CAST: Flexible cast of 24 (8M, 10F, plus 6 roles that can be any), extras
SET: Simple interior and exterior sets
TIME: About 90 minutes
Script:
$9.00 each Director’s book: $27.50 each
ROYALTY:
$70 First Performance
$70 Each Additional Performance
SET: Simple interior and exterior sets
TIME: About 90 minutes
Script:
$9.00 each Director’s book: $27.50 each
ROYALTY:
$70 First Performance
$70 Each Additional Performance
Set in an era when women were not allowed to act and men had to play female roles, Lord Cranbury’s traveling company of scallywag actors just can’t seem to get their big break! If only he knew that five members of his troupe are actually women... playing men who play female roles! But that’s not why their traveling show is failing. Could it be because some members of the troupe don’t bother to learn their lines? Or suffer from terrible stage fright? Certainly, it’s not because star actor Victor Thatcher, who is actually demanding diva Vivian Thatcher, keeps changing the play to suit his (or rather, her) mood, is it?
Realizing the troupe’s in need of radical revitalizing, Cranbury decides to buy a ship and set sail with his thespian crew. After all, if they are going to do a play about pirates, they should experience the real thing! (It’s method acting, after all!) But the ocean is no place for landlubbers: Captain Reagan O’Flynn doesn’t take kindly to other buccaneers in her territory. And the French naval commander, Capitaine Haute-Valois, just happens to be hunting for pirates to bring to justice. But worst of all is the mysterious Murdock, who takes no prisoners in his quest to conquer the high seas. Can the rag-tag group of pedestrian players find their sea-legs in time to avoid Davy Jones’s locker? This pirate play-within-a-play provides the perfect platform for performers seeking a seriously funny challenge.
Realizing the troupe’s in need of radical revitalizing, Cranbury decides to buy a ship and set sail with his thespian crew. After all, if they are going to do a play about pirates, they should experience the real thing! (It’s method acting, after all!) But the ocean is no place for landlubbers: Captain Reagan O’Flynn doesn’t take kindly to other buccaneers in her territory. And the French naval commander, Capitaine Haute-Valois, just happens to be hunting for pirates to bring to justice. But worst of all is the mysterious Murdock, who takes no prisoners in his quest to conquer the high seas. Can the rag-tag group of pedestrian players find their sea-legs in time to avoid Davy Jones’s locker? This pirate play-within-a-play provides the perfect platform for performers seeking a seriously funny challenge.
Additional products available:
Director’s book: $27.50 each
Director’s book: $27.50 each
An Act of Piracy
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MARINE ACDY OF SCIENCE & TECH
HIGHLAND, NJ
HIGHLAND, NJ
WATSEKA HIGH SCHOOL
WATSEKA, IL
WATSEKA, IL
MARITIME THEATRE SCHOOL
BEDFORD, NS CANADA
BEDFORD, NS CANADA
FLATLANDS THEATRE COMPANY
WINKLER, MB CANADA
WINKLER, MB CANADA
MATHEW STREULI
IVER HEATH, ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM
IVER HEATH, ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM
PARKER PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL
ENGLEWOOD, CO
ENGLEWOOD, CO
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF MONROE
MONROE, WI
MONROE, WI
MARATHON HIGH SCHOOL
MARATHON, FL
MARATHON, FL
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