About the Play
Comedy. 60-70 minutes. 13-17+ females, 5-11+ males, (21-31+ performers possible). Suitable for middle school or upper elementary performers (or TYA), and audiences of all ages.
Miracle in Mudville premiered at Imagination Stage (Bethesda, MD) as part of the Speak Out on Stage Program.
Synopsis
Casey is the worst ballplayer in the Mudville Little League, the butt of jokes and an embarrassment to his Dad, who brags of his glory days in the outfield. But he's not alone in feeling inadequate; his friends Murphy and Hector suffer by comparison to their parents, too. Then a chance encounter with the ghost of the town's dead librarian throws Casey and his friends into a time warp—where they discover that some of their parents' big adventures didn't quite happen the way they said...