Ken Bradbury

Ken Bradbury, until recently a teacher at Triopia High School for 35 years, and now an instructor at Lincoln Land College, is a resident of Arenzville, Illinois. Since 1995, he has been named the most-produced author of school speech contest material in the United States, his material having won top honors in nearly all fifty states and Puerto Rico, as his name has appeared in more contests than any other author. Ken is the author of The Coonridge Digest, a newspaper column which has won the Associated Press Award for Best Humor Column. The column appears in fourteen newspapers in Illinois and Misourri. Hes also the author of four books, The Coonridge Digest, Around the World with Freida Marie Crump, The Coonridge Devotions, Homerville.and his most recent book, Souptown. Hes written music for five recordings by Shiloh, a Christian singing group, and is a founder and director of the Green Pastures Performing Arts Camp. The author of over 100 plays and musicals, he and co-author Robert Crowe recently won the Lincoln Library Award for the play, The Shadow of Giants which appeared on Public Television. Their newest play, Why Spot Ran, premiered last year in San Diego. He was the winner of the Downstate Playwrights Award at the University of Illinois in 1998. In 2000 his work, Cries of Faith was performed at Illinois College and the University of Illinois. His most recent project is David You and I, which he co-authored with Roger Wainwright. The re-telling of the story of King David.Bradbury is the winner of the Country Companies and Channel 20 Golden Apple Award for teaching, the Western Illinois University Friend of the Arts award, the Illinois College Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, the Illinois College McGaw Citation for Excellence in the Arts, and was named Outstanding High School Teacher by Eastern Illinois University. Ken was recently awarded the honorary Doctor of Fine Arts by MacMurray College in Jacksonville, the honorary Doctor of Letters by Illinois College, and was inducted into the Jacksonville Hall of Fame. In 2004 he was given the Studs Terkel Humanities Award by the Illinois Arts Council. He also plays the bagpipes, much to the chagrin of his Arenzville neighbors.

