#90 - How to Take a Book to the Stage

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In this episode you’ll hear

my interview with Maryann Cocca-Leffler, the author of over 50 books and now, a play based on one of her books, and funded through Kickstarter.
a Julie Hedlund Gets All Grateful on Your A** segment
a Take5 Marketing Tip from Dianne de Las Casas (whose 11-year-old daughter regularly slaughters me in Scramble with Friends)

In the interview you’ll hear

how a picture book called Princess Kim and the Lie That Grew became a play
the genesis of the play and how Maryann kept her performance rights when she signed her book contract
about Maryann’s partnership with Toby Tarnow, Andrew Cass, and Premik Russell-Tubbs
how it was chosen as a semi-finalist for the 2012 Ronald M. Ruble New Play Festival at the Carol Crane Children’s Theater at Bowling Green State University
the amazing stat that Princess K.I.M. The Musical is in the top 15 plays out of 178 plays submitted
how Maryann and her team need your support on their Kickstarter Project which you can find out about here
about her ebooks
how she sold over a million copies of Let is Snow & Let it Fall