“The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes” published by Pioneer Drama Service

Hot off the press! Get your copy of Stacey Lane’s The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes, available now from Pioneer Drama Service.

In this one-act comedic children’s play, a shady seal and a lazy squid trick a fashionable penguin into giving them boatloads of fish. With no sewing skills and no desire to do any work, they convince the colony their magical fabric can’t be seen by those birdbrained enough to think that penguins can fly. The penguin fishers become increasingly disgruntled at handing over all the fish they catch to the gluttonous duo. The servants and advisors try to get other penguins to admit that they can’t see the cloth, but they yield to peer pressure and chicken out at every chance to speak up. When the invisible creation is unveiled and the emperor is no longer robed, all discover that the emperor has been hiding a secret: an egg. When the egg hatches, the chick is the only one brave enough to tell it like it is.

 

This animal-filled parody of Hans Christian Anderson's cautionary tale negates the troublesome nudity issue of the classic version. Simple production values and an entirely gender-neutral ensemble cast with ample double casting options make The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes well-suited for school play productions, including at all-girl and all-boy schools.

For more plays for young people and adults by Stacey Lane, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

The cast of The Emperor Penguin's New Clothes at Topeka Civic Theatre in Topeka, Kansas. Directed by Cassie Hermes.

Now read the full scripts of “Little Bunny Foo Foo” and “A Poodle More Beautiful” for free online at YouthPLAYS!

 Go to YouthPLAYS’s website to sample the complete plays of Stacey Lane’s short comedies Little Bunny Foo Foo and A Poodle More Beautiful at no cost!

Check out Little Bunny Foo Foo at https://www.youthplays.com/play/little-bunny-foo-foo-by-stacey-lane-551 and click on the green READ IT ALL FOR FREE button.

In this one-act children’s play with a medium to large entirely gender-neutral cast, the frustrated field mice put their sore heads together to figure out how to stop that bopping bunny bully.

Little Bunny Foo Foo can also be read and performed as part of It's Elementary, Too! Twelve Short Plays for Lower Elementary School Actors. Read the complete collection of twelve short plays for free at https://www.youthplays.com/play/its-elementary-too-twelve-short-plays-for-lower-elementary-school-actors-626.

Read the entire script of A Poodle More Beautiful today by visiting https://www.youthplays.com/play/a-poodle-more-beautiful-by-stacey-lane-423.

In this ten-minute two hander for any genders, a mutt whose been at the animal shelter for far too long meets a prissy poodle pup on the run.

To learn more about Stacey Lane’s other new and published plays for children and adults, please visit www.staceylaneink.com or write to Stacey@staceylaneink.com.