Every Creeping Thing

by David Beardsley

It is late in the Cretaceous Period (very late). At an important meeting of a high-level task force, three dinosaurs, a cockroach, and a rat consider what to do about the impending asteroid strike. Is the threat of extinction enough to get these “leaders” to work together and get something done?

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Kenneth N. Kurtz: Every Creeping Thing by David Beardsley

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Every Creeping Thing is such good fun with beautifully layered (or should I say stratified?) humor. Ten minutes of pre-disaster delight. Thank you Mr, Beardsley

Every Creeping Thing is such good fun with beautifully layered (or should I say stratified?) humor. Ten minutes of pre-disaster delight. Thank you Mr, Beardsley

”
Scott Sickles: Every Creeping Thing by David Beardsley

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Relentlessly hilarious, gorgeously observed, and eternally timely, the climate change satire delivers its message without being eclipsed by it.

I saw the Zoom presentation for Theater Resources Unlimited’s TRUspeak benefit. The characters are terrific, the exchanges are riddled with great dinosaur (and roach) humor, and things only get funnier as that meteor gets closer.

There are layers and layers to discuss but enjoy it for the great comedy it is first.

WHILE YOU CAN!!!

Relentlessly hilarious, gorgeously observed, and eternally timely, the climate change satire delivers its message without being eclipsed by it.

I saw the Zoom presentation for Theater Resources Unlimited’s TRUspeak benefit. The characters are terrific, the exchanges are riddled with great dinosaur (and roach) humor, and things only get funnier as that meteor gets closer.

There are layers and layers to discuss but enjoy it for the great comedy it is first.

WHILE YOU CAN!!!

”
Alexander Perez: Every Creeping Thing by David Beardsley

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A creative look at the day history devised it's rhyming scheme. Expertly paced. Rife with clever parallels, knowing smirks, and heart.

A creative look at the day history devised it's rhyming scheme. Expertly paced. Rife with clever parallels, knowing smirks, and heart.

”

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Character Information

Actors should be satirically or comically suggestive of the species they represent. Have fun with this.

Rex

A self-focused brute of a T-Rex who refuses to accept the truth.

Character Age

Any age

Character Race/Ethnic Identity

Any

Character Gender Identity

Any
Can be played by:
- Actor Age
  
  20s,
  
  30s,
  
  40s,
  
  50s,
  
  60s,
  
  70s+
Cockroach

Smug, annoying, and very hard to kill. The ultimate survivor and knows it.

Character Age

Any age

Character Race/Ethnic Identity

Any

Character Gender Identity

Any
Can be played by:
- Actor Age
  
  20s,
  
  30s,
  
  40s,
  
  50s,
  
  60s,
  
  70s+
Pteranadon

Bony and birdlike, maybe a little jumpy/twitchy.

Character Age

Any age

Character Race/Ethnic Identity

Any

Character Gender Identity

Any
Can be played by:
- Actor Age
  
  20s,
  
  30s,
  
  40s,
  
  50s,
  
  60s,
  
  70s+
Triceratops

Lumbering and slow. Not in The three-character version.

Character Age

Any age

Character Race/Ethnic Identity

Any

Character Gender Identity

Any
Can be played by:
- Actor Age
  
  20s,
  
  30s,
  
  40s,
  
  50s,
  
  60s,
  
  70s+
Rat

Small, quick, twitchy. Senses an impending disaster and is freaked out about it.

Character Age

Any age

Character Race/Ethnic Identity

Any

Character Gender Identity

Any
Can be played by:
- Actor Age
  
  20s,
  
  30s,
  
  40s,
  
  50s,
  
  60s,
  
  70s+

Production History

Type University, Organization Playwrights Round Table and Valencia College 5-Minute Play Festival (Orlando, FL), Year 2019
Type Community Theater, Organization Bonita Center for the Arts, Funny Shorts Live (Bonita, FL), Year 2019