“The Three Billy Goats Gruff” read in Chicago

The Three Billy Goats Gruff is being presented on February 26 at the Annoyance Theater in Chicago, Illinois as part of Tuesdays@9. In this ten-minute comedy for young audiences, disgruntled goats long for greener pastures, but are stifled by rumors of a nasty troll. When they finally face their fears head-on, they discover something other than a troll residing under the bridge that separates them from paradise. To learn more about Tuesdays@9, go to www.nakedangels.com/tuesdays-9 , www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago, or https://theannoyance.com. To request a copy of The Three Billy Goats Gruff or other plays by Stacey Lane, e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

“The Author’s Autopsy” opens in California

From February 23 until March 3, the Rep at Orange Coast College Theater Arts in Costa Mesa, California is performing The Author’s Autopsy as part of “Take Five.” In this short play, coroners examine a deceased writer to determine what he was keeping inside and how it caused his demise. For more about the production, visit www.orangecoastcollege.edu or www.facebook.com/occtheatre. Read The Author’s Autopsy in Applause Theatre & Cinema’s anthology entitled 5-Minute Plays available at Amazon. Contact Stacey Lane at Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com to secure production rights. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com for other available short, one-act, and full-length plays.

 

“Lucy Dreaming” plays in Iowa

Lucy Dreaming is being performed on February 23 in Mason City, Iowa by the Newman Catholic High School Speech Team. In this experimental ten-minute play for two women of any age, an insomniac finds herself trapped in that strange place between awake and sleep with only her subconscious to keep her company. Lucy Dreaming is published by Brooklyn Publishers. Visit www.brookpub.com or call 1-888-473-8521 to read a free script sample, purchase the play, and get production and competition rights. For other plays by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

 

 

“Unniched” read in Chicago

Cold Reads, Hot Scripts presents a reading of Unniched at iO Theater in Chicago, Illinois on February 23. In this television pilot, when her identical twin elopes and leaves the country, an awkward young woman seeks a new identity by throwing herself into niche obsessions. To learn more about Cold Reads, Hot Scripts, go to http://coldreadshotscripts.com or www.facebook.com/ColdReadsHotScripts. For more about Stacey Lane’s scripts, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

Workshop of Unniched. Director: Zak Kinnaird. Photographer: Kait Rairden.

 

 

 

 

Act now to get your free copy of "Rapunzel and Rumpelstiltskin" from Eldridge Publishing

Want a free copy of Stacey Lane’s Rapunzel and Rumpelstiltskin? An exclusive code for one free digital copy or one free hardcopy (with paid shipping) will be given to the first person to write to Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. This special offer from Eldridge Publishing expires March 1 and will be awarded on a first come, first serve basis, so don’t delay.

Winner of American Alliance for Theatre and Education’s Unpublished Play Reading Project, this play for young audiences has a cast of five and runs one hour. In this comedic fairy tale mash-up, a bad haircut leads Rapunzel’s perfectionist mother to banish her to the tower.  Desperate to escape, our long-haired heroine makes a deal with Rumpelstiltskin. To learn more about the script visit https://histage.com/rapunzel-and-rumpelstiltskin or www.staceylaneink.com/RapunzelandRumpelstiltskin.html.

 

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” opens in Iowa

The Boy Who Cried Wolf  is being performed at St. Theresa Church on February 21 in Des Moines, Iowa.  In this twenty-minute comedy for a medium-to-large flexible cast, opinionated sheep and a nosy neighbor bring new twists to Aesop’s fable. Published by Pioneer Drama Service, The Boy Who Cried Wolf can be sampled at www.pioneerdrama.com. Visit the publisher’s website or call 1-800-333-7262 to purchase the script and obtain production rights. For other fairytale, fable, and nursery rhyme stage adaptations, as well as original works for all ages, please go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” plays in Louisiana

On February 21, Runnels High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is performing The Boy Who Cried Wolf. In this one-act comedic stage version of Aesop’s most famous fable, an easily influenced boy abandons responsibility and reason to impress to his crush. Pioneer Drama Service publishes The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Go to www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262 to read a large part of the script for free, buy the book, and get the rights to perform The Boy Who Cried Wolf at your school, theatre, or camp. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail the playwright directly at Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com  for other plays of varying lengths for children, teens, and adults.

