“Snow Queen” plays in Arizona

Snow Queen is being performed on November 29 at Queen of Peace Catholic School in Mesa, Arizona. In this sixty-minute, large-cast comedy for all ages, little Gerda must face her fears and the heartless Snow Queen to set Kay free. On her arctic journey, she encounters curious, animated animals, flowers, snowflakes, royalty, and robbers– some who want to help her and some who want to hinder her heroic quest. Pioneer Drama Service publishes Snow Queen. Go to www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262 to preview a large portion of the script online for free, buy the book, and get the rights to perform this play at your school, church, drama camp, children’s theatre or community theatre. For other stage adaptations of classic tales, as well as original works for youth, teens, and adults, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

"Can't Count on Dracula" continues in Chicago

The third part of Can’t Count on Dracula is being read at the Annoyance Theater in Chicago, Illinois on November 27 as part of Naked Angels’ Tuesdays@9 national script development series. In this one-act for family audiences, the Sand Witch, a blundering monster-in-training, tries to prove her worth to legends of fright, Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Invisible Man. To learn more about the Naked Angels, visit https://www.nakedangels.com/tuesdays-9, https://theannoyance.com or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago. To read this script and other new and published plays for children, teens, and adults, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail the playwright at Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

“Can’t Count on Dracula” read in Chicago

The Naked Angels presents a reading of the second part of Can't Count on Dracula on November 20 at the Annoyance Theater in Chicago, Illinois. In this TYA comedy, Dracula and the Wolfman vie for the attention of a waitress at a pancake house. The disagreement leads to each biting the other, which turns Dracula into a werewolf and the Wolfman into a vampire bat. Meanwhile, the Sand Witch shows off her not-so-scary seaside shenanigans to an unimpressed Invisible Man and Frankenstein. For more about this innovative reading series, visit www.nakedangels.com, https://theannoyance.com or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago. To request a copy of the complete script of Can’t Count on Dracula as well as learn more about Stacey Lane’s other available scripts for all age groups, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

"Tutelage of Tulle" workshopped in Chicago

Cold Reads, Hot Scripts is workshopping Tutelage of Tulle on November 17 at the iO Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. In this short play for two females, a young woman tries to help her friend become more beautiful through a face mask and manicure, but is the pain worth the gain? To learn more about this new script development series, visit http://coldreadshotscripts.com or www.facebook.com/ColdReadsHotScripts. To read this play or others by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.



Reading of Tutelage of Tulle at Cold Reads Hot Scripts. Directed and hosted by Zak Kinnaird. Photographer: Julianna Lopez of Philbrook Productions.

“67 Cinderellas” plays in Florida

Bridgewater Middle School is performing 67 Cinderellas in Winter Garden, Florida from November 15 to 17. In this large cast, full-length play for family audiences, Prince Dalliance’s romantic plans to find his happily ever after fall apart and he must face the fact that he knows very little about Cinderella when her glass slipper fits many ladies in his kingdom. This comedic play is published by Dramatic Publishing. To preview part of the script for free, buy the play, and obtain production rights, please visit www.dramaticpublishing.com or call 1-800-448-7469. For other plays for children, teens, and adults, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

 

 

The cast of 67 Cinderellas. Photographer: Danielle Hendrix of Orange Observer.

 

“The Unwelcome Mat” opens in Texas

From November 15 to 18, The Unwelcome Mat is being performed at Houston Community College’s Theater One in Houston, Texas as part of “The Man Who Turned into a Stick and Other Shorter Plays.” In this two-hander, when a young woman shows up uninvited to see the guy she’s dating, she receives a rude reception from his worn-out doormat. To get a copy of this play and others by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact the playwright directly at Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Can’t Count on Dracula” read in Chicago

Part one of Can’t Count on Dracula is being read at the Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on November 13 as part of Naked Angels’ Tuesdays@9. In this TYA comedy, the Invisible Man invites Dracula and Frankenstein to a secret meeting at a seaside restaurant to figure out how to scare modern, tech-savvy children, but they fail to even frighten their elderly waitress. The silly Sand Witch sees them and longs to join their legendary ranks. Go to www.nakedangels.com, https://theannoyance.com or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago for more about the theatre company. To request a copy of this script or other plays for children and adults, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” plays in Australia

Nadia’s Performance Studio is performing The Boy Who Cried Wolf in Wetherill Park, NSW Australia on November 11. In this one-act stage adaptation of Aesop’s fable, a boy who longs for adventure decides to deceive his family with the help of his goofy talking sheep and a naughty neighbor. For more about Nadia’s Performance Studio, please visit http://nadias.com.au or www.facebook.com/nadiasperformancestudio. Go to publisher Pioneer Drama Service’s webpage at www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262 to preview a free sample of the script, buy the book, and obtain the rights to perform the play at your theater, school, or camp. For other theatrical reinventions of classic tales as well as original works, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

