"The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes" continues in Chicago

Tuesdays at 9 presents the next installment of The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes on July 30 at Chicago’s Annoyance Theatre. In this one-act youth play, Emperor Waddlesworth makes the penguin colony fish nonstop to keep up with the demands of furnishing the Emperor’s fancy wardrobe. Flimflam, the seal, and Sham, the squid, hatch a plan to use the Emperor’s obsession and vanity to their advantage. For more about Tuesdays at 9 Chicago, visit www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago, https://theannoyance.com or www.nakedangels.com/tuesdays-9. To request this new script or other children’s plays, as well as scripts for teens and adults, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Want Baby Badly” read in Chicago

On July 27, Want Baby Badly is being given a staged reading at iO Theatre as part of Cold Reads, Hot Scripts. In this 90-minute play with a cast of three females and one male, a college student faced with an unplanned pregnancy comes up with an unusual method to determine who should adopt her baby. For more about this monthly script development program, go to http://coldreadshotscripts.com or www.facebook.com/ColdReadsHotScripts. To request a copy of Want Baby Badly or other plays by Stacey Lane, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

The cast of Want Baby Badly. Directed by Huy Nguyen. Photographs by Neftali Morales.

"The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes" is being read in Chicago

Tuesdays at 9 Chicago is reading the first part of The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes at the Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on July 23. In this forty-minute children’s play for a large, entirely gender-neutral cast, a conceited emperor penguin gives away all the colony’s fish in an attempt to be the best dressed animal in Antarctica. When a con artist seal and squid catch wind of the penguin’s extravagant ways, they hatch a plot to feast like kings. Go to www.nakedangels.com, www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago or https://theannoyance.com for more about this innovative development series. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com to receive a perusal copy of The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes and learn more about Stacey Lane’s other available scripts for youth, teenagers, and adults.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” plays in New Jersey

Kittatinny Players Summer Camp presents The Boy Who Cried Wolf on July 19 in Branchville, New Jersey. In this twenty-minute comedy for young performers, a shepherd shirks his responsibility to his family when a naughty neighbor comes up with a plan to shake things up. For information about the Kittatinny Players, go to www.kittatinnyplayers.com or https://twitter.com/KRHSPlayers. The Boy Who Cried Wolf is published by Pioneer Drama Service. To preview a portion of the script for free, to buy the book, and to get the rights to perform this easy-to-produce play at your summer camp, school, or youth theatre class, visit www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262. For other comedic stage adaptations of fables, folktales, nursery rhymes, and fairytales, as well as original stories for all ages, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

“Camelot and Camelittle” concludes in Chicago

Tuesdays at 9 is reading the final part of Camelot and Camelittle at Chicago’s Annoyance Theatre on July 16. In this 90-minute play for family audiences, a little girl with big dreams must prove she is worthy to be a Knight of the Roundtable. She needs the help of old and new friends to complete her quest. Visit https://theannoyance.com, www.nakedangels.com, or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago for more information about Tuesdays at 9. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for more new plays for youth, teens, and adults.

“Camelot and Camelittle” reading continues in Chicago

On July 2, Tuesdays at 9 is reading the next scene of Camelot and Camelittle at Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. In this full-length comedy for all ages, a ten-year-old girl leaves behind the security of perfect Camelot when King Arthur, Sir Lancelot and the other Knights of the Roundtable fail to be the role models she thought they were. Along the way, she meets Merlin, a unicorn, trolls, evil sorcerers Morgana Le Fay and Mordred, a frog, a skunk, a cow, and other children in need of an adventure. For more about this national script development program, go to www.nakedangels.com/tuesdays-9, www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago or https://theannoyance.com/events/event/naked-angels-tuesdays9-chicago/. To request a copy of Camelot and Camelittle or learn more about Stacey Lane’s other plays, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Can’t Count on Dracula” workshopped in Chicago

Cold Reads, Hot Scripts is doing a staged reading and talkback of Can’t Count on Dracula at iO Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on June 29. In this TYA one-act for a cast of four with double casting, a monster meeting on how to best scare modern children is disrupted by a silly witch who longs to be taken seriously. To find out more about this script development program for Chicago writers, visit http://coldreadshotscripts.com or www.facebook.com/ColdReadsHotScripts. To request a copy of this play or Stacey Lane’s other scripts for children, teens, and adults, go to www.staceylaneink.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

The cast of the workshop of Can’t Count on Dracula at iO. Directed and emceed by Huy Nguyen. Photographer: Elias Rios.

