"Words that Rhyme with Orange" plays in Canada

Words that Rhyme with Orange will be performed by the Capitol School of Performing Arts in New Brunswick, Canada. The show opens at the Capitol Theatre on June 4th and then will go on to tour schools and community centers. In Words that Rhyme with Orange,  a one-of-a-kind creature crashes onto an island populated by identical spiders. This comedy for young audiences celebrates diversity and will be performed in both English and French. Visit capitol.nb.ca to learn more. To purchase tickets, call the Capitol Theatre Box Office at 1-800-567-1922 or 856-4379. To read an article about this unique bilingual production, visit  Times and Transcript. For a perusal copy of this script or others by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk.com.

Mary Ann Sims, Emily Sims, Emma Parlee, Lucy Higgins and Alexa Landry in Words That Rhyme with Orange. Directed by Alicia Verona Potter. Photograph by Greg Agnew of Times and Transcript.

 

 

"Dirty Laundry" and "Pet Names" play in Columbus, Ohio

Short comedic sketches Dirty Laundry and Pet Names will be performed by Frogs with Fangs at the Gateway Film Center in Columbus on May 26th. In Dirty Laundry, accusations and confessions fly when a drunk young woman finds something in her roommate's jean pocket while doing late night laundry. In Pet Names, an eager wife and an eager-to-leave husband fail to capture the perfect picture of their little darling with the mall Easter Bunny. To learn more about this new sketch comedy troupe, visit www.fakebaconproductions.com. To purchase tickets, go to www.gatewayfilmcenter.com. For more information on these scripts and other works by Stacey Lane, contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

Elissa Marcus and Rochelle Nowinski Young in Dirty Laundry. Directed by Scott Tobin.

"Pet Names" plays in Minneapolis

Pet Names plays as part of Freshwater Theatre Company's "Festival of Awkward Moments" in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 8th to May 22nd. In this short comedy, an eager wife and an eager-to-leave husband  fail to capture the perfect photograph of their little darling with the Easter Bunny. To learn more about the production, go to  www.freshwatertheatre.com or Freshwater's Facebook Page. For a perusal copy of Pet Names, please visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

Courtney Miner and Josh Carson in Pet Names. Directed by Jimmy LeDuc.

"My Dog Ate the Constitution" receives reading in Dayton, Ohio

My Dog Ate the Constitution will have a reading and workshop at Dayton Ohio's Zoot Theatre Company on May 4th. This audience participation educational puppet adventure was commissioned by Zoot  for in-school tours. In this hour long play, a girl falls asleep while studying for a test on the  U.S. Constitution and meets George Washington and Ben Franklin in her dreams.  Her dog appears wearing a powdered wig and claiming to be James Madison. To learn more about this innovative new mask and puppet company, please visit www.zoottheatrecompany.org. To preview this script or others by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

"Shelter Skelter" premiers in New York City

Shelter Skelter plays April 29th and 30th as part of Spare Change Theatre's In a New York Minute:  One Minute Play Contest. In this short comedy, a woman picks out a new kitten at an animal shelter when the ghost of her recently deceased cat arrives to object. To learn more about this audience interactive event, please visit In A New York Minute. To receive a perusal copy of  Shelter Skelter or other scripts by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

"Storms, Sheets, and Show Tunes" wins first place in Play N Well's Fourth Annual One Act Festival

Storms, Sheets, and Show Tunes won the top honor at the Fourth Annual One Act Festival with the Play N Well Players. Special thanks and congrats to director Aprille Holovich and the cast, Skyler Meyers, Marne Sieber, Kevin Meyers, Angela Emmons, and Laurel Boulter.

Kevin Meyers and Marne Sieber in Storms, Sheets, and Show Tunes. Directed by Aprille Holovich.

