DeGruchy’s Mantle

DeGruchy’s Mantle was published by Encore Performance Press and was dropped after Encore was sold to Eldridge. It is now published by Leicester Bay Theatricals.

Newman’s first verse drama, DeGruchy’s Mantle tells the story of a widow who leaves her magic mantle to her five teenage daughters just before her death. The daughters make a series of foolish wishes that cause a series of enchantments. It is up to the youngest daughter, magically aged through the mantle’s power, who must restore her sisters and take charge of her mother’s gift.

The play calls for a cast of six young women, two young men, and one older woman. It runs approximately 75 minutes without intermission. The play requires a simple exterior setting that could be either realistic or suggestive.

DeGruchy’s Mantle received a Meritorious Achievement Award in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival’s Region VIII playwriting competition. It subsequently premiered in the University of Utah’s Lab Theatre and became the first play that Newman directed at Highland High School.

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Newman Plays