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  • 1.  Full-length comedy

    Posted 08-22-2016 15:17
    I have lost many of my skilled actors and would like to do a great comedy for this fall.  I would like a script with about 5-6 males and 5-6 females. Does anyone have suggestions?  

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    Neal Luker
    Drama
    Fulton High School
    1207 12th Street
    Fulton, IL  61252
    815-589-3511 Ext. 226

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  • 2.  RE: Full-length comedy

    Posted 08-23-2016 05:40

    How about The Odd Couple.  (Male version and female version.)  Create one set and alternate nights.  It is FUNNY!

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    Kim Florio
    Countryside High School
    Clearwater FL
    Floriok@pcsb.org

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  • 3.  RE: Full-length comedy

    Posted 08-23-2016 09:19

    Neal,

    A fun one is Just Another  High School Play  or Just Another High School Play Eldridge Plays & Musicals

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    This is a great piece for several reasons.

    • Because the premise is that no one is ready for opening night it covers mistakes and young actors well.
    • Because it covers several theatrical genres it is a great teaching tool
    • The casting is extremely flexible
    • Students felt it was the funniest show we ever did and have requested to do it again
    • It is a low overhead play (general costs) 
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    Sammie Real
    Fayetteville, GA
    srealiii@gmail.com

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  • 4.  RE: Full-length comedy

    Posted 08-23-2016 15:01

    Fools by Neil Simon is so much fun!  Cast of 10, if I remember correctly.  It's a great vehicle for teaching double-takes, deadpan, etc.

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    C. J. Breland
    Asheville High School
    Asheville NC

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  • 5.  RE: Full-length comedy

    Posted 08-24-2016 23:32

    Over the summer I discovered the wonderful David Ives' adaptation of Mark Twain's 'Is He Dead?' 

    Very farcical, very funny, witty, madcap, clean (enough) and I think (if memory serves) would have the right number of roles. I think its available form Playscripts? 

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    Phillip Goodchild
    Theatre Arts Instructor/Assistant Department Head of English
    Ruskin FL

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  • 6.  RE: Full-length comedy

    Posted 08-25-2016 11:51

    Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 by John Bishop is a good one

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    Shira Schwartz
    Chandler Unified School District
    Chandler AZ

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  • 7.  RE: Full-length comedy

    Posted 08-25-2016 11:59
    I directed Is He Dead in community theatre. A wonderful farce demanding outstanding physical comedians.  Eight males, three females.  Lead role is exhausting if played at a rapid farce pace.  One actor plays four roles. Chicago, German, Irish accents required of 3 actors.  Major scene change from Act One to Act Two.
    Not trying to discourage you.  It was some of the most fun I've ever had as a director.



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  • 8.  RE: Full-length comedy

    Posted 08-26-2016 08:49

    Play On! and Sing On! by Rick Abbot are both hilarious. Museum by Tina Howe.  The Dining Room by A. R. Gurney, to name a few.

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    Molly Cornwell
    Hathaway Brown School
    Shaker Heights OH

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