Juana Parral

Scripts

Happy Bag

by Juana Parral

Synopsis

Morgan is a high school students in possession of a magical bag that she can pull anything out of. If she wants it, the bag will provide it.
But one day, the bag's magical properties disappear.
What lengths will Morgan go to be able to fix her broken Happy Bag, and what do she do when the happy bag no longer makes her happy? What will do when the one thing she wants she can’t pull out of a bag? What holds more...

Morgan is a high school students in possession of a magical bag that she can pull anything out of. If she wants it, the bag will provide it.
But one day, the bag's magical properties disappear.
What lengths will Morgan go to be able to fix her broken Happy Bag, and what do she do when the happy bag no longer makes her happy? What will do when the one thing she wants she can’t pull out of a bag? What holds more importance to Morgan in the end? Her bag, or her relationships?
Over the course of Morgan’s journey, she meets Vita, a friendly waitress at a 24 hour diner, and Herbie and Lena who run a bag store in her neighborhood, all with her best friend Miles by her side.

Ronnie The Musical

by Juana Parral

Synopsis

Ronnie is a snail. In this one act, one person musical, Ronnie lives in a shower drain, and one day, climbs out into the bathtub. In this new world, he discovers a life full of light, soap, cucumbers, and water falling from the sky. And you’re in luck, because he’s taking you along for the journey. Come see life through the eyes of a snail inside a bathtub.

Ronnie is a snail. In this one act, one person musical, Ronnie lives in a shower drain, and one day, climbs out into the bathtub. In this new world, he discovers a life full of light, soap, cucumbers, and water falling from the sky. And you’re in luck, because he’s taking you along for the journey. Come see life through the eyes of a snail inside a bathtub.

Toothache

by Juana Parral

Synopsis

In Toothache, we get to know a family of immigrants from Spain who are starting a restaurant in the US. Pilar, Carlos, and Irene. We get to know them, who they are, and what they mean to one another.
But, more prominently, we meet Vera.
We meet all of Vera. All her joys, pains, flaws, and thoughts.
Vera has a toothache.
This story is about wealth inequality, culture, family, and pain. Pain in every twisted...

In Toothache, we get to know a family of immigrants from Spain who are starting a restaurant in the US. Pilar, Carlos, and Irene. We get to know them, who they are, and what they mean to one another.
But, more prominently, we meet Vera.
We meet all of Vera. All her joys, pains, flaws, and thoughts.
Vera has a toothache.
This story is about wealth inequality, culture, family, and pain. Pain in every twisted, beautiful way. How physical pain can bring our emotional pains to front. How pain, over time, can culminate into what controls our every step, our every intention. How pain brings us to consider ourselves.
This is a play about family- both the family we are born with and the family that we choose. This play is about healthcare. This is about pain, loss, mental illness. This play is about culture. How does one single person handle the weight of pain that life can give us? Where do we find joy?

Oldest

by Juana Parral

Synopsis

In this 10-minute musical, an old man named Joseph living in a nursing home is greeted by Death, a black-wearing, skateboard-riding teenager, who tries to take him away. He challenges her to a duel: He has to write a song about her, and she has to write a song about him. If she wins, she gets to take Joseph and carry on with her duties, but if he wins, he gets to take her place as Death.

In this 10-minute musical, an old man named Joseph living in a nursing home is greeted by Death, a black-wearing, skateboard-riding teenager, who tries to take him away. He challenges her to a duel: He has to write a song about her, and she has to write a song about him. If she wins, she gets to take Joseph and carry on with her duties, but if he wins, he gets to take her place as Death.

Wine Moms

by Juana Parral

Synopsis

Two suburban moms meet at 3 am every night to host a fake talk show in their living rooms. But what happens when they want to escape?

Two suburban moms meet at 3 am every night to host a fake talk show in their living rooms. But what happens when they want to escape?

Season's Magical Adventures

by Juana Parral

Synopsis

The Summer, Winter, Fall, and Spring and four siblings, each of them holding the power of their season. They live in a tree together in harmony and peace until one day, they start to lose their powers. What will it take for them to find peace and restore the seasons and their powers?
This play is filled with music and laughter, but also moments of big feelings to overcome and work though.
This play was...

The Summer, Winter, Fall, and Spring and four siblings, each of them holding the power of their season. They live in a tree together in harmony and peace until one day, they start to lose their powers. What will it take for them to find peace and restore the seasons and their powers?
This play is filled with music and laughter, but also moments of big feelings to overcome and work though.
This play was originally devised and developed as a sensory play with Philly Children's Theatre.

On Your Side- The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsberg

by Juana Parral

Synopsis

In this play we follow Billie as she is faced by the micro-aggressions that come from being a woman in modern time. This play is seen through the lens of decisions made my Ruth Bader Ginsberg during her time in the US supreme court.

In this play we follow Billie as she is faced by the micro-aggressions that come from being a woman in modern time. This play is seen through the lens of decisions made my Ruth Bader Ginsberg during her time in the US supreme court.