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By M. Austin | | | Chicaloo Chicken cheerleaders (The Fighting Chicks) Laura, Hannah, and Cheryl have the dumbest boyfriends on campus. But when a quirky science experiment transforms these dim-witted football jocks into certified geniuses, the lowly Chickens become big-time winners, and the entire school quickly spirals out-of-control. Jordan J. Jawbreaker calls the hilarious play-by-play action... read more | |  |
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| | The Best Show I Ever Did | | The show I would eventually regard as my favorite and most rewarding theatrical experience started out as anything but. I had worked hard for my audition but wound up with the supporting female role instead of the lead. Let me repeat that: Supporting role, not the lead. I was pissed at the world.
There’s a reason I hate the speech directors give at the beginning of rehearsals. It’s always the same: “You are a team…there are no small parts,” blah, blah, you know how it goes. But then he dropped a bombshell. We would do table work before we started blocking. We had group discussions about the themes of the play, the issues it raised and the... read more | |
| | | ANOTHER SNOW DAY? LET'S READ! | |
| DADDY'S GIRL, by G. Stapp | | DARLING, YOU SLAY ME!, by T. Shelton, A. Canann | | THE EDUCATION OF ANGELS, by M. Carlin | | FULL FRONTAL NUDITY, by J. Rabushka | | THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, by C. Stump | | LADIES, SIGH NO MORE, by T. Hischak | | LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S WOMEN, by R. Ciccotelli | | ONCE UPON A FAIRY TALE - FULL LENGTH, by C. Burruto | | PARLOR GAMES, by B. Feehan | | ROMEO AND JULIET - SIX VERY BUSY DAYS, by R. Wing | | THE SCOTTISH PLAY, by M. Willis | | SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE DOOM OF DEVILSMOOR, by C. Stancich | | THEE AND THOU, by B. Jones | | WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE, by R. Lynn | | YOU NEVER SAY THE SCOTTISH PLAY, by G. Peterson |
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New Titles Coming Soon:
Don't Be So Hard on Your Shelf by Scott Haan
B-I-N-G-OH! by Jonathan Markella
Silent Treatment by Scott Haan
Virgil Wins the Lottery by Eddie McPherson
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Moms Like Us by Jonathan Markella
For Pete's Sake by Jonathan Markella
Skip Trip Sassy by Brian Feehan
Till You Get to Baraboo by Emmett Loverde
Vent Button by Scott Haan
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Meet Benard Muloovy, proprietor of Maudie’s Diner, the most no-nonsense cook you’ve ever met. Bernard gets served a full plate of comic chaos when his deceased wife decides to take up residence as a talking portrait on the diner wall. Enlisting the services of an angel, Michael, Maudie hopes to reunite Benard with their long lost daughter, Elizabeth. True to his mischievous... | | |  | |  | |
| | | | | | THE EDUCATION OF ANGELS
Witty and extremely funny with a message that will touch every heart - that is the domain of The Education of Angels and the formula that will endear this play to audiences for years to come.
Two unlikely characters, Nick and Jenna, are thrown together in this hilarious tale of two angels in training sent back to earth to help Dave, who is having cold feet on... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | FULL FRONTAL NUDITY
A small-town community theater performing original work has trouble drawing patrons due to the competition of a much larger playhouse that puts on familiar full-scale musicals. Leading man Conrad decides the best way to bring in an audience is to give it what it wants. Suddenly the rumors start flying . . . full frontal nudity! Leading lady Shelly is none too pleased when she... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Quasimodo, a deformed but lovable man, has spent his entire life within the walls of the cathedral of Notre Dame. With some urging from two zany nuns, he attends the Festival of Fools. Though he is crowned the King of Fools (the ugliest person at the festival), his guardian, Archdeacon Frollo, is enormously displeased with Quasimodo. Frollo forbids Quasimodo to leave Notre... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | LADIES, SIGH NO MORE
Lady Macbeth plays Monopoly with Juliet and shrewish Kate battles Cordelia at Trivial Pursuit. Ophelia cuts out paper flowers, and Desdemona sews handkerchiefs. Who is the mysterious man who seems to be so interested in the fate of these ladies? Is this an Elizabethan ladies club, or a literary loony bin? Only Dr. Wells seems to know for sure as she tries to help some of... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S WOMEN
Lord Chamberlain's Women is a classic farce with a Shakespearean twist. It incorporates many classic comedic elements, including mistaken identity, cross-dressing, innuendo, deceit, word play, romantic entanglements, and also, a dog. Set in the backstage area of the Globe Theatre in 1595, it focuses on a famous actor’s attempts to seduce a beautiful French woman while... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | ONCE UPON A FAIRY TALE - FULL LENGTH
Once upon a time lived Beullah the Witch and her more winsome sister, Francine. They were as opposite as opposite could be. Jealous of Francine’s beloved daughter, Princess Rose, Beullah gives Princess Rose an evil curse. Thanks to the curse, Princess Rose grows up to be a “Royal Pain.” Now, 21 years later, Princess Rose must get married to be queen. Yet, who will marry such a... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | PARLOR GAMES
