Stacey Lane is a published, award-winning playwright of scripts for adults and children. Her plays are available for professional, community, and youth productions by visiting www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contacting Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.
Tummy Tirade appears in the latest issue of Indian Ink. In this short play, a woman on a diet engages in a battle of willpower with her talkative stomach. To get your copy, contact indian.ink.mag@gmail.com. To preview this play, gain performance rights, or find other available scripts, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.
Hot off the press! Get your copy of InterJACtions Monolgues at the Heart of Human Nature Volume II featuring Stacey Lane's The Hundred Dollar Hug and Pulse. To learn more about this monologue collection or to buy the book directly from JAC Publishing, visit www.jacpub.com. This anthology is also available in paperback and Kindle edition from www.amazon.com. For production rights and other available scripts, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.
Thibodaux High School presents Sleeping Beauty October 25th and 26th in Thibodaux, Lousiana. In this audience participation comedy for all ages, Griselda, the evil fairy that started it all finally gets to have her say. To preview the script online, buy a copy of the book, or get production rights, please go to www.playscripts.com. For information about other available plays for children, teens, and adults, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.
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Radburn Players present Great Bellied Womenin Fair Lawn, New Jersey on October 20th. In
Great Bellied Women, widow Agnes Moulsworth, a respected midwife, and her
high-spirited daughter Margery return from a successful delivery to interview a
prospective apprentice, the pious Mistress Jane Cobbe, and the riotous laughs
ensue! This thirty-minute comedic period piece illuminates the peculiar
practices of Renaissance childbirth, while celebrating the bond of women rising
above their oppression in this sacred exclusively female arena, the Elizabethan
birthing chamber. The Radburn Players have been continually producing shows for
over eighty years! To learn more about this historic company, visit www.radburnplayers.com.
To preview this script, contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or go to
www.StaceyLaneInk.com.
The Playground Theatre in London, Kentucky presents Sleeping Beauty October 19th and 20th. This comedic version of the classic love story is presented through the eyes of a fiesty and funny villian and includes audience participation. For production information, go to www.playgroundtheatre.net. To preview this script online or obtain production rights for your theater or school, visit www.playscripts.com. To learn more about the author and her other available children's plays, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.
In honor of the 2012 presidential election, Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga
presents My Dog Ate the Constitution, a quirky tale of a young girl struggling to prepare for a test
on the US Constitution. She is about to give up when some unexpected
visitors arrive. George Washington, Ben Franklin, and James Madison (who looks suspiciously like her dog in a powdered wig) take her on an exciting journey into history, just in time for the
constitutional convention. Kids and adults alike will love this
hilarious tale, and even learn some important lessons from history. To bring this interactive educational show to your school or organization, please visit www.ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com. To preview this script or others by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.
Hot off the press! Heuer Publishing is pleased to bring you Words that Rhyme with Orange. Visit www.hitplays.com to buy your book or obtain production rights. In this short comedy for all ages, a one-of-a-kind creature crashes onto an isolated island populated by identical spiders. According to performing arts educator Alicia
Potter of Capitol Theatre, "Words that Rhyme with
Orange is a fantastic script that offers a fun way for young actors to
learn perspective on diversity and bullying. Stacey Lane has tackled a
deeply important issue with humor and brilliant simplicity. Certainly one of
the best plays I've come across for young actors."
From the comfort of your own couch and your own computer, you can enjoy Chicago's Black Ship Co.'s Lucy Dreaming. This is not a recording of live theatre, but rather a unique hybrid of black box theatre and professional film production. To view, please go to blackshipco.org/lucy-dreaming. To learn more about the playwright and her available scripts, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.
Echo Theatre in Provo, Utah will present Lucy Dreaming August 16th through 18th. In Lucy Dreaming, a nightmare-riddled insomniac is stuck between being awake and being asleep. For production information visit www.theechotheatre.com. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com to preview the script.
As part of Harper College's InZone's "On Broadway" final class presentation, The Three Billy Goats Gruff was performed on August 3rd in Palatine, Illinois. Believing that the grass must be greener on the other side,
three goats set out to cross a bridge rumored to be controlled by a troll.They instead
discover a friendly frog. To preview this script or other available plays for children and adults, please visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.
Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company presents Museum of Dysfunction V featuring Pulse. The show runs August 9th through 18th in Houston, Texas. In Pulse, a young actress's woeful monologue is interrupted by a cell phone ringing in the audience. She retaliates by destroying the phone that destroyed her moment in the spotlight. For production information, visit www.mildredsumbrella.com. To read a review, go to www.chron.com. To preview this script or learn about other available plays, please contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com.
The St. Francisville Transitory Theatre presents Great Bellied Women as part ofthe 2012 Myrna Mynkoff New Play Festival. The show takes place on July 27th in St. Francisville, Louisiana. In this one-act comedic period piece, an Elizabethan midwife and her daughter test the skills of an apprentice-to-be in a pretend delivery. Go to www.sftheatre.net for tickets or more production information. Please contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com to learn more about the playwright and her available scripts.
Multi-Arts of Hadly, Massachusetts presents The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg on July 27th. In this comedic one act, a poor farmer goes on a greedy rampage of a spending spree when she discovers a goose with a special talent. For production information, visit www.multi-arts.org. To preview this script, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or write to StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.
On July 14th, Rainbow Sprinkles will be performed as part of the Tamerton Village Player's 20th Anniversary in Plymouth, UK. In this comedic one-act, an uptight politically-correct lawyer interviews a birthday party clown. To preview the play, obtain production rights or find out where you can buy a copy of the script, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.
Come celebrate Independence Day at the Americana Festival in Centerville, Ohio and learn a little about the making of our country's constitution in a fun and interactive play, My Dog Ate the Constitution. The show plays at 1pm and 3pm on July 4th at Town Hall Theatre. To learn more about this script or others by Stacey Lane, please visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.
The Ann Arbor Civic Theatre Studio will workshop Rapunzel and Rumpelstiltskin on June 17th in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After the show, there will be a talkback with the playwright. In this comedy for all ages, a bad hair cut lands Rapunzel in the tower. In order to escape, she makes an unthinkable deal with Rumpelstiltskin. For more information, please visit www.a2ct.org. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com to preview this script.
Fancy Pants Theater presents Words that Rhyme with Orange inKalamazoo, Michigan on June 10th in conjunction with Playcare and Gayla-thon. On an isolated island populated by identical spiders all named Bob, a strange creature makes a crash landing and changes their way of looking at their world and themselves. The cast of child actors will hold a talkback after each show to discuss what it feels like to be different. To learn more about the production, visit www.fancypantstheater.webs.com. To preview this script or other plays for children and adults, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk.com.
AstonRep Theatre Company will include Lucy Dreaming in their 4th Annual Writer's Series on June 9th at Chicago's DEN theatre. In Lucy Dreaming, an insomniac succumbs to her worst nightmares. A talkback will follow the performance. For reservations and additional information, go to www.astonrep.com. To preview this script or others by Stacey Lane, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.
The New Workshop Theater at Brooklyn College presents the world premiere of Bitches on Good Behavior as part of the eighth annual Gi60: The International One Minute Play Festival. The show which features fifty short plays runs June 8th through 9th. In Bitches on Good Behavior, a man at a bar calls a woman a bitch when she turns down his offer to buy her a drink. She responds accordingly. For further information about the production, please go to www.gi60.blogspot.com. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com to preview Bitches on Good Behavior or other available scripts.
Sabrina Cataudella and Jay Nickerson in Bitches on Good Behavior. Directed by Rose Burnett Bonczek.
Photograper: Anthony Ponzio. (2012)
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Annual NFA New Works Festival featuring Hiccup plays on June 5th and 6th at Newburgh Free Academy's Black Box Theatre at 201 Fullerton Avenue in Newburgh, New York. In Hiccup, an overconfident teenager waits for her turn in a speech competition when she develops an incurable case of the hiccups. To learn more about playwright Stacey Lane and her available scripts, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.
As part of Playsmiths' Flash Fest 2012, Pet Names will be performed at the Manhattan Theater Club on June 3rd. In this very short play, a determined couple fails to get that perfect snapshot of their bundle of joy in the arms of the mall Easter Bunny. To learn more about this event of fast-paced theatre and literature, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/382675735109437/. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com to read Pet Names and other available scripts.
