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ABC: A Bureaucratic Comedy by William Arnold

#2004-0002

ISBN #1-933159-014

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Cast Requirements: 4 Persons

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Plot Summary

Deep in the bowels of a nondescript government office, three bureaucrats from The Department of Great Thinkers Thinking Great Thoughts run our country. Every thought comes directly from these near geniuses. The problem is, of course, that these are bureaucrats and they don’t ever produce anything - including thoughts! The lowly night janitor discovers their lair and hilarity ensues.

A timely commentary on government in action, or inaction, as the case might be. We think.

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Winner of Best Play, Best Director, Best Director  & an Audience Appreciation Award
1985 Eastern Connecticut State University One-Act Play Contest, Shafer Auditorium

“Highly innovative, original...makes for a witty piece of adult comedy.”
- Susan Wain, The Campus Lantern

$4.05/individual copy

$20/package +
$30/performance royalty

Properties List
bullet3 Identical Chairs
bullet3 Pairs "Egineer"-style Eyeglasses
bulletA Pushbroom
Costume Plot
bulletFlexible, as deemed appropriate by director & cast.

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Bill Arnold was trained as an actor, but due to his habit of rewriting his lines, people told him that he should write his own stuff. Primarily considered a composer, Bill dabbles in straight plays when the mood takes him. ABC: A Bureaucratic Comedy was his first play and since then, he was co-written a full length musical called Lint! The Musical with Scott Auden, and done a 60 minute abridgement of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (both at the www.hitw.org - Hole in the Wall Theater, New Britain, CT site) as well as several other “projects in the works”. He is a founding member of the improv comedy troupe, Too Many Monkeys (www.toomanymonkeys.net) and lives in Windsor, Connecticut with his wife Barbara and their daughter, Frances.

 

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