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BLACK HEARTS AND BEARDED LADIES
ISBN: 978-1-61588-013-3
Type: Full Length
Genre: Comedy
Themes: Gangs & Mafia, Family
Duration: 90 minutes
Speaking Cast: 16 females, 10 males (26 total cast)
SYNOPSIS: When four rude, crude, unladylike ladies take up residency at the Sweetwater Inn under the guise of musicians, the Inn is turned upside down. The foursome is the fiendish, thievish Bearded Lady Bandits incognito and they’re staying at the Sweetwater Inn along with an odd, but hilarious assortment of other drop-ins including Clarissa, a fortune-teller who all-too-accurately predicts doom; a mysterious swindler, Fredrico Vinyofski, competing with the Bearded Lady Bandits for financial growth; Luna, a maid who eats an occasional fly; Franklin and Pickles, two likable but lazy relatives; an egotistical (greedy) psychiatrist, Dr. Frankenmirth; and a lovable lodger, Mr. Mimms, who is looking for love in all the wrong places. Many a time this would be considered a full house, but family’s family and when the wealthy, headstrong, trigger-happy Aunt Golda arrives to announce her sixth marriage, the real trouble begins. One interior set.
Concordia International School Hanoi Hanoi, Vietnam West Holt Public Schools Atkinson, NE River Valley Speech and Drama Correctionville, IA North Cedar High School Drama Department Clarence, IA Monica Velez Homestead, FL East Ascension High School Gonzales, LA
Otter Valley Country Club George, IA Wolf Point High School Wolf Point, MT Otis-Bison Jr./Sr. High Otis, KS Sioux Valley School Volga, SD West Central Maynard, IA Madison Jr. High School Madison, ME Boone Grove High School Drama Club Valpariaso, IN Albany High School Albany, MN Kuemper Catholic High School Carroll, IA Logan High School Logan, WV KCS Drama Club nunda, NY Le Mars Community School Le Mars, IA Vandalia Community High School Vandalia, IL MacNeill Secondary School Vancouver, BC, Canada Kelly Road Secondary School 283 Prince George, BC, Canada LENOIR CITY HIGH SCHOOL LENOIR CITY, TN RTR Middle School Russell, MN Reedsville High School Reedsville, WI Cleveland Central Catholic High School Cleveland, OH Sully County Community Players Agar, SD Deposit Central High School Deposit, NY Wayland-Cohocton Central School District Wayland, NY Dyersburg High School Drama Dyersburg, TN Greenville First Christian Church Greenville, IL Bellevue Community High School Bellevue, IA Chester Jr/Sr High School Chester, CA Templeton High School Templeton, CA Centralia High School Drama Club Centralia, IL Pocahontas Area School Pocahontas, IA Farwell High School Drama Farwell, MI East Windsor High School East Windsor, CT Gregory School District Gregory, SD West Perry High School Elliottsburg, PA
When I first wrote this play, there were only two bearded ladies, but when I held auditions all the girls wanted to be bearded ladies, so I added two more! They were so popular with audiences that I brought them back in "For the Love of Lucy." The part of Clarissa, the fortune teller, was intended for a female, but a boy tried out for the part and outshone all other contenders! He almost stole the show.
This is one of my earliest plays, an old-fashioned comedy full of zany, likable characters, unlikely situations, and a happy ending. I just wanted audiences to laugh a lot, have a good time, and leave with a smile on their faces. Very simple and fun to direct.
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