The Nitnoid Wars, Part 1

Cast: The cast is expandable, including the five “Grungerats,” along with various numbers of “Censoids” and some possible adult roles.

Set: The set is minimal, as are the props.

Synopsis: This is a new trilogy of plays. There are three of them, written in sequence. They are a little like the old serial movies of long ago, or the Star Wars movies, with some exceptions. They feature child actors aged 8 through 16. There are a few adults as well.

The plays are set on the California coast and the Oregon mountains in the year 2050, when a dictator calling himself Kubla Khan takes over North America using injections of specially programmed nanobots to subdue the population.

In THE NITNOID WARS, Part 1 (The Beginning), five children are hidden by their teacher, Jarvis, in the aftermath of earthquakes and a tsunami. In THE NITNOID WARS, Part 2, (The Journey), helped by various members of a small rebel network, the children make their way to the rebel encampment at Mt. Angel. Their journey in a battered solar-powered humvee is stopped by repeated captures, and finally imprisonment by the enhanced android-like Censoids who are Kubla’s troops. In THE NITNOID WARS, Part 3, (The Final Battle), the  rebels fight the Censoids and then begin a new life together.

Come along on this epic journey about freedom and courage told in story and song. Scripts and music for THE NITNOID WARS, Parts 1 and 2 are now available. 

Running Time: Around an hour and forty minutes, plus intermission.

Music: There are eight songs in the show.

Costuming: Costuming is contemporary, although the “Censoids” require some kind of similar uniform.

Performance history: Part 1 has been produced in Omaha, NE by the Circle Theatre, at the Donna Reed Festival in Denison, IA, and at Coastal Repertory Theatre in Half Moon Bay, CA. Audiences and actors have been very keen to follow the ongoing saga. Part 2 will be performed in the summer of 2010. Part 3 is on its way! Scripts and cd’s are available upon request.