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New Play Exchange members, read
THE NEW MOTHER
A Halloween Story
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Kit Goldstein Grant
Based on the story by Lucy Clifford
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One Act Musical, Family Musical, Appropriate for ages 10+
Small Cast: 4f
Running Time: 90 Minutes
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Turkey and Blue Eyes have always been good little girls… until they meet a Strange Girl who tells them she has two tiny dancers in a box, but they can only see the dancers if they are very wicked. They go home and try to be wicked, but their mother tells them if they don’t behave then she will have to go away and send them a new mother with glass eyes and a wooden tail. They don’t want to lose their mother, but they MUST see the dancers. What are two good little girls to do?
ABOUT THE SHOW
Graphic Design by Michael Henry Grant
PRODUCTION HISTORY
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THE NEW MOTHER has been developed with Totally Irrelevant Productions, which produced a streaming staged reading in October 2021, directed by Rachel Klein and music directed by Jonathon Lynch.
Previously, THE NEW MOTHER was selected for The Playground Experiment's developmental First Reads/First Sings program, where it received several readings.
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Charlotte Vaugh Raines and Hinano Kuzukawa in the 2021 streaming staged reading, directed by Rachel Klein and music directed by Jonathon Lynch.
SELECTED SONGS
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Hinano Kuzukawa and Camryn Josephine in the 2021 streaming staged reading, directed by Rachel Klein and music directed by Jonathon Lynch.