Four Scripts for Short Plays

March 15, 2010 -- Four plays were commissioned for the Minnesota's Greatest Generation Project. Each playwright used primary source documents as inspiration.  The Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) will provide scripts of the plays to the libraries. The library acts as producer, casting local actors or teens. Plays were written to be performed in small spaces with minimal or no props and can easily adapt to any library or stage setting.

Parachute Silk

     Cast: two female actors
Two factory girls discuss their fears and hopes about marrying their returning GI fiancés, while making wedding dresses out of parachute silk.

Parachute Silk Script

Parachute Silk Staging Notes and Information

The Secret Storm

     Cast: one female, three male actors
A housewife in the 1950s watches a soap opera that has an eerie way of crossing into her own life---and bringing up issues of lost loves, divorce and survivor's guilt

The Secret Storm Script

The Secret Storm Staging Notes and Information

Swell!

      Cast: one female, one male actor and a narrator
The story of two different teenagers and their worries during the Depression, as seen through their diary entires.

Swell! Script

Swell! Staging Notes and Information

The Amazing Adventures of Stuart Lindman!

     Cast: two male actors
The life story of Minnesota's Greatest Generation member Stuart Lindman, told as an old time radio show.

[The Amazing Adventures of Stuart Lindman! Script|^Stuart Lindman final[1].pdf]

The Amazing Adventures of Stuart Lindman! Staging Notes and Information

LIBRARY LOGISTICS:
Libraries must provide:

• Library or community staff to produce the play (cast actors, rehearse, etc.)
• Seating for audience
• Props and costumes (optional)

For more information contact Ginny Brodeen, CRPLSA/MHS Library Coordinator