Melodrama. Henning Nelms. 3 men, 5 women (one female part may be played as a male). 4 simple sets. A long-suffering young lady seems destined not only to lose her
lover but her life as well. The familiar characters of old-time melodrama
here play their roles up to the hilt. The most thrilling scene is
one in which dynamite (planted by the villain) is about to blow all
the good characters to eternity. Just in time, however, Lucy picks
up the dynamite and throws it out the door. On reflection, though,
it seems that the thrill just described is actually topped by the
even more exciting scene in the sawmill where Nellie, tied to a log,
is approaching the circular saw which in a moment will tear her to
pieces. The hero, who has been tied by the villain, is freed just
in time to thrust aside the latter who draws a pistol on him and
threatens to kill him if he dares touch the lever that will save
Nellie. The villain fires. The hero is wounded. And, at this very
instant, a friend opportunely appears to snare the villain, and Nellie
is safe in the arms of her hero. The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me … Monologues Dan Butler. : 1M (flexible casting) - Composite set Billed as a "whirlwind tour of the gay American landscape," this
one-man show juxtaposes 10 predominantly gay characters in 14 vignettes.
The characters question, contradict and especially challenge one
another's credo of what
"being gay" really means. Comedy. Timothy Mason. 4 men, 2 women. Unit Set Leo is a little intense, planning a lifetime with Miriam on their
first date. Even Leo's mysterious whispering mentor, Big Voice, can't
succeed in getting Leo to lighten up, and Miriam shows Leo the door.
Friends counsel friends in this romantic urban fairy-tale: while
Leo seeks glib Eddies dubious advice, Miriam pours her heart out
to the clueless Heather, and depressed Bo seeks help from anyone
willing to put up with him. Eddie's party, thrown together to set
things right among young lovers, ends by throwing the wrong people
in bed together, with calamitous results. It takes the active intervention
of Big Voice, a deus ex machina whose "eye is on the sparrow," to
engineer a final zany costume party. Here love is resolved as well
as it can be in a world where "between what we anticipate and what
we receive a great gulf is fixed." Bo lands a sympathetic Heather,
Eddie discovers his true vocation, Leo finds his Cinderella and Miriam,
her unlikely prince. |