Fight For The Moon
Emma Spires
Genre: Comedic Drama
Cast size: 30 +Ensemble
Duration: 55 mins approx
Emma Spires | Young Cast | Comedic Drama | One Act | 8m, 8f, 14m/f plus large supporting cast
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The prequel to ‘Jesse and the Bookkeepers’ and 'Kaleidoscopic Kingdoms' but it will still work as a stand alone play but could also be performed as part of the trilogy.
Set mostly on Mount Olympus, the play follows the story of Tioni Moon and her brother Tiernan, and their fight to become the new ruler of the moon. The play begins following Tioni, Tiernan and Stella as they grow up together with Tiernan causing constant trouble alongside his sidekick Smudge. They soon discover from Artemis that they are in fact Princes and Princesses and that one day, one of them will become the King or the Queen of the Moon. Needless to say, Tiernan wants it to be him, so when he finds out that Tioni has been chosen to be the Queen, he begins his quest to change his destiny by seeking out information from the Bookkeepers and Scribes, and travelling to the human realm to try and gain power, including a trip to Burger King!
Things don’t quite go to plan and so Ares steps in to stir up more trouble, telling Tiernan that he’ll help him so that he can defeat his brother Zeus. He sends Tiernan to the Battle of Hastings to try and overthrow the King and become Monarch himself, but when Ares thinks he is about to be found out by Artemis, Apollo and Athena, he double crosses Tiernan, who as a punishment, ends up being imprisoned in The Stavoir with Smudge.
Zeus finally reveals to Artemis that Tioni, Tiernan and Stella are his children, and are in fact demi-gods, but little does he know, Ares is listening!
‘Fight for the Moon’ is designed so that it can be a cast of many, with an additional ensemble for customers and soldiers, or few with the use of multi-roling, and other characters can be cast to suit the setting and genders. It is written so that it can also be rehearsed in isolated sections should you have a large cast, and the set can be large scale or small scale. It is a mixture of comedy and action so as to appeal to a varied audience.
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