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Cricket County Academy
by EDDIE McPHERSON
A one-act hillbilly comedy
Cast: 8F, 4M, plus extras
Age level: Middle School to High School
Playing time: About 45 minutes
Complete playkit with 10 scripts and
rights to reproduce copies: $22.95
Order #R-P1637
When Elkin inherits Uncle Zeke’s huge fortune, he
enrolls his hillbilly cousins at the highbrow private
school, Gold Leaf Academy. The school wants to reject
the kinfolk when their cultural gap becomes a “black
hole” of hilarious miscommunication. But when the
school administration discovers that super-rich Elkin may
endow the academy, everything changes. Cousin Fester
even wins the “Prince Charming” role in the school
production of Rapunzel as his sisters become the “Evil
Witches.” The country cousins have never been in a
school play, so everything turns comically chaotic.
Despite his ineptness, hayseed Fester wins the affection
of the class beauty, Kayla, who plays the “Princess.”
Kayla chooses Fester to be her date to the school dance,
then Fester decides to take all the girls to the dance in
his limo. The school snobs who ridiculed the hillbillies
learn that homespun charm and courtesy win the day.
Alienated
by KENNETH R. PREUSS
Which student is really an alien?
Cast: 16F, 10M, flexible
Age level: High School
Playing time: About 40 minutes
Complete playkit with 10 scripts and
rights to reproduce copies: $22.95
Order #R-P1558
Twenty-six typical wise-cracking seniors gather to solve
the mystery of a bright light that has occurred every six
years of their lives: the year they were born, kindergarten,
sixth and now twelfth grade. Rumor has it that one of the
students is an alien receiving communications. Is it the
diva, the jock, the slacker, the nerd, the actor or one of
twenty others? Each accuses one of the group and is
accused by one in turn. Everyone has something weird to
hide. Each deflects suspicion onto another until they
realize that everyone’s strange. Frustrated, the girl that’s
trying to solve the mystery leaves. The rest of the group
high five. They’re all aliens who tricked the school
newspaper editor to save their secret. She’s the one who’s
alienated. A fun show for a large group of performers.
Easy to stage.
Large Cast One Act Plays
Shakespeare in Cricket County
by EDDIE McPHERSON
A one-act hillbilly comedy
Cast: 10F, 6M
Playing time: About 45 minutes
Complete playkit with 10 scripts and
rights to reproduce copies: $22.95
Order #R-P1711
Shakespeare? Elkin Taylor and his kinfolk down home in
the hollow never heard of him. When city-cultured Mrs.
Featherred hears about Elkin’s huge inheritance, she visits
Cricket County with two Shakespearean actors eager to
get an endowment for her theatre. But when “Romeo
and Juliet” perform with their lofty language, the
kinfolk haven’t a clue about what is going on. Their
confused dog, Mudhole, attacks them. Pile on one silly
misunderstanding after another and mix it together with
madcap action, you have a hilarious hillbilly play that’s
fun for both the performers and the audience.
Bard High
by FLIP KOBLER and CINDY MARCUS
A totally-teen version of
Much Ado About Nothing
Cast: 8F, 7M, 5 M or F
Age level: Middle School to High School
Playing time: About 30 minutes
Complete playkit with 10 scripts and
rights to reproduce copies: $20.95
Order #R-P1755
A modern take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About
Nothing takes the actors and audience through a topsyturvy
road of love. During Spring break in Florida, Bard
High students meet up with Messina High students.
Claude and Heidi meet, falling in love at first sight. But
Claude’s mean-spirited brother, Don John, pays his friends
to paint Heidi in a bad light, which breaks Claude’s heart
and causes Heidi to run away. In the mean time, friends try
to get foes Trish and Ben together so they aren’t the only
ones without a date for the prom. Trish and Ben realize
they’ve loved each other all along. In the end, inspired by
Miami Vice, Dawg and his buddies, Skittles and Yank,
uncover Don John’s prank, returning the lovers Claude
and Heidi to each other. Actors and audiences will enjoy
this comedy of love. Easy to stage, fun to perform.
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