K12 PlayKit

K12 PlayKits are designed to make theatre in schools simple! Hand-picked by a team of professional educators, they put everything schools need for a successful production right at your fingertips; high-quality scripts, student-friendly materials, and streamlined performance rights without the hassle or uncertainty of traditional licensing. With no hoops to jump through, you can focus on what really matters: creating inspiring productions with your students.

PlayKit | Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl

by Lisa D'Amour
with music by Sxip Shirey

Somewhere in West Texas, a girl is born. She’s got beautiful toes, a beautiful nose, all her tiny fingers and all her tiny toes but, holy puppy on a peach tree, she is something else! Something a bit like a kangaroo!! This girl is about 95% girl and about 5% marsupial. In other words, she’s got a pouch. It might seem that a built in pocket would come in handy, but it doesn’t always work that way.

Regular price $135.00

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Quick Details

  • Type: Musical
  • Estimated Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Availability: Available for productions worldwide
  • Cast Size: 28 roles + ensemble | Doubling possible
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Full Details

Roles:

  • Old Man (Dr. Pouch)
  • Marsupial Girl
  • Woman #1
  • Woman #2
  • Woman #3
  • Doctor #1
  • Doctor #2
  • Doctor #3
  • Mother
  • Ms. Ina Shaw
  • Sue
  • Libby
  • Pearl
  • Fred Lupberger
  • Lacey Rubbertree
  • Ms. Pennywhistle
  • Actress #1
  • Actress #2
  • Actress #3
  • Actor #1
  • Grocer
  • Man
  • Kid #1
  • Kid #2
  • Preacher
  • Townsperson #1
  • Townsperson #2
  • Townsperson #3

The following resources are included in each PlayKit:
  • Opening Act Edition PDF script and score
  • Opening Act performance license for 1-8 performances (choose the number of performances using drop-down bar).
  • Copy license to copy included PDF script for your cast, crew, and production team. There is no additional cost for scripts! 
  • Media pack including logo PNG & SVG's as well as template poster files.
  • Director's Guide with tips, suggested rehearsal activities, FAQ, and more!
  • Demo tracks with vocals for rehearsal
  • Production audio tracks for performance

Lisa D'Amour

Lisa D'Amour is a playwright and multidisciplinary artist who often creates site-specific work with her close collaborator, Katie Pearl. Recent projects include STANLEY (2006), a solo performance she created for her brother Todd to perform (HERE Arts Center, 2006), The Cataract, a play directed by Katie Pearl at the Women's Project, LandMARK: 24 Hours at the Stone Arch Bridge, a 24-hour collaborative performance on the Stone Arch Bridge in\n Minneapolis; and Nita & Zita, which received a 2003 OBIE Award and toured in 2005 to the Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans) the Walker Arts Center (Minnneapolis) and HERE Arts Center (NYC). Lisa has received fellowships from the Jerome and McKnight Foundations, and grants from the Multi Arts Production Fund and the Minnesota State Arts Board to create her work. She is the recipient of a 2005-6 Playwrights' Residency from Theater Communications Group to write Hide Town, which premiered at Infernal Bridegroom Productions (Houston) in 2006. Lisa received her M.F.A. in playwriting from UT Austin. She is a core member of the Playwrights' Center, a resident artist at HERE and\n a recent alumna of New Dramatists.

 

Sxip Shirey

Sxip Shirey is a real live circus composer and has appeared at the New Victory Theater in New York City with Anti-Gravity, toured the United States with The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and has played The Kennedy Center and the Sydney Opera House with The Daredevil Opera Company. His gypsy-tango-klezmer-punk outfit The Luminescent Orchestrii will be appearing at The Speigeltent at the Edinburgh Fringe for the third year in a row this summer and is a feature in the international party scene in New York City. Sxip has just finished a US tour opening for the Dresden Dolls, hosting the show and performing his solo music for re-imagined instruments. Currently he is finishing music for a\n documentary on Brooklyn by Serbian film directory Vladan Nikolic.

Originally commissioned and produced by Children's Theatre Company in 2007

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Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl at Creative Arts Theatre & School

D’Amour is a complex, engaging writer known for her experimental works. Marsupial Girl…is her foray into the world of children’s theater. Its plot, about differences large and small, resonates.

- Star Tribune

a timeless tale delivered with Texas twang and a strut

- Pioneer Press