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''[[Joe Phaust]]'' ||[[Lee Harding]] ||[[Eastercon '73]] ||  
 
''[[Joe Phaust]]'' ||[[Lee Harding]] ||[[Eastercon '73]] ||  
 
''[[Jophan!]]'' ||[[Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss]] || ||Based on ''[[The Enchanted Duplicator]]''  
 
''[[Jophan!]]'' ||[[Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss]] || ||Based on ''[[The Enchanted Duplicator]]''  
"[[Legion of Legions]]" ||[[Widner]] adaptation of a burlesque by [[Chauvenet]] ||[[Boskone II]] ||  
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"[[Legion of Legions]]" ||[[Widner]] adaptation of a [[burlesque]] by [[Chauvenet]] ||[[Boskone II]] ||  
 
''[[Midwest Side Story]]'' || ||[[Minicon 12]], [[Minicon 33]] ||First performed in 1977. Script published in ''[[Midwestside Story]]''  
 
''[[Midwest Side Story]]'' || ||[[Minicon 12]], [[Minicon 33]] ||First performed in 1977. Script published in ''[[Midwestside Story]]''  
 
''[[The Mimeo Man]]'' ||[[Debbie Notkin]], [[Eli Cohen]], [[Moshe Feder]] ||[[Minicon 11]], [[Disclave 19]], [[PgHLANGE VI]] ||  
 
''[[The Mimeo Man]]'' ||[[Debbie Notkin]], [[Eli Cohen]], [[Moshe Feder]] ||[[Minicon 11]], [[Disclave 19]], [[PgHLANGE VI]] ||  
 
''[[My Claire Lady]]'' ||[[Ian Sorenson]] ||[[Novacon 28]] ||A send-up of [[Croydon Fandom]]  
 
''[[My Claire Lady]]'' ||[[Ian Sorenson]] ||[[Novacon 28]] ||A send-up of [[Croydon Fandom]]  
''[[The Pirates of Fenzance]]'' ||[[John Pomeranz]] (with additional lyrics by Mary Bentley) ||[[LoneStarCon II]] (revived at [[BucConeer]]) ||  
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''[[The Pirates of Fenzance]]'' ||[[John Pomeranz]] (with additional lyrics by [[Mary Bentley]]) ||[[LoneStarCon II]] (revived at [[BucConeer]]) ||  
 
''[[Rivets Redux]]; or, What Ever Happened to Helminth of Boskone?'' ||[[Mark Keller]] and [[Sue Anderson]] ||[[Boskone 15]] ||Collected in ''[[Rivets!]]''  
 
''[[Rivets Redux]]; or, What Ever Happened to Helminth of Boskone?'' ||[[Mark Keller]] and [[Sue Anderson]] ||[[Boskone 15]] ||Collected in ''[[Rivets!]]''  
 
''[[Smoflahoma]]'' ||[[John Pomeranz]] ||[[Noreascon 3]] ||  
 
''[[Smoflahoma]]'' ||[[John Pomeranz]] ||[[Noreascon 3]] ||  
 
''[[Songs from Space]]''||[[Laurence Sandfield]]||1957||Not performed as a musical but a collection of songs with a [[fannish]] [[SF]] frame
 
''[[Songs from Space]]''||[[Laurence Sandfield]]||1957||Not performed as a musical but a collection of songs with a [[fannish]] [[SF]] frame
''''[[Spock in Manacles]]'' ||Kate Davies & [[Ian Sorensen]] ||[[BECCON '85]] ||Collected in ''The Beccon Plays''  
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''''[[Spock in Manacles]]'' ||[[Kate Davies]] & [[Ian Sorensen]] ||[[BECCON '85]] ||Collected in ''The Beccon Plays''  
 
''[[Stringworld]]'' ||[[Shelby Bush III]] and [[Bernard J. Willinger]] ||[[Rivercon III]] ||  
 
''[[Stringworld]]'' ||[[Shelby Bush III]] and [[Bernard J. Willinger]] ||[[Rivercon III]] ||  
 
Untitled Christmas musical ||[[Damon Knight]], [[Anthony Boucher]], [[Fritz Leiber]], and [[Robert Bloch]] ||[[Clevention]] ||A [[fannish]] version of ''A Christmas Carol''.  See [[Sam Moskowitz' Clevention Reminiscence]] for details.  
 
Untitled Christmas musical ||[[Damon Knight]], [[Anthony Boucher]], [[Fritz Leiber]], and [[Robert Bloch]] ||[[Clevention]] ||A [[fannish]] version of ''A Christmas Carol''.  See [[Sam Moskowitz' Clevention Reminiscence]] for details.  