“Uterus-less” read in Chicago

Naked Angels is doing a reading of Uterus-less as part of Tuesdays@9 at the Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on November 6. In this ten-minute play for a cast of four to five, Alison and Jordan have a happy, childless marriage. When Jordan’s sister-in-law volunteers to be their surrogate and egg donor, something that they had not asked her to do, Alison and Jordan find they no longer see eye to eye. To learn more about Naked Angels, visit www.nakedangels.com, https://theannoyance.com or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for more plays by Stacey Lane.

“Sleeping Beauty” opens in Oregon

From November 4 to November 11, Whimsy Entertainment in Bend, Oregon is performing Sleeping Beauty. In this sixty-minute play for young audiences, a fairy with a bad attitude seeks revenge after she is not invited to the palace birthday party, but the other cheerful fairies are. It will take creativity, teamwork and even a magical frog to break the sleeping curse. For more about the production, visit www.whimsyent.com or www.facebook.com/whimsyent. This audience-participation comedic stage version of the beloved fairy tale is published by Playscripts, Inc. Go to www.playscripts.com or call 1-866-NEW-PLAY to preview part of the play for free,  buy copies of the script, and get production rights. For other plays for children and adults, check out www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” plays in Wisconsin

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is being performed by the South Shore School District in Port Wing, Wisconsin on November 2. In this easy-to-produce one-act, Aesop’s fable springs to life with the addition of funny talking sheep and the shepherd boy’s friend who is a bad influence. Published by Pioneer Drama Service, The Boy Who Cried Wolf can be previewed and purchased at www.pioneerdrama.com or by calling 1-800-333-7262. For other stage adaptions of cherished folktales and fairytales, as well as original works for all ages, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Alien to Antiquity” presented in Chicago

Naked Angels presents Alien to Antiquity as part of "Tuesdays@9" at the Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on October 30. In this ten-minute play, Lady Justice struggles to keep her job in this every changing political climate.  For more about Naked Angels, go to www.nakedangels.com,  https://theannoyance.com, or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago. To read this script or other short, one-act, and full-length plays, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

“A Thousand Variations on a Lie Told Once” and “Can’t Count on Dracula” receive staged readings in Illinois

On October 19 and 20, Prairie Players Civic Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois presents A Thousand Variations on a Lie Told Once and Can’t Count on Dracula as part of their “1st Look Play Festival.” In A Thousand Variations on a Lie Told Once, a full-length dark comedy for a cast of four women and one man, a Christmas Eve family gathering is upended when the adult daughters insist on finally receiving the letters that their father promised to leave them before he passed. In Can’t Count on Dracula, a comedy for all ages with a flexible cast of four to eleven, the Invisible Man calls an emergency meeting with Dracula and Frankenstein while the bumbling Sand Witch tries to learn to be scary. Visit www.prairieplayers.com for more information about the theatre company. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com to request copies of these scripts or other plays for children and adults. 

"Want Baby Badly" workshopped in Chicago

Want Baby Badly will be workshopped with the playwright on Oct. 19 at S.C. in Chicago, Illinois. In this new full-length play for a cast of four, a pregnant college student must decide which of three siblings will adopt their dead brother’s baby. For more about the play and other works by Stacey Lane, contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com. 

Ryan McAndrews, Megan DeLay, Kate Nawrocki, and Darrionna Barnes in workshop of Want Baby Badly.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” plays in Washington

Bellevue Christian School is performing The Boy Who Cried Wolf in Clyde Hill, Washington on October 13 and 14. In this one-act play for young performers, a boy who lacks will power allows his thrill-seeking neighbor to convince him to trick his family. The Boy Who Cried Wolf is published by Pioneer Drama Service. Go to www.pioneerdrama.com or call 800-333-7262 to preview a large part of the script for free, buy the book, and get the rights to perform this play at your school, camp or children’s theatre. For other stage adaptations of beloved fables and fairy tales, as well as original works for all ages, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Hiccup” plays in Chicago

Dandelion Theatre presents Hiccup as part of “The Make Ready” in Chicago, Illinois on October 9. In this ten-minute comedy for a cast of three, a smug high-schooler gets an incurable case of the hiccups right before she is supposed to deliver a scholarship-winning speech. For more about “The Make Ready” visit https://www.dandeliontheatre.com/ or www.facebook.com/events/180747699487306. To read this script and other plays by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

"Tutelage of Tulle" has world premiere in Washington

From September 7 to 22, Changing Scene Theatre Northwest premieres Tutelage of Tulle as part of “Summerplay 2018: A Festival of New Works” at the Dukesbay Theatre in Tacoma, Washington. In this short play with a cast of two women, a young lady wants to wipe off a face mask that is burning her, but her beauty-seeking friend believes the suffering will be worthwhile. For more about the production, go to changingscenenorthwest.org or www.facebook.com/changingscenenw. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com to read this play and others in varying lengths and genres.

