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Lee Comedy Club

1995

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Meriwether Publishing LTD Contemporary Drama Service

1996

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comedy

One Act

5

9

announcer

Notes: written by Lisa Levin Itte and Harry Bagdasian. Great for Middle Schools or High Schools, Theatre For Youth

Synopsis: A fast-paced play to showcase several acting styles. Fifteen young performers can instantly perform a wide variety of comedy styles--melodrama, Shakespeare, TV soap-opera, spy movies, Masterpiece Theatre, Star Trek and more! Two girls are surfing new "interactive" remote channels on their TV--every time they change the channel, the scene and acting style changes. The quick switches add to the humor. Great for exercises and contest use.

Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD, USA

1998

Imagination Stage (Premiere)

Dramatic Publishing

2001

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Comedy / Family / Theatre for Youth

One Act

4

2

very flexible

Notes: written by Harry Michael Bagdasian and Ernest Joselovitz -- Two versions of the play area available from the publisher. The original which is designed to be performed by 6 players (4m / 2f) and an expanded cast version created to be played by from 12 to 23 players

Synopsis: A long time ago, before street lights were invented, the people in a Jewish shtetl were too poor to have lanterns to light their way around their village on moonless Sabbath nights. So what do they do? They come up with imaginative ways to capture the full moon! Based on Jewish folktales, and laced with Jewish irony and wit, this funny new play for young audiences takes a light-hearted look at what it's like to be different. It's also a celebration of simple wisdom, tolerance and how every one of us is unique.

Lee Comedy Club

1991

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Meriwether Publishing LTD Contemporary Drama Service

1996

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sketch comedy

Comedy

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-

large cast

Notes: written by Lisa Levin Itte and Harry Bagdasian. Great for Middle Schools or High Schools, Theatre For Youth

Synopsis: this is a two-act comedy revue of TV parody skits. Everyone can get involved in this variety show of parodies and original sketches about the crazy world of cable TV. Three scenes of teens set in a girl's bedroom tie the TV skits together, providing continuity for a two-act show. Sketches include "Bad Movie Monster Network", "Home Shopping Channel", "Dysfunctional Family Feud", "The Channeling Chanel: Psycho Psychic Friends Network", "Teen Magazine Junkies", and more. The skits can be mixed, matched or used individually. Cast: 15W, 5M or up to 50 players, 2 to 12 each skit. Middle Grades to High School.

Lee Comedy Club

1998

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Meriwether Publishing LTD Contemporary Drama Service

1998

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comedy/farce

Comedy

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-

large cast

Notes: written by Lisa Levin Itte and Harry Bagdasian. Great for Middle Schools or High Schools, Theatre For Youth

Synopsis: this is a two-act comedy revue and cyberspace adventure. The 14 comic sketches poke fun of psychic hotlines, homework hotlines, voice mail, siblings, soccer moms, home computers, home pages and home shopping. There's also a "Middle School Jeopardy" lampooning stereotypical "clueless girls". Two very popular sketches in this collection are "OCPOCK" where parents attend a 12-step program for over committed parents with over committee kids & and "Extreme Sports" which lampoons sports commentators' endless chatter as Alex and Dave report on cordless bungee jumping, ski jump bobsledding and other extreme events. The skits can be mixed, matched or used individually. Cast: 14W, 9M or up to 60 players, 2 to 18 per skit. Middle Grades to High School.

Lee Comedy Club

2003

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Meriwether Publishing LTD Contemporary Drama Service

2003

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sketches

Comedy

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-

large cast

Notes: Good for Middle Schools or High Schools, Theatre For Youth

Synopsis: A new collection of 14 parody sketches that poke fun at popular TV shows, school boards, teachers, school orientation after school activities and more. Includes: CSI: Comedy Sketch Investigationz (with the Osbournes); Extended Family Feud L; Freshman Orientation, Lowest Common Denominator Game Show; It's the Static; The Club Scene; Everyone Else's Kid Is Perfect and more.

Lee Comedy Club

2005

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Meriwether Publishing LTD Contemporary Drama Service

2005

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sketches

Comedy

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-

large cast

Notes: written by Lisa Levin Itte and Harry Bagdasian. Great for Middle Schools or High Schools, Theatre For Youth

Synopsis: A collection of 13 large-cast TV parody sketches hitting at TV commercials, offbeat cable networks, "man" shows, pet shows, reality shows, comedy club shows, and more. Includes "Desperate Survivors" (a parody of "Lost") and more. Cast: 4-17 each sketch, mixed -- Playing time: 1-9 minutes each

Lee Comedy Club

2000

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Meriwether Publishing LTD Contemporary Drama Service

2001

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Comedy Revue of 16 Sketches

Comedy

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-

large cast

Notes: written by Harry Bagdasian and Lisa Levin Itté. Good contest material as well a performance material for Middle Schools or High Schools, Theatre For Youth productions or classes

Synopsis: this collection of 16sketches is topped of with a Dickens parody, "A Dickens of A Programming Plan" in which the head of a TV network is confronted with possible Scrooge-like transformation as Marley's ghost (Bob Marley, that is) shows him he scenes from his past, present and future. Additional sketches include "the Fashion Gap," "Parent Makeovers," Game shows "Let's Get Greedy" & "Who Wants To Be Educated," a look at the advertising game, "Touched By An Angle" - in which ad execs pitch ad ideas to the grim reaper and more. Very sharp satire, this collection of sketches - I was in a very cynical mood that year.

