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Rebootilization

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Rebootilization

by Alan Haehnel

Stories are under attack. It's a pandemic so big, the government’s involved. The rebootilization plan is foolproof so long as pirates don't get loose....

 About 120 minutes

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

 53
13M | 15W | 25 Any Gender, Expandable to 85+

Unit set

 82 pages

Comedy

“With the General on his way, hundreds of characters, dozens of stories still to restore, all I keep thinking about... is Cinderella’s sock.”

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.

53 Characters
13M, 15W, 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

Subgenres
Farce Fantasy Adaptation Theatre for young audiences Fairy tales

Settings
The future

Dress
Fantasy costumes

Audience
All audiences Pre-teen Teen

Features
Mime Variable Cast Size Tableau Physical comedy Special effects

Set
Interior set Multiple sets

Cautions
Gun shots

Themes
Memory Theatre

Other uses
Audition material Class work

Prop List

Tiny earpiece, Large box, Another earpiece, Handheld device, Headset, Several large parcels, Wrapped in brown paper, Glass slipper, Gun

Production Photos

Multimedia

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