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WILL AVERILL
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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.
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Cinderella: Or How Pipsqueak The Mouse Became A Stallion Midsummer Night's Dream: The Movie Odyssey, The: By Thespis And The Peloponnesian Midwest Regional Third Place Chorus Tales From The Arabian Mice Trials Of Robin Hood Under-A-Minutemen Present: Literary Canon Fodder!, TheCinderella: Or How Pipsqueak The Mouse Became A Stallion
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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Lawrence Summer Youth Theatre (Lawrence, KS, United States) 2005
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Genre:
60-75 min Children's play
Parts:
Male: 5 Female: 5 Other: 5 males, 5 females, 30 either (17-70 actors possible: 4-35 males, 3-35 females)
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Top of PageMidsummer Night's Dream: The Movie
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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Lawrence Summer Youth Theatre (Lawrence, Ka, United States) 2006
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Playscripts, Inc - New York -
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Genre:
75-85 min Comedy
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Male: 10 Female: 10 Other: 15
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Top of PageOdyssey, The: By Thespis And The Peloponnesian Midwest Regional Third Place Chorus
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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Southwest Junior High School, Lawrence, KS 2011
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Genre:
comedy
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 9 Other: 10 either
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Top of PageTales From The Arabian Mice
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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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Lawrence Summer Youth Theatre (Lawrence, Ka, United States) 2006
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Playscripts, Inc - New York -
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Genre:
60-70 min Comedy
Parts:
Male: 10 Female: 7 Other: 10 males, 7 females, 40 either (14-60 actors possible: 7-30 males, 7-30 females)
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Top of PageTrials Of Robin Hood
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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1st Produced:
Lawrence Summer Youth Theatre (Lawrence, Ka, United States) 2009
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Genre:
65-80 min Comedy
Parts:
Male: 16 Female: 14 Other: 20
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Top of PageUnder-A-Minutemen Present: Literary Canon Fodder!, The
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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1st Produced:
Card Table Theatre, Lawrence Arts Center (Lawrence, KS, United States) 2002
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Playscripts, Inc - New York -
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Genre:
50-60 min Comedy
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: - Other: 2 males (2-8 actors possible: 0-8 males, 0-8 females)
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