CAST: 5M, 9F, plus 4 roles that can be any
SET: Interior hotel lobby set
TIME: About 120 minutes
Script:
$9.00 each Director’s book: $27.50 each
ROYALTY:
$70 First Performance
$70 Each Additional Performance
SET: Interior hotel lobby set
TIME: About 120 minutes
Script:
$9.00 each Director’s book: $27.50 each
ROYALTY:
$70 First Performance
$70 Each Additional Performance
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Come to the beautiful Château Laroche for a weekend get-away, where you’ll be greeted by a friendly host of... cockroaches!! Crawling with slapstick humor and circus-like stage action, this award-winning comic farce will take you through a weekend in the lives of François and Mimi Laroche, the French proprietors of the château on the shores of a peaceful American lake.
The owners are horrified to discover the enormity of their cockroach problem as they prepare for a big weekend of visitors. Why do the cockroaches have to appear just when they’re trying to make a good impression on a famed travel writer?! On top of that, they’ve learned the health inspector is making a surprise visit — disguised as a typical guest! Could the inspector be one of the young honeymooners? The wealthy widow or her hypnotist? The British bicyclist? The manager of a bratty child star? François launches an all-out war on the creepy-crawly creatures as the disgruntled staff members struggle to hide the pesky problem from the hotel guests. Even with the help of a zealous exterminator, Roskel T. Goomey, the roaches quickly and hysterically adapt to the chemical assault and begin to grow bigger, while the supposed health inspector hallucinates after mistakenly using the toxic bug powder on his spaghetti, thinking it was Parmesan cheese! You’ll have a foot-stomping, roach-slapping good time with this eccentric and eclectic cast of characters!
With lively and fast-paced dialogue and great opportunities for physical humor, the play provides a hilarious look at the price humans pay for attempting to control nature and is sure to delight audiences of all ages! And don’t worry, staging the cockroaches is not a pesky problem at all!
Winner of the Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest
#Chateaularoach
The owners are horrified to discover the enormity of their cockroach problem as they prepare for a big weekend of visitors. Why do the cockroaches have to appear just when they’re trying to make a good impression on a famed travel writer?! On top of that, they’ve learned the health inspector is making a surprise visit — disguised as a typical guest! Could the inspector be one of the young honeymooners? The wealthy widow or her hypnotist? The British bicyclist? The manager of a bratty child star? François launches an all-out war on the creepy-crawly creatures as the disgruntled staff members struggle to hide the pesky problem from the hotel guests. Even with the help of a zealous exterminator, Roskel T. Goomey, the roaches quickly and hysterically adapt to the chemical assault and begin to grow bigger, while the supposed health inspector hallucinates after mistakenly using the toxic bug powder on his spaghetti, thinking it was Parmesan cheese! You’ll have a foot-stomping, roach-slapping good time with this eccentric and eclectic cast of characters!
With lively and fast-paced dialogue and great opportunities for physical humor, the play provides a hilarious look at the price humans pay for attempting to control nature and is sure to delight audiences of all ages! And don’t worry, staging the cockroaches is not a pesky problem at all!
Winner of the Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest
#Chateaularoach
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Director’s book: $27.50 each
Director’s book: $27.50 each
Château La Roach
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NORTH KANSAS CITY SCHOOLS
KANSAS CITY, MO
KANSAS CITY, MO
WEST ELK SCHOOL
HOWARD, KS
HOWARD, KS
CHRISTOPHER FEUCHT
MAYVILLE, WI
MAYVILLE, WI
ADAMS 12 FIVE STAR SCHOOLS
THORNTON, CO
THORNTON, CO
FORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUC
CUMMING, GA
CUMMING, GA
SANTA CRUZ CITY SCHOOLS
SANTA CRUZ, CA
SANTA CRUZ, CA
MARIAN HIGH SCHOOL
MISHAWAKA, IN
MISHAWAKA, IN
HAMILTON INT'L MIDDLE SCHOOL
SEATTLE, WA
SEATTLE, WA
LEWIS CASS JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL
WALTON, IN
WALTON, IN
LIFE PLUS
NEWNAN, GA
NEWNAN, GA
SANTA ROSA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
MILTON, FL
MILTON, FL
NODAWAY COMMUNITY THEATER CO
MARYVILLE, MO
MARYVILLE, MO
VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
SPOKANE VALLEY, WA
SPOKANE VALLEY, WA
SOUTH WESTERN SCHOOL DISTRICT
HANOVER, PA
HANOVER, PA
SOUTHERN VALLEY SCHOOL
OXFORD, NE
OXFORD, NE
STORM LAKE HIGH SCHOOL
STORM LAKE, IA
STORM LAKE, IA
MICHELLE ETCHASON
ORLAND PARK, IL
ORLAND PARK, IL
MARIN PRIMARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL
LARKSPUR, CA
LARKSPUR, CA
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Chateau LaRoach was hilarious. It was a demanding script for some of our performers but the audience had such a great time. I had many parents say it was our best play ever! Renee Tolin, St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica School, Beaumont, TX
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