The Cardboard Playhouse

Original cat comedy · Series collection · Fiction

Welcome to the Cardboard Playhouse, where director Tilly has a vision and every actor has a different place to be. This fictional theater company performs ambitious productions in a living room, despite unreliable casting, suspicious scenery, and an audience that keeps calling it dinner time. The ten backstage comedies below follow the company from auditions to closing night. They are small stories about enormous artistic confidence. Choose a seat, silence your expectations, and remember that the leading performer may decide the interval is the entire show.

Read the ten stories

1. Auditions for the Role of a Cat Go Badly

   Tilly announced auditions for the role of a cat. She expected an easy afternoon.

2. The Leading Cat Refuses to Enter from Stage Left

   The script clearly said stage left. Morris entered from behind the audience, inspected a shoe, and sat down.

3. Pearl’s Understudy Is a Suspiciously Similar Cushion

   Pearl failed to appear for rehearsal because she was already lying somewhere more comfortable. Tilly activated the understudy plan.

4. A Dramatic Monologue Addressed to the Pantry

   Morris stood before the pantry and delivered the performance of his life.

5. The Scenery Has Better Reviews Than the Actors

   The playhouse’s new set was an empty delivery carton lying on its side. Morris entered it before Tilly had finished imagining the production.

6. The Interval Lasts Longer Than the Entire Play

   Act one lasted forty seconds. It involved Tilly crossing the rug while Morris watched from a chair.

7. The Costume Department Receives One Imaginary Hat

   Tilly proposed a period drama requiring elaborate costumes. The human looked at the cats and wisely supplied none.

8. The Audience Member Who Keeps Saying Dinner

   Tilly had reached the crucial moment of the play. Morris was about to look in Pearl’s general direction when the human said, “Dinner.”

9. Morris Improvises an Entirely Different Ending

   The script ended with a reunion. Tilly would approach Morris, Pearl would look on, and the company would pause in a touching arrangement near the sofa.

10. Closing Night Is Extended Because Nobody Left

    The Cardboard Playhouse announced its final performance. Tilly thanked the company for a demanding season of almost doing things together.

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