Pioneer Drama Service is pleased to offer 118 melodramas.
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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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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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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 any), 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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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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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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Cornfield of Dreams
or... The Villain Was a Laughing Stalk
Cast: Flexible cast of 16 (4M, 3F, plus 9 roles that can be any)
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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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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The Old Cookie Shop
Cast: 3M, 4F
Set/Time: Simple interior set / About 30 minutes Sweet Nellie is about to lose her cookie shop to the evil banker. It's love at first sight when Harry first casts his eyes on the lovely Nellie. The cookie shop is saved and love triumphs over evil. 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... |
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Trouble in Tumbleweed
Suggested by Nikolai Gogol’s The Inspector General
Cast: Flexible cast of 20 (about 8M, 12F), optional extras
Set/Time: Interior hotel lobby set / About 90 minutes Suggested by one of the greatest farces ever written, this cockeyed version of The Inspector General takes us to Arizona Territory in the 1880s. More... |
