Vaudeville: a play with music
by Laurence Carr
Musical Consultant: Gene Jones
(NOTE: all songs in the script are royalty free) Synopsis: Set in Philadelphia in 1919 in the parlor of Kit Turner’s theatrical boarding house, this bitter-sweet comedy is filled with humor and song, exploring the lives of eleven vaudevillians trying to make it to the ‘Big-Time” before the movies make their form of entertainment a memory. Theatre History:
The following is the list of theatres in which Vaudeville has been produced: The Willows Theatre, Martinez, CA (Cabaret contract) July 2012 The Advent Theatre, North Hollywood, CA (AEA Guest Artist Contract) Oct. 2011 Virginia Stage Company, Norfolk, VA (AEA LORT) Sept.-Oct. 2002 Plymouth Theatre Guild, Plymouth, MI (Community Theatre) El Paso Playhouse, El Paso, TX (Community Theatre) The Calumet Theatre, Calumet, MI (Community Theatre) The State Theatre, Theatricks by Starlight, Deposit, NY (Community/Summer Stock) The Flat Rock Theatre, NC; (AEA Summer Stock) Oldcastle Theatre Company, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT; (AEA Regional) The Attic Theatre, Detroit MI (AEA Regional) Nov. 1986 Reading/Workshop at Westbeth Theatre, NYC 1985 (Peter Schifter, director) |
Praise for Vaudeville
Praise from the Producers and Directors
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