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James J Mellon

JAMES J MELLON

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    International Authors Society, 111 N Sepulveda Blvd, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

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below is a list of James J Mellon's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Boy Called Lizard, A         Dorian         Ghost and Mrs Muir         Insanity         Lizard         Sissy Boy         Unfinished Song         Yo Ho Ho! A Pirate's Christmas

Boy Called Lizard, A

Boy Called Lizard, A
This musical revolves around a boy named Lucius Sims. With his sea-green eyes more displaced than most people's and a nose deformed at birth, Lucius, or Lizard as he is called by his friends at the Leesville State School for Retarded Boys, looks and feels like a freak due to his reptilian features. So when Callahan, a shoe salesman from up North arrives and claims to be his father, Lizard takes a chance. Believing that his Father is dead, he escapes from his miserable life at the reformatory and into the madcap world of Callahan's traveling theater troupe and their ragtag production of Shakespeare's the Tempest. His journey with the charismatic yet brooding Callahan is at the heart of this deeply affecting story as Lizard touches the lives of all that know him and in his search to find a real home, Lizard just might find a world in which he can truly be accepted and set his spirit free

Notes:
Book by James J. Mellon; Music And Lyrics by James J. Mellon And Scott DeTurk; Based on the 1991 Delacorte Prize-winning And best selling book by Dennis Covington

1st Produced:
NoHo Arts Cener Ensemble    -

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Genre:
Dramatic musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Dorian

Synopsis:
the story of Dorian Gray relocated to New Orleans at Carnival time

Notes:
written with Duane Poole. Music And lyrics by James J Mellon And Scott de Turk. Based on the novel by Oscar Wilde

1st Produced:
Ford's Center for the Performing Arts, New York    2003

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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Ghost and Mrs Muir

Synopsis:
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Notes:
by James J Mellon; Music And lyrics by Scott de Turk And Bill Francoeur. Based on the novel by R A Dick

1st Produced:
NoHo Arts Center, North Hollywood, California    2005

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Insanity

Synopsis:
Zarek Saxton Hollywood director is making a film that he thinks will change the World. Trouble is he should be making a slasher movie. As there is a sanity clause in his contract - the studio have him committed

Notes:
Music by Scott DeTurk; lyrics by Scott DeTurk And James J Mellon; book by James J Mellon

1st Produced:
NoHo Arts Center, North Hollywood    05 Jul 2009

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Lizard

Synopsis:
Lucius Simms was born with sea-green eyes that are somewhat displaced and a misshapen nose that almost makes him look like a lizard. And Lizard he is called by the fellow pupils at a school for retarded boys. On day Callahan turns up claiming to be his Father and takes him away. Callahan has a travelling theatre group and they are putting on "the Tempest" and it would seem there is an ideal role for Lucius

Notes:
Music And lyrics by James J Mellon And Scott de Turk

1st Produced:
NoHo Arts Center, North Hollywood, California    17 Sep 2006

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Sissy Boy

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Global Truth Center, North Hollywood    24 Aug 2013

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Genre:
Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Unfinished Song

Unfinished Song
the story of Michael told in flashbacks. He was with Beth until he met lawyer Worth. Beth is upset about being dumped for a man but later becomes Michael's best friend. Worth is offered a job in Chicago and leaves Michael. Michael contracts the AIDS virus

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1st Produced:
Provincetown Playhouse, New York    1991

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Music:
Studio cast recording: Triangle 1995

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Genre:
Musical. - - AIDS, full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Yo Ho Ho! A Pirate's Christmas

Yo Ho Ho! A Pirate's Christmas
It's up to a little seven year-old girl named Eve to save Christmas for everyone! What will become of Christmas when Santa Claus and the citizens of the North Pole are kidnapped by a bunch of directionally challenged pirates? This wondrous musical is destined to become a holiday tradition for you and your entire family.

Notes:
Music by Scott DeTurk; lyrics by Scott DeTurk And James J Mellon; book by James J Mellon

1st Produced:
NoHo Arts Center, North Hollywood    28 Dec 2008

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Genre:
Childrens musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  3 girls

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