"Storms, Sheets, and Show Tunes" opens in Plainwell, Michigan

Storms, Sheets, and Show Tunes runs April 15th through 17th at Play n Well Players in Plainwell, Michigan. For tickets or more information about the Fourth Annual One-Act Play Festival, call (269) 271- PLAY. To obtain a perusal copy of this ghoulish comedy or other scripts by Stacey Lane, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

Marne Sieber, Angela Emmons, and Laurel Boulter in Storms, Sheets, and Show Tunes. Directed by Aprille Holovich.

"Pulse" plays in Somerset, Kentucky

Pulse plays as part of "Sketches" at Somerset Community College in Somerset, Kentucky on April 15th and 16th at 8 pm. In Pulse, a young actress's woeful monologue is interrupted by a cell phone ringing in the audience. She retaliates by destroying the phone that destroyed her art. To find out more about this production, please visit http://somerset.kctcs.edu/student_life/scc_theatre/box_office. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com to learn more about the playwright and her available scripts.

Montana Daniels in Pulse. Directed by Steven Cleberg.

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"Great Bellied Women" receives staged reading in Kansas

Great Bellied Women, a thirty-minute Renaissance comedy, is part of EMU Theatre's Night of Staged Readings. The show runs April 15th and 16th at 8pm at the Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence, Kansas. To learn more about EMU Theatre, visit http://emutheatre.net. In Great Bellied Women, a one-act with a cast of three females, a respected Elizabethan midwife and her daughter determine whether they will take on a new apprentice by testing her skills in a pretend delivery. To preview this script or others by Stacey Lane, e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

Feloniz Lovato-Winston, Jean Anne Pike, and Gwethalyn Williams in  Great Bellied Women. Directed by Andy Stowers.

"Cold", "Checkered Past", and "Shoebox" play in Philadelphia

Cold, Checkered Past, and Shoebox are part of "Pocket-Sized Plays" at the Shubin Theater in Philadelphia. The show, which kicks off Act for Charity's April Arts Festival, runs April 8th and 9th. All proceeds benefit Project H.O.M.E.  To learn more about this new theatre company that supports charitable causes, please visit www.actforcharity.org. To preview these short scripts or find out more about Stacey Lane's other available plays, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

"Checkered Past" and "Shelter Skelter" receive a reading live online with Second Life

Two short plays, Checkered Past and Shelter Skelter, will be read online on April 1st as part of Avatar Repertory Theater's Virtual Short Play Buffet. Avatar Repertory Theatre is a theatre troupe like no other. They perform live productions in the virtual world of Second Life. To learn more about this innovative production company and the Virtual Short Play Buffet, visit  http://www.avatarrepertorytheater.org. If you are a member of the Second Life community, you can attend the reading on April 1st at 5pm Pacific Standard Time by going to http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/45/32/26. If you are not a member of Second Life, you can still view online streaming video of the reading at http://www.livestream.com/thevirtualshortplaybuffet. In Checkered Past, ants at a picnic debate the risks and rewards of pursuing their delicious desires. In Shelter Skelter, a woman picks out a new kitten at an animal shelter when the ghost of her recently deceased cat arrives to object. To obtain perusal copies of these or other scripts by Stacey Lane, contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

"Lucy Dreaming" receives staged reading in DC to celebrate SWAN Day

Support Women Artists Now! March is Women's History Month and March 26th is SWAN Day, a world-wide movement to support and recognize female artists. Please visit SWAN Day to learn more about this celebration of creativity. The Georgetown Theatre Company  presents DC Swan Day's Staged Reading Marathon which includes Lucy Dreaming.  Go to www.georgetowntheatre.org for more information about this free event. To preview Lucy Dreaming or other plays by Stacey Lane, e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

"Cold" and "Shoebox" open in NYC

"Cold" and "Shoebox" play on March 20th as part of Adaptive Arts' One Minute Play Festival in New York. In Cold, a sickly woman catches her boyfriend licking her phone. In Shoebox, a woman's journey from cradle to grave is documented in the greeting cards she receives. For more information about the production, go to Adaptive Arts. For perusal copies of these scripts or others by Stacey Lane, e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

"Shoebox" at Adaptive Arts. Photographer: Hollie Roseberg

"Lucy Dreaming" plays in Pittsfield, MA

Lucy Dreaming plays as part of "New Works at New Stage" on March 19th and 20th. The show is at the New Stage Performing Arts Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. To learn more about the theatre company, please visit www.newstageperformingarts.org. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com to contact the playwright.

