Grandma Tila tells more family stories from her point of view as a spirit returning to earth. She catches up on some modern life details. Trails of Tila is an additional montage of stories based on the life of author Carolyn Murset’s lively Latina Grandmother Domitila (Tila) Miera Trujillo’s life during the first half of the twentieth century in northern New Mexico. This one-woman musical follows Tales of Tila, Carolyn’s original musical.
Tila was the wife of a shepherd, and a mother of ten who joyfully navigated her way through the Spanish Flu Epidemic, the Great War (WW1), the Great Depression, World War 2, and the creation of the Atomic Bomb. Her husband, Juan Manuel Trujillo built government housing in the Secret City of Los Alamos, New Mexico during the mid 1940’s and the family lived there a few years later.
Tila tells stories of cultural New Mexican Christmas traditions, and how she left trails for other to follow. She encourages readers to leave a written trail and a physical trail for others to remember them by. In both plays, Tila returns after being gone since 1971 and interprets current events through the eyes of someone who’s been away for several decades. Get your Spanglish on!
This musical, for solo performance, follows up on the “Tales of Tila” show which Carolyn has toured across the nation, even at the United Solo Festival in NYC.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
PLAY DETAILS:
- 1f.
- Two chairs, a guitar, and a trunk of props
- Simple costume
- About 82 minutes.
- ORDER #2106
REVIEWS:
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
PERUSAL MATERIALS
No performance rights are granted to anyone in the possession of a Perusal Pages document, nor are you obligated to a performance run by the possession of the document.
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“Trails of Tila” will be available soon as an Audio Drama through Amazon, CDBaby, iTunes, and other platforms.
- EPISODE ONE (20:24) of the Audio Drama COMING SOON ON AMAZON/iTUNES
- EPISODE TWO (16:10) of the Audio Drama COMING SOON ON AMAZON/iTUNES
- EPISODE THREE (24:09) of the Audio Drama COMING SOON ON AMAZON/iTUNES
- EPISODE FOUR (20:21) of the Audio Drama COMING SOON ON AMAZON/iTUNES
SONG LIST
- ACT ONE
- Scene One — a garden on a late summer morning, in Placitas, a neighborhood in Taos, New Mexico. 1912
- #1 — We Didn’t Take Our Chances, part1
- #1a — We Didn’t Take our Chances, part2
- #2 — Partners in Crime, part1
- #2a — Partners in Crime, part2
- #2b — Partners in Crime, part3
- #3 — The Young Suitor, part1
- #3a — The Young Suitor, part2
- #4 — 600 Miles (Stay Awake)
- Scene Two — Tila’s living room, Taos, New Mexico, the present.
- #5 — A Teenager’s Omission
- #6 — Is This Etsy?
- #7 — Not a Fabricator
- #8 — Food for Thought
- #9 — Red, or Green?
- INTERMISSION
- ACT TWO
- Scene Three — Christmas season, 1950s, Los Alamos, then 1960’s Taos New Mexico
- #10 — The Little Lie
- #11 — We’ll Wait
- #12 — Las Posadas
- #13 — Biscochito
- Scene Four — Taos, New Mexico, late 1960s
- #14 — Those Cataracts
- #15 — Trujillo’s Bible
- #16 — I Left My Trail
- #17a — Sweeter Than Honey, part1
- #17b — Sweeter Than Honey, part2
- #18 — You’re Human, part 1
- #18a — You’re Human, part2
SONG SAMPLES of “Trails of Tila”:
REHEARSAL MATERIALS AVAILABLE
- Script in PDF format — Order #2106a : $30.00 (from which you will be authorized to copy for your production)
BUTTON HERE SOON - OPTIONAL PRINT SCRIPT — Order #2106ap : $70.00 (PACKAGE includes 8 PRINT scripts for Cast (1) Staff (2) and Technical/Design (5). These scripts may NOT be photocopied or duplicated in any way.
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- Vocal Book in PDF format — Order #2106b : $20.00 (from which you will be authorized to copy for your production)
BUTTON HERE SOON - Piano-Vocal Score is not available for this title. Use the Vocal Book(above), PLUS the Performance-traks which will be included with the production royalties on this title.
- First Performance Ward/Stake/Amateur/Educational Royalty — Order #2106d : $80.00 (for the first or only performance, including the use of Performance-Traks)
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- Second Performance Ward/Stake/Amateur/Educational Royalty — Order #2106e : $70.00 (for each consecutive performance, including the use of Performance-Traks)
BUTTON HERE SOON - Professional Performance License can be granted by filling out the Performance License Application. No production rights can be granted until this application is filled out and sent to us. This is a filler form that after you click “SUBMIT” will send directly to our email address. Response averages 2-3 business days.
NOTE ON SHEET MUSIC OF INDIVIDUAL SONGS: If you are looking for sheet music for a particular song from the show, we can make that available to you for a small fee. We have had a lot of demand for this and, while we love to make the big bucks, we would prefer to just meet your needs and get you the song you want at a more nominal price, which in the end is better for you and easier for us.
PRODUCTIONS
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- Bluff Fort Visitor’s Center, Bluff Utah — January 22, 2024
- Hurricane Utah Fine Arts Center — September 15th, 2023
- Santa Fe New Mexico Stake Center — September 20th, 2023
- Los Lunas New Mexico Stake Center — September 22nd, 2023
- Audio Drama version available on Amazon, CD Baby, iTunes, other platforms — 2023
BILLING CREDITS
The following is how the credits should read in all programs, posters, fliers, handbills and other promotional advertising for the show:
Trails of Tila!
by
Carolyn Chatwin Murset
NOTE: The names of the Playwright(s), Composer, Lyricist, and Bookwriter shall be equal in size, type, coloring, boldness, and prominence. No billing shall appear in type larger or more prominent than the billing to the Authors except for the title of the play. (In a press release all type, will of course, be the same size.)
ALSO:
THIS NOTICE MUST APPEAR IN ALL PROGRAMS, ON ALL POSTERS AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS AND INTERNET ADVERTISING/WEBPAGES FOR THE PLAY:
“Trails of Tila! is presented through special arrangement with Premiére Theatrical Licensing on behalf of Zion Theatricals. All authorized materials are also supplied by ZT, www.ziontheatricals.com”
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