“Rainbow Sprinkles” reading in Chicago

The Naked Angels are presenting a reading of Rainbow Sprinkles on February 19 at the Annoyance Theater in Chicago, Illinois as part of Tuesdays@9. In this two-hander ten-minute comedy, an easily offended business woman struggles to find politically correct entertainment for her son’s birthday party. Go to www.nakedangels.com, https://theannoyance.com, or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago/ to learn more about this national play development series. To read Rainbow Sprinkles and other plays by Stacey Lane, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail. Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“A Poodle More Beautiful” plays in Florida

Ivy Hawn Charter School of the Arts in Lake Helen, Florida presents A Poodle More Beautiful on February 16. In this ten-minute comedy, a street-smart mutt faces off against a pampered poodle puppy when they are put in the same cell at the pound. A Poodle More Beautiful is published by YouthPLAYS. To read an excerpt online, buy the book, and get the rights to perform this script at your school, theatre, or camp, go to www.youthplays.com or call 424-703-5315. For other works by Stacey Lane, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

Interview with Stacey Lane in PHXStages

Stacey Lane recently chatted with PHXStages reporter Julia Bashaw about the inspiration behind her new script Camelot and Camelittle and its upcoming run at East Valley Children’s Theatre. Read the article at https://phxstages.blogspot.com

"Camelot and Camelittle" opens in Arizona

As winner of EVCT’s Play Writing Contest, Camelot and Camelittle is being performed by East Valley Children’s Theatre in Mesa, Arizona from February 14 until February 24. In this full-length play for family audiences, a spunky little girl has one dream: to become a Knight of the Round Table.  However, King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Sir Lancelot, and her other heroes laugh at her when she demonstrates her skills by pretend fighting a lizard masquerading as a dragon. Rejected, she gathers up a ragtag group of unappreciated misfits and leaves Camelot to start her own perfect queendom. To learn more about this new show, visit https://evct.org or www.facebook.com/eastvalleychildrenstheatre. To get a copy of Camelot and Camelittle or other plays for youth, teens, and adults, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact the playwright directly at Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

 

The cast of Camelot and Camelittle at EVCT. Directed by Joel Cranson.

 

 

“Snow Queen” opens in San Francisco

From February 9 through 17, New Conservatory Theatre Center is performing Snow Queen in San Francisco, California. This hour-long adventure for all ages is adapted from the same Hans Christian Andersen tale as Disney’s Frozen. When the cold-hearted Snow Queen breaks her magic mirror, shards of cursed glass are used as weapons to turn people into the worst versions of themselves. A young hero, armed only with a jar of warm wishes and giggle-inducing snickerdoodles, must venture into the blizzard to rescue a friend. Go to www.nctcsf.org for more information about the production. To preview a free sample of the play, buy the script, and obtain production rights, call 1-800-333-7262 or visit publisher Pioneer Drama Service’s website at www.pioneerdrama.com. For other comedic stage adaptations of beloved fairy tales and fables, as well as original works for children, teens, and adults, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

The cast of Snow Queen. Directed by Stephanie Temple. Photograph by Lois Tema.

 

“Lucy Dreaming” plays in Louisiana

Lucy Dreaming is being performed in Houma, Louisiana on February 8 at AD Martin Jr West Park Special Education and Federal Center. In this ten-minute two-hander, a young woman’s struggle to fall asleep leads to a soul-searching debate with her personified subconscious. Lucy Dreaming is published by Brooklyn Publishers. To read a free script sample, buy the play, and get production and forensic competition rights, go to www.brookpub.com or call 1-888-473-8521. For other plays by Stacey Lane, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

 

 

 

 

“Uterus-less” plays in London

On January 26 and 27, Orísun Productions presents Uterus-less as part of their Spring Board Showcase in New Cross Gate, South London. In this female monologue, a woman who cannot bear children contemplates the friction that arises in her otherwise happy marriage when a meddlesome relative makes the unsolicited offer to serve as their surrogate and egg donor. To learn more about this bold new company that is dedicated to African and African Caribbean creatives, visit www.facebook.com/orisunproductions. To read Uterus-less or other plays and monologues with leading female roles, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey Lane directly at Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

Amanda Blake in Uterus-less. Directed by Shereener Browne. Photograph by Kwame Lestrade.

