Sing Down
the Moon:
Appalachian Wonder Tales
Nominated for five 2001
Helen Hayes Awards, including Outstanding Director, Outstanding Resident Musical and Best New Play
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Well-known tales are woven into a keepsake quilt of mountain lore and wisdom set to old time Appalachian tunes and original music.
Perseus Bayou:
The Search for the Cajun Medusa
Nominated for five 2002 Helen Hayes Awards, including Outstanding Director, Outstanding Resident Musical and Best New Play
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To save the Bayou, Percy must journey into the dark heart of the swamp to battle the snake-headed Medusa in this retelling of a classic Greek myth set in
post-Civil War Louisiana with original Cajun music.
Mississippi Pinocchio
Nominated for two 2003 Helen Hayes Awards, including Best New Play
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A new telling of the rich, original tale of a bad good boy on a journey from wooden-headed selfishness to maturity and compassion, set to Dixieland music in circa 1910 Mississippi.
The Odyssey of Telémaca
Commissioned by Childsplay, Tempe, Arizona
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Inspired by Homer’s Odyssey and set in a world of magical realism, this family musical sings of brave Telémaca’s deed to save her pueblo and her Mama and to find her long-absent hero father and bring
him home.
Lift:
Icarus and Me
Nominated for 2007 Helen Hayes Award for
Best New Play
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Inspired by the ancient myth of Icarus and Daedalus and their dream of flight, this ragtime-Texas swing musical is set on the dunes of East Texas and follows young Lenny as he discovers his wings.
