Name: Party Game Prophecy - A Comedy about a Cult (And a Prophecy)
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PARTY GAME PROPHECY – A COMEDY ABOUT A CULT (AND A PROPHECY)

On the two month anniversary of their father’s death, brothers Ace and Max Pluridon have invited some friends over to distract themselves with a board game night. Ace invites a newish friend Gloria and old friend Dutch. Gloria invites her brother Stewart along. Gloria and Stewart seem upset that Dutch was invited too but Ace and Max insist as it slightly changes the rules of the game they are going to play “Angry Angry Bovines.” Gloria and Stewart reluctantly agree. Being the good hosts, Ace and Max serve food to their guests. Tonight’s meal is baked Mac and cheese in this comedy about a cult.

Unknown to Ace, Max, and Dutch; Gloria and Stewart are actually part of a cult that believes that either Ace OR Max are going to save the world from doom as foretold by an ancient tome created by a soothsayer (known as Hiyantietes) hundreds of years ago. The tome makes mention of the Pluridon name, mad cows, and a connection to pasta and cheese (among other things). Ace and Max have inadvertently satisfied these requirements and Gloria and Stewart think this means doom is nigh! They eventually tell Ace and Max, setting off a feud between them to figure out who is the chosen one (a question that mirrors how their father made them feel when he was still alive and has been weighing on them since he passed.) Dutch is to act as the voice of reason of sorts although he kind of roots for the games to continue.

Gloria and Stewart reach out for backup in the form of the cult high priest Chester but instead he sends his pupil Emily. Emily reveals that, according to recent studies of the tome, rumor has it that the chosen one’s death is what brings peace. Now Gloria thinks it’s their duty to kill the chosen one… but which one?

Party Game Prophecy begs the question,’If you believe in a prophecy enough, can you make it happen?’

This is the sixth play in the Tales of the Cul de Sac anthology series. Other plays in the anthology:

Shoot this Picture! A guardian Angel Comedy
Creature Features! A suburban comedy horror
Explain the Handcuffs -a time travel adventure
Channel Surfed! A comedy about cable TV going wrong
Disastral Plane – comedy about the supernatural

Author: Jeff Carlson

Type: Two-act play

Genre: Comedy about a cult

Cast:4M and 2F

Ages of the actors: Adults

Suitable for: Adults

Length: 75-80 minutes

Set: The look of a bachelor pad is apparent but this is the aesthetic of two opposing bachelors. So there are posters on the wall but one will be a band or movie and the other would be a motivational cat poster. The layout of the room is as follows. Stage left center is a front door. There is a hat and coat rack with a coat hung up and a coat on the floor below it as if someone missed. Stage right center is the door to the kitchen. Upstage center the wall comes out to allow stairs from the left side. This staircase is to head to bedrooms and bathroom. In the center of the room is a circular table with a box on it for a board game. On the wall down Stage from the front door there is a loveseat.

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – getting the absolute belief of the cult members across whislt preserving the comic ridiculous element of the whole play.