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Stan Peal

"They're hunting socks, sir." ... "At this hour?!

About Me

............................................................ .........................I'm a playwright and musician based in Charlotte, NC. For more music samples and details about my plays and musicals, visit my website at www.stanpeal.comThanks for stopping by!

My Interests

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Member Since: 2/17/2006
Band Website: stanpeal.com
Band Members: Stan Peal
Influences:... ..................................................... Where I come from: Wilmot WI, Carroll College - Waukesha WI, Minneapolis, MN *********************** Theatres I've been with: PM&L Theatre, Carroll Players, Otteson Theatre, Rocky Mountain Repertory, Bridgework, Tibbitts Opera, Waukesha Civic, The Refreshment Committee, Comedysportz, Eden Prairie Arts, Pioneer Community, Roseville Community, Theatre in ther Round, Artists' Shakespeare, Bald Alice, Dudley Riggs Brave New Workshop, Director's Theatre, Fifty Foot Penguin, Park Square, Theatre Charlotte, Off-Tryon, BareBones, CPCC, Actors Theatre of Charlotte, Epic Arts Repertory, New York Fringe Festival ************************** Stuff I like: Pizza, Drums, Buxom Women, chocolate, coffee, beer, Christikon, Drum circles, belly dancers, Pagans, Christians, Witches, Atheists, Conservatives, Liberals, artists, writers, musicians, actresses, actors **************************** TV and Movies: Firefly, Serenity, Angel, M*A*S*H, Lost, Project Runway, Bachelor, Bachelorette, Biggest Loser, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Four Rooms, Dusk Till Dawn, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Desperado, Sin City, Star Wars, Star Trek, Galaxy Quest, Aliens, Lord of the Rings, Stripes, Groundhog Day, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Lost in Translation, Godfather, Taxi Driver, Last Temptation of Christ, Jesus of Montreal, Day on Earth, Fargo, Big Lebowski, Blood Simple, Shawshank Redemption, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Black Sunday, Wicker Man, Psycho, Vertigo, MS.45, Bad Lieutenant, It's a Wonderful Life, Pale Rider ***************** Books: Cosmos (Carl Sagan), The Hero's Journey, The Masks of God (Joseph Campbell), All my Best Friends (George Burns), American Gods (Neil Gaiman), Tao te Ching (Lao Tzu), The Bible (Various), Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff (Christopher Moore) ***************** Music: Beatles, Public Enemy, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Prince, John Denver, Beastie Boys, Beck, Soul Coughing, Sinead O'Connor, Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Alison Krause, Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Munroe, Ralph Stanley, AC/DC, Kiss, Led Zepplin, Smithereens, The Who, Pete Townsend, Storyhill (Chris & Johnny), The Spirals, and myself :-D ... ............................................................ ... ...
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My Blog

Sentences about now

I have a cold. I intend to fight it with superior will and zinc. Lost was pretty lame. I apparently had a good writing streak going earlier in the month, because 50% of the music I've churned out over...
Posted by Stan Peal on Fri, 02 May 2008 10:20:00 PST

Coffee Conundrum

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Posted by Stan Peal on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:39:00 PST

Rechargeable Soul

I seem to be blogging more frequently now, though I'm oppressively busy. But I did want to mention that amid the crazy show preparation, Laura and I got away for a few hours and went up to Siler City....
Posted by Stan Peal on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:56:00 PST

I like prunes

I admit it, and I'm not ashamed.  I was taking a break from composing the other day and decided to enjoy the Movie Trailers On Demand my cable service is kind enough to share with me. The Batman and I...
Posted by Stan Peal on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:52:00 PST

Set Design, Elections and Sex in the Bible

First, I believe here is where the dumbass error coding will appear because MySpace blogs can't handle a simple paste from word (and when I go back to edit it out hell usually breaks loose). ..:namesp...
Posted by Stan Peal on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:37:00 PST

Grown Man, Tiny Drumset

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Posted by Stan Peal on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:43:00 PST

Song preview, Kyle!

While madly composing for our upcoming Midsummer (we have a read on Sunday and I better have something to show for music) - I’ve also had to update a song for my ten-minute musical "Snow White a...
Posted by Stan Peal on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:28:00 PST

Its almost time to put Jesus in the cave

I haven’t much to say, and not much time to say it  I need sleep. But I feel like I haven’t blogged in a while.   Had a good freelance gig recently which saved my butt, bill-wise. ...
Posted by Stan Peal on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:33:00 PST

Blowing my own horn. Toot.

Hey gang    I just found out my script was selected for a full production at the Minnesota theatre that commissioned the piece. I was one of three commissioned writers up for the slot, and my cl...
Posted by Stan Peal on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:04:00 PST

Closer Than Ever 2-for-1 in Charlotte

I saw this and loved it. the cool thing about it is that the cast consists of Five performers who are EXCELLENT actors and AMAZING singers. The trick in musical theatre (in this case, a review - as in...
Posted by Stan Peal on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:14:00 PST