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Michael Silversher

MICHAEL SILVERSHER

  
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Michael Silversher's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Bad Water Blues         Birds Of A Feather         Eureka!         Gathering Blue         Indian Summer         My Mom's Dad         Power Play         Pride Of Weedpatch Camp, The         You're Getting Warmer

Bad Water Blues

Synopsis:
Oxygen is disappearing from the ocean. This is putting in jeopardy the singing of the contestants of "American Tidal". It turns out to be due to pollution. Detective Coral Reef investigates. She has some suspects: the jealous washed up blues singer Thelonious Monkfish; nightclub owner La Nina and her accomplice Tiburon

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Birds Of A Feather

Synopsis:
Coyote the mythical trickster comes across a flock of young birds who have not learned fear.

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Eureka!

Synopsis:
Young Martin Wimmer sees the Californian Gold Rush from the start

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

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To Buy This Play:
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Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Gathering Blue

Synopsis:
A young and disabled weaver - Kira - is orphaned - living in a world where the old and infirm and artists are sacrificed

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Joy Sikorski; Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen. Based on the novel "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  1 child

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Indian Summer

Synopsis:
Based on a true story. Thomas Jefferson Mayfield is left by his father with the Choinumne tribe for them to look after for the summer. Thomas befriends another boy Koo-nance who together with his mother show him their culture

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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My Mom's Dad

Synopsis:
Maddie hates the fact that she has had to give up her room for her hard of hearing eccentric grandfather. James an Asian-American friend tells her a story that helps explain how important grandparents are

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

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Samuel French Inc New York   -

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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Power Play

Synopsis:
Alex loves all electrical items. One day he blows up all the circuits. He follows a white haired scientist through a hole in the socket and finds himself in a strange land. He meets some befuddled inventors from history. He goes a mad tea party presided over by an alternative fuel salesman

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Childrens musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Pride Of Weedpatch Camp, The

Synopsis:
Driven from their homes by the Dust Bowl Deenie and her friend Will end up in a labour camp -Weedpatch Camp. They are both ostracized at the camp and not allowed to attend the school. The school superintendent urges them to build their own school

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

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To Buy This Play:
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Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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You're Getting Warmer

Synopsis:
Alex from "Power Play" has a polar bear living in his cellar. Climate change has made the bear leave his natural habitat

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Michael Silversher; book by Richard Hellesen

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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:
Childrens musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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