No Horse Town

As we start thinking about ideas for next year's season, why not dive headfirst into the entertaining world of plays featuring animals in their titles? So many creative opportunities and endless possibilities for your student performers to bring these captivating characters to life. These plays are designed to help you unleash the magic that celebrates the wild spirit of storytelling. Perfect options to grace your stage or classroom next year!

For the young men of Heywood, crossing the street is as dangerous as going off to war. In the highly stylized comedy, No Horse Town, by Lindsay Price, the small town of Heywood is a special place where everyone knows everyone. In Heywood, when a guy wants to prove he’s a man, he goes to the edge of town. For there’s something at the edge of town that can’t be found in Heywood: A street. Heywood is a no car, no horse, no street town. And for the young men of Heywood, crossing the street is as daring and as dangerous as it gets… Under the direction of Jana Beck , the accomplished group of performers at Abilene Christian School were able to successfully live on the edge (of town!) and put on an award-winning performance at the Texas Christian Schools one-act competition. “No Horse Town received a superior rating at the Texas Christian Schools one act competition. Seven schools competed with 71 performers total. Our Becca June and Jimmy both received honorable mention medals AND…. our Eugene received BEST ACTOR of the whole competition!!! The play was received with great joy by the audience. Then we got to do an encore performance for the entire school 3 years old to 12th grade. All ages adored it. I’ve never had such a crowd pleasing one act in all of my 20 plus years.” Congratulations to the entire cast of the Abilene Christian School production!

No Horse Town by Lindsay Price is all about style—style in the language with the specific manner in which the characters speak, style in the action with the numerous character ‘poses’ and the very stylized telling of what happened in the town of Heywood. Together with Heather Mortimer, the talented student performers at Carleton Place High School in Carleton Place, Ontario took a comedic journey through this no car, no horse, no street town and found that crossing the street in this small town is as daring and dangerous as it gets… “Carleton Place High School’s production of No Horse Town (shown here in rehearsal) won Outstanding Production at the Kingston and St. Lawrence District Sears Drama Festival! This was our first time competing. We will go on to compete at the Regionals in a month. Director, Peyton McClelland, also won an Award of Excellence for her hard work.” Congratulations, Carleton Place High School!

This week we spread the love for No Horse Town by Lindsay Price. Recorded live in the Old West.