Licensing musicals/plays for community and professional theatres.
Joey - The Musical
Based on the life & times of Newfoundland’s Premier, Joey Smallwood. Sinner or Saint?
The musical traces Smallwood’s career in retrospect from his early days as a young reporter in New York, through his success in creating a union for the underpaid railroad workers, his defeat in his first election in 1932 to his success in convincing Newfoundland to be part of Canada and his long tenure as Premier featuring his successes failures and possible scandals that plagued him.
(many roles may be doubled)
Joey Smallwood: at various ages*
Clara Smallwood: at various ages*
An RCMP Sergeant: male
3 RCMP Officers: male
A blues singer: male or female
4-5 Bowery bums: male/female
4 passengers: male/female
3 railway section workers: male
Herbert Russell: General Manager Railway
Colonel Sullivan: Chairman, Railway Commission
Mrs Oates: late forties
Mr Oates: late forties
Peter Cashin: Politician age 42
Ewart Young: a freelance reporter
Harold Horwood: 40s
Greg Power : 40s
Phil Forsey: 40s
Anna Templeman (Joey's Secretary): mid forties
Ted Russell: a member of cabinet
Horwood's Editor: male/female
Newfoundlanders: male/female
6 Cabinet Members : male
Referendum/Campaign Workers: male/female
*The original production used two actors for the young and older Joey as follows:
- The older Joey in Act One Scenes 1&2 and then in Act Two, Scenes 1, 11 & 14.
- The younger Joey in all other scenes.
Newfoundland is dying
Some Say "Sinner"and Some Say "Saint"?
- RCMP Officers
Those Down-And-Out Ragged-Assed Blues
- Bowery Bums
Bring Me Back Newfoundland
- Joey & Company
Joey is Our Man
- Company
We Are the Power
- Peter Cashin&Company
Newfoundland Is Dying
- Joey
The Good Old Bad Old Days
- Joey & Clara
My Confederation Crusade
- Joey & Company
Referendum Rally
- Harold & Company
If You Would Like Us To---
- Cabinet
I Will Still Be Here
- Joey
Looking Back
- Joey
And Yet….
- Harold Horwood
Will They Write The Simple Story
- Harold & Company
NON-EQUITY (Amateur) THEATRE GROUPS
The fee is negotiable depending on the theatre size and number of performances and shall be paid by the theatre to Maple Leaf Theatre Productions for the rights to perform, and for all materials listed above: cf Production Contract for other terms.
EQUITY THEATRE GROUPS
Royalties shall be paid by the theatre to Maple Leaf Theatre Productions at a rate of 10% of the certified gross box office receipts, not including credit card charges, group sales commissions, and all sales tax, goods and services or similar government taxes. : cf Production Contract for other terms.
ONCE A STANDARD CONTRACT TO PERFORM HAS BEEN SIGNED
1: Permission to copy as many scripts as required
2: Orchestrations on CD (recorded by professional musicians at Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario). CDs may be copied for cast and production staff for rehearsal purposes There is no need to hire an orchestra.
3: A CD of the songs with orchestration to assist non-readers
4: Vocal charts
5: A DVD of the complete musical for reference (not to be duplicated)