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Don Stitt

DON STITT

  (1956 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Don Stitt has been performing professionally since 1965, and did his first commercial in 1967. He has been featured in four Broadway musicals, four major tours, and has been seen on the television programs the Late Show with David Letterman and Law & Order, as well as the feature film Simon. He has been writing scripts since 1974, and nearly every one has been produced. Don is married to Liz Popiel, scenic designer for the ABC television program Good Morning America. Don made his UK debut in 2007 at the Edinburgh Fringe Ferstival with his musical memoir, the Voices in my Head have Formed a Choir and Somebody's Singing Flat!

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         Babes on 42nd Street         Civil Intercourse         Crisis of Biblical Proportions, A         Doonesbury Revue, The         Fierce Urgency of Now, The         Irving Berlin in Revue         Joy         Kid's Summer Night's Dream, A         Roscoe         Voices In My Head Have Formed A Choir And Somebody's Singing Flat!, The

Babes on 42nd Street

Synopsis:
A lighthearted spoof of the "Backyard Musicals" MGM produced for Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in the 1930's. 60 minutes.

Notes:
Bit parts for piano, bass & drums

1st Produced:
The Little Theatre, San Francisco State University, Ca    1974

Organisations:
San Francisco State University

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Civil Intercourse

Synopsis:
A romantic triangle comedy with a twist. 75 minutes

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Student Center Theatre, Danbury, Connecticut    2006

Organisations:
Danbury Literary Festival

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Crisis of Biblical Proportions, A

Synopsis:
A comedic allegory for our changing relationship with religion. 30 minutes.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Unproduced    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Doonesbury Revue, The

Synopsis:
A comedic musical based upon the popular comic strip by Garry B. Trudeau. 60 minutes.

Notes:
Book, music And lyrics by Don Stitt, (with many of Garry B. Trudeau's comic strips quoted verbatim therein)

1st Produced:
The Black Box, San Francisco State University, Ca    1975

Organisations:
San Francisco State University

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Fierce Urgency of Now, The

Synopsis:
A two-character, one-set Drama about an Enron-type corporate collapse, whose themes are integrity, personal responsibility, and how a friendship disintegrates. 90 minutes.

Notes:
A play by Don Stitt; performed once in A staged-reading

1st Produced:
Homegrown Theatre, New York, NY    2007

Organisations:
Louder, Faster, Funnier

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Irving Berlin in Revue

Synopsis:
A witty examination of the life and work of Tin Pan Alley song-plugger-turned-producer Irving Berlin, featuring many anecdotes amid such songs as Alexander's Ragtime Band, there's No Business Like Show Business, they Say That Falling in Love is Wonderful, A Pretty Girl is like a Melody, and God Bless America. 90 minutes

Notes:
Libretto by Don Stitt And Barry Koron. Conceived, Staged And Choreographed by Don Stitt

1st Produced:
Chi Chi Theatre Club, San Francisco, Ca    1978

Organisations:
the Berlin Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
musical revue Musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Joy

Synopsis:
A musical re-working of Neil Simon's comedy, the Star Spangled Girl, set in an alternative music recording company. 60 minutes.

Notes:
Book, Music & Lyrics by Don Stitt, based upon Neil Simon's comedy, the Star Spangled Girl

1st Produced:
Brown Bag Theatre, San Francisco, California    1977

Organisations:
the Brown Bag Players, Jack Cook, producer

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Kid's Summer Night's Dream, A

Synopsis:
A funny, simplified, modernized adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream for ages 7-12, with a pop rock score.70 minutes

Notes:
Book by Don Stitt And Dr. Wm. "Bo" Westerfield, music And lyrics by Don Stitt

1st Produced:
St. George's Theatre, New York, NY    1979

Organisations:
Artists' Production Ensemble

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Children's Musical Musical

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Roscoe

Synopsis:
the story of the downfall of the beloved silent screen comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, who was wrongfully accused of a heinous crime, was destroyed in the press by Wm. Randolph Hearst, and was acquitted in a court of law, with Dashiell Hammett as narrator, Buster Keaton as the wisecracking sidekick, and Roscoe's wife, Minta, as the woman who stood by him when he had no one else to turn to. 120 minutes.

Notes:
This was produced As A staged reading At the Leonard Nimoy Thalia theatre At New York's Symphony Space. Book And lyrics by Don Stitt, Music by Seth Evans. the script And score may be perused At http://sethevans.net/roscoe

1st Produced:
Symphony Space, New York, NY    2004

Organisations:
EdVenture Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  15            Female:  15            Other:  -

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Voices In My Head Have Formed A Choir And Somebody's Singing Flat!, The

Synopsis:
A memoir of uncommon people Mr. Stitt encountered on the road to "a mythical land called Broadway," and an explanation of why they are now only "voices in his head." 60 minutes

Notes:
Book, Music And Lyrics by Don Stitt, with the exception of the song "Love Makes You Whole, music by Larry Hochman, lyrics by Don Stitt

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Mongo Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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