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Masterpiece

Short Play, Comedy  /  1w, 1m, 8any gender (adult)

Nathan Metcalf

Winner! 2005 Wells Fargo Spotlight on the Arts Award for Excellence.

Masterpiece

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 1m, 8any gender (adult)
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Fantasy, Theatre for Young Audiences
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! 2005 Wells Fargo Spotlight on the Arts Award for Excellence.

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Summary

A young artist embarks on a journey to discover her one great masterpiece. On the way she learns about life, love, money, Georgia O'Keefe, tubas, really fat ducks, monkeys wearing roller skate, and the joy of coloring outside the lines.

History

First performed in 2005 by St. Michael Albertville High School (Albertville, MN) for the Minnesota State High School League one-act play tournament, where it received numerous awards.

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Performing Groups

THE ARTIST - A young girl who graduates from college and sets forth on her journey to create her one great masterpiece.
ENSEMBLE - Flexible genders, ethnicities or abilities. They play everyone The Artist meets along the way.

Flexible roles. Adding or subtracting narrator roles is perfectly acceptable. As is the addition of live musicians to play background or non-copyrighted music.

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Additional Features Mime, No intermission, Special Effects, Multimedia
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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REVIEWS

"Just a lovely piece of theatre...We would be remiss if we didn't mention the visual elements, which were just stunning...There are just so many wonderful things about this, but the thing that overrode all the beautiful stuff was its innocence and whimsy." - Minnesota State High School League

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  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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Authors

Nathan Metcalf

Nathan Metcalf
Nathan Metcalf has been a full time playwright with the National Theatre for Children since 2006, where he also serves as the Technical Director, writing short plays for elementary school students about electrical safety, financial matters, water conservation, the media, and ...
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