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A Village Fable

A Village Fable

Musical drama. By James Still. Music by Michael Keck. Adapted from the book In the Suicide Mountains by John Gardner.

Product Code: V31000

  • Musical
  • Drama
  • Cast size: Ensemble (minimum 7 if doubled).
  • Awards: ASSITEJ: Outstanding International Play for Young Audiences | The Charlotte B. Chorpenning Playwright Award

Rights and availability
This title can be licensed and sold throughout Canada, the United States.

* Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application.

$10.95 /script

Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

In stock

Synopsis

This is a song about some stories that you've never been told
Stories kept secret from the young by the old
Here's a Village in a Valley next to mountains in the sky
A Village in a Valley where a River ran dry.

An incredible journey of humor, heart and heroes, A Village Fable is a musical fable about three souls who are shunned for being different: Chudu the Goat-Man, Armida the blacksmith's daughter, and Prince Christopher the violin-playing heir to the throne. These three stories weave in and out of each other, intertwining and finally overlapping when each character is pushed to the brink by pressures to conform to social, political and gender roles. Individually, Chudu, Armida and Prince Christopher head up into the mountains to jump. Once on the road, their paths not only intersect with each other and the dreaded Six-Fingered Man—they also come face-to-face with—themselves! Originally commissioned by the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum and premiered by the Honolulu Theatre for Youth, A Village Fable was developed in part with the support of New Visionsew Voices at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and in part with the support of the Sundance Playwrights Laboratory.

Details

  • Status

    In stock

  • Type of Show Musical
  • Product Code V31000
  • Cast Size 7
  • Min. Royalty Rate $90/perf
  • Cost $10.95
  • Approx. Run Time 60 min

Categories

  • Target Audience Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
  • Performing Group High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA
  • Genre Drama
  • ISBN(13) 9781583420553
* Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application.

Media Reviews

"Still… achieves in sound and action what Gardner does in words. The sound of poetry, the unrelenting rhythm, evoke a sense of ancient, sacred rites as if we were listening to our village elders perform a weighty, sonorous tale before a communal fire." -American Theatre magazine

"Inspirational. Bold. Exciting. Fun. Suspenseful. Suprising. Musical. Magical. Theatrical." -Main Line Times

Audio/Video

Audio

A Village In a Valleymp3Download
Goatmanmp3Download
He'll Slay Dragonsmp3Download
Spar! Defend! Guard! Proceed!mp3Download
Up to the Moonmp3Download
No Shoesmp3Download
It Tastes Likemp3Download
Hello Shoes - No Shoesmp3Download
I'm Going Crazymp3Download
Let's Eatmp3Download
Dance Through the Nightmp3Download