Ghosts and Gold
An Old West 15-Minute Mini-Melodrama
CAST: 3M & 3F
Approximate Length: 15 Minutes
Since San Juan
Capistrano is one of the oldest towns in California
- naturally it has more than its share of tales to
be told. This is one of those stories from 1898.
Characters include a heroine named Jenna Rossity, a
local newspaper reporter, a sharpshooter named Dee
Zaster, and even a world famous opera singer Madam
Modjeska that calls San Juan her home. This
mini-melodrama is made for a pop up performance.
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Dastardly Deeds at the Dixon Depot
also known as “If you move it - they will come"
CAST: 4 M & 6F + Narrator +
Sound Effects Wizard
(tracks provided so no piano
player is needed)Optimized for Zoom or a short play
Through the magic of Melodrama
and the Internet … get transported to the much
simpler year of 1883 in the small western town of
Dixon for the story of a moved town, a lost love, a
"rehabilitated" scoundrel, a jilted woman, and a
framed sheriff. Boo at the Villain. Cheer for the
mysterious Gypsy Claire Voyant and the heroine Sally
Mander. And meet the heroic yet clueless sheriff
Justin Credible.
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The Broken Badge
Easily Customized for your community
CAST: 6 to 7 in the cast (with
piano tracks)
We are reworking this play for a 50 minute run
time and using a much smaller cast. Many Playhouses
and smaller community theatres have requested this
new mini-melodrama format and we are glad to provide
it. This
small-cast version will
not be available until early in 2024.
If you are looking for a 1 hour or less
small-cast old west musical melodrama that comes
with all the flexibility and resources that
HeroAndVillain.com is know for ... the wait will be
worth it. Email us if you want to be notified the
moment they are ready.
Trouble Bubbles at the Hot Springs
Easily Customized for your community
CAST: 6 to 7 in the cast (with
piano tracks)
We are reworking this play for a 50 minute run
time and using a much smaller cast. Many Playhouses
and smaller community theatres have requested this
new mini-melodrama format and we are glad to provide
it. This
small-cast version will
not be available until sometime in 2024.
If you are looking for a 1 hour or less
small-cast old west musical melodrama that comes
with all the flexibility and resources that
HeroAndVillain.com is know for ... the wait will be
worth it. Email us if you want to be notified the
moment they are ready.
San Juan's Dirty Laundry
Easily Customized for your community
CAST: 6 to 7 in the cast (with
piano tracks)
We are reworking this play for a 50 minute run
time and using a much smaller cast. Many Playhouses
and smaller community theatres have requested this
new mini-melodrama format and we are glad to provide
it. This
small-cast version will
not be available until sometime in 2024.
If you are looking for a 1 hour or less
small-cast old west musical melodrama that comes
with all the flexibility and resources that
HeroAndVillain.com is know for ... the wait will be
worth it. Email us if you want to be notified the
moment they are ready.
Fast Train to
Capistrano
also known as "Villainous Loco-Motives"
CAST: 3M & 3F
(tracks
provided so no piano player is needed)
This is a shortened
15-minute version of the Melodrama entitled
"Professor Mack's Last Train". With a trick shot
expert on the train to who know where … anything
can happen. We promise an ample supply of
twists and turns,
misdirection and mystery, frivolity, and a last-minute
plot-twist gunfight on a train that will change
everything. Last minute is all we have since this is
a Mini-Melodrama with a run time of under 15
minutes.
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