New Scripts!
These scripts are in various stages of pre-publication, and I may be able to send you a free perusal or license them directly to you! Read more about each script below and contact me at tracywellsplaywright@gmail.com for more information!
Snow Day
Time: 30-45 minutes
Cast: 8-25+ any gender
In the dead of winter…when the temperature drops below freezing and the days drag on in one endless gray blur, there are two words that every student longs to hear…SNOW DAY! In this collection of snowy scenes, we’ll see what students (and a few teachers and administrators) get up to when school gets cancelled. From a scared sledder in “Out Cold” to a beleaguered babysitter in “Blanket of Snow”, to some role playing paladins in “Winter is Coming” to a snowy mixup in “Snowball Effect”, these scenes and more are sure to bring some frosty fun to your stage with a whole lot of humor and a dash of heart. And with a minimal set and super flexible cast, this one act play will be a fun and easy way to remind audiences of the magic that can only be found on a snow day.
Aesop Live!
Time: 75-80 min full length or 35 minute one act
Cast: 10-50+ any gender
Aesop’s Fables have never been told like this! Join two narrators as they take the audience on a wild ride through some of the greatest stories in ancient history! From well known classics like “The Tortoise and the Hare” and “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” to lesser known stories like “The Two Pots” and “The Thirsty Pigeon”, these fast paced fables get foibled as the narrators try and keep the show from running off the rails. With fun segments like “Ani-Mania!”, “The Fable Zone” and “Who’s Moral is it Anyway?” and hilarious characters like Moral Marty, (whose name is really Steve), Hermes, (race reporter and game show host), and Deputy Dubious, (keeping the streets safe from Questionable Morals), your actors and your audience will be rolling in the aisles, ‘cause in AESOP LIVE! there’s nothing slow and steady about these fables!
***Note that this script is now under a publishing contract with Playscripts/Broadway Licensing, who will handle all licensing requests in the near future. If you would like a free perusal, you can still obtain one from me by using the email address above.
Totally Murder!
Time: 90 minutes
Cast: 5 F, 2M, 16+ any gender (can be expanded with additional Shoppers)
“It’s the 1980s, and the food court at the Valley View Mall is bustling with all the usual suspects…the majorly glam rich kids with money to burn, the valley girls with their big hair and even bigger mouths, the health conscious aerobics instructor, the kinda scary punk rocker, the spazzy geek who’s in love with the quirky social outcast, the Madonna wanna-be, the nosy mall walker, and the trouble making skater boy with the gnarly moves. And of course there’s the people stuck wearing the silly unforms as they dish out ice cream, hot dogs, and all manner of greasy foods. But when the automatic doors to the food court stop working and the owner of the new pizza restaurant, Sarranos’s, falls down dead, things get totally heinous! It’s up to an enthusiastic mall security guard to figure out who’s guilty before the killer wigs out and claims another victim!”
Whistle Stop
Time: 75 minutes
Cast: 1 F, 13+ any gender (can be expanded)
“The regulars at the Whistle Stop diner know there’s nothing in life that can’t be fixed by a hot cup of coffee and a warm slice of apple pie, even if presidential candidates prefer to stop at the nearby Gold Star Cafe while on their campaign tour. So when a cold front freezes the pipes at the Gold Star, the diners at the Whistle Stop scramble to prepare for an unexpected visit from the latest presidential hopeful. But as pressures mount, and the stakes are raised, tension and misunderstanding threaten to divide this small town, putting the candidate’s visit, and the community as a whole, in jeopardy.
Whistle Stop is a story about people, not politics, that uses humor and heart to gently examine societal friction through the lens of a small town while ultimately reminding us that at the end of the day it’s not what divides us, but what brings us together that makes us a nation.”
***Note that this script is now under a publishing contract with Dramatic Publishing, who will handle all licensing requests in the near future. If you would like a free perusal, you can still obtain one from me by using the email address above.
Eclipse
Time: 75 minutes
Cast: 2 M, 5 F, 25+ any gender (can be easily doubled to a much smaller cast)
In the late morning hours of May 10, 1994, the moon travelled a path across the sky, encountering the sun and eventually blocking out its light for one brief moment, creating an eclipse. But down below, in cities all across the United States, from Roswell, New Mexico to St. Louis, Missouri, to Bangor, Maine and everywhere in between, people had encounters of their own…encounters with friends and enemies, encounters with love and loss, encounters with…aliens? Against the backdrop of an eclipse, this vignette style play is comprised of twelve scenes, each named after an iconic song from the early 1990s. From a possible meeting with an extra-terrestrial in “Things That Make You Go Hmmm…” to the dawn of the internet in “Whoomp! There It Is”, to a Romeo and Juliet encounter between a doctor and a window washer in “Come To My Window”, to coping with the death of a grunge icon…and a friendship in “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” to an unlikely friendship between a troubled teen and a homeless person in “Under The Bridge”, these scenes and more use humor and heart to remind us that as we forge our own path in life, it’s our quest to be better humans that will eclipse all.
***Note that this script is now under a publishing contract with Playscripts/Broadway Licensing, who will handle all licensing requests in the near future. If you would like a free perusal, you can still obtain one from me by using the email address above.