For the stage

Musical plays

Jenn writes musical plays, three of them adapted from her own books. Each one below lists its cast size and run time, and most carry a sample of the script.

They are sold wholesale, so the next step is always a conversation — tell Jenn which play you are looking at and what your group is like.

Fox Hollow Tales: Wojer and the Wizard of the Wood

Small to medium cast. Great for one-week theater camps. Runtime approx. 15 minutes.

Adapted from her book Wojer and the Wizard of the Wood.

In Old Lark Meadow, the berries are ripe—and so is the trouble.

Neighborhood bully, Lily Fox, is determined to keep Wojer Badger away from the best pickings. Her weapon of choice? A terrifying tale about a wizard who turns anyone who dares pick berries into a frog. Wojer is almost convinced… until a chance meeting with a wandering hare shows him that not every tale is true.

Armed with newfound courage (and a clever plan), the small but sharp-witted badger decides it’s time to turn the tables.

A lighthearted tale about standing up to bullies, questioning rumors, and discovering that even the littlest among us can outsmart the biggest troublemakers.

Play by Jennifer Carson. Music by Will Ogmundson. © 2017

Hapenny Magick, The Musical

Large, multi-generational cast. Original music. Run time approx. 2.5 hours

Adapted from her book Hapenny Magick.

Maewyn Bridgepost, the tiniest Hapenny, a race of little people, spends her days, from breakfast to midnight nibble, scrubbing the hearth, slopping the pigs, and cooking for her guardian, Gelbane, who never spares a kind word. As if life as a servant isn't bad enough, Mae learns that Gelbane is a troll and Hapennies are a troll delicacy.

Years ago, a spell trapped Gelbane in Mae's village. Ever since, Gelbane has been chiseling away the magic protections and now Mae's home is destined to become a smorgasbord for half-starved trolls.

When her best friend, Leif, goes missing, it will take all of Mae's courage to find her friend and protect her village.

When pitchforks, sewing needles, pots, brooms and a little magick are the only weapons at hand, the hapennies discover that great victories can be accomplished no matter what size you are, but only if you stick together.

A classic tale of good versus evil, and self-sacrifice.

Script adapted by Jennifer Carson. Music and lyrics by William Ogmundson and Aaron Carson. © 2014 · ISBN 978-1-62251-016-0

Listen to the music

To Find A Wonder

Cover of To Find A Wonder — a great yellow dragon sprawled beneath autumn trees, a red-haired rider on horseback beside it and a minstrel playing a lute in the grass

Medium size cast with ensemble. Perfect for middle school productions. Run time approx. 75 minutes.

Adapted from her book To Find A Wonder.

Mortimer is the best squire in Sire Emberly's troops, but his liege refuses to recommend him for promotion to knighthood. When Mortimer demands to prove his knight-worthiness, Sir Emberly charges him with an impossible task-to find a wonder. With the help of his faithful mare, a scatterbrained wizard, a frog prince, and a very special vegetable, Mortimer creates his own wonder-the first dragon to ever breathe fire! How much trouble could one fire-breathing creature cause anyway? Mortimer certainly discovers, and learns along the way that being a knight is more than being talented with a sword.

From a production

To Be a Knight
Hungry for Adventure
Hoppily Ever After
Hope Starts Small

The Soft Light of Victory

Artwork for The Soft Light of Victory — a young woman leaning from a lit upper window of a timbered tavern at night, a cloaked figure in the lane below, a lantern burning beside her

Small cast. Original music. Run time: approx. 45 minutes.

In the dim glow of a rural Scottish tavern, where laughter masks longing and every shadow hints at secrets, Bess Haverstock moves through her nightly chores with practiced grace. The sticky floors and raucous patrons are her world, yet her heart aches for something beyond the reach of ale and obligation. As the wind rattles the windowpanes and the fire burns low, Bess's thoughts drift to Nicholas—the enigmatic highwayman whose absence stirs both hope and dread. In this place of worn wood and whispered rumors, love and danger entwine. Even the softest light can cast the deepest shadows.

A dark, romantic tale of love, betrayal, and sacrifice in rural 18th-century Scotland inspired by the poem The Highway Man by Alfred Noyes published in 1906.

Book and lyrics by Jennifer Carson. Music by William Ogmundson. © 2016