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Play On!

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  7w, 3m

Rick Abbot

Perfect for any performing group, this is the hilarious story of a local theatre group trying desperately to put on a play despite maddening interference from the haughty author, who keeps revising the script.

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce
  • Suggested Use
    • Cutting Approved for Competition
    • Competition or Audition Material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences

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Summary

Perfect for any performing group, Play On! is the hilarious story of a local theatre group trying desperately to put on a play despite maddening interference from the haughty playwright, who keeps revising the script.Act I is a rehearsal of the dreadful show, Murder Most Foul; Act II is the near disastrous dress rehearsal; and the final act is the actual performance, in which anything that can go wrong does. When the author decides to give a speech on the state of the modern theatre during the curtain calls, the audience is treated to a madcap climax and a thoroughly hilarious romp. Even the sound effects reap their share of laughter.

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AGGIE MANVILLE – A stage manager and prompter
GERALDINE “GERRY” DUNBAR – A community theatre director
HENRY BENISH (“Lord Dudley”) – A character actor
POLLY BENISH (“Lady Margaret”) – A character actress
MARLA "SMITTY" SMITH (“Doris the maid”) – A supporting player
SAUL WATSON (“Doctor Rex Forbes”) – A villain
BILLY CAREWE (“Stephen Sellers”) – A juvenile
VIOLET IMBRY (“Diana Lassiter”) – An ingenue 
LOUISE PEARY – A sound-and-lighting-and-scenic technician
PHYLLIS MONTAGUE – A novice playwright in the community

  • Time Period Present Day
  • Setting

    The stage of a community theatre. The present.

  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Physical Comedy
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

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Rick Abbot

Rick Abbot
Rick Abbot is one of several pen names for prolific playwright Jack Sharkey (1931-1992). Mr. Sharkey was born on May 6, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. He began writing when he was 10 years old. He graduated from college with a BA in Creative Writing and taught school from 1953 to ...
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