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WILL AVERILL |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Will Averill is the Co-Artistic Director of the Card Table Theatre, and a co-founder of Axis of Evil Productions. Since running from the University of Kansas, he has worked extensively with the English Alternative Theatre and Card Table Theatre in Lawrence, Kansas; and more recently with the English companies Hallmark Players and Crude Apache. Mr. Averill is the founder of Sh*tty Deal Puppet Theatre, an adult puppet theater using hand puppets from his childhood, currently touring after an Edinburgh Fringe sell out run in August 2007. Mr. Averill is also head writer on The Victor Continental Show, and has a screenplay,Riding the Pine, in development with Kickstart Productions. As an actor, he attended the Edinburgh Fringe in 2003 with his play The Under-a-Minutemen Present: Literary Canon Fodder, and the Kennedy Center as part of the 2001 American College Theatre Festival, where he played Hugh Hefner in a one-act called Bunnies. Mr. Averill lives and works in England, where it rains.
Plays by Will Averill
Cinderella: Or How Pipsqueak the Mouse Became a Stallion | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lawrence Summer Youth Theatre (Lawrence, KS, United States) | 2005 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61215 | |||
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Genre: | 60-75 min Children's play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | 5 males, 5 females, 30 either (17-70 actors possible: 4-35 males, 3-35 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | This post-modern take on an old classic features Pipsqueak the talking mouse and his buddy Moose the mouse as they spin a tale complete with dragons, witches, slapstick, and a Prince Charming who was almost Prince Dave. Everyone still gets to live happily ever after, but you'll never look at Cinderella the same again. | |||||
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Midsummer Night's Dream: The Movie | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lawrence Summer Youth Theatre (Lawrence, KA, United States) | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123859 | |||
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Genre: | 75-85 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | 15 | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Hollywood stars, paparazzi, and fairies collide in this streamlined, multi-media enhanced version of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. Combining an abridged version of the original text with film and Powerpoint slides, this adaptation is a fresh and hilarious take on the beloved comedy about mismatched couples under the spell of a love potion -- set to the flashing lights of the world of movies. | |||||
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Odyssey, The: by Thespis and the Peloponnesian Midwest Regional Third Place Chorus | ||
| 1st Produced: | Southwest Junior High School, Lawrence, KS | 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #138180 | |||
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Genre: | comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | 10 either | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The Peloponnesian Midwest Regional Chorus is tired of placing last in every competition with their ho-hum renditions of heroic myths. Enter Thespis, with a risky idea to cure the Chorus's recitation-related woes: a full theatrical production! With the help of his buddies -- Directus, Settius, Propius, Costumius, and of course, the benevolent Greek Gods -- Thespis takes the chorus's version of The Odyssey from just-OK to jaw-droppingly amazing. The birth of theatre and the plights of the original homeward-bound hero have never been this hilarious! | |||||
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Tales from the Arabian Mice | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lawrence Summer Youth Theatre (Lawrence, KA, United States) | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #81311 | |||
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Genre: | 60-70 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | 10 males, 7 females, 40 either (14-60 actors possible: 7-30 males, 7-30 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | Accompanied by his friends Ed and Moose, Pipsqueak the Mouse tells the story of his ancestor, Squeakherzade, a heroic young mouse who risks her tail to save her family by spinning tales for the evil Ali Catto. Mystical genies with bad attitudes, Sinbad's seven voyages in rap, and an impatient Forty Thieves all take the stage to present this inventive and irreverent post-modern take on the Arabian Nights. | |||||
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Trials Of Robin Hood | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lawrence Summer Youth Theatre (Lawrence, KA, United States) | 2009 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc (2010) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #118321 | |||
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Genre: | 65-80 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 16 | Female | 14 | ||
Parts other: | 20 | |||||
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Synopsis: | Robin Hood: lusty hero, hopeless lover, or evil criminal? Upon his return from the Crusades, King Richard is forced to try and figure out what happened in his kingdom during his absence. Is the outlaw Robin Hood a hero, a lovelorn sap, or just plain mean? Told from the perspectives of Robin himself, Maid Marian, and Prince John, this hilarious tale combines three different stories into one -- and with three different endings, leaves it up to the audience to decide which one is true. | |||||
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Under-a-Minutemen Present: Literary Canon Fodder!, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Card Table Theatre, Lawrence Arts Center (Lawrence, KS, United States) | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #60251 | |||
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Genre: | 50-60 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 2 males (2-8 actors possible: 0-8 males, 0-8 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | A hysterical historical romp through four thousand years of history's greatest literature -- from a hip-hop take on The Odyssey, to a play-by-play broadcast of 19th-century oppressed literary characters as they race to suicide, to a high-octane Japanime version of The Old Man and the Sea. . . | |||||
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