Sci-Fi Scenes and Monster Dreams: Scenes for Student Actors / Edition 1

by Jan Peterson Ewen

Overview

These hilarious scenes include spoofs of popular movies, television shows, and books, as well as original stories. A valuable resource for any group of actors, this laugh-out-loud collection also builds essential skills like pantomime, comedic timing, using accents, and physical characterization. All scenes are easy to stage with fun roles for everyone!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566081979
Publisher:	Meriwether Publishing, Limited
Publication date:	08/17/2015
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,064,650
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.20(d)

Table of Contents

1 You Complete Me: (1M, 5 either / 9 minutes) 1

2 How Time Flies: (2M, 3 either / 10 minutes) 9

3 Bunk Mates: (2 either / 5 minutes) 17

4 You Don't Say: (2M, 2F, 1 either / 10 minutes) 23

5 An Unexpected Visitor: (2M 7 minutes) 31

6 Three Heads Are Better Than One: (5 either / 8 minutes) 37

7 The Nuts and Bolts of Charm School: (1M, 3 either / 10 minutes) 45

8 Ready, Set, Duel: (4M, 1 either / 6 minutes) 53

9 Happy Birthday, Captain Dirk: (2M, 3 either / 8 minutes) 59

10 The Amoeba: (1M, 1F, 4 either unlimited extras / 6 minutes) 67

11 There's No Place Like Home: (2M, 2F, 1 either / 7 minutes) 73

12 What Kind Of Ghoul Am I?: (1M, 1F 7 minutes) 79

13 Super-Duper Heroes: (2M, 2F / 6 minutes) 85

14 That Old Silk Hat: (3M, 2F, 1 either / 8 minutes) 91

15 Heckle Or Jekyll?: (4M, 2F / 9 minutes) 99

16 The Ghost Explorers: (3M, 2F / 7 minutes) 107

Production Notes 113

About The Author 119

Editorial Reviews

Sci-Fi Scenes and Monster Dreams: 16 Comedy Scenes for Student Actors is an anthology of brief yet delightfully funny theater scenes that parody popular sci-fi movies, television shows, and books. From mad scientists to superheroes to socially awkward robots, the characters in these easy-to-stage scenes are ideal for encouraging student actors to develop their talent. Drama instructors or community theater actors on a budget will be happy to know that "The rights to unlimited amateur performances of these scenes at one location are granted with the purchase of this book. Permission to reproduce copies of individual scenes included in this text is granted to amateur groups with the purchase of this book." Sci-Fi Scenes and Monster Dreams is an excellent, user-friendly resource of silly scenarios that are just plain fun to act out!

Midwest Book Review