Rewrite
Devised by Prague Youth Theatre with Liam Hallahan under Adam Stewart
Age range
13 – 15, 16 +
Cast size
10 – 15
Approx. running time
Under 30 mins
Gender breakdown
Male: 3+
Female: 3+
Female: 3+
Setting
Non-naturalistic.
Note
A fast paced, absurd, quirky one-act about the trials and tribulations of making a good story.
First performance
Prague Youth Theatre at Class in Action Festival, Prague, February 2018.
Synopsis
Once upon a time, there was a Prince and a Princess. Or maybe a young bohemian woman in a city. Or maybe space wizards. The author's not quite sure yet. He's trying to figure it out. He'll get there eventually.
The play follows an author (can be either gender) who writes a fantasy story about a prince and a princess breaking out of their repressive lives, fighting monsters and living free. It doesn’t get received very well, so they go back to the drawing board and tries to make something more ‘artistic’. Then something with more ‘broad appeal’. The prince and the princess persist as the main characters throughout, thrust into different roles, and they start to get a bit frustrated with the whole creative process.
The majority of the ensemble (ie. Everyone who isn’t the author) portrays a large teeming blob of ink, out of which the characters and settings emerge. This makes this piece excellent for movement-based ensemble work, giving everyone a ‘moment to shine’ if you’re so inclined.
Rewrite works as a bespoke 20-minute piece of performance, perhaps as a prologue or opening to a longer play. Or it can be expanded and adapted into a longer piece!
The play follows an author (can be either gender) who writes a fantasy story about a prince and a princess breaking out of their repressive lives, fighting monsters and living free. It doesn’t get received very well, so they go back to the drawing board and tries to make something more ‘artistic’. Then something with more ‘broad appeal’. The prince and the princess persist as the main characters throughout, thrust into different roles, and they start to get a bit frustrated with the whole creative process.
The majority of the ensemble (ie. Everyone who isn’t the author) portrays a large teeming blob of ink, out of which the characters and settings emerge. This makes this piece excellent for movement-based ensemble work, giving everyone a ‘moment to shine’ if you’re so inclined.
Rewrite works as a bespoke 20-minute piece of performance, perhaps as a prologue or opening to a longer play. Or it can be expanded and adapted into a longer piece!