"Junie B.", Where Have You Gone?

I've mentioned before that community theatre groups are at the mercy of the companies that own the rights to the musicals and stage shows.

Usually, there's no problem staging any show that's available to community theatre groups. You sign a contract, send some money, and you get the rights to stage the show you've chosen.

However - sometimes events work against you. Perhaps the show you want to stage is touring with a professional troupe and is visiting your area. In that case, the company won't allow a local group to stage the show. There are other reasons, but that's the most common.

The point of all this (he said, burying his lede) is that the First Stage Theatre Company had announced plans to stage the show Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business in the Spring - but recently found out that the company that holds the rights has decided not to release the rights to community theatre groups. I'm not sure the reasons behind it, but it's a shame - there was a lot of interest in the show, and there will no doubt be a lot of disappointed kids out there.

The point of this post is to invite our readers to suggest other shows they'd like to see fill the spot left by "Junie's" departure. It needs to be a small show, preferably a non-musical - so if you have any suggestions, post them here or email them to me at TheMinskers@aol.com.

Sorry about that, "Junie" fans!