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All the King's Women

  • Luigi Jannuzzi
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, Contemporary, 1940s / WWII, Present Day, 1950s, 1970s, 1960s
  • 17F, 7M or F
  • ISBN: 9780573696664

The story of Elvis Presley told through the eyes of 17 Women! Some Enthralled! Some Appalled! ALL OBSESSED! A fast paced series of 5 comedic plays and 3 monologues based on the Life of Elvis Presley.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary, 1940s / WWII, Present Day, 1950s, 1970s, 1960s
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult, Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings,Bare Stage/Simple Set,Opportunity for Spectacle
  • Cautions: No Special Cautions

  • Performance Group:
  • Large Stage, Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Outdoor, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, College Theatre / Student
The story of Elvis Presley told through the eyes of 17 Women! Some Enthralled! Some Appalled! ALL OBSESSED! A fast paced series of 5 comedic plays and 3 monologues based on the Life of Elvis Presley. 

From Tupelo Mississippi where 11 year old Elvis wanted a BB Gun instead of a guitar, to The Steve Allen Show, from President Richard Nixon's office, to Andy Warhol's studio, from Cadillac Salesmen, to Graceland guards, this is a touching, bring-the-family comedy with a heart that captures the effects that fame, generosity & just being a nice guy can bring to others!

Great for scene-work and competitions as well as full productions, the stories told in this sweeping work include:
- A salesperson's experience when Elvis and his Mother come in to buy Elvis' 11th birthday gift, his 1st guitar.
- The final check, demands, and argument at the Steve Allen show by a NBC censor, Steve Allen's secretary, and Elvis' messenger about hound dogs and pelvic movement.
- A women who runs into Elvis in a supermarket at 3 am and how it changes her life.
- 3 secretaries at the White House gushing out of their minds over a new visitor at the gate who comes to visit Pres Richard Nixon.
- Andy Warhol's assistants planning the angle of the invite to Andy's new Pop Art Elvis exhibition.
- 2 Saleswomen dueling over who will or will not sell Elvis the next Cadillac.
- A security guard inside Graceland divulging on the kindness and charity of Elvis Presley.
- A young woman, who has quit the Graceland souvenir shop, and her obsessed boyfriend contemplating souvenirs, Elvis, and life.

Transitions between scenes are anchored by recorded radio addresses that reinforce the appropriate historical flavor accompanying the life, times, and legacy of Elvis Presley beyond just his music.
REVIEWS:

Perfect Monologues!' - Outer Critics Circle'Jannuzzi has a good ear for the periods and for his characters allowing his actors to show range. The point is perhaps not so much about Elvis per se, but instead these scenes reveal snapshots of an American culture, people, and place... In a nearly chronological order, the stand-alone scenes take place between the 1940s and the present day... These characters and situations are best understood within the context of their period.

NYTheatre.com

[Jannuzi's] plays unfold in such an intimate and genuine way. He writes about Elvis Presley fans with educated and unconventional twists... Smooth transitions and captivating creativity

RobertaontheArts.com

Elvis Presley is the subject of interest, but the scenes are about the impact of the lives and the culture he affected, and how society deals with celebrity.... Arousing characters that are distinct and vividly brought to life by humor and emotional revelations... A play that affects the senses – heart, mind, and soul. One doesn’t have to be an Elvis fan going in, to walk away with a deep appreciation for ‘The King’ at the conclusion

DC Metro Theater Arts
Premiere Production: All the King's Women was first produced by the Metropolitan Thatre Company as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival at the Where Eagles Dare Theatre in New York City, on July 18, 2007. It was directed by Branan Whitehead.

Characters

  • Casting: 17F, 7M or F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), All Female, Local Celebrity Cameo, Ensemble cast, Minority casting, Flexible casting, Parts for Senior Actors, Features Teens, Cross gender casting, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Color blind casting
  • Casting Notes: Alternate casting of up to 17f, 7m; or an all Female cast.  Very flexable casting.

  • RADIO ANNOUNCER(S) - can be distributed among 1-8 actors
    SALESWOMAN - a saleswoman in a music store in 1946 Tupelo, Mississippi
    ABBY - Steve Allen's secretary, of the Steve Allen Show on NBC, 1956
    BARBARA - a TV censor for NBC, 1956
    CYNTHIA - Elvis's messenger, 1956
    EVE - a woman who runs into Elvis in a Memphis supermarket, 1967
    ALICE - a White House secretary, 1970
    BETH - a White House secretary, 1970
    CATHY - a White House secretary, 1970
    ALLIE - one of Warhol's assistants, 1963
    BONNY - one of Warhol's assistants, 1963
    CINDY - one of Warhol's assistants, 1963
    LORA - a Cadillac saleswoman, 1976
    MONA - a Cadillac saleswoman, 1976
    PAULA/PAUL - manager of a Cadillac dealership, 1976, can be male or female
    GUARD - a guard at Graceland, 1977, can be male or female
    EDDIE - Leslie's boyfriend and Elvis superfan, the present
    LESLIE - former employee of the Graceland gift shop, the present

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    The story of Elvis Presley told through the eyes of 17 Women! Some Enthralled! Some Appalled! ALL OBSESSED! A fast paced series of 5 comedic plays and 3 monologues based on the Life of Elvis Presley. From Tupelo Mississippi where 11 year old Elvis wanted a BB Gun instead of a guitar, to The Steve Allen Show, from President Richard Nixon's office, to Andy Warhol's studio, from Cadillac Salesmen, to Graceland guards, this is a touching, bring-the-family comedy with a heart that captures the effects that fame, generosity & just being a nice guy can bring to others!Great for scene-work and competitions as well as full productions, the stories told in this sweeping work include:
    - A salesperson's experience when Elvis and his Mother come in to buy Elvis' 11th birthday gift, his 1st guitar.
    - The final check, demands, and argument at the Steve Allen show by a NBC censor, Steve Allen's secretary, and Elvis' messenger about hound dogs and pelvic movement.
    - A women who runs into Elvis in a supermarket at 3 am and how it changes her life.
    - 3 secretaries at the White House gushing out of their minds over a new visitor at the gate who comes to visit Pres Richard Nixon.
    - Andy Warhol's assistants planning the angle of the invite to Andy's new Pop Art Elvis exhibition.
    - 2 Saleswomen dueling over who will or will not sell Elvis the next Cadillac.
    - A security guard inside Graceland divulging on the kindness and charity of Elvis Presley.
    - A young woman, who has quit the Graceland souvenir shop, and her obsessed boyfriend contemplating souvenirs, Elvis, and life.Transitions between scenes are anchored by recorded radio addresses that reinforce the appropriate historical flavor accompanying the life, times, and legacy of Elvis Presley beyond just his music.

    		$24.95

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