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Someone Save My Baby, Ruth!
or...  Foil That Villain!


By Billy St. John


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CAST:  5M, 8F, optional extras
SET:  Interior candy shop set
TIME:  About 60 minutes
Script:
$8.00 each (Click for more items) Director’s book:  $22.50 each
DVD of amateur performance:  $10.00 each


ROYALTY:
$55 First Performance
$55 Each Additional Performance

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When lovely young widow Penny Candy and her baby, Ruth, are taken in by her Aunt Praline, owner of The Sweet Shoppe candy store, little does Penny know both love and danger lie ahead.  The villainous Sidney Swindle is determined to buy The Sweet Shoppe as part of his plan to sell the property to the city for America’s first subway system.  Should Praline refuse his offer, Sidney is prepared to do away with her and her heirs in order to obtain the land at public auction!  With the help of his beautiful but less than brilliant cohort in crime, Ada Sourball, the villain sets his evil scheme in motion.  The hilarious results include the kidnapping of Baby Ruth, an attempt to burn down The Sweet Shoppe, and a wild chase through the audience with the good guys pelting the villains with candy...  which the audience can eat, of course!  Other characters include Penny’s new love and our hero, police officer Ernest Noble, cooks Farron Heit and Cindy Grade, and clerks Taffy and Toffee and their boyfriends.  You’ll have the audience eating out of your hands...  literally...  in this tasty theatrical treat.


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DVD of amateur performance:  $10.00 each

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WELLSBORO, PA
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PULASKI, WI
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ASHLIE DRIVER
SPRING, TX
GILETTE COMMUNITY THEATRE
GILLETTE, WY
REBECCA STRICKLAND
WILLIAMS LAKE, BC  CANADA
DON MELKE
LARGO, FL
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OMAHA, NE
TAMARA SALISBURY
CONWAY SPRINGS, KS
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BARTLETT, IL
HEATHER KLIESNER
HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL
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To choose this option, place your PRODUCTION ORDER normally, including the total number of scripts you need to make for your production.  As with all production orders, you must order a minimum of one script per cast member.  Then, select “Get It Now!” as your DELIVERY OPTION during checkout, indicate which materials you would like sent electronically, and enter your credit card information in the appropriate space.  Make sure you’ve specified the exact number of performances and selected “Bill Now” for your royalties.

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