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bullet Posted: 4/09/06 at 7:47pm

I'll throw in a few suggestions we've done and ask that if anyone else has ideas they keep them coming as this is also exactly what I am looking for!

"You Can't Take it With You"

"Ask Any Girl"

"The Man Who Came to Dinner"

...and yes, I'm in absolute agreement on "Faith County" (probably our funniest show ever).  "An Evening of Culture" (the sequel) is funny, but I actually think the original is the better of the two.

 

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bullet Posted: 4/19/06 at 8:49pm

There's a new one I saw not that long ago.  It's written by the same woman who wrote "Dearly Departed" - everyone's done that one right?  Well, the new one is called "Dearly Beloved" and is hilarious!  It's had maybe five, seven productions from what I can find out and has a big cast.  (The playwright's website is www.JezebellesInk.com and has all the info.) Check it out!  You won't be sorry.  Break a leg!  Rachel B (Dramatists Play Service has just published it!)

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bullet Posted: 7/24/06 at 10:44pm
How about, The Curious Savage? It's warm and very funny. A
definate audience pleaser. Melodramas are also so much fun
to do and the audience loves the participation element - Boo,
Hiss, Hooray. Tim Kelly has written some good ones.
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bullet Posted: 9/26/06 at 12:50pm

Interesting that audiences will accept sexual innuendo but not profanity.....I guess I don't understand why one is ok and not the other. Our audiences seem to be like that too, though. 

Anyway, how about "Harvey", "Auntie Mame", "Arsenic and Old Lace", "The Male Animal", and (I agree with Bailey) "The Curious Savage"...all audience pleasers and (except for "The Male Animal", which we haven't done yet) all filled the seats for us.

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bullet Posted: 11/09/06 at 2:32pm

Two recent shows we did that were clean and fun were I Hate Hamlet and Father of the Bride.  Both are unit sets and pretty easy to prop and costume.  Father of the Bride says 21 actors and is available from www.dramatists.com, (I personally don't remember casting that many, though) 

 

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Our theatre sold out a farce called "Squirrel Lake".  You can find it at www.hitplays.com

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How about a mystery comedy...Done to Death by Fred Carmichael. It is from Sam French.  Here's the link.
 
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We are working on a very funny farce, A Bad Year for Tomatoes. From what research I have done on the Web, whenever it was performed, the audiences loved it---no sex, no bad words, just nosey neighbors. Here's the link.

http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1447
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bullet Posted: 4/25/07 at 2:50pm
I have to agree with POB14, the foriegner is a fantastic clean show.  I've done it twice and both times the audiences loved it.  Also the Cooney shows are a delight, though a bit racy at times.
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bullet Posted: 7/20/07 at 2:42pm
I know this thread is a bit old, but here are a few we've done and are looking at doing. Funny Money has the audience in stitches from beginning to end and we also did Bedroom Farce it was pretty funny too...both are written by the same writer and his name is escaping me right now.  These are both British Farce's.  We've looked at the script Lucky Stiff and it is very funny too...it is also a musical with the silliest songs around.  Barefoot in the Park is great and another one that left the audience laughing is Dearly Departed.

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