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Plot summary
Money is short for Alice and John Macy. John works as a salesman in a lousy job so that Alice can finish college. Alice aims for a top position but cannot find a job. After John is fired, the two of them have a car accident in front of an antique house. Alice spots a brass teapot and steals it, then learns that it is magic and pays them money whenever they hurt themselves.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Brass Teapot (2012)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- In 2019 the film's dramatic stage rights were optioned by producer Erik Kaiko, who had seen it years earlier; Ramaa Mosley and Tim Macy wrote a first draft of the stage adaptation and Chaz Cardigan finished a first draft of the score in 2021.
- The stage version was named a semi-finalist for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 2023 National Music Theater Conference, and its third complete draft was accepted into the 2024 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, produced by Kokandy Productions at Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
- A developmental production of the stage version was staged by the Los Angeles theater company Firefly Theatre Group in May 2025.
