CAST: Flexible cast of 17 to 65
SET: Interior interrogation room
TIME: About 60 minutes
Script:
$9.00 each Director’s book: $25.00 each
ROYALTY:
$60 First Performance
$60 Each Additional Performance
SET: Interior interrogation room
TIME: About 60 minutes
Script:
$9.00 each Director’s book: $25.00 each
ROYALTY:
$60 First Performance
$60 Each Additional Performance
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You don’t have to be an “eggs-pert” to love this series of nursery rhyme-inspired vignettes that offer incredibly flexible casting and minimal props and sets.
Being a hard-boiled detective in the Nursery Rhyme Unit isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and it’s hardly ever sunny side up! So when Humpty Dumpty comes in scrambled and shell-shocked from a fall, it’s up to a team of punny detectives to interview all the unusual suspects and wacky witnesses. From five little monkeys, five Jacks and a Jill, a fiddling cat, and a vowel-loving farmer and his barnyard friends, to a screaming teapot, three blind mice, three mitten-less kittens, an old woman in a shoe, and more, it seems everyone is scrambling to prove their innocence. This investigation won’t be over easy, that much is certain, but with the egg-timer ticking, these detectives need to crack the case wide open before they end up with egg on their face! Can Detective Bacon and his team figure out whodunit, or will it turn out that Humpty Dumpty is just a practical yolk-er all along?
Being a hard-boiled detective in the Nursery Rhyme Unit isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and it’s hardly ever sunny side up! So when Humpty Dumpty comes in scrambled and shell-shocked from a fall, it’s up to a team of punny detectives to interview all the unusual suspects and wacky witnesses. From five little monkeys, five Jacks and a Jill, a fiddling cat, and a vowel-loving farmer and his barnyard friends, to a screaming teapot, three blind mice, three mitten-less kittens, an old woman in a shoe, and more, it seems everyone is scrambling to prove their innocence. This investigation won’t be over easy, that much is certain, but with the egg-timer ticking, these detectives need to crack the case wide open before they end up with egg on their face! Can Detective Bacon and his team figure out whodunit, or will it turn out that Humpty Dumpty is just a practical yolk-er all along?
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Director’s book: $25.00 each
Director’s book: $25.00 each
Hard Boiled: A Nursery Crime
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IRONDEQUOIT HIGH SCHOOL
ROCHESTER, NY
ROCHESTER, NY
JESSICA TRAHAN
FREEPORT, ME
FREEPORT, ME
TOPEKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS-USD #501
TOPEKA, KS
TOPEKA, KS
MISTI WATSON
SPRING HILL, TN
SPRING HILL, TN
GREENE COUNTY TECH SCH
PARAGOULD, AR
PARAGOULD, AR
WASHINGTON COUNTY BOE
JONESBOROUGH, TN
JONESBOROUGH, TN
CARLSTADT SCHOOLS
CARLSTADT, NJ
CARLSTADT, NJ
EASLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
EASLEY, SC
EASLEY, SC
CARY PARK DISTRICT
CARY, IL
CARY, IL
EUDORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EUDORA, KS
EUDORA, KS
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN HS
OTSEGO, MN
OTSEGO, MN
BROOKE DILLEHAY
LAFAYETTE, TN
LAFAYETTE, TN
HENRY CO R-1 SCHOOLS
WINDSOR, MO
WINDSOR, MO
PEARLAND ISD
PEARLAND, TX
PEARLAND, TX
JEFFREY HULL
WHITING, VT
WHITING, VT
PILGRIM LUTHERAN SCHOOL
GREEN BAY, WI
GREEN BAY, WI
NIPPERSINK MIDDLE SCHOOL
RICHMOND, IL
RICHMOND, IL
CHEYENNE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CHEYENNE, OK
CHEYENNE, OK
WASKOM INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST
WASKOM, TX
WASKOM, TX
HERALD SCHOOL
MEDICINE HAT, AB CANADA
MEDICINE HAT, AB CANADA
TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
HAMILTON, ON CANADA
HAMILTON, ON CANADA
CANYON RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
AUSTIN, TX
AUSTIN, TX
BETHANY LUTHERAN SCHOOL/CHURCH
PORT ORCHARD, WA
PORT ORCHARD, WA
LOUISE S MCGEHEE SCHOOL
NEW ORLEANS, LA
NEW ORLEANS, LA
HELLGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MISSOULA, MT
MISSOULA, MT
SEASIDE HIGH SCHOOL
SEASIDE, OR
SEASIDE, OR
DAVIS COUNTY COMMUNITY SD
BLOOMFIELD, IA
BLOOMFIELD, IA
GEMMA SHAPLESKI
WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND
WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND
WASCO UNION HIGH SCHOOL DIST
WASCO, CA
WASCO, CA
TRASK MIDDLE SCHOOL
WILMINGTON, NC
WILMINGTON, NC
SAINT ANDREW SCHOOL
CHICAGO, IL
CHICAGO, IL
NW OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
ALVA, OK
ALVA, OK
MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP SD
MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP, NJ
MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP, NJ
THEATRE OF WESTERN SPRINGS
WESTERN SPRINGS, IL
WESTERN SPRINGS, IL
PARK SCHOOL CAMPUS
ROUND LAKE, IL
ROUND LAKE, IL
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