"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.