CAST: Flexible cast of 20 (4M, 8F, plus 8 roles that can be any), optional extras
SET: Interior school set
TIME: About 90 minutes
Script:
$8.50 each Director’s book: $25.00 each
ROYALTY:
$65 First Performance
$65 Each Additional Performance
SET: Interior school set
TIME: About 90 minutes
Script:
$8.50 each Director’s book: $25.00 each
ROYALTY:
$65 First Performance
$65 Each Additional Performance
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If somebody kidnapped your least favorite teacher, would you want her back? In an award-winning comedic tale loosely based on O. Henry’s classic story, Casey and Tim nab their demanding English teacher to avoid having to take a test, but they find that no one wants her back!
It’s bad enough that she corrects the grammar in their ransom note and makes them rewrite it, but when the captive teacher assigns them a research paper on famous kidnappings in history, the young kidnappers find themselves doing more school work than ever! Meanwhile, nobody takes the new principal (a former student of Miss Dower’s) seriously, a high-strung ex-Marine corporate exec turned housewife runs a PTA bake sale fundraiser with military precision, a Star Trek-obsessed custodian works frantically to keep the crumbling building ship-shape, and the football mascot believes himself a real Viking warrior with his sassy cousin from Brooklyn as his Valkyrie-in-training.
Great characters and sharp humor make this loose adaptation of O. Henry’s classic Ransom of Red Chief a delightful choice for any audience.
Winner of the Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest
It’s bad enough that she corrects the grammar in their ransom note and makes them rewrite it, but when the captive teacher assigns them a research paper on famous kidnappings in history, the young kidnappers find themselves doing more school work than ever! Meanwhile, nobody takes the new principal (a former student of Miss Dower’s) seriously, a high-strung ex-Marine corporate exec turned housewife runs a PTA bake sale fundraiser with military precision, a Star Trek-obsessed custodian works frantically to keep the crumbling building ship-shape, and the football mascot believes himself a real Viking warrior with his sassy cousin from Brooklyn as his Valkyrie-in-training.
Great characters and sharp humor make this loose adaptation of O. Henry’s classic Ransom of Red Chief a delightful choice for any audience.
Winner of the Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest
Additional products available:
Director’s book: $25.00 each
Director’s book: $25.00 each
The Ransom of Miss Elverna Dower
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WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTH BEND, IN
SOUTH BEND, IN
FAIRGROUNDS MIDDLE SCHOOL
NASHUA, NH
NASHUA, NH
WEST CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, AB CANADA
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, AB CANADA
SOUTHERN MD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
WHITE PLAINS, MD
WHITE PLAINS, MD
KIM DIGNIN
TINLEY PARK, IL
TINLEY PARK, IL
STACY GARRISON
TITUSVILLE, FL
TITUSVILLE, FL
SCHLESWIG COMMUNITY SCHOOL
SCHLESWIG, IA
SCHLESWIG, IA
GREENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
GREENVILLE, AL
GREENVILLE, AL
NORTH MAC SCHOOL DISTRICT #34
GIRARD, IL
GIRARD, IL
ATTICA HIGH SCHOOL
ATTICA, IN
ATTICA, IN
ARCANUM-BUTLER LOCAL SCHL DIST
ARCANUM, OH
ARCANUM, OH
MATTHEW CONOLLY
PEORIA, IL
PEORIA, IL
PIQUA JR HIGH SCHOOL
PIQUA, OH
PIQUA, OH
FOREST CITY REGIONAL JR HIGH
FOREST CITY, PA
FOREST CITY, PA
JENKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
STANTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
STANTON, IA
STANTON, IA
THUNDER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
KENSINGTON, KS
KENSINGTON, KS
ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL
SALISBURY, MO
SALISBURY, MO
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