Magic Fairy in the Microwave by Dara Murphy - Theatrefolk

Magic Fairy in the Microwave

Recommended for High Schools

Magic Fairy in the Microwave

by Dara Murphy

An ordinary girl has an overactive imagination. Maybe. This is a fast physical extravaganza with guns, knives, and blood. Kittens will be harmed.

 About 25 minutes

Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks

 11
2 M | 4 W | 5 Any Gender

Simple Set

 24 pages

Comedy

"If you came here expecting happy rainbows, kittens, or magic fairies, you will be disappointed. In fact, if there are any kittens or magic fairies here today, they will probably end up in a microwave."

Sarah Williams is an ordinary girl. Or is she?

Is she a girl with an overactive imagination? A girl who has trapped herself in her own mind? Or is the narrator the one doing the trapping, conducting Sarah in her world of woe?

This is a fast physical extravaganza with guns, knives, and blood. Kittens will be harmed. You have been warned.

11 Characters
2 M, 4 W, 5 Any Gender

Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.

Narrator [A] 49 lines
The most unreliable of narrators. One Monologue.
Sarah [W] 97 lines
has an active imagination. Active as in, “actively trying to kill her.”
Tom [M] 42 lines
Sarah’s boyfriend, at least in her imagination.
Stacy [W] 7 lines
Sarah’s classmate. Loves basketball more than life itself.
Paula [W] 11 lines
Sarah’s other classmate. Not so big on basketball, actually.
Masked Villain [A] 2 lines
Who is that masked murderer? Does it matter?
Mom [W] 20 lines
Your run-of-the-mill, average, serial-killing mother.
Dad [M] 26 lines
Sarah’s dad. Also a serial killer.
Rainbow [A] 2 lines
A full spectrum of joy.
Kitten [A] 2 lines
Babies are cute, and cats are cute. This a potent combination of the two.
Magic Fairy [A] 2 lines
If you absolutely must reheat one, use the oven.

Subgenres
Farce Fantasy Avant-garde Fairy tales

Settings
Present day

Dress
Contemporary costumes Fantasy costumes

Audience
Teen

Features
Audience participation Movement-based Physical comedy Stage combat Variable gender breakdown

Set
Simple set Interior set

Cautions
Gun shots Adult themes Onstage murder

Themes
Adolescence Death Memory Parenting/Family Relationships Self-image Theatre

Other uses
Class work

Prop List

backpacks, big book, agenda, notebook, big knife, picture of rainbow, picture of kitten, picture of magic fairy, blood-spattered apron, three ice cream cones, confetti, picnic basket, hammer, frilly dresses

Production Photos

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