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Eldridge Announces Top School Plays and Top School Musicals
Customers
often ask us here at Eldridge which
of our nearly one thousand plays
and musicals are top sellers. Our top selling school plays
and top community
theatre plays are usually comedies.
This year, playwright Byran Starchman
stands above the rest with his large-cast full-length
comedy, “Just Another High School
Play.” This delightful play
captured the attention of school theatres all
across the country to make it the best a new Eldridge play has ever done in its
first year out!
Bryan is currently working with
writer/composer Steve Murray
on a musical version of this top-selling high school play.
Steve is well-known in the musical theatre
world for his incredibly popular school musicals
such as “The Bard Is
Back,” and “Pom-Pom
Zombies,” both ideal titles for junior and
senior high school, and his youth theatre
musicals such as “Mother Goose, Inc.”
and “The Edge of the
Nest.”
Speaking of
comedies, no list would be complete without mentioning the ever-popular playwright
Pat Cook.
Be sure to check out his numerous Eldridge titles,
especially “Barbecuing Hamlet.”
In the play, a community theatre is trying to produce a little bit of Shakespeare,
with hilarious results.
This play
falls under our “Almost Shakespeare”
category, but, Eldridge also publishes a whole section of the Bard. Our Shakespeare
adaptations are shorter and more easily performed than the
originals, making the work much more accessible to young
actors.
In the youth
theatre category, playwright Wade Bradford’s
latest fairy tale adaptation, the enchanting “Thumbelina,” is sure
to rise to the top of the list. It can be performed by young actors
or by older actors for young audiences.
Also
deserving of top billing are two new one-act
dramas by Tim Mogford. “Libby Pearce Drinks”
was performed to great acclaim this summer in Arizona at the national SADD
convention. “Text This”
tackles ever-growing problem of cyber-bullying.
These plays of
social significance are perfect for one-act competitions, but more
importantly, are sure to make an impact with students.
In our dinner theatre plays
category, “Just
Desserts” has been a favorite for years. This comic murder mystery is by Craig Sodaro,
one of our most talented and prolific playwrights. Another popular interactive play is “B-I-N-G-O Spells
Murder” by Robert Mattson. We’ve seen performances of both plays this
year and can personally guarantee they deserve to be on the favorites list.
Another
top-selling play on our list is “The Little Town of
Christmas.” This holiday
play is a classic and has been performed countless times. We publish
several hundred non-denominational religious plays
and religious
musicals in a separate catalog, Eldridge Christian Plays and
Musicals.
In addition
to Eldridge’s two separate catalogs of plays and musicals, be sure to check out
our new company, Encore Performance Publishing,
which offers some 300 family-pleasing plays and musicals for middle schools,
high schools, colleges, community theatres, and religious institutions.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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TEXT THIS By Tim Mogford
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For two weeks Amy’s life has been unbearable. An intimate conversation she had online with a boy she likes has been cut and pasted so many times that she is now the laughing stock of the school. To make matters worse, she has been receiving threatening text messages, and her family has been plagued by a series of anonymous phone calls which have been intimidating and offensive. The play opens as she sits alone in a classroom, and she is soon joined unexpectedly by Kara, who is apparently looking for a prom committee meeting. However, when Amy leaves, it becomes increasingly clear that Kara, and her friends Jordan and Jess, have not come here to discuss the prom. In fact, even they are not aware of all the reasons for their being here. As the play turns from one half-truth to the next, the girls find themselves forced to confront not only their role in what has happened, but what their actions betray about themselves. (Contains some mature language.)
#2147 Text This
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