{"id":16182,"date":"2022-02-04T18:07:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T18:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=16182"},"modified":"2023-10-05T10:46:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T10:46:43","slug":"carolyn-chatwin-murset-playwright-lyricist-composer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=16182","title":{"rendered":"Carolyn Chatwin Murset \u2022 Playwright, Lyricist, Composer"},"content":{"rendered":"

CAROLYN CHATWIN MURSET<\/b><\/p>\n

I live a quiet life as many of you do, out of the spotlight. I\u2019m a nice and friendly half-Hispanic grandma, singer\/songwriter tortilla maker.\u00a0I grew up in the 1960\u2019s in Taos, New Mexico. I learned to play the guitar and wrote my first song while I was in high school during the 1970\u2019s. My first guitar was a $25 special, complete with vinyl gig bag. \u00a0I listened along with my older brother and sister to the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and Credence Clearwater Revival. \u00a0When they left home, I added Linda Ronstadt, and Fleetwood Mac to the stack of LP\u2019s my siblings left behind, and the tunes wafting through the wooden record player console eventually evolved through the decades into my iTunes playlist, with a little Allison Kraus, Chris Proctor, \u00a0and Maisy & Lennon thrown in with the predecessors. My first weekly gig was back in the early 1990\u2019s at noon on Friday\u2019s at Chumley\u2019s vegetarian cafe in Hurricane, Utah, where I was paid with a large slice of cheese lasagna. At another gig at a local restaurant, I once fell into the hot tub during a break in-between sets, and no one even mentioned my \u00a0wet dress afterwards. But I got a lot of tips that night. Since then, I\u2019ve played at \u00a0fairs, celebrations, festivals, private parties, fundraisers, etc. Now that I think of it, all of those events would be celebrations.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019ve self-produced four CD\u2019s, including:\u00a0 \u201cPeople Change<\/em>,\u201d \u201cHe is My Song<\/em>,\u201d and \u201cMy Gray Sky to Blue<\/em>\u201d I\u2019ve been a member of a couple of local bands that have since dis-banded. I play the guitar, mandolin, ukulele and banjo\u00a0and have studied with Trish Gale, Richard Hart, and will resume my role as a student of Lisle Crowley before I lose my callouses.\u00a0I also dabble with the harmonica. \u00a0I\u2019m an original, but now, former member of the John Houston Gospel Choir in St. George, Utah.<\/p>\n

I have played roles in The Addams Family Musical<\/i>, The Importance of Being Earnest<\/i>, \u00a0The Great Circus Caper<\/i>, Thoroughly Modern Millie<\/i>, and Harvey<\/i>.<\/p>\n

My remarkable five children and their incredible spouses have given me and my husband, Rich, thirteen grandchildren! \u00a0Some of these youngsters jam with me in my music studio, and some of them dance with me.<\/p>\n

So that you don\u2019t envy my life, I want you to know that I don\u2019t sleep enough at night, I scrub the toilet and shower, and make the beds for my AirBnB. I just changed my cat\u2019s disgusting litter box (and I\u2019m allergic to cats!) and I can only eat carrots, broccoli, and chicken without breaking out. \u00a0Sometimes I eat the broccoli first.<\/p>\n

Around that time, my siblings had appointed me as the family historian, probably because I\u2019d kept a journal for years and had shown interest in our family ancestry. \u00a0Soon after they piled the family records onto my lap, I came across my Grandma Tila\u2019s personal history.<\/p>\n

CAROLYN’S WEBSITE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

MUSICAL<\/strong><\/p>\n