{"id":6829,"date":"2018-05-30T20:12:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T20:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=6829"},"modified":"2025-01-16T05:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T05:40:02","slug":"knocks-and-how-to-answer-a-short-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=6829","title":{"rendered":"Knocks and How To Answer &#8212; a short play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=17416\"><strong>Ron Kanecke<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In hurricane-swept Louisiana, an anxious but determined Ilene decides to face a lifetime of fears by refusing to evacuate her home, even when entreated by reluctant volunteer worker Miles. As they confess the \u201cknocks\u201d each has taken in life, their elusive quest to find happiness draws them closer together despite the uncertainty and danger that surrounds them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winner of the People&#8217;s Choice Award in the 2018 Maine Playwrights Festival.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PLAY DETAILS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1m 1f<\/li>\n<li>1 interior<\/li>\n<li>About 30 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Contemporary costumes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Order #3152<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now available!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PERUSAL MATERIALS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PERUSAL SCRIPT:<\/strong> The PDF of the first act of the script is available:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Knocks-And-How-To-AnswerPERUSAL.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<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>REHEARSAL MATERIALS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Any PDF purchased will be emailed to your email address &#8212; if you need to provide that to us (not the one on your PayPal account),\u00a0<a title=\"Email us!\" href=\"mailto:\/\/cmichaelperry53@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>EMAIL<\/strong><\/a> us. CDs will be mailed to a snail mail address. Before we ship any rehearsal material we will need your performance dates, the name of your organization and the theatre where you will perform.<\/p>\n<p>Email us prior to your order so we have the info to give you a complete quote. <a href=\"mailto:\/\/cmichaelperry53@gmail.com\"><strong>EMAIL<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0us for rights and information. Be sure to give us anticipated performance dates and the address of your group and, if different, your theatre. Please also include a contact name and phone number.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Script<\/strong> in PDF format &#8212; Order #<strong>3152a<\/strong> : <em><strong>$15.00<\/strong><\/em> (will be sent to you by email, from which you will be authorized to print copies for your production)<br \/>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"LFK77KEZ2AYLW\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>First Performance Amateur\/Educational Royalty<\/strong> &#8212; Order #<strong>3152d<\/strong> : <strong>$30.00\u00a0 <\/strong><strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"UQSA79YEHEWD2\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second Performance Amateur\/Educational Royalty<\/strong> &#8212; Order #<strong>3152e : $25.00 <\/strong><br \/>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"JDEBLS886AZ9E\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Professional Royalties<\/strong> will be quoted upon <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=6558\">application<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_viewcart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><\/form>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PRODUCTIONS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Premiered by <strong>The Maine Playwrights Festival &#8211;<\/strong>&#8211; Portland Maine, May, 2018 <em>(WINNER: Peoples Choice Award)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Staged reading at Mechanics Hall in Portland, Maine, 2017<\/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>Knocks and How To Answer<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by<br \/>\n<strong>Ron Kanecke<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>\u201c<em>Knocks and How To Answer&#8221;<\/em> is presented through special arrangement with Leicester Bay Theatricals.\u00a0 All authorized materials are also supplied by LBT, www.leicesterbaytheatricals.com\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">from the catalog of<\/p>\n<p><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>by Ron Kanecke In hurricane-swept Louisiana, an anxious but determined Ilene decides to face a lifetime of fears by refusing to evacuate<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=6829\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","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":[711,709,276,710],"tags":[90,110,355,425,41,109,134,356],"class_list":["post-6829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-university-theatre","category-community-theatre","category-family-theatre","category-professional-theatre","tag-award-winners","tag-contemporary","tag-disaster","tag-drama","tag-play","tag-relationships","tag-short-plays","tag-soul-mate"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/KnocksLOGO-e1666786687440.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6fXeh-1M9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6829","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=6829"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21468,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6829\/revisions\/21468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}