"Bill Russell was the greatest team basketball player ever.... He] has produced a moving tribute to his friend and, in a larger sense, to friendship."--Booklist In Red and Me, Boston Celtics basketball legend Bill Russell pays homage to his mentor and coach, the inimitable Red Auerbach. A poignant remembrance of a life-altering relationship in the tradition of Big Russ and Me and Tuesdays With Morrie, Red and Me tells an unforgettable story of one unlikely and enduring friendship set against the backdrop of the greatest basketball...
"Bill Russell was the greatest team basketball player ever.... He] has produced a moving tribute to his friend and, in a larger sense, to friendship."...
Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell. Music by Janet Hood.
Characters: 20-25 males, 11-16 females (doubling or expanding possible.)
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A celebration of lives lost to AIDS told in free verse monologues with a blues, jazz and rock score, this piece is designed to include the community in a theatrical response to the AIDS crisis. It is often performed as a benefit for fund raising and consciousness raising.
"Dramatic."---Spectator
"Immensely powerful.... The songs are uniformly good; the final song is sensational."---Financial Times
"Bursts with humor, rage and...
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Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell. Music by Janet Hood.
Characters: 20-25 males, 11-16 females (doubling or expanding possible.)
At times hilarious, oft times poignant and sometimes silly, most of the stories in this anthology will take you back to a magical time called childhood where we first tried to learn how to be people. From there, we will progress through the painful growing years with an occasional side trip into the minefield which is society. These stories appeared in our local newspaper, The Plainsman of Huron, South Dakota and now I've compiled them into a single volume for you to enjoy. Find the answer to such vexing questions as, do kids need dogs, should you get your pig plastered before she has her...
At times hilarious, oft times poignant and sometimes silly, most of the stories in this anthology will take you back to a magical time called childhoo...