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. #2.

An earlier version was published by Heuer Publishing in 2019.
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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
    18-25,
    Any
    ,
    Any female/femme-identifying
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      Teens, 20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      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
    • Gender: 
      Female
  • Abigail
    40s,
    Any
    ,
    Any female/femme-identifying
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      30s, 40s, 50s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      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
    • Gender: 
      Female
  • Vivian
    26-30,
    Any
    ,
    Any female/femme-identifying
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      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
    • Gender: 
      Female, Non-binary
  • Professor Bradley Gorman
    60s,
    Any
    ,
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      40s, 50s, 60s, 70s+
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      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
    • Gender: 
      Male

Production History

  • High School
    ,
    Conestoga Valley School District
    ,
    2017
  • University
    ,
    Wheaton College
    ,
    2016