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Who's Crazy Now?

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  9w, 3m

Gerald Bell

In an insane asylum, we find a number of lady schoolteachers who have lost their mental balance trying to educate their pupils!

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    9w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    75 Minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
In an insane asylum, we find a number of lady schoolteachers who have lost their mental balance trying to educate their pupils! This play starts hilariously when the ladies talk and act like their former charges. A love story is introduced with the visit of the niece of the superintendent and a young staff doctor, but each thinks the other is an inmate. The niece thinks she would like to be a teacher, but after witnessing the antics of schoolteachers she decides to marry the young doctor. Recommended for churches, schools, community groups, and teachers everywhere!
Keywords
NURSE SMITH - A kindly, good-natured person, rather young.
NURSE JONES - An impatient, demanding sort of person who will never get used to the antics of the patients. Older than Miss Smith.
ART TEACHER - Tall, dark woman who takes her work very seriously. In a perpetual feud with the Music Teacher.
MUSIC TEACHER - Large, heavy-chested woman with great and powerful lungs which are used frequently.
HISTORY TEACHER - Dramatic, nervous, erratic woman.
PRINCIPAL - Serious, never forgets that she is the Principal. She is pompous and bigoted.
ENGLISH TEACHER - A joyful person during playtime but is serious when teaching. The chief comedy part.
GYM TEACHER - Preferably a large woman, very dynamic with an abundance of energy who forces her way through life. She is also very coy and bashful during scenes with Dr. Sullivan.
DOCTOR VAN - The leading man, nice-looking, kind and jovial.
MR. ARTHUR - A man about forty-five or fifty; rather dignified, and inclined to be an "I-told-you'so" type, but still likable.
FLORENCE WARE- A petite and chic young woman-not dumb, but  never quite knowing just what everything is all about in this asylum.
DOCTOR SULLIVAN - A dandified and pompous man of forty-five or fifty. Always maintains an air of dignity, until he gets the opportunity of trying one of his theories.
  • Time Period Present Day
  • Setting An insnane asylum.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Duration 75 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Music

  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Gerald Bell

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