Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens
by Liz Duffy Adams, Janet Allard, Yuri Baranovsky, et al.
Edited by Jason Pizzarello
With "Tips for Student Actors" by director Jon Jory |
 
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$14.95 per book
Looking for the perfect scene? Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens is just what you need. From hilarious comedy to cutting-edge drama, this collection offers 40 exciting 2-person scenes with plenty of fascinating characters for young actors. Unlike other scene books, the source of every scene is easily accessible -- each play is available through one website (www.playscripts.com), where you can read nearly the entire published script online for free. From classwork to competitions to auditions, this book has you covered!
Also in this series:
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men
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| "The acting bug doesn't care what age you are. Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens is a collection of simple yet fun scenes aimed at younger teen actors who want to embrace drama as a hobby or even a potential career. Designed for two actors with themes and times easily doable for any would be teen thespian, Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens is a resource no drama teacher should miss." |
| --The Midwest Book Review |
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Drama/Comedy
Short, 30-40 minutes
9 females, 9 males, 12 either
(11-38 actors possible: 5-32 females, 6-33 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
After Alice tumbles down a mysterious rabbit hole, she finds herself in a strange land where everyone is raving mad. With the help of a Cheshire Cat, an astute Caterpillar, and a righteous Humpty Dumpty, Alice must find her way home and discover who she really is. A darker, more faithful version of Lewis Carroll's classic tale that reimagines the experience of Wonderland, and ends with an unexpected new twist.
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| "It's like Waiting for Godot. But for kids. With zombies." |
| --Jaime Lutz, The Brooklyn Paper (New York) |
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Comedy
Full-length, 75-90 minutes
10 females, 10 males, 10 either
(10-80 actors possible: 3-40 females, 3-40 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Travel around the world and explore forgotten myths and unusual legends in eight fast-paced and hilarious tales! Guided by a band of roaming gypsies, the audience is transported from the ancient Far East, where a hero must kill a giant centipede to save a dragon king, to the Russian countryside, where a poor orphan must defeat three witches who stole his grandfather's eyes. Always quirky, and sometimes bizarre, these eight tales are filled with magic, mystery, and morals.
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Comedy
Short, 30-35 minutes
5 females, 8 males, 4 either (9-17 actors possible: 5-9 females, 4-12 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
What happens when the world is suddenly turned upside down? Literally. Alex must band together an unlikely crew of survivors -- including her fainting best friend, an 80-year-old paper girl, and a mad scientist -- to find a way back home where things were normal. Kind of. A goofy adventure through what-if worlds, where sometimes you have to make the best of what life dishes out.
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Comedy
Short, 25-30 minutes
5 females, 5 males, 10 either
(14-40 actors possible: 4-36 females, 4-36 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
To win his freedom from school bully Bugs, smart aleck Tommy offers to help him get a date to the prom with popular actress Stephanie Mezaluna. But the only way to get her attention is to convince her that Bugs is a famous actor in hiding, and as one cover-up leads to another, it's not long before a jock, Steve, is parading as Bug's slick New York agent, and Tommy is stuck trying to get Steve's sister a date to the prom. Of course, prom tickets are only on sale until fifth period -- so Tommy has to act fast and try to control the chaos in this wild high school hallway farce.
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Comedy
Short, 25-35 minutes
5 females, 5 males, 5 either (5-17 actors possible: 0-17 females, 0-17 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
A catastrophic street sign switcheroo has two rookie detectives grilling a motley crew of suspects and witnesses. Everyone from the high school mascot to a guy who may be Super Mario is pumped for information...and while these suspicious characters are combative, ridiculous, and downright incompetent, none of them seems guilty. With the clock ticking and their jobs on the line, can this good cop and bad cop collar a suspect before it's too late?
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Comedy
Short, 30-35 minutes
4 females, 4 males, 12 either (8-25 actors possible: 3-22 females, 3-22 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Neverland is turned on its head in this clever blend of It's a Wonderful Life and J.M. Barrie's classic tale. When the Lost Boys go missing, Peter Pan wishes he never came to Neverland. Unfortunately, his wish is granted by Tinkerbell's unkempt fairy cousin, Stinkerbell, and Peter is given a glimpse of what the world would be like without him. Seeing the Lost Boys now employed by Captain Hook (now known as Captain Two Hands), the obnoxious Darling children, and a Tinkerbell who's lost her wits, Peter finally realizes the importance of his existence -- and how it really is a wonderful Neverland.
