Hey Dorothy You're Not in Kansas Anymore
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In this fast-paced and funny first novel, Karen Mueller Bryson tells the story of a young woman's wild journey coming to terms with her father's sudden death. Hey Dorothy You're Not in Kansas Anymore is a delightful and engaging tale reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz.
Dorothy Gale Robinson, an aspiring actress, is the daughter of hippie parents with a passion for old movies. When her father is killed suddenly while sipping a non-fat decaf mocha latte at a local coffee shop, Dorothy's life is turned upside down. After an unconventional dispersing of her father's ashes at the Universal Studios' Psycho House, Dorothy's mother decides to sell all her worldly possessions and join a New Age cult headquartered in Banff, Canada. Of course, Dorothy's twin brother, Jude, is too busy with his law firm to help Dorothy save their mother from the clutches of the sinister cult, so she seeks the aid of her new boyfriend, Lahrs, and a cult-buster, Mervyn O'Roy, who just happens to look like Mickey Rooney. The motley trio venture from Florida to Canada, and through a series of mishaps and misadventures, Dorothy and her fellow rescuers recover Dorothy's mother, and everyone finds a little romance in the Canadian Rockies.
About the Author
Karen Mueller Bryson is a produced and award winning playwright. Her one-act play Thazel Hoffstetter Lives Here was produced at Unity Fest 2000 at the Bank Street Theatre in New York City. Her short play The Doctor Will See You Now was produced by StageWorks in Tampa, Florida as a part of their "Briefs and LongJohns” series and will be produced by Potluck Productions in Kansas City, Kansas this summer. Her short play God's Grace was produced in “An Evening of One-Acts” at Carrollwood Players in Tampa, Florida and her play But Does He Know Botticelli was produced at Cayuga Community College in Auburn, New York. It also received a staged reading at the Footsteps Theatre in Chicago and received an Honorable Mention in the 1999 McLaren Memorial Playwriting Contest. Her play When Fat Chicks Rule the World was a winner of the Scriptwriters of South Carolina Playwriting Contest and received a staged reading. The play was also a semi-finalist in the 13th Annual Henrico Theatre Company One-Act Playwriting Competition. A monologue from the play was recently selected for publication in the anthology AUDITION MONOLOGS FOR YOUNG ACTORS-II. The book will be published by Meriwether Publishing in Colorado Springs (USA) in summer of 2001. Mueller Bryson is a student in the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Program in Creative Writing at Warnborough University in London, England.
Prior to becoming a playwright and novelist, Karen Mueller Bryson earned a Master's Degree in Human Development Counseling and worked for a number of years as a counselor and educator.
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