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DR. SOONEY'S MEDICINE
Type: One Act
Genres: Comedy, Farce, Classics
Theme: Classic Adaptations
Duration: 45 minutes
Speaking Cast: 5 females, 7 males (12 total cast)
Flexibility: 5-10 extras
SYNOPSIS: “Lettin’ the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in!” "If you find yourself in a hole… the first thing to do is stop diggin’!"
These words of wisdom are spoken by the lovable Sooney Ollis. Audiences of all ages revel in the comedic script with fast-paced, outrageous antics and exaggerated characters. Adapted from Moliere’s The Doctor in Spite of Himself, this play puts a mountain twist on the French classic.
Kaneland Harter Middle School Sugar Grove, IL Vera C. O'Leary Middle School Twin Falls, ID Academy high school Little river-academy, TX Edgewood High School Edgewood, TX Brady Public School Brady, NE Flandreau High School Flandreau, SD MILLER SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE ACT Miller, SD Zion Christian Academy Columbia, TN Buffalo Jr. High School Buffalo, TX Adario Community Players Shiloh, OH Lamar Middle School Temple, TX Winside Public School Winside, NE IDCI Ingersoll, ON University College - University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand Wunderlich Intermediate School Houston, TX GRACE Christian School Raleigh, NC Edgewood High School Edgewood, TX Bellville Junior High School Bellville, TX Friendswood Junior High School Friendswood, TX St. Paul's Lutheran School Fond eu Lac, WI Spring Valley High School Huntington, WV Lanier MS Houston, TX Trailer Estates Drama Group Bradenton, FL Wesley United Methodist Church Gainesville, FL Morgan County Middle School Madison, GA Hamburg High School Hamburg, IA Friends of Musselshell School Melstone, MT Waterloo High School Drama Waterloo, AL Clare High School Clare, MI Delton Kellogg High School Delton, MI The Pentecostals of Katy Katy, TX
With our love for Moliere and the mountains, in mind, we set about adapting "A Doctor in Spite of Himself". Mountain culture, including that of the Southern Appalachia, is rich in folklore, broad lively characters, colorful sayings, tight communities, strong convictions, and traditions steeped in moonshine. It is from this fertile cultural soil that we pulled many of the elements used in Dr. Sooney’s Medicine. The character names are from regional grave markers, the sayings from our own experiences, the personalities based on folklore and real people, and the power of moonshine is straight from mountain history and Joseph Dabney’s book, "Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread, & Scuppernog Wine: The Folklore and Art of Southern Appalachian Cooking".
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