classics, adaptations, Shakespeaere, Dickess
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One Act Plays

The Red Shoes
a one act adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story by Kathleen Lockwood

The Yellow Pearl
an adaptation of the Easter parable in one act by Margaret Forsythe

The Dead
a one act adaptation from Joyce’s “The Dubliners” by David Klein

Eveline
a one-act adaptation from Joyce’s "The Dubliners" by David Klein

The Boarding House
a one-act adaptation from Joyce’s "The Dubliners" by David Klein

Robin Of Sherwood Forest
a one-act comic adaptation from the original Robin Hood tales by Kathleen Lockwood

Beauty And The Beast
a comedy in five scenes adapted from a 12th century folk tale by Kathleen Lockwood

The Emperor’s New Clothes
a comedy in six scenes adapted for hearing impaired/signing performers by Kathleen Lockwood

Alice’s Adventures
a comedy in eight scenes adapted from Lewis Carroll’s classics by Kathleen Lockwood

Full-Length Plays

The Concise Dickens’ Christmas Carol
A 50-minute tour-de-force for one or more actors which brings Dickens’ classic powerfully to life with minimal props and staging, by D. D. Delaney

The Chimes
by Jean H. Klein

Cinderella
from the fairytale by Charles Perrault

Oliver Twist
adapted from Charles Dickens by Mickey Coburn

The Passing Of Grandison
a full-length comedy adapted from
Charles Chestnutt’s
short story by Jean H. Klein

Escaping Slaves by Thomas Nast,
courtesy of Civil War Art




Snow White
an hilarious adaptation from the original tale by Mickey Coburn

The Sleeping Beauty
a rollicking adaptation from the original tales by Mickey Coburn

Enemy of the People: En Folkefiende
a full-length adaptation of Ibsen’s “Enemy of the People” by Jean H. Klein

Frankenstein Or The Modern Prometheus
a play in nine scenes adapted from Mary Shelley’s original by Kathleen Lockwood


Shakespeare Adaptations

Macbeth for Kids
adapted from William Shakespeare for children ages 6-12. by Gillette Elvgren

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Adapted for the Lights ‘N Shadows Performers By Kathleen Lockwood

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Retold for Young Audiences  by Gillette Elvgren

The Tempest
an adaptation of Shakespeare's romance by Gillette Elvgren

Shakespeare After School
a 45-minute comedy with scenes from Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Romeo and Juliet for highschool by D. D. DeLaney

Shakespeare: Playing for Laughs
another 45 minute comedy with scenes from Midsummer Night's Dream. The Winter's Tale, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Merchant of Venice for high school by D. D. DeLaney


of classics , both one-act and full-length for high school and middle school, as well as community theater.  They include, Shakespeare, Dickens (Oliver Twist, Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) and James Joyce.