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The Juniper Tree

Full-Length Musical, Drama  /  2w, 1m

Wendy Kesselman, Grimm Brothers

Written and Composed by Wendy Kesselman, inspired by the Grimm's fairy tale.

Wendy Kesselman has taken 'The Juniper Tree' (the Brothers Grimm story),
and turned it into a haunting little musical in the shape of a
ballad... The events - including murder and cannibalism - are gruesome,
but the telling has a childlike Story Theatre quality... as exemplified
by her ballad of The Juniper Tree and her earlier play My Sister in This House, the versatile Miss Kesselman has a fabulist's view of guilt and retribution. - The New York Times

The Juniper Tree

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 1m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Fables/Folktales
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
Wendy Kesselman has taken 'The Juniper Tree' (the Brothers Grimm story), and turned it into a haunting little musical in the shape of a ballad... The events - including murder and cannibalism - are gruesome, but the telling has a childlike Story Theatre quality... as exemplified by her ballad of The Juniper Tree and her earlier play My Sister in This House, the versatile Miss Kesselman has a fabulist's view of guilt and retribution. - The New York Times
History
The Juniper Tree was originally produced by the Lenox Arts Center/Music Theatre Group in 1982. It was directed by Larry Pine.
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Performing Groups

FIRST WIFE
STEPMOTHER
MARLINCHEN
NARRATOR
HUSBAND
BOY
NARRATOR
SHOEMAKER
MILLER
BIRD

Plus small onstage combo.

  • Time Period Not Applicable
  • Setting Under the Juniper Tree, two thousand years ago.
  • Features Fantasy Costumes
  • Additional Features Play w/ Music
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Music

  • Orchestra Size Piano Only

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4 Piano-Vocal

This title is orchestrated for Piano Only.
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Authors

Wendy Kesselman

Wendy Kesselman

Besides her Tony-nominated adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank, Wendy Kesselman’s plays include The Executioner’s Daughter; The Notebook; The Foggy Foggy Dew; The Last Bridge; I Love You, I Love You Not; Maggie Magalita; Merry-Go-Round; The Shell Collection; My Sister in Th ...

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