"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" opens in Virginia

July 30th through August 2nd, Henrico Teen Theatre Company presents The Boy Who Cried Wolf at the Cultural Arts Center in Glen Allen, Virginia. In this reimagining of the Aesop classic, a bored boy tends to his family’s flock, while the girl he has a crush on belittles his duty and begs to see his “wolf-crying” skills. His family reprimands him for the false alarm, but the mischievous girl keeps up with her amusing antics…not knowing where the real wolves are lurking. For production information, go to http://visithenrico.com. The Boy Who Cried Wolf is published by Pioneer Drama Service. To preview the play online, purchase a script or get rights to produce the show, call 1-800-333-7262 or visit www.pioneerdrama.com. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com for information about Stacey Lane’s other available children’s plays.

 

“The Naked People Play” opens in Washington

The Brass Monkey Theater Club at iDiOM Theater in Bellingham, Washington presents The Naked People Play on July 30th and August 2nd. In this ten-minute play, when an insecure young man confronts his ex, he discovers that she has a naked man and a naked woman in her apartment. She assures him that nothing sorted or sexual is going on and that the nudity is for purely artistic purposes. Visit www.idiomtheater.com for more on the production. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail the author at StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com to preview this comedic script.

 

 

“Pulse” plays in Australia

Pimlico State High School will perform Pulse as part of “Pimlico Presents” on July 29th in Townsville, Australia. In Pulse, a comedic female monologue, an actress’s concentration is broken when a cell phone call disrupts her moving performance. To read this monologue, contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com. For more information about Stacey Lane’s other available works for school performance, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

 

 

"The Turtle and the Bunny" plays in Ohio

Actors' Theatre of Columbus' Park Plays: Kids Camp presents The Turtle and the Bunny on July 18th in Columbus, Ohio.  In The Turtle and the Bunny, a modern take on Aesop's classic The Tortoise and the Hare, a bully of a bunny has his eye on the prize and no concern for his critter classmates' feelings.  To learn about this summer camp or Actors' Theatre's other educational programming and shows, go to http://theactorstheatre.org. To read this script or get more information about all of Stacey Lane's plays for children, teens and adults, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

The Turtle and the Bunny at Actors' Theatre of Columbus. Directed by Andy Falter.

"Pulse" opens in North Carolina

Owl Tree Theater for the People presents Pulse as part of SOLO: An Evening of Monologue Performances running July 11th through 26th in Raleigh, North Carolina. In Pulse, a comedic monologue for a female actor of any age, a woman with a flair for the dramatic has her sad tale interrupted by a cell phone ringing in the theatre. She breaks character and breaks the phone. For additional production information, go to http://owltreetheater.weebly.com or https://www.facebook.com/OwlTreeTheaterForThePeople.  To preview this monologue or find out about Stacey Lane's other available material for auditions, classes and performances, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

Sylvia Freeman performs Pulse.

 

Beverly Hills Theatre Guild honors “Insomniac Society”

Insomniac Society received honorable mention in the prestigious Beverly Hills Theatre Guild 2014 Marilyn Hall Award for Youth Theatre. In Insomniac Society, a fifty-minute play with a gender-flexible cast of fourteen, sleep-deprived teens seek solace and companionship in a cyber club. To see the list of winners and learn more about the award, go to www.beverlyhillstheatreguild.org/present_winners.html. To preview Insomniac Society, a play perfectly suited for high school fall play productions, e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

 

“Big Top Flop” premieres in North Dakota

Youth Education on Stage presents Big Top Flop as part of SUMMER SHORTS: 'You've Got A Friend' running June 30th through July 1st in Williston, North Dakota.  In this ten-minute comedy for a medium-sized cast of child actors, silly circus clowns forget to think about their fellow performers when they prepare for the greatest trick in the history of history.  For more about this production, go to  Youth Education On Stage's Facebook Page. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact the writer at StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com to get a perusal copy of Big Top Flop.

