Pride and Prejudice: The Movie

One-Acts 45

By: Burton Bumgarner
Cast: 6 M, 11 F, 4 flexible
Performance Time: Approximately 60 minutes, 53 pgs.

FARCE. Sammy Samosa, a director of low-budget action films, has been ordered by studio brass to make a quality film. Desperate to save his job, Sammy selects a screenplay of Jane Austen’s classic novel "Pride and Prejudice" but soon discovers there is no budget for a set, costumes, or film editing, and there’s just one crew member to do the sound, lights, and camera work. To save money and time, Sammy ends up with a cast of “actors” including an overzealous Realtor, a hippie, a biker, a geek, a Goth, a fast-food worker, a bossy first-grade teacher, a wannabe Shakespearean actress, and a former cheerleader. Then to make matters worse, Sammy finds out he has just three days to shoot the entire movie, so he orders the cast to toss out the script and improvise the rest of the movie! This play will delight your audience with its host of hilarious characters.

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Burton Bumgarner is an award-winning playwright who has published more than 60 plays. Mr. Bumgarner has experience as a director and a sound and light technician. Mr. Bumgarner resides in North Carolina, where he works as a professional musician.