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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 M 15 F 25 Any Gender
Expandable to 85+
Set
Unit set
Length
82 pages
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53 Characters

  • 13 Males
  • 15 Females
  • 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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