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Comedy
Short, 25-35 minutes
6 females, 8 males, 6 either
(10-30 actors possible: 5-25 females, 5-25 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Something unprecedented is happening in Fairytale Land -- all the nursery rhyme characters are revolting against their own stories. Humpty Dumpty refuses to fall off the wall, Little Miss Muffet strikes back at the spider, and Peter Piper finally loses his peppers. Fortunately, the local news crew is live on the scene -- but Frank the anchor has jumped ship, and Mother Goose is keeping suspiciously silent...
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| "Comedy is easy to pick up, yet hard to master. Random Acts of Comedy is a collection of assorted plays that range in many types of humor from outright parody to twisting of classics to meta humor on the art of theatre. For anyone seeking to teach their students the art of humor, [this] is quite the excellent source for inspiration." |
| --Midwest Book Review |
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Comedy
Full-length, 75-90 minutes
6 females, 8 males (12-26 actors possible: 5-10 females, 7-14 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
In an ambitious plan to bring peace to Ancient Greece, Dialysis and Peon create Betterland, a city where once-doomed tragic characters can start a better life. But this new society of refugees must face enemies and Gods who don't tolerate free will or utopian ideals. Weaving together the stories of Ancient Greek characters from Oedipus to Hercules, this hilarious reinvention of the classics asks the question, "Is it possible to escape your own fate?" (A one-act version of this play is also available.)
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| "A thoroughly enjoyable script filled with droll witticisms, amusing one-liners, and groaning wordplay... a breezy comedy full of laugh-out-loud merriment that pays homage to the melodramatic absurdity that is Greek tragedy." |
| --Sean Michael O'Donnell, OffOffOnline |
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Comedy
Short, 40-45 minutes
6 females, 8 males (12-22 actors possible: 5-9 females, 7-12 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
In an ambitious plan to bring peace to Ancient Greece, Dialysis and Peon create Betterland, a city where once-doomed tragic characters can start a better life. But this new society of refugees must face enemies and Gods who don't tolerate free will or utopian ideals. Weaving together the stories of Ancient Greek characters from Oedipus to Hercules, this hilarious reinvention of the classics asks the question, "Is it possible to escape your own fate?" (A full-length version of this play is also available.)
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| --Sean Michael O'Donnell, OffOffOnline |
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Comedy
Short, 25-35 minutes
6 females, 4 males, 1 either (6-18 actors possible: 4-12 females, 2-7 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Shakespearean worlds collide as the Bard's most famous characters go out on blind dates with each other. Can Romeo woo Lady Macbeth before she goes mad? Will Juliet marry King Lear or will her Nurse stand in the way? How will Joan of Arc inspire Hamlet to finally take action? Can Bottom really date all three witches at the same time? Hosted by waiter Puck, To Date or Not to Date is a wild ride of unlikely matchups and unexpected romances.
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Comedy
Short, 30-40 minutes
7 females, 8 males, 10 either
(10-30 actors possible: 4-25 females, 5-25 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Sherwood Forest is in danger of being destroyed and it's up to Robin and his band of dimwitted Merry Men to save the day. When the Sheriff challenges them to a contest to determine the forest's rightful owner, their skills are put to the test. Unfortunately, archery is only the first round. Robin and his men will also have to win a talent show and a beauty pageant. Will this be the end of Sherwood? Most likely.
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Comedy
Short, 30-35 minutes
2 females, 2 males, 26 either
(10-30 actors possible: 2-28 females, 2-28 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
What do you get when you combine an after school special, a penguin heist, accent-challenged knights, puppet-show Shakespeare, and a vampire murder mystery? One playwright thinks these could be the ingredients for his magnum opus, but it could be the recipe for the worst play ever written in the history of the world...and possibly the universe. With Stage Directions and Scene Heading as our narrators and flashy Flashback giving backstory, nothing on earth could possibly outdo this hilariously awful night of theater.
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