“Kissing Boo Boos” opens in Canada

Knox Theatre Collective and Urban Stories Theatre present Kissing Boo Boos as part of “Just Acts Play Festival 2015: Examining Power”. The show runs February 10 through 15 in Alberta, Canada.  In Kissing Boo Boos, a child cries over a scraped knee. With no parent in sight, the child is comforted by a male passerby. The mother rushes over and is distrustful of the strange man holding her kid. The same scene plays out again, but this time the Good Samaritan is a woman. The mother is thankful that the kind lady helped out. This five-minute play explores the hypocrisy of gender roles in childcare. For production information, visit www.urbanstoriestheatre.org or http://knoxtheatrecollective.ca. For a perusal copy of the play and permission to perform the piece, please go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.

“Pet Names” plays in Washington

Stage Left Theatre presents Pet Names as part of Fast & Furious 2015. The show runs January 30 and 31 in Spokane, Washington. In Pet Names, a very short comedy for one male and one female actor, a couple struggles to take the perfect picture of their precious little pride and joy. For more about the theatre and the show, go to www.spokanestageleft.org. Please visit www.staceylaneink.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com to preview this script or others by Stacey Lane.

Joni Elizabeth and Aaron Carr-Callen in Pet Names. Directed by Sandra Hosking.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” opens in Minnesota

Faribault High School Theatre’s 17th Annual Children's Theatre production is The Boy Who Cried Wolf. This humorous cautionary Aesop Fable plays January 20 and 21 at the Michael J. Hanson Performing Arts Center in Faribault, Minnesota. In The Boy Who Cried Wolf, a one-act for a flexible medium cast of young performers, a very bored little boy dutifully guards his family’s flock until the mischievous girl he has a crush on shows up and stirs thing up by insisting on seeing a preview of his wolf-calling skills. Go to www.faribaulttheatre.com for production information. The Boy Who Cried Wolf is published by leading youth theatre publisher Pioneer Drama Service. To learn more about the play, see photos from past productions, read part of the script for free, order a hard copy or electronic version of the play, or obtain the rights to produce The Boy Who Cried Wolf at your school, children’s theatre, or camp go to www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262. For other plays for actors and audiences young and old, e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com.

“The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg” plays in New Jersey

Chatham Community Players’ Fantasy Theater, the Theater for Young Audiences branch of Chatham Playhouse, presents The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg running January 9 through 11 in Chatham, New Jersey. Based on one of Aesop’s best known fables, this clever story is told from the perspective of a poor farmer’s wife named Gretchen. When a wayward traveler reluctantly leaves his pet goose in her care, Gretchen discovers that the goose lays golden eggs. The woman goes on frivolous spending sprees, but her greed for fine clothing and jewelry only grows. Hoping to get even more golden eggs, she showers the goose with special treats and neglects her hard-working chickens as well as her husband, who remains shoeless. But her new trinkets of wealth bring Gretchen only short-term satisfaction, and no matter how much she purchases from the merchants at the marketplace, she finds herself always wanting more. This fable’s message is that happiness cannot be purchased. This 45-minute comedy for family audiences has a flexible medium-sized cast of roles for child actors or adults performing for children.  For more about Fantasy Theater’s fun-filled production, go to www.chathamplayers.org. The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg is published by Pioneer Drama Services. Call 1-800-333-7262 or visit this award-winning publisher at www.pioneerdrama.com. There you can learn more about the script and its production requirements, read a portion of the play for free online, order a hard copy or electronic version of The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg, and apply for production rights. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com for other TYA works by Stacey Lane.

The cast of The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg at Chatham Playhouse.  Directed by Eric Holgerson.