Wingin' It

One-Acts 45

By: Paul DiLella
Cast: 3 M, 6 F, 7 flexible, opt. ext. (With doubling: 3 M, 5 F, 6 flexible)
Performance Time: Approximately 60-75 minutes, 62 pgs.

FARCE/SPOOF. RearWay Air is known for having the most crashes, accidents, canceled and delayed flights, and lost luggage. Flights depart whenever the pilot shows up, the bottled water tastes like kerosene, and people who complain have been known to disappear. But who cares when you’re flying to Vegas, right? On this ill-fated RearWay Airlines Flight 247 to Las Vegas, the passengers have to cope with a manic-depressive pilot, dodge a heat-seeking missile, survive a wing fire, and ignore the monster looming on the wing. Then when a clown hijacks the plane and his stink bomb clown nose accidentally goes off rendering the pilot and navigator unconscious, the passengers find themselves with no pilot, landing gear, radio, or GPS. Luckily, a speed-reader is onboard, but he has just minutes to read two flight manuals and learn how to fly the plane before it crashes. And if that isn’t bad enough, the stewardess starts to threaten passengers with a plastic spork and a passenger becomes possessed by an alien named Kanu! Audiences will love this spoof of airplane disaster movies.

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Paul DiLella has published several plays and is a graduate of Syracuse University with a degree in speech and theatre. Mr. DiLella has taught speech, theatre, and English at Pahrump Valley High School.