Night Of The Living Beauty Pageant
by Tim J Kelly, Tim Kelly

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Highlights

90 mins Present Day Flexible Cast Size Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

Synopsis

An outrageous spoof of teenage beauty pageants.

Two hucksters, Joe Allen and Steve Bentley, decide to stage a Miss Junior Venus Beauty Pageant in order to attract sponsors and hundreds of high school lovelies who'll pay a large entry fee to make them rich.

Unfortunately, only seven girls enter, and there are no sponsors.

Complicating matters, theatre owner Mrs. Hoopway tries to evict them, and Knuckles Skinner, a menacing thug, wants to harm them bodily!

Our heroes spend most of their time either running or hiding in this good-natured farce carnival filled with goofy characters: Lois Del Monaco, who won local fame playing Romeo in a Little Theatre production; Pippi Wrongstocking, who harbors a curious secret; George, the always-smiling weatherman; and the judges Rose Bowl and Penny Loafer, straight from waitressing at Mumbles Fast Food Coffee Shop.

The lunatic action and slapstick plot gets funnier and funnier, with the actual pageant as the finale, complete with an outlandish talent show.

Amazingly, everything turns out okay.

The no-problem set is a snap, and the staging is simple.

Many of the small roles may be managed with only a couple of rehearsals.

This is one night's entertainment that will keep you laughing!

From the author of The Butler Did It and The Amazing Adventures of Dan Daredevil

Characters

Character
Miss Cranberry Bog

another.

Miss Wildlife

another.

Sheri Page

pageant official, Joe's sister.

Miss Industry

another pageant contestant.

Steve Bentley

pageant producer, always one step from disaster.

Joe Allen

more of the same.

Melba

cleaning woman, sarcastic.

Mumbles

fast food merchant.

Gail Anderson

police sargeant, undercover.

Sonia

police cadet, another contestant.

Mrs. Hoopway

owns the theatre, a dragon.

Rick

works for public access television.

Dee

DEE - Rick's female work partner.

Lois Del Monaco

dreams of stardom, strange girl.

Pippi Wrongstocking

another contestant, from Sweden.

Chad

her brother.

Deputy Scott

handy with eviction notices.

Kunckles Skinner

gangster, very threatening.

Cuddles O'Boyle

Knuckles' girlfriend.

Fingers

Knuckles' nervous henchman.

Mrs. Georgia Hopkins

formerly Greta Swan, a stage mother.

George Vincent

weatherman, all smiles.

Penny Loafer

waitress.

Rose Bowl

another.

Miss Better Health

beauty pageant contestant.

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1992
Pages 88
Language English
ISBN-13 9780874407457
ISBN-10 0874407451

Night Of The Living Beauty Pageant is a American comedy play written by Tim J Kelly and published by Samuel French (1992).

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