The League of Semi-Superheroes
by Valerie Smith, Michael Bigelow Dixon
10 Minute Play, Comedy / 4m, 2f
As their looming financial problems become a reality, a group of five semi-superheroes must confront their uselessness in the world.
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Cast Size
4m, 2fDuration
10 minutesSuggested Use
- Scene work
- Competition or audition material
Target Audience
- Appropriate for all audiences
Additional Info
As their looming financial problems become a reality, a group of five semi-superheroes must confront their uselessness in the world. Their inherent optimism comes into direct conflict with their obvious lack of skills. Perhaps their only superpower is optimism in the face of failure.
Published in Ten-Minute Plays from The Actors Theatre of Louisville, Vol. 4.
Considerations
Performing Groups
- High School/Secondary
- College Theatre / Student
- Community Theatre
- Shoestring Budget
- Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
License details
- Minimum Fee: $45 per performance
Production
Details
- Duration: 10 minutes
- Setting: The League of Semi-Superheroes' sparsely furnished office.
- Features / Contains: Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes, Elaborate / High Volume Costumes
Casting
4m, 2fCAROL
EL GRANDE DE NAYSAYER DE NAY
MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
PUSHY BOB
WABBIT WOMAN
HUMAN PUDDLE
Cast Attributes
- Ensemble cast
- Non-Traditional casting
Casting Notes
Characters are dreamers all, but real, very real.
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Authors
Valerie Smith
Michael Bigelow Dixon
Michael Bigelow Dixon is a playwright, director, and professor of theatre. For 17 years, he supervised the reading and selection of plays for the annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville. He then moved to Minneapolis where he created a new play program that commiss ...
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