Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools
A fabulously funny and high styling take on film noir.
About 75 minutes
Act 1: 35 minutes, Act 2: 25 minutes, Act 3: 15 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
25
4 M | 5 W | 16 Any Gender
Simple set
62 pages
Average Producer Rating:
“It is funny and fast-paced. There were jokes in it for the adults and jokes for younger kids and the whole audience was laughing.”
Jessica Davis, Ronan High School
“Our production of A Lighter Shade of Noir was a great success! Our audience raved about the show, both how fun the story was and how great our student actors portrayed their parts. This play got one of the best responses of my 6 years here at Strack Intermediate. Thank you so much Theatrefolk for having such great scripts available for our middle school community.”
Cheryl Robinson, Strack Intermediate
Trent Trowel is your typical gumshoe. Searching the mean streets for crimes to solve and dames to fall for. He joins some of the world’s most famous detectives at the International PD gala. There’s Shirley Holmes, Jean Louie Phillip Eustache… and Aunt Beatrice. But is this just an innocent gala? Will the world’s most dastardly villains foil them with a fiendish master plan? Will Aunt Beatrice ever get an English muffin? Everything is not what it seems.
A fabulously funny and high styling take on film noir - it’s a lighter shade of noir after all!
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Royalty fees apply to all performances whether or not admission is charged. Any performance in front of an audience (e.g. an invited dress rehearsal) is considered a performance for royalty purposes.
Exemption details for scenes and monologues for competition.
Thunder and lightning tear apart the night sky while two young women explore the story of Frankenstein
Who will pay the price when the real world and the play collide?
A shorter version of our hilarious gender-bending take on the Scottish play. Updated version.
In the future the issue of poverty is solved through separation and subserviance. A teen causes trouble simply because she wants to better herself.
An hilarious gender-bending take on the Scottish play! Updated Version.
This vignette play asks students to look at the concept of what it means to be “good” and “bad.”
A fast-paced, witty modern take on Austen’s six classic masterpieces.
Will they establish civility or fall apart?
Will they establish civility or fall apart?
A collection of five hauntingly humorous tales.
About 75 minutes
Act 1: 35 minutes, Act 2: 25 minutes, Act 3: 15 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
25
4 M | 5 W | 16 Any Gender
Simple set
62 pages
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Royalty fees apply to all performances whether or not admission is charged.
A performance is defined as any presentation of the play (in whole or in part) for any audience. This includes competitions, invited dress rehearsals, and in-class performances for any audience comprised of five or more individuals who are not participants in the class.
In-class performances, where the audience consists entirely of students in the same class, are not subject to royalty.
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Perusal scripts are intended for personal use, either for performance consideration or for personal reading. They may be purchased as traditional printed books or as instantly downloadable and printable PDFs.
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Classroom Use scripts are intended for classroom study in situations where there will be no audience apart from students in the same class. They may be purchased as traditional printed books or as instantly downloadable and printable PDFs.
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A vignette play is a collection of short scenes on a theme. You'll love working with the variety and flexibility of the scenes. Your actors will love the fast pace and fun characters.
There's more. Every Theatrefolk vignette play holds the unexpected. A showcase monologue. A dramatic moment. A change in form. A left turn.
Ideal for classwork, competitions, and more!
