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

On August 31, Cold Reads, Hot Scripts is hosting a staged reading of The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes at iO Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. In this one-act comedy for children, a stuck-up penguin and his eager-to-please followers learn a lesson about believing in themselves and not succumbing to peer pressure when they are tricked by a seal and a squid masquerading as master weavers of magical cloth. For more about this monthly script development program, go to http://coldreadshotscripts.com or www.facebook.com/ColdReadsHotScripts. For more about this youth play and other scripts for kids, teens, and adults, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

The cast of The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes. Directed and hosted by Zak Kinnaird. Photographer: Stefan Carlson.

“The Naked People Play” read in Chicago

The Naked Angels Theatre is presenting The Naked People Play on August 27 at the Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, Illinois as part of Tuesdays at 9. In this ten-minute play, a man finds his fully clothed, ex-girlfriend alone with a naked man and woman. She explains that it is all in the name of art. To learn more about Tuesdays at 9, go to https://theannoyance.com, www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago or www.nakedangels.com/tuesdays-9. To request a copy of this play and others by Stacey Lane, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

The cast of the reading of The Naked People Play at the Annoyance. Directed by Josh Fardon and Patricia Mario. Photograph by Patricia Mario.

“The Thirteen Little Pigs” workshopped in Chicago

The Thirteen Little Pigs is being workshopped on August 24 at the Lincoln Park Library in Chicago, Illinois. In this forty-minute comedy for children with a large cast, folktale history forgot ten very important little pigs. The neglected piglets take the reins and tell the true tale of how their three spoiled siblings plotted to keep the big brick house all for themselves by hiring a dog to impersonate a big bad wolf. To request a copy of this new play or find out more about Stacey Lane’s new works and published plays for all ages groups, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact the playwright at Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

The cast of The Thirteen Little Pigs. Photos by Alex Mangen.

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

Tuesdays at 9 is reading the final part of The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes at Chicago’s Annoyance Theatre on August 20. In this youth one-act with a large entirely gender-neutral cast, a snobby penguin ruler with something to hide hires a slimy seal and a squid to weave an extra special cloak that will surely make the penguin the talk of the town. Go to www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago, www.nakedangels.com/tuesdays-9 or https://theannoyance.com for information on Tuesdays at 9. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com to preview this script and many more for children, teens, and adults.

The cast of The Emperor Penguins' New Clothes at the Annoyance. Directed by Josh Fardon and Patricia Mario.

“Significant Trinket” and "Little Bunny Foo Foo" read in Chicago

Dandelion Theatre in Chicago is including Significant Trinket and Little Bunny Foo Foo in The Make Ready on August 13. In Significant Trinket, a new ten-minute play for a cast of three women, the importance (or lack thereof) of holding on to stuff from our past is called into question during a garage sale. In Little Bunny Foo Foo, a fifteen-minute play for young audiences, the littlest mouse in the field must use her wit to save her community from the big bully Little Bunny Foo Foo after a hot-shot, smooth-talking city mouse chickens out.  To learn more about this theatre company, go to www.dandeliontheatre.com or www.facebook.com/DandelionTheatre. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for new ten-minute, one-act and full-length plays for all age groups.

Reading of Significant Trinket with Dandelion Theatre.

"The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes" read in Chicago

On August 13, the third part of The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes is being read by Tuesdays at 9 at the Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. In this forty-minute children’s comedy, Hans Christian Andersen’s cautionary tale about succumbing to peer pressure and vanity receives a fresh and funny retelling starring penguins, seals, and squids. To learn about this weekly script development program, visit www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago, www.nakedangels.com/tuesdays-9 or https://theannoyance.com. To find out more about The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes and other new scripts for youth and adults, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact the playwright directly at Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Sleeping Beauty” plays in Washington

Magenta Theater is performing Sleeping Beauty on August 10 in Vancouver, Washington. In this sixty-minute play for young audiences with a cast of as few as four and loads of audience participation, the traditionally romantic sides of this cherished fairy tale are tossed aside in favor of a humorous adventure with a genius frog and a quirky villain who really just needs a friend. For more about the production, go to www.magentatheater.com. Sleeping Beauty is published by Playscripts, Inc. To read a large portion of the play free of charge, to purchase the complete script, and to get the rights to perform Sleeping Beauty, visit www.playscripts.com or call 1-866-NEW-PLAY. Check out www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for more plays by Stacey Lane. 

The cast of Sleeping Beauty. Directed by Lauren Scher.

“Story Stew: A Fairy Tale Revue” opens in Texas

From August 9 to 11, Studio B Performing Arts Center in Highland Village, Texas is performing Story Stew: A Fairy Tale Revue. In this hour-long youth comedy, Little Red Riding Hood, the little old women who lived in a shoe, Goldilocks, Hansel & Gretel, Jack & Jill, the Gingerbread Man, Puss in Boots and more of your classic story book favorites collide in a quest to find a new home when theirs is blow down by a big bad wolf with a bad sense of direction. To learn more about Studio B, go to http://studiobtheater.com or www.facebook.com/StudioBTheater. Dramatic Publishing publishes Story Stew: A Fairy Tale Revue. Visit www.dramaticpublishing.com or call 800-448-7469 to preview part of the script for free, buy the play, and get production rights. For other titles for children, teens, and grownups, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

The cast of Story Stew: A Fairy Tale Revue.

