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Wade Bradford

WADE BRADFORD

  (1972 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Wade Bradford grew up in rainy Washington state. In 1991, at the age of 19, he moved down to sunny California. ever since then he has been complaining about missing the seasons. (and yet it should be noted that he has yet to move from the continually sunny weather!) He has loved writing since he was a little kid. His specialties are: plays, young adult novels, middle-grade fiction, and picture books. Once in a while, he dabbles in acting or screenplays, but his true love is writing for the stage.

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below is a list of Wade Bradford's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Actor Games         Aesop's Hop         Banana Nut Split         Camp Omigosh         Change The Station         Cinderella In New York         Cinema Limbo         Cowboys and Idiots         CSI - Neverland         Curse of the Pharoah's Kiss         Director's Nightmare         Escape Room         Impressions Of Yesterday         J T and the Pirates         Little Mermaid, The         Mermaid In Miami         Midsummer Night's Dream - The Musical, A         Misadventures of the Three Musketeers, The         Much Ado Out West         Promedy         Sahara Nights         Thumbelina         Thumbs Up!         Tomorrow's Wish         Tuesdays With Mummy         Twelve Angry Pigs         Twilight Cone, The         Valhalla
Actor Games

Synopsis:
Because of everyone's obsession with drama the capital has been divided into different groups - Shakespeare drama, Greek tragedy and so on. Once a year there is an acting contest

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Eldridge Plays   

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  13 either sex plus extras

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Aesop's Hop

Synopsis:
It is Aesop's 98th birthday but they have no music for the party until a donkey, a cockerel, a cat and a dog turn up saying they can sing

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Eldridge Plays   

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Banana Nut Split

Synopsis:
as Mona, a restaurant owner, nervously awaits the arrival of a famous food critic, she discovers that all of her waiters have called in sick, and the only employee she has on hand is Lisa, the janitor. and if that isn't bad enough, Lisa has gone temporarily blind from viewing a solar eclipse. then when a young man, Bradley, arrives at the restaurant, Mona mistakes him for the food critic and tries to impress him by masquerading as an Italian waiter and a French violinist/kazoo player. Bradley, on the other hand, is there to propose to his girlfriend, Susan, and to confess to her that he has multiple personalities that include a cowboy, Elvis, a British detective, and a bank-robbing psychotic animal-rights activistall of which tend to come out when he is under stress. as the evening progresses, Bradley gets more and more nervous at the thought of marriage and his split personalities begin to emerge one by one!

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Genre:
Farce, 30 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  flexible

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Camp Omigosh

Synopsis:
Connor's summer is of to a bad start. The camp bus almost crashes, his cabin mates don't like him and the aloof girls outsmart him. He and the few friends he does make set out to investigate the camp ghost - Dead Billy. And there are zombie trees too

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Genre:
Youth full length

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  10            Other:  10-15 either sex

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Change The Station

Synopsis:
1930s. Radio Station KOD is going under. The owner has made a deal with CBS to take over the station but CBS want a hit show for the advertisers. The most popular show is "Stan Shade Private Eye" Then the leading lady walks when she is replaced by a younger woman who cannot act. The leading man goes into a decline when he learns he is to be the villain and not the romantic lead. Things do not look too good

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Cinderella In New York

Synopsis:
The middle of the Depression. Cinderella's father has lost everything and has gone into shock. Her step- mother and step-sisters are horrid to her. Her only friends are some wise cracking rats. Then she meets Johnny Prince and it is love at first sight. But the step-mother is intent on thwarting the romance

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  9            Other:  10 either sex

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Cinema Limbo

Cinema Limbo
Dim witted cowboys Heck and Tucker are swindled out of their ranch. They become robbers and are joined by Tavo. They rob the evil landowner. Tavo has the money and he tells them to wait for him in The Middle Of Nowhere he will join them and divide the money. They wait and wait and wait

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Contained in "Cowboys and Idiots and Other Plays" published by lulu.com 2013   

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Cowboys and Idiots

Cowboys and Idiots
A boy a girl a box office

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Contained in "Cowboys and Idiots and Other Plays" published by lulu.com 2013   

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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CSI - Neverland

Synopsis:
Who murdered Peter Pantaloon's shadow? Two Fairy Forensics officers investigate. Was Brenda Brooks the librarian or could it have been the Crocodile?

