Mooch the Messy
an opera for children based on the book by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
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| Music by Marcus DeLoach Libretto by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Marcus DeLoach |
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Mooch the Messy tells the story of Mooch, a rat from Boston, Massachusetts, who learns about neatness and responsibility when his father comes for a visit. He also learns to be himself in a delightful mix of humor, music, and fun. Commissioned by Keith Jameson, Founder and Director of the Greenwood Music Festival, Mooch the Messy premiered at the Arts Center in Greenwood, SC on September 9th, 2010 in honor of the opening of the new Greenwood County Library. The cast included Keith Jameson as Mooch, Marcus DeLoach as Mooch's Father, with Lynn Baker at the piano. The set, costumes and masks were based on the original drawings by Ben Shecter from Marjorie Weinman Sharmat's book Mooch the Messy. |
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| Marcus DeLoach (Composer), a leading creative and performing talent in contemporary opera today, has performed principal roles in six world premiere operas and has frequently collaborated in developing new works with the acclaimed American Opera Projects. He has also performed numerous times with New York City Opera, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the New York Philharmonic, and many opera companies both nationally and internationally. Mooch the Messy is his first original stage work, written to develop appreciation of opera in younger audiences. Additionally he has written the libretto to Jeff Grace’s opera The Train Ride and several song cycles for voice and piano. | |||
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Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (Book Author and Librettist) has authored more than 130 books for children and teens many of which have been translated into foreign languages, received awards such as the Book of the Year Award from the Library of Congress and Best Book of the Year from Parenting Magazine, and recognized by The Literary Guild. Among her most popular books are those featuring Nate the Great, one of which was turned into a made-for-TV movie and won the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival Award. | ||
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| Inquiries for production rights, score rental (chamber orchestra and piano versions) can be sent to: marcus.deloach@gmail.com | |||
| Inquiries for rental of original masks, sets and costumes can be sent to: keithjameson@hotmail.com | |||
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| Mooch would like to thank the following individuals for their kind and ongoing support of this project - Elaine Lascher, Natalie Sandore, Rolan DeLoach, Terri Sailling, Grant Loehnig, Keith Jameson, Lynn Baker, Brent Ryan, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Phyllis Westberg, Ben Shecter, Phillip Caggiano, Charles Jarden, Matt Gray, Scott Wheeler, Sue Elliot, and Peter Kazaras. | |||
Original artwork from Random House’s book Mooch the Messy by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat provided generously by Ben Shecter. |
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