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Treasure Island: A New Adventure

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  7w, 10m plus ensemble

By A.J. Allegra, James Bartelle and Alex Martinez Wallace

Inspired by the characters created by Robert Louis Stevenson

It’s time to hit the seven seas and head straight to Skull Island for a bountiful booty of buried treasure! Packed with ribald humor, puns aplenty and pirate antics, this zippy and fun adaptation of Treasure Island will shiver your timbres and provide you with a boundless fortune of big laughs and happy hearts.

Treasure Island: A New Adventure

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7w, 10m plus ensemble
  • Duration
    Duration
    75 Minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adventure, Adaptation (Literature)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences

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Summary

It’s time to hit the seven seas and head straight to Skull Island for a bountiful booty of buried treasure! Teenage Jim works at his mother Ruth’s inn, a favorite of sailors and pirates alike. When a crusty, on-the-lam Old Sailor dies in one of their rooms, leaving behind a map to buried treasure, Jim and Ruth decide adventure and fortune are calling their names: they take the Old Sailor's map and get hired on a ship sailing west to the Caribbean. Packed with ribald humor, puns aplenty and pirate antics, this zippy and fun adaptation of Treasure Island will shiver your timbres and provide you with a boundless fortune of big laughs and happy hearts.

Original music by Jack Craft is available as an option for performance. Please contact our licensing team for more information.

History

Treasure Island: A New Adventure premiered in New Orleans, LA with the NOLA Project at the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art on 11 May 2022. Directed by A.J. Allegra, the production featured Khiry Armstead, Keith Claverie, Wayland D. Cooper, Liam Gillen, Hayden Guthrie, Monica R. Harris, Christina “Cuba” Hatheway, Peter Jaymes Jr., Bill Mader, Elyse McDaniel, Wendy Miklovic, Ayla Mill, Megan Whittle and Reid Williams. It subsequently received a premiere student production in Nashville, TN at the Montgomery Bell Academy on 21 November 2024.

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Performing Groups

RUTH – A proper British innkeeper with a hidden wild side.
JIM – An eager yet moody young teenager.
NO-GOOD NATHAN (OLD SAILOR) – A rum-loving, surly pirate who just wants some alone time.

Crew of Pew (All Women)
MARGARET PEW – A mostly blind, old, disgusting lady pirate. Maybe she was once joyful and lovely. Maybe.
URSULA – A well-meaning idiot.
GENTLE MARY – A sweet and gentle lover of all Earth’s creatures but with a murderous temper.
OXANA PIRANHA – A quiet and stealthy killer who can read people too well.
STABBIN’ JUDY – Just like the name says: a lady that loves the knife.
MERCY McFOUL – The smelly, rather grotesque one. Slow on land but quick in a fight.

Crew of Smollett (All Men)
CAPTAIN JAMES SMOLLETT – A no-nonsense captain that is kinda over it.
LONG JOHN SILVER – An excessively friendly cook. Maybe too friendly.
MR. ELEPHANT SMALL – The muscle of the crew but a secret scaredy-cat.
RIDER ONASIS – The gossipy mapmaker. Likes to think he is smarter than everyone. He’s not.
HAMHOCK HANNIGAN – A greasy fella who indulges a bit too much in everything.
STEED BONNET – The gentleman pirate. A fop who prefers tea to rum.
FAT PHILLIP – A rabble rouser, instantly killed.
SLENDER BRAD – His friend, instantly killed.

Ensemble members may be added to either crew to accommodate a larger cast.

Ensemble members may be added to either crew to accommodate a larger cast.

  • Time Period 18th Century
  • Setting

    Various locations on land and at sea in England. 18th century.

  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Physical Comedy, Play with Music, Puppetry, Stage Combat
  • Duration 75 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Gun Shots

Media

“A boisterous action comedy!” – Best of New Orleans

“Full of rambunctious action, physical comedy, sea shanties, salty taunts, pirate shtick and a few surprises… The work allows all the pirates to shine with distinct personalities… The one thing pirates can be trusted with is to provide an entertaining story.” – New Orleans Gambit

Music

“Become a Seaman” – Rock God
“Bloody Bloody Bonny” – Instrumental
“Bonnie Bonnie Johnny” – Instrumental
“We’re Off to Treasure Island” – Captain Smollett, Mercy McFoul, Steed Bonnet, Oxana Piranha, Elephant Small and All Pirates

Performance tracks for “Become a Seaman,” “Bloody Bloody Bonny,” and “Bonnie Bonnie Johnny,” alongside a rehearsal track for “We’re Off to Treasure Island” from the premiere 2022 production are available for purchase with a license of the show. If the music is used in production, the following credit is required on the title page of all programs:

Original Music by Jack Craft

If you are not using music from the premiere production, please substitute music cues with public-domain sea shanties.

Licensing & Materials

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

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Authors

A.J. Allegra

A.J. Allegra

A.J. Allegra, James I. Bartelle and Alex Wallace have been close friends and collaborators for over twenty years. After meeting one another as college freshmen at NYU, they studied together at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting where they, along with friend Andrew Larimer, fou ...

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Alex Wallace

Alex Wallace

A.J. Allegra, James I. Bartelle and Alex Wallace have been close friends and collaborators for over twenty years. After meeting one another as college freshmen at NYU, they studied together at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting where they, along with friend Andrew Larimer, fou ...

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James I. Bartelle

James I. Bartelle

A.J. Allegra, James I. Bartelle and Alex Wallace have been close friends and collaborators for over twenty years. After meeting one another as college freshmen at NYU, they studied together at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting where they, along with friend Andrew Larimer, fou ...

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