Looking for something funny with maybe 10-15 people, contemporary, perhaps a little "edgy."

I'm wanting to repeat the experience we had with Dearly Departed but I really don't want to do any of the sequels to that show.

I'm also brainstorming other ways to include a lot of whoever shows up, perhaps a night of one acts? Or something along those lines?

I guess I'm just getting frustrated with the model of choosing a show long ahead of time and then depending on the right people showing up for auditions. I guess there's no way around that. It's just that frequently it seems we get a lot of good actors at auditions but they don't necessarily fit with the show that was selected.

    My new one act comedy, You Dont Have to Feed a Cello, was published this month by Heuer Publishing. It was written with five (5) male roles and with ten (10) females roles and many of these fifteeen roles have plenty of room for flexible casting. Running time: 45 minutes.
    Synopsis:You Don’t Have to Feed A Cello is a young man’s worst nightmare, his own personal life, mistakes and failures, brought hilariously to the stage in embarrassing moments orchestrated and revealed by a Greek chorus of six nagging mothers in his head. Vexed and hounded by finger-pointing failure, nagging guilt, missed opportunities, and a son’s duties and responsibilities, a playful, comical, paranoid theatrical presentation of a conscience riddled by a mother’s overprotective love and good intentions.

     If you are looking for something a little different, you may also wish to consider one of my earlier comedies, Delia Dancer, Doughnut Girl, from Heuer Publishing, with a flexible cast of 21.
     Synopsis: Delia Dancer, Doughnut Girl is a modern melodrama that chronicles a ridiculous day and the challenges and struggles of a young woman who makes a living manufacturing doughnuts and sweet pastries in a small town doughnut factory. Structured as a radio program complete with phony commercials, parody songs, audience participation, and listener call-in spots, Delia Dancer, Doughnut Girl stretches theatrical forms but is deeply rooted in awful puns and wrapped around an apple pie and a cup of coffee of small town life.
Types: Full Length Play, Community Theatre
Genres: Comedy, Melodrama
Cast: 6 men, 7 women, 8 extras, flexible cast, 21 total

     I have also mentioned recently in an early posting in this forum my new full length murder mystery with a cast of 15, The Man in Seat 24 or The Uninvited Guest. This was published with Brooklyn Publishers last April.
     
      I come here looking for new play ideas to read and direct as well. Shameless self-promotion, I know, but some folks have been directing these large shows of mine recently to some good success.
      Good luck in your search,
Martin

You could have a go at 'Kareoke Twist' by John grimshaw

Edited by Gaafa - 1/30/10 at 8:58pm

I've been away but I wanted to say thanks for all the suggestions! I'll be able to start looking things over in the morning.

Well, If you're looking in the Dearly Departed range, you've got to check out John Culbertson's  Messiah on the Frigidaire .  It's published by Samuel French.
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