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JEFF LANTOS |
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Plays by Jeff Lantos |
Water and Power | ||
| 1st Produced: | Duke on 42nd Street | 01 Oct 2010 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #119639 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Book and lyrics by Jeff Lantos, music Bill Augustine | |||||
Synopsis: | Co-written by fifth grade teacher Jeff Lantos, Water and Power is a part of a Performing History Program in which students take history from the page to the stage. Lantos writes the book and lyrics, Bill Augustine writes the music, and the students at Marquez Charter Elementary (and former Marquezians) dramatize seminal events in early American history including the trials and tribulations of the Plymouth Colony (Plymouth 2.0), the writing of the Constitution (Miracle in Philadelphia), the Lewis and Clark expedition (Hello Louisiana), and the legal battle to integrate the public schools (Carry On). Students in the program are either rehearsing or performing history 39 out of the 40 weeks of school. At a time when music and drama programs are being cut from public education, students at Marquez Elementary get a daily dose. Water and Power centers around 15-year-old Abby who must leave her family farm to work in the cotton mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. When she falls in love with the rich son of the mill owner, their relationship is tested by her involvement in the nascent labor movement. | |||||
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