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Todd McGinnis
NEW PLAY ADDED!
Stage Fright Or... "Laugh?" I Thought I'd DIE! the serio-comic horror masterpiece for the stage by Todd McGinnis is now available for order from Lulu.
The works of Todd McGinnis are rapidly gaining popularity with actresses and actors looking for funny, well-drawn characters, with speeches, rants, dialogue that sparkles with wit and wisdom, humor/humour and pathos.
Are you an actress or actor looking for a great monologue for an audition piece?
Want a comedic monologue that is actually funny?
You've come to the right place.
Are you a producer? Is your company looking for a play that is guaranteed to be a hit with your audience?
Whether it's professional or amateur, community or dinner-theater, two things never change... Your audience loves to laugh ...And your actors love to play great roles that show them at their comedic and dramatic best.
Check out the rapidly growing catalogue from one of Canada's funniest and most prolific playwrights.
Suitable for audiences from teen to seniors, these are plays that satisfy and delight on every level.
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GONE FISHIN'
(COMEDY/2 Acts) Harrison is a caffeine-addicted, big-city stockbroker. Peter is a farmer, a man of heavy judgments and limited patience. Paul is a jokester with a flair for the absurd. These guys wouldn’t have a thing in common ...If they weren’t brothers. When a condition of their father’s will forces these sibling-strangers to spend an entire day fishing together in a small boat, they start learning more about each other than any of them ever wanted to know! And what about the contents of the mysterious parcel they must wait to open? Does it hold jewels? Money? Or something even more valuable? Find out in this hilarious and heartwarming comedy by Award-Winning Canadian Playwright Todd McGinnis. An OUTSTANDING showcase for three actors, with characters that are brilliantly drawn with both humour and depth. Wide audience appeal, simple production requirements... "Gone Fishin'" by Todd McGinnis is the perfect show for any level of production, with the sorts of roles actors will line-up to play.
Print: $12.00
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Point of Viewing
(COMEDY/2 ACTS) When a technical mishap destroys their pre-taped prime-time, 10th Anniversary special, the three women who co-host TV’s most popular daytime talk show are forced to go live-to-air to replace it. But behind-the-scenes politics, tell-all tabloid stories and rumours about the show's fate have lit the fuse on an emotional powder-keg. Now, with no chance for edits or retakes, 10 years of off-camera differences are about to explode…on the air! OUTSTANDINGLY FUNNY & MOVING LEADING COMEDIC ROLES FOR WOMEN, wide audience appeal, simple production requirements... The perfect show for any level of production. “Point of Viewing is packed with the sort of roles that win awards
and kind of monologues that win auditions!” “Every actress is going to want this play in her tool-kit!”
Print: $12.00
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Knave of Hearts
(2 ACTS/COMEDY)It’s “Molière meets Mel Brooks” “The Bard by way of Blackadder”. Swashbuckling rogue Jack Hawkins gets more than he bargains for when he tries to swindle Lord Bannigan, a frustrated father looking to marry off his two daughters without having to pay any dowry.When both girls suddenly decide they want to marry Jack, the silver-tongued Hawkins fears an end to his carefree bachelor ways is near. Now, with only his wits & the help of a lunatic serving girl to rely on, Jack only has one hope...successfully play matchmaker between the Lord's reluctant daughters and their two hopelessly inept suitors… who, for reasons of their own, would very much like to see Jack DEAD! Jack is both nimble & quick. But is he quick enough?
...Find out in this hilarious, classically styled contemporary comedy play by award-winning author Todd McGinnis. Simple cast (4M/4F) and simple production requirements make this play perfect for schools;amateur/community; professional; touring and dinner theater.
Print: $12.00
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Thunderbolts and Dunderheads
(2 ACTS/COMEDY)Mythology was never this funny in highschool! Iris, is just your typical, hard-working, Goddess-Of-Rainbows next door. Then she goes to “head office” on Mount Olympus looking for a promotion... Unfortunately for Iris, Olympus is DOWN-SIZING & now, both her job & her EXISTENCE are on the chopping block! So, in a desperate bid for survival, Iris takes on the one job nobody on Olympus wants... personal assistant to the most dangerous god of all time... Zeus himself! Now… Zeus wants Iris to help him make a "love connection" with a visiting Nordic goddess…. His equally threatening wife, Hera, is demanding that Iris help her ruin Zeus's fun! And the rest of the gods aren’t making anything easier! ...What's a poor goddess to do? Find out… in this side-splittingly funny, award-winning farce that breathes new life into the Ancient Myths. FUNNY LEADING COMEDIC ROLES FOR WOMEN & men, wide audience appeal, simple production requirements... The perfect show for any level of production.
Print: $12.00
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Self Help for Dummies - A Comedy In Two Acts
When a self-absorbed psychologist is late for work the ever-growing collection of "mixed-nuts" in his waiting room begin to interact... with hilarious results. A hilarious new comedy from two of Canada's funniest playwrights.
Print: $12.00
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STAGE FRIGHT Or... "Laugh?" I Thought I'd DIE!
(2 Acts Horror/Comedy-Drama) “A tale told in four vignettes, "Stage Fright Or... “Laugh?” I Thought I’d Die!" is an alternately terrifying, darkly humourous and always intriguing journey across the decades of the 20th Century.”
For almost a century an evil presence has haunted the Orpheus Theatre, awaiting the fulfillment of a
chilling prophecy. A blood-stained Ouija board and a cryptic rhyme are the keys that will unlock a terrifying truth. Will anyone be able to put the pieces of this sinister puzzle together in time to stop it?
The theatre-venue itself becomes a character in this tale that allows the audience to experience the history of a haunted playhouse… from the inside!
“With its simplistic production requirements, many
casting options AND great roles for women, this
show is destined to become a halloween staple
for theatre groups everywhere!”
Print: $12.00
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Trammel the Cull
(1 ACT/ THRILLER)
A man and a woman return to his home for a
one night stand.
The air pulses with sexual tension…
and something else.
Behind the attraction lies something fatal.
Someone is in danger.
A deadly game of cat and mouse is about to begin.
But who is the cat? And who is the mouse?
Find out in this award-winning play full of wicked twists and shocking turns, where nothing is what it seems and the ending…
…is a killer.
Print: $12.00
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