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COYOTE GOES SALMON FISHING

Full-Length Musical

Book & Lyrics by Deborah Brevoort
Music by Scott Davenport Richards

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bulletCharacter Breakdown
bulletMusical Requirements
bulletAdditional Awards and Developments
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Winner, 2001 Frederick Loewe Award in Musical Theatre

Story Synopsis

Coyote Goes Salmon Fishing is an original musical comedy that tells the story of the creation of the world and the evolution of man. Five actors play eight characters ranging from Mosquitoes and Slugs to Brown Bears and Eagles taking the audience on a comic romp through the stages of life, including birth, coming of age, falling in love and death. Inspired by Saturday morning cartoons and trickster legends from world mythologies, the story of Coyote Goes Salmon Fishing is not a Native American myth or a children’s show. Created by the authors, it is suitable for audiences of all ages.

Character Breakdown

Coyote Requires 5 Actor / Singers. (2 Women, 3 Men)

bulletCOYOTE
bulletVULTURE
bulletBROWN BEAR
bulletBEAVER
bulletEAGLE
bulletMOSQUITO (played by the actress who plays Eagle)
bulletSPIDER (played by the actress who plays Beaver)
bulletSLUG (played by the actor who plays Brown Bear)

Musical Requirements

Coyote Goes Salmon Fishing can be produced using a synthesizer, with the arrangements created by the composer. A fully arranged demo tape is available.

Additional Awards and Development

Winner of Dramatists Guild Musical Theatre Program award 1996. Workshop production at the University of Houston in November 1996, directed by Lou Jacob and produced by Stuart Ostrow; An early draft was produced at Perseverance Theatre in January 1996, directed by Molly Smith.

Reviews

“Coyote Goes Salmon Fishing is a drama of value. It has real artistic merit and is creative and original in it’s staging.”
– Capital City Weekly,
Juneau, Alaska
“The faithful who filled every seat at Friday’s premiere were repeatedly rewarded during the birth of this funny show.”
– The Paper,
Juneau, Alaska

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Perseverance Theatre, Douglas Alaska

Directed by Molly Smith; Set & Lights by Art Rotch, Costumes by Marta Lastufka; Starring Bruce J. Hanson as Coyote, Aaron John Elmore as Vulture, Katie Jensen as Beaver, George R. Holly as Brown Bear and Marta Ann Lastufka as Eagle

Beaver builds her dam and Brown Bear fishes for Salmon in Part Two

Coyote catches the cloud in Part One "Coyote Fools Around"

Coyote and the Bugs in the Land of Sand

Coyote proposes to Eagle

Coyote and Beaver on the river dam

Coyote and Vulture journey to the River on the Other Side

Coyote and Vulture journey to the River on the Other Side

Eagle sings in her tree

"The Devastation," a scene at the end of Part Two

 

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bulletKING ISLAND CHRISTMAS
bulletCOYOTE GOES SALMON FISHING
bulletGOODBYE MY ISLAND

 

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