Lord of the Pies by Clint Snyder - Theatrefolk

Lord of the Pies

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

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.

 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

Comedy Classical Adaptation Student Directors

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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.

19 Characters
2 M, 10 W, 7 Any Gender
Franny [W] 98 lines
Leader of the new country, founded in light of the apocalypse. May her rule be long. Four Monologues.
Cashier [M] 26 lines
Skeptical of Franny’s newly founded kingdom. The first to feel her wrath.
Dolores [W] 17 lines
Calm and level-headed. Two trains that will be quite useful in the apocalypse.
Isabel [W] 13 lines
More impressionable than Dolores. She will go far in Franny’s new regime.
Amanda [W] 16 lines
Another skeptical shopgoer to get pulled into Franny’s craziness.
Janice [W] 10 lines
The first to crack in Franny’s mad new world.
Manager [M] 24 lines
Has no time for Franny’s zany new kingdom.
Five women: [W] 1, 5, 11, 2, 7 lines
Jill, Eileen, Haley, Selma, Veronica
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

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