Synopsis
Almost an Eagle
Published by Samuel French Inc
5 Male 0 Female
This hilarious play is about an old scoutmaster trying to hold his troop together. There are only four boys left and they would rather be off drinking beer than listening to "The Colonel" rattle on about the values exemplified in the Boy Scout Code
Almost An Eagle takes place on the night before and immediately after the annual Memorial Day ceremony, which is a disaster for the troop. The Colonel is dismissed as Scoutmaster, but the boys rally around him and the play ends on an optimistic and poignant note
"A sweetheart of a play" ~ Boston Globe
"A winner . . . to please almost anyone [with] humor, a chasmic generation gap, adolescent anguish and lots of raw wit" ~ WNEW TV