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ANCHORWOMAN
ISBN: 978-1-60003-319-3
Type: Trios & More
Genre: Comedy
Themes: Movies, Film & Television, Betrayal, Scheming
Duration: 10 minutes
Speaking Cast: 3 females (3 total cast)
SYNOPSIS: Newbie Sally Shell must co-anchor the evening news with veteran Shelly Sommers, but Sally makes the mistake of criticizing Shelly. In retaliation, Shelly challenges Sally to a ratings duel in which the winner will be crowned "Queen of KDST Channel 6 News," and the loser must resign. During the broadcast, as tensions rise, each newscaster hurls insults and silly string, leaving the viewing audience to wonder, "Is this news or a reality show?"
SHS Henderson, NE Oak Hall Gainesville, FL WRAMS Middle Level Forensics Wisconsin Rapids, WI Pittsville High School Forensics Pittsville, WI Mobridge-Pollock School District Mobridge, SD Skyline High School Idaho Falls, ID Bertrand High School Bertrand, NE Centura Public School (Speech) Cairo, NE Sioux Center CSD Sioux Center, IA Oakville High School Saint Louis, MO ZCSD Talented Theatre Zachary, LA Greeley Central High School Forensics Greeley, CO Middle School Theatre Taylors, SC Sacajawea Middle School Bozeman, MT Belmond Klemme School District Belmond, IA Callaway Public Schools Callaway, NE Kuemper Catholic High School Carroll, IA Nebraska City High School Nebraska City, NE Peshtigo Middle High School Peshtigo, WI Central Valley Greeley, NE Terre Haute South Vigo High School Terre Haute, IN Stoneman Douglas HS Parkland, FL Cripple Creek-Victor School District RE1 Cripple Creek, CO Greenwood High School Greenwood, IN Chokio Alberta School Chokio, MN Ortonville Public Schools Ortonville, MN Overbrook School Nashville, TN Denver Senior High School Denver, IA Wellington High School Wellington, OH Great Plains Lutheran High School Watertown, SD Harris Middle School San Antonio, TX Kindred Public School Kindred, ND McLouth USD 342 McLouth, KS West CTA Las Vegas, NV McMillen High School Murphy, TX Sacred Heart High School Salina, KS Gate City High School Gate City, VA
Ideas for plays lurk everywhere. In 2005, two students and I were on Pahrump KPVM-41 to promote a high school play we were producing. In studio, there were two sets in one room: one for a community talk show, the other for nightly news. One student sat down at the anchor desk and began to improvise the news. Her performance triggered the thought that this could become a comedy. About the same time, Will Farrell''s Anchorman was in theaters, and these two ideas became the basis for Anchorwoman, about two dueling newscasters.
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