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| Nun Fun in the Arizona Sun by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. Characters include a singing cow! Whilst there isn't a formal chorus, the number of nuns and orphans could probably be increased. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for six songs (plus opening instrumental) are supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | One-act musical comedy for kids. Single set. |
| Synopsis | A shady businessman and his dim-witted accomplice arrive at an orphanage to attempt to swindle the resident nuns out of the gold mine they're situated over. But they've reckoned without the enthusiasm of the young orphans, and their magical singing cow... |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| One in the Eye by Bill Siviter with Lea Anderson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Since the characters include 'William's Army' and 'Harold's Army' the numbers are rather vague (or very flexible, depending on the gloss you want to apply). Most of the characters are supposedly male, but don't let that stop you. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with sheet music for six original songs (one of which is reprised). |
| Style | An educational, historical, rhyming comedy musical. (There. What does that leave out?) |
| Synopsis | The story of the Harold, the last Saxon king of England who proves adept at dealing with his riotous brothers and Viking invaders, but is finally overcome by William, Duke of Normandy, with his secret weapon... |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Perseus and Medusa - The Musical by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for 7 songs (including reprises) plus overture are supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | One act musical for kids - a humorous treatment in modern (American) English of ancient Greek myth. |
| Synopsis | Perseus has been given a challenge by the King: he must find and behead the gorgon Medusa, and bring the head back for the King's wedding day. Along the way he will meet gray sisters, nymphs, the gorgon herself and maybe even the woman he will marry... |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Princess on the Rocks by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for 5 songs (plus reprises), using old familiar tunes, are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script |
| Style | Simple musical for children. Very simple sets, few props. |
| 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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| Rapunzel [Short Version] by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for eight original songs (with keyboard accompaniment, set in easy keys!) provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | One act musical comedy play with a Grimm spirit! Simple sets (a window frame stands in for Rapunzel's tower), simple props. |
| Synopsis | Rapunzel, abandoned by her careless and greedy parents and raised by an enchantress, is locked in a tower until she is saved by a prince's true love. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| The Ratbusters of Hamelin by Philip Bird (music Isabelle Michalakis) |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. Whilst there is no formal requirement for a chorus, there are opportunities for additional townsfolk and additional children. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano/vocal scores for three original songs are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical play for kids, with an interesting variation on the Pied Piper story. (As suits modern tastes, it comes with a happy ending, though the mayor probably wouldn't think so.) |
| Synopsis | The people of Hamelin shake their mayor and town council out of their greedy complacency when the town's children are kidnapped by they hypnotic piper - assistant to the unpaid and affronted travelling doctor. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Robby Nudd by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. All the characters are adults, assumed to be played by children or a mixture of adults and children (with particularly the role of Sheriff and Friar open to adults). |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music (Lyrics and music by Chris Donovan, additional music by Adrian Watts) for 7 songs plus two reprises is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | A sideways look at the Robin Hood legend! |
| Synopsis | Robby Nudd has become an outlaw because he's too small to join the police! Robby and his band of outlaws haven't robbed anyone in a long time and the women they have brought to the forest are sick of being cooks. The girls rebel and leave the forest. The men go to Nottingham Fair to try and win the archery contest, win the bag of gold and buy the girls some proper ingredients to cook with. The resulting clash with the Sheriff has an unexpected resolution. |
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Salem Witches by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Characters cover a range of ages. Could be played by a youth theatre company or a mixed-age company. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for seven original songs are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Play with music. Structurally in two acts, but of one-act length (that is to say, it could form half an evening's entertainment!) |
| Synopsis | Historical drama, based on the events in Salem Massachusetts in 1692 when personal disputes spilled-over into accusations of witchcraft and the prosecution of numerous townsfolk. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Shut the Door by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for four songs are supplied with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical skit in one act. Single interior set. Simple props. |
| Synopsis | A couple take such stubborn positions in an argument that they would rather be robbed than give in! |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Midi files of songs from the show
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Squirrel Plays His Part by Stuart Ardern
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. The characters are three narrators and lots of jungle animals. The numbers are intended to be flexible, with options to combine or redistribute lines. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for two original songs is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical play for young children. No set requirements. A few simple props. A moral story about prioritisation and co-operation! |
| Synopsis | The jungle animals are supposed to be growing crops, but they keep getting distracted by ants! |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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