Plays by Ken Bradbury with Green Room Press:
ACTING UP
AFLOAT IN A BOAT
AIR FREIDA
THE ALL-AMERICAN FAMILY
AN HOUR TO IMPACT
ANYBODY WANT MY SISTER ... AGAIN?
ARE WE THERE YET?
AUDIENCE ROULETTE
BAM 'EM, LIZZIE, BAM 'EM
A BANQUET OF FRIENDSHIP
BE-BOP-A-RE-RUN
THE BIG SWITCH
THE BIG WOO
THE BIRD OF A DIFFERENT COLOR
BOBBY AND JANE
BOBBY MALONE
THE BOY WHO WANTED TO FLY
BOYS NIGHT OUT
BUBBLES
BUFFER ZONE
BUN-GEE!
THE BUSTED WIDGET
THE BYSTANDERS
CAMP OOMYGOSHA
CAMP OUTLAW
CAMP SUNSHINE
CATCH A FALLING STAR
CHANNEL SURFERS
THE CHARGE UP YARDSALE HILL
CHECKING OUT
CHRISTOPHER TOODLE
CLIMBERS
THE COACH
COMPLETELY MALLED
COMPLETELY SAUCED
COMPOUND FRACTURES
COOL ADVICE
A COUPLE OF GENIUSES
COUPLINGS
COW GIRL
CREEPY ACRES
THE CULTURE CLUB
CURSE OF GRANNY
DAREN'S CRY
A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
DAT'S AMORE!
A DAY IN THE LIFE
DEAR JOHN
DEAR VIRGINIA
DEATH OF THE THEATRE
DEATH WARMED OVER
THE DEVIL'S BRIDE
DINNER IS SERVED
DO NOT DELETE
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?
THE DOC SHOP
DOGGIES...FOR DUMMIES
DOGGIN' IT
DOOMSDAY
DOWN THE SLIDE
DRUMMY SUTTON
DUMB BUNNY
E-MOMENTS
ELEVATION
THE EVE OF AN ARGUMENT
EXIT STAGE RIGHT
FAITH, SLICED ON WRY
FAMILY COURT
FAR AWAY
FAST FEUD
FEE FI FO FLUB
FEELINGS, NOTHING MORE THAN FEELINGS
A FINE LINE
THE FINISHING TOUCH
FIRE IN THE BELLY
FIRE ME UP, MAMA
FIRST AND TEN WITH THE BALL AT THE GATE
FOREVER, WITH RESERVATIONS
THE FOUR IN ONE
FRANKEN-BRO
FRIENDS FOREVER?
FRIES WITH THAT
FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK
GENERATIONS
THE GHASTLY ARMS
GHOST OF A CHANCE
GIANT KILLER
GIMME THE BALL! GIMME THE BALL!
GIRL BEHIND THE WHEEL
GIRLS NIGHT OUT
GOING LOCAL
GOING POLAR
GOING UP
GONE WITH THE SPIRIT
THE GOOD SHIP PETTICOAT
GOOSHY
THE GRAND TOUR
THE GRANDEST LARCENY
THE GRANDMA CONSPIRACY
THE GRANNY BOX
A GRAVE SITUATION
THE GREAT AWAKENING
THE GREAT CORRECTOR
THE GREAT ESCAPE
THE GREAT GOLDI-LOCK-UP
THE GREAT PROFUNDO
THE GREATEST GIFT
GROUNDED
GROUP THERAPY
HAIL CAESAR!
THE HAM CURING
HAMS ON TOAST
THE HAND OF A FRIEND
HANDSOME PRINCE SCHOOL
HAVE A SEAT
HE'S A GOOD KID
HEADS UP!
HELP ME!
HEY DUMMY!
HEY, CABBY
HEY, DUDE
HEY, WATER BOY!
HI HO WHAT
HICKORY DICKORY WHAT?
HISTORY OF MANKIND
THE HISTORY OF MANKIND - MIDDLE SCHOOL VERSION
THE HISTORY OF MANKIND ... IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
HOLD THE BOAT
HOLY MOSES
HOODWINKED
THE HORSE RHYMER
THE HOTEL STUPID
HUT! HUT! HUT!
I AM GOING CRAZY
I AM NOT A BULLY
I DREAM OF GENE
I REMEMBER IT WELL
I'LL BE WITH YOU SHORTLY
I'LL TAKE MY JESUS DANCING
I'M REALLY GOOD AT THIS STUFF
I'VE GOT TO BE A PRINCESS
IN THE MOOD
IT'S A SECRET
IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND, PARTNER
JACK-BOY
JUST CUZ
JUST FOLLOW ME
JUST IMAGINE
JUST PRETEND
LE CAFE INTERNATIONALE
LET GO OF MY TALE!
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
LIFE
LIFE OF A GIRL
LIGHTS OUT
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION BY GEORGE!
A LITTLE BREEZY DOWN THERE
A LITTLE OVERACTING ON THE PRAIRIE
LIVE FROM GOOSELAND
LOVE
LOVE'S LABORS
MAKING OF A STAR
MAKING THE ROUNDS
MAKING TRACKS
MARIA'S ROSE
MARY-GO-ROUND
MISFITS
MIXED ORDERS
MOLLY IS MY COUSIN
MOOD MED, INC.
MORNING COFFEE
MOTOR MOUTH
MOUNTAIN DOG
A MUDDLE IN THE HUDDLE
MURDER ONE
MY BEST FRIEND
THE NEW PATRIOT
NEXT STOP
NICK OF TIME
THE NIGHT BUB BLEVINS WENT BERSERK
NOW HEAR THIS!
OH, GROW UP!
OH, WHAT A CIRCUS
ON SECOND THOUGHT
ON THE AIR
ONCE A QUEEN
ONE COOL OLD LADY
ONE SPECIAL BROTHER
ONE-PART HARMONY
OPENING TONIGHT: MOTHER GOOSE
PAIRING UP
THE PARTY GIRLS
PARTY ON!
PEANUT JOHNNY
THE PHANTOM HITCHHIKER
THE POOCH ROOM
POOF!
PREACHER BAILEY
PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK
PROM TERRIFIED
PULLIN' THE WOOL
PUPPY LOVE
PUPPY POPS
QUERIDA VIRGINIA
THE RAFT
A REAL BEAUT!
REALER THAN REAL
RED, WHITE AND CHORALE
RETURN...TO CAMP SUNSHINE
RIBBIT
ROAR!
ROCKIN' IN THE TREETOPS
ROUGH IT, HONEY
THE ROYAL SHUFFLE
THE RUNAWAY
THE SANTA CLAUSE
THE SAVING GRACE
SHADOW OF GIANTS
SIMPLY CHARMING
SINGING AT SEVEN
SISTER ACT
SISTERS IN SPIRIT
A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT
SO LONG, KITTY
SO YOU WANT TO BE AN ADULT
SOMETHING FISHY
SOMOS AMIGAS
SORRY, I JUST GOT HERE MYSELF
THE SOUL OF THE MATTER
THE SQUIRREL OBITUARY
STANDIN' IN THE NEED
STATION K.O.R.N
STEPPING UP
STORY OF A BOY
THE STORYTELLERS
STOWAWAYS
STUCK ON YOU
THE SUMMIT
SUN DAZED
SUNSET ON CAMP SUNSHINE
SUPER POP
SUPER SITTER
SWEET DREAMS
THE T-K
TAKE A NOTE
TAKE THE PLUNGE
THE TALE OF THE DOG
TEENAGE IDOL
THAT AGE
THAT SOMETHING MISSING IS ME
THAT'S NONSENSE
THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS
THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW
THERE'S A HITCH
THINK BIG!
THIRD MOUSE FROM THE LEFT
THIS FAMILY IS BUGGED
THIS SPEECH CONTEST HAS BEEN CANCELLED
TIME IN A BOX
TOP OF THE WORLD
TOTO TOO
TOUGH-IT, MUFFET!
THE TRIBULATION ROOM
TRUST ME
TRY AGAIN, PLEASE
TUB TALK
TUMBLERS
UP, UP AND AWAY
UP, UP AND GONE
VACATE!
VAGUELY FAMILIAR
VARIATIONS
A VERY MELLOW DRAMA
WAIT! WAIT! SUPERHERO!
WE ARE THE GIRLS
WEEGEE
WHAT A CONTEST!
WHAT A FARCE
WHAT HO!
WHAT IS IT?
WHEREFORE ART WHO
WHO ART IN HEAVEN
WIDGET
WIRED FROM THE BEGINNING
THE WISHER
WOLF AT THE DOOR
WOLF TALE
WONDER WIPES
WONDERFUL WORLD
A WORD FOR MARA
THE WRECK OF THE FRIENDSHIP
XENO EVIL
YO HO YUCK
YOU GOTTA ROW
THE YOUNG AND THE SOAPLESS
 
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