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
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
(online reading)
P.A.G.E.S.
New York, NY
July 13, 2021
Cast: Daniel Strausman (Niclas), Victoria Freedman (Hypatia), Diane Quinn (Maria Paula)
P.A.G.E.S.
New York, NY
July 13, 2021
Cast: Daniel Strausman (Niclas), Victoria Freedman (Hypatia), Diane Quinn (Maria Paula)
Victoria Freedman (Hypatia), Daniel Strausman (Niclas) and Diane Quinn (Maria Paula)
(online performance)
Moving Parts
Paris, France
January 24, 2021
Cast: James Malcolm (Niclas), Sanja Jancovic (Hypatia), Agnieszka Grzybowska (Maria Paula)
Directed by Stephanie Campion
Moving Parts
Paris, France
January 24, 2021
Cast: James Malcolm (Niclas), Sanja Jancovic (Hypatia), Agnieszka Grzybowska (Maria Paula)
Directed by Stephanie Campion
James Malcolm (Niclas), Sanja Jancovic (Hypatia) and Agnieszka Grzybowska (Maria Paula)
(online performance)
Crafton Hills New Works Festival
Yucaipa, California,
May 9, 2020
Cast: Ricardo Moran (Niclas), Jocelyn Perez (Hypatia), Rose Lamoureux (Maria Paula)
Directed by Jared Diamond
Crafton Hills New Works Festival
Yucaipa, California,
May 9, 2020
Cast: Ricardo Moran (Niclas), Jocelyn Perez (Hypatia), Rose Lamoureux (Maria Paula)
Directed by Jared Diamond
Jocelyn Perez (Hypatia), Ricardo Moran (Niclas), Rose Lamoureux (Maria Paula)
Crazy Planets
(reading)
ICRL Playwriting Competition
Princeton, New Jersey
April 4, 2020
Produced by Jeff Dunne
Cast: Zak Rosen (Niclas), Jeff Dunne (stage directions), Keely Kurtas-Chapman (Hypatia) and Eliza Pagel (Maria Paula)
(reading)
ICRL Playwriting Competition
Princeton, New Jersey
April 4, 2020
Produced by Jeff Dunne
Cast: Zak Rosen (Niclas), Jeff Dunne (stage directions), Keely Kurtas-Chapman (Hypatia) and Eliza Pagel (Maria Paula)
Zak Rosen (Niclas), Jeff Dunne (stage directions), Keely Kurtas-Chapman (Hypatia) and Eliza Pagel (Maria Paula)
(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
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
Hypatia (Zany Planets) is the first part of a trilogy of short plays: Female Scientists to the Rescue.
Script published in Synkroniciti, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Fall 2023) - Space