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Heuer Publishing   

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  7            Other:  extras

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Curse of the Pharoah's Kiss

Curse of the Pharoah's Kiss
Veronica beautiful but not too bright stumbles into tangled love affair and murderous plot on an archaeological dig in Egypt

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lulu.com   

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Director's Nightmare

Synopsis:
The superintendant of schools is invited to the school play he wants to cut the drama budget so they have to put on a good show. However the stage manager is sick, there are twelve dollars in the kitty and no set, a number of the cast still have not learnt their lines and some have never attended a rehearsal, one actor thinks she is a door, one says his lines in a variety of accents. What could possibly go wrong?

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Eldridge Plays   

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  1 either sex

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Escape Room

Synopsis:
The High School softball team might have a chance to go through to the play-offs but they are totally disorganised. The coach thinks it would be an idea to have some team bonding exercises

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Impressions Of Yesterday

Synopsis:
When their mother buys an old suitcase that once belonged to Mary Cassatt, Sarah and Lauren think she's wasted her money. That is, until famous turn-of-the-century artists, writers, and scientists start climbing out of the trunk. . .

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1st Produced:
Golden Valley Charter School (Ventura, Ca, United States)     2008

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   

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Genre:
20-30 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  6 males, 6 females, 4 either (12-19 actors possible: 6-10 males, 6-13 females)

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J T and the Pirates

Synopsis:
JT is reading a book in the library when she is suddenly transported to a desert island which is populated with pirates. She manages to get back to her own time but the pirates follow

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  8            Other:  extras

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Little Mermaid, The

Synopsis:
Kira the mermaid longs to be able to walk on the land. Her father the King wants her to marry the dull Duke Dorsal. Kira gives up her voice to the Sea Witch

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Eldridge Plays   

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  2 either sex; doubling

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Mermaid In Miami

Synopsis:
A mermaid called Breeze escapes from the underwater kingdom ruled over by a despot. She meets fisherman Ernie. Then she spots Rico the local heart throb practising for a dance championship. She wants to become human so that she can dance with him. She has to make a deal with the Swamp Hag

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  6            Other:  17 either sex; doubling

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Midsummer Night's Dream - The Musical, A

Synopsis:
Puck decides to get rid of the flowery Shakespearean language and have it in modern English. The Mechanicals are a boy band. This enrages Shakespeare so much he returns from the grave

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Rachel Greenlee; book by Wade Bradford. Based on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare

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Eldridge Plays   

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  10            Other:  3 either sex; 1 boy

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Misadventures of the Three Musketeers, The

Synopsis:
Athos, Aramis and Porthos are trainee musketeers. On their watch the queen is kidnapped and they try and get her back

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  extras; doubling

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Much Ado Out West

Synopsis:
The cowboys have come back from the Civil War to discover the womenfolk have taken over all their jobs at the ranch. Calamity Jane is secretly in love with Claude but Claude has fallen for Winny. Calamity will stop at nothing to get her way

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  9            Other:  extras

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Promedy

Synopsis:
The student body leaders cannot decide what theme the prom should have. They decide to combine the three ideas making it an underwater, medieval futuristic theme. When Dante Allegro gets rejected by his text obsessed cheerleader girlfriend in revenge he gets the prom cancelled

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  9            Other:  3either sex and extras

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Sahara Nights

Synopsis:
The Sultan thinks that Sahara Scheherazade is auditioning for the post of court entertainer. She is trying to create a diversion so that Aladdin can be sprung out of jail. She tells the story of the Emperor's new clothes - Elvis the king and his advisors the Beatles. And the tale of Ali Baba and the Forty-Niners. Then there is the one about Sinbad with Captain Kork and Mr Spork

