playS and MuSicalS - Contemporary Drama Service
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Spy TV<br />
by KENNETH R. PREUSS<br />
Reality TV invades school<br />
Cast: 15F, 7M<br />
Age level: Junior High to High School<br />
Playing time: About 45 minutes<br />
Complete playkit with 10 scripts <strong>and</strong><br />
rights to reproduce copies: $20.95<br />
Order #R-P1233<br />
Principal Orwell signs with cable TV. They install<br />
cameras in every corner of Bradbury High School. The<br />
students’ every move is broadcast to the world! To get<br />
ratings, the show features short clips of students in<br />
embarrassing situations. The backstabbing gossip queen,<br />
the school quarterback <strong>and</strong> the grunge b<strong>and</strong>, Flannel<br />
Underground, love the free publicity. They fight with<br />
the students who scheme to have the cameras removed.<br />
But when the quarterback gets the fumbles <strong>and</strong> the<br />
gossip girl has a bad hair day, they join the dissenters.<br />
Everyone acts like perfect angels. With no dirty laundry<br />
to get ratings, SPY TV is cancelled. A humorous, lively<br />
commentary on trash TV. Large flexible cast, simple<br />
staging.<br />
Alice in Wonderl<strong>and</strong><br />
by KIRK BUIS<br />
A fairy tale parody<br />
Cast: 24 players, mixed plus stageh<strong>and</strong>s —<br />
12 speaking parts<br />
Playing time: About 30 minutes<br />
Complete playkit with 10 scripts <strong>and</strong><br />
rights to reproduce copies: $20.95<br />
Order #R-P1451<br />
Some Alice! She thinks she’s Dorothy from The Wizard<br />
of Oz until she falls into an abyss (the curtain). In her<br />
Wonderl<strong>and</strong> she meets wild new versions of Lewis<br />
Carroll’s characters. Stageh<strong>and</strong>s in black create<br />
delightful special effects: stage sets that shrink, a giant<br />
cheshire cat face that appears from nowhere <strong>and</strong> more.<br />
Her encounter with each new character is a comic<br />
experience uniquely its own. But no one will tell Alice how<br />
to get back to Kansas. Every actor gets funny lines <strong>and</strong><br />
comic business. Great effects easily staged with<br />
impromptu props <strong>and</strong> costumes. You can accommodate<br />
every actor <strong>and</strong> stageh<strong>and</strong> that’s willing with this one.<br />
And your audience will give it a thumbs up!<br />
Large Cast One Act Plays<br />
General Valley Hospital<br />
by JUDY WICKLUND<br />
A one-act soap opera parody<br />
Cast: 22 players, mixed<br />
Age level: Middle School to High School<br />
Playing time: About 30 minutes<br />
Complete playkit with 10 scripts <strong>and</strong><br />
rights to reproduce copies: $20.95<br />
Order #R-P1252<br />
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Neurotic doctors, psychotic nurses, homeless waifs, a<br />
lobotomized airhead <strong>and</strong> a beautiful but evil heiress.<br />
These characters <strong>and</strong> more make their way through<br />
Ruth’s kitchen. She’s the head nurse at General Valley<br />
Hospital that spends all her time at home, serving<br />
coffee <strong>and</strong> listening to all the gossip. The Valley is full of<br />
sc<strong>and</strong>als, shady deals, kidnappings, alleged murders, etc.<br />
But all is forgiven when the head surgeon saves Ruth’s life<br />
by operating with kitchen utensils. This large cast parody<br />
pokes fun at all the daytime soaps! Filled with hilarious<br />
lines <strong>and</strong> situations. Easy to stage with only one set.<br />
Simple costumes <strong>and</strong> props.<br />
Cinderella in Middle School<br />
by GEORGE HALITZKA<br />
An updated fairy tale parody<br />
Cast: 7F, 3M, plus extras<br />
Age level: Middle School to High School<br />
Playing time: About 30 minutes<br />
Complete playkit with 10 scripts <strong>and</strong><br />
rights to reproduce copies: $20.95<br />
Order #R-P1790<br />
New!<br />
So much to do <strong>and</strong> so little time. If Cindy wants to go to<br />
the big dance like her stepsisters, she’ll have to finish her<br />
chores first. She dreams to be Daniel Prince’s choice for<br />
the special dance, but her chores are st<strong>and</strong>ing in her way.<br />
Her dreams come true when the creative Fairy Godmother<br />
trips to the rescue. The angry family dog is turned into<br />
Cindy’s chauffer, who takes her <strong>and</strong> the Fairy Godmother<br />
to the mall for a new dress <strong>and</strong> magical makeup that<br />
makes Cindy unrecognizable to everyone, except to her<br />
true love. Daniel picks “the new girl” for his partner during<br />
the special song <strong>and</strong> sparks fly. But the clock chimes ten<br />
<strong>and</strong> Cindy loses her shoe as she rushes to her ride before<br />
he becomes the angry dog again. Can Daniel find his<br />
beautiful dance partner by finding the lone shoe’s owner?<br />
With simple staging <strong>and</strong> few props, this play is easy to<br />
perform in the classroom or on a stage. Lots of laughs.