Hansel and Gretel and Friends

One-Acts 45

By: Mike Noland
Cast: 7 M, 7 F, 3 flexible
Performance Time: Approximately 45-60 minutes, 55 pgs.

FARCE. Hansel and Gretel have noticed that their new stepmother has been as cranky as a bear, gives them creepy looks, and keeps asking them, “How would you like to go on a long trip?” Well, the “long trip” for Hansel and Gretel turns out to be a family picnic deep in the woods―minus the parents―where they meet an old woman who lives in a candy house and has an appetite for children. Luckily, Hansel and Gretel have some friends searching for them including a vampire with large fangs, a kid named Jack who says he has a magical beanstalk, a boy who cries wolf, young William Shakespeare, and even Joan of Arc!

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Mike Noland has worked in film, theatre, and commercial production and has a BFA in Theatre from Arkansas State University. For more than 28 years, Mr. Noland has taught speech and drama in North Little Rock, AR, where he has directed countless plays and musicals and written Readers Theatres for speech competitions.