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Brian Guehring

BRIAN GUEHRING  

 Nationality:    USA
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Brian Guehring- as the playwright-in-residence for the Omaha Theater Company for Young People, Brian has adapted the world premiere scripts of the Newbery award winning novel Julie of the Wolves (directed by everett Quinton), the Newbery Honor Book Millions of Cats, the Tall Tale Heroes and Heroines of Americana Show, Holiday Time around the World, and Sacagawea: Discovering History. Brian's scripts have won several national and regional awards. His world premiere adaptation of Where the Red Fern Grows won the 2002 aaTe (American alliance for Theater and education) Unpublished Play Project. His script the Bully Show was selected for the 2002 New Visions/New Voices new play development workshop at the Kennedy Center. Brian received a playwriting fellowship from the Nebraska Arts Council in 2002. His original script King Chemo won the Southwest Theater association's 1997 Best New Play for Children, and his original play Creating Haley's World was selected in 2003 by the Children's Theatre assocaition for development in the inaugural Playwrights in the Schools program. His plays have also been professionally produced by the Lexington Children's Theater, aD Players in Texas, apple Tree Theatre in Illinois, Barter Theater in Virginia, the South Carolina Children's Theater and more. Brian Guehring earned his MFA in creative Drama/children's Theater from University of Texas at Austin with a focus on playwriting for young audiences. at the Omaha Theater Company, Brian also serves as the education Director and a master teacher , a member of the resident acting company, the director of his nationally recognized teen Theater troupe Pride Players, and has performed in several of the OTC Ballet productions.

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 Brave Little Tailor         Bully Show, The         Creating Haley's World         Holidays Around the World         If You Give a Cat a Cupcake         Julie Of the Wolves         King Chemo         Many Disguises Of Robin Hood, The         Millions Of Cats         Miss Bindergarten Welcomes You To Kindergarten         Odysseus         Old Yeller         Paul Bunyan's Favorite Tall Tales         Sacagawea: Discovering History         Shiver Me Timbers: My Life As A Pirate

Brave Little Tailor

Synopsis:
after the tailor killed seven flies at one go the story gets exaggerated until when the King hears about he thinks the tailor is a giant killer.

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-    2005

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Bully Show, The

Synopsis:
there is a new game show - "Who Wants To Be a Bully?"

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1st Produced:
-    2002

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Creating Haley's World

Synopsis:
Thirteen year old Haley is the only human being left in the world. everyone else is an alien in disguise.

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1st Produced:
-    1997

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Holidays Around the World

Synopsis:
Stories from around the world.

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1st Produced:
-    2003

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If You Give a Cat a Cupcake

Synopsis:
Laura has a new cat. She gives him a cupcake to eat. He asks for sprinkles

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1st Produced:
Omaha Theatre Main Stage    2010

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  1 either sex

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Julie Of the Wolves

Synopsis:
a little girl gets lost in alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.

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1st Produced:
Omaha Theatre Main Stage    2000

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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King Chemo

Synopsis:
Suffering from leukaemia two youngsters use their imaginations to help overcome the pain.

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1st Produced:
-    1996

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Many Disguises Of Robin Hood, The

Synopsis:
Robin Hood needs her merry men to rescue her from the sheriff.

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1st Produced:
Papillion La Vista Arts Network Youth    2002

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  extras

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Millions Of Cats

Synopsis:
Three sisters exaggerate a story about how many cats their grandfather brought home.

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1st Produced:
Omaha Theatre Main Stage    2005

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Miss Bindergarten Welcomes You To Kindergarten

Synopsis:
a border collie runs a kindergarten for twenty-six animals.

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adapted from the books by Joseph Slate

1st Produced:
Omaha Theatre Main Stage    2007

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Odysseus

Synopsis:
a would be film director reduced to working in a video shop tells the story of her next film.

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1st Produced:
Omaha Theatre Main Stage    2004

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Old Yeller

Synopsis:
a boy and his dog.

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1st Produced:
-    2006

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Paul Bunyan's Favorite Tall Tales

Synopsis:
an exploration of tellers of tall tales.

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1st Produced:
-    2002

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sacagawea: Discovering History

Synopsis:
History literally comes alive for one girl when following the route of Meriweather Lewis and William Clark.

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1st Produced:
-    2002

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Shiver Me Timbers: My Life As A Pirate

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