About the Play
Comedy. 15-20 minutes. 5+ any gender. Suitable for elementary school and older.
Developed under Dr. Kirstin Pauka as part of a Wayang Kulit for Western Actors Project, 2006. The play was further developed by Dr. Dennis Carroll and had an invited audience production at The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa in 2006 under the direction of Ashley DeMoville.
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
Cough! Blech! Smoke and ash fill the air! People everywhere demand change, but how? Even the King is at his wit's end. In desperation, he proposes a race to decide who will inherit the throne. The competitors? Climate-conscious Ardjuna on his humble skateboard—and gas-guzzling ogre Chevronexxon in his smoke-belching SUV. In this play inspired by Indonesian wayang kulit performance, it's a race of heroes and champions, villains and monsters, with the fate of the world at stake.