Pioneer Drama Service is pleased to offer 117 melodramas.
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Blazing Guns at Roaring Gulch
or... The Perfumed Badge
Cast: 4M, 5F
Set/Time: Interior hotel lobby set / About 60 minutes Our hero, Harry Heartstone, is in hot pursuit of the villain, Snipe Vermin. Here the story takes an unusual turn because the villain and hero are twin brothers (played by the same actor.) More... |
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Buckshot and Blossoms
Cast: 9M, 14F, optional extras, doubling
Set/Time: Interior Western hotel lobby set / About 90 minutes Here’s a rip-roaring spoof of the Old West sure to delight audiences of all ages. This west is not only wild, it’s hysterically funny! More... |
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Wagon Wheels a-Rollin’
Cast: Flexible cast of 29 (about 10M, 19F), extras
Set/Time: Exterior Old West set / About 75 minutes This fast-paced spoof of the Old West is filled with a goofy stable of hilarious characters. Produce this show and you’ll experience the hysterical best of the West! More... |
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Shakespeare Goes to Gravel Gulch
or... The Villain Drove a Bard Bargain
Cast: Flexible cast of 30 (6M, 16F, plus 8 roles that can be either), extras, optional doubling
Set/Time: Exterior Old West set / About 75 minutes Sunny Day, determined to bring culture to the locals, arrives in Gravel Gulch with a troupe of actors. Unfortunately, the actors, headed by the shady Noble Hart, could make a playwright cry. More... |
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Cornfield of Dreams
or... The Villain Was a Laughing Stalk
Cast: Flexible cast of 16 (4M, 3F, plus 9 roles that can be either)
Set/Time: Interior restaurant set / About 50 minutes Get ready for the corniest play this side of the Mississippi, whichever side you’re on! Puns keep popping up in this wacky melodrama like a Jiffy Pop ready to explode! More... |
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Taming the Wild, Wild West in a Dress
or... Let’s Give the Villain the Slip
Cast: 11M, 10F, optional extras
Set/Time: Simple interior sets / About 90 minutes It’s hard to be a hero when you’re wearing a dress, but young actor Clarence Rawlins manages to do just that (and a lot more!) in this action-packed Western comedy. More... |
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Pecos Bill & Slue-Foot Sue Meet the Dirty Dan Gang
Cast: 7M, 8F
Set/Time: Exterior Old West set / About 60 minutes Get on the wagon rollin’ West with this saga of Pecos Bill, who was raised by coyotes, and Slue-Foot Sue, who likes to ride down the Rio Grande River on a catfish. More... |
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The Great Ice Cream Scheme
Cast: 6M, 5F, optional extras
Set/Time: Interior ice cream parlor set / About 60 minutes Everyone knows Pop Sicle’s Ice Cream Parlor serves the best ice cream in town. When that cold-hearted villain, I.C. Custard, decides to steal Pop’s recipe, things get a little sticky. More... |
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D.K. Molar — The Devious Dentist
or... There’s Gold in Them Thar Teeth!
Cast: 2M, 4F
Set/Time: Interior dentist’s office set / About 60 minutes A depraved dentist has crafted a dastardly scam: after putting his patients to sleep with nitrous oxide, he removes the gold crowns and replace them with fakes made of fool’s gold. More... |
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Cactus Pass
Cast: Flexible cast of 25 (about 10M, 15F), optional extras
Set/Time: Exterior Old West set / About 75 minutes With a ten gallon hat full of great characters roles and a script that’s a cinch to produce, this play is sure to be a hit! More... |
