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JAMES RACHEFF
Nationality: USA
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Literary Agent: Charles Kerin Associates
James Racheff's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates
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Abyssinia Full Mindy, The ImPerfect Chemistry Jolson: A Vaudeville Kea's ArkAbyssinia
Abyssinia Jackson is born during a tornado in Stillwater, Oklahoma at the turn of the last century. Blessed with a gift of song and a voice that thrills and delights the entire community, Abby is brought up in the bosom of the church and under the watchful eye of Mother Vera, a folk-healer. Like Job, Abby is fated to undergo a series of trials that all but shatter her faith. Her journey from despair to wisdom is a timeless, as well as timely, parable that cuts across color lines and religious beliefs.
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Music by Ted Kociolek; Lyrics by James Racheff; Book by James Racheff And Ted Kociolek; Based on the novel "Marked By Fire" by Joyce Carol Thomas
1st Produced:
Goodspeed Musicals, Ct
1987
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Genre:
Book Musical
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Male: 6 Female: 8 Other: -
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Top of PageFull Mindy, The
Synopsis:
bout three community theatre actresses at an audition for an amateur production of an adaptation of The Full Monty
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1st Produced:
Players Theatre, New York
14 Feb 2013
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Short Play and Musical Festival
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15 min play
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Top of PageImPerfect Chemistry
Synopsis:
God - or Doctor Goodman - is determined to recreate mankind. He has his two best geneticists - Adam and Eve working on it. He has told them they can use any equipment except his computer - his Apple computer. the officer manager Harry Lizarde has the key. Adam and Eve use the forbidden computer and are rocketed into the world of dubious big business when they invent a cure for baldness.
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Music Albert M Tapper; lyrics And book by James Racheff; story by Albert M Tapper
1st Produced:
Minetta Lane Stage, New York
24 Aug 2000
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1st Published:
in Playbill 2000 - Vol 0 - No 8,
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Genre:
Musical
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 4 Other: doubling
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Top of PageJolson: A Vaudeville
JOLSON: A NEW VAUDEVILLE presents the life and times of Al Jolson in vaudeville format, using songs that were made famous by or associated with him. From skits and comic routines to silent movies and minstrel shows, the show illustrates Jolie's connection to his times--his immigrant beginnings and rise to super-stardom, his personal failings and private pain and his ultimate fade into caricature. It gives insight into the life of a man who grew up in vaudeville, lived it, eclipsed it, and was more than partly responsible for its demise. JOLSON: A NEW VAUDEVILLE establishes both a context and a modern relevance for a man who was surprisingly far-sighted and innovative-a man who was once considered "the World's Greatest Entertainer," even by his fiercest show business rivals.
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Book by James Racheff And Ted Kociolek; Based upon An idea by John Sannuto; Arrangements And Continuity by Ted Kociolek
1st Produced:
Penguin Theatre (Showcase), NYC
2003
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Genre:
Musical
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Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: 1 Pianist/Performer
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Top of PageKea's Ark
KEA's ARK is an original book musical based on the true story of Kea Tawana, an indigent Asian-American woman, who, through her own vision and industry, fashioned a huge, twenty-ton ark from the debris of an inner-city wasteland. Conceived by Kea as a vehicle of independence from a lifetime of hardship, the ark becomes a source of controversy in the community, hailed as a joyful symbol of self-determination and grassroots/outsider art, damned as an eyesore by the town elders. Her cause rallies international support but, ultimately, she loses the battle to the city inspectors and their bulldozers. How Kea ultimately achieves her dream and revitalizes a dying community has the makings of a contemporary myth of beauty and power for our fractured times.
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Music by Ted Kociolwk; lyrics And book by James Rachett; Ted Kociolek.
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