“Camelot and Camelittle” nominated for National Youth Theatre Outstanding New Works Award

East Valley Children’s Theatre’s production of Camelot and Camelittle has been nominated for numerous National Youth Theatre production and acting awards. Stacey Lane’s script is nominated in the “Outstanding New Works” category. The awards ceremony takes place on August 5 at Greasepaint Youtheatre in Scottsdale, Arizona. For more about the NYA Awards, go to www.nationalyouththeatre.com. To learn more about Camelot and Camelittle, a 90-minute children’s comedy that takes on Arthurian legend through a feminist perspective, contact www.StaceyLaneInk.com or visit Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

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

"The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes" continues in Chicago

Tuesdays at 9 presents the next installment of The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes on July 30 at Chicago’s Annoyance Theatre. In this one-act youth play, Emperor Waddlesworth makes the penguin colony fish nonstop to keep up with the demands of furnishing the Emperor’s fancy wardrobe. Flimflam, the seal, and Sham, the squid, hatch a plan to use the Emperor’s obsession and vanity to their advantage. For more about Tuesdays at 9 Chicago, visit www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago, https://theannoyance.com or www.nakedangels.com/tuesdays-9. To request this new script or other children’s plays, as well as scripts for teens and adults, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Want Baby Badly” read in Chicago

On July 27, Want Baby Badly is being given a staged reading at iO Theatre as part of Cold Reads, Hot Scripts. In this 90-minute play with a cast of three females and one male, a college student faced with an unplanned pregnancy comes up with an unusual method to determine who should adopt her baby. For more about this monthly script development program, go to http://coldreadshotscripts.com or www.facebook.com/ColdReadsHotScripts. To request a copy of Want Baby Badly or other plays by Stacey Lane, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

The cast of Want Baby Badly. Directed by Huy Nguyen. Photographs by Neftali Morales.

"The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes" is being read in Chicago

Tuesdays at 9 Chicago is reading the first part of The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes at the Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on July 23. In this forty-minute children’s play for a large, entirely gender-neutral cast, a conceited emperor penguin gives away all the colony’s fish in an attempt to be the best dressed animal in Antarctica. When a con artist seal and squid catch wind of the penguin’s extravagant ways, they hatch a plot to feast like kings. Go to www.nakedangels.com, www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago or https://theannoyance.com for more about this innovative development series. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com to receive a perusal copy of The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes and learn more about Stacey Lane’s other available scripts for youth, teenagers, and adults.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” plays in New Jersey

Kittatinny Players Summer Camp presents The Boy Who Cried Wolf on July 19 in Branchville, New Jersey. In this twenty-minute comedy for young performers, a shepherd shirks his responsibility to his family when a naughty neighbor comes up with a plan to shake things up. For information about the Kittatinny Players, go to www.kittatinnyplayers.com or https://twitter.com/KRHSPlayers. The Boy Who Cried Wolf is published by Pioneer Drama Service. To preview a portion of the script for free, to buy the book, and to get the rights to perform this easy-to-produce play at your summer camp, school, or youth theatre class, visit www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262. For other comedic stage adaptations of fables, folktales, nursery rhymes, and fairytales, as well as original stories for all ages, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

“Camelot and Camelittle” concludes in Chicago

Tuesdays at 9 is reading the final part of Camelot and Camelittle at Chicago’s Annoyance Theatre on July 16. In this 90-minute play for family audiences, a little girl with big dreams must prove she is worthy to be a Knight of the Roundtable. She needs the help of old and new friends to complete her quest. Visit https://theannoyance.com, www.nakedangels.com, or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago for more information about Tuesdays at 9. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for more new plays for youth, teens, and adults.

“Camelot and Camelittle” reading continues in Chicago

On July 2, Tuesdays at 9 is reading the next scene of Camelot and Camelittle at Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. In this full-length comedy for all ages, a ten-year-old girl leaves behind the security of perfect Camelot when King Arthur, Sir Lancelot and the other Knights of the Roundtable fail to be the role models she thought they were. Along the way, she meets Merlin, a unicorn, trolls, evil sorcerers Morgana Le Fay and Mordred, a frog, a skunk, a cow, and other children in need of an adventure. For more about this national script development program, go to www.nakedangels.com/tuesdays-9, www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago or https://theannoyance.com/events/event/naked-angels-tuesdays9-chicago/. To request a copy of Camelot and Camelittle or learn more about Stacey Lane’s other plays, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Can’t Count on Dracula” workshopped in Chicago

Cold Reads, Hot Scripts is doing a staged reading and talkback of Can’t Count on Dracula at iO Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on June 29. In this TYA one-act for a cast of four with double casting, a monster meeting on how to best scare modern children is disrupted by a silly witch who longs to be taken seriously. To find out more about this script development program for Chicago writers, visit http://coldreadshotscripts.com or www.facebook.com/ColdReadsHotScripts. To request a copy of this play or Stacey Lane’s other scripts for children, teens, and adults, go to www.staceylaneink.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

The cast of the workshop of Can’t Count on Dracula at iO. Directed and emceed by Huy Nguyen. Photographer: Elias Rios.