'Waiting For Guffman' a play?

[Expressboy69]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 12:13am

I was talking with my drama teacher and for next years show we decided we wanted to do something different. So to make a long story short, we came up with the idea of adapting 'Waiting For Guffman' into a stage play!

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Also, does anyone know where I can find a copy of the script? AND, how would one go about finding a way to get rights, considering it was never a stage show?

Thanks for all of your help!

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 12:22am

I guess you could make it like a "documentary-play" like The Laramie Project or something

[boxers7]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 8:06am

Maybe you could do something with actually filming out the interviews and then acting out rehersals/performances.

The one problem you'll have is that ALL of the movie was improved which makes it so hard to recreate, because those are genuine moments. Good luck!

[Jon]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 1:11pm

Umm... I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the writers of WAITING FOR GUFFMAN would never allow a bunch of kids to adapt it into a play.

Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy are credited as the screenwriters, but in actuality. all the actors improvised their dialogue, working from a outline for each scene.

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 1:15pm

I don't think it will ever work as a play. You can't rehearse over and over something which is meant to be spontaneous. It would ruin this marvelous piece.