Melodrama Mike's Play Service
A subsidiary of O'Roark Dramatic Services
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Melodrama Mike's Play Service A subsidiary of O'Roark Dramatic Services |
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Melodrama Mike is proud to be produced at the following quality Theatres
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Click on a title, or heading to see the play descriptions Rowdy Joe and the Lost Prospector’s Mine New - Pyros of the Caribbean - New The Last Stage to Tumbleweed Gulch Please scroll down the entire page to view all the titles and descriptions
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The mission of Melodrama Mike's is to provide quality scripts to your theatre, school, club, church, or organization at a fraction of what it would cost from one of the major publishing companies. Melodrama Mike is proud to offer the best value in melodrama and non-melodrama scripts on the net. Why you ask? Melodrama Mike likes playing the Hero for you!
Rowdy
Joe and the Lost Prospector's Mine
Cast: 3 Men 3 Women
Something is rotten in the town of Delano. One of the town’s leading citizens, Rowdy Joe Lowe, has been missing for several weeks. In spite of Sheriff Randall Rightman’s diligent efforts, no sign has been uncovered. This is mostly due to the fact that the unsuspecting Sheriff’s search is being hindered by the evil E.T. "Big Red" Beard, who has been "helping" Randall in his quest. In reality, Big Red and his sexy paramour, the voluptuous Mona Amplemounds have kidnapped the hapless Joe and are holding him hostage until he reveals the secret location of the "Lost Prospector's Mine". The plot is further complicated by the arrival of Rowdy’s ward, Sharlene Angelheart, who has come to town, with her Aunt, in search of her long lost guardian. Can Randall Rightman get to the bottom of this tangled web of deceit in time to save them? Only time will tell. Pricing: $5.00 per script - $25.00 per performance. Minimum Script order - Eight (8) scripts To Order or for more information E-Mail: melodramamike@hotmail.com
or A Horse of a Different Mother
Photo courtesy of Mosley Street Melodrama - Wichita, KS
Cast: 3 Men 4 Women -
(One female is meant to
be double cast) Hard times have befallen the once proud stables of Woodburn Farms, Kentucky. Since the death of her saintly father, Patricia Woodburn has been desperately striving to stay financially afloat amidst these difficult times. Enter the villainous “Nasty” Ned Nantura. Who, unbeknownst to our Heroine, has discovered a rich vein of gold beneath the gentle fields of Woodburn Farms and with the assistance of his beautiful partner in crime, he is bent on reaping it for himself. Will Nasty Ned succeed in cheating the sweet Patty out of her birthright, or will our stalwart hero, Lance Charger be in time to save the day? There’s only one way to find out!
Pricing: $5.00 per script - $25.00 per performance. Minimum Script order - Nine (9) scripts To Order or for more information E-Mail: melodramamike@hotmail.com
Custer’s Last Hand
Photo courtesy of Mosley Street Melodrama - Wichita, KS Cast: 4 Men 3 Women
The year is 1876. The U.S. is turning 100 years old, the Sioux have risen and Custer is on the move! Before the Seventh Cavalry can begin it’s campaign to the Little Big Horn, however, they must first stop over in the town of Delano, Kansas, just outside Wichita, Kansas in order to outfit his command. To get things started, Custer dispatches Lieutenant Larry Leadwell to procure the necessary supplies. Unfortunately for the seventh, the first person the hapless Lieutenant meets is the evil Cutburt J. Underhand and his band of corrupt profiteers. The evil doers quickly become obsessed with separating the Cavalry from their money. This is easily accomplished with the dim-witted Leadwell who, by this time, has been joined by General Custer himself. It is not until Mrs. Custer arrives that things take a turn for the good. Together with our heroine Trina Twinklebright, they set about attempting to thwart Underhand’s wicked ploy and put things to right. Pricing: $5.00 per script - $25.00 per performance. Minimum Script order - Nine (9) scripts To Order or for more information E-Mail: melodramamike@hotmail.com
Money
In The Bank
Cast: 3 Men 3 Women Sad times have befallen the Last Territorial Bank and Telegraph Company. President, and Founder, J.P. Moneylender, is missing and presumed dead. Though not "physically" present, his presence is strongly felt in the form of a "living portrait", (his eyes really do follow you around the room, and much more), which hangs in the bank. In his "absence", Hilregard Moneylender, J.P.’s new wife and step-mother to our lovely heroine, Marion, has taken over the day to day duties of the bank. The evil Smedley Chetum, (not one to let an opportunity slip through his fingers), does his best to take slimy advantage of the situation. All is not as it appears in this tale. Take nothing for granted and beware of sharp plot twists. Pricing: $5.00 per script - $25.00 per performance. Minimum Script order - Eight (8) scripts To Order or for more information E-Mail: melodramamike@hotmail.com
