Zany Planets

10-minute comedy

The stars move across the sky in an orderly fashion. But sometimes the planets stop and go backwards! This doesn’t make sense to young Niclas Kopernik. He seeks help from Hypatia, an astronomer who lived a thousand years earlier.

Characters
Male
NICLAS KOPERNIK, 18, an astronomy student
​Female
HYPATIA, ageless scientist
MARIA PAULA, 18, a postulant nun  

Setting
University of Kraków, Poland

Time
​1491

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(Staged reading)
New Play Contest
The Chameleon Theatre Circle
Ames Center
Burnsville, Minnesota
​November 5, 2016

Cast: Logan Woller (Niclas), Amelia Mohn (Hypatia), Megan Navarette (Maria Paula)

Directed by ​Jenny Marie Midnight-Thunder Moeller

* Winner of the THEATRE FOR YOUTH category