I know this is going from the sublime to the ridiculous, but I was reading through some past Hasafran digests and saw the message from Robert J. Weinberg, Curator of the Rowe Bookplate Museum, about Jewish bookplates in prayerbooks. It reminded me that I have a cache of "Don't be one of the Shlemiel Crooks, This book belongs to___" bookplates, and would be happy to mail a stack to any library (especially those that serve children) before Passover. The bookplate is based on the cover of the picture book Shlemiel Crooks, which has a Passover theme and is a Sydney Taylor Honor Book. If you'll email me your name, library address, and number of bookplates you want, I'll be happy to put them in the mail. You can see the artwork at:
http://www.shlemielcrooks.com/bookplate.php Some of you may recall that the Kaufman Center in New York commissioned a musical play for children and families based on Shlemiel Crooks. The play is set in St. Louis in 1918, and is a combination of two stories: Shlemiel Crooks (set in St. Louis), and "Chicken Bone Man," a story about my dad's aspiration as a young boy in Memphis to play the blues. If you are associated with a group that is looking to perform a short musical for the local community, I can send you a copy of the script, which the playwrights have now finalized, along with a synopsis of the play, bios of the creators, and three MP3s of songs from the play. The musical runs 50 minutes, has 2 female parts, 5 male parts, and some extras, with the casting being gender flexible and doubling possible. The Kaufman Center posted an excerpt of the first performance on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdKBW5h-gZ0 You can also read a bit about the history of the production at: http://www.thejewishweek.com/arts/theater/stop_passover_thieves The play has not been published yet, so licensing would be directly through the playwrights, composer, and lyricist, but I know that all of us would love to see the play performed outside New York. Thanks. Anna Olswanger Anna Olswanger | Literary Agent, Liza Dawson Associates 350 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2003 | New York, NY 10001-1930 t: 201-791-4699 | w: www.olswanger.com | twitter: @AnnaOlswanger
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