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Nelles Van Loon

NELLES VAN LOON  

 Nationality:    Canadian
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 Babe Ruth Comes to Pickle River         Frog Prince, The         Hot Dog         Jamie's Excellent Alphabet Adventure         Little Bird Told Me, A         Little Red Riding Hood         Three Little Pigs, The

Babe Ruth Comes to Pickle River

Synopsis:
An ex-miner starts a radio station and is joined by a young journalist

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

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Frog Prince, The

Synopsis:
A king dumps rubbish down the well - to the annoyance of a frog

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

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Genre:
Childrens one act

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Hot Dog

Synopsis:
The various customers of a hot dog vendor

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-    2005

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Genre:
Musical

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Jamie's Excellent Alphabet Adventure

Synopsis:
Jamie cannot read but he gets help when he enters the alphabet world

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Little Bird Told Me, A

Synopsis:
The High Lord wants to replace all grass with plastic turf

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

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Genre:
Childrens one act

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Little Red Riding Hood

Synopsis:
Red Riding Hood does the samba and the Wolf says "I love children"

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

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Genre:
Childrens one act

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  1 musician

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Three Little Pigs, The

Synopsis:
The wolf has lost his place on the baseball team because he smokes

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