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Denver School in Englewood, Colorado presents Rainbow Sprinkles as part of it's One-Act Play Festival on May 11th. In Rainbow Sprinkles, a compassionate clown in search of birthday party employment is interviewed by a politically correct lawyer. For production information, go to www.kentdenver.org/Arts. To preview this script, contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com.
The Turner Hall River Rats for the Arts are including Checkered Past and Stalemate in their "Evening of Very Short Plays" on April 28th in Boonville, Missouri. In Checkered Past, ants at a picnic debate the risks and rewards of pursuing their delicious pleasures. In Stalemate, a day old doughnut and a cinnamon roll at an airport food kiosk realize that they are past their prime. Go to http://www.mo-river.net/Arts/river_rats_arts.htm for production information. To learn more about these short comedies and other available scripts, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.
SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day Dayton on March 31st included performances of Stalemate, Pulse, and Lucy Dreaming. In Stalemate, a day old doughnut and a cinnamon roll wonder if they'll ever make it out of their kiosk. In Pulse, a cell phone ringing in the audience interrupts a young actress's woeful monologue. In Lucy Dreaming, an insomniac transitions between the world of awake and the world of dreams. To learn more about Ohio's first SWAN Day celebration, visit http://swandaydayton.blogspot.com. To preview these plays or others by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.
Chris Hammond in Lucy Dreaming presented by the Zoot Theatre Company
Thespian Productions' 2012 Spring Slam Showcase includes Hiccup. This show runs March 8th through 10th at the Joria Production Mainstage Theatre at 260 West 36th St., 3rd floor in New York City. In Hiccup, an overconfident teen gets a bad case of hiccups right before she is supposed to deliver an important speech. To get tickets, visit www.thespianproduction.com. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or write to StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com to learn more about this short comedy or others plays by Stacey Lane.
Chrysalis Players’ Pillow Plays presents Commotion in the Ocean running March 3rd through 11th in Wilmington, Delaware. The children's play begins its run at the Wilmington Drama League and then travels to local libraries and community centers. Under the sea, a dorky dolphin is sad that no one has shown up to his birthday party...but he has no idea what adventures await him when he finds a treasure chest. For production information, visit http://wilmingtondramaleague.org. To learn more about Commotion in the Ocean and other plays for children and adults by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com.
Catch the Alley Theater's production of InHuman: A Festival of the New American Undead Theater, featuring Storms, Sheets, and Show Tunes running March 1st through 24th in Louisville, Kentucky. In this one-act, it’s the audition of a lifetime…so to speak. Three ghosts with different bags of tricks vie for the opportunity to haunt a prestigious old theater. They’re up against a prickly casting director, and some unexpected bad news. To purchase tickets or find out more about the show, go to http://thealleytheater.org or read the review at www.louisville.com. To preview the script or others by Stacey Lane, contact StaceyLaneInk@yahoo.com or visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com.
On March 31st at 3:00 pm, artists and community members will gather at the Auditorium in the Dayton Metro Library Main Branch at 215 E. Third St. to celebrate female artists in Dayton’s first SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day. This showcase of local talent is free and includes short films, poetry, plays, readings from novels, visual artists and more. Featured artists include author Nicole Amsler, memoirist Sara Berelsman, cancer survivor and author Tami Boehmer, 10-year-old children’s book writerKristina Cardoza, filmmaker Coco Gagnet, novelist Mary Curran Hackett, actor/director Andy Falter, Kilbourne Middle School Drama Department, producer/ playwright Stacey Lane, the League of Women Voters, erotic poetess Kristie LeVangie, sketch comedy filmmaker Alex Mangen,painter Dawn McCoy,water media artist Trish McKinney, documentarian Maggie Price, painter Heather Lea Reid,poet Joy Schwab, Sundance award-winning filmmaker Nichol Simmons, Thomas Worthington High School Drama Club, filmmaker Tessa Trozzolillo, stop-animation filmmaker Djuna Wahlrab, and Zoot Theatre Company.