The
Moonshiner’s Daughter
Cast: 5 Men 2 Women High in the Ozark mountains sits Zeke Ledbetter’s moonshine still which he runs despite the strong objections of his lovely daughter Mary Belle. Despite the legal improprieties, operations at the still are running smoothly. That is, until city-fied gangster Big Jake and his gun moll Miss Bubblious "Bubbles" O’Toole arrive, eager to escape the heat of the city, (legally as well as temperature-wise). Immediately upon their arrival they set about trying to gain control of O’l Zeke’s moonshining business for themselves. The plot is further complicated by the arrival of the heroic Federal Revenue Agent, John Straight-Shooter, who has arrived to drain the moonshine clean out of the mountains and round up all the offending parties. Pricing: $5.00 per script - $25.00 per performance. Minimum Script order - Nine (9) scripts To Order or for more information E-Mail: melodramamike@hotmail.com
The Town
That Hated Santa
Photo courtesy of Mosley Street Melodrama - Wichita, KS Cast: 3 Men - 2 Women - 2 Generic
It’s Christmas time for the good citizens of Kringle, Kansas. Led by Rose
Blossom, the favorite daughter of the town Mayor, everyone is all set to celebrate with
glad tidings and good cheer. Unfortunately, the anti-Santanic Professor Quark is
desperately trying to convince everyone of the scientific impossibility of Santa Claus.
With the help of the Mayor’s less favorite daughter, the delightfully wicked
April Blossom, the two set forth a plan to ostracize the town from the jolly old elf.
Mystified by the towns sudden and unexplained change of heart, Santa dispatches his
top elf and chief lieutenant, Elvin Kind, to sort things out. Events begin to spiral out of
control which, ultimately, lead to the big man himself, making a timely appearance. Pricing: $5.00 per script - $25.00 per performance. Minimum Script order - Nine (9) scripts
To Order or for more information E-Mail:
melodramamike@hotmail.com
Photo courtesy of Mosley Street Melodrama - Wichita, KS Cast: 3 Men 4 Women Christmas time has come to cattle country, much to the delight of Karen and Sharon Nurture, our sweet and lovely heroine and her well meaning mother. The joy of the season is their only hope to turn the hard heart of Matilda "Bull" Hockey who has begun a personal vendetta against the Nurtures’ for no other reason than they are Sheepherders in cattle country. "Bull" feels that the presence of sheep will spoil her chance of selling her prize herd at a profit and, Christmas, or no Christmas, she is determined to drive them out of the territory. Enter Nick O. Tyme and his son Justin. Together, they take on the responsibility of swaying "Bull" and putting the joy of Christmas in her hardened heart. They soon realize that this is not going to be an easy task. Pricing: $5.00 per script - $25.00 per performance. Minimum Script order - Nine (9) scripts To Order or for more information E-Mail: melodramamike@hotmail.com
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Kandy Kane’s Kristmas Krisis
Photo courtesy of Golden Chain Theatre - Oakhurst, CA Cast: 4 Men 3 Women It’s Kristmas time and the folks at Kandy Kane’s Kristmas Konfectionary are working overtime in order to get ready for the big rush. Kristmas Eve is, in fact, the only day out of the year in which Kandy Kane and her sweet mother, Sugar, are open to the public. This means that her best customer, Tina Truffles, only has the one day each year in which to stock up. Everything is going according to plan until the mean and nasty Peanut Brittle, with the help of the sexy Ginger Snaps, informs Kandy that he has wrestled the mortgage to her store away from kindly old Red Licorice and plans to turn her sweet smelling konfectionary into a foul smelling cigar shop. Only our stalwart hero, Daniel Divinity can save the day. A deliciously delightful story with a sweet ending. Pricing: $5.00 per script - $25.00 per performance. Minimum Script order - Nine (9) scripts To Order or for more information E-Mail: melodramamike@hotmail.com
The Santanos
Photo courtesy of Mosley Street Melodrama - Wichita, KS
Cast: 4 Men - 2 Women - 1
Unisex
Set: Interior Office
Interior Workshop Exterior Street – (Can be played in front of the curtain) Interior Bedroom
Christmas is fast approaching and The Tony Santano “family” is busy making toys for all the good little boys and girls all over the world. The only problem is, he intends to make them pay through the nose for them. Enter Kris Kringle who, inspired by the irreprehensible behavior of Tony Santano, starts his own toy distribution business motivated only by peace and love. Not to go out without a fight, Tony marshals his gang of miscreants, which include his reluctant Gun Moll, a wayward elf and an evil toy soldier. Together they concoct a plan to drive the Kringle “mob” out of business. But, Kris has a few tricks of his own up his sleeve.
