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| LANDLESS PLAY COMPETITION! "SO BAD, IT'S GOOD!" |
PLAY TITLE: Lizzie Straight
PLAYWRIGHT: Pat Montley
SIMON SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "I might be
reaching here, but this play might just strike
the right balance of culture and smut for this
particular audience."
RANDY SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "I don't know,
dawg, I'm not feelin' it."
PAULA SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "Give up sex...?
whaaa.... (alcoholic drug-induced babble, etc.)"
reaching here, but this play might just strike
the right balance of culture and smut for this
particular audience."
RANDY SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "I don't know,
dawg, I'm not feelin' it."
PAULA SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "Give up sex...?
whaaa.... (alcoholic drug-induced babble, etc.)"
SYNOPSIS:“Lizzie Straight persuades the
women of Athens, as well as the Spartan
Lampito, that the only way to stop the war
between their cities is to go on a sex strike.
Meanwhile the Older Women's League (OWLS),
led by the wise-cracking crone Sophia, take
over the Acropolis (Capitol Hill?). This is an
adaptation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, perfect
for an election year with the first woman
running for president!
”
women of Athens, as well as the Spartan
Lampito, that the only way to stop the war
between their cities is to go on a sex strike.
Meanwhile the Older Women's League (OWLS),
led by the wise-cracking crone Sophia, take
over the Acropolis (Capitol Hill?). This is an
adaptation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, perfect
for an election year with the first woman
running for president!
”
SAMPLE DIALOGUE:
Note: All excerpts and other items posted on this website are the exclusive intellectual
property of the competing playwrights, provided for the sole purpose of gathering
feedback for this contest. All rights reserved.
SOPHIA
(Holding her bottom.)
Beware of attacking from the rear
you can’t fight dirty with worn out gear!
MAYOR
(Taking off tunic.)
We’ll see whose equipment holds up best
here let me bare my manly chest.
I’ll knock you down with just two whiffs
of my machodoriferous...armpits!
(Threatens her with an armpit.)
SOPHIA
(Taking off tunic.)
Don’t get cocky with this wench
or think you’ve cornered the market on stench.
(To audience.)
Two can play this stripping game
when neither has a stitch of shame.
(To MAYOR.)
I’ll call your bluff and raise you a notch
with the potent aroma of my crotch!
(Flashes and thrusts her pelvis at him.)
Note: All excerpts and other items posted on this website are the exclusive intellectual
property of the competing playwrights, provided for the sole purpose of gathering
feedback for this contest. All rights reserved.
SOPHIA
(Holding her bottom.)
Beware of attacking from the rear
you can’t fight dirty with worn out gear!
MAYOR
(Taking off tunic.)
We’ll see whose equipment holds up best
here let me bare my manly chest.
I’ll knock you down with just two whiffs
of my machodoriferous...armpits!
(Threatens her with an armpit.)
SOPHIA
(Taking off tunic.)
Don’t get cocky with this wench
or think you’ve cornered the market on stench.
(To audience.)
Two can play this stripping game
when neither has a stitch of shame.
(To MAYOR.)
I’ll call your bluff and raise you a notch
with the potent aroma of my crotch!
(Flashes and thrusts her pelvis at him.)
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