Dean Fuller Biography
B.A. music and drama, Yale University. Alumnus Tamiment Playhouse, last of the Borscht Belt boot camps for revue writers, lyricists and composers. He co-wrote the book for ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, contributed music (with lyrics by Marshall Barer) to revues ONCE OVER LIGHTLY (Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Sono Osato), NEW FACES OF 1956 (Tiger Haynes, Inga Swenson, Maggie Smith), ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (Beatrice Lillie). Musical director and arranger for Tallulah Bankhead's only nightclub appearances (Sands Hotel, Las Vegas). Composer, National Repertory Theatre (Eva LeGallienne, Denholm Elliott, Farley Granger, Sylvia Sydney). Co-author/composer of the Off-Broadway musical SMITH. Author of three novels: Passage, A Death in Paris and Death of a Critic. Currently developing musical of Shaw's THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE (with Barer), scheduled for workshop production in 1997.
| Production/Credit | Where | Opening Night |
| Once Upon a Mattress ...... (Book) | Somerset Valley Players | 9/7/2007 |
| Once Upon a Mattress ...... (Book) | Middlesex County Plays in the Park | 7/18/2007 |
| Once Upon a Mattress ...... (Book) | GB Productions | 9/14/2006 |
| Once Upon a Mattress ...... (Book) | Cumberland Players | 7/13/2006 |
| Once Upon a Mattress ...... (Book) | The Playful Theater Company | 7/7/2005 |
| Once Upon a Mattress ...... (Book) | NENA Productions Theater Project | 5/13/2005 |
| Once Upon a Mattress ...... (Book) | Livingston Theatre Company | 3/3/2005 |
| Once Upon a Mattress ...... (Book) | Margate Players | 8/13/2004 |
| Once Upon a Mattress ...... (Book) | JCC Musical Theater Company | 8/7/2004 |
| Once Upon a Mattress ...... (Book) | Enchanted Players | 9/13/2002 |
| Once Upon a Mattress ...... (Book) | Spring Lake Theatre Company | 2/1/2002 |
| Once Upon a Mattress ...... (Book) | Mercer County Community College | 2/2/2001 |
| Once Upon a Mattress ...... (Book) | East Brunswick Community Players | 9/8/2000 |
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