Larry and the Werewolf
Play Description
A murder-mystery serial-comedy with gratuitous sex and violence and a cliffhanger ending every 10 minutes. Larry Fingers and his cigar-chomping, gun-toting protégé Spike are about to hit the big-time. But will their budding music career survive the spectre of scandal raised by the Lycanthrope from Larry’s occult past? Larry’s not saying. But hotel detective (and erotic novelist) Dick Piston means to find some answers. Even if he has to write it himself.
Production Info
Cast: 15 total (5 female, 10 male)Full Length Comedy (about 210 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
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Press Quotes
About the playwright:
“A depraved playwright.” —Denver Post
“A smarty-pants theater cult-god.” —Northern California Bohemian
“It’s easy to see why some might call Jeff Goode ‘anti-Christ.'” —Arizona Daily Star
“Playwright Goode is a witty wordsmith.” —Beacon Journal (Akron)
About the plays:
“… LARRY AND THE WEREWOLF, a deliriously sophomoric noir-and-monster movie spoof and an ideal piece of anarchic summer escapism … The serialized detective story … is a series of blissfully un-suspenseful interludes rife with bad accents, cheap lighting effects and the requisite supply of sidelong glances, the portentous sort that implicate every character, even the dead ones. Blood splatters, bodies fall … The author, Jeff Goode … seem[s] to understand the audience’s tolerance for goofiness laced with gore …” —Peter Marks, The New York Times
Author(s)
Jeff GoodeJeff Goode is the award-winning author of THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUEs and MARLEY'S GHOST and the creator of Disney's animated series American Dragon: Jake Long, as well as many other plays, musicals, and television shows. He is a founding member of the original No Shame Theatre, and founding artistic director of No Shame Los Angeles.
Book Information
| Publisher | BPPI |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 10/1/2006 |
| Pages | 264 |
| ISBN | 9780881453188 |
Special Notes
If original stage producers credits appear in bold below, all licensees are required to include them in the following form on the title page in all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play and in all advertising in which the full cast appears in size of type not less than ten percent (10%) of the size of the title of the Play:
Originally produced by Pantechnicon Artworks, Chicago
and adobe theater company, New York
In addition, the following must appear within all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play:
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
www.broadwayplaypub.com
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