Recipe for Disaster

by Barry Kornhauser

It's all-important final exam time for a young Apprentice attending culinary school. Hoping to honor a beloved grandfather’s memory, and with the backing of faithful feathered friend Julia, the good-hearted Apprentice sets about to prepare a scrumptious five-course meal for the Head of School and invited guests – the audience! But it’s madcap mayhem on the menu instead as two Master Chefs arrive to oversee the proceedings. With their insatiable hunger for domination, and little appetite for kindness and consideration, both are more intent on feeding their egos than their guests. Things quickly heat up in the kitchen, culinary chaos ensuing as each battles to undermine and top the other, despite the Apprentice’s desperate efforts to have them simmer down and work together as helpful mentors ought. Recipe For Disaster serves up a mix of physical comedy, puppetry, and music - tossed with a dash of stage magic – to explore the calamitous costs of incivility in a most delicious way! 

$12.00

Quick Details

  • Type: Play
  • Length: 45-60 minutes
  • Availability: Available for productions worldwide
  • Cast Size: 4 roles

Full Details

Roles:

  • Apprentice
  • Chef 1
  • Chef 2
  • Head of School

The following resources are included in each performance license:
  • Permission to photocopy the PDF script for your production so there is no additional cost for these assets.

The following resources may be added to you license for an additional fee:
  • Optional music available by Deborah Wicks La Puma

Barry Kornhauser

Barry Kornhauser's theatre honors include the Children's Theatre Foundation of America's Orlin Corey Medallion, the American Alliance for Theatre & Education (AATE) Charlotte Chorpenning Cup, Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Play (Cyrano), Ivey Playwriting Award (Reeling), Bonderman Playwriting Prize (Worlds Apart), South Africa National Theatre Festival’s Fringe Ovation Award (Balloonacy), and three AATE Distinguished Play Awards (- This Is Not A Pipe Dream, Balloonacy, Corduroy). Closer to home, Barry was named Artist of the Year at the 2017 Pennsylvania Governor's Awards, and his youth theatre program for teens living with disabilities and other life challenges was honored at the White House as one of the nation's top arts-education initiatives. Barry's plays have been commissioned and produced by such Tony Award-winning stages as the Children's Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Alliance Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Denver Center Theatre Company, and the Shakespeare Theatre, as well as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Other venues include Childsplay, Children's Theatre of Charlotte, Dallas Children's Theatre, Discovery Theatre at the Smithsonian, Emerald City, Honolulu Theatre for Youth, the Rose, and Seattle Children's Theatre; festivals from New York to California -including New Visions/New Voices (Power Play); and internationally as far afield as Australia and Myanmar, and including at the National Children’s Theatre of South Africa. Over the years, Barry has conducted theatre residencies everywhere from a one-room Amish schoolhouse to universities across the county. He has received grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, TYA/USA, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, MetLife Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour. Currently, Barry works for the Millersville University Office of Visual & Performing Arts. Prior to this, he served over 30 years as Playwright-In-Residence, TYA Director, and sundry other positions at the National Historic Landmark Fulton Theatre.

Originally commissioned and produced by La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, CA and Childsplay in Tempe, AZ under the direction of David Saar.