ICHABOD CRANE TELLS ALL
AND OTHER SHORT COMEDIES
by Lawrence Thelen
Eight short comedies that together create a full evening of absurd entertainment. They can also be performed separately, most especially Ichabod Crane Tells All, a comic monologue in which Ichabod, at the very old age of 72, gives a lecture concerning the events that led to his departure from the small town of Sleepy Hollow 50 years earlier. Other short comedies include Beethoven’s Last, The Straight Men’s Musical Theatre Project, The Guppy Ballet, The Mimes and Mummers Convention, Mr. Mann’s Head, Dimitri in Space, and The Death of Comedy.
- Cast Size: 4M+ 2W+
- Running Time: 90+ minutes
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance
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About the Playwright
Lawrence Thelen is a Connecticut-based playwright and screenwriter. His comedy Pie in the Sky premiered on stage at the Victory Theatre in Los Angeles where it was named an L.A. Times Critics Choice. The piece was subsequently made into a multi-award-winning independent feature film. His latest comedy Man or Mouse won the Arts Fort Worth Original Works Festival and premiered there in March 2025. Other works include the comedies Higgins in Harlem (Playhouse on Park), and Eating Rhode Island (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), both published by Dramatic; also the musical Star of Freedom (Ivoryton Playhouse); the Noël Coward musical comedy Mad Dogs and Englishmen; and the WWI Christmas Day Truce musical Khaki Chums. His books include The Show Makers: Great Directors of the American Musical Theatrepublished by Routledge, and an anthology of his one-act plays entitled Ichabod Crane Tells All and Other Short Comedies is published by Next Stage Press. He is the former Literary Manager and Producing Associate for Goodspeed Musicals, and was most recently the Playwright-in- Residence at the Ivoryton Playhouse.
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