Richard Hellesen

Richard Hellesen (born 1956) is a West Coast playwright.

His works have been performed by regional theater companies including South Coast Repertory in Orange County, California [cite news | url=http://www.theater2k.com/hellesen1.html | title=Talking with...1/6 Richard Hellesen| publisher=theater2k.com | date=2006 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-01-31] , the LA Rep (Los Angeles Repertory Company), the Denver Center Theatre Company, Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC [cite news | url=http://www.fordstheatre.org/Pages/OneDestinyPage/OneDestiny.html | title=One Destiny Page| publisher=fordstheatre.org | date=2007 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-07-08] , City Theatre in Miami, Florida [cite news | url=http://www.citytheatre.com/page-literary-production-history.html | title=City Theatre Production History | publisher=citytheatre.com | date=2007 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-07-08] , and Geva Theatre in Rochester, New York. A California resident, the playwright has served on the faculty of California State University, Fullerton and American River College, and has been a resident artist at the William Inge Center for the Arts in Independence, Kansas. [cite news | url=http://www.ingefestival.org/ingecenterevents.asp | title=William Inge Center Upcoming Events | publisher=ingefestival.org | date=2007 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-07-08] His 1987 musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol", written with composer David de Berry, may be Hellesen's most widely produced work.

Plays by Hellesen (full-length/one-act/theatre for young audiences; date of first production)

* "Johnny Tremain" (adapted from Esther Forbes; 2007)
* "One Destiny" (2006)
* "The Emperor's New Clothes" (adapted from Andersen; 2006)
* "Eureka!" (2006)
* "Birdman" (2005)
* "The Wind in the Willows" (adapted from Kenneth Grahame; 2004)
* "A Speedy and Public Trial" (adapted from Kafka; 2004)
* "The Pride of Weedpatch Camp" (2004)
* "Indian Summer" (2003)
* "Power Play" (2002)
* "Teardown" (2001)
* "Bad Water Blues" (2001)
* "Communique" (2001)
* "Kingdom" (1999)
* "Untamed" (1998)
* "Counting Ninas" (1998)
* "Cyrano de Bergerac" (adapted from Rostand; 1998)
* "Layin' Off the Lizard-Boy" (1997)
* "4/100ths" (1997)
* "Caribbean Folk Tales" (1997)
* "Trashed!" (1997)
* "Birds of a Feather" (1995)
* "Dos Corazones" (1994)
* "A Cappella" (1994)
* "My Mom's Dad" (1993)
* "Face2Face" (1991)
* "Once In Arden" (1990)
* "Gift Rap" (1990)
* "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" (adapted from the Brothers Grimm; 1990)
* "A Christmas Carol" (adapted from Dickens; 1987)
* "Moonshadow" (1987)
* "Couvade" (1987)
* "Drive In" (1976)

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