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One Acts SeussOdyssey -- new! (downloadable one-act sample | full sample | buy now) - also with a full-length version 8-50+ actors, gender flexible Homer's Odyssey is transformed into a wild, subversive comedy told in the style of Dr. Seuss. Includes a singing Cyclops (“oh the sights you can spy with only one eye”) a Seussian underworld, and a climactic slaughter of teddy bears in Odysseus' great hall. The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon (downloadable one-act sample | full sample | buy now) - also with a full-length version 5-24 actors, gender flexible. Comedy, 45 minutes. Told in a similar style to The Reduced Shakespeare Company, The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon is a madcap romp through the collected stories of the Brothers Grimm. Two warring narrators attempt to combine fairy tales into one impossibly complicated storyline in a hilarious theatrical event. This is a one-act, super-condensed version of the full-length play. Alice's Adventures with Poorly Cooked Cafeteria Seafood (downloadable sample | full sample | buy now) 13-23 characters, gender flexible, Comedy, 45-50 minutes Alice is having about the worst day imaginable. Her genius little brother, Waldo, is forcing her into a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his weird little friends, and school is turning out to be a nightmare—She has detention with the meanest teacher alive: Ms. Snodgrass. So Alice attempts to get herself sent to the hospital by eating as much "mystery fish" as possible in the cafeteria. What follows is a bizarre series of hallucinations that have a suspicious resemblance to another famous Alice story. This one is perfect for schools, with lots of fun costumes. The Bells of Charlemont - - new! (full sample | buy now) 6 men, up to 20 women, Drama, 40 minutes Based on a true story. On Christmas Eve, 1944, a small group of American soldiers occupies a burned out village in Northern France. The widow of the mayor gives them an extraordinary request to help save the town and revive it from the crippling malaise of Nazi occupation. Before the soldiers can complete their task, however, they are called away to the Battle of the Bulge. Will they desert the army to help the people they have come to love? A drama of hope and the power of the human spirit in the midst of war. Malibu Cars Look Like They Can Float 1 man, 1 woman Love blooms in the ball pit of a local McDonald's between an assistant manager and a lewd fifteen year-old girl. A comedy of hope, grease, and perverted grandpas. Produced August 2000 at Expanded Arts, New York City, and May 2001 at the Bloomington Playwright's Project. The Amazing Fatness of Belinda Marsh 1 man, 1 woman Mike the pizza delivery guy and his arch-nemesis, the morbidly obese Belinda Marsh, square off in an escalating war of deliveries, gratuities, and diet coke. The Goblin of 39th Street 1 man, 1 woman A dark and frightening look at the life of a tormented shut-in living in Hell's Kitchen. Produced February 2000 at the Actor's Studio Drama School in New York City. The Only One in the Room 1 man, 1 woman A nervous teenage boy is forced into a room with a passed out girl known to be loose. Winter's Glen 1 man, 1 woman On a snowy evening in small town Iowa, a local girl meets a mysterious war photographer. Produced May 2000 at the Actor's Studio Drama School in New York City. |
