THE REQUEST:
First
of all, let me just
say
that I worship you for having written these fabulous plays.
YOU
ROCK!!!
Although we are not worthy of your greatness, please humor us lowly
unworthy
people and let us put on your play "Crabs."
We
are high school students
from
Nashville, Tennessee putting on a series of student directed plays for
a school sponsored event. I'm going to be a director. This is
truly
the best one act script I've ever read, and seems like it would be fun
to do. Please please please let us do it! In terms of
editing, we
may have to remove a few of the sexual innuendoes.
The
play would be performed
with
a series of others on the 25th through 28th of February at the
University
School of Nashville.
THE RESULT:
We
did the play and it
was
WONDERFUL!!!
Thank you very much for letting us do it. One little change
based
on actors- Lady Louse became a drag queen =) =) =)
It was a
hit and you were credited and everything. There were 2 other
short
plays ...... , but everyone thought Crabs was a lot better (than the
others),
and more original. YAY!!! The actor for Mike was
experienced
and really funny and full of expression. Mary had never acted
before
and was all nervous, and we had to rehearse and rehearse, but she
pulled
through and did a good job. And of course Queen Louse stole
the
show.
Thanks again!
Jaime
CRABS
In Kalgoorlie
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script)
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THE REQUEST:
I am seeking permission
to
put
on your play crabs.
We are a small
non profit
community
based theatre group here in Kalgoorlie, out back Western
Australia.
Kalgoorlie is a small mining townsituated 650km east of Perth, with a
population
of approx 35,000 people. With men out numbering women here of
8
men
to 1 woman.
Your play
appealed to me
to
reflect
the "behind closed doors" of sexually transmitted diseases in a tongue
in cheek fashion. Here in Kalgoorlie we have the only legal
brothel
strip in Western Australia and your play would appeal to the locals
overwhelmingly.
Proposal dates
23rd 24th
30th
of June and the 1st 7th 8th of July in the year 2000.
Toni (Curtin University)
THE RESULT:
The
play was a
success.
Thank you ever so much. We have a video for you. I
will
also
send all the programs, posters and reviews for you.
Toni
(Note
from Robert):
I will publish what I can on my site when I recieve it-- stay tuned.
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THE RED HEART FOLLIES at Anna Bananas in Honolulu, Hawaii
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THE
REQUEST:
I had been
searching rigorously to find a
play that fit the assignment in class and that spoke to me. In reading
your plays they did all of the above and more. I find all of your works
outrageously hilarious and full of energy
that allow room for a director
to input their own ideas for the production. Something that many plays
I found don’t allow. I would greatly appreciate your consideration in
allowing me to produce & direct your play
“The Lion sleeps Tonight.”
THE
RESULT:
Successfully
performed December 7th, 2002 at The Little
Theatre, Fisk University, Tennessee, USA.
<>BULLETS
TO HEAVEN
In Hampshire
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for script)
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all
Red-Baer plays)
THE REQUEST:
hiya,
I'm the director of a
Youth
Theatre
group for 15 - 18 year olds in Hampshire, United Kingdom, wondering if
it would be ok to use your play for a small studio production next
month?
We won't be making much, if any money out of it unfortunately, but
would
love to use your play if this is ok.
Please let me know as
soon
as
possible so we can start rehearsing! Thank you very much,
Amanda farrell
THE
RESULT:
I used the play, thank
you very much. I think
it
went
down really well, and a lot of people asked me who the author was as it
was so well written. I hope you don't mind- I changed the rape to a
mugging
because of the age of some of my cast members - it worked just fine! I
have a copy of the program (nothing very exciting I'm afraid, low
budget
youth theatre!) which I can send to you if you give me your address
again.
Once again, thanks for the play - it was great! I write plays myself
but
had nothing suitable for the number and sexes of cast so it was really
good to find something as well written as yours to suit!
Amanda
<>BULLETS
TO HEAVEN
In Texas
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for script)
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here for list and scripts of
all
Red-Baer plays)
2003,
May 16th and 17th--Performed by Lytle High School, Lytle, Texas,
USA. Two pages from the program.
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ABOVE:
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THE RED HEART FOLLIES at Anna Bananas in Honolulu, Hawaii
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THE
COMMENT:
Hey
Robert:
I read the Adam and Eve script that you wrote and I think it is the
best script I have ever read. I haven't laughed soo hard in a
long time, I even showed my brother the script and he read it and
laughed. Anyways I'm a high school student in Aberdeen, S.D.
and
I am in a theatre class and we have to do script reviews every week and
my teacher read this script and thought it was hilarious. I
just
want to tell you thanks for writing such a good play and I hope that
someday i can write scripts as well as you. Have a good one.
Thanks...keep up the good work!
James Cowan
ADAM
AND EVE
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script)
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Red-Baer plays)
THE REQUEST:
Hi.
I am a seventeen year
old
senior student at Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute in Kitchener,
Ontario
which is in Canada. I am currently in the school drama club and we are
aspiring to perform a night of one act plays in early November. While
searching
for a suitable play, I came across your Adam and Eve play. I believe
that
this play would go along really well with the theme of the evening. I
wish
permission to use this play. It would be greatly appreciated. Thanx :)
Sincerely,
Richard
Seale
ADAM
AND EVE and BULLETS TO
HEAVEN
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on the
above titles
for
the scripts)
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all
Red-Baer plays)
THE REQUEST:
I
am interested in "Adam
&
Eve" and "Bullets to Heaven". I have read both the scripts
several
times and truly enjoy them. I would love to bring them to
life
on-stage
here at West Virginia Wesleyan College. My audience will be
approximately
100 people with two nights of free performances to thank students for
their
theatre support for this year. I would like to do them on May
3rd
and May 4th, 2000.
Don
THE
RESULT
(from Don):
Unfortunately, we were
not able to perform the
plays.
Oddly enough, this was not by choice. What happened was that
only
7 people showed up to audition for the three one acts that we were
hoping
to
perform.
And since there would only have
been
2 weeks to rehearse, wechose not to double cast from the
beginning.
When only 7 people showed up and we could not even get people to take a
part without auditioning, we decided to cancel the
performances.
I am terribly sorry about that. I would like to keep copies of the
plays
on hand and hopefully use them in the future...
redbaer@gmail.com
