Pirate Musical!, The
- Full Length Musical, TYA, Comedy
- 12M or F
- ISBN: 9780874402605
As fine a theatrical treat for children as you're likely to find on any enchanted island! Cleverly written on both parent and kid levels. Its loony landscape finds infectious pop diversity.
Steve Park New York Newsday
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Description
- Full Length Musical
- TYA, Comedy
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Orchestra Size: Large
The Pirate Musical! opens with the promise of adventure. A book is pulled from a treasure chest and we spin the tale of Hoagy and Shirley. Once in a blue moon, these best friends find themselves shipwrecked in their imaginations, this time on the mystical island of Wacky Tacky Boo. Once a paradise, the island's natural resources have been plundered by Pollution Pirates. The local animals enlist the aid of our heroes in preventing the pirates from devastating their habitat. After harrowing chases, Shirley and Hoagy meet The Big Mermaid, a Seaweed Siren who has sprouted legs in time to compete in the island's annual talent show: Wacky Tacky Idol. By the end of Act One, everyone armed with their own agenda are on their way to compete in the extravaganza.
REVIEWS:
Act Two is a show within a show which enables each production to showcase the unique talents of their cast. Who will win Wacky Tacky Idol? Will the pirates clean up their act? All is revealed in the all singing, all dancing finale!
REVIEWS:
As fine a theatrical treat for children as you're likely to find on any enchanted island! Cleverly written on both parent and kid levels. Its loony landscape finds infectious pop diversity.
Steve Park New York Newsday
Premiere Production:
The Pirate Musical! premiered on July 30, 2005, in a CM Performing Arts Production.
Characters
- Casting: 12M or F
- Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Room for Extras
HOAGY - Shirley's fellow adventurer. A be-speckled, would-be Indiana Jones. (Character Baritone)
ANNA MARIE - The benevolent diva whose alter ego is AQUA MARIE, the Big Mermaid. (Soulful Soprano Belt)
BUBBA - Class clown. (Baritone)
DIRECTOR GOLD HUNTER - Flamboyant president of his own drama club, whose alter eho is pirate CAPT. KING. (Bari-tenor)
JILL - Myopic "Goth" girl. (Alto)
JOE - Russian exchange-student. (Bari-tenor)
MARY JANE - The cut-throat diva. (Alto belt)
PEARL - Local fashion aficionado. (Soprano Belt)
SABER - Local bully. (Bass or Contralto)
SAL - Italian, operatic cook. (Lyric Tenor)
TOMMY/TAMMY - Hip-hopper. (Rapper)
THEIR PIRATICAL ALTER-EGOS
BARNACLE JILL - The Fleet's myopic, eye-patched navigator.
BUBBA' THE PIRATE - AKA, "Jolly Dodger," the French jester who dreams of being a stand-up comic.
CAPT. KING - Self-proclaimed pirate leader, intent on plundering more fame and fortune than his rival, pirate producer Long John Gold.
JACK DUSTY - Keeper of The Piratical Articles. (Either a skeleton puppet that pops out of a treasure chest, or a skull which sits atop the shoulder of a pirate like a parrot, and is voiced with a Spanish accent.)
THE MARY JANE TRAPPER - First Mate control freak.
PIRATE PEARL - Self-involved socialite and Fashion Designer to the Spanish Maine.
TOMMY PIPES/TAMMY PIPES - The Piratical Rapper.
THE SABERTOOTH CRUSHER - Single toothed guard.
SLAMAGUNDI - The singing Italian galley master who uses a rolling pin for a sword.
SCURVY JO - The sweet Ukrainian bug collector who wields a butterfly net.
THE ENDANGERED SPECIES
AQUA MARIE - The Cher-esque, show-stopping, Big Mermaid. (Soulful soprano belt)
CHARLIE BALANAS - The See-No-Evil Ape. (Baritone)
FLAMINGOS A GO GO - Pink feathered dancers. (One Alto, the other Soprano)
Monks - The Hear-No-Evil surfing Ape. (Tenor)
ORANGUTAN RAINEE - The Speak-No-Evil Ape. (Bass)
RITA THE CHEETAH - Caribbean Social Director. (Soprano Belt)
THE PIRATE BAND - Piano/Keyboard, with the COMPANY encouraged to double on homemade percussion, and World Instruments.
