About the Play
Comedy. 50-60 minutes. 4-7 females, 3 males, 7-10+ any (10-20+ performers possible). Suitable for middle school and older performers, and upper elementary and older audiences.
The author grants productions pre-approval to make cuts to meet time limits and community standards regarding profanity and obscenity for Texas UIL and other one-act competitions.
Synopsis
Penelope Kerslake has left her best school chums at boarding school and returned home to tell her beloved father, the Major, of her impending marriage to Gilroy Gladheart. Unfortunately, he has already promised her hand to another, the villainous Derk Dastardly. Can Penelope escape this fate worse than death, be reunited with her one true love, foil the villain and save the day?
