American Idle

One-Acts 45

By: Bradley Hayward
Cast: 10 M, 8 F, extras (Flexible cast 40+. With doubling: 3 M, 3 F)
Performance Time: Approximately 60 minutes, 57 pgs.

SPOOF. It’s become the latest TV reality show craze! In “American Idle,” contestants vie for the honor of becoming America’s number-one high school slacker. Host Brian Seacrest takes us through rounds of hilarious auditions, mind-bending challenges, and brutal eliminations. Along the way, contestants compete to impress three judges with their supreme slacker skills—an inarticulate school janitor; a nasty, condescending guidance counselor; and a spacey drama teacher. But in the end, the biggest slackers of all may be the TV viewers themselves, who have become too lazy to vote for a winner! This hysterical spoof has a flexible cast and simple staging.

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A native of Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Bradley Hayward has written more than 30 plays, some of which have been produced in more than 20 countries. Two of his short plays have been produced off Broadway, and several one-acts have been presented at thespian festivals across the United States and Canada. As a director of several high school productions, Mr. Hayward has worked with students on acting, playwriting and stagecraft. He lives in Los Angeles.