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FELIX & THE DILIGENCE; OR, A PLAY ABOUT FISHERMEN IN THE 1940'S
written by Colby Day
story by Colby Day & Daniel Johnsen
For Felix Brown, a bookish dreamer growing up during World War II, a cod fishing trip was the greatest adventure he could hope for. But will he feel differently after he falls in love with a mermaid, chats with sea monsters, and fights Nazi spies? He and the crew learn about their feelings, and what happened to Amelia Earhart, in this nostalgic fishing comedy.
“There are grand insights into relationships and society, but it’s all done with jokes, music, shadow puppetry and a sea monster or two or three.”
- Show Business Weekly
"Hysterical, touching, ridiculous, and rewarding....”
- CultureFuture
KITCHEN SINK EXPERIMENT(s)
Simone & Brian let a scientist into their apartment for a week to observe them in their natural habitat. Observed atoms (and people) behave differently. An intimate, voyeuristic look into the lives of our everyday normal weirdnesses.
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"A cleverly up-ended 'kitchen sink' drama." -- Sarah Matusek, New York Theatre Review
"A beautiful lesson in showing and not telling... Funny, touching, heartfelt, and selfish." -- Erinn Conlon, Quick Theatre
"Transport[s] the audience into the private lives of the characters." -- Andrew Cohen, Exeunt Magazine
"Asks some of the most existentially qruelling questions in the book." - Victoria Santos, Stage Buddy
"A unique and memorable theater experience... one you will remember long after you have left the theater." -- Adrienne Urbanski, Theater is Easy
"Enough philosophical questioning to make Nietzsche jealous." -- Nickolaus Hines, Applause Applause
EVERYTHING FLASHES
A guided tour of your life. Can be presented as a series of monologues, an immersive installation, or anything in between.
GIANT KILLER SLUGS
A creature feature written for the stage, complete with a small town sheriff trying to leave his troubles behind, an unscrupulous mayor in cahoots with the crooked ScienceCorp, a pack of city slicker kids who know the truth no one wants to believe, and of course, killer slugs that keep getting bigger!Can these predatory pests be stopped before the whole town is lost to their merciless mucous?
"Follows in a long line of camp theater that includes Little Shop of Horrors and Psycho Beach Party."
- Theater Mania
THE GREAT MOLLY
When Molly Mackenzie meets her idol, “The Great Algiers,” she discovers his hat is actually magical. Algiers kills himself, and she takes the hat for herself, setting off on the road and leaving everything she ever loved behind to follow her dream and become the world’s greatest magician. Real magic, fake magic, tragedy.
ONE ACTS
A BOY AND HIS UNICORN
When a young adventurer meets the most beautiful girl in the world, she comes between him and his best friend -- a magical unicorn.
THE CONFECTION DEBACLE
One man’s chocolate allergy threatens his life and his marriage.
DISASTRO & THE POWER OF LOVE
When super-villain Disastro creates a Love Eradication Ray, a secret squadron of heroes is assembled across space & time to stop his evil plan. Merlin, King Arthur, Teddy Roosevelt, Evel Knievel, and Charlie (an engineer) must band together to stop the evil Disastro from his plan to eradicate love. This show is bonkers. There's a musical number DURING a motorcycle jump, with lasers.
A GESTURE OF GREATER MAGNITUDE
A female astronaut fights the advances of her bull-headed pilot with the help of a learning computer. But when her robo-buddy begins to learn about love, the fate of the crew, and the world, rests in the balance.
NO FARTING IN BEANTOWN: A TRAGEDY
Official selection, Best of Fest, Bad Theater Festival 2013.
A multi-generational tragedy set in the city streets of Boston, where a poor boy's only hopes of making it as a professional farter are dashed when farting is made illegal.
"Defies description... Comedic, sure, but also kind of tragic."
- Cascadia Weekly
OUR ENTIRE RELATIONSHIP
A couple goes through all the intimate fears and baggage of every relationship you’ve ever had in approximately seven minutes. [This play was adapted by Colby into his short film Lead/Follow, produced by Not Impossible Productions]
PADDLE WITH ME
The middle of the ocean, a kayak, a couple. Silvia & Robert get into deep shit while they're stuck adrift at sea: vacation planning, estate planning, knowing oneself.
SIR RONALD DE MIMSY, ESQ., DESERT EXPLORER
The world's greatest explorer sets off on a suicide mission deep into the desert, with his trusted assistant and his even more trusted mule. What gets Sir Ronald to walk for miles and miles in the desert, and how many types of sand are there?
S'LONELY
Big Henry and Little Henry sit by the fire. Little confronts Big about what he's done, terrible things, sinful things. He needs to not do those things anymore.