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Short Play, Comedy / 25 any gender (youth)
Ian McWethy
What do superheroes do when there is not enough crime to fight? Do their taxes, or maybe join a support group? Find out with these fast-paced vignettes!
For superheroes, saving the world is tough, but the time spent away from work is tougher. The Hulk has to do taxes, a crime-fighting sidekick joins a support group and Batman goes stir-crazy without enough criminals to take down. SUPERHEROES is a funny, fast-paced series of vignettes that explores how the caped crusaders deal with life in street clothes.
Published in 2014, SUPERHEROES has enjoyed hundreds of performances at schools and community theatres.
HAWKEYE TEENAGE GIRL JIMMY NELLY CLARK BATMAN FELICIA BOSS TUCKER ULMA STORM ORIN WOMAN TOMMY MANAGER VENTNOR FAN PENELOPE ROBIN GARTH TEEN 1 TEEN 2 HULK MIA TINA
Bonus Scene Characters:
YORMA GREEN LANTERN SPIDERMAN SUPER FAN 1 SUPER FAN 2 SUPER FAN 3 INTERN WONDER WOMAN
1. In case it isn’t clear from the stage directions, almost everyone is in their “street clothes.” This is supposed to be everyone’s day off, so costumes should be simple, everyday clothes. The two exceptions are Batman and The Hulk. If you do not feel like finding/buying these costumes, you can replace these scenes with the bonus scenes. All the bonus scenes require no costumes.
2. The scenes themselves are pretty gender flexible (and I would argue that Batman and Hulk are broad enough that they could be played by women, or changed to their female equivalent “She-Hulk” or “Batgirl”). However, you may want to change the superhero itself depending on your casting needs. For example, Hawkeye could become Black Widow (or a number of other characters I’m sure). You would just have to change some of the specifics of the scene, which I give you full permission to do. You can also change the hero in the scene for purely creative reasons as well. That’s fine with me too.
Minimal set required.
Ian McWethy has written over 60 plays that regularly receive over 1,000 productions every year. They’ve been produced in all 50 states and in over 50 countries abroad. He’s also co-written two novels with Carrie McCrossen, Margot Mertz Takes It Down and Margot Mertz For The W ...