Want to explore Odyssey’s original scripts and translations? These scripts were developed for mask and physical theatre but can also be performed without masks. They are for casts of 8-17 and offer wonderful roles for developing artists.
We will be releasing one new script annually, starting with The Miser. Next year will see the release of The Girl With No Hands.
If you are interested in producing or reading one of our scripts, please contact us!
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE SCRIPTS
THE MISER
Full-Length Play / Comedy / 9-14 Actors
By Molière
Translated and adapted by Lib Spry and Laurie Steven
Spry and Steven’s new translation and contemporary adaptation of Molière’s hilarious and cutting satire exposes the greed rampant today. Harpagon (the quintessential Scrooge) is the head of a meatpacking company who is driven to absurd lengths to get his hands on a lucrative food preservative. He is pitted against his children, a would-be filmmaker and painter, whose happiness he is willing to sacrifice to increase his profits.
Reviews
“[T]he show is a delight. The clever wordplay and non-stop action are wildly entertaining.”
– Apt613
“[A] post-modern, Commedia dell’Arte, punk rap performance, with an added bit of Brechtian political theatre.”
– CBC Radio
“[A] highly entertaining broad comedy…this stylized, precisely timed, physical comedy bubbles into life…a show rich in visual and aural appeal.”
– The Ottawa Citizen
