{"id":2824,"date":"2015-06-11T07:37:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T07:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=2824"},"modified":"2025-01-14T07:27:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T07:27:15","slug":"alexander-and-the-united-snakes-of-america-tya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=2824","title":{"rendered":"Alexander and the United Snakes of America &#8212; TYA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=2832\">Donald Lewis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Homeless Alexander and his dad board a boxcar and head west, in search of a new life. Unfortunately, they share the boxcar with a group of snakes on their way to the United Snakes of America Convention, organized to develop a national strategy for survival. Humans and snakes must overcome differences and find common ground &#8212; or bite the big one! Over the course of the play t<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">he two groups are forced to challenge their fears and misconceptions. <\/span>The play presents vital messages on environmental issues and tolerance. However, it does not deal with the issues of governmental snakes. A physically challenging play for actors.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PLAY DETAILS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>One simple setting<\/li>\n<li>4M 2F 1B 1either male or female<\/li>\n<li>1 hour<\/li>\n<li>Order #3104<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>REVIEWS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Shear enchantment, certain to delight and charm audiences of all ages&#8221; &#8212; <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>Bloomington Voice<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PERUSAL MATERIALS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>PERUSAL PAGES<\/strong> file (in PDF format) is available here. The PDF file contains the first half of the script and other production information:<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Alexander\u2026SnakesPERUSAL.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18790\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Perusal-Script-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Email us!\" href=\"mailto:\/\/cmichaelperry53@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>EMAIL<\/strong><\/a> us for rights and information. Be sure to give us anticipated performance dates and the address of your group and, if different, your theatre. 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Lima, Ohio &#8212; 2008<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Lincoln Community Playhouse<\/strong> &#8212; <\/span>Lincoln, NE<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Carmel Performing Arts Festival<\/strong> &#8212; <\/span>Carmel, CA<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div><strong>Bloomington Playwright&#8217;s Project<\/strong> &#8212; Bloomington, Indiana &#8212; 1997<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Developed, in part, at <strong>Chicago Dramatists<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>BILLING CREDITS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The following is how the credits should read in all programs, posters, fliers, handbills and other promotional advertising for the show:<br \/>\n<strong>Alexander and the United Snakes of America<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Donald Lewis<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NOTE: The names of the Playwright(s), Composer, Lyricist, and Bookwriter shall be equal in size, type, coloring, boldness, and prominence. No billing shall appear in type larger or more prominent than the billing to the Authors except for the title of the play.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO:<\/p>\n<p>THIS NOTICE MUST APPEAR IN ALL PROGRAMS, ON ALL POSTERS AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS AND INTERNET ADVERTISING\/WEBPAGES FOR THE PLAY:<br \/>\n\u201c<em>Alexander and the United Snakes of America<\/em> is presented through special arrangement with Premi\u00e9re Theatrical Licensing on behalf of Leicester Bay Theatricals.\u00a0 All authorized materials are also supplied by LBT, www.leicesterbaytheatricals.com\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">from the catalog of<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LBT-logo-Large-1x1-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-597\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LBT-logo-Large-1x1-5-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"LBTNEWlogo\" width=\"125\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LBT-logo-Large-1x1-5-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LBT-logo-Large-1x1-5.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homelessness, Tolerance and Trust are laid bare in this theatrical fable of snakes and humans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[715,711,709,276,712,713,710,87],"tags":[88,110,204,168,206,210,41,109,134,205,278],"class_list":["post-2824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-theatre","category-college-university-theatre","category-community-theatre","category-family-theatre","category-high-school-theatre","category-junior-high-school-theatre","category-professional-theatre","category-tya","tag-comedy","tag-contemporary","tag-environmental-issues","tag-family","tag-father-and-son","tag-homelessness","tag-play","tag-relationships","tag-short-plays","tag-tolerance","tag-tya"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/AlexSnakesART-e1666788819623.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6fXeh-Jy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2824"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21328,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824\/revisions\/21328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}