Leslie Slape

Leslie Slape

Leslie Slape is an award-winning journalist and professional storyteller who has recently turned to playwriting. Her first play, THE HARDER COURAGE, was a finalist at the 2018 Ashland New Plays Festival.

Plays

  • Avocado Toast by Leslie Slape
    Cast: 
    3–5
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: Sisters, sweater + 6 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: Sisters, sweater, wish, ocean, miracle, mirror, thunder, fairies
    When Gwen "borrows" her sister Jade's cashmere sweater and snags it, Jade threatens to kick Gwen out of their shared apartment unless she makes things right. Gwen is visited by three fairies who promise to fix everything — "for a price." It's only when Gwen learns how to de-snag the sweater that she realizes she doesn't need fairies or wishes. The sisters mend their...
    When Gwen "borrows" her sister Jade's cashmere sweater and snags it, Jade threatens to kick Gwen out of their shared apartment unless she makes things right. Gwen is visited by three fairies who promise to fix everything — "for a price." It's only when Gwen learns how to de-snag the sweater that she realizes she doesn't need fairies or wishes. The sisters mend their relationship and make avocado toast.
    Suitable for school-age performance.
  • The Pub at the End of the World by Leslie Slape
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, fable/folktale + 1 more
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    Keyword: pub, marriage + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, fable/folktale, young audiences
    Keyword: pub, marriage, quest, folktale, fathers, mother
    A man with 37 daughters travels over the world seeking husbands for them. In a pub, he meets a woman with 37 sons. Inspired by the beginning of a folktale; written for a bakeoff challenge.
  • The Feather of the Firebird by Leslie Slape
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: fairy tale, tsar + 6 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, fable/folktale, young audiences
    Keyword: fairy tale, tsar, Hunting, horses, magic, Firebird, princess, Thrice Ninth Kingdom
    A huntsman finds a firebird feather and picks it up against the advice of his talking horse, who says it's bad luck. The huntsman's master, the Tsar, then sends the huntsman on a series of impossible quests, including bringing the Tsar a beautiful (but unwilling) princess for a bride. Adapted from a Russian fairy tale. Written for a bakeoff challenge.
  • Till the Eagle Squeals (a Coronavirus play) by Leslie Slape
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: coronavirus, Covid-19 + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: coronavirus, Covid-19, money, fear, Hope
    A moment in time early in the coronavirus. A couple — one an optimist, the other a pessimist — discuss the present and what might happen in the future.
  • A First Time for Everything by Leslie Slape
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: computers, virus + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: computers, virus, friendship, love, loneliness, lockdown
    A computer develops a personality while isolating in an office during the coronavirus, and hits it off with a custodian who has come to sanitize the building to prepare for reopening. (Designed for Zoom performance)
  • Word Cloud (A Coronavirus Play) by Leslie Slape
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5–17
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 2 more
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    Keyword: Covid-19, virus + 1 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, political, young audiences
    Keyword: Covid-19, virus, coronavirus
    A rapid chronicle of the coronavirus in America using key words.
  • The Bickerlees Go Out to Dinner by Leslie Slape
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, radio drama
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    Keyword: comedy, Dust Bowl + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, radio drama
    Keyword: comedy, Dust Bowl, bickering, marriage
    A married couple go out to dinner at the Whistle Stop Cafe a new restaurant that gives the ambience of Depression-era hoboes grabbing meals while riding the rails. A radio comedy, ten minutes.