Do The Stanislavsky Bop

An actor in a carnival oddity show rejects his unappreciative audience, and finds the alternative even worse.

Type:

Short

Status:

Available for Free

Page Count:

5pp

Genre:

Comedy, Horror

Budget:

Shoestring

Age Rating:

Everyone

Copyright Details:

2024 J. Phillip Wilkins

Story & Logistics

Story Type:

Rite of Passage

Story Situation:

Self-sacrifice for an ideal

Story Conclusion:

Tragic

Moral Affections:

Intemperance, Punishment, Virtue

Cast Size:

Few

Locations:

Single

Special Effects:

Prosthetics

Characters

Lead Role Ages:

Female Young Adult, Male Adult, Male over 45, Male under 13

Hero Type:

Unfortunate

Villian Type:

Authority Figure

Stock Character Types:

Tortured artist

Advanced

Subgenre:

Black/Dark, Farce, Social-Class

Time Period:

Machine Age (1880–1945)

Country:

Romania

Time of Year:

Winter

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Submitted: 2025-Jan-06

Last Updated: 2025-Jan-06

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The Writer: J. Phillip Wilkins

J. Phillip Wilkins is a composer and the author of several unfinished books, including 'Desert Witch', 'The Girl From Yuma', 'Laughter, Far Away', and 'Lighthouse At The World's End'. His tenure as one-third of indie pop outfit The Postmarks was followed by a move to the West Coast demimonde. Won second place in a writing contest at his middle school with his first short story, runner-up to a son-of-a-bitch who plagiarized Stephen King. Became obsessed with Incans after watching an episode of In Search Of. Over the ensuing decades, he split his time between writing and music, finally making a career with a band while working as a production manager for newspapers and tabloids. In 1992 he… Go to bio