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Pyramid Effect

  • Marcia Dixcy
  • 10 Minute Play, Comedy, Contemporary
  • 3M, 3F
  • ISBN: 9780573693076

Six college students attempt to beat the Guinness Record for human pyramids. That seems easy enough but some sneezes and hiccups could bring their whole attempt crashing down…

  • 10 Minute Play
  • Comedy
  • 10 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult, Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Exterior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Shoestring Budget
Six college students attempt to beat the Guinness Record for human pyramids. That seems easy enough but some sneezes and hiccups could bring their whole attempt crashing down…

Published in Ten Minute Plays from the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Vol. 2.

Premiere Production: Pyramid Effect was first produced by Actors Theatre of Louisville on December 14, 1987. It was directed by Bob Krakower.
  • Casting: 3M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Color blind casting

BUD - large, congenial, some Texas accent
STEVE - was an Indiana high school basketball champ
ROBBIE - overcompensates for his inadequacies
MEGAN - practical, open-minded, slightly acerbic
ELAINE - mellow, has benefited from yoga
LULIE - scampish, very agile, enjoys herself