Tuesdays with Mummy
Years ago, I was talking with TimBen at the Canyon Theatre Guild. He mentioned that he had wanted to do a Mummy play for Halloween, and that there weren’t any good scripts — comedy scripts — that explored the Mummy legend.
So, I undertook the project, wrote a script, gave it to the Canyon Theatre, and nobody liked it very much. But that never stops me. I took some notes, tightened it up, added some jokes, and sent it off to several play publishing companies. Eldridge liked it, however, they already have a Mummy script — “Mummy Dearest”, I believe. But, the newcomer play company Big Dog Plays scooped up the project.
I love the cover art:
The show runs about sixty minutes — and I’ve been tinkering with an extended version (although that project has been turning into something very different — but more on that later). I wish more theaters were interested in “Tuesdays with Mummy.” I’ve learned something important in the playwriting business: Halloween shows don’t sell very well!
