| Peter Bloedel is a guitar-picking, chainsaw-juggling professor of theatre at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota. Author of The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet, The Rules of Comedy, and One-Act Rhymes for Bible Times, he is now pleased to have A Play With Words added to the Playscripts roster. Mr. Bloedel is a member of the eclectic acoustic folk band The Divers (www.thedivers.com), and he is a freelance vaudeville (juggling, music, magic) performer in his spare time (www.perpetualvaudeville.com). Originally hailing from Minneapolis, he enjoys the smaller-town living of Mankato, where he and his wife enjoy raising their children. |
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Children's bible story
Short, 10-15 minutes
1 male, 11 either (6-20 actors possible: 0-19 females, 1-20 males)
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called One-Act Rhymes for Bible Times.
A comedic, children's Bible play based on the story of Jonah and the Big Fish, from the book of Jonah, in the Old Testament.
(This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play One-Act Rhymes for Bible Times.)
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Children's comedy
Full-length, 60-75 minutes
5 females, 10 males, 5 either (10-50 actors possible: 5-50 females, 5-50 males)
$75.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: Each piece in this anthology can be licensed and performed separately.
Well-loved bible stories, including Jonah and the Fish and The Tower of Babel, are brought to life via witty rhymes in this entertaining and accessible collection. Meant for all ages, One-Act Rhymes for Bible Times takes a fresh look at five timeless tales.
To purchase this book of 5 plays, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
Jonah and the Fish
A Sick Woman and Jairus's Daughter
The Ten Lepers
Three Men in the Furnace
The Tower of Babel
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Comedy
Short, 30-45 minutes
4 females, 4 males, 5 either
(6-13 actors possible: 2-11 females, 2-11 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Scribe is an angst-filled writer experiencing some serious word-related anxiety as he attempts to create a play. In his search to find the words that fit, he becomes the main character in his own play where plot means less than the words that tangle around him. A Play With Words is a high-energy one-act filled with puns, spoonerisms, malapropisms, rhymes, oxymorons, literal metaphors, and mixed proverbs, all culminating in an outrageous "Who's on First?"-style courtroom scene.
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Comedy
Short, 35-55 minutes
6 females, 6 males, 10 either
(10-48 actors possible: 0-24 females, 0-24 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
The audience is given a side-splitting lesson in what's funny and what's not funny. In order to prove that the Rules of Comedy work, they are hilariously inserted into one of the most popular tragedies of all time: William Shakespeare's Hamlet. The Rules of Comedy is a physical comedy "blow-out" with an interesting twist that showcases the cast's ability to handle tragic drama, as well. Playing by the rules has never been so much fun.
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Comedy
Short, 35-50 minutes
6 females, 6 males, 12 either
(12-24 actors possible: 3-21 females, 3-21 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
A whimsical reinvention of Shakespeare's tragic love story, complete with rhymed couplets, creative wordplay, and fantastical machines -- similar to something Dr. Seuss might have come up with if he ever had his way with the script...
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Children's bible story
Short, 10-15 minutes
3 females, 5 males, 10 either (12-30 actors possible: 3-20 females, 2-30 males)
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called One-Act Rhymes for Bible Times.
A rhyming retelling of the touching Bible story "Jairus's Daughter." A woman is healed simply by touching Jesus as he is walking by and a little girl is raised from the dead as her parents watch. This is found in Mark 5:21 in the New Testament.
(This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play One-Act Rhymes for Bible Times.)
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Children's bible story
Short, 10-15 minutes
2 males, 13 either (10-20 actors possible: 0-15 females, 2-15 males)
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called One-Act Rhymes for Bible Times.
A rhyming, comedic, children's play based on the story of the ten lepers from the New Testament.
(This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play One-Act Rhymes for Bible Times.)
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Children's bible story
Short, 10-15 minutes
4 males, 11 either (8-20 actors possible: 0-20 females, 4-20 males)
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called One-Act Rhymes for Bible Times.
A comedic children's Bible play, based on the story of the Three Men in the Fiery Furnace from the book of Daniel in the Old Testament.
(This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play One-Act Rhymes for Bible Times.)
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Children's bible story
Short, 10-15 minutes
4 males, 11 either (9-30 actors possible: 0-26 females, 4-30 males)
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called One-Act Rhymes for Bible Times.
A comedic children's Bible play based on the story of the Tower of Babel from Genesis 11 in the Old Testament.
(This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play One-Act Rhymes for Bible Times.)
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