MERMAID (MORE OR LESS.)The lights rise on a beautiful sunset. A mermaid is silhouetted against an ocean backdrop. Hauntingly familiar music fills the air. Then...the Lawyer shows up. And that's when the fun really begins! The Little Mermaid (More or Less.) is the story of a Theatre company attempting to stage a children's version of the Hans Christian Anderson classic. The only problem? It looks and sounds an awful lot like a movie of the same name. That's when the Lawyer for a certain "mouse eared company" starts talking lawsuit for copyright infringement. Lawsuit? Copyright infringement? Throw out the costumes! What's that? There's a bunch of old rags backstage from the 1970's? Well, don't just stand there! Go get them! Ditch the music! What did you say? Somebody's mom has a greatest disco hits cd out in the car? That'll be perfect! Change everyone's names! Tartar Sauce! Little M.! The Crab Formerly Known As Sebastian! Everybody ready? Ok...Action!!! It's the funkiest version of The Little Mermaid ever seen on stage!!!Cast Size: 30+ flexible M/F roles with doubling possible.Running Time: 45 minutes.Royalty: $50.00 per performance.Appropriate for all audiences. Colonel L. Henry Dowell is an author and internationally produced playwright from Central Kentucky. He holds the distinction of being the best selling author of parodies and satires on Amazon. He received his BA in Theatre from Morehead State University and attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. In 2013, the Governor of Kentucky commissioned him a Kentucky Colonel, the highest honor awarded by the Commonwealth. He is the co-founder of The Gusto Theatre Company, where he has directed original productions and adaptations of the classics for over 20 years. Colonel Dowell has published over 40 novels and plays including Batguy, Sleeping Beauty in the 25th Century, Hairy Pothead: The Stoned Sorcerer, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves of the Old Republic, The Sleigh Team, The Long John Cafe, Cinderella and the Quest for the Crystal Pump, So, Who Was That Masked Guy Anyway?, Wanted: Santa Claus, Jacklyn Sparrow and the Lady Pirates of the Caribbean, Humbug!, Frankenstein Rocks!, The Dracula Spectacula, Dear John, Elvis Meets Nixon, The Boyz and Me, My Father and Son, Even Adam, The Many Hats of Theodore Roosevelt, Otherwise Known as Anthony Roberts and The Four Presidents. All of the Colonel's plays are available for amateur and/or professional productions worldwide. Scripts may be purchased on Amazon.com. Please contact the publisher at info@blackboxtheatrepublishing.com for details about securing performance rights.