THE RETURN OF THE HARDLY BOYS
by Franklin W. Dick, Jr.
(A Pseudonym)
Synopsis (Act One): Case Number 238: Curse of the Hardly Boys. After 80 years of high school, Joe finally takes an interest in girls. But Fenton bursts into flames, the town disappears, and all-too-soon the Amateur Teen Sleuths are running for their lives. Hiding in the jungles of New Guinea, in search of Tom Nifty Junior Wonder Boy Scientist, the Boys meet up with Nancy True, in flight from the demise of her own Series. Joe and Nancy try to consummate sexually, only to discover that none of them has genitals. After the demise of all his chums and even the Narrator himself, the erstwhile Frank soldiers on alone, determined to track down the evil mastermind Strictmire, who has created them all deficient. Gosh! What will happen in Act Two?!
Previously staged in Vancouver and Ottawa
(Full-length version, currently in development)
