“The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ plays in California

On May 31, The Boy Who Cried Wolf is being performed by Delano Union School District in Delano, California. In this one-act for young audiences, a shepherd, his sheep, and his opinionated neighbor seek thrills at the expense of common sense. To preview the play, buy the book, and get production rights, visit publisher Pioneer Drama Service at www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262. For other theatrical recreations of fables, folktales, nursery rhymes, and fairy tales, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Camelot and Camelittle” reading continues in Chicago

Tuesdays at 9 at the Annoyance Theatre is reading the second portion of Camelot and Camelittle on May 28. In this 90-minute comedy for all ages, Ruth, a small girl with a big imagination, leaves her home in Camelot and takes to the woods to find a place where and she and her animal friends will get the recognition they deserve for their heroic deeds. Visit https://theannoyance.com, or www.nakedangels.com, or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago to learn about Tuesdays at 9. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for more full-length plays, as well as shorts and one-acts, for children, teenagers, and adults.

“Significant Trinket” workshopped in Chicago

Cold Reads, Hot Scripts is hosting a staged reading and talkback for Significant Trinket at iO Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on May 25. In this new ten-minute play for a cast of three women, a college student’s moving story about her recently deceased grandmother leads to a bidding war on a potentially priceless necklace. For more about this monthly script development program, visit http://coldreadshotscripts.com or www.facebook.com/ColdReadsHotScripts.  To request a copy of this script or others by Stacey Lane, write to Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com or go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

The cast of Significant Trinket. Directed and hosted by Zak Kinnaird. Photographer: Stefan Carlson.

“Camelot and Camelittle” read in Chicago

On May 21, the first part of Camelot and Camelittle is being read at the Annoyance Theatre as part of “Tuesdays at 9.” In this full-length comedy for family audiences, a little girl is determined to become a Knight of the Roundtable.  Her plan goes awry when King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, and Sir Lancelot laugh at her dragon-fighting demonstration. With her trusty lizard and mule sidekicks, she decides to leave Camelot and start her own queendom. For more about the reading series, go to www.nakedangels.com,  https://theannoyance.com or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago. To request a copy of Camelot and Camelittle and other scripts for youth, teens, and adults, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Sleeping Beauty” opens in California

From May 18 to June 1, Chautauqua Playhouse is performing Sleeping Beauty in Carmicael, California. In this sixty-minute play for a small to medium sized cast, sappy romance is replaced by laughs and adventure when the evil fairy and her pet frog steal the storybook and take over. The audience participation elements of the play will keep even the youngest audience members engaged. For information on the production, please visit https://cplayhouse.org. Sleeping Beauty is published by Playscripts, Inc. Go to www.playscripts.com or call 1-866-NEW-PLAY to read a free sample of the script, buy the book, or obtain production rights. For more plays for all ages and of varying lengths, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

The cast of Sleeping Beauty at the Chautauqua Playhouse. Directed by Barret Chew.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” plays in Arizona

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is playing on May 16 in Sun City, Arizona at the Paul Pappenfuss Theater. In this short, easy-to-produce comedy, rambunctious sheep and a trouble-making neighbor breathe new life into Aesop’s fable about a boy who makes some bad decisions. Pioneer Drama Service publishes The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Go to www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262 to read part of the play for free, purchase the script, and get the rights to perform The Boy Who Cried Wolf at your school, summer camp, drama club, or youth theatre. For more stage adaptations of beloved children’s stories, as well as original works for kids, teens, and adults, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Little Bunny Foo Foo” workshopped in Chicago

Little Bunny Foo Foo is being workshopped with “Tuesdays at 9” on May 14 at the Annoyance Theater in Chicago, Illinois. In this fifteen-minute play for young performers with an entirely gender-neutral cast, a smooth-talking town mouse vows to save a desperate group of country mice, but the city slicker runs for the hills when it crosses paths with Little Bunny Foo Foo, a bully with a bat.  The smallest mouse among them must step up and save the day. For more about this  script development group, visit https://www.nakedangels.com/tuesdays-9, or https://theannoyance.com, or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago.  Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com to preview this script or other plays by Stacey Lane. 

