North Woods Nonsense 

By Burton Bumgarner
Cast: Flexible cast of 23 Set: Area staging Time: About 90 minutes
Pioneer Drama Service

Here’s the perfect play for any director looking for a hilarious full length to pull together with minimal rehearsal time. The fast action centers round a run-down hotel lobby in Moose Bottom Lake in northern Maine, where handyman Pete has written a newspaper article about Bigfoot kidnapping a local resident. Did we mention the story is complete fiction and was published in that tacky tabloid, “The National Divulger”? Nevertheless, the rumored sighting of Sasquatch provides the perfect excuse for Birch and Pine, assistants to the worst congressman in history, to suggest a trip to the senator. They have spent their careers trying to hide the inept congressman so he won’t speak in public and divulge his ludicrous ideas, such as turning the Grand Canyon into a giant lake! But with reporters hot on the congressman’s trail and lunatic guests pursuing Bigfoot, you can imagine the zany fun that converges at the hotel… especially when Pete decides the guests really should get a chance to see Bigfoot! Divided into several short scenes for rehearsal purposes, directors will love the table that shows exactly which characters are in each scene to ensure every rehearsal is both productive and manageable!