Community Players

Page to Stage: An Original Staged Reading is allowing the opportunity for playwrights to submit their work to be performed through Community Players Theatre! To those wishing to submit their work, please make sure it follows this criteria:

• The script must be unpublished
• It is fine if the script has gone through workshops or readings
• No more than 2 locations within the script
• Cast size 2-6
• Can feature a child but the majority of the cast must be adults
• Few adjustments will be allowed once the script has been submitted
• PDF or Word Doc formatting
• No musicals
• A playwright is not limited on how many they can submit
• This process is for the benefit of audiences to hear new plays and new playwrights

Scripts are due by August 31st, 2025. Please submit all scripts to Ashleigh Rae-Lynn ([email protected])

Happy writing!

Original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! at the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants, T.I.

and Songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny, & Andy Paley

Additional Lyrics by Jonathan Coulton

Additional Music by Tom Kitt

Book by Kyle Jarrow

Based on the series by Stephen Hillenburg

MOON OVER BUFFALO – Plot Synopsis

The farce, Moon Over Buffalo centers on George and Charlotte Hay, a fading film and Broadway headlining duo (think 40’s – Lunt & Fontanne.) It is spring, 1953, and they’re playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in repertory in Buffalo, New York with five actors. The company operates on a shoe-string budget, members haven’t been paid in weeks. All the action takes place in Buffalo’s Earlinger Theater – either in the green room or onstage as they rehearse or perform Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac.

On the brink of a disastrous split caused by George’s dalliance with a young ingénue, they receive news that they might just have one last shot at stardom: Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee, and if he likes what he sees, he might cast them in his movie remake of The Scarlet Pimpernel, rejuvenating their careers.

Unfortunately for George and Charlotte, everything that could go wrong does go wrong, abetted by a visit from their daughter’s clueless fiancé and hilarious uncertainty about which play they’re actually performing, caused by Charlotte’s deaf, old stage manager mother who hates every bone in George’s body.

PLEASE NOTE: The script contains adult themes, swearing, stage combat, and physical contact.

It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip’s last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and scantily clad groupies line up to turn their fantasies into reality. Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and resident toilet cleaner) Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing (and longs for small-town girl Sherri, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes). But the rock ’n’ roll fairy tale is about to end when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled Strip into just another capitalist strip mall. Can Drew, Sherri and the gang save the strip – and themselves – before it’s too late? Only the music of hit bands Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and more hold the answer.

Alright, folks, it’s time to kick back, crank the volume up to 11, and dive headfirst into the neon dream that is Rock of Ages! We’re talking big hair, bigger guitars, and enough 80s jams to make your heart (and your mullet) soar. Rock of Ages is a party with a capital P, and we're all just here to have a blast together.

Set on the wild and wonderful Sunset Strip, this show is a toe-tapping, air-guitar-shredding love letter to everything that was (and still is) amazing about rock 'n' roll. And sure, there’s a love story—because what would an ‘80s musical be without one?—but mostly, it’s about chasing your dreams, figuring out what the heck you’re doing with your life, and maybe even learning that you might be the one who’s gonna “rock” the world (or at least rock the stage for two hours).

Now, let’s talk about why this show matters right now. In a world that feels a little too much like an endless political news cycle—full of stress, uncertainty, and occasionally existential dread—Rock of Ages is here to remind us that sometimes entertainment is the best medicine. Tonight, it’s all about shaking off the chaos and coming together to just have an absolute blast.

The talented cast and crew have poured their heart, soul, and (yes, yes, yes) a whole lot of hairspray into bringing this show to life. Every high note, every power ballad, and every leather-clad moment is a reminder that, even in tough times, joy, music, and a good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll anthem can bring us together. So sit back, relax, and let’s all take a break from the chaos of the world—because we really deserve this.

So, throw on your best “I-don’t-care” face, grab a seat, and let’s rock ‘n’ roll through the next couple hours. This is your permission slip to just enjoy the ride, and let us rock your world.

Let’s do this.

- Brett Cottone