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KEEP COOL! a play about climate change
*book/lyrics by SG Lee
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THE MUSICALS OF VANESSA LeBOURDAIS AND IAN GSCHWIND Welcome to our website! We're excited to share our musicals with you. They have been produced across Canada and we're proud to say that audiences have loved every single one of them. Many of our musicals have won an award or a "best of" listing, and they all sell really well! Our goal in writing musicals is to create positive change in the world. Yes, that's right: we are. . ."making the world a better place, one musical at a time." Our modus operandi: leave audiences happy and humming. In these pages you will find information about our musicals, including audio clips, script samples, and gorgeous photos. You can follow the links below, or on the top RH corner of each page. Or, just click on a photo or title on the left of this page and go straight to that musical's page. About Us
Playwright Ian Gschwind and Playwright/Composer Vanessa LeBourdais. Photo by Tia Gschwind (3 1/2 yrs old Between us, we have thirty years experience in almost every single aspect of theatre. We have been writing musicals together since we met in 1995, and we've received numerous productions and awards. We are two-time winners of Hollywood's Moondance Film Festival's Award for Best Libretto of a Stage Musical for The Dreamer's Quest and Best Musical Screenplay for Quantum Physics: The Musical. Since 2002 we have been the Co-Artistic Producers of DreamRider Theatre which tours popular shows about environmental responsibility to hundreds of schools every year. We're lucky enough to work full-time in theatre: Vanessa also works as a musical director, composer, producer and actor/singer. Ian also works as a director, producer, fight director and actor. (If you're a real keener, you can check out our resumes.) AWARDS AND PRODUCTIONS OVERVIEW Click on the title of a musical to find in-depth information. Keep Cool! a play about climate change teaches kids what they can do about climate change. Keep Cool! was produced by our own DreamRider Theatre. It toured for 79 performances to more than 24,000 kids in Greater Vancouver elementary schoools in 2008-9 and will tour for at least two more years! We are currently in pre-production for a kids environmental television series based on Keep Cool! See also DreamRider Theatre's webpage for Keep Cool!. Quantum Physics: The Musical Quantum physics explained for you & me through comedy & song. Quantum Physics: The Musical won the Moondance Film Festival's Seahorse Award for Best Musical Screenplay. Quantum Physics had its premiere to sold-out crowds at the Waterfront Theatre in Vancouver in the fall of 2005. Songs from the show have been played at quantum physics symposia around the world! The Dreamer's Quest - our lush, rock mega-musical about finding the meaning of life. Dreamer's Quest won the Moondance Film Festival's Seahorse Award for Best Libretto of a Stage Musical. The Dreamer's Quest had its World Premiere at Western Canada Theatre in January 2006. The musical was developed over four years through their development program. Gremlin - a touring play for children about self-esteem. Gremlin won the Betty Lambert Memorial Prize for Best New Script. Gremlin was first produced by Carousel Theatre in 2003; it was remounted for an extended, sold-out run in 2005. Gremlin was also produced by Geordie Productions, Montreal, and toured Eastern Canada for eight months in 2004-5. Gremlin was developed through the Playwrights Theatre Centre and was featured in their New Play Festival in 2002. Larger Than Life: The Musical (book & lyrics by SG Lee, music by Vanessa) - a musical about five women who find that being larger than life in all ways, is "just the right size". Larger Than Life premiered in a co-production with Western Canada Theatre and the Firehall Arts Centre in 2002. It was remounted at the Richmond Gateway, and toured western Canada for a second successful year. It also won the Vancouver Sun’s People’s Choice Award for Best New Script in its original Vancouver Fringe Festival Production in 2001. Don't Panic! - a play with music for children about how to make good decisions. In 2005, we were awarded a generous grant from the Canada Council to write and workshop DON'T PANIC! In 2006 we held two workshops, directed by Wayne Specht of Axis Theatre.
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