Jim Maher

Jim Maher is Pleasant Hill, CA composer and playwright. He has written three musicals
“Workforce”, “The Invisible Man”, and “Hero” (currently in progress). “The Invisible Man”
was performed at the Martinez Campbell Theater, Martinez, CA between June 24 – July
3, 2022. Workforce has had two theater readings in 2019 but still looking for its first stage
performance.
Jim is a self-taught compose and musician who has a lifelong interest in music and
songwriting. He participated in jazz and rock in roll bands while in college and after
moving up to the Bay Area. Now in retirement he is pursuing a second career in theatre
composition.
Other musical accomplishments include three studio albums “Moonlighting the Bay”,
“Malaga Way”, and children’s music “Finnegan and the O’Hares”.
He is...

Jim Maher is Pleasant Hill, CA composer and playwright. He has written three musicals
“Workforce”, “The Invisible Man”, and “Hero” (currently in progress). “The Invisible Man”
was performed at the Martinez Campbell Theater, Martinez, CA between June 24 – July
3, 2022. Workforce has had two theater readings in 2019 but still looking for its first stage
performance.
Jim is a self-taught compose and musician who has a lifelong interest in music and
songwriting. He participated in jazz and rock in roll bands while in college and after
moving up to the Bay Area. Now in retirement he is pursuing a second career in theatre
composition.
Other musical accomplishments include three studio albums “Moonlighting the Bay”,
“Malaga Way”, and children’s music “Finnegan and the O’Hares”.
He is currently volunteering as the Finance Manager at the Martinez Campbell Theater
where he also worked as the Marketing Director.

Scripts

The Invisible Man, A Musical

by Jim Maher

Cast Size

8—10

Genre

science fiction

The Invisible Man, A Musical, by Jim Maher is based on the H.G. Wells science-fiction novel.
It’s October 1973 in Berkeley, CA. Jack Griffin, a scientist, conducts an experiment on himself
and becomes invisible. Several days later he realizes that being invisible has more
disadvantages than advantages, so he moves to Jamestown, CA to invent a cure. He comes
across a British Bar and Inn where he decides to...

The Invisible Man, A Musical, by Jim Maher is based on the H.G. Wells science-fiction novel.
It’s October 1973 in Berkeley, CA. Jack Griffin, a scientist, conducts an experiment on himself
and becomes invisible. Several days later he realizes that being invisible has more
disadvantages than advantages, so he moves to Jamestown, CA to invent a cure. He comes
across a British Bar and Inn where he decides to setup his laboratory and begin his
experiments. Unfortunately, the townspeople notice his strange behavior and begin to
question the man behind the mask. Jack decides to reveal his identity which frightens them.
He then uses his invisibility for horrible purposes, including murder, creating chaos and terror
in the community.