"Blue Giraffe" plays in Chicago

 Blue Giraffe is playing on August 26 with the Midwest Film Festival at Chi Town Movies drive-in theater. This short film, based on Stacey Lane’s play of the same title is produced by Generation LatinX, executive produced by Mishell Livio, and directed by Alex Mangen, with cinematography by Jeffrey Silva. For more about the Midwest Film Festival, go to www.midwestfilm.com or www.facebook.com/midwestfilm. For more on Generation LatinX, visit https://generationlatinx.weebly.com. For more on Stacey Lane and her writing for stage and screen, check out www.staceylaneink.com or email her directly at Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

   Chelsea Clark and Nelson Rosa in Blue Giraffe with Generation LatinX. Directed by Alex Mangen.

“Loch Ness: A Monster of a Musical” reading in Chicago

Loch Ness: A Monster of a Musical, with book by Stacey Lane and music and lyrics by Kathie McMahon, is being read by Tuesdays@9 Chicago on August 18. In this full-length musical with flexible casting, a girl who serves as a Loch Ness boat tour guide is fed up with tourists’ obsession with the Loch Ness Monster. Her tune changes when she actually meets Nessie. To learn more about Tuesdays@9, a national script development program, visit www.nakedangels.com/tuesdays-9 or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for Stacey Lane’s other plays for youth and adults. Visit www.kathiemcmahon.com/ for more on Kathie McMahon.

“Insomniac Society” published by Pioneer Drama Service

Pioneer Drama Service has published Insomniac Society. In this youth one-act, nightmare-prone Poppy has a solution to the soul-crushing loneliness that teenage insomniacs face when they are confined to their bedrooms for nights that seem like they will never end. She has created the Insomniac Society, a group chat where the sleepless can share their frustrations until their alarms go off.  Members-to-be must pass Poppy’s test to prove that they are who they claim and must adhere to her strict internet safety rules. When Poppy finds herself completely alone one bleak restless night, the solitude is too much for her. She lets a suspicious character join. The new recruit turns out to be Poppy’s younger sibling who is intent on telling Mom and shutting down her site. With a cast of entirely teenage characters, this fifty-minute dark comedy is well-suited for Thespian One-Act Play Competition, high school production and teen theatre camp. To find out more, preview the script for free, purchase the play in hardcopy or electronic format, and get production rights, go to www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for more plays for teens, children, and adults.

Pioneer Drama Service publishes “Insomniac Cybersociety”

Pioneer Drama Service has just released Stacey Lane’s Insomniac Cybersociety, a 40-minute virtual youth play specifically designed to be performed on Zoom, Teams, or other online video platforms. This dark comedy has an entirely gender-neutral cast of teenagers and simple prop and costume requirements. It is perfect for online summer camps and remote high school productions this fall. Looking for a way to cope with sleepless nights, Poppy creates the Insomniac Cybersociety as a safe online place for awake but tired teens confined to their bedrooms to pass the long night hours of sleeplessness. It's almost like going to a slumber party every night with virtual friends. Poppy strictly enforces the rules to the private chat room, but when Poppy's own diligence gives way to exhaustion and loneliness, she allows a new member to join who is not whom they seem to be. For a limited time, Pioneer is offering a free read of the full script to everyone who is signed up for their newsletter. For more about the play and information on how to order the low-cost virtual production package with streaming rights, go to www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262. For Stacey Lane’s other published and new plays for teens, children, and adults, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or email Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

Dramatic Publishing releases "Camelot and Camelittle"

Camelot and Camelittle is now available through Dramatic Publishing. In this large cast, full-length play for young audiences, spunky little Ruth dreams of being a Knight of the Round Table. But King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot and her other heroes laugh at her when she demonstrates her valor in a battle with a melodramatic lizard pretending to be a dragon. Humiliated, Ruth sets off to form her own queendom that is bigger and better than Camelot, bringing with her the lizard and a mule that she claims is a unicorn. Soon they are joined by a frog, who Ruth declares to be an ogre; a skunk, who she pronounces a wizard (because the skunk makes everyone disappear); and two kids, who she dubs her bravest knights. On their quest, they meet the enchanting Lady of the Lake, a bumbling Merlin, riddle-loving trolls, a vain unicorn and the evil sorcerers Morgana le Fay and Mordred, who have their own plan to outdo King Arthur. For more information, to purchase the script, and to obtain production rights, including for online streaming, visit www.dramaticpublishing.com or call 1-800-448-7469. For other plays by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or email Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” plays in Oklahoma

