Buccaneers

Buccaneers

Written by Liz Duffy Adams
With music by Ellen Maddow

Down on their luck, Enid Arabella’s parents have to send her away in order to survive. But Enid Arabella refuses to be stuck in some home for children, so she runs off and is captured by the horrible pirate Captain Johnny Johne and his young crew. Using her wits, Enid Arabella not only evades an early demise, but tricks the Captain into falling off the ship. Hooray!

Now on their own, the child pirates claim themselves to be buccaneers and make Enid Arabella their captain. But Captain Johnny Johne has other plans… This rousing pirate musical, with a score drawn from sea shanties and music from around the world, is an inspiring tale of empowerment and leadership—with plenty of swashbuckling to boot.

$12.00

Quick Details

  • Type: Musical
  • Length: 2 hours including intermission
  • Availability: Available for productions worldwide
  • Cast Size: 5 female, 4 male, 7 any

Full Details

Roles:

  • Enid Arabella: American girl around 10 years old
  • Arabella's Mother
  • Arabella's Father
  • Captain Johnny Johne: Pirate King
  • Bevin: teenage pirate from Ireland
  • Tito Orlando: teenage pirate from Spain
  • Mhina: young pirate from Africa
  • Ayana: Mhina's younger sister. Pirate from Africa
  • Tom: young pirate from America

Pirate Chorus:

  • Lars from Sweden
  • Sayyida from Morocco
  • Pavel from Russia
  • Artemisia from Italy
  • Enrique from Mexico
  • Begum from India
  • Harriet from America

In the original production, there was a pirate band who played the music onstage.

The following resources are included in each performance license:
  • Permission to photocopy the PDF script/score for your production so there is no additional cost for these assets.
  • Orchestration for three musicians (accordion, drums, shakers, guitar, mandolin, pipes, recorder, flute)

The following resources may be added to you license for an additional fee:
  • Logo/Media package

Liz Duffy Adams

Liz Duffy Adams, is a New Dramatists alumna and has received a Women of Achievement Award, Lillian Hellman Award, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Will Glickman Award, and MacDowell Colony residencies. Her play Or premiere Off Broadway at Women's Project and has been produced numerous times since, including at the Magic Theatre and Seattle Repertory Theatre. Other plays include Dog Act; Wet or, Isabella the Pirate Queen Enter the Horse Latitude; The Listener; The Reckless Ruthless Brutal Charge of It or, The Train Play; and One Big Lie. Publications include Poodle With Guitar And Dark Glasses in Applause's "Best American Short Plays 2000-2001" Or, in Smith & Kraus' "Best Plays of 2010" and several plays in acting editions by Playscripts, Inc. and Dramatists Play Service. She was the 2012-13 Briggs-Copeland Visiting Lecturer in Playwriting at Harvard.

Originally commissioned and produced by Children's Theatre Company in 2012

Preview the Show

"Buccaneers" at Children's Theatre Company

Reviews

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Arrrgh! Your grade-schoolers will have a marvelous adventure.

- How Was the Show
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Buccaneers is definitely see-worthy. The show has engaging themes and a spunky heroine

- Star Tribune