Disaster of the Drivels

Convention skit
Convention skit
Title	Disaster of the Drivels
Fandom(s)	Facelift
Author(s)	Paula Smith, Jody Lynn Nye
Troupe	various fans
Date(s)	1995
Location(s)	ZebraCon
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	Contents 1 Sample; 2 Author's Comments: 1995; 3 Cast; 4 Fan Comments; 5 References;

Disaster of the Drivels was a Facelift-themed con skit written by Paula Smith and Jody Lynn Nye.

It was a takeoff on the zine Master of the Revels and encompassed references to fanon and fandom

The play was performed at ZebraCon in 1995.

This is one play in Play by Playbook: Collected ZebraCon Plays (1995).

Sample

from Play by Playbook: Collected ZebraCon Plays (1995)
from Play by Playbook: Collected ZebraCon Plays (1995)

Author's Comments: 1995

From Paula Smith:

The best thing about creating a play? You get to choose which part you want. And if you want a part in future ZebraCon plays, see, phone or write me about it. Or else challenge me to a game of charades ... ^[1]

Cast

Galen: Shoshanna
Zax: Paula Smith
Blob: Jody Lynn Nye
Anita: Rosemary C
Sadie: Kathy L
Regulator: Lois Welling

Fan Comments

The con play, as usual, was hilarious. DISASTER OF THE DRIVELS. Paula Smith once again did a great job (her tenth). And Shoshana will now and forever be seen by me as Galen, half-Name, half-Number, all man! (Suitable gestures inserted) ^[2]

References

^ Play by Playbook: Collected ZebraCon Plays
^ comments by Michelle Christian from Virgule-L, quoted with permission (Oct 17, 1995)

[1] Play by Playbook: Collected ZebraCon Plays

[2] ts by Michelle Christian from Virgule-L, quoted with permission (Oct 17, 1995)

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