Lord of the Pies
by Clint Snyder
A pie shop erupts into panic after Franny, a brash cat-lady, announces the arrival of the apocalypse. A Lord of the Flies parody.
Average Producer Rating:
About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
19
2 M | 10 W | 7 Any Gender
Simple Set
20 pages
Reviews from Past Producers
A parody of Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
A pie shop erupts into panic after Franny, a brash cat-lady, announces the arrival of the apocalypse. Franny starts to reconstruct society (called Frannyland) in the tiny pie shop and takes out anyone who stands in her way with baby food and scotch tape.
Is the apocalypse real? Will the bathroom serve as an adequate prison? Why is there a muffin tin in a pie shop? Lord of the Pies answers these questions and more.
Characters
19
2 Men, 10 Women, 7 Any Gender
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Franny
[W]
98 lines
- Leader of the new country, founded in light of the apocalypse. May her rule be long. Four Monologues.
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Cashier
[M]
26 lines
- Skeptical of Franny’s newly founded kingdom. The first to feel her wrath.
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Dolores
[W]
17 lines
- Calm and level-headed. Two trains that will be quite useful in the apocalypse.
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Isabel
[W]
13 lines
- More impressionable than Dolores. She will go far in Franny’s new regime.
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Amanda
[W]
16 lines
- Another skeptical shopgoer to get pulled into Franny’s craziness.
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Janice
[W]
10 lines
- The first to crack in Franny’s mad new world.
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Manager
[M]
24 lines
- Has no time for Franny’s zany new kingdom.
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Five women:
[W]
1, 5, 11, 2, 7 lines
- Jill, Eileen, Haley, Selma, Veronica
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Five pie makers
[A]
4,3,7,5,7 lines
- Two random customers [A]
- Subgenres
- Farce Parody Adaptation Absurd
- Settings
- Present day
- Dress
- Contemporary costumes
- Audience
- All audiences Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Variable Cast Size Physical comedy Student directors Variable gender breakdown
- Set
- Simple set Interior set
- Themes
- Obedience Morality Peer pressure
- Cross-Curricular Uses
- English
Prop List
roll of tape, jar of green pea baby food, spoon, muffin pan, pie, purse, perfume, cans of filling
Multimedia
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Lord of the Pies
by Clint Snyder
About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
19
2 M | 10 W | 7 Any Gender
Simple Set
20 pages