Desperate for Magic

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Desperate for MagicDrama-Logue Cabaret Corner (Feb3-9) 1994The Nashville Business Journal, Nov 27-Dec 1, 1989 is a one-man multi-character play written and performed by American playwright Chambers Stevens. Written with a grant from The Tennessee Commission and the Ingram Industries Theater Fellowship Ingram Content Group, Desperate for Magic debuted in Nashville in 1989. Billed as a magical mystery tour through Generation X, Stevens performed as seventeen characters all looking for something magical in their lives.Omaha World-Herald, Dec 10, 1993 Dubbed "a male Lily Tomlin" by Los Angeles Magazine,Los Magazine, Jan 1994 Page 84 the play, directed by Betsy Sullenger, went on a national tour.The Clarion Ledger June 15th, 1994The Burbank Leader, Oct 30th 1991The Tennessean, Dec 27, 1991Drama-Logue, Feb 3-9, 1994

In 1994, it was awarded a Garland (Critic's Pick) by Backstage West.Backstage West, Stage Notes, Rob Kendt, Jan 5, 1994 In 2001, Desperate for Magic was published by the Eldridge Publishing Company.{{Cite web | url=http://www.histage.com/playdetails.asp?PID=1064 | title=Search. Eldridge Plays and Musicals }}http://epc-library.com/pdf/2248f.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}