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” is being performed on February 18 by Pryor Public Schools in Pryor, Oklahoma. In this twenty-minute youth comedy, a restless boy makes bad decisions when he tries to impress a girl. The Boy Who Cried Wolf is published by Pioneer Drama Service. Call 1-800-333-7262 or go to www.pioneerdrama.com to preview the script, buy the play, and obtain production rights. For other stage adaptions of famous fables, fairytales, folk tales, and nursery rhymes, as well as original works for all ages groups, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey Lane at Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” plays in Canada

Langdon School in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada is performing The Boy Who Cried Wolf on January 30. In this one act with simple production values, a boy makes some bad decisions when he tries to show off his wolf-calling chops to an uppity neighbor girl. His chatty sheep and his worried family have plenty to say about his mischief-making. The Boy Who Cried Wolf is published by Pioneer Drama Service. Visit www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262 to buy the book, read part of the play for free, and get the rights to perform this short comedy at your school, class, camp, or theatre. For other stage adaptions of folktales, fables, fairytales, and nursery rhymes, plus original works for all age groups, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

“Loch Ness: A Monster of a Musical” scene workshopped in Chicago

Cold Reads, Hot Scripts is workshopping a scene from Stacey Lane and Kathie McMahon’s new musical, Loch Ness: A Monster of a Musical, at iO Theatre on January 18. In this full-length musical for family audiences, an outspoken young tour guide is frustrated by the tourists lack of interest in anything about Scotland besides finding a monster. Then she gets a glimpse of Nessie herself. Visit http://coldreadshotscripts.com, www.facebook.com/ColdReadsHotScripts or www.instagram.com/coldreads_hotscripts to learn about this script development program. For more on Stacey Lane’s plays visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. For more on Kathie McMahon’s work, go to www.kathiemcmahon.com.

The cast of Loch Ness: A Monster of a Musical. Directed and hosted by Zak Kinnaird. Photographer: Stefan Carlson.

“The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg” opens in Ukraine

Kyiv International School in Kyiv, Ukraine is performing The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg on January 15. In this one-act comedy for all ages, the possibility for endless riches causes a poor farmer to take drastic measures. This stage adaption of Aesop’s Fable is published by Pioneer Drama Service. Go to www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262 to get more information, buy the script, preview a part of the play, and get production rights. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com to learn about Stacey Lane’s other scripts for children, teens, and adults.

“Little Bunny Foo Foo” is published by YouthPLAYS

Hot off the press! YouthPLAYS has just published Stacey Lane’s Little Bunny Foo Foo. In this easy-to-produce, short play with a flexible, entirely gender-neutral cast, a bat-wielding terror of a hare looms large in the lives of a community of frightened field mice. After receiving non-stop bops from the infamous and inaccurately named Little Bunny Foo Foo, the mice seek help from a slick city mouse. The mouse, accurately named Big Cheese, arrives with tall tales of past bravery. Big Cheese is insulted to use its epic heroic skills on a cutesy-wootsie little bunny… that is until it meets the real deal. After suffering blows to its ego and its noggin, Big Cheese flees the scene, leaving the mice to solve their own problem. By pretending to be a powerful fairy, the littlest mouse outsmarts the big, bad bunny. To buy a copy of this newly-published script, preview a substantial portion of Little Bunny Foo Foo, and get production rights to perform this comedic play at your elementary school, junior high, children’s theatre, acting class, or theatre camp, visit www.youthplays.com or call 424-703-5315. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for more about the playwright and her body of work.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” plays in Florida

Performer Stuff in Orlando, Florida presents The Boy Who Cried Wolf on January 3. In this one-act, Aesop’s most famous fable gets a fresh update with silly sheep, a sweet wolf pup who just wants to cuddle, and a nosy neighbor who is up to no good. For more information about the script, including how to buy copies, gain production rights, and to get a free sample of the play, go to publisher Pioneer Drama Service’s website at www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for more comedic stage adaptations of fables, fairytales, folktales, and nursery rhymes, as well as original works.

“The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg” plays in California

On January 1, The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg is being performed in Leucadia, California at the Rebecca Newell Theater. In this forty-five-minute stage adaptation of Aesop’s fable, poor chicken farmers believe their fortune has finally changed when they take a magical goose from a weary, wet traveler seeking shelter from the storm. While one farmer wishes only for his own pair of shoes, the other farmer goes on a wild spending spree, neglecting her chickens and her husband. Opinionated talking chickens, a shy goose, sly merchants, and a golden fairy add to the fun in this comedic take on the classic cautionary tale of greed. The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg is published by Pioneer Drama Service.  Go to www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262 to read part of the script for free, buy the play, and get production rights. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for other plays for all ages by Stacey Lane.