Licensing musicals/plays for community and professional theatres.
Just Watch Me - The Musical
The musical had its Canadian Premiere showcasing at Centrepointe Theatre In Ottawa for five performances in October 2015 with a cast of 25.
Written by the ACTRA award-winning playwright/composer Gord Carruth, it brings to the stage in two acts the life and times of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada’s flamboyant and contradictory Prime Minister. From the fleeting magic of Trudeaumania, through the October crisis, his romance and marriage, the referendum that could have torn the country apart, to his long walk in the snow in 1984 when he left politics, we see the consummate politician, and behind the public image we meet the man: the son, the lover, the husband, the father.
(only roles in italics may not be doubled)
Bill, Tom, Wally, Charlie, Members of the Rideau Club: 40s+
President of the Liberal Party: 40s
Pierre Trudeau: late 40s
Margaret Sinclair: 20s
Margaret's girlfriend: 20s
Suzette Rouleau, Pierre's sister: early 50s
Lorne Campbell: Leader of the Young Liberals in B.C.: 20s
The Victoriettes (four young women): 20s
Four male reporters: 30s-40s
Two female reporters: 30s-40s
Nicole, a French teacher: 30s
Kathleen Sinclair, Margaret's mother: early
Mark, a waiter: 20s-30s
Members of the FLQ: male/female
Paul Rose: late 20s
Robert Bourassa: 37
James Cross: 49
Pierre Laporte: 49
Four male students: 40s
Liona Boyd: 30
Sarah Coyne: 8 years old
A young couple: 30s
Justin Trudeau: 27
CHORUS: approximately 20 male/female. Most can be doubled from actors playing other roles.
A Brand New Day at the Leadership convention 1968
Our Rock and Rolling Star: campaigning in Victoria BC
Can This Be Real? The love duet: Margaret & Pierre
The Heart Knows No Age, Margaret & Pierre
We Are The Power: Paul Rose and members of the FLQ
Just Watch Me! The War Measures Act 1970
With Trudeau You Just Never Know The “Hill” reporters
The Fuddle Duddle Fugue in G minor: Trudeau
Who I Am ? Margaret (on the break-up)
Les Yvette (during the 1980 referendum)
A Walk In The Snow (Pierre on his resigning)
Papa by Justin at the funeral
Mon cher Pierre
Just watch me
A brand new day
Fuddle duddle
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)