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Cover of Trouble in Tumbleweed 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...
 

Cover of Bulldog Saves the Day Bulldog Saves the Day
or...  I Was the Teacher’s Pitt
Cast:  Flexible cast of 21 (about 10M, 11F)
Set/Time:  Interior classroom set / About 60 minutes
Lullaby leaves the stage to become a teacher.  The last teacher, an actress, was run out of town.  Big Harry Deal shows up and proposes to her, threatening to blow her cover if she doesn’t accept.   More...
 

Cover of The Shame of Tombstone The Shame of Tombstone
or...  Dirty Work in the Lucky Cuss
Cast:  6M, 6F
Set/Time:  Simple interior set / About 60 minutes
Amanda Goodsort, once a Boston society belle, finds employment on the stage of the Birdcage Theatre.  In order that her true identity never is revealed, Amanda sings in disguise.   More...
 

Cover of The Snake in the Grass The Snake in the Grass
or...  He Rattled the Rails
Cast:  10M, 16F, optional extras
Set/Time:  Interior hotel lobby set / About 75 minutes
Your audiences will be hitched to their seats as they watch a speeding train race towards our heroine, bound to a railway track.  Only Sheriff Billy Bold, our hero, can rescue her.   More...
 

Cover of Peril on the High Seas Peril on the High Seas
or...  Let’s Get Together and Do Launch
Cast:  5M, 9F, plus 2 offstage voices, optional extras
Set/Time:  Simple interior and exterior sets / About 90 minutes
All aboard the H.M.S. Majestic for a riotous adventure set in the Roaring Twenties!  Little does heiress Merry Ann Sweet, know that she is the intended victim of Snively Swine’s kidnapping plot.   More...
 

Cover of Wait ’Til the Sun Shines, Nellie Wait ’Til the Sun Shines, Nellie
Or...  So Long, Snivelheart
Cast:  6M, 7F, optional doubling
Set/Time:  Interior Western hotel lobby set / About 20 minutes
Here are all the elements of a classic melodrama packed into an easy-to-produce 20 minutes!   More...
 

Cover of The Perils of Priscilla The Perils of Priscilla
or...  The Schoolmarm's Dilemma
Cast:  3M, 4F, plus extras
Set/Time:  One interior set / About 30 minutes
Three students help the hero solve the murder and foil the villain.  More...
 

Cover of Alias Smedley Pewtree Alias Smedley Pewtree
or...  The Villain of Glitter Gulch
Cast:  4M, 5F
Set/Time:  One interior set / About 30 minutes
Smedley Pewtree is forcing families out of Glitter Gulch.  During a fierce blizzard, the town’s populace crowds into a former gambling palace reputedly haunted by the spirits of long-departed miners.   More...
 

Cover of Rascals Under the Big Top Rascals Under the Big Top
or...  The Ring’s Around Miss Rosie
Cast:  Flexible cast of 22 (about 6M, 16F), optional extras
Set/Time:  Interior circus tent set / About 30 minutes
Thanks to that unscrupulous villain, ringmaster Conrad Mooch, the circus is stranded.  Not content to be just the ringmaster, Mooch has a dastardly plan.  The circus will belong to him.   More...
 

Cover of The Ballad of Gopher Gap The Ballad of Gopher Gap
or...  Sticky Fingers Won’t Wash
Cast:  5M, 6F, optional extras
Set/Time:  Interior office set / About 60 minutes
Bunco DeSneer is salting a mine with fake minerals in hopes of snaring rich Easterners.  This Melodrama will have your sides splitting with laughter.  More...
 

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