Revision as of 15:44, 11 October 2020

Fannish plays and musicals are most commonly parodies of mundane plays and movies. They are frequently faan fiction.

Plays[edit]

Play Perpetrated by Presented at Notes
Legion of Legions Art Widner and L. R. Chauvenet Boskone II (1942)
The Birth of a Notion Robert Bloch and Karen Anderson 1950s
The Demolished Null-A and Now You Don't Fanvariety Enterprises and the Pittsburgh Science Fiction Association‎ Chicon II (1952)
Christmas play Damon Knight, Anthony Boucher, Fritz Leiber, and Robert Bloch Clevention (1955) See Sam Moskowitz' Clevention reminiscence for a description.
Mag Net Karen Anderson 1956
Beyond the Unknown Unknown Detention (1959) See Sam Moskowitz' Detention reminiscence for a description.
Alice in Thrillingwonderland Karen Anderson Solacon (1958 Worldcon)
The Purple Pastures Carl Brandon Pittcon (1960) First published at Solacon
Stage Wars and other skits Mobius Theatre Windycon 4 (1977) and other Windycons and Minicon 13 (1978)
Star Wars' Roots Alexis Gilliland Disclave 22 (1978) Avedon Carol played Darth (wheeze, wheeze) Vader.
The Greatest Gondorian Hero Chicon IV (1981)
Faans Larry Tucker ConFusion 101 This was a fannish video shot at various cons in 1983
Fanotchka Andy Hooper L.A.Con III (1996) and Corflu Wave (1997)
Lucas Back in Anger Phil Raines & Ian Sorensen Interaction(2005) nominated for the 2006 Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form Hugo
Shattered Like a Clockwork Orange Meade Frierson and Penny Frierson

Musicals[edit]

Fannish musicals (also called filk operettas) are usually spoofs of mundane musicals with fannish or stfnal themes, and have a long and honored history in fandom.

Musical scripts at FANAC

Title Composer Performed Notes
1986 Richard Kolker Lunacon 23, March 14-16, 1980
Another Part of the Trilogy John M. Ford Boskone 34, 25th World Fantasy Convention
Back to Rivets or, Mik Ado About Nothing Mark Keller and Sue Anderson Boskone 14 Collected in Rivets!
The Booze Brothers Ian Sorenson
Captain Future Meets Gilbert and Sullivan Steve and Virginia Schultheis Westercon XX, Boskone 9
The Decomposers; or, Rivets Has Risen from the Grave Mark Keller and Sue Anderson Boskone 16 Collected in Rivets!
Enterprise Minicon 9
Faans II Leah Zeldes Smith Published as a script in 1988
The Fandoliers, or the King of BaraTAFFia Ruth Berman
Fundament! Maria Hamilton Conine
Gumbie Steve and Virginia Schultheis Pittcon 1960 (Worldcon)
Happy Birthday Doctor! Katherine Phelps 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Hatty, or St. Simon's Bride Karen Anderson 1995
H.M.S. Trek-a-Star Karen Anderson Baycon What a Star Trek episode might have been if it had been scripted by Gilbert & Sullivan
Inside 2001: A Space Opera Alexis Gilliland
Joe Phaust Lee Harding Eastercon '73
Jophan! Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss Based on The Enchanted Duplicator
"Legion of Legions" Widner adaptation of a burlesque by Chauvenet Boskone II
Midwest Side Story Minicon 12, Minicon 33 First performed in 1977. Script published in Midwestside Story
The Mimeo Man Debbie Notkin, Eli Cohen, Moshe Feder Minicon 11, Disclave 19, PgHLANGE VI
My Claire Lady Ian Sorenson Novacon 28 A send-up of Croydon Fandom
The Pirates of Fenzance John Pomeranz (with additional lyrics by Mary Bentley) LoneStarCon II (revived at BucConeer)
Rivets Redux; or, What Ever Happened to Helminth of Boskone? Mark Keller and Sue Anderson Boskone 15 Collected in Rivets!
Smoflahoma John Pomeranz Noreascon 3
Songs from Space Laurence Sandfield 1957 Not performed as a musical but a collection of songs with a fannish SF frame
''Spock in Manacles Kate Davies & Ian Sorensen BECCON '85 Collected in The Beccon Plays
Stringworld Shelby Bush III and Bernard J. Willinger Rivercon III
Untitled Christmas musical Damon Knight, Anthony Boucher, Fritz Leiber, and Robert Bloch Clevention A fannish version of A Christmas Carol. See Sam Moskowitz' Clevention Reminiscence for details.


See also Fannish Film, Tapera, Burlesques, Ian Sorenson.


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