“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.