The next section of “Camelot and Camelittle” workshopped in Chicago

Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, Illinois continues to present segments of the full-length play Camelot and Camelittle on June 25 as part of Tuesdays at 9. In this comedic adventure for family audiences, a young girl goes on a journey to figure out where she truly belongs when perfect Camelot fails to live up to her expectations. Go to www.nakedangels.com/tuesdays-9, www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago, or https://theannoyance.com for more about this long-running script reading series. For a copy of Camelot and Camelittle or to learn more about Stacey Lane’s original works for adult and child audiences, fractured fairytales, and stage adaptations of classic stories, visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

The cast of Camelot and Camelittle. Directed by Josh Fardon and Patricia Mario.

Staged Reading of “Can’t Count on Dracula” and “Insomniac Society” in Chicago

Playground Theatre is hosting a staged reading of Can’t Count on Dracula and Insomniac Society on June 22 in Chicago, Illinois as part of “First Mondays.” In Can’t Count on Dracula, the Sand Witch, the self-proclaimed beast of the beach, studies to be scary under the direction of Dracula and the Invisible Man, until a troubled little kid, Frankenstein and an encounter with Mr. Hyde make her rethink her wicked ways. Wolfman and the Creature from the Black Lagoon join in the fun in this comedic monster mash-up for all ages. In Insomniac Society, an overachieving and overbearing insomniac creates a group chat where fellow teens can pass the endless nights together in a virtual world of their own creation. A new member, who is not what he claims to be, threatens to destroy all that they have worked so hard to build. For more about the show, visit www.facebook.com/events/2675734962653434/?notif_t=plan_user_associated¬if_id=1560619800304360. To preview these one-act scripts and other plays by Stacey Lane, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

The cast of Can’t Count on Dracula. Directed by Kate Nawrocki. Assistant directed by Mary Ruppert.

The cast of Insomniac Society. Directed by Kate Nawrocki. Assistant directed by Mary Ruppert.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” plays in Colorado

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is being performed on June 21 in Fort Morgan, Colorado at Ft. Morgan High School. In this one-act stage adaptation of Aesop’s fable, a lonely shepherd deceives his family to impress a girl. Contact publisher Pioneer Drama Service at 1-800-333-7262 or www.pioneerdrama.com to preview the script, buy the play, and get the rights to perform The Boy Who Cried Wolf at your school, summer camp, drama class, or theatre. For other short and full-length plays for all age groups, go to www.staceylaneink.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

“Camelot and Camelittle” returns to Chicago

On June 18, another scene from the full-length comedy for all ages, Camelot and Camelittle, is being workshopped at Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, Illinois as part of the nationwide Tuesdays at 9 script development program. In Camelot and Camelittle, all of your Arthurian favorites like King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Sir Lancelot, the Knights of the Roundtable, and Merlin, play second fiddle to a new band of heroes, led by a little girl with high hopes and a wild imagination. For more about Tuesdays at 9, check out https://theannoyance.com/, www.nakedangels.com, and www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com to get a copy of this new play or other scripts for youth, teenagers, and adults.

The cast of Camelot and Camelittle at the Annoyance. Directed by Josh Fardon and Patria Mario.