"Lucy Dreaming" plays in Kalamazoo

Lucy Dreaming, a short experimental drama about the link between insomnia and nightmares, plays at Fancy Pants Theatre in Kalamazoo, Michigan on March 12th. To learn more about the theatre, visit http://www.freewebs.com/fancypantstheater/. To preview this script or others by Stacey Lane, please go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or write to StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

Jacqui Myers and Alaina Whitney in Lucy Dreaming

"The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg" opens in Wilmington, DE

The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg plays March 5th through 13th with the Chrysalis Players at Wilmington Drama League in Wilmington, Delaware. The show will play at the theatre and then tour local libraries. To learn more about this lively adaptation of Aesop's cautionary tale of greed or other available scripts for children's or adult theatre, please visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

"Pulse" plays in NYC

Pulse is playing February 23rd through 26th at the Richmond Shepard Theatre in New York, New York. This monologue is part of "New Works 2011 Too!" In Pulse, an actress's woeful monologue is interrupted by a cell phone ringing in the audience. She retaliates by destroying the phone that destroyed her art.   To preview this script or others by Stacey Lane, e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or  visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

"Non-Stop Aesop" opens in Worthington, Ohio

Non-Stop Aesop plays at Kilbourne Middle School in Worthington, Ohio from January 27th through 30th. Non-Stop Aesop re-imagines The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Tortoise and the Hare, and The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg.   To preview the play or learn more about Stacey Lane's scripts for children and adults, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk.com.

"Rainbow Sprinkles" opens in NYC

Rainbow Sprinkles will be performed January 26 through 29th at the Richmond Shepard Theatre in New York City. To learn more about the production, visit http://www.richmondshepard.com/theatre.htm. To preview this script or find out more about Stacey Lane and her available works, please go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

Erin M. King and Bruce Shaffer in Rainbow Sprinkles.

"Alien to Antiquity" opens in NYC

Alien to Antiquity open January 12th at the Secret Theatre in New York.  This ten-minute satire  is part of  the Long Island City One Act Festival, put on by the Queens Players. To learn more about the production, go to www.thequeensplayers.com or www.secrettheatre.com. To learn more about the script and other works by Stacey Lane, please visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

"Rainbow Sprinkles" opens in Maynard, Massachusetts

Rainbow Sprinkles, a comedy about a clown, returns to the Acme stage as part of their 10th Annual New Works Festival.  Rainbow Sprinkles was produced by Acme Theater Productions in 2006, where it received the "Charlie Award" for audience favorite. This 10th anniversary festival features the favorites from the last nine seasons. The show runs January 7th through 15th  in Maynard, Massachusetts. For more information or to purchase tickets, go to http://www.acmetheater.com. To learn more about this award-wining, published one-act, contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

"Alien to Antiquity" opens in Minneapolis

Alien to Antiquity plays January 6th through 27th at the Bryant Lake Bowl as part of "Raucous Caucus: Box Wine Theatre's 10 Minute Political Play Festival." In Alien to Antiquity, two corporate spokesman set out to fire Lady Justice. To learn more about the production or to order tickets, visit http://www.boxwinetheatre.com or Box Wine's Facebook event page. Please go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com to find out more about the playwright and her available scripts.

Amy Vickroy, Peter Simmons, and Michael Kelley in Alien to Antiquity.  Directed by Ryan Henderson. Photograph by Scott Pakudaitis.