Something Fishy This Way Comes is a comedy of the occult, also a hilarious update of the classic "Hamlet" by Maestro Will Shakespeare. The main character, Harriet, is a young woman who cannot make a decision or a commitment. That changes when she meets the very strange Adrian, a handsome young man with psychic gifts. Because she believes in his gift, she believes in their future. But all of that changes when the ghost of Harriet's mother, Jocasta, appears the day before the wedding and demands that Harriet avenge her murder at the hands of Gertrude, Harriet's stepmother. Gertrude, desperate to finally see Harriet happily married, has been calling Madame Ophelia, the phone psychic, for guidance. Imagine everyone's surprise when Madame Ophelia turns out to be Adrian! Something Fishy has been performed by an ever-growing number of high school drama departments across the U.S.
Camelot Court is a coming-of-age drama set during the week of the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962. Corryann Driggers is on the brink of sweet sixteen when it appears that the world will not be there by the end of the week. Her family and the neighbors in the Camelot Court trailer park, located in rural south Florida, all react in their own ways, according to dreams and plans that never came true--and some that do in that chaotic, terrifying week. With the racial tensions of the time simmering to a boil in her small corner of the world, Corryann takes a risk with a stranger and learns a hard lesson. The turmoil that defined the remainder of that decade looms ahead of Corryann as she takes to the road with her African-American friend.
Both plays can be previewed and ordered at www.histage.com.
No comments:
Post a Comment