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John Donald O'Shea | First Herald Angel, The |
: | On the first Christmas Eve a poor shepherd happens across a small child in the hill country about Bethlehem. To the shepherd's surprise, the child explains she is an angel practicing to be a herald angel so she can announce the Savior's birth. The shepherd, taken by the child's sincerity,believes the child's story, and asks to see the Savior. The shepherd's wife, however, has her doubts. |
Kathleen Donnelly | Upon A Sea Of Dreams: A Journey On The Titanic |
: | It is the night of April 14, 1912. In a tiny third class cabin Emma struggles to quiet her infant brother and calm her younger sisters. The young girls think life on the Titanic is a game. They're on their way to a new life in America after all. But the playful air changes when the ship suddenly stops moving and sirens blast. The stewardess says they're to stay in their cabins. The American boy says his deck is flooded and the ship is sinking. They have to get out now. Do the girls stay put or leave? And if they leave, how do they get past the locked gate? An amazing character-based drama with a unique look at this infamous event. |
John Donald O'Shea | Revolting Cheerleaders, The |
: | Cheerleader Erin O'Connor has been dating Scott Superbowl, the quarterback of the high school football team. To celebrate his recent birthday, she bought him a lobster dinner and an expensive shirt. An ungrateful Scott then asks Lorilie Lugnut to the homecoming dance. A furious Erin responds by refusing to participate in the long standing tradition of cheerleaders buying and providing snacks for members of the football team. When Abby Dolan sides with Erin, they are both voted off the team. Now even more furious, they take the only reasonable course. They prepare to sue their fellow cheerleaders before the Student Council, while the members of the football team take steps to insure a verdict in their favor. |
Lindsay Price | Snow Show, The |
: | Love it or hate it, winter offers an avalanche of activities and The Snow Show has them all in a snowstorm of scenes. From snow days to snow angels to sledding to catching snowflakes to skiing Mount Dogface, to a girl who's a wee bit overexcited about seeing snow for the first time. In the vignette style. Perfect for competition or classwork. |
Lindsay Price | Canterbury Tales, The |
: | Chaucer's classic collection of tales comes to life in a brilliant full-length adaptation. A group of travelers set out for Canterbury on a pilgrimage. To pass the time they entertain each other with a storytelling contest. Best story wins a prize. Each and every performer gets a chance to shine in this spirited, charming script. Great characters, lots of humour, and strong ensemble work. Text uses modern English. |
: | A gunshot is heard. Which of the five characters did it and why? Was it the Goth girl? The football star? The super-intelligent geek? High school violence is a hot media topic, but it is too often simplistically portrayed by putting teens into tidy categories and pointing at the outsider. Power Play explores the realities and the stereotypes of high school violence - not just the brutal shock of the school shooting, but also verbal harassment and bullying. Violence is about power. So is high school. |
Lindsay Price | Circus Olympus |
: | The circus has come to town! Well& sort of. There's no elephant on a bicycle but there are the Greek Geeks and have they got a story or two to tell. More specifically, a myth or two: Pandora's Box, Persephone and the Underworld, King Midas, Athena and Arachne, and don't forget the Mythapalooza Slam Jam! A gleeful celebration with excellent large cast expansion and parts for all abilities. Circus elements are optional and are suggested for each myth. THREE different lengths are included: Two Acts, One Act, or a 20 minute Competition Piece. |
Alan Haehnel | One Hundred Lies |
: | In this poignant comedy, teenager Liz Nostrand presents her life as a competition, complete with scoreboard and time clock. The goal of the game: To dramatize, in only 30 minutes, 100 significant lies told by and to Liz. By the final buzzer, though, we see that the most crucial lies in Liz's life are those she has told herself. One Hundred Lies brings us in laughing and sends us out thinking. |
: | Shout! is a musical that follows four teens who can't seem to express themselves. Ariane is a brooding, silent girl, nicknamed "Gloom and Doom." Jack and Tassi are first-time daters, completely out of their comfort zone. And Dana struggles with an overprotective mother. She wants to break free and tell her mother what she's thinking but. . . just. . . can't. What happens when you don't shout? What happens when you don't let it out? |