Best Comedies for High School — Page 2

One thing I remember about high school plays--the larger the cast, the bigger the audiences. Every parent, grandparent, step-parent and sibling HAS to go see Their Baby in the school play even if they are onstage for 2 minutes and don't utter a word.

Ergo: Arsenic has a bit at the curtain call where the 12 victims currently at rest in "Panama" file out of the basement door and take a gag bow. If you get the football team to take the bow, suddenly doing the play is cool and the whole damn school will show up to see it. Box office goes up. Everybody is happy.

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I find myself wanting to say HONK... there's some funny parts in it.

It's too bad you don't think you could pull off "Noises Off". It's is hysterical.
As for "An Inspector Calls", thats not really a comedy, and it has a very small cast and you need three excellent male actors.
If you want something more traditional, go for something like Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple".

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We did "Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got The Will?". I played Buford (the daddy)

It is about this family from a small town in teh Texas Hill Country.. VERY disfunctional, who come together when the patriarch (Buford) is dying from a series of strokes. It is a dark comedy, obviously, but with some HILARIOUS moments and some very touching ones too.

All of the characters are extremely wacky, disfunctional, and fun to play

Another Simon that you might consider is "The Good Doctor". It's Neil Simon meets Anton Chekhov but it's very funny.

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Murder mystery comedy?

It Could Be Anyone of Us by Alan Acykbourn would be perfect! My high school did it when I was a freshman. I wasn't in it but I saw it and it was wonderful.

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Just so all of you know, she posted this in June for her to choose her Fall play.

So it has already passed.

But keep suggesting anyway, I guess.

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Updated On: 1/3/05 at 12:37 AM