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Turnabout (Sharkey, Easton)

Short Musical, Dramatic Comedy  /  2w, 6m

Ken Easton, Jack Sharkey

Book, Music and Lyrics by Jack Sharkey and Ken Easton

Based on The Book of Esther, Turnabout is a lyrically hilarious tale incorporating the world's first recorded beauty contest and lots of plotting, counter plotting and treachery. How Esther is selected as Queen, foils the villain and saves her people
from destruction makes for an inspiring and uproarious theatrical event.

Turnabout (Sharkey, Easton)

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 6m
  • Duration
    Duration
    60 minutes (1 hour)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Biography, Docudrama/Historic, Faith-based
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
Based on the biblical Book of Esther, Turnabout is a lyrically hilarious tale incorporating the world's first recorded beauty contest and lots of plotting, counter plotting and treachery. Dealing reverently with good guys and irreverently with the bad guys, it offers an entertaining evening that demonstrates the futility of all plotters who dare to scheme against the chosen of God. How Esther is selected as Queen, foils the villain and saves her people from destruction makes for an inspiring and uproarious theatrical event.

ESTHER - obedient niece of
MORDECHAI - a deeply religious Jew
KING - of The Persian Empire
HAMAN - a scheming Persian noble
ZARES - the wife of Haman
MAJOR-DOMO - of the Royal Palace
BAGATHAN & THARES - treasonous eunuchs
MISS ABYSSINIA - and all the following are beauty contestants
MISS SARDINIA
MISS THRACE
MISS PHRYGIA
MISS UR
MISS MACEDONIA
MISS LACONIA
MISS SUDAN
MISS SUMERIA
MISS CRETE
MISS JORDAN
MISS CARTHAGE
MISS CYPRUS
MISS CORINTH
MISS CADIZ
MISS CHALDEA
Plus GUARDS, COURTIERS, TOWNSPEOPLE, SERVANTS, HANDMAIDENS, NOBLES, EUNUCHS, etc.

Plus a large Chorus. The 16 beauty contestants, after their two musical numbers, can, of course, fill in as handmaidens, townswomen, courtiers' wives, and so forth.

  • Time Period Not Applicable
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 60 minutes (1 hour)
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

Music

  • Musical Style Classic Broadway
  • Vocal DemandsModerate
  • Orchestra Size Piano Only
  • Chorus Size Medium

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Author

Ken Easton

Jack Sharkey

Jack Sharkey (1931-1992) was born on May 6, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. He began writing when he was 10 years old. He graduated from college with a BA in Creative Writing and taught school from 1953 to 1955. In mid-1955, Mr. Sharkey enlisted in the Army, serving at Sandia Base ...

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