The Elephant on the Far Side of the Mind by Rick Butts

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The Elephant on the Far Side of the Mind by Rick Butts

 At the end of the run of a run-of-the-mill life, a man and his elephant imagine an adventure.

Geoffrey is retiring from the university’s English department where he has taught for the last thirty-five years. It is the morning of his last day and no one notices or cares that he is leaving.

But then Asha the elephant spirit who follows him around uncovers a plot by a murderous baker to poison students with chocolate chip muffins. Theo a former police horse bored with retirement partners up with Asha to track down the would-be killer. Asha calls on an old friend Merryweather, the fairy who saved Sleeping Beauty, for a spell to put the aspiring assassin down for a nap. It all leads to a surprising conclusion as Asha turns the tables on the play’s director and forces the story to a happy ending. Asha presents Geoffrey with the motorcycle (stolen) he has always longed for. He and Asha and Theo ride off to find an adventure and live happily ever after. It is unclear if Asha and Geoffrey will now marry.

Keywords: Loneliness, friendship, retirement, aging, magic, wizards, fairy tales, fantasy.

Genre: Comedy, Absurdist/Farce
Acts: 2
Run time: 120 minutes
Suitable for students 16+

Cast size: 9 actors
Male roles: 3
Female roles: 1
Casting notes: In addition to four live actors, there are also five voice (V.O) actors. There are no limits on the genders of voice actors. Although SPOOKYB presents in earlier creative projects as male, this character is not bound by conventional notions of time and space. For the purposes of this play, the voice actor for SPOOKYB PODCAST VOICE may be cast as either gender and in any national or regional or social group dialect at the discretion of the director. The primary requirements for SPOOKYB PODCAST VOICE is that it be interesting and capable of evoking the more “spooky” notes of the podcast narrative.