ROY C BOOTH (1965 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Roy C Booth
Bastard, The |
| 1st Produced: | Bemidji State University. Bemidji, MN | 1995 | ||||
| Company: | Theatre Unlimited | |||||
| 1st Published: | Silverhawke L.L.C., Escondido, CA, 1996 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | One Act | drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written with Russel J. Krook III | |||||
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Beanie and the Bamboozling Adventure Machine |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISDN | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Fantasy | Childrens | Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written by Roy C Booth & Bob May | |||||
| Synopsis: | This highly anticipated third original bamboozling fantasy adventure to "Beanie and the Bamboozling Book Machine". Beanie's about to destroy the book machine, but a classmate fooling around with the machine has unleashed more troublemakers. Not only are the original fairytale characters (Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Snow White) released from their stories, but also villains like The Black Knight, Mordred and Morgan Le Fey. Can Beanie save the day, and who IS behind all of this? | |||||
Beanie and the Bamboozling Book Machine |
| 1st Produced: | Brainerd Community College, Brainerd, MN | 1989 | ||||
| Company: | Brainerd Community College | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1990 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Youth Audience | Childrens | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 7 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written by Bob May, Roy C Booth and Cristopher Tibbetts | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Beanie and the Bamboozling Horror Machine |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | Brainerd Community College | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISDN | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Youth Audience | Childrens | Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written by Bob May, Roy C Booth | |||||
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Broken Sacrament |
| 1st Produced: | Amelia's, Hibbing | 2004 | ||||
| Company: | Arrowhead Community Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | 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 | |||||
| Genre: | One Act | drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written with Gary Eustice | |||||
| Synopsis: | The last day of marriage between a volatile Viet Nam vet and his long suffering working wife is explored. | |||||
Cafe a la Ionesco |
| 1st Produced: | Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | NERO Alliance Minnesota | |||||
| 1st Published: | Original Works Publishing, North Hollywood, 2001 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Farce | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Imagine dining at a Eugene Ionesco themed French restaurant in Nymore, Minnesota. Be careful when you order the calamari. . .. | |||||
Coat, The |
| 1st Produced: | Cosmic Java Cafe, Bemidji, MN | 1998 | ||||
| Company: | Bemidji Tin Cup Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | International Readers Theatre, Winnipeg, 1998 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | One Act | drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Two Greek soldiers defending a mountain pass during WW2 battle the Nazis, the elements, and eventually, each other with tragic results. | |||||
Coldest Time Of The Year, The |
| 1st Produced: | Lake Bemidji State Park Amphitheatre, Bemidji, Minnesota | 1998 | ||||
| Company: | Bemidji Tin Cup Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | International Readers' Theatre, 2000 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Youth Audience | Childrens | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 2 | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Based on a tale from India. | |||||
Confession, The |
| 1st Produced: | Bemidji State University. Bemidji, MN | 1994 | ||||
| Company: | Theatre Unlimited | |||||
| 1st Published: | ARAN Press, Louisville, 1994 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | One Act | drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Two men, a priest and a hitchhiker, have their secrets revealed in a confessional in a small, isolated church in rural northern Minnesota | |||||
Crazy Lady |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | 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 | |||||
| Genre: | - | Full Length Drama | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written with Gary Eustice | |||||
| Synopsis: | The plight of a homeless woman is explored along with the social injustices that keep her that way | |||||
Do You Have Gas? |
| 1st Produced: | Bemidji State University. Bemidji, MN | 1997 | ||||
| Company: | Theatre Unlimited | |||||
| 1st Published: | New Theatre Productions, UK, 2003 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 9 |
| Parts Other: | 3 | |||||
| Notes: | written with Michael Paslawski. Declared "A laugh riot!" by "The Northern Student" | |||||
| Synopsis: | Come to the convenient store that is not so convenient, and get in line with all of the strange people that seem to live in every neighbourhood. | |||||
Elevator, The |
| 1st Produced: | Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN | 1994 | ||||
| Company: | Theatre Unlimited | |||||
| 1st Published: | ARAN Press, Louisville, 1995 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | One Act | dark comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 2 | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | An opinionated Church Lady finds herself in Purgatory surrounded by the unprocessed dead, Saint Francesco Borgia, and Epicurus the Sage. Will she go up, or will she go. . .down. . .. | |||||
Fresh Fruit |
| 1st Produced: | Grand Rapids Players, Grand Rapids, MN | 2002 | ||||
| Company: | Grand Rapids Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | New Theatre Productions, UK, 2003 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | One Act | comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 1 | |||||
| Notes: | written with Micheal Paslawski. | |||||
| Synopsis: | Two inept bums try to set up a discarded fruit stand in front of a grocery store with humorously less than desirable results. | |||||
Glover's Mange Cure Caper, The |
| 1st Produced: | Bigfork Village Hall, Bigfork, MN | 2002 | ||||
| Company: | Grand Rapids Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Heuer Publishing, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2005 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written by Roy C Booth and Louis Bottrell | |||||
| Synopsis: | Two highschool students in 1949 try to become more popular by using a radical hair treatment on themselves with hilariously disasterous results | |||||
Grandpa Jim Is Dead |
