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Chaos in Theatre

After the lead actor in his upcoming production of “The Mystery of Professor Bonaffe” dies in a preventable diving incident, Doctor Horace Thierry, head of the theatre department at the College of Global Perfection does something few directors hope to pull off:  he transforms a horrible melodrama into a horrendous malady.  Thierry, a terrible actor, jettisons the understudy and assumes the lead role when he discovers that Professor Steinherz, making a visit to the college to determine its continued funding, wants to see a performance of the play.  Buffoon Thierry who has been pressing the college for tenure for years believes the success of his play is his opportunity for tenure and concocts a foolhardy solution to his inability to learn his part:  he engages three union stage hands to don tree costumes and stand on stage with tablets to feed him lines.  And let the debacle begin!  This cleverly written play will have your audiences rolling with laughter as everything that could go wrong does.  The play within the play is the story of a man who labored six years on his dissertation disparaging Psychology as a science.  The character, played by Thierry, sets out to kill Bonaffe who stands in his way of tenure unbeknownst that Steinherz’ field of study is Psychology and the idea that it is not a science is beyond absurdity. $20 Single Use Copyright Fee plus $60 Royalty per Performance for Amateur Theatre.  Professional Theatre Royalties Calculated on Application. 

$60.00 Royalty per Performance
$20.00 Single-Use Copyright Fees