plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
AndiV
Stand-by Joined: 2/8/05
#0plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 1:07pm
i did a search...and didn't find what i was looking for...so...
i am looking for a play--preferably dramatic, but not a must--for a high school production. it needs as large a cast as possible and to be heavy on female roles, as it is for an all girls school.
also, when i say a large cast, i am just looking for a way to get as many kids as possible on stage...whether as "extras" in a cafe...etc...
any ideas? please? :o)
So long status quo/
I think I just let go/
You make me want to be/
BRAVE
Updated On: 7/18/05 at 01:07 PM
#1re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 1:08pmThe Crucible...?
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#2re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 1:13pm
Lol... I thought you meant a cast for "heavy" females... I was going to say hairspray...
Fiddler on the Roof has alot of women, but you need strong males as well.
jera
"It's not a problem, it's just a challenge, it's a challenge, to resist temptation."
#3re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 1:13pmShe said play - not a musical.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#5re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 1:16pmTHE WOMEN
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 1:37pm
The Odd Couple (Female Version)
A Piece of My Heart
Scenes and Revelations
Steel Magnolias
Girl, Interrupted
All of those are great female ensemble plays.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#8re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 1:43pm
The Children's Hour - I man, about 12 women.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - 2 Men, about 15 women
Stage Door - around 6 men, 12 women
Jess1483
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/30/04
#9re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 1:45pm
Song of Survival
You can stick a whole bunch of girls in the chorus, that's what my school did. It's a great story and an all-female cast. I think there were 20-some people in the show. It's not a musical per se, but there are a couple of songs. It's about an internment camp on Sumatra during WWII where the women draw strength from music.
Why do we play with fire?
Why do we run our fingers through the flame?
Why do we leave our hands on the stove, although we know we're in for some pain?
-tick...tick...BOOM!
AndiV
Stand-by Joined: 2/8/05
#10re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 3:27pmTHANKS so much! any more thoughts?
So long status quo/
I think I just let go/
You make me want to be/
BRAVE
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/69
#11re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 3:30pm
RUMORS
MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER.
singing_sydalye
Swing Joined: 5/12/05
#12re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 3:39pm
Crimes of My Heart
- it is not a large cast but more women than men.
Radioactiveduck
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/05
#13re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 4:41pmI would say Medea, as it has 3 male parts to (the way we did it) 16 females, but I guess 19 isn't a really big cast is it?
#15re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 4:55pmAlice in Wonderland. My school did that this year for the fall play and we had a fairly large cast, not as many kids as our musical, but still enough. Also, maybe Romeo and Juliet. I think there are lots of extras in that story and enough roles for boys and girls.
"The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation."
BwayBoy25
Leading Actor Joined: 6/19/05
#16re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 6:17pmisnt crimes of the heart where the girl sticks her head in the oven..if thats the one then tahts what i reccomend
hear the beat...
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#17re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 6:20pm
Yes, that is Crimes of the Heart.
"I know why she did it!"
BwayBoy25
Leading Actor Joined: 6/19/05
#18re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 6:45pmwasnt there a character named chick?
hear the beat...
#19re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/18/05 at 6:54pm
Little Women
Stage Door
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Ask Any Girl
Rumors
AndiV
Stand-by Joined: 2/8/05
#20re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/19/05 at 9:51am
thank you! thank you! i am going to look into all of these.
just one more bump before i let this post sink into oblivion.
any more suggestions? :)
So long status quo/
I think I just let go/
You make me want to be/
BRAVE
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#21re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/19/05 at 10:27amI REMEMBER MAMA has around 10 women and 5 men (including one little boy and one little girl).
Urban
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
#22re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/19/05 at 11:58am"Steel Magnolias" come to mind, but everybody does it.
#23re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/19/05 at 12:14pm
Les Belles Soeures by Michel Tremblay
Waiting for the Parade by John Murrell
Ladies of the Corridor by Dorothy Parker
A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur by Tennesse Williams
"Love Life. Live." Michael Bennett
#24re: plays for high school w/ large female heavy cast
Posted: 7/19/05 at 12:17pmSLEEPY HOLLOW!!!!
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