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Plays for Young Audiences E-News
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January 2007
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In this issue
-- Coming Soon...Huck Finn
-- Music Now Available for Peter and the Wolf
-- Video for Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl
-- New Features on the PYA Website
A new year comes with new improvements, and we have added a lot of great new features to the Plays for Young Audiences website including the new pages 'Links' and 'Featured Composers'. We have also added new video and MP3 samples. Visit the website often; there's always something new! *January script special!* During the month of January 2007 if you buy one PDF script, you get one free! One free PDF script per customer. Does not apply to previously ordered scripts. Does not apply to hard copy scripts. Enter the code JANPDF07 in the Discount Code box on the online order form |
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Coming Soon...Huck Finn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Huck's a terrific liar. A cunning thief. A born rebel.
And no one, but no one, can turn a raft and a river
into an adventure with a capital "A" like Huck. Push
off with him and his fugitive friend, Jim, a runaway
slave, as they confront scoundrels, feuding families,
money-making schemers, lumbering steamboats - and
the daunting Mississippi itself. Along the way, Huck
wrestles with plenty, including his conscience. But in
the end, his compassion and decency make him a
force to be reckoned with.
Huck Finn was adapted for the stage by the award-winning playwright Greg Banks. Originally from the UK, Greg Banks' work as an actor, writer and director has taken him all over the world from Singapore to Seattle via the Arctic Circle. *Available Mid-March 2007* |
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Music Now Available for Peter and the Wolf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In 1936, Prokofiev wrote Peter and the Wolf
as a way to introduce orchestral instruments to
children. Now available to the PYA catalog is Hummie
Mann's bouncy blend of music inspired by the
Prokofiev score for Peter and
the Wolf ; both in
written and recorded format.
Want a sample of the music? Go to the Peter and the Wolf page on the PYA website and listen to a sample MP3 track. Lisa Estridge as Bird and Daniel Charles Dennis as Peter in Peter and the Wolf. Photo by Chris Bennion. |
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Video for Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Howdy Sugar Gliders! What’s new, Walleroos? Have
we
got a story for you!
The creators of Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl, playwright Lisa D'Amour and composer Sxip Shirey, talk about their creative process and where the idea for Marsupial Girl came from. Check out the video interviews now online in the Synopsis Newsletter. Click here to get to Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl Video |
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New Features on the PYA Website ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Two new pages have been added to the Plays for
Young Audiences website; 'Links' and 'Featured
Composers'.
By popular demand, we have included 'Featured Composers' with a listing of the artists who have written music for PYA musicals and plays. The composer's pages include bio information and photos. So many wonderful theaters, schools and community centers have produced PYA plays. The 'Links' page provides an excerpt listing of PYA customers and their websites. 'Links' also lists theatrical resources such as CostumeRentals and magic effects. If you would like your information to be included on the PYA website, let us know! Email info@playsforyoungaudiences.org Sxip Shirey. Photo by Micah Dahl
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