Reefer Madness (Landry)

Reefer Madness (Landry) by Joe Landry

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Productions (10)
Comedy/Satire
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75 - 90 minutes
3 W, 5 M, 
Content Notes: Adult Content
Set: A few chairs, a piano (or suggestion of a piano) and piano bench.

Lust! Paranoia! Murder! All rolled into one... Set in All-American 1950s suburbia, Dr. Carroll, principal of the local high school, warns how one puff of pot can lead clean-cut teenagers down the road to insanity, death, and worse. Stopping at nothing to make his point, Dr. Carroll tells the sad, sordid story of how the nicest kids in town are lured into a world of violence, weird orgies, wild parties, unleashed passions, and drug-crazed abandon. A spoof of the 1936 cult classic film.

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Play Details

Lust! Paranoia! Murder! All rolled into one... Set in All-American 1950s suburbia, Dr. Carroll, principal of the local high school, warns how one puff of pot can lead clean-cut teenagers down the road to insanity, death, and worse. Stopping at nothing to make his point, Dr. Carroll tells the sad, sordid story of how the nicest kids in town are lured into a world of violence, weird orgies, wild parties, unleashed passions, and drug-crazed abandon. A spoof of the 1936 cult classic film.

  • Comedy/Satire
  • |
  • 75 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W, 5 M, 
  • Content Notes: Adult Content
  • Set: A few chairs, a piano (or suggestion of a piano) and piano bench.

Published Reviews

"Hilarious! One of the funniest plays of the year! In his witty and sarcastic way, Landry manages to make you feel like an ass for even considering any of the trendy Drug-Czar hullabaloo about weed constituting a dire threat to Western civilization."

The Advocate (Connecticut)

"Landry's rendition successfully satirizes both Reefer Madness' sordid depiction of marijuana and the sordidness of the film itself. Though certainly focused on entertainment value, Landry's Reefer Madness is not without intellectual, political and social merit. As all good satire should, Reefer Madness successfully makes one question The Establishment's authority and actual working knowledge of that which it so adamantly preaches against."

Fairfield County Weekly (Connecticut)

Production History

AUG 18, 2023 - SEP 04, 2023
Breakthrough Theatre Company
Winter Park, FL United States
 Breakthrough Theatre Company Winter Park, FL United States
FEB 14, 2020 - FEB 23, 2020
Paris Performers Theatre
Paris, ON Canada
 Paris Performers Theatre Paris, ON Canada
OCT 31, 2019 - NOV 02, 2019
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI United States
 University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI United States
APR 20, 2018 - APR 21, 2018
Thespis Players
Machias, ME United States
 Thespis Players Machias, ME United States
FEB 26, 2016 - MAR 06, 2016
Last Minute Low Budget Productions
Terlingua, TX United States
 Last Minute Low Budget Productions Terlingua, TX United States
JUN 07, 2011 - JUN 09, 2011
St. Bart's Playhouse
New York, NY United States
 St. Bart's Playhouse New York, NY United States
MAR 03, 2010 - MAR 06, 2010
University Of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA United States
 University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA United States
JAN 01, 1999 - DEC 31, 1999
Second Guess Theatre Company
Westport, CT United States
 Second Guess Theatre Company Westport, CT United States
JAN 01, 1997 - DEC 31, 1997
Second Guess Theatre Company
Westport, CT United States
 Second Guess Theatre Company Westport, CT United States
JAN 01, 1994 - DEC 31, 1994
Playwrights Horizons (workshop)
New York, NY United States
 Playwrights Horizons (workshop) New York, NY United States
No upcoming productions.
No professional productions.

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