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"QUEER stories with song, mime & dance... and lots of DRAG!"
KEY to voice types: C: coloratura or high soprano; S: soprano; M: mezzo-soprano; A: alto;
Ct: countertenor; T: tenor; bT: bari-tenor; b: baritone; Bb: bass-baritone B: bass; N: narrator.
Listed are the "first thought" voice types for the various character.
Fachs and genders may be changed as makes sense.
Ct: countertenor; T: tenor; bT: bari-tenor; b: baritone; Bb: bass-baritone B: bass; N: narrator.
Listed are the "first thought" voice types for the various character.
Fachs and genders may be changed as makes sense.
Book I: Sung Burlesque:
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1a. Off-nights at The Sometimes Café: 18#s; one hour & 10 minutes; for S M T b; 2 dancers, & N/pianist; premiered on March 19-22, 2026 by The Thompson Street Opera of Chicago. Directed by Claire DiVizio, starring: Katherine Peterson, S & CeCe Glass, S, as Sarah Spangle; Jade Dasha' M, & Julie Soroko, M, as Mdm. Nappu; Brian Pember, T as Bob; & Alexander Pember, b, as Drew; with the dancers: Delta Badhand, as Ms. Daffy; & Mx. O'lyian, as Joe. Directed by Claire DiVizio. The pianist & narrator was Kingsly Day. |
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1b. Sex Mystery: 9#, A shorter 20 minute version was shown on BNN-TV: S, for S M T b; 2 dancers, & N/pianist; A mystery not of who killed whom" but rather of "who killed of "who likes whom?" Starring Amelia Broome, S as Sara Spangle; Philip Jenkins as Phil, T; Ben Sears, b, as Ben; the composer, B (the next door neighbor and N) &
Brad Conner, piano. The Dancers were Dana Danzel & Jim Spellman (choreographer); with actor, TJ Norris. Chris Gentes & Cany Hologram, were the videographers. |
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Dedicated to all of the performers. Special thanks to Amelia Broome for the use of her wonderful restaurant. Please see IV/V/4. Please click below to hear some songs:
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2. Cindyfella: 13#s, one hour; all male burlesque; 5 singers & piano; book (in iambic pentameter) written with my husband, Drew Hubbard (right); 13#s; one hour; Based on the version by the Brothers Grimm (picture in #3, below). A very large Cindyfella (lyric T or Ct), is tormented by two evil step sisters (character bt); "she" is helped to go to the leather ball by her fairy gd.mother (character t) where she meets the prince of leather (Bb). "She" has to leave at midnight, but leaves her hefty thong! The prince searches throughout the land to find "her." The prince & Cindyfella live happily ever after (with the 2 step sisters as their slaves!) To see the score and book to this piece, please click on the picture of Drew Hubbard below, to the right:
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Drew Hubbard, poet
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3. Little Red Riding Hoods: 6#s; all female or mixed cast; 3 singers; 3 actors; 1 mime;
& piano. Two lesbians are married and then attacked by The Wolf (a Republican "Christian" Nationalist). The magic of love in their wedding ring saves them. (Brothers Grimm); |
Big Bad Wolf. Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
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4. Hansel and Gretel: 13#s for S S b Bb B & N: M & piano. 2 juvenile delinquents torment
a kindly male witch. Selections recorded by Mary Saunders, S, as Gretel (below, left); Brett Johnson, b, a Hansel (below, right); Drew Hubbard, Bb. as Echo & Sandman, & the composer, pianist. Otherwise unperformed. Dedicated to the performers. Based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (above, right); Illustration by Alexander Zick (below, middle). May be performed as a second half of a program, following "Masque of The Witches" VII/III/3.
a kindly male witch. Selections recorded by Mary Saunders, S, as Gretel (below, left); Brett Johnson, b, a Hansel (below, right); Drew Hubbard, Bb. as Echo & Sandman, & the composer, pianist. Otherwise unperformed. Dedicated to the performers. Based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (above, right); Illustration by Alexander Zick (below, middle). May be performed as a second half of a program, following "Masque of The Witches" VII/III/3.
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Mary Saunders, soprano Hänsel und Gretel by Alexander Zick Brett Johnson, baritone
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5. Peter Crocodile: a 60 minute musical, 22#s, based on "Peter Pan" by J. M. Barrie.
for S M cT T Bb; may be done with an all male cast; opt. choruses, N & piano. Dedicated to, & selections recorded by Drew Hubbard, Bb, Peter; Angeliki Theoharis, M, as Tiger 'Lil; the composer, B, as Hook & piano; Heard on WMRB, Cambridge, MA.. Dedicated to the performers. A withheld version of "Peter Pan" (along with a musical based on "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens): dedicated to, commissioned & performed by "Prime Time for Kids" at Massasoit College, Brockton, MA. Below is the 1911 Illustration
of "Neverland" by D, F, Bedford.
for S M cT T Bb; may be done with an all male cast; opt. choruses, N & piano. Dedicated to, & selections recorded by Drew Hubbard, Bb, Peter; Angeliki Theoharis, M, as Tiger 'Lil; the composer, B, as Hook & piano; Heard on WMRB, Cambridge, MA.. Dedicated to the performers. A withheld version of "Peter Pan" (along with a musical based on "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens): dedicated to, commissioned & performed by "Prime Time for Kids" at Massasoit College, Brockton, MA. Below is the 1911 Illustration
of "Neverland" by D, F, Bedford.
J. M. Barrie, story teller
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"Neverland" by D. F. Bedford
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Angeliki Theoharris, mezzo-soprano
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6. The Inquisition: 11 minute video musical: 5#s for cT, T, b, B & piano, From a dream, in response to censorship of "The Mystery Caller" (see #4 below); chronicles a trial, with charges similar to "offenses" found in "The Mystery Caller." The dialogue parodies the movie "The Wizard of Oz." Cablecast as a one man show by the composer. May be done with a cast of four men or women. Please watch THE INQUISITION by clicking on the defendant (right) or listen to the songs, below:
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The Defendant
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5. Big Eddy: 2 narrators; 12#s; all male cast: Ct T b Bb & piano; one song lyric is by Keats. Gangster burlesque: A drug kingpin and his ex-junkie boyfriend have problems with the company lawyer and Big Eddy's ex-wife. Based on "Edward II" by Christopher Marlowe; please see VII/1/2. Dedicated to the performers: Shinobu Takagi, M, as Isie; & Drew Hubbard, Bb, as Pete; & the composer, B, as Big Eddie.
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Shinobu Takagi, mezzo-soprano Al Capone, gangster, frozen corpse, narrator Edward II, king
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8 . George Scrobe: an all male pocket burlesque; 5#s, for 3-4 singers: lyric T or Ct & 1-2 gravelly rock singer(s); & a lyric b; N (a stand-up dvl. please see 1600s picture below), synthesizer & rock band (inspired by the voice of Chris Gentes, below). A gay man is depressed, to the point of trying to commit suicide, and finds finds love in the process. Unperformed.
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Chris Gentes, Rock and Roll singer Stand up Dvl. picture from Dante's "Divine Comedy"