Posts by lenashore
Sing, Swing, and Sway
It’s a sun-soaked, laugh-loaded romp along the sandy playgrounds of Daytona Beach. Sly barkeep Rusty Weber juggles cocktails and a covert mission: to shield Valerie, the mob boss’s daughter, from Spring Break’s rampant revelry. Valerie, however, is a rebel at heart, hungry for love and adventure, no matter the cost to her overprotective father –…
Read MoreOn Stage
Kelly Reed was once one of the most recognizable sex symbols in America, celebrated for her beauty, confidence, and provocative screen image. Years later, now a mother with teenage daughters and a carefully remade public life, she is pulled back into that past when she agrees to revisit the work that first made her famous.…
Read MoreYes! It’s The Jay Huling Show!
Come back to an era of network prime time where variety shows were the most popular genre on television. “Yes! It’s The Jay Huling Show!” is a parody of the TV show Jay would have had – if he had ever had a TV show. It emulates the self-deprecating humor of The Dean Martin Show,…
Read MorePeter Perfect Picked a Peck of Pickled Perfection
Peter Perfect is perfect. So is his partner Poppy Perfect, and so are their friends Pokey Perfect and Pepper Perfect. But when Peter’s daughter Piper brings home her new fiancé Bruce Kerfuffle, things get a little pesky. This play will challenge your audience’s politics and your actors’ pronunciation. Three men. Three women. One set. Click…
Read MoreInsert Laugh Here
“Welcome to The Jungle Room. I’ll be at your service to help you fill your empty life with the fleeting pleasures of alcoholic delusions.” And so begins Insert Laugh Here – a one-act comedy that takes place at a bar where a simpleton named Les has come to drown his sorrows. Along the way to…
Read MoreCLAMBAKED!
The hook of “Clambaked!” has a throwback quality as it showcases a range of production settings from popular Elvis Presley films. The story features a quirky ensemble of characters in a lively fever-dream narrative filled with comedic antics, physical gags, witty banter and cinematic action (all of the fights, chases, rescues and musical numbers can…
Read MoreTrilogy for Two
Marty and Jerry, a writing team whose careers have recently stalled, work on a new script. They improvise scenes to get their creative juices flowing – including: Bad actors performing Hamlet . . . First-timers at a nudist colony . . . Mail that’s never delivered to Buenos Aires, South Africa . . . and…
Read MoreThe Wily Ray Riley
A dark comedy about a beautiful gypsy fortune teller – Ray Riley – whose gifts of foresight are genuine. But the seeress hides her necromancy by acting as a well-trained expert in the workings of the human psyche. The classic tale of discovering the defrauder is turned on its head when a preacher threatens to…
Read MoreThe Flaxen Miss Jackson
Everything has been going right for Simon Barjonas all year long. And it’s driving him crazy. He’s pinpointed the exact moment his good fortune began: When Mary Jackson said to him, “Have a happy New Year.” Simon is compelled to confront Mary about her “inexplicable” gift. But he gets more than he bargained for when…
Read MoreRuns, Drips & Errors
This baseball comedy is set at home plate during a game between the Rockwood Scouts and the Chattahoochee Nads. Leo, the umpire, is mercilessly heckled by songstress Luanne Linder, who opens the proceedings by butchering the Star-Spangled Banner. The catcher, Corky Bristol, is grossing everyone out with his stinky feet. And the batter, Goo-Goo Dawkins,…
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