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Eldridge Plays   

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  27 either sex and extras

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Thumbelina

Synopsis:
An old woman wishes she had a child and magically one is made out of a flower but she is only a few inches tall. Thumbelina helps around the house and makes friends with small woodland creatures. The Frog Woman convinces her to travel across the meadow and meet her "real" family. She is accompanied by a one eyed mouse. She meets a snobby pixie, a mischievous goblin and a sinister spider. At the other side of the meadow she does meet a group of people who are just her height but then realises that there is no place like home

Notes:
Based on the story "Thumbelina" by Hans Christian Andersen

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Eldridge Plays   

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  8            Other:  4 either sex; extras

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Thumbs Up!

Synopsis:
Two movie critics, Edward Nickel and Michael Gilbert, attend a film festival auction in hope of buying the white disco suit John Travolta wore in Saturday Night Fever. Nickel outbids Gilbert for the prized artifact, but Gilbert manages to purchase the disco suit worn by John Travolta's overweight stuntman. But the intoxicating effects of their winning bids wear off when the duo receive threatening notes that read Stop the movie reviews, or else and discover that their beloved disco suits are missing. Suddenly Nickel and Gilbert find themselves with a real life mystery on their hands. Determined to get their disco suits back, the two set out to investigate four chief suspects: a giant green dinosaur, two teen wizards, and a movie starlet. as Nickel and Gilbert infiltrate the seedy side of the movie business, Gilbert is kidnapped, brainwashed into being a wizard, and viciously attacked by horrifying marionettes. and then things really get out of hand! the two kidnap an egotistical movie director, become fugitives from the law, and incite a horde of nerdy movie fans.

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Genre:
Farce, 75 min One act

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  7            Other:  7 flexible, extras

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Tomorrow's Wish

Tomorrow's Wish
Juniper has a very unusual gift

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lulu.com   

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Genre:
Youth play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Tuesdays With Mummy

Synopsis:
This is farcical fun at its best! after the last archeologist met with a bit of an accident, the famed Oxford professor Rigby Melville is called to egypt to find the secret chamber of Thutmes the Third. But due to an unfortunate mix-up at Oxford, Melville Rigby, a fish expert, arrives on the scene. Soon after his arrival, Melville finds both the secret chamber and the Mummy. the Mummy has just one requestthat Melville place a magic ring on his mummified wife Nefertiti's finger so that the two may spend eternity together. But when Melville places the ring on Nefertiti's finger, she crumbles into tiny pieces. Not wanting to spend eternity alone, the Mummy demands a new companionMelville's fiancee, Nancy Doodle. But when the Mummy discovers that all she wants to do is talk about feelings, go shopping, and tidy up the tomb, he quickly changes his mind! the only potential companion left is Buttercup, a mummified pet trout, who too has been accidentally crushed by Melville. Melville, afraid that he may end up as the Mummy's eternal companion, makes a last ditch attempt to save Buttercup with his mini fish defibrillator.

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Genre:
Farce, 60 min One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  10 flexible, opt. extras (Doubling possible)

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Twelve Angry Pigs

Synopsis:
The jury have to decide if the Big Bad Wolf is guilty of blowing down houses and is the testimony of Little Boy Blue reliable?

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Eldridge Plays   

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  18-23 either sex

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Twilight Cone, The

Synopsis:
It is Marcus' first day working at his great aunt's ice-cream parlour. She has told him only to serve vanilla milkshakes and not the other flavours. However when five young ladies come in he does serve them other flavours. One of the shakes causes time to rewind, one makes time speed forward and one makes the drinker only tell the truth

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Eldridge Plays   

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  5            Other:  3 either sex

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Valhalla

Synopsis:
Baldur the god of nature is accidently killed. His mother goes to Death and pleads for him to be restored to life. Death agrees on the condition that the whole world cries for the death of Baldur

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Eldridge Plays   

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  7 either sex

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