 

"The Author's Autopsy" opens in Scotland

Solas Festival presents The Author's Autopsy on June 22nd in Glasgow, Scotland.  In this short play for two actors of either gender, coroners sift through the creative remains of a struggling writer. For more information about this multi-disciplinary arts festival and this production visit www.solasfestival.co.uk.  To preview this script, contact the playwright directly at StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

 

 

"Snow Queen" plays in Ohio

The Human Race Theatre Company's Summer Stock Kids performs Snow Queen on June 21st at the Caryl D. Philips Creativity Center in Dayton, Ohio. In this sixty-minute play with a large flexible cast of many lead roles for girls, little Gerda discovers her bravery and self-worth when she goes on a journey to rescue her cousin from the Snow Queen's chilly curse.  For production information, go to http://humanracetheatre.org/summerstock.php. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com for this and other available plays for children, families, teens and adults.

"The Hundred Dollar Hug" plays in Canada

On June 19th, The Hundred Dollar Hug will be performed at Drama 20/30 at St. Peter the Apostle in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada.  In this five-minute male monologue, an attention-starved man challenges his audience to put a price tag on platonic physical affection. To request a copy of this monologue for performance, class or audition use, contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com. To learn more about the playwright and her other available scripts for adults, teens and children, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

"Shelter Skelter", "The Unwelcome Mat" and “The Author's Autopsy" play in NYC

Playsmiths presents Flashfest on June 15^th at the Manhattan Theatre Club on West 43rd Street in New York, New York.  Flashfest consists of one-minute plays, monologues, flash fiction, hint fiction and poetry. Included in this fast-paced evening of entertainment are Stacey Lane’s plays Shelter Skelter, The Unwelcome Mat and The Author's Autopsy. In Shelter Skelter, a woman visits an animal shelter to pick out a kitten, but the ghost of her recently deceased cat interrupts and is not ready to be replaced. In The Unwelcome Mat, while a young lady waits for her date to answer his door, she strikes up a conversation with his bitter doormat who knows too much. In The Author's Autopsy, coroners try to figure out the cause of a writer’s untimely demise. For more about the show, go to www.playsmiths.org. For tickets, visit www.brownpapertickets.com. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com to read these short scripts with small casts and learn more about the author.

Whoopee Magazine publishes "The Hundred Dollar Hug"

The Hundred Dollar Hug appears in Whoopee Magazine’s inaugural issue. Whoopee Magazine is a bi-annual print publication that celebrates and investigates relationships, gender, sex and sexuality. In The Hundred Dollar Hug, a male monologue, a man desperate for the healing power of the human touch offers to pay someone—anyone—to give him a hug. Come celebrate the release of Whoopee Magazine on June 15th at Splitty in Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York. Visit Whoopee Magazine's Facebook Event Page for more information about the magazine and the release party. To buy the magazine, go to Whoopee Magazine's Etsy Shop. To get a copy of this monologue to use in auditions, class or production or to learn about Stacey Lane’s other scripts, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact the playwright directly at StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

"Cold" opens in New York

Cold plays at Gi60 #NextGen, a one-minute play festival for young performers. The show takes place on June 13th at the Tantrum Theatre in the Acting Out! Studio and on June 14th at the New Workshop Theatre at Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York. In Cold, a short comedy for one male and one female, a doting teen licks his girlfriend’s phone, so that he can catch her cold and end her self-imposed quarantine. Go to www.gi60.blogspot.com for production information. For a complete listing of Stacey Lane’s available plays, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

"Shoebox" plays in New York

 

Gi60 2014 Live US 10th Anniversary Edition celebrates a decade of Screaming Media Productions presenting one-minute plays with a remounting of Shoebox and other favorites. The show runs June 12th through 14th at the New Workshop Theater at Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York. In Shoebox, a short play with extremely flexible casting, a woman’s life is tracked through the cards she received to celebrate life’s special occasions and milestones. For more information about the production, go to www.gi60.blogspot.com.  For tickets, please visit www.brooklyncenter.org or call 718-951-4500. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com to preview the script or find out more about Stacey Lane’s other plays.



Cristina Pitter, Sabrina Cataudella, Vera Khodasevich, Chris Donovan, Walter Petryk, Eugene Solfanelli, Joan Lunoe, Heather Zoll, Mickey Ryan, Samantha Fontana, Schylar Westbrook, Ana Bell, Sergio Mauritz Ang and Julie Orkis in Shoebox. Directed by Rose Burnett Bonczek.

