The Tale of the Gifted Prince
About the show
book & lyrics Lezlie Wade / music by Daniel Green
In a kingdom on the edge of rebellion, Prince Ren must save his father's throne. Armed with five humble gifts, he embarks on a quest to enlist the aid of a reclusive shaman. As danger looms, Ren discover the gifts hold powers that will either mend a realm or shatter it forever.
Our Story
This musical began as a ten-minute musical developed at BMI. Since those humble beginnings we have had the great fortune to have workshops at The Pitch (Finger Lakes Musical Festival), Summerworks (Toronto), American Music Theatre Project, ASCAP DreamWorks Musical Theatre Workshop, The Vanguard Arts Fund at Olney Theatre Centre.
Parts of the show have been introduced at NAMT, Bound For Broadway (Kauffman Centre), and the Stiles and Drewe best new song prize (UK).
The Gifted Prince was a finalist for the Tom Hendry best new musical award.
Meet the Writers
LEZLIE WADE - Book & Lyrics
Lezlie is an award-winning director and writer. She has spent ten seasons at the Stratford Festival directing such shows as H.M.S Pinafore, An Ideal Husband, and Spamalot. She has also directed at the Shaw Festival, Musical Stage, The London Grand, Luminato, Theatre Aquarius, and Theatre Calgary. She was associate director on Jesus Christ Superstar on Broadway.
Her writing credits include Sticky Fingers, Nobody's Children (Yellow Door Theatre Project), A Christmas Carol (The Globe, Theatre Orangeville, Carousel Theatre, STC ) Rule of Thirds (Road Less Traveled), The Chimes (Theatre in Port) She also worked with Bob Guadio on a reimagined version of Peggy Sue Got Married.
Lezlie is a two-time finalist for the Stiles and Drewe best new song prize in the U.K., and a finalist for the Tom Hendry award for best new Canadian musical. She won a New York Film Award for her musical Red Letter Day, and is the recipient of the David Edney Award.
She is an esteemed member of the Langham and Lincoln Centre Directing workshops and the BMI workshop in New York.
DANIEL GREEN - Composer
Daniel has worked on over a dozen Broadway shows including Almost Famous, Parade, In Transit, Rocky, Big Fish, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Addams Family and Wicked.
Other credits include Bat Boy (City Centre); Empire Records (McCarter); Ride (Old Globe): Ever After (Alliance Theatre); Theory of Relativity (Goodspeed); and Between the Lines (Second Stage) Composing credits include By Any Other Name (Theatre Lab); The Museum of Broken Relationships (O'Neill NMTC; Holof Lyricist Award); and Window Treatment (The Barrow Group), as well as several songs for Full Frontal with Sumatran Bee on TBS.
Proud alumni of Northwestern University and the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop.
