{"id":8907,"date":"2019-07-17T19:38:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T19:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=8907"},"modified":"2025-01-16T06:48:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T06:48:37","slug":"the-unfortunate-courtship-of-brian-tanner-%e2%80%a2-a-short-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=8907","title":{"rendered":"The Unfortunate Courtship of Brian Tanner \u2022 A Short Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=9050\"><strong>Jerr<\/strong><strong>y Argetsinger<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>(For production by\u00a0 Community Groups, LDS Church Groups)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brian, a happy bachelor in frontier Utah, feels unwarranted pressure to find a bride.\u00a0 His Aunt May believes her prayers have been answered when the wagon belonging to three eligible women breaks down near their general store.\u00a0 While Aunt May plans some serious match making, Brian plots to present a distorted picture of himself that no one would want to marry. It is very funny, yet, touching at the same time. Wonderful for a production in a Ward or Stake, or as part of a Stake One-Act Play Festival.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PLAY DETAILS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2M 3W 1TeenGirl<\/li>\n<li>1 Interior<\/li>\n<li>About 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Order # 2033<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Available for ALL producing groups.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PERUSAL MATERIALS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Perusal pages PDF file is available below.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(It contains the first scene of the four scene script.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Unfortunate\u2026BrianTannerPERUSAL.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=\"207\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>REHEARSAL MATERIALS AVAILABLE:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Script<\/strong> in PDF format &#8212; Order #<strong>2033a<\/strong> : <em><strong>$15.00<\/strong><\/em> (from which you will be authorized to copy 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=\"JF8ANWC252HKE\" \/><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 Ward\/Stake\/Amateur\/Educational Royalty<\/strong> &#8212; Order #<strong>2033d<\/strong> : <strong>$30<\/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=\"U47SMJYYBXPCY\" \/><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>Second Performance Ward\/Stake\/Amateur\/Educational Royalty<\/strong> &#8212; Order #<strong>2033e : $25<\/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=\"W3FJ48JY3JRW2\" \/><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 Performance License<\/strong> can be granted by filling out the <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=8530\"><strong>Performance License Application: <\/strong><\/a>No production rights can be granted until this application is filled out and sent to us. This is a filler form that after you click &#8220;SUBMIT&#8221; will send directly to our email address. Response averages 2-3 business days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PRODUCTIONS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Cleveland Oklahoma LDS Ward &#8212; March 2019<\/li>\n<li>Reno LDS Ward &#8212; 2003<\/li>\n<li>St. John&#8217;s Arizona LDS Stake &#8212; 2002<\/li>\n<li>Premiered at BYU &#8212; 1976<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">From the catalog of<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Zion-Theatricals-Logo-2-Tall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1128 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Zion-Theatricals-Logo-2-Tall-153x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Zion-Theatricals-Logo-2-Tall-153x300.jpg 153w, https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Zion-Theatricals-Logo-2-Tall.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jerry Argetsinger (For production by\u00a0 Community Groups, LDS Church Groups) Brian, a happy bachelor in frontier Utah, feels unwarranted pressure to<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=8907\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8909,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[715,711,709,276,316],"tags":[437,71,400,443,394,386,379],"class_list":["post-8907","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-religious-titles","tag-eternal-marriage","tag-polygamy","tag-utah-history","tag-ysa","tag-zt-zion-theatricals","tag-zt-dc-hist","tag-zt-short-plays"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/UCBrianTanner2-e1666783960757.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6fXeh-2jF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8907","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=8907"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21501,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8907\/revisions\/21501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}