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Rebootilization

by Alan Haehnel

Stories all over the world are under attack. Pages are going blank in a pandemic so big, the government’s involved. That’s where SynCryn comes in.

Not an ordinary lab, SynCryn has the original narrative DNA for every story on ice and a plan to save the world from story obliteration. It’s an easy rebootilization process... so long as there aren’t any glitches in the software, or the director doesn’t go crazy, or the stories thaw out too quickly, or pirates get loose.

If none of those things happen, it’s foolproof.

A full length extravaganza for middle school. Parts for everyone, and we mean everyone.

Comedy
Also available in a competition-length version here.

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 120 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
53 Characters
13 M15 F25 Any Gender, Expandable to 85+
Set
Unit set
Length
82 pages
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53 Characters

13 M, 15 F, 25 Any Gender, Expandable to 85+

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.

Women (15)
Pops (Several Monologues) 192 lines
Battle-seasoned veteran of her job
Junior Junior 109 lines
Underling of Pops
Mindy 64 lines
SynCryn Technician
Marilyn 93 lines
Always on the phone. Frantic. Two Monologues.
Blank 1 19 lines
One of four blank characters.
Blank 3 13 lines
One of four blank characters.
Cinderella 12 lines
An advanced replica of a storybook character from Cinderella.
Stepmother 17 lines
An advanced replica of a storybook character from Cinderella.
Two Stepsisters 2 lines
An advanced replica of a storybook character from Cinderella.
Red Riding Hood 17 lines
An advanced replica of a storybook character from Little Red Riding Hood.
Snow White 1 line
An advanced replica of a storybook character from Snow White.
Rapunzel 1 line
An advanced replica of a storybook character from Rapunzel.
Goldilocks 1 line
An advanced replica of a storybook character from Goldilocks.
Mama Bear 1 line
An advanced replica of a storybook character from Goldilocks.
Men (13)
Junior 146 lines
Underling of Pops
Silas 47 lines
SynCryn Technician
Greg 261 lines
Must scramble to solve the whole mess.
Blank 2 10 lines
One of four blank characters.
Blank 4 15 lines
One of four blank characters.
Footman 16 lines
An advanced replica of a storybook character from Cinderella.
Old Man 30 lines
An advanced replica of a storybook character from Jack and the Beanstalk.
Wolf 21 lines
An advanced replica of a storybook character from Little Red Riding Hood.
Jack 24 lines
An advanced replica of a storybook character from Jack and the Beanstalk.
General 60 lines
A no-nonsense military type.
Papa Bear 1 line
An advanced replica of a storybook character from Goldilocks.
Baby Bear 1 line
An advanced replica of a storybook character from Goldilocks.
Captain Hook
An advanced replica of a storybook character from Goldilocks.
Either (25+)
Robot Box Heads(Five sets)
Some singing
Two Attendants 9, 10 lines
Blanks 5, 6, 7
Some mooing and meowing.
Assorted Fairytale Characters 6 lines
Pirate 1 10 lines
Pirate 2 7 lines
Pirate 3 3 lines
Pirate 4 1 line
Pirate 5 4 lines
Pirate 6 3 lines
Pirate 7 1 line
Pirate 8 1 line
Dwarf 1 1 line
One of the seven dwarfs
Dwarf 2 1 line
One of the seven dwarfs

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