New Scripts!
These scripts are in various stages of pre-publication, and I may be able to send you a free perusal or license them directly to you! Read more about each script below and contact me at tracywellsplaywright@gmail.com for more information!
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Time: Approximately 80-90 minutes
Cast: 11 F, 8 M, 7+ any gender
In a dark corner of a dusty old tavern, a cloaked storyteller weaves a haunting tale of mystery, terror, and things that go bump in the night...When awkward schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, takes a position in the secluded town of Sleepy Hollow, he’s looking for comfort, love, and a nice hot meal. What he didn’t expect to find was a community reeling from several recent disappearances and the claim that the ghoulish Headless Horseman was out to get them! But when he meets the beautiful and curious Katrina Van Tassel he finds himself in the crosshairs of the local brute, Brom Bones, as well as in the path of the Headless Horseman himself!
In this easy to stage adaptation of the classic tale by Washington Irving, the humor, horror, and history of the tale are well preserved while also adding depth and richness to the characters and events making Sleepy Hollow come alive for today’s audiences! And with 4 possible endings, you become the storyteller as you choose what really happened between Ichabod and the Headless Horseman.
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***Note that this script has been acquired by Playscripts/Broadway Licensing, who will handle all licensing requests in the future. If you would like a free perusal, you can still obtain one from me by using the email address above and I will be handling licensing requests in the short term.
Hard Boiled: A Nursery Crime
Time: Approximately 50-60 minutes
Cast: 2-5+F, 2-4+ M, 9-50+ any gender
Being a detective in the Nursery Rhyme unit isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. So when Humpty Dumpty comes in scrambled after being the victim of a fall, it’s up to the detectives to interview all the unusual suspects—from a fiddling cat, to five Jacks and a Jill, to a vowel loving farmer and his animals, to a screaming teapot, and many more! This case wouldn’t be over easy, that much was certain, but with time running out, these detectives needed to crack the case wide open before they ended up with egg on their face!
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***Note that this script has been acquired by Pioneer Drama Service, who will handle all licensing requests in the future. If you would like a free perusal, you can still obtain one from me by using the email address above and I will be handling licensing requests in the short term.
The Snow Child
Time: Approximately 35-40 minutes
Cast: 1F, 1 M, 10+ any gender
As darkness falls on the eve of the Winter Solstice a childless couple build a girl out of snow and long for her to become real. When the Winter Wind grants their wish, the couple are overjoyed, their once frozen hearts now thawed and full of love…until they realize that a child made of snow and ice can easily break. Battling fractures, fire and their own fears, the couple stops at nothing to keep their new family together. But as time passes and a warm spring breeze fills the air, they realize it will take a lot more than a wish to keep their snow child from melting and slipping through their fingers for good.
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Incorporating poems from Emily Brontë, Emily Dickinson and Christina Rossetti, this beautiful tale of hope and longing uses a lyrical movement based ensemble to bring The Snow Child to life.
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***Note that this script has been acquired by Dramatic Publishing, who will handle all licensing requests in the future. If you would like a free perusal, you can still obtain one from me by using the email address above and I will be handling licensing requests in the short term.
How Miss Pinch Stole Christmas
(renamed School Version)
Time: 35- 40 minutes
Cast: 15+ any gender
Miss Elvira Pinch hates Christmas! She despises everything about it—the lights and the noise and the decorations and the presents and the noise and the singing and…did we mention the noise? So when Miss Pinch finds a loophole in the town charter, she vows to rid Newville of Christmas, once and for all! But when she encounters the angelic Gabby Gazoo, Miss Pinch learns that maybe there’s more to Christmas than she originally thought. With the help of a friendly narrator who speaks entirely in familiar rhyme, this entertaining holiday comedy is fun for actors of all ages and will delight audiences, while reminding them what Christmas is all about.
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​***Note that this script is now under a publishing contract with Pioneer Drama Service, who will handle all licensing requests. If you would like a free perusal, you can still obtain one from me by using the email address above. Additionally you can find the Christian version at SkitGuys.com.
The Best Christmas Story Ever (school version)
Time: Approximately 45 minutes
Cast: 1F, 2-5 M, 11-18+ any gender
Goldman Films is on the brink of shutting down, and Creative Director Avery Moore believes the studio can be saved with a big holiday hit. But with so many Christmas movies being released, Avery knows this year’s film needs to really stand out. So with the help of her trusty assistant, Jules, a steady stream of familiar Christmas characters, and a minor bump on the head, Avery sets out to tell the best Christmas story ever and learns along the way that the greatest Christmas story is the one that unites us all.
***Note that a Christian version of this script will be available at SkitGuys.com later this year.
Track and Field
Time: 75 minute full length of 40 minute one act
Cast: 5-26+ any gender
The wind in your hair, legs burning, arms pumping, trying to get ahead, doing everything it takes to win the race…but what if the real race isn’t run on a track? What if the thing you’re actually chasing is…your future?
