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Fannish plays, like fannish musicals, are most commonly parodies of mundane plays and movies:

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 bideo 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

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 ''[[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 movie filmed at various [[cons]] in 1983
+''[[Faans (video)]]'' ||[[Larry Tucker]] ||[[ConFusion 101]] ||This was a [[Fannish Film|fannish bideo]] 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]]