 

"Snow Queen" opens in Colorado

Snow Queen plays June 10^th through June 26^th at Aurora Little Foxes in Aurora, Colorado.  Based on the same classic fairytale as Disney's Frozen, Snow Queen is a story about the enduring bond of true friendship and how one person can change the world. The Snow Queen places a spell that makes people only see the bad around them. When her cousin falls under the curse, Gerda goes on an adventure to save him. Along the way, she teams up with talking flowers and animals, a princess and even a band of robbers. Once at the castle, Gerda uses everything she has learned on her journey to release Kay from the evil spell. For production information, visit http://aurorafoxartscenter.org. To preview this large cast sixty-minute comedy that is well-suited for camp, school and children’s theatre productions, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

 





Photos courtesy of A&J Photography and The Aurora Fox.

 

"The Hundred Dollar Hug" opens in Michigan

Fancy Pants Theatre presents Lotsa Little Gay Things: The Best of Gayla on June 8th in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Included in this collection of favorites from their yearly celebration of LGBT theatre is Stacey Lane's The Hundred Dollar Hug. In this five-minute monologue for a male performer of any age and ethnicity, a lonely guy offers a hundred bucks to anyone who will let him feel the fleeting joy of brief human contact.  For more about the performance, please visit http://fancypantstheater.webs.com. To preview the monologue or request usage for auditions or production, contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

"Story Stew: A Fairy Tale Revue" plays in Missouri

Tiger Troupe at Remington Traditional School presents Story Stew: A Fairy Tale Revue on May 28th in Maryland Heights, Missouri.  In this comedic fairytale mash-up for a large cast of children, Old Mother Hubbard has  so many children, she does not no what to do. On top of that she has no food for her family thanks to a mysterious spell involving Mary, her little lamb and a witch with a sweet tooth. She also has no home thanks to a mix up with a big bad wolf. Fortunately, she has a lot of resourceful kids who are ready for an adventure through the woods. Story Stew: A Fairy Tale Revue is published by renowned children's theatre publisher, Dramatic Publishing. To preview the play, buy a copy of the script or get rights to perform the show, call 1-800-448-7469 or go to www.dramaticpublishing.com. For information about Stacey Lane's other plays for children, teens and adults, contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

Read "The Hundred Dollar Hug" in the Monologue Database

In The Hundred Dollar Hug, a dramatic monologue for a male or any age and ethnicity, a frustrated man offers one hundred dollars to the first person who will come up on stage and give him a hug. Read this five minute monologue in its entirety at www.monologuedb.com. Please contact the author at StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com for performance rights and information about other available plays for adults, teens and children.

"Pulse" plays in Canada

Pulse will be performed at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada on May 13th. In this short comedic monologue for a female actor of any age, the distraction of a cell phone ringing in the theatre destroys an actress's concentration. To read this monologue or get information on Stacey Lane's other plays for adults, students and children, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

Read the monologue "Pulse" now at Actorama

Visit Actorama, a hub of information for the emerging and working actor at www.actorama.com to read Pulse. In Stacey Lane's monologue for a female of any age, a temperamental actress's mournful monologue about the death of her best friend is interrupted by a cell phone ringing in the theatre. She locates the source of the disturbance and destroys it. This comedic monologue is well-suited for an introduction to an evening of short plays, auditions, talent shows and classroom use. Contact the author at StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com to obtain performance rights or learn more about other available scripts.

"Story Stew: A Fairy Tale Revue" plays in Pennsylvania

Home school group Plants and Pillars presents Stacey Lane's Story Stew: A Fairy Tale Revue on April 26th through May 4th in Dalington, Pennsylvania. In this one hour children's comedy with a  large ensemble cast, siblings Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel, Gretel, Jack, Jill and Mary go on a journey to help their mom Old Mother Hubbard find a new home in a giant's shoe. To preview the script online for free, to purchase the play, get production rights or for more information on this easy-to-produce children's play with a full cast of starring roles, visit Dramatic Publishing at www.dramaticpublishing.com or call 1-800-448-7469. For other TYA and adult plays by Stacey Lane, contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

