The Thousand-Year Rose

by Peter Fenton

FULL-LENGTH COMEDY ADVENTURE. Three storybook witches on the hunt for a treasure, which will only appear for a pure heart, decide to kidnap a kind person. They weren't expecting her to fight back.

An earlier version was published by Heuer Publishing in 2019.

FULL-LENGTH COMEDY ADVENTURE. Three storybook witches on the hunt for a treasure, which will only appear for a pure heart, decide to kidnap a kind person. They weren't expecting her to fight back.

An earlier version was published by Heuer Publishing in 2019.

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The Thousand-Year Rose

Character Information

This play can be performed with 12 actors if GARDENER doubles as JEWELER, CONDUCTOR, and DIRECTOR and CIERA doubles as LIZ and MRS. MURPHY. BOGGS and MRS. MURPHY are to be played with Irish accents. MARYANNE is the grandmother of SCOTT and R.J., all three characters should be played by actors who share an ethnicity. Otherwise, all roles can be played by any ethnicity, ethnic diversity and gender-expansive casting is encouraged.

Kimmi Larkin

Character Age

18-25

Character Race/Ethnic Identity

Any

Character Gender Identity

Any female/femme-identifying
Can be played by:
- Actor Age
  
  Teens,
  
  20s
- Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
  
  Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American,
  
  Black, African, Caribbean, or African American,
  
  Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
  
  Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American,
  
  South Asian or South Asian American,
  
  White
- Actor Gender Identity
  
  Female
Abigail

Character Age

40s

Character Race/Ethnic Identity

Any

Character Gender Identity

Any female/femme-identifying
Can be played by:
- Actor Age
  
  30s,
  
  40s,
  
  50s
- Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
  
  Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American,
  
  Black, African, Caribbean, or African American,
  
  Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
  
  Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American,
  
  South Asian or South Asian American,
  
  White
- Actor Gender Identity
  
  Female
Vivian

Character Age

26-30

Character Race/Ethnic Identity

Any

Character Gender Identity

Any female/femme-identifying
Can be played by:
- Actor Age
  
  20s
- Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
  
  Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American,
  
  Black, African, Caribbean, or African American,
  
  Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
  
  Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American,
  
  South Asian or South Asian American,
  
  White
- Actor Gender Identity
  
  Female,
  
  Non-binary
Professor Bradley Gorman

Character Age

60s

Character Race/Ethnic Identity

Any

Character Gender Identity

Male
Can be played by:
- Actor Age
  
  40s,
  
  50s,
  
  60s,
  
  70s+
- Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
  
  Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American,
  
  Black, African, Caribbean, or African American,
  
  Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
  
  Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American,
  
  South Asian or South Asian American,
  
  White
- Actor Gender Identity
  
  Male

Production History

Type High School, Organization Conestoga Valley School District, Year 2017
Type University, Organization Wheaton College, Year 2016