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A Toby Show (One Act)

As the early promotional posters advertised, "A laugh a minute! A cyclone of fun! Toby, a stick of dyna-mirth!"

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Description

  • One Act
  • Comedy
  • 30 minutes

  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Children (Age 6 - 10), Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student
A Toby Show brings back to the stage an American folk character of Toby, a country bumpkin who through naivete, honesty and homespun humor outwits the city slickers.

Toby is a great role for an energetic actor. The play is a colorful segment of American drama. This farce melodrama recreates with traditional situations and stock characters through jokes and stage business.

Starring in Cinderella, Toby enacts a comic variation of the fairy godmother. With music and specialty numbers, the production excitingly evokes the joy of experiencing an authentic example of American folk theatre, fitting for children of all ages. 

Premiere Production: Written under a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and premiered at the University of Texas at Austin.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 4F
  • Casting Attributes: Room for Extras
  • Casting Notes: Plus extras for vaudeville entr'actes.

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A Toby Show brings back to the stage an American folk character of Toby, a country bumpkin who through naivete, honesty and homespun humor outwits the city slickers. Toby is a great role for an energetic actor. The play is a colorful segment of American drama. This farce melodrama recreates with traditional situations and stock characters through jokes and stage business. Starring in Cinderella, Toby enacts a comic variation of the fairy godmother. With music and specialty numbers, the production excitingly evokes the joy of experiencing an authentic example of American folk theatre, fitting for children of all ages. One int. set. Costumes: American upper- to working-class clothing from 1915. Approximate running time: 30 minutes.

Also Available:

Three-Act Play

 $19.95

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