Pricing: $5.00 per script - $25.00 per performance. Minimum Script order - Nine (9) scripts To Order or for more information E-Mail: melodramamike@hotmail.com
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Christmas In Redrock
Photo courtesy of Mosley Street
Melodrama - Wichita, KS
Cast: 6 Men 3 Women – Double-casting options
possible
It’s Christmas time in the town of Redrock, but the town is anything but
jolly. For the past several weeks, area ranches have been terrorized by the
mysterious Night Riders led by the villainous Milton Mistletoe bent on
wreaking havoc across the countryside. The ranch that has been the main
target of his hideous scheme is owned by none other than our sweet Heroine,
Miss Jane Everheart. One thing the bad guys didn’t count on was stalwart
town Sheriff Steve Strideright and his trusty Deputy Dave “Dippy” Dipperton.
Will our two Heroes be able to wrest themselves free from the clutches of
Mistletoe and his evil paramour, Holly Berries in time to save Miss Jane and
Christmas? Time alone will tell.
Pricing:
$5.00 per script - $25.00 per
performance.
Minimum Script
order - Eleven (11) scripts
To Order or for more information E-Mail:
melodramamike@hotmail.com
New -
Pyros of the Caribbean
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New
Cast:
6 Men 3 Women - Some double-casting possible Avast ye mates! Set sail with the crew of the Black Hurl as they sail the Caribbean sea in search of endless excitement, treasure and adventure. The leader, none other that the infamous Captain Jack Robin has found himself at odds with his mutinous Quartermaster the evil Bloody Ben Bolton aided by his sexy paramour the vivacious Barbie Coast. Unknown to Captain Robin, the evil duo have hatched a plot to take over the Hurl and strand him on a desert island along with their recent prisoners, the lovely Eliza and her "father" Commodore Swoon. The mutinous pirates, follow their typical method of plundering and set afire every thing that can not be stolen, including the mystic figurehead of the Commodore's ship. The hapless buccaneers do not realize that the figurehead is in reality made in the form of an ancient Cuban deity and its destruction places a terrible curse on their heads and brands them forever as the famed and feared "Pyro's of the Caribean! Pricing: $5.00 per script - $25.00 per performance. Minimum Script order - Ten (10) scripts To Order or for more information E-Mail: melodramamike@hotmail.com
Mind Games
Photo courtesy of ACT of God - Mount Terrace, WA
Cast: 5 Men 3 Women 1 Unisex Character - Some double-casting possible It is a dark and stormy night on the private island of Professor Brian Brainiac. As the storm rages outside, the Professor, aided the lovely Dr. Wynonia Whaddabody is attempting to give life to the otherwise lifeless corpse in his dungeon. The experiment fails due, in no small part, to the incompetence of his other assistant, the intellectually challenged Egad. Now faced with a ticking time-clock, the professor must work quickly in order to obtain a fresh brain and continue with his experiment before the body on the operating table completely deteriorates. But where can he obtain a suitable specimen in the time remaining? As fate would have it, the storm throws a tiny ship up on shore which includes a Captain, a heroic Deck Hand, a pair of wealthy socialites and their lovely daughter. The professor’s problems seem to have been solved as he quickly captures the new arrivals and prepares them for a series of bizarre operations. What results is a rollercoaster ride of brain swapping and mistaken identities, all of which race toward the hilarious and shocking ending. Pricing: $5.00 per script - $25.00 per performance. Minimum Script order - Eleven (11) scripts To Order or for more information E-Mail: melodramamike@hotmail.com
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Van Highstrung
Photo courtesy of Mosley Street Melodrama - Wichita, KS
Cast: 5 Men 3 Women 3 Unisex Characters – Some double-casting possible
Pricing: $5.00 per script - $25.00 per performance. Minimum Script order - Eleven (11) scripts To Order or for more information E-Mail: melodramamike@hotmail.com
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Last Stage To Tumbleweed Gulch