| 1st Produced: | Elephant Theater, Hollywood, California | 2003 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Heuer , 2005 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Ten Min | comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written with Mike Paslawski. Contest winner. | |||||
| Synopsis: | A young couple receives a bizarre phone call that leads to a radical change in their TV viewing habits. | |||||
Hello, Crisis Center Hotline? |
| 1st Produced: | Bemidji State University. Bemidji, MN | 1995 | ||||
| Company: | Theatre Unlimited | |||||
| 1st Published: | ARAN Press, Louisville, 1996 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | One Act | satire | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written with Shane K. Robertson | |||||
| Synopsis: | A wealthy, cynical CEO recounts the pivotal moment in his life that turned him from a wide-eyed liberal to the scheming S.O.B. he is today. | |||||
How the Jellyfish Lost Its Bones |
| 1st Produced: | Cosmic Java Cafe, Bemidji, MN | 1997 | ||||
| Company: | Bemidji Tin Cup Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | International Readers Theatre, Winnipeg, 1997 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Youth Audience | Childrens | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 3 others | |||||
| Notes: | Adapted from a Japanese legend. Written in collaboration with Cynthia Booth. Now published by New Theatre Publications, UK, 2003 | |||||
| Synopsis: | The Dragon King must sate his pregnant queen's odd craving and orders faithful Turtle to go out and find a monkey's liver. Unfortunately, Monkey doesn't want to become the main course, which leads to disastrous results for one soft-headed Jellyfish. | |||||
Lovely Red Flower, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | HaveScripts, Virginia Beach, VA, 2005 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Youth Audience | Children's | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 10 | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A humorous (with songs!) children's morality play (loosely) based on a South East Asian folktale. | |||||
Magical Iron Box,The |
| 1st Produced: | Lake Bemidji State Park Amphitheatre, Bemidji, Minnesota | 1998 | ||||
| Company: | Bemidji Tin Cup Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | 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 | |||||
| Genre: | Youth Audience | Childrens | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Based of a swabian folk tale. | |||||
Pairing Energy |
| 1st Produced: | Stepping Stone Entertainment, Lexington, Kentucky | 2007 | ||||
| Company: | Roy C. Booth Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | Original Works Publishing, Los Angeles, 2008 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | One Act | Psychological horror/suspense | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written by Roy C Booth andMitch Berntson | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Peasant And The Waterman, The |
| 1st Produced: | Lake Bemidji State Park Amphitheatre, Bemidji, Minnesota | 1997 | ||||
| Company: | Bemidji Tin Cup Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | International Readers' Theatre, 1999 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Youth Audience | Childrens | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 1 extra | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Based on a Russian folk tale. An honest peasant is rewarded for telling the truth, while his lying brother gets what he deserves. | |||||
Prince Hedgehog |
| 1st Produced: | Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN | 1998 | ||||
| Company: | Bemidji Tin Cup Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | HaveScripts, Virginia Beach, VA, 2005 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Youth Audience | Childrens | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written by Cynthia Booth and Roy C Booth | |||||
| Synopsis: | children's play based on an old Russian Fairy Tale | |||||
Ratopolis |
| 1st Produced: | Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN | 1995 | ||||
| Company: | Theatre Unlimited | |||||
| 1st Published: | International Readers Theatre, Winnipeg, 1995 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | One Act | Science Fiction | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | varies | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | The have nots get theirs in the not so long to be future. | |||||
Reluctant Duelist, The |
| 1st Produced: | Bemidji State University. Bemidji, MN | 1995 | ||||
| Company: | Theatre Unlimited | |||||
| 1st Published: | International Readers Theatre, Winnipeg, 1997 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Swashbuckling One-Act | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written with Russel J. Krook III. Later published by Tangledwood Press in 1999 | |||||
| Synopsis: | A 17th century duellist with a price on his head finally confronts his violent past headlong. | |||||
Rocking-Horse Winner, The |
| 1st Produced: | Pillager High School, Minnesota | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | Pillager High School Drama Club | |||||
| 1st Published: | Heuer Publishing, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2005 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Adaptation | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | from short story by D H Lawrence | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Shita-Kiri-Suzeme ("The Cut-Tongue Sparrow) |
| 1st Produced: | Bemidji State University. Bemidji, MN | 1992 | ||||
| Company: | BSU Theatre Dept. | |||||
| 1st Published: | International Readers Theatre, Winnipeg. (Heuer Publishing, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2006), 1995 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Youth Audience | Childrens | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 5 | |||||
| Notes: | Based on the Japanese folktale. | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Smoking Will Kill You |
| 1st Produced: | Bangsberg Black Box, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Mn | 1995 | ||||
| Company: | Theatre Unlimited | |||||
| 1st Published: | International Readers' Theatre, 2000 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | One Act | Drama | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Event the best planned murder can go awry when one doesn't have all of the facts. | |||||
Snakecharmer |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | Theatre Unlimited | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | 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 | |||||
| Genre: | One Act | drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 1 | |||||
| Notes: | written with Gary Eustice | |||||
| Synopsis: | A long time drug addict kills himself with an overdose on a live Web cam feed. Based on an unfortunate true event. | |||||
Snipes' Hunt |
| 1st Produced: | |||