I need help on picking a show to do!

Posted: 3/12/10 at 10:22pm

Okay, next year I plan on directing a play in the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild Festival (I'm currently assistant directing one) and I'm trying to pick in advance what show I would like to do.

Quick guidelines:
1. Can't be a musical
2. Must be under 40 minutes.

Preferably, I'd like cut a longer show down, because most of the one-acts are really over-done. It needs to be a show with a decently large cast (6 or 8 principal roles would be great, with a few minor roles with ensemble)

So, my question is: What show do you think would work in a 40 minute time constraint that would be appealing to high school students, but has enough substance to possibly win the festival.

Any suggestions would be helpful! I was thinking MAYBE Six Characters in Search of an Author or Pygmalion (play that My Fair Lady is based on).. but more options would be great.
Updated On: 3/12/10 at 10:22 PM

[Maceman91]

Posted: 3/13/10 at 1:17am

Do you need more roles for the girls or the boys?

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 3/13/10 at 2:07am

You could do the second act of "Enchanted April" since you could easily imply what happens in the first.

Posted: 3/18/10 at 8:44pm

Maceman - girls! I've got two, possibly three guys that I could feel comfortable putting in big roles. I have probably 5 or 6 girls that I could!

And Enchanted April Act 2 wouldn't be bad!

[Scuggly]

Posted: 3/20/10 at 8:16pm

you could do Foreplay, or the art of the fugue.

[alliez92092]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 4:04pm

Why Do We Laugh? by Stephen Gregg. 4 girls, 4 guys. I'm currently directing it for one acts at my school and it's fantastic.

http://www.playdatabase.com/play.asp?play={349C6AF3-E5F5-4120-A891-4DBF5DF91DB2}