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A Sure Bet or Marryin' A Librarian (Flexible cast of 8-9, 75 minutes)
When Mr. Moore, founder of Echo, Texas, dies and leaves the town his fortune, his will states that the money is to be used for a library, but villain Jack Pott steals the will before it can be read and tries to convince the citizens to build a casino instead! Young and beautiful Paige Turner tries to avert the impending moral evil with the help of heroic Texas Ranger Darren Deeds, who is hot on the trail of another con man--or could the two villains be one and the same?
Performed by:
Melodramas at Cowtown (Wichita, KS)
BackStory Theatre Academy (Denver, CO)
Marquette Fine Arts Center (Marquette, KS)
Oklahoma Christian University (Edmond, OK)
Northside Players (Wichita, KS)
Mulvane Wildacts Community Theatre (Mulvane, KS)
Empire House Players (Wichita, KS)
ACT Theatre Company (Topeka, KS)
Brazos Theatre of Waco (Waco, TX)
Rockers Around the Christmas Tree or There's No Place Like The Old Folk's Home for the Holidays (4M, 5F with 2 flexible optional extras, 75 minutes)
The elderly residents of the Gingerbread House say they are losing their prized possessions but Dr. Conner and Nurse Payne insist it's the seniors are senile. Can Nick Saint and Hope Fullheart help their grandparents foil the villain's sinister scheme before the retirees are left penniless? Hidden talents are discovered and secret identities are revealed in this colorful Christmas caper.
Performed by:
Northside Players (Wichita, KS)
Empire House Players (Wichita, KS)
What a Racket or Singin' on the Plain (4-5M, 7-8F, 90 minutes)
Grammy and her granddaughter, the tuneful Carrie Okie, have a farm in the town of Trouble Cliff. Saloon owner Major Lee Flatt is about to go bankrupt despite getting cheap labor from a trio of saloon girls who he lured out west with the promise of helping them start a shop. When Band Joe, the town drunk and failed musician, tells Flatt of a mysterious buried treasure, Flatt vows to stop at nothing to find it! Can Sheriff Luke Sharp help stop Flatt’s scheme and woo Carrie when he’s constantly being called away to deal with miscellaneous mishaps?
Performed by:
Melodramas at Cowtown (Wichita, KS)
ACT Theatre Company (Topeka, KS)
The Christmas Castaways (4M, 4F, 75 minutes)
When a shipwreck strands a group of tourists on a tropical island, everyone is looking for treasure and a way home! Will the billionaires Douglas Fir and Virginia Pine, the botanist Kris Mystery, and boat captain Isaac Cool survive the schemes of the boastful Gene Ghoul-Bell and their perilous plight in this comic Christmas clash?
Performed by:
Northside Players (Wichita, KS)
ACT Theatre Company (Topeka, KS)
What's in Store or Beating the Holiday Gold Rush (Flexible cast of 9 adults and 3 children, 75 minutes)
After losing her parents, the math-loving Macy Bloomingdale heads west to search for her uncle, Trader Joe. Along the way, she meets the kind Marshal Fields, but local businessman J.C. Sears is also interested in Macy - as a source of free labor during the holiday shopping season! When the villain learns about Joe's gold mine, he's determined to kill Joe and marry Macy to claim it all! Will the mild-mannered mathematician survive in the wild west? Can the marshal spring her from jail without breaking the law? And what will it take for the local townsfolk to stop playing checkers?
Performed by:
Northside Players (Wichita, KS)
ACT Theatre Company (Topeka, KS)
Empire House Players (Wichita, KS)
A Heapin' Holiday Helpin' or Her Cooking Was Tragically Delicious (4M, 6F and 6 children, 90 minutes)
The sweet Honey Combe is finally getting to open her own restaurant in Coffee Creek, but the rich and villainous Lucky Charms wants to marry Honey and keep her cooking all to himself. When her grandmother's secret recipe disappears, will Honey be able drum up enough business to pay the rent and will Jack Kellogg, the new teacher, get his students in line before the superintendent inspects the school? Donuts, quirky townspeople, and stampeding buffalo round appear in this show full of holiday hijinks!
Performed by:
Northside Players (Wichita, KS)
Empire House Players (Wichita, KS)
A Medieval Upheaval or Good Knight, Sweet Heart (3M, 5W, 1 flexible extra, 60 minutes)
When Sir Cliff of Dover returns from his latest knightly quest, he wants to marry his sweetheart, Lady Angela of Lansbury, but the vain Queen Jane the Ostentatious has her own scheme to kick Lady Angela out of the kingdom and out of line for the throne. Can you say "dragons, jesters, and dying nuns, oh my?"
Performed by:
Jefferson West High School (Meriden, KS)
Northside Players (Wichita, KS)
A Movie Melodrama or The Reel Deal (4M, 4W, 1 flexible, 60 minutes)
Laura Lynn Hardy is trying to keep the Pickford Dairy running, but business in the town of Vaudeville is drying up! When a movie director and his leading lady suffer car trouble on their way to Hollywood, Laura convinces them that Vaudeville is the perfect place to film and all the townsfolk (and audience!) pitch in and become part of the cast and crew. Will Laura's school sweetheart, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., be able to save the milkmaid and her cow, Bessie, before her mortgage payment is due or will he be swept off his feet by the villainous Delilah DeLuxe?
***NEW*** Clothes Call or Caught in the Fabric of Your Lies (5M, 5W, 90 minutes)
Chantilly Lace moves to Burlap Gap to be the new cook and housekeeper for ranch owner Hugo Boss. She meets Levi Wrangler, who owns the homestead next door, and it’s love at first sight. But Hugo Boss wants his daughter, Velvet Velour, to marry Levi so he can add his farmland to his spread. Can Hugo stymie the star-crossed lovers? Does Levi manage to hold on to his home while losing his heart? Can Chantilly see through Hugo’s fibs and fabrications? Will Hugo’s ranch hands agree to wearing fringed fancy duds to the big square dance? Find out in this mod, madcap Midwest melodrama!
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