Luau for King Lear

Book By: Pat Cook
Play #: 8273
Pages: 72 pgs
Cast: 3 m, 9 w

The Peaceful Glen Memorial Players are about to mount a new production, but this time, it's a fight for their lives. It's not just the usual hand-to-hand combat between board members Duncan and Hope for the last donut. This time the company is about to lose their building. According to the late Archibald Donnelly's will, they could keep the building as long as they do "quality productions." Oh, they have tried, in their own left-field way, to do the classics. "Isn't it true," family heir Blair Beesley asks, "that you did 'Twelve Angry Men' with five actors and seven store mannequins?" Board President Tamara sees an opening when she learns that Blair once minored in drama in college. "You will be our next director!" So Blair chooses the Shakespearean classic "King Lear," unaware that the play will have a setting in the tropics to coincide with the town's celebration theme. What Blair faces in the next few weeks are giggling teenagers, a cranky lady who live in the basement apartment, a leading man with a slight "problem," food fights and teaching Hawaiian to her cast. All sorts of oddball community theater types come out of the woodwork in this riotous farce where your audience not only gets to see their performance but also what goes on behind the scenes. With a cast of 12 and two easy sets, this is the hilarious prequel to "Barbecuing Hamlet."

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Productions

2 Performance(s)
NORTH AUGUSTA, SC 5/3/2019
MONROEVILLE COMMUNITY PLAYERS 1 Performance(s)
NORWALK, OH 3/10/2019
THEATRE GROUP 1 Performance(s)
HOLLAND, NL 6/13/2017
ANDREWS OSBORNE ACADEMY 2 Performance(s)
WILLOUGHBY, OH 2/17/2017
COMMUNITY ART PLAYERS 2 Performance(s)
SALISBURY, MO 10/28/2016
GAREY HIGH SCHOOL 3 Performance(s)
POMONA, CA 1/20/2016
STEVENS POINT AREA SENIOR HIGH 3 Performance(s)
PLOVER, WI 11/13/2015
FAMILY THEATRE 6 Performance(s)
PHENIX CITY, AL 5/25/2013
COCHRAN PRODUCTIONS 6 Performance(s)
WADSWORTH, OH 5/3/2013
TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL 2 Performance(s)
MANCHESTER, NH 11/16/2012
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN SCHOOL 1 Performance(s)
WASHINGTON, MO 10/15/2012
OAKLANDON CIVIC THEATRE 6 Performance(s)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 3/23/2012
MOUND CITY R-2 HIGH SCHOOL 2 Performance(s)
MOUND CITY, MO 3/22/2012
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY 3 Performance(s)
NEW ULM, MN 3/22/2012
MONROEVILLE COMMUNITY PLAYERS 3 Performance(s)
MONROEVILLE, OH 11/11/2011
TEHACHAPI HIGH SCHOOL 2 Performance(s)
TEHACHAPI, CA 5/13/2011
JEFF DAVIS ARTS COUNCIL 2 Performance(s)
JENNINGS, LA 5/7/2011
RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL 1 Performance(s)
LYNNVILLE, TN 4/28/2011
HUSTISFORD HIGH SCHOOL 2 Performance(s)
HUSTISFORD, WI 11/13/2010
VALLEY THEATER COMPANY 4 Performance(s)
PROSSER, WA 8/6/2010
OSKALOOSA COMMUNITY THEATER 3 Performance(s)
OSKALOOSA, IA 7/15/2010
GAREY HIGH SCHOOL 3 Performance(s)
POMONA, CA 5/13/2009
BIGFORK COMMUNITY PLAYERS 6 Performance(s)
BIGFORK, MT 5/1/2009
PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL 2 Performance(s)
PLYMOUTH, OH 4/24/2009
J-T DRAMA CLUB 2 Performance(s)
JASPER, NY 3/19/2009
ARLINGTON MEMORIAL HIGH SCH 3 Performance(s)
ARLINGTON, VT 11/19/2008
WINDSOR COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE 6 Performance(s)
WINDSOR, CO 7/11/2008
RAVENNA HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB 2 Performance(s)
KENT, OH 4/18/2008
FESTIVAL PLAYHOUSE 8 Performance(s)
ARVADA, CO 3/28/2008
SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOL 3 Performance(s)
GROVELAND, FL 3/6/2008
BLACK HILLS COMMUNITY THEATRE 12 Performance(s)
RAPID CITY, SD 11/1/2007
THEATRE GROUP 1 Performance(s)
THE NETHERLANDS, 8/1/2007
LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL 3 Performance(s)
LIBERTY, SC 4/26/2007
PIONEER TRAIL JR HIGH 1 Performance(s)
OLATHE, KS 10/17/2006
NORTH PLATTE SR HIGH SCHOOL 2 Performance(s)
NORTH PLATTE, NE 10/3/2006
THEATRE NEWINGTON-ONSTAGE 2 Performance(s)
NEWINGTON, CT 5/19/2006
WADSWORTH HS 3 Performance(s)
WADSWORTH, OH 5/4/2006
LJHS / CENTRAL SCHOOL 2 Performance(s)
LINCOLN, IL 4/28/2006
TEMECULA UNITED METHODIST CH 4 Performance(s)
WINCHESTER, CA 4/21/2006
FOOTHILLS THEATRE 4 Performance(s)
SUMAS, WA 5/6/2005
ARTESIA COMMUNITY THEATRE 5 Performance(s)
ARTESIA, NM 4/29/2005
THEATRE GROUP 6 Performance(s)
HOUMA, LA 4/8/2005
BROOKVILLE COMMUNITY THEATER 8 Performance(s)
BROOKVILLE, OH 2/17/2005
BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOL 1 Performance(s)
BUFFALO, WV 11/1/2004
SARGENT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL 1 Performance(s)
FORMAN, ND 10/15/2004
PAOLI HIGH SCHOOL 1 Performance(s)
PAOLI, IN 5/29/2004
WOODLAKE HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL 2 Performance(s)
SAN ANTONIO, TX 5/20/2004
PALACE THEATRE 2 Performance(s)
MARLIN, TX 5/1/2004
ROSSVILLE-ALVIN HIGH SCH 1 Performance(s)
ROSSVILLE, IL 4/4/2004

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