Lee Comedy Club

2002

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Meriwether Publishing LTD Contemporary Drama Service

2000

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sketches

Comedy

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-

large cast

Notes: Middle Schools or High Schools, Theatre For Youth

Synopsis: A collection of 22 sketches. Lampooning teacher meetings, academic standards, corporate names for schools and math formulas, non-violent team mascots, "Survivor," Joan of Arc, and more. Collection includes: Testing 1,2,3. . .; Academic Standards; School Survivor: Lockdown in the Cafeteria; The Snack Machine; The Corporate School; SPAT-- The State Parental Assessment Tests; Loosest Link Game Show; "The Adolescent Hunter"; Newsbreaks 1,2,3; and more. As our publisher loves to say & sketches may be used together as a complete show, for individual contest use, or to create a comedy revue with these and other sketches. Cast: 2 to 15 each skit.

Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD, USA

2007

Imagination Stage Deaf Access Co.

Dramatic Publishing

2007

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Adventure / Family / Theatre for Youth

Play/Drama

4

4

6-12

Notes: written by Harry Michael Bagdasian and Ernest Joselovitz - The play can be performed with a minimum of 14 and a maximum of 24 players (or more if you want non-speaking villagers and sea nymphs and forest sprites, etc.)

Synopsis: A play about young Brigid Shawn O'Grady of long-ago County Clare who is shunned and mocked for her misshapen foot. She is isolated until one day she leaves home, and, with the help of the legendary Sea Mither, sets off for the well at the world's edge and a sage who will supposedly answer her plea. Along the way, she must pass three tests - including facing a dangerous bog serpent. Steeped in Irish culture and legends, the story relates a journey of self discovery and courage. The play offers great opportunities for many players to work as an ensemble in an old-fashioned story circle to tell and enact this uplifting tale.

Lee Comedy Club

2004

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Meriwether Publishing LTD Contemporary Drama Service

2004

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sketches

Comedy

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-

large cast

Notes: written by Lisa Levin Itte and Harry Bagdasian. Great for Middle Schools or High Schools, Theatre For Youth

Synopsis: New TV parody sketches. Includes: "Baitline News Investigative Reports"-"wuss Physical Education"; "Curveball" -- spoof of "Hardball"; Enduring Gift -- silly star registry; A Teen Lament -- too little time; "Sitting Pretty" clueless girls return for a third show -- stupid things parents say; Worlds' Worse Guidance Counselor Counselor (tells students to drop out); "Pet Man -- TV vet man"; Fast Food -- made "your way"; "Extreme Sports II" (jet skateboard and Tupperware regatta in shark infested waters); "Healthy Snacks" (when candy machines are no more.) Use these sketche together as a complete show, for individual contest use or to create a comedy revue. Cast: 2 to 18 each skit -- 2 to 8 minutes each.

Lee Comedy Club

2006

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Meriwether Publishing LTD Contemporary Drama Service

2007

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sketches

Comedy

-

-

large cast

Notes: written by Lisa Levin Itte, Harry Bagdasian, Mark Murray and Austen Villemez. Great for Middle Schools or High Schools, Theatre For Youth

Synopsis: There's a TV spoof that ridicules of "Law & Order," "CSI," and "The Shield" all in one; "Old People Fear`Factor"; a yoga class with a geriatric leader, another version of "Curveball!"; 2 sketches that consider what would happen if sports commentators were hired to teach American History, and others. Cast 2 to 14 players in a sketch, run time 2 to 9 min. ea.

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Samuel French, London

1995

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Comic Romance

Comedy

5

4

-

Notes: written by Harry Michael Bagdasian and Ernest Joselovitz

Synopsis: love in the computer age as nerd falls for library assistant

Lee Comedy Club

1999

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Meriwether Publishing LTD Contemporary Drama Service

2000

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16 New Parody Sketches

Comedy

-

-

large cast

Notes: written by Lisa Levin Itte and Harry Bagdasian. Originally produced as"Clean My Room and Other Teenage Nightmares (a comedy revue)" but the publisher wouldn't publish the comic sketches with the funny, but long continuity story (sigh) So just the sketches were published and they have received 140 productions - 2002 - 2006 If anyone wants to consider "Clean My Room and other Teenage Nightmares (a comedy revue)" contact me via eMail and I will send it to you. With the whole story or just as comedy sketch material this stuff is good for Middle Schools, High Schools, or Theatre For Youth

Synopsis: These contemporary parodies make fun of TV shows, school, dating and more. Includes: First Day of School Nightmare, This Is Your Brain On Algebra &, Discount Phone Service, Rage!, Judge Trudy's Animal Court, Morning Deficit Disorder, Power Rangers of Fashion, Get Over It! Lawson's Geek, My Size Barbie, Close Encounters of the Hallway Kind, New Jeopardy, New Home Shopping Network, New Baitline TV News Magazine and more. The skits may be performed as a complete show or mixed and matched to make your own comedy revue. Also may be used individually for classroom or contests. Easy to stage. Large cast. Cast: 2 to 13 each skit.

Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD, USA

2001

Imagination Stage Deaf Access Co.

unpublished

-

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Adventure / Family / Theatre for Youth

Musical

4

2

-

Notes: This musical for children from 4 to 10 has music by Lenny Williams, Lyrics by Bari Biern and book by Harry Michael Bagdasian and Ernest Joselovitz

Synopsis: RIDDLE ME A PRINCE is an inter-active adventure story told in the tradition of Jewish riddle tales and features several lively songs. A rich and evil duke seeks the hand of the lovely Princess Gabriella. So do three brothers who have known her almost all of her life. A competition is devised. Who will bring the princess the most loving gift? With a wizard's help, the brothers' quests take them to the farthest reaches of the world, the beginning of time and into the deepest recesses of the human mind. Along the way, the audience helps each brother solve a riddle to overcome the treachery of the evil duke. Princess Gabriella's final choice teaches her and the audience a lesson about growing up.

Lee Comedy Club

2001

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Meriwether Publishing LTD Contemporary Drama Service

2001

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-

Comedy

-

-

large cast

Notes: written by Rachel Shaina Bergstein and Harry Bagdasian. Great for Middle Schools or High Schools, Theatre For Youth

Synopsis: From the publishers catalog: "Ten great TV and movie parody sketches. A new collection of parody skits from one of our most popular comedy writers and his students. They poke fun at popular TV shows and movies. Includes: S-man to the Rescue, Baitline News Magazine, Like That's Gonna Happen (parts 1-4), The Blair Witches of Blackbird Pond, Survivor: The Middle (High) School Edition, Dysfunctional Family Feud (Millennium Edition), New Home Shopping Network, Okra Wimpy, SOL (Standards of Learning), and Bravehead" [a "Braveheart" spoof]. These sketches may be used together for a complete show or mixed, matched or individually performed.. Cast: 3 to 13 each skit, mixed. Middle grades to high school. Playing time: 1 to 10 minutes each

Lee Comedy Club

2002

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-

-

I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

comedy

One Act

6

3

-

Notes: part of the Comedy Revue "Funny You Should Ask". One-act satire of kiddies TV show . Script premiered, but never offered to our publisher due to the fact that he dropped the first "telebuddies" script. So - scripts available  eMail me!

Synopsis: A one-act sequel to "The Altos Meet The Telebuddies" - THE STORY: Things are tough in Telebuddyland. Bennie keeps gettin "whacked" by "the Hammer" which is, literally a giant hammer that strikes from the wings. When the play opens it is Boli Cannolli's birthday, and everyone knows that a Telebuddy cannot refuse a request asked of him on his birthday. Bennie asks Boli Cannolli and the other Telebuddies to "take out" "the hammer". Plans are hatched - via an acapella rap number - and then carried out. But "the hammer" turns out to be operated by that "wizard kid" from England. But Telebuddies have no power over wizards. Is all lost? No. The Telebuddies call in reinforcements . . . GI Joe and Barbie who "take care of him" and the kid is toast. Why do they do it? Joe and Barbie had to take out Harry Potter - he was encroaching on their merchandizing shelf space in toy stores. It's all about merchandising, isn't it? The victory is celebrated by a big acapella rap number by Babs, Joe and the Telebuddies.

Lee Comedy Club

1998

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Meriwether Publishing LTD Contemporary Drama Service

1999

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Fourteen TV Parody Sketches

Comedy

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-

large cast

Notes: written by Lisa Levin Itte and Harry Bagdasian. 1998 produced & published as "Chanel Surfing III" received only 57 productions in 3 years - when re-published with sketches alone, the material received 159 productions 2001 to 2006 making the publisher happier. I bought the unsold copies of "Channel Surfing II, so if anyone wants to give it a read, contact me! Good for Middle Schools or High Schools, Theatre For Youth

Synopsis: Fourteen TV parody sketches. Fourteen hilarious sketches that spoof daytime talk shows, monster movies, psychics, home helpful hint shows, unsolvable mysteries, home shopping, TV commercials, soccer moms, school administrators and more! Titles include: Life in the New Millennium, Mall Zombies, Sibling Superstore, The New Dysfunctional Family Feud, The New Psychic Delusion, Bad Monster Movie Network, Teen to Teen, Newsbreak 1 and 2, Guide for Better Living and more. These sketches can be combined for a complete variety show, mixed, matched or used individually. Cast: 1 to 16 each skit, mixed. Age level: Middle Grades to High School. Playing time: 1 to 7 minutes each.