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Pocket Sandwich Theater, Dallas

2002

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Spoof of Sci-Fi Films of the 50's

Spoof

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7

2

Notes:
Doubling suggested. Written in three act format for cabaret theater, it is easily done in either two acts or as one long (approximately 90 minutes) act.

Synopsis:
The final chapter of the Sci-Fi comedies takes Steve and Bucky to the depths of the Earth's oceans. This time their mission is to discover the reason behind giant mutant crustaceans attacking mankind all over the world. When their friend Doc is kidnapped, Steve and Bucky man an experimental submarine to get to the bottom of things. Accompanied by perky scientist Hillary Haines and the evil Benjamin Rannett, they find at the bottom of the sea a race of women who have made Doc the focus of their collective adoration. Our heroes must stop the evil doers, rescue their friend, and return his altered brain to normal before radioactive waste being dumped from above destroys the entire undersea city.

Bailiwick Theatre Chicago

2003

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Gay Romantic Comedy

Comedy

6

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Notes:
Best performed as a long one act with three scenes (approximately 90 minutes.)

Synopsis:
And You Sang to Me follows a group of gay men who gather together on the occasion of a mutual friend's gay wedding. As roommates in a hotel, they are each affected by the proceedings, often to their own surprise. The three short acts take place on Friday evening before the rehearsal/dinner party, early the following morning, and Saturday night after the reception following the service. Each act features one couple's relationship, supported by the other characters. It is recommended this be played without intermission (90 minutes.)

Pocket Sandwich Theater, Dallas

1996

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Spoof of Sci-Fi Films of the 50's

Spoof

8

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3

Notes:
Winner Dallas Theatre League Best New Play 1996. Suggest doubling in casting. Written in three act format for cabaret theater, it is easily done in either two acts or as one long (approximately 90 minutes) act.

Synopsis:
Part Three of the Sci-Fi comedies finds Captain Steve Banner, Bucky, and Doc returning from a mission to Saturn. This time they find themselves stranded on an island in the Pacific Ocean cut off from the rest of the world by atomic mists. There they find danger at every turn including man-eating plants and terrifying dinosaurs. Captured by a tribe of delectable cavegirls, they must overcome passions and jealousies to survive this savage world. How they solve these problems and other island mysteries (Who is "Timmy the Jungle Boy?") brings this play to a hilarious and satisfying conclusion.

Pocket Sandwich Theater, Dallas

1991

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Spoof of Sci-Fi Films of the 50's

Spoof

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6

1

Notes:
Doubling suggested to reduce cast. Written in three act format for cabaret theater, it is easily done in either two acts or as one long (approximately 90 minutes) act.

Synopsis:
Part Two of the Sci-Fi comedies leaps forward to the future of December 1963. A group of travelers are stranded by the strangely inclement weather at a remote truck stop in New Mexico. Amongst them, an evil industrialist and his son, a fashion model, a disillusioned cop, and a cowboy with a secret. Together they must battle for survival against Queen Nylanta and her teenage daughters of the Zombie Moon who have come to Earth for world domination and the White Sale at Bloomingdales.

Pocket Sandwich Theater, Dallas

1991

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Spoof of Sci-Fi Films of the 50's

Spoof

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9

4

Notes:
Available expanded edition for High Schools. Suggest doubling for original script production. This is first in a series of 4 Sci-Fi shows. Written in three act format for cabaret theater, it is easily done in either two acts or as one long (approximately 90 minutes) act.

Synopsis:
The first of a four-part tribute to low-budget Sci-Fi movies of the 50's and 60's. It is the near future, 1960. Earth is being terrorized by unknown powers from beyond. Three astronauts, All-American hero Captain Steve Banner, the skirt-chasing Lt. Bucky Fuller, and the worldly Doc McCracken blast off in search of answers. They crash land on a planet ruled by the man-hating Queen Rula and her evil cohorts. But the boys find some of the all-female inhabitants of this world are attracted to the opposite sex. With the beautiful scientist Natina Zamara and her allies, they make plans to restore the natural order of co-existence between the sexes, and find their way home.

Pocket Sandwich Theater, Dallas

1989

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Victorian comic melodrama

Melodrama

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Notes:
Written in three act format for cabaret theater, it is easily done in either two acts or as one long (approximately 90 minutes) act.

Synopsis:
Inspired by actual reported hauntings of The Theatre Royal-Drury Lane, this tale spans three centuries at the legendary London playhouse. Well-loved theater clown Bellini mysteriously disappears one night, murdered by a jealous rival. A century passes and "The Lane" becomes host to an egotistical producer/director, his over-worked staff, and Robert, an idealistic young playwright with a socially prominent fiancée. The plucky, young Elizabeth from the country auditions for the lead Robert's new play. The two as if by fate (or ghosts?) are drawn together: while she also becomes the obsession of the increasing unstable director. Eerie happenings occur throughout the theater. Finally, phantom of Bellini appears hoping to make these lovers achieve the happy ending he was denied. Only then can he finally bring his ghostly curtain down.

Pocket Sandwich Theater, Dallas

1995

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Vampire Western Spoof

Spoof

6

4

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Notes:
suggest some doubling of parts. Written in three act format for cabaret theater, it is easily done in either two acts or as one long (approximately 90 minutes) act.

Synopsis:
The legendary vampire goes west in search of red-blooded American. . .blood. Posing as the uncle of the unsuspecting Fannie, he attempts to steal her from her beau, the Man with No Name. More trouble brews from Fannie's new maid, the mysterious Consuela Del Frankenstein. Add in a mute houseboy, a jealous farmhand, the crusty local sheriff and his sister from "the old country" for a mad romp in the wild, wild, west.

Pocket Sandwich Theater, Dallas

1993

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Latin American Soap Opera Spoof

Spoof

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9

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Notes:
suggest doubling of parts. Also excellent script for gay theaters to do with cross-dressing. Written in three act format for cabaret theater, it is easily done in either two acts or as one long (approximately 90 minutes) act.

Synopsis:
Passion and betrayal. Deceit and murder. Earthquakes and a striptease in a wheelchair. All this and more in the South America of the 1940's. Such is the saga of innocent but resourceful Paola Pereda. First her scheming sister and a two-timing fiancé force her to join a convent. However, Mother Mary thinks it wiser to send Paola out in the world to help the troubled DeLagrimas family. There Paola must deal with homicidal children, a bitter, crippled wife, and a husband who can never be hers. But circumstances again force her to flee. Discovered by a great producer, Paola secretly becomes the world famous "Mambo Girl." Will the mysterious Soledad del Mundo find true happiness in spite of natural disasters, airplane crashes, and revolutions? This is the story of "The Mambo Girl."

Pegasus Theatre-Dallas

1999

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Gay romantic comedy

Comedy

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Notes:
with doubling, 1 F Dallas Theatre League Best New Play 1999.

Synopsis:
Jim is in need of a roommate. He is also a romance novel writer who won't let himself believe in love. When "Mr. Perfect" arrives in the form of Scott, the tennis jock, what could be better? However, though it's obvious the two have made a connection, opposites don't always attract. . .at first. It doesn't help that Jim sometimes loses himself in elaborate fantasies or finds Mom popping up inside his head (and out of the walls and furniture) at inopportune moments. But in the end, love conquers all. . .just like it should in the real world.