COMEDY FOR GIRLS
(and a few guys)
This comic material was developed while working with students in The Comedy Academy – an after-school program at Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School and Northwood High School in Silver Spring Maryland. The sketches and short plays were honed as the students performed them in professional and educational venues. These venues included The Warehouse Theatre, Washington, DC., The Studio Theatre, Washington, DC, The Randolph Road Theatre, Silver Spring, MD, and at the two schools. All were offered as part of musical comedy revues presented for multiple performances between 2000 and 2012. If you have any questions or would like to review an advance copy, please contact me at hbagdasian@aol.com.
This Comedy Anthology
will feature the following short comic plays and sketches
A.D.D. FAMILY FEUD – a comedy sketch mocking a TV quiz show and asking, “can you have a game where people pay next to no attention?” Cast 10 (5 girls/ 3 girls or guys/ 2 guys)
PERCEPTIONS or CELEB-CRED – is something more important because it is touted by a TV or movie star? Here’s a funny news show parody that looks at the modern-day celebrity as a “smee” (subject matter expert).
Cast 14 (6 girls/ 4 girls or guys/ 4 guys)
HOME INVASION ADVERTISING - if cigarette companies cannot advertise on TV, what’s their next option? … appeal directly to buyers? Cast 7 (3 girls/ 2 girls or guys/ 2 guys)
ACADEMIC RIGOR – a short comedy exploring how one mother can go to extremes to ensure her children get into the right school
Cast 7 (4 girls/ 2 girls or guys/ 1 guy)
TOUCHED BY AN ANGLE - a spoof of “Touched By An Angel” where advertising executives pitch the grim reaper with marketing possibilities Cast 6 (3 girls/ 2 girls or guys/ 1 guy)
THE WWW DOT COM THING – tired of hearing “for more information go to www dot something or another?” This short comedy takes that annoying phenomenon to a comical extreme. Cast 22 (9 girls/ 9 girls or guys/ 4 guys)
REAL TEENS OF THUNDER VALLEY - a reality TV show parody featuring the lives and loves of teenagers in a small town
Cast 9 (65 girls/ 3 guys)
TELEBUDDIES FROM THE HOOD – a hilarious mash-up of two TV shows: a drama about Tony Alto (the head of a gangster family); and a kiddies’ show featuring plush little child-like characters Cast 20 (8 girls/ 5 girls or guys/ 6 guys)
BURN(out) NOTICE - a comedy with a large cast that explores what could happen when a comedy writer’s characters escape her imagination and start interfering with her creative processes Cast 16 (7 girls/ 5 girls or guys/ 4 guys) to play 32 roles
ALSO WITH PLENTY OF ROLES FOR SCHOOL-AGE GIRLS:
What is HeHEE!?
Picture “Breakfast Club” Meets “Glee”
Delete Songs, Insert Comedy Sketches
CASTING THE SKETCHES INCLUDED IN THIS OF THE PLAY
Writers and Participants listed with each sketch name are characters in the story
DROPPING THE F-BOMB Script by Byron Gallagher & Crissy Lasky
CAST (5) Students 1 (Crissy) Student2 (Lane) Mr. Lovecraft (Albert)
Principal Locnoar (Sky) “Beep”SFX Guy (Reese)
FNN REPORT: HOMEWORK EATING script by Crissy Lasky
CAST (4): Crissy, two news anchors Ginny Tonic (Terri) and
Jack Daniels (Reese) and a student Tim (Sky)
THE AP PROBLEM sketch by Byron Gallagher
CAST (2) Morgan, a student (Reese) and Ms. Lang, a counselor (Shelly)
THE AP PROBLEM (v2) script by Byron Gallagher
CAST (3): AP Man (a superhero) 2 Students, Morgan and Moira
HIGH SCHOOL FIGHT CLUB by Byron Gallagher
Cast (3) News Anchor (Byron), Network Exec Stevens (Albert) and
Principal Jenning (Lane)
SQUAWK THE MIME PENGUIN – a sketch by Crissy Lasky
CAST (2) Announcer (Albert) and Squawk The Penguin (Sky)
FIXED NEWS – a sketch by Crissy Lasky
CAST (3) Newsie 1 (Crissy), Newsie 2 (Byron) &
Economist Philomena Pherngreen (Shelly)
FRAT TALK an NPR Spoof by Byron Gallagher
CAST (4): Chaz (Albert), Chug (Sky) and Mary (Shelly)
EUCLID FUNNIES … Or “Postulates Rule” Sketches by Reese Allen
CAST (4) Archimedes (Terri), Euclid (Byron), 2 Students – (Reese & Lane)
THE DORK-O-RAMA VICTIM GPS
script by Crissy & Byron with help from everyone else
CAST: Two Students HIM (Byron) and HER (Lane)
LATE TO CLASS script by Byron Gallagher & Crissy Lasky
CAST (4): Principal (Albert), Students: Suzie (Lane), Jeri (Terri), Student 3 (Sky)
ADMINISTRATOR FOR A DAY – script by Laskey & Gallagher
Cast:(2) Milton Pharmen the host (Reese), and
Mrs. Henrietta Dawson the contestant (Shelly)
FIXED NEWS Lu Bobbs Show – An Interview With The Devil
Script by Byron Gallagher
CAST (2) Luanne Bobbs (Crissy), Scratch (Shelly)
DROPPING THE F-BOMB Script by Byron Gallagher & Crissy Lasky
CAST (5) Students 1 (Crissy) Student2 (Lane) Mr. Lovecraft (Albert)
Principal Locnoar (Sky) “Beep”SFX Guy (Reese)