J Adrian Verkouteren

I grew up in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. During high school I studied theory and composition with Leo Sowerby and while in college wrote "James, the Dragon Slayer," a musical adaptation of Heywood Broun's "The Fifty-First Dragon." More recently I composed music for the 2012 Capital Fringe Festival's Best Overall Show, "Where in the World: the Untold Story of Camilla Sanfrancisco," and since 2005 I have contributed songs to Hexagon: Washington's Only Original, Political, Satirical, Musical Comedy Revue presented to benefit a charity each March.  I am a member of ASCAP and the Dramatist Guild, and an alumnus of DC's Playwright's Forum.

I grew up in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. During high school I studied theory and composition with Leo Sowerby and while in college wrote "James, the Dragon Slayer," a musical adaptation of Heywood Broun's "The Fifty-First Dragon." More recently I composed music for the 2012 Capital Fringe Festival's Best Overall Show, "Where in the World: the Untold Story of Camilla Sanfrancisco," and since 2005 I have contributed songs to Hexagon: Washington's Only Original, Political, Satirical, Musical Comedy Revue presented to benefit a charity each March.  I am a member of ASCAP and the Dramatist Guild, and an alumnus of DC's Playwright's Forum.

Scripts

Princess Georgie

by J Adrian Verkouteren

Cast Size
6—8
Genre
comedy,
fantasy,
musical,
young audiences

A young princess, trying to escape what she considers the stifling expectations of her mother, the Queen, tries to raise a baby dragon in secret; but the dragon just keeps growing larger. A story of trust and friendship and taking responsibility.

A young princess, trying to escape what she considers the stifling expectations of her mother, the Queen, tries to raise a baby dragon in secret; but the dragon just keeps growing larger. A story of trust and friendship and taking responsibility.

This Is The Life (Amy and Gussie, part 1)

by J Adrian Verkouteren

Cast Size
6—16
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
musical,
period

Adapted from "At Geisenheimer's" by P. G. Wodehouse

A young lady is working at a New York dinner club/dance hall in the early decades of the 20th century. when a chance acquaintance from her past re-enters and throws her life into turmoil.

Adapted from "At Geisenheimer's" by P. G. Wodehouse

A young lady is working at a New York dinner club/dance hall in the early decades of the 20th century. when a chance acquaintance from her past re-enters and throws her life into turmoil.

Extricating Gussie (Amy and Gussie, part 2)

by J Adrian Verkouteren

Cast Size
6
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
musical,
period

Gussie (Augustus Mannerling-Phipps) has been dispatched to New York to find and marry a wealthy heiress to rescue his family's fortunes. When Aunt Agatha Gregson learns that he has instead become infatuated with a vaudeville starlet, she sends his cousin Bertie Wooster to New York to quash the engagement and put Gussie back on track. What could possibly go wrong?

Gussie (Augustus Mannerling-Phipps) has been dispatched to New York to find and marry a wealthy heiress to rescue his family's fortunes. When Aunt Agatha Gregson learns that he has instead become infatuated with a vaudeville starlet, she sends his cousin Bertie Wooster to New York to quash the engagement and put Gussie back on track. What could possibly go wrong?

JAMES THE DRAGON SLAYER

by J Adrian Verkouteren

Cast Size
12—16
Genre
adaptation,
adventure,
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
farce,
musical,
satire,
young audiences

Based on Heywood Broun's "The Fifty-First Dragon," an ambitious headmaster sends a bookish student to slay dragons after giving him a magic word. After slaying fifty dragons, the student finds his magic word was never magic. Then he must face his fifty-first dragon. Written for middle-school students with three adult rolls and a band of eleven instrumentalists. (Cast of 16 may be enlarged with additional chorus...

Based on Heywood Broun's "The Fifty-First Dragon," an ambitious headmaster sends a bookish student to slay dragons after giving him a magic word. After slaying fifty dragons, the student finds his magic word was never magic. Then he must face his fifty-first dragon. Written for middle-school students with three adult rolls and a band of eleven instrumentalists. (Cast of 16 may be enlarged with additional chorus members.)

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