. Ultimately, Caddie learns invaluable lessons about reconciling the head-strong child she's been, and the responsible adult she is soon to be. Through it all, the sacredness of tradition - passed from one generation to the next - is powerfully Dramatized. As one wise friend tells Caddie: Families - they're our link to forever, lass.
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written by Tom Shelton And Susan Hunter. In 1935 Carol Ryrie Brink wrote the Newberry- Award winning novel, CADDIE WOODLAWN, based on the childhood of her grandmother. She had collected the stories that her grandmother had often recounted of her Adventures As A pioneer child settling the wilderness of Wisconsin in the mid 1800's.More than seventy years later, CADDIE WOODLAWN has been brought to the stage in An exuberant musical written by Susan C. Hunter And Tom Shelton. This Adaptation had its world premiere At the Landers theatre in Springfield, Missouri, having been selected from over fifty submissions As the winner of A nationwide playwriting contest. It opened to critical Acclaim And was enthusiastically received by Springfield Audiences. the musical has gone on to be produced All over the country, most recently in Caddies home town of Menomonie, Wisconsin At the Historic Mabel Tainter theatre.At the core of CADDIE WOODLAWN's success is A plot that emphasizes the high spirited Antics of three pioneer children, but never forgets the strong family values that link one generation to Another. This sense of connection to the past gives CADDIE WOODLAWN universal Appeal..
1st Produced:
Missouri Arts Council, Landers Theatre 26 Mar 1992
Organisations:
Sleep Till Noon Productions
1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc - New York (2011) >>> 978-0-573-69857-6
Music:
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Genre:
Musical
Parts:
Male: 8 Female: 7 Other: 18 children
Further Reference:
http://www.caddiewoodlawnmusical.com
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Synopsis:
Darling You Slay Me! is a comic murder mystery written for the interactive dinner theater genre. the time is 1928, the place is New York City. It is the opening night party at a swank Times Square restaurant for a particularly dreadful new Broadway musical. With each new review comes a mysterious death, and so it falls to Anthony Badger, food critic and amateur sleuth -- along with the audience, to sort out the patterns and find the killer.
Notes:
written by Tom Shelton And Alyssa Cannan
1st Produced:
Gourmet Detective 2000
Organisations:
Sleep Till Noon Productions
1st Published:
Heuer, 2010 -
Music:
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Genre:
Murder Mystery
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 4 Other: -
Further Reference:
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Synopsis:
Silueta is inspired by the true story of Ana Mendieta, a Cuban- American performance artist and sculptor, whose life ended in a harrowing 34-story fall from the SoHo apartment she shared with her husband, Minimalist sculptor, Carl Andre. Ana, 36 at the time of her death in 1985, was a rising star in the SoHo art scene, known for her signature 'siluetas' -- provocative impressions of her naked body in blood, earth, fire. Carl, already famous as a founding father of Minimalism, was past the peak of his career. It was a marriage of opposing artistic temperaments, fueled by ferocious ego and ambition. Due to the emotional violence of their relationship and Carl's enigmatic behavior following Ana's death, he was accused and tried for her murder. Although there is much speculation about what actually happened that terrible night, only Carl, now an old man still living in that same 34-floor apartment, really knows. Carl is desperate to recover artistic potency, but blocked by a past he is unwilling to face. He is haunted by the passionately 'real' ghost of Ana, equally desperate to discover the truth of her death and, more importantly, the truth of her life and Carl's love.
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Written by Tom Shelton, Chris Shelton and Diana Burbano
1st Produced:
Great Plains Theatre Conference 2013
Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: -
Further Reference:
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Top of PageStay Tuned For Murder
Synopsis:
the year is 1940 and you are in the Hollywood broadcasting studio of KPUT.the "Buck Tinney Hour" is due to be broadcast in just a few minutes, but there is a problem. Join us for dinner, mayhem . . . and murder!
Notes:
written by Tom Shelton And Alyssa Cannan
1st Produced:
Gourmet Detective 2004
Organisations:
Sleep Till Noon Productions
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Murder Mystery
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 4 Other: -
Further Reference:
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