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JONATHAN PRICE |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
Jonathan Price is the composer-in-residence at SkyPilot Theatre and a SkyPilot Resident Playwright. He is best known for his musical LAO JIU, which inaugurated the 600-seat New Drama Centre in Singapore, as well as the film scores to New Line's sci-fi film CYBER WARS and Showtime's drama RUSTIN. His hexaptych opera AeSOPERA is the winner of New Opera Works' OIAM Competition and recipient of The American Composers Forum Subito Grant. His musical RUMPELSTILTSKIN, featuring book & lyrics by Jeff Goode, is published by Baker's Plays. You can hear his music for theatre, opera, film, tv and the concert hall at www.jonathanprice.com
Plays by Jonathan Price
Dead Poets | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Unusual Cabaret, Bar Harbor, ME | 1990 | ||||
Company: | The Unusual Cabaret | |||||
| 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 | #137036 | |||
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Genre: | musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Jeff Goode, music by Jonathan Price; lyrics from the poetry of Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, and Emily Dickinson | |||||
Synopsis: | Walt Whitman finds Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson on an ethereal road. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Earthbound | ||
| 1st Produced: | T.U. Studios, North Hollywood, CA | 2012 | ||||
Company: | SkyPilot Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #137043 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Adam Hahn; music by Jonathan Price; lyrics by Chana Wise | |||||
Synopsis: | Earthbound is a musical drama set on the space station Miami, where generations of inhabitants have looked longingly at the blue planet beneath them, awaiting their chance to go home. Now only seven remain, and not all of them want to keep waiting. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Escape from Eldorado | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Unusual Cabaret, Bar Harbor, ME | 1990 | ||||
Company: | The Unusual Cabaret | |||||
| 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 | #137035 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Jeff Goode; music by Jonathan Price; lyrics by Jonathan Price & Jeff Goode | |||||
Synopsis: | Claudette and her bungling partner-in-espionage Claude are assigned to dispose of an obsolete germ warfare virus. But their infectious charge escapes from its test tube and goes on a killing spree - taking the lives of countless men, women, children, and people-who-aren't-even-in-the-play. And if finding a cure for an incurable disease seems tough, Claudette's biggest challenge will be defeating the sadistic Narrator who unleashed the killer germ on humanity. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fisher & the Wishes, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Historic Blinn House, Pasadena, CA | 2011 | ||||
Company: | Social Arts | |||||
| 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 | #137046 | |||
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Genre: | mini-opera | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Jonathan Price; libretto by Jeff Goode, inspired by the Aesop fable "The Father & his Two Daughters" | |||||
Synopsis: | When Dame Fortune grants a fisherman three wishes, he must choose wishes that can benefit both his daughters, which turns out to be more difficult than he imagined. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Frogs & the Crane, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Historic Blinn House, Pasadena, CA | 2011 | ||||
Company: | Social Arts | |||||
| 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 | #137045 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | mini-opera | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Jonathan Price; libretto by the composer, inspired by the Aesop fable "The Frogs Asking for a King" | |||||
Synopsis: | What happens when an ancient Greek city gives corporations the same rights as citizens? Their politicians are bought off and a disgusted Athena turns them all into frogs. Hilarity ensues. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Gift of the Magi, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Secret Rose, North Hollywood, CA | 2009 | ||||
Company: | The Secret Rose | |||||
| 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 | #137044 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | mini-opera | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Jonathan Price; libretto by Jan Michael Alejandro & the composer, based on the eponymous short story by O. Henry | |||||
Synopsis: | Della and Jim each sacrifice something special so that they may buy each other Christmas gifts. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lao Jui: The Musical | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Drama Centre, Singapore | 2005 | ||||
Company: | The Theatre Practice | |||||
| 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 | #137038 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Wu Xi and Zhang Xian (adapted from the play Lao Jiu by Kuo Pao Kun); music by Jonathan Price; lyrics by Xiao Han, Wu Xi, and Yang Qian | |||||
Synopsis: | A young man dishonors his family by yearning to become a master of the dying art of puppetry instead of fulfilling his promise as a student. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lion & the Wood Nymph, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Historic City Hall, American Fork, UT | 2007 | ||||
Company: | New Opera Works | |||||
| 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 | #137047 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | mini-opera | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Jonathan Price; libretto by the composer, inspired by the Aesop fable "The Lion in Love" | |||||
Synopsis: | When a lion falls in love with the wood nymph Corycia, her father Kephisos must make a difficult choice. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Queen and the Dragon, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Secret Rose Theatre, North Hollywood | 2009 | ||||
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 | #99522 | |||
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Genre: | Ten minute mini-opera | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Jonathan Price; libretto by Jan Michael Alejandro & the composer, inspired by the Aesop fable "The Dog & his Shadow" | |||||
Synopsis: | A mini-opera about a queen, Cassandra, who commands her alchemist to create a love potion to make one of her guards, Adon, fall in love with her. Adon, however, is in love with the Queen's balladeer, Jason. As Adon is sent to slay the dragon necessary to make the potion, Cassandra learns the truth about his love. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Reel People | ||
| 1st Produced: | T.U. Studios, North Hollywood, CA | 2012 | ||||
Company: | SkyPilot Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #137041 | |||
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Genre: | mini-musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book & music by Jonathan Price; lyrics by Chana Wise | |||||
Synopsis: | A woman finds herself in an airport with a delayed flight and two entertainment industry professionals on each side of her. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rumpelstiltskin | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Unusual Cabaret, Bar Harbor ME | 1990 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-87440-314-5 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #95575 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book & Lyrics by Jeff Goode; Music and lyrics by Jonathan Price | |||||
| Greedy humans exploit the kindness of a magical gnome in this fractured fairy tale based on the Brother's Grimm. An ambitious peasant will say anything to convince the cash-strapped king to marry her lowly daughter, even if it means pretending the girl knows how to spin ordinary straw into priceless gold. Forced to spin or die, the hapless girl begs a lovelorn gnome to save her with his magic. And when her newfound talent leads to a royal marriage proposal, the aspiring princess will promise the gnome anything to keep up the deception. Even her firstborn child! Too late, she realizes the only way to break her promise is to guess the identity of the mysterious gnome before her time runs out and her subterfuge catches up with her. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wandering Willows | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Victory Theatre, Burbank, CA | 2011 | ||||
Company: | SkyPilot Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #137039 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | mini-musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book & music by Jonathan Price; lyrics by Chana Wise | |||||
Synopsis: | A video-store clerk sees his movie-musical fantasies come true | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Who Killed Cock Robin? | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Unusual Cabaret, Bar Harbor, ME | 1991 | ||||
Company: | The Unusual Cabaret | |||||
| 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 | #137037 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book & lyrics by Jeff Goode; music by Jonathan Price | |||||
Synopsis: | At the funeral of Cock Robin, four birds (Sparrow, Linnetbird, Wren and Dove) role-play to discover who killed Cock Robin. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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