This website holds an archive library of musical-theatre works written by Johnny Simons and Douglas Balentine in the 1970s and 1980s. The shows were created in Fort Worth, Texas. Most were produced at the Hip Pocket Theatre, a one-of-a-kind innovative theatre that continues to exist against all odds.
ACT I
Opening - I Live Out On the Lake - Tonight Moonlight
It Seems That He's Returned - Monster Rampage - Kneel Down
Relax - Thunderbirds - Here to There - Bring It All Back - Pour the Whisky
The Old Man Must Die - Dreams of Rivers & Blood - Old Roy Died - Time Brings Many Things to Light
ACT II
The Lake Worth Monster - Time Passes Slow - Billy Rose - Ladybug Dances
Why Don't You Peel It Back - With the Agility of a Rat
I Hollered Mercy Mr. Monster - Unplanted Rows - Lake Worth Monster Blues
ACT IIII
Please Let the Sun Come Up Again - The Sky Stretches Out - Hear the Wind Blow
I'm Gonna Trip On Down to New Orleans - Pack Up My Life in a Cardboard Container - Rue Royal
You Have So Much Lovin - A Life Hangin' - Swim, Billy - Finale
Return of the Creature - Act I, Opening
Wild Chili Pie and Masa Harina: The Chili Queen
The Fort Worth City Council and Casino Ballroom
Return of the Creature - Act II
Little Jackie Blue and Jack Ball at City Council
Two Old Toots and Creature Lullaby (Skinny Shin Shin)
Hello City Hall, Dredge the Lake, Finale
The Call of the Wild/Some Nights
5 Million Raindrops Fall/Prison Break/Hush Sonny
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Rags & Buck Hitchhike to Dallas
Scene: The Kitty Litter Night Club
Dallas/Still I Love You, Buck/'Least He Could'a Left the TV
Six Flags (Hitch a Ride on Love)