Please Turn Off Your Audience

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By: Werner Trieschmann
Cast: 8 M, 8 F, 15 flexible, extras (With doubling: 3 M, 4 F, 9 flexible, opt. extras)
Performance Time: Approximately 45-60 minutes, 49 pgs

COMEDY COLLECTION. There’s plenty of theatre drama and laughs in this side-splitting collection of four short plays. In “Please Turn Off Your Audience,” rebellious audience members reject all rules of theater etiquette. In “Saturday Night Stage,” two radio broadcasters provide ridiculous play-by-play commentary on a student production of Romeo and Juliet. In “Ushered,” two militant ushers harass theatre-goers as they try to gain admittance to a children’s play. And in “Boo Me!” an actress begs the audience to stop giving standing ovations during a horrendous student performance. Suitable for middle schools, high schools, and community theatres. Easy to stage with just one simple set for all four plays. Plays may be performed individually, if desired.

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Werner Trieschmann is a playwright, director, and theatre instructor. His plays have been staged across the United States and internationally. Mr. Trieschmann earned an MFA in playwriting from Boston University. He is a native of Hot Springs, Arkansas.