Two shows for the price of one! 

“Final Dress Rehearsal”

By: Jack Frakes 

SUMMARY

An amateur theatrical group’s final dress rehearsal of Cinderella is a disaster: Cinderella is late, the prompter wants to play all the parts, the sassy stage crew is noisy, the author feels her brainchild is being ruined, and the director is distraught. The stepsisters miss cues, sound effects are played at the wrong speed, the messenger crashes her bicycle, and the fairy godmother can’t find her wand. Final Dress Rehearsal is among the most popular plays for high school production according to the International Thespian Society.

“Once Upon A Playground”

By: Jack Frakes 

SUMMARY

This comedy portrays the cruelty of youth as a total theatre experience, blending realism with theatrical devices like stylized movement, choral chants, and expressionism. 

After tomboys on a playground cruelly reject a girl with a funny nose because she is different, each expresses her own inner fear of being different. The girl with the funny nose discovers a boy like herself. He offers friendship, hope, and illusion.