 

“Snow Queen” opens in Colorado

The Evergreen Players are performing Snow Queen on January 25 and 26 in Evergreen, Colorado. In this sixty-minute youth play, Gerda goes on a dangerous and whimsical quest to save her best friend Kay before he is trapped forever in the heartless Snow Queen’s palace.  Go to https://evergreenplayers.org to learn more about the production. Snow Queen is published by Pioneer Drama Service. Visit www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-726 to preview a large portion of the text for free, buy the script in hardcopy or e-version, and obtain production rights. For other short, one-act, and full-lengths plays for children, teens, and adults, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Hiccup” read in Chicago

Hiccup is being presented on January 8 by the Naked Angels as part of their “Tuesdays at 9” weekly reading series at the Annoyance Theater in Chicago, Illinois. In this ten-minute comedy for a cast of three, a snooty teenager’s chances of winning a college scholarship dwindle when she develops an incurable case of the hiccups right before she must compete in a speech contest. For more about the Naked Angels, go to www.nakedangels.com, https://theannoyance.com, or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago . To request a copy of this script or others by Stacey Lane, e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

 

“The Thirteen Little Pigs” read in Chicago

Dandelion Theatre in Chicago, Illinois presents The Thirteen Little Pigs as part of The Make Ready on December 11. In this one-act comedy for children, the three little pigs made famous by so many storybooks don’t want to share their brick house with their ten siblings, so they concoct a tale involving a wolf that blows houses down. To learn more about Dandelion’s new work series, visit www.dandeliontheatre.com or www.facebook.com/DandelionTheatre. To preview this script or others for children and adults, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact the playwright at Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” plays in California

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is being performed by Hamlin School in San Francisco, California on December 11. In this one-act stage adaptation of Aesop’s fable, a boy chooses ill-gotten thrills over responsibility to his family. Visit publisher Pioneer Drama Service’s website at www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262 to preview a large part of this comedic script for free, buy the play, and get productions rights. For other plays for all ages of varying lengths, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“The Thirteen Little Pigs” premieres in Florida

The world premiere of The Thirteen Little Pigs is happening on December 5 with the Emerald Coast Middle School Drama Department in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. In this 45-minute  children’s comedy, the ten little pigs who did not go down in history tell the real story of how they built a house, while their three more famous piggy siblings schemed to scare them out of it. To get a copy of this script or learn about Stacey Lane’s other fairy tale parodies for the stage, as well as original works for youth, teens, and adults, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

The cast of The Thirteen Little Pigs. Directed by Don Goodrum.

“Want Baby Badly” workshopped in Chicago

On December 4, Want Baby Badly is being workshopped at the Lincoln Park Library in Chicago, Illinois. In this full-length dark comedy for a cast of three women and one man, a 19-year-old pregnant woman must choose who will adopt her baby, when all three of the child’s father’s siblings are vying for her approval. For more information about Stacey Lane’s available scripts, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

Tyra DePillars, Rhiannon Frazier, Michael Coyne, and Lisa Herceg in a workshop of Want Baby Badly.

“Can’t Count on Dracula” concludes in Chicago

Naked Angels at the Annoyance Theater in Chicago, Illinois workshops the final part of Can’t Count on Dracula on December 4. In this TYA comedy, the Sand Witch longs to be as frightening as her monster mentors, Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Invisible Man, until a troubled child and an encounter with Mr. Hyde make her realize the high cost of scaring someone. Go to www.nakedangels.com, https://theannoyance.com, or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago to find out more about this nationwide reading series.  For a copy of the Can’t Count on Dracula and other plays by Stacey Lane, e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” plays in Oklahoma

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is being performed on December 1 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma by the Oklahoma City Homeschool Group. In this twenty-minute, easy-to-produce play, a weak-willed boy succumbs to peer pressure and tricks his family for a laugh. Published by Pioneer Drama Service, The Boy Who Cried Wolf can be previewed at www.pioneerdrama.com. Call 1-800-333-7262 or visit Pioneer’s website to purchase the script and obtain production rights. For other stage adaptions of fables and fairytales, along with original works for all ages, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“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.