[NEohioPAL] MAKE A PROFIT IN COMMUNITY THEATER

[Mark Little]

MAKE A PROFIT IN COMMUNITY THEATER

HOW?

Know how to market your product

Give it a local flavor

Produce it inexpensively

 

            Playwright, producer, director, Gregory J. Lavelle offers at low
cost plays which have been sell-outs and which have received top reviews,
none of which require expensive sets or costuming.

For more information email  <mailto:lavellearb at aim.com> lavellearb at aim.com
or call (440) 724-4538.

 

A FRESH START AT THE SUNRISE LAUNDROMAT

Set in Cleveland, a two act comedy/drama about our troubled times where
Wendel, an obviously insane homeless man believes that a pair of unmatched
socks are actually aliens from the Planet Scruitol who have appointed him
Emperor to solve the economic problems of the United States, the world
problems of global warming and even the problems in the Middle East. 

A QUESTION OF GUILT - STATE V. DAVIS

Set in Cleveland, a two act "interactive" jury trial murder mystery where
the audience sits as jury.  There are four (4) alternate endings so that the
murderer changes with each performance.         

BRANCHES

Set in Cleveland, an audience interactive "interactive" play in which the
audience determines the final outcome.  A psychiatrist conducts the group
discussion concerning the problems the patient,  a self-made man, who is
facing his mid-life crisis.  Through a magic potion, the patient is led
through the "branches" in his life where he was faced with choices.  The
psychiatrist allows him to take the other branch and view the consequences.
While the patient believes his choices are imaginary, they are actually
real.  The audience can choose to bail the patient out or to allow him to
face the consequences of his actions with three alternate endings.


JAKE'S DILEMMA

A two act comedy about a paranoid old man running a diner in the middle of
nowhere in Arizona who comes to believe that two tourists are from outer
space and holds them at gunpoint.  The tagline:  Perhaps even a crazy
squirrel finds an acorn now and again.

THE HIGH ROAD

A two act drama set in plantation in Alabama just before the start of the
Civil War.  James, who has just returned from studying in the North, is
informed that his father is dying and that he must take over the plantation.
James determines to free his slaves, but realizes that the slaves are bound
more by their lack of education than their chains.  James brings in a
teacher to educate the slaves.  He faces challenges by the other plantation
owners who employ various economic measures and finally resort to threats of
violence to attempt to ensure that he is not successful.  With the common
sense, savvy and help of his chief slave and the surprising wisdom of his
"simple" Aunt Emily, he is able free the slaves.  Contains historically
accurate information regarding the economics of slavery, early
African-American figures and the underground railroad.  A good teaching tool
for Black History Month.

 

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