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Donna Spector directed and acted in an improvisational theatre troupe in Berkeley, California, in the late ‘60s. Her troupe performed in the Bay Area with rock groups like Santana and the Grateful Dead.


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Musicals


4 A.M. by Alison Wood and Jonathan Dorf

Musical. 75-80 minutes. 4+ males, 4+ females.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

A world full of teen characters, ranging from a lonely short-wave radio DJ to a modern Romeo and Juliet to the writer of a most unusual letter, try to balance their fears and dreams as the rest of the world sleeps.



Alice on the Other Side by Matt Buchanan
Musical. 90-100 minutes. 10+ males, 10+ females, 10+ either.
Middle school and older.

Follow Alice as she discovers the bewildering world on the other side of the mirror in this musical adaptation of Lewis Caroll's Through the Looking Glass.



Alley Dog by Paul Lewis

Musical. 110-125 minutes. 5-20+ males, 5-20+ females.
High school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

A musical, modernized retelling of a story from The Odyssey, in which a dog stubbornly awaits a missing soldier's return from the Korean War, long after everyone else has lost hope of ever seeing him again.



Bobos by Ed Shockley and James McBride

Musical. 110-130 minutes. 10+ males, 10+ females.
Middle school and older.

This sung-through urban opera deals with the tough choices facing youth in the streets of Philadelphia.



Brats in Space by Stephen Flowers

Musical. 45-60 minutes. 7-9 males, 8-15 females, 9+ either.
Middle School and older

When a fed up principal ships a group of bratty middle school students off into space and they encounter a group of bratty aliens on another planet...what will happen when brats collide?



The Buttonhole Bandit by Michael Silversher and Fengar Gael

Musical. 60 minutes. 3-6 males, 3-6 females.
All ages.

Little Phoebe spends her after school hours cowering in a closet -- until she spies a moth flying through a buttonhole that draws her in, hurling her into an alien galaxy and a perilous journey of self discovery.



Camp Monster by Kris Kukul and Sharyn Rothstein

Musical. 60-75 minutes. 7-11 males, 8-11 females.
Middle school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

In this fun-filled musical, a group of monster kids must work together to defeat an evil camp director and keep the world safe for weird folks everywhere.



Day One by James Balmer and Mary Nelson and Jonathan Dorf
Musical. 90 minutes. 3 males, 5 females, 7-40+ either.
High school and older.

What if you could make your senior year of high school last forever? When a group of students tries to do just that, not everybody's jumping on their bandwagon. In fact, another group of students wants to pull the wheels right off. Who will win out?



A Legendary Christmas (musical version) by David C. Field and Michael Silversher
Musical. 60-70 minutes. 5 males, 3 females, 4 either.
High school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

Santa quits, setting off the Halloween Witch, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and a host of other legendary characters on a mad, mischievous competition to fill the vacancy.



Mita, the Magnificent by Noelle Donfeld
Musical. 35-40 minutes. 2 males, 2 females, 1 either.
High school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

Can Mita, a sweet and always hungry termite, save her neighbors from starvation and find the friendship she longs for?



One Smart Pig by Matt Buchanan
Young Audiences. 45-55 minutes. 3-20 males, 5-20 females.
Elementary school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

A respectful yet hilarious take on a traditional fairy story of three young pigs and their battle with the Bad Wolf, with eleven original songs, all carefully written to work well with young voices.



Prince Ugly by Matt Buchanan

Musical. 100-110 minutes. 4 males, 3 females, 7+ either.
Elementary school and older.

What is a true friend? A fun, often zany contemporary fairy tale about identity and friendship.



The Secret Garden by Miriam Raiken-Kolb

Musical. 105 minutes. 5-16+ males, 8-16+ females.
Middle school and older.

A girl who has never been cared for by her parents experiences love for the first time when she discovers an abandoned secret garden, and helps to bring it back to life.



Tantrum on the Tracks by Judy Freed and Marianne Kallen

Musical. 45 minutes. 2 males, 2 females, 1 either.
High school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

An interactive musical for kids about the very first day with the big train for two young train cars, and how they learn to follow the rules and make new friends.



Wild Alice by Jean and Crawford Hart
Musical. 65-85 minutes. 2-8+ females, 8-12+ either.
Middle school and older performers, and elementary or older audiences.

When a young girl enrolls as a human exchange student at a school for animals, she must learn to co-exist with creatures who consider humans their natural enemies, as a common enemy threatens them all.



 
 
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