Full Length Play
Comedy
Fantasy, Period, Docudrama/Historic
105 Minutes
Time Period - Contemporary, Present Day
Settings Of Play - Set pieces should be kept to a minimum. Rely on the audience and their imagination to bring the rest. They will reward you for that opportunity. Projections can be used if you have the technology.
FEATURES / CONTAINS
Audience Participation/Interactive, Local Celebrity Cameo, Physical Comedy, Stage Combat, Special Effects
Cuttings allowed, Monologues, Scene work, Competition or audition material
Unit Set/Multiple Settings, Bare Stage/Simple Set, Opportunity for Spectacle
CAUTIONS
No Special Cautions
THEMES
Adolescence, Aging, Betrayal, Business, Christianity, Death, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Friendship, Love, Marriage, Politics, Religion
TARGET AUDIENCE
Appropriate for all audiences
PERFORMANCE GROUP
Jr High/Primary, High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Large Stage, Church / Religious Groups
Winner! International Midtown Festival, Best One Act (for final monologue "Framed")
Winner! NJTheater.com Perry Award, Best Play in New Jersey Theatre
7 One Acts, 6 Monologues!
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has come to life! A fast-paced series of SEVEN comedic plays and SIX monologues based on 50+ exhibits at The Metropolitan Museum Of Art in NYC. Paintings, sculptures, antiquities, & fertility gods emerge from their molds & frames. Mix in some artists, guards, critics, lovers, curators and one very special night and you have this new comedic hit. In fact, even the artwork speaks to the audience! Using a variety of theatrical styles and rhythms, on a single set, it can be done with 3 females, 2 males, or 36 people! Flexible casting makes it perfect for all schools and organizations.
The #1 Pick of New York Magazine!
"Plenty of plays on words and contemporary references that add humor and a twist." - NYTheatre.com
"The work suddenly elevates from its warm, romantic frame to a profound philosophical thought." - OOBR.com
"The appreciation of Art through the use of Comedy is a perfect cross-curricular blend." - Janice Baldwin, Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, Princeton, NJ
"It revived our summer theatre program and sold out every performance!" - Michael Gallagher, The Peddie School, Hightstown, NJ
Exhibit This! The Museum Comedies and its component plays and monologues were first performed in two premiere productions: by The Peddie Players at The Peddie School in Hightstown, NJ, in July 2005, directed by Michael Gallagher; and by Metropolitan Theatre Company at the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch, NJ, in July 2005, directed by the author.
