Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board: large cast, no set shows

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   Well we are down to the wire chosing a show for our spring production. Still hoping the theater will be done in time.  We are trying to incorporate as many kids as possible (high school) so we want a relatively large cast. We've looked at "Our Town" but that was just done at a local college 
or "12 Angry Jurors"  that we could use just furniture in the show.  This one we are waiting to hear on the rights, but does not look promising.
We are just hoping for more options, any ideas?  At this point, comedy  or drama doesn't really matter.

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Aimee Celebrity Joined: 8/31/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 156	Topic: large cast, no set shows Posted: 11/08/07 at 6:26pm
	Well we are down to the wire chosing a show for our spring production. Still hoping the theater will be done in time. We are trying to incorporate as many kids as possible (high school) so we want a relatively large cast. We've looked at "Our Town" but that was just done at a local college or "12 Angry Jurors" that we could use just furniture in the show. This one we are waiting to hear on the rights, but does not look promising. We are just hoping for more options, any ideas? At this point, comedy or drama doesn't really matter.
	Aimee

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tristanrobin Celebrity Joined: 4/25/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 704	Posted: 11/09/07 at 9:02am
	"The Lottery" "The First Actress" "The Dining Room"
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LabRat Walk-On Joined: 9/19/07 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 11/09/07 at 3:01pm
	"The Dining Room" is a six hander. Lots of roles to be played, but by only six actors (or was it eight). Unless we're talking about two scripts with the same title. Want a lot of bodies on stage? Minimal Set? Try a Shakespeare. You can do near anything with that. "Much Ado", or "Romeo & Juliette" spring to mind. Minimal set, and use all your extras as stage hands.
	--- The part isn't yours, until it is offered to you.
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Lazy Bee Star Joined: 2/21/07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 89	Posted: 11/10/07 at 6:18am
	Try Witch Hunt - minimum cast of 12, but the numbers are flexible (there's a sort of Greek Chorus). How long a show are you looking for? (Witch Hunt runs to about 40 minutes.) What's your minimum (live) body count?
	Stuart Lazy Bee Scripts http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk read complete play scripts on-line
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vickifrank Celebrity Joined: 9/21/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 332	Posted: 11/10/07 at 5:07pm
	Shakespeare is an excellant suggestion. Many Shakespeare shows have sets but can play beautifully without sets. Midsummer Nights can have a light based set--Gobos on the floor for the forest scenes. Ditto for Into the Woods. 12 Angry Men or 12 Angry Women can be fun. Even The Odd Couple has about 8 people in it...and has a female version that has the same number (the four friends, the odd couple themselves and the Pigeon sisters). If you wanted to you could play that without a real set. Chairs and tables. The couch could be 3 chairs. The door can be mimed.
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Aimee Celebrity Joined: 8/31/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 156	Posted: 11/10/07 at 9:07pm
	Crisis averted! We did get the rights to 12 Angry Jurors so we can start planning with a set and without a set. Thanks for the info
	Aimee
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