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Riding The Hamilton Wave

My play

Mark Starlin
2 min readJul 22, 2020
Public Domain • Edited by Mark Starlin

With the success of the play Hamilton, I believe that people are finally ready to accept my vision for a historical musical play. I call it Shemp.

Shemp is a Screamo Metal Disco Hip Hop Bluegrass Opera about Shemp Howard from the Three Stooges.

The play tells the tale of a stooge, Shemp, living in the shadow of a funnier stooge, Curly. Setting aside his pride, Shemp helps his brothers get work after Curly suffers debilitating health issues. Shemp is the tragic real-life story behind the funny men on the screen.

The songs included in the play are:

Shemp Howard Is Who I Am

Nyuck, Nyuck!

Hand Me That Hammer

Fake Shemps

Yo! Put Some Vibrato On That Screamo, Cookie Monster

Why I Aughta

You’re So Fine, Larry

A Hand In Front Of My Nose Stops The Two Finger Blows

Bowl Cut Blues

Woob, Woob, Woob!

No One Remembers The Other Two

Soitenly!

Pulling A Clump Of My Hair Out

Bark Like A Dog, Dawg

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Mark Starlin
Mark Starlin

Written by Mark Starlin

Old bones. Young heart. Uniquely arranged words.

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