It's election time and a sitting U.S. President, trying to raise his poll numbers in the South, embarks on a whirlwind tour...where he winds up captive in a funeral parlor. | | | | | | |
| | | | | | ROMEO AND JULIET - SIX VERY BUSY DAYS
Everyone knows the story of Romeo and Juliet, but few realize that the "greatest love story of all time" takes place only over six days. That's right, Romeo and Juliet fall in love, marry and die all with within six days of meeting each other! Romeo and Juliet: Six Very Busy Days riotously re-imagines the misadvertur'd piteous overthrows of the iconic... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | THE SCOTTISH PLAY
The Scottish Play is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The play is set on a bare stage where a high school drama group has gathered to work on the set for their upcoming production of Macbeth. The students fall into a trance and begin to act out the Macduff-Macbeth confrontation scene with the witches. With the aid of the stage manager, the student... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE DOOM OF DEVILSMOOR
Sherlock Holmes is back! In London, Holmes finds himself reluctantly investigating the persecution of Edward Banks, a gentleman who is being stalked with the message “The Doom of Devilsmoor.” When Banks refuses to provide more information about his own background, Holmes removes himself from the case. In the meantime, Watson finds himself at a house party on a country... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | THEE AND THOU
Mistaken identity, love lost and found, and temperamental actors combine to create chaos and fun in this hilarious comedy. Set during Elizabethan England in The Globe Theatre, Shakespeare and Burbage are planning rehearsals for one of Will's plays, Julius Caesar. As the actors banter back and forth, a roguish highwayman and his partner break into The Globe, one of them... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE
Whoever said dating is easy hasn't dated Julie! Roger is ready propose to his girlfriend, Julie, but first he must introduce her to his mother. It's one romantic disaster after another when Roger's meddlesome friends and neighbors get involved - especially when sweet, sexy Candy moves in next door. There are many ways to propose to your girlfriend, and there are many... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | YOU NEVER SAY THE SCOTTISH PLAY
While waiting for an audition, three experienced actors attempt to explain the superstitions behind Shakespeare’s play Macbeth to an actor trying out for the first time. | | | | | | |
| | | | | | O. Henry Series
Here they are! Selections from O. Henry's short stories in our popular ten minute play format. These plays deliver the same classic wit, humor and surprise endings characteristic of O. Henry's stories. This distinctive style will be cherished by those familiar with O. Henry and truly enjoyed by newcomers. | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Grappling With Grammar Series
Who says grappling with grammar has to be a grind? Part of our unique Grammar Series in the popular ten-minute format, which blends performing arts with English studies. | | | | | | |
| | | | | | The Maxwell Family Classics Series
Come meet the Maxwells and you will instantly become part of the family. These classic plays are full of comedy and you are given a "ring side" seat in watching the humor of everyday life unfold before your eyes. | | | | | | |
| | | | | | The Virgil Series
Come to Lickskillet and join in the adventures of America's #1 family, the Sludges, a clan of fairly unremarkable, but kindly folk, that are guaranteed to keep you in stitches. As you ease back in your chair to enter the slow lane, be prepared for uproarious laughter with a smattering of life's lessons. | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Mastering Math Series
The Mastering Math Series inspires knowledge and mathematical concepts through story theatre. Each ten-minute play uses Alberto's family and friends to introduce a new math concept to your students by actively engaging them with humorous dialogue and visual demonstration. This non-traditional, interdisciplinary approach has proven to be a fun, effective means of not only teaching, but also instilling a love of mathematics! | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Frankenharry Series
The ridiculously talented Joseph Sorrentino brings you four ten minute plays featuring the famously funny duo, Frank and Harry. Clifford A. Ridley, Philadelphia Inquirer's theater critic, summed it up best when he said, "Frankly, or maybe Harrily, he can't write these clever scripts fast enough to suit me." | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Saki Series
A group of plays based on short stories by Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 13 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki, who was a British writer that pulled no punches in satirizing society and culture. Saki is considered a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. His tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely judged narratives. As short plays, you are sure to find them as witty and enlightening today as they were then. | | | | | | |
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