It’s the last track meet of the year and as the athletes warm up for their events, they contemplate what lies ahead—for some it’s having enough extracurriculars or wracking up followers on social media or getting up the courage to ask their crush to prom. But for others, more serious obstacles lie ahead, and they’re much harder to jump over than a bunch of aluminum hurdles—from worries about leaving high school, to family troubles, to vicious rumors, to long distance relationships. Through a series of interconnected scenes, TRACK AND FIELD speaks to the fears and dreams of students leaving high school behind and making their way into the world, and reminds us all that sometimes the finish line is just the beginning.
Snow Day
Time: 30-45 minutes
Cast: 8-25+ any gender
In the dead of winter…when the temperature drops below freezing and the days drag on in one endless gray blur, there are two words that every student longs to hear…SNOW DAY! In this collection of snowy scenes, we’ll see what students (and a few teachers and administrators) get up to when school gets cancelled. From a scared sledder in “Out Cold” to a beleaguered babysitter in “Blanket of Snow”, to some role playing paladins in “Winter is Coming” to a snowy mixup in “Snowball Effect”, these scenes and more are sure to bring some frosty fun to your stage with a whole lot of humor and a dash of heart. And with a minimal set and super flexible cast, this one act play will be a fun and easy way to remind audiences of the magic that can only be found on a snow day.
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***Note that this script has been acquired by Playscripts/Broadway Licensing, who will handle all licensing requests in the future. If you would like a free perusal, you can still obtain one from me by using the email address above and I will be handling licensing requests in the short term.
Aesop Live!
Time: 75-80 min full length or 35 minute one act
Cast: 10-50+ any gender
Aesop’s Fables have never been told like this! Join two narrators as they take the audience on a wild ride through some of the greatest stories in ancient history! From well known classics like “The Tortoise and the Hare” and “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” to lesser known stories like “The Two Pots” and “The Thirsty Pigeon”, these fast paced fables get foibled as the narrators try and keep the show from running off the rails. With fun segments like “Ani-Mania!”, “The Fable Zone” and “Who’s Moral is it Anyway?” and hilarious characters like Moral Marty, (whose name is really Steve), Hermes, (race reporter and game show host), and Deputy Dubious, (keeping the streets safe from Questionable Morals), your actors and your audience will be rolling in the aisles, ‘cause in AESOP LIVE! there’s nothing slow and steady about these fables!
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​***Note that this script is now under a publishing contract with Playscripts/Broadway Licensing, who will handle all licensing requests. If you would like a free perusal, you can still obtain one from me by using the email address above.
Totally Murder!
Time: 90 minutes
Cast: 5 F, 2M, 16+ any gender (can be expanded with additional Shoppers)
“It’s the 1980s, and the food court at the Valley View Mall is bustling with all the usual suspects…the majorly glam rich kids with money to burn, the valley girls with their big hair and even bigger mouths, the health conscious aerobics instructor, the kinda scary punk rocker, the spazzy geek who’s in love with the quirky social outcast, the Madonna wanna-be, the nosy mall walker, and the trouble making skater boy with the gnarly moves. And of course there’s the people stuck wearing the silly unforms as they dish out ice cream, hot dogs, and all manner of greasy foods. But when the automatic doors to the food court stop working and the owner of the new pizza restaurant, Sarranos’s, falls down dead, things get totally heinous! It’s up to an enthusiastic mall security guard to figure out who’s guilty before the killer wigs out and claims another victim!”
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***Note that this script has been acquired by Playscripts/Broadway Licensing, who will handle all licensing requests in the future. If you would like a free perusal, you can still obtain one from me by using the email address above and I will be handling licensing requests in the short term.
Whistle Stop
Time: 75 minutes
Cast: 1 F, 13+ any gender (can be expanded)
“The regulars at the Whistle Stop diner know there’s nothing in life that can’t be fixed by a hot cup of coffee and a warm slice of apple pie, even if presidential candidates prefer to stop at the nearby Gold Star Cafe while on their campaign tour. So when a cold front freezes the pipes at the Gold Star, the diners at the Whistle Stop scramble to prepare for an unexpected visit from the latest presidential hopeful. But as pressures mount, and the stakes are raised, tension and misunderstanding threaten to divide this small town, putting the candidate’s visit, and the community as a whole, in jeopardy.
Whistle Stop is a story about people, not politics, that uses humor and heart to gently examine societal friction through the lens of a small town while ultimately reminding us that at the end of the day it’s not what divides us, but what brings us together that makes us a nation.”
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***Note that this script is now under a publishing contract with Dramatic Publishing, who will handle all licensing requests. If you would like a free perusal, you can still obtain one from me by using the email address above.