“Sleeping Beauty” opens in Pennsylvania

From June 15 to July 27, Mariposa Theatre for Young Audiences in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is performing Sleeping Beauty. In this sixty-minute comedy with audience participation with a small flexible cast, the evil fairy sabotages a boring and romantic version of the often-told Sleeping Beauty story to share why she had a grudge with the royal family. It started when they didn’t invite her to a birthday party and continued when the princess let the fairy’s pet frog loose. Go to www.mariposatheatre.org  or www.facebook.com/mariposatheatre to learn more about this production. Playscripts, Inc publishes Stacey Lane’s Sleeping Beauty. Visit www.playscripts.com or call 1-866-NEW-PLAY to read a free sample of this popular play, buy the book as a hardcopy or eScript, and obtain production rights. For other comedic stage adaptations of fairytales, fables, folk tales, nursery rhymes, and classic stories, as well as original works for all age groups, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

“The Three Billy Goats Gruff” read in Chicago

Dandelion Theatre is reading The Three Billy Goats Gruff as part of “The Make Ready” on June 11 in Chicago, Illinois. In this ten-minute play for family audiences, hungry goats hear rumors of a troll that lurks under the bridge that separates them from the greenest pastures. When they get up their nerve to finally cross that bridge, they find something unexpected. For more about The Make Ready series visit www.dandeliontheatre.com or www.facebook.com/DandelionTheatre. To request a copy of The Three Billy Goats Gruff and other titles for children, teenagers, and grownups, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.

Continuation of “Camelot and Camelittle” reading in Chicago

Tuesdays at 9 at Chicago’s Annoyance Theatre presents the next installment of Camelot and Camelittle on June 11. In this 90-minute youth play about girl power, Ruth is a small girl with big plans. She is going to be a Knight of the Roundtable. When that plan doesn’t work out, she decides to leave Camelot and go on a quest of her own. Visit www.nakedangels.com, https://theannoyance.com or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago to learn more about Tuesdays at 9. Go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail  Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for more scripts by Stacey Lane.

“Tutelage of Tulle” opens in NYC

Tutelage of Tulle is being performed in New York as part of #GI60nextgen. The show plays June 6 at Acting Out's Tantrum Theatre in Brooklyn and June 8 at the Gene Frankel Theatre in New York City. In this short comedy, two cousins clash over the price of being pretty. To get information about this script and other new works of varying lengths for varying age groups, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com. 

Reading of “Camelot and Camelittle” resumes in Chicago

On June 4, the third section of Camelot and Camelittle is being read by Tuesdays at 9 at Chicago’s Annoyance Theatre. In this full-length comedy for family audiences, a plucky child sets out to find her own place in the world after being rejected for a place at the Roundtable by King Arthur, his queen, and his knights. On her journey, she teams up with other misfit animals and kids. They meet the Lady of the Lake and battle trolls to save a unicorn. When they accidentally turn King Arthur into a rodent, they must face off against the powerful Morgana Fe Fay and Mordred to set everything right. For more about this nationwide weekly script development series, go to https://theannoyance.com, www.nakedangels.com or www.facebook.com/NakedAngelsTuesdaysat9Chicago. Please visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or contact Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com to request a copy of this new play or learn more about Stacey Lane’s many scripts for youth and adults.

"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" plays in Canada

On June 1, The Boy Who Cried Wolf is being performed in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada at the Johanna Van Der Jagt Theater. In this stage version of Aesop’s Fable, ornery sheep and a vain little girl persuade a shepherd boy to have some laughs by tricking his family. When a real wolf and her pup show up, the fun and games are over and a valuable lesson about trust is learned. Pioneer Drama Service publishes this this twenty-minute comedy for beginning performers. Phone 1-800-333-7262 or go to www.pioneerdrama.com to read a large part of the play online for free, purchase the script, or obtain the rights to perform the play at your theatre, school, or camp. Visit www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com for more published and new scripts by Stacey Lane.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ plays in California

On May 31, The Boy Who Cried Wolf is being performed by Delano Union School District in Delano, California. In this one-act for young audiences, a shepherd, his sheep, and his opinionated neighbor seek thrills at the expense of common sense. To preview the play, buy the book, and get production rights, visit publisher Pioneer Drama Service at www.pioneerdrama.com or call 1-800-333-7262. For other theatrical recreations of fables, folktales, nursery rhymes, and fairy tales, go to www.StaceyLaneInk.com or e-mail Stacey@StaceyLaneInk.com.