CLIFF GRAVEL

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CLIFF GRAVEL--STAGE PLAYS AVAILABLE 
 
SPIES LIKE YOU is a contemporary risqué four-act interactive comedy/mystery dinner play designed for the serving of salad, soup, entree and dessert.  One simple set. Three females, three males, playing eight characters. Two songs. Premiered at the Panfare Theater in Albuquerque NM. Royaly rates are $20 per performance with a six performance minimum. Payment due to Cliff Gravel within 30 days of end of the run. No scripts to buy. Author will grant permission to photocopy the perusal script. Free perusal copy available as Email attachment in Word for Windows PDF upon request.  
 
The body of "Donuts" Duncan, Headmaster of Brigadier Adrian Duncan's Training Academy for Spies, Terrorists, and Extortionists, was found full of square holes. The valuable Kiev Fricassee Chicken secret super-growth chicken feed formula is missing. At the students graduation dinner, Gore, Stud, Shoe, Kinky, Screws, 4Q, and Tramp search for it. Will the audience solve the crime before Granny does?   
 
 
BRIGANDS OF THE SALTY DOG or I'LL KEEP A LIGHT BURNING FOR YOU is a lively two-act classic-style melodrama for family fun. It requires 4 male, 3 females, 1 keyboardist and 1 simple set.  It plays about 1 hour plus 1 intermission and olios. It premiered at the Engine House Theater in Madrid NM. Royalty rates are $20 per performance with a six performance minimum. Payment due to Cliff Gravel within 30 days of end of the run. No scripts to buy. Author will grant permission to photocopy the perusal script. Free perusal copy available as Email attachment in Word for Windows PDF upon request. All music is in public domain.
 
The story takes place in an impoverished tavern/lighthouse in the mid-1800s. The story is a synthesis of real historic events. The dialogue is peppered with asides and nautical language but no vulgarity, profanity, or sexual innuendo.
 
The villain arrives intending to acquire the key to the tower light so he can extinguish it, and cause a ship to founder on a reef where his henchmen will kill the crew and steal a valuable cargo destined for the Smithsonian Museum. The villain pretends to be a Doctor selling a new miracle cure--Ginger Ale. The hero, a Coastguard Ensign, prevents the crime. The tavern is saved from closing by a comically dimwitted writer named Dicky Dana who sells the rights to his novel--TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. The hero and heroine fall in love. Everyone sings a lot.
 
 
THE DAUGHTER OF THE MOON or MY BROTHER'S KEEPER is a two-act classic-style melodrama with 1 intermission, and a single set. It requires 3 men, 3 women and 1 keyboardist. Plays about 1 hour plus olios. Royalty rates are $20 per performance with a six performance minimum. Payment due to Cliff Gravel within 30 days of end of the run. No scripts to buy. Author will grant permission to photocopy the perusal script. Free perusal copy available as Email attachment in Word for Windows PDF upon request.  
 
The villain, Doctor Major Mortimer Malmer, is after the Daughter Of The Moon, a rare coconut pearl worth a fortune. It is known to be lost in the manor house of the impoverished Allworthy family. Malmer arrives there pretending to be an Army Doctor escorting home the seriously wounded Allworthy son. The heavily bandaged son is really Nurse Nun Sister Sinestra. Everyone searches for the pearl. Eventually Malmer kills Sinestra, and takes the heroine hostage. The hero, Blaise Ardent, has a umbrella vs. sword fight with the villain, and defeats him. The pearl is found. The manor is saved from being sold. The hero and heroine fall in love. Everyone sings a lot.
 
 
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION is a short interactive farce designed to be performed in a bookstore, or on a stage. Suitable for family viewing, it premiered at a bookstore in Albuquerque as a fund raiser for the Hispano Chamber Of Commerce. It requires 11 actors with flexibility as to the genders. Free perusal copy available as an Email attachment inWord for Windows PDF upon request.  Payment due to Cliff Gravel within 30 days of end of the run. No scripts to buy. Author will grant permission to photocopy the perusal script. Rates depend on anticipated audience size, number of performances, and ticket prices.
 
The ruthless CEO of the world's largest publishing company visits a bookstore grand opening. Arguments start with literary characters who have stepped out of their books. Mimes apparently kill the CEO. Several illustrious detectives from literature try to uncover the real murderer. The audience tries to solve the crime.