“Sleeping Beauty” plays in Wisconsin

Our Savior’s Lutheran School presents Sleeping Beauty in Wausau, Wisconsin on May 3. In this one-hour long play, the traditionally romantic Sleeping Beauty fairytale takes a turn when a silly villain  uses a magic spell to turn back the hands of time and finally have her say. Hijinks with audience participation ensue. Sleeping Beauty is published by Playscripts, Inc. Call 1-866-NEW-PLAY or go to www.playscripts.com to read a large portion of the script online for free, purchase the book, and obtain production rights. For more reinventions of classic stories and original plays for children, teens, and adults, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

“Significant Trinket” read in Chicago

Significant Trinket is being read on May 7 at the Annoyance Theater in Chicago, Illinois as part of Naked Angels’ Tuesdays at 9. In this new ten-minute drama for three female actors, a young woman is tasked with selling off the unwanted belongings of her recently deceased grandmother. One yard sale customer is in search of something special, while another is just hunting for a bargain. Go to www.nakedangels.com, https://theannoyance.com or  www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago/ to learn more about this long-running, national reading series. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com to preview this script and many others.

The cast of Significant Trinket. Directed and hosted by Joshua Fardon and Patricia Mario.

“Want Baby Badly” Reading Announced on Broadway World

Williams Street Repertory has just released their 2019 - 2020 Reading Series Season. Wrapping up the season is Stacey Lane’s newest full-length play, Want Baby Badly. In this serio-comedy for a cast of four, a pregnant college student must decide which of three siblings will adopt their dead brother’s baby.  Check out the article on Broadway World at www.broadwayworld.com. Request the script at Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com or www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

“67 Cinderellas” opens in Wisconsin

On May 3 and 4, Cedar Grove-Belgium High School in Cedar Grove, Wisconsin presents 67 Cinderellas. In this two-act comedy for a large cast with many female roles, an insecure prince, hasty to find his happily ever after, pins all his hopes on a girl who he know nothing about except her shoe size. Dramatic Publishing publishes this script. To read a large portion of 67 Cinderellas online for free, to purchase the play, or get performance rights, visit www.dramaticpublishing.com or call 800-448-7469. For other titles by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact her at Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Pulse” plays in Arizona

Pulse is being performed at the Red Mountain High School Talent Show in Mesa, Arizona on May 3. In this comedic monologue, a fed-up actor springs into action when a ringing cell phone interrupts the performance of a lifetime. Peruse and purchase a copy of Pulse through MonologueBank at www.monologuebank.com. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for more monologues, one-minute scripts, ten-minute plays, one-acts, and full-lengths. 

“Snow Queen” plays in Pennsylvania

Upper Perkiomen Valley Library Drama Club is performing Snow Queen in Red Hill, Pennsylvania on May 2. In this sixty-minute youth play, young Gerda faces her fears and makes some strange new friends on her quest through the cold to save her cousin from the icy clutches of the malicious Snow Queen. For more information about the production, visit www.upvlibrary.org. Pioneer Drama Services publishes Snow Queen. Go to www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262 to read a large part of the play for free, buy the book, or get production rights. For more plays for children, teens, and adults, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Lucy Dreaming” opens in Texas

Lucy Dreaming is being performed on May 2 in Royse City, Texas by HCA. In this experimental ten-minute play for two women, the world between awake and sleep becomes blurred as night becomes morning. Lucy Dreaming is published by Brooklyn Publishers. Go to www.brookpub.com or call 888-473-8521 to sample the script, buy the play, and get performance rights. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for other available works by Stacey Lane.

"67 Cinderellas" plays in California

67 Cinderellas plays on May 2 at Trinity Christian School in Spring Valley, California. In this full-length play for all ages, the classic Cinderella story gets a feminist makeover when the dimwitted prince’s plan to find a bride with only a shoe as a clue goes awry.  67 Cinderellas is published by Dramatic Publishing. Go to www.dramaticpublishing.com or contact 800-448-7469 to get a free sample of the script, buy the play, or obtain production rights. For other reinventions of fairytale favorites, as well as original scripts for all ages, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.