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Around the World in 8 Plays

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  10w, 10m, 10 any gender (youth) plus ensemble

Travel around the world and explore forgotten myths and unusual legends in eight fast-paced and hilarious tales! Always quirky, and sometimes bizarre – these eight tales are filled with magic, mystery and morals.

Around the World in 8 Plays

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    10w, 10m, 10 any gender (youth) plus ensemble
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Fable/Folktale, Parody/Spoof
  • Suggested Use
    • Competition or Audition Material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Teen (Age 14-18)
Around the World in 8 Plays

Details

Summary

Travel around the world and explore forgotten myths and unusual legends in eight fast-paced and hilarious tales! Guided by a band of players, the audience is transported from the ancient Far East, where a hero must kill a giant centipede to save a dragon king, to the Russian countryside, where a poor orphan must defeat three witches who stole his grandfather's eyes. Always quirky, and sometimes bizarre – these eight tales are filled with magic, mystery and morals.

Keywords

The Players
BERNARDO
ISABEL
ILLIANA
PETER
NATASHA
BORIS
MARIA
THOMAS
JAKOB
The Crowd
MAN
WOMAN
LITTLE GIRL
LOUD WOMAN
YOUNG BOY
Grandfather’s Eyes
OLD MAN
YANECHEK
GOATS
MAIDEN #1
MAIDEN #2
MAIDEN #3
The Lost Beads
YOUNGEST SISTER
OLDER SISTER 1
OLDER SISTER 2
OLDER SISTER 3
WATER
OLD WOMAN
THE DIMO
VILLAGER

Prince Ivan, the Witch, and the Little Sister of the Sun
QUEEN
KING
OLD CARETAKER (MOUSE)
PRINCE IVAN
DECREPIT WOMAN 1 (YOUNG WOMAN 1)
DECREPIT WOMAN 2 (YOUNG WOMAN 2)
TREE-ROOTER
MOUNTAIN-TOSSER
SUN’S SISTER
WITCH
My Lord Bag of Rice
DRAGON KING
HIDESATO
CENTIPEDE
GRANDMOTHER
DRAGON FAMILY
PALACE GUARDS
The Story of the Yara
ALONZO
JULIA
YARA
Prince Half-a-Son
FAQIR
KING 1
HALF-A-SON
THREE QUEENS
YOUNGEST QUEEN
SIBLING 1
SIBLING 2
SIBLING 3
PIGEON
DEMON
SNAKE
KING 2
PRINCESS

The Little Owl Boy
BOY
MOTHER
BIG OWL
FATHER
VILLAGER 1
VILLAGER 2
The Story-Teller at Fault
STORY-TELLER
WIFE
BEGGAR MAN
LEINSTER
BAND
GUARD 1
GUARD 2

Author‘s Note: Multiple casting is encouraged, but if you want to split up characters for a really large cast, that’s okay, too. The Players, when not narrating, can play the other roles in the stories, or people in the crowd. So, it can even be done with 10 actors in this manner. The eight stories included here can be cut down to as many as you wish to perform. If you cut out a story (or more), you’re welcome to adjust the transitions to make it work. This piece is intended to be flexible. Have fun!

Author‘s Note: Multiple casting is encouraged, but if you want to split up characters for a really large cast, that’s okay, too. The Players, when not narrating, can play the other roles in the stories, or people in the crowd. So, it can even be done with 10 actors in this manner. The eight stories included here can be cut down to as many as you wish to perform. If you cut out a story (or more), you’re welcome to adjust the transitions to make it work. This piece is intended to be flexible. Have fun!

  • Setting

    Various fairytale worlds. 

  • Features Fantasy Costumes
  • Duration 90 minutes

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Patrick Greene

Patrick Greene is the author of I Quit, Masterclasses, Instructions for Hugs, A Talkback (Stage Partners) and Brief Interviews with Internet Cats (Concord Theatricals). He is the co-author of This Murder Was Staged, Parody This!, Two Chairs and a Lie, How (Not) to Be A Wizard ...

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Jason Pizzarello

Jason Pizzarello. Select plays include After People Like You (Blue Riders at Classic Stage Company), Half Right (Fordham Alumni Company), All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Being a Zombie (Irondale Ensemble), When I Had Three Sisters (Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab), Once ...
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