Photo courtesy of JPL Chorus - Arcadia, CA Cast: 7 Men - 4 Women - 6 Generic Hard times have befallen Tumbleweed Gulch. The once thriving Colorado boom town, like many other towns of the gold rush era, has become nothing more than a run-of-the-mill ghost town. Enter Dirty Dick Dawson and his sexy companion Vivian who have arrived in order to search for the legendary lost payroll shipment of the Durango-Silverton mining company. Unfortunately for them, an unlucky group of stage-coach travelers, victims of a recent hold-up, arrive before they can begin the search. As chance would have it, the driver knows the legend as well and takes the passengers, (as well as the audience), on a hilarious 20 year flash back to the town's more wild and productive days. Once the passengers return to the present, Dirty Dick decides the only way to rid himself of their unwelcome presence is to scare them out by "ghostly" means. Little does he realize that he may not be the only ghost in residence. Pricing: $5.00 per script - $25.00 per performance. Minimum Script order - Eleven (11) scripts To Order or for more information E-Mail: melodramamike@hotmail.com
The Legend Of Molly Malone or The Pluck o’ The Irish
Photo courtesy of Mosley Street Melodrama - Wichita, KS Cast: 4 Men 3 Women In Dublin’s fair city, as the song goes, there is none so pretty as the lovely, Molly Malone. With her parents, she dutifully toils in the family fish mongering business under the lecherous eye of Seamus McRancid, who has vowed to wed the lovely Molly by fair means or fowl. Molly’s heart, however, belongs to a brave and stalwart Dublin Firefighter named Johnny O’Rightly. Not to be easily outdone, McRancid sets about preying on Molly’s weak minded and whiskey impaired father in order to place Molly in a position where she will be forced to succumb to his evil desires. Sure, she’ll need the luck o’ the Leprechauns, if she is to escape the evil trap that has been laid for her. Pricing: $5.00 per script - $25.00 per performance. Minimum Script order - Nine (9) scripts To Order or for more information E-Mail: melodramamike@hotmail.com
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Melodrama Mike! Get off your tail and write me a play! O.K., So you are wondering how this whole thing works...Right? Well, here are the details. Michael Roark, (a.k.a. - Melodrama Mike) the playwright, owns all rights of production
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prohibited by the laws of copyright. Perusal Scripts: You can order a perusal copy of a melodrama script for the purpose of study at $5.00 per
copy. This is an edited version of the script with samples of text from the play. It
is not a production copy. The price includes regular ground shipping to any
of the 50 states in this great country we call the U.S.A. Express shipping can be
arranged at additional cost. If you decide to produce a Melodrama Mike script you
will need to obtain Production Rights and an appropriate number of Production Scripts. Production Scripts: If you decide to produce a Melodrama Mike script you will need to obtain Production
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arrangements for royalty payment you will also need to order an appropriate number of
Performance Scripts. You will need a copy for each of the following people in your
organization: The producer, the director, the stage manager and a copy for each of
the performers. Scripts are available at $5.00 per copy. Again, the price includes
regular ground shipping to any of the 50 states in this great country we call the
U.S.A. and express shipping can be arranged at additional cost. Each script
provided by Melodrama Mike's Play Service is protected by copyright law and clearly marked
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Melodrama
Script Information
The following information applies to all Melodrama Mike scripts. Except where noted,
all Melodrama scripts are written by
M. K. O' Roark and are subject to U.S. copyright laws.
Specific Melodrama show information is listed below each title.
In addition to the personnel listed, each melodrama script requires a piano player in
order to set the appropriate atmosphere.
Time:
Running time for each melodrama script is
approximately 50 minutes.
Pricing:
$5.00 per script - $25.00 per performance.
Setting:
All sets may be done simply with roll drops and suggestive scenery.
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