"Cold" published by Germ Magazine

In Cold, a young lady with a cold is shocked to find her boyfriend licking her phone in a quest to share her germs and regain her affection. To read this short play for two actors, visit www.germmagazine.com. For production rights or for more information on Stacey Lane’s other available plays, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail the playwright at StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

“Insomniac Society” workshopped in Connecticut

New one-act teen play Insomniac Society will be workshopped on April 14^th as part of the Snapshots program at Slant of Light Theater Company in Milford, Connecticut. In Insomniac Society, a nightmare-prone control freak creates an internet chat room where teens who can’t sleep at night don’t have to feel alone. With a cast of 14 gender-neutral teenage characters, this fifty-minute dark comedy is well-suited for Thespian One-Act Play Competition, high school production and teen theatre camp. For more information about the theatre company, visit www.soflproductions.org. To preview the script, contact the playwright at StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

 

 

"Sleeping Beauty" opens in Wisconsin

New Richmond Middle School will perform Sleeping Beauty on April 11th and 12th in New Richmond, Wisconsin. In this sixty-minute children's play with a medium-sized cast, bumbling fairies, a singing frog, an overly sensitive princess, a fumbling prince and a misunderstood villain come together to bring this classic fairytale to life with humor and audience participation. To preview most of the script online for free, visit www.playscripts.com. Hard copies of the play and production rights can also be obtained through the publisher  Playscripts, Inc. Call 1-866-NEW-PLAY. For Stacey Lane's other scripts for children and adults, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail the playwright directly at StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

"Story Stew: A Fairy Tale Revue" plays in Montana

Alberton High School in Alberton, Montana presents Story Stew: A Fairy Tale Revue on April 9th. In this large cast hour-long comedy for youth and teen performers, fairytale favorites collide when the old woman who lived in a shoe's humongous family matches wits with a witch, a giant, a wolf and three bears in their quest to find a new home. To read a free sample of this script online, to purchase a hardcopy of the play or to obtain production rights, contact Dramatic Publishing at www.dramaticpublishing.com or 1-800-448-7469. For other available titles by the author, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

 

"Trappings" presented in Connecticut

Slant of Light Productions’ New Play Reading Series continues April 4th and 5th with Trappings. The show takes place at the Talent Education Suzuki School (TESS) in Norwalk, Connecticut. In this 90-minute three actress comedy, friends Midge Mobley and Meredith Mull seek the help of socialite Drina Dynasty to fabricate socially-acceptable lives for themselves before attending their high school reunion. For more information about Slant of Light, visit www.soflproductions.org. For a perusal copy of the script, production rights or other available plays by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

  

"Sleeping Beauty" plays in Georgia

Wheeler High School Drama Department in Marietta, Georgia presents Sleeping Beauty running March 24th through April 12th. Shows include daytime in-school performances for local elementary students, as well as evening public performances. In this audience-participation sixty-minute comedy with a small flexible ensemble cast, this classic tale's villain takes over and magically turns back the hands of time to reveals her true motive. For production information, visit http://wheelerdrama.com. To peruse the play online, order a hard copy of the book or obtain production rights, contact the publisher Playscripts, Inc. at 1-866-NEW-PLAY or www.playscripts.com. For more about the playwright and her other available scripts, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

"Pulse" featured in Actor Point

Visit Actor Point to read Stacey Lane's monologue Pulse. In this comedic monologue for a female actor of any age, a heartfelt remembrance of a deceased friend is interrupted by someone's cell phone ringing in the theater. For production rights or for other available scripts, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

 

 

 

Euphony Journal publishes “The Author’s Autopsy”

Stacey Lane’s The Author’s Autopsy is featured in the University of Chicago’s Euphony Journal Winter 2014 Issue. In this short dark comedy for two actors of either gender, coroners search for the cause of the untimely death of an aspiring writer. Get your copy of Euphony Journal at the Winter Issue Launch on March 10^th at Cobb Hall on the University of Chicago Campus or visit http://euphonyjournal.org or Euphony's Facebook Page. For production rights or information about other available scripts, contact the playwright directly at StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

"Shoebox" featured in Germ Magazine

Read Stacey Lane’s short script Shoebox in Germ Magazine. Shoebox celebrates the cycle of life through a collection of old greeting cards.  Go to www.germmagazine.com to read the play. For production rights or other available scripts, please visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.