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Kevin M Reese's New Scripts and Projects

  • A new short Maundy Thursday drama on Christ's Last Supper entitled BENEATH THE UPPER ROOM.  It's not your typical Last Supper play-- it's from the viewpoint of the women who were preparing and serving the Passover Meal to Jesus and his Disciples.

  • Working with David Geary of Switzerland on German translations of my shows that ran since 2005, in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

  • Revised GOLDILOCKS & THE THREE BEARS for a 2006-2007 touring production (adding 15 minutes).

  • Wrote a Kansas history show, KANSANS KAN! that toured the State of Kansas 2006-2007.  View the blog here.

  • Collaborated with Wichita Children's Theatre (KS) to release a CD of songs from KMR Scripts shows, "Once Upon a Time, Vol 1".

  • Presently writing a new adaptation of "The Emperor's New Clothes" to commemorate Wichita Children's Theatre's new performance space renovation, sometime in 2009.

  • Presently writing a new adaptation of "The Ugly Duckling" to premeiere at WCT, Spring of 2009.

New Scripts Now Available!

 

Beneath the Upper Room
(Premiered 4/06 Ft. Dodge, IA)

The story of the Last Supper from the perspective of the women serving Jesus and his disciples.  Ezekiel, the servant to the owner of the Upper Room, invites us to the place where Jesus and his Disciples are to celebrate their Passover Meal (which will turn out to be his Last Supper).  There, in the kitchen, we see the women of Jesus' group busily preparing the traditional Passover Seder meal.  Course by course, they prepare the meal.  Course by course they serve the meal to the Disciples and return to the kitchen to report what they saw happening in the Upper Room-- and how it affects them.  The only Disciples we see are Judas and Peter as they pass through the kitchen on their way to and from the Upper Room.  The women sense that something is happening.  The play ends after Jesus and his Disciples have finished their meal, headed off to the Mount of Olives, and the women finish cleaning up.

16 Actors (could be done with more or less!) (10F/3M/2C)
30 minutes (Not counting optional communion)
Non-Musical Version Only

The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf
(Premiered 3/06 Wichita, KS)

The town's shepherd boy has been hanging with the wrong crowd. To liven things up, they like to play practical jokes, do silly dares, and all other sorts of childhood shenanigans. An up-to-no-good wolf decides to use the boy’s poor choice for friends to his advantage. He convinces the boy to lie and play practical jokes on the townspeople just for fun. The boy is having a good old' time until he realizes the Wolf has set his sights on the sheep! Despite his desperate warnings, nobody takes any action because they think he's still fooling them! Will he discover the value of character, responsibility, and truthfulness in time to save his herd? You can bet he does-- but not before he turns up the heat on that ol’ Wolf!

4 Actors (could be done with 3!) (2M/2F, flexible)
35 minutes (50 minute version available)
Musical and Non-Musical versions

The True Story of the
Tortoise & the Hare
(Premiered 3/05 Wichita, KS)

A roving reporter just happens to be in the forest looking for a breaking story when she stumbles upon what appears to be the TRUE story of the Tortoise and the Hare. Young Henrietta Hare is looking for someone to race and Grandpa G, the Tortoise, is happy to oblige. Perfect for touring!

4 Actors (2M, 2F) play 4 characters
35 Minutes. 
Musical and Non-Musical versions

The Pied Piper
(Premiered 10/04 Paducah, KY)

Rats!  The town is overrun with rats.  They are everywhere!  In cupboards, in bathtubs, even in cookie jars.  But despite the pesky rodents, the biggest rat in town is the power-hungry Mayor.  He doesn't like anything about kids:  their toys, their laughter, their imaginations-- he even wants to do away with their recess in school!.  If he had his way, everyone would be born a grownup.  But he learns a valuable lesson when a mysterious Pied Piper arrives to rid the town of its pests.  Will the Mayor be the first one to go?

4 Actors (2M, 2F) play 8 characters
55 Minutes. 
Musical and Non-Musical versions

That Chicken Little Henny Penny
(Premiered 5/04 Milwaukee, WI)

The Sky is Falling! That’s what the rumor is– but is it true? Turkey Lurkey, Ducky Lucky and Goosey Loosey SAY it’s true– but does that make it so? There are plenty of things in this great big world to be careful about– why do we often make mountains out of molehills?

4 Actors (2M, 2F) play 9 characters
50 Minutes. 
Musical and Non-Musical versions

Tom Sawyer
 (Premiered 9/03 Midwest US tour))

It would seem that life in 1850 St. Petersburg, Missouri was quite a bit different from today. But we’ll soon see that some things NEVER change: Boys will be boys, still trying to get around rules established by their adults– and no self-respecting kid can pass up a good adventure. Tom, Huck, Aunt Polly, Becky Thatcher, Injun Joe–even Mark Twain himself– and others are here, along with all the adventure that can be packed into a 50-minute show. We’ll follow that rascal Tom Sawyer and his friends– and foes– as they whitewash a fence, play hooky, find a cure for warts, attend their own funeral, get lost in a cave, and solve a murder mystery.

5 Actors (3M/2F) - perfect for touring!
55 minutes
Musical and Non-Musical versions

Full-length, large cast version coming ... someday

 

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