Karen Noyes and Michelle Noel in Tutelage of Tulle. Directed by Pavlina Morris.

“The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes” reading in Chicago

Dandelion Theatre presents The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes as part of The Make Ready reading series on August 14 at Vagabond School of the Arts in Chicago, Illinois. In this youth play, a conceited penguin gets taken in by a conniving squid and seal who claim they can make a magical cloak. For more about Dandelion Theatre, visit www.dandeliontheatre.com or  www.facebook.com/DandelionTheatre. To preview this script and other plays for all ages by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

“Pulse” plays in Oregon

Pulse is being performed on August 3 in Lake Oswego, Oregon at Lakewood Theater’s Pre-Professional Musical Theatre Camp Showcase. In this comedic monologue for any gender, a novice performer’s passionate monologue is interrupted by a phone ringing in the theatre. The actor seeks revenge on a ruined dramatic moment. To request a copy of Pulse or learn more about Stacey Lane’s monologues and plays for all ages, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

"Insomniac Society" workshopped in Chicago

Insomniac Society is being workshopped at the Merlo Library in Chicago, Illinois on July 30. In this fifty-minute dark comedy for teenagers, a lonely high-schooler creates an online oasis where her fellow teen insomniacs can wait out their sleepless nights together. For more about this play and other scripts by Stacey Lane, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact the playwright at Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” opens in North Carolina

On July 13 and 14, The Boy Who Cried Wolf is playing at Gallery Theatre in Ahoskie, North Carolina. In this one-act stage version of Aesop’s fable, a boy makes some bad decisions to impress a girl and keep his flock entertained. For more about the theatre company and their Summer Youth Theatre Workshop, go to gallerytheatre.org or www.facebook.com/gallerytheatre.org. The Boy Who Cried Wolf is published by Pioneer Drama Service.  To read part of the play for free online, to buy the book, and obtain production rights, visit www.pioneerdrama.com or call or 1-800-333-7262. For other plays for children and adults, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” plays in Canada

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is being performed on July 1 in Chilliwack, British Columbia at John Calvin School. In this twenty-minute comedy for a medium-sized, flexible cast, some playful sheep and a nosy neighbor persuade a boy to not take his guarding responsibilities seriously and instead stir up some trouble. Contact publisher Pioneer Drama Service at www.pioneerdrama.com or 1-800-333-7262 to preview The Boy Who Cried Wolf, buy the script in electronic version or hardcopy, and get the rights to perform the play at your summer camp, children’s theatre, or school.  Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for other plays by Stacey Lane.

“Cold” and “Blue Giraffe” open in Maryland

From June 22 to July 8, Cold and Blue Giraffe will be performed by the Garfield Center for the Arts at the Prince Theatre in Chestertown, Maryland as part of Short Attention Span Theatre 2018’s “Hey! Wait A Minute!” In Cold, a young man who is ridiculously in love sees only one way to stay by his ailing lady’s side: he must lick her phone to catch her cold. In Blue Giraffe, an enlightened couple critiques their child’s latest art project. For more about the show, visit www.garfieldcenter.org. To read these short comedies or other plays of varying lengths for varying age groups, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” plays in Canada

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is being performed by Oceanview Christian Academy on June 19 in Centerville, Nova Scotia, Canada. In this one-act stage adaptation of Aesop’s most famous fable, a boy tries to impress a girl and keep his sheep amused by showing off his skills. His family is none too pleased, and his reckless actions have dire consequences when a real wolf and her curious pup show up.  Pioneer Drama Service is the publisher of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Get the script, read part of the play for free, and obtain production rights by visiting www.pioneerdrama.com or calling 1-800-333-7262. ‪For other plays by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or email Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Can’t Count on Dracula” reading in Chicago

Dandelion Theatre in Chicago presents a reading of Can’t Count on Dracula on June 12 as part of The Make Ready series. In this TYA comedy, the silly Sand Witch studies to be scary under the direction of Dracula and the Invisible Man until a troubled child, Frankenstein, and an encounter with Mr. Hyde change her mind. Visit www.dandeliontheatre.com or www.facebook.com/events/1879770688733703/ to learn more about Dandelion Theatre. To read Can’t Count on Dracula and other plays by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.