“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. 

“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.