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Various durations
Various cast requirements
$9.99 per book
NOTE: This book contains 10 plays. To perform any of the plays, each must be licensed separately.
With a diverse blend of themes, styles, and cast requirements, Great Short Plays: Volume 7 contains ten extraordinary comedies and dramas. From the biography of the world's first particle board comedian (Particle Board by Elizabeth Meriwether), to a hilarious lesson in guy talk (How to Speak Man by Sharyn Rothstein), to the heart-wrenching struggle of a couple trying to conceive (The Levee by Taylor Mac), these collections deliver a little bit of everything in half the time.
To purchase this book of 10 plays, click "Order this play" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
Cloudy by Michael Griffo
Drew Barrymore and Sigmund Freud Meet the Cookie Monster by Alex Broun
Falling Up by Trista Baldwin
How to Speak Man by Sharyn Rothstein
Izzy Icarus Fell Off the World by Aliza Goldstein
The Levee by Taylor Mac
Look, a Latino! by Jorge Ignacio Cortinas
October/November by Anne Washburn
Particle Board by Elizabeth Meriwether
Pissed Sister by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger
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$17.95 per book
NOTE: This book contains 24 plays. To perform any of the plays, each must be licensed separately.
In 1995, a group of writers, directors and actors gathered on Manhattan's Lower East Side for what was supposed to be a one-time-only event: write, direct, produce and perform new plays within the span of 24 hours. More than a decade and just over 300 plays later, The 24 Hour Plays have been produced on Broadway, in London, Los Angeles, Chicago and across the globe.
24 by 24 features the work of today's most celebrated theatrical voices, including Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, Adam Rapp, Tina Howe, Will Eno, David Ives, Theresa Rebeck, Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, and many more!
To purchase this book of 24 plays, click "Order this play" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
Sleeping City by John Belluso
Three Guys and a Brenda by Adam Bock
Another Beautiful Story by John Clancy
Ray Slape is Dead by Mike Doughty
Vaudeville, Population Two by Will Eno
The Harbingers of Turpitude by Robin Goldwasser
Toccata and Fugue by Tina Howe
The Blizzard by David Ives
Space by Laura Jacqmin
The Freelancers by Lucy Kirkwood
The Rumor by Dan Kois
Recess by Richard LaGravenese
Mars Has Never Been This Close by Warren Leight
That Other Person by David Lindsay-Abaire
The Sunday Times by Terrence McNally
Poor Bob by Elizabeth Meriwether
The Master of the World Versus the Dude by Raven Metzner
Jack on Film by Adam Rapp
Open House by Theresa Rebeck
I'm All About Lesbians by Mac Rogers
Two Worlds by Christopher Shinn
Liberal Arts College by Lucy Thurber
K, X, Z and V by Ian Williams
Be Still by Stephen Winter
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| "The theatrical equivalent of a high-wire act without a net." |
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 75-95 minutes
3 females, 4 males (7-17 actors possible: 3-9 females, 4-8 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
NOTE: This book contains 6 plays. Each piece in this anthology can be licensed and performed separately.
From the author of Heddatron and Oliver Parker! comes this fascinating new collection of short plays. From a betrayed girlfriend turning oddly dingo-like (The Sound in the Throat) to a woman exploring her mental state through interpretive dance (My Mental Illness), from a broken-hearted bunker hideout (I Bought a Bunker, Bitch) to a lifelong relationship condensed into twenty minutes (The True Love Story of My Parents), these plays peer into the mysterious workings of the heart with a sharp insight and witty dialogue unique to esteemed playwright Elizabeth Meriwether.
To purchase this book of 6 plays, click "Order this play" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
90 Days
I Bought a Bunker, Bitch
My Mental Illness
Sketch Comedian
The Sound in the Throat
The True Love Story of My Parents
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Heddatron by Elizabeth Meriwether
based on Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen |
 
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 65-75 minutes
4 females, 6 males, 2 either
(10-14 actors possible: 4-6 females, 4-8 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
A pregnant housewife is abducted by robots and taken to the rainforest and forced to perform Hedda Gabler by her robot captors. Meanwhile, her family is back home in Michigan trying to find her, and Henrik Ibsen is in Norway attempting to write Hedda Gabler, as Strindberg taunts him. A hilarious and savage journey to freedom.
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| "Strangely moving... Achieves true, and truly original, theatrical transcendence... Magical... Brings to mind the heady fall down the rabbit hole that begins Alice's Adventures in Wonderland..." |
| --Ben Brantley, The New York Times |
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Black Comedy
Full-length, 75-100 minutes
2 females, 2 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
An unlikely and uncomfortable friendship exists between old-man alcoholic Jasper and socially awkward 17-year-old Oliver Parker. Living in squalor in a decrepit New York apartment owned by Oliver, Jasper just wants to be left alone -- but Oliver, determined to use the apartment in his quest to get laid, loses patience with his pathetic existence very quickly. Shady dealings involving a grieving politician and her ambitious assistant Agnes only increase the tension between them, and soon buried shame and secrets bubble to the surface. Sharply funny and keenly tragic, Oliver Parker! is anything but a typical coming-of-age story.
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Comedy
Short, 10-15 minutes
2 females, 1 male, 3 either (3-6 actors possible: 1-5 females, 1-4 males)
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Great Short Plays: Volume 7.
The mini-biography of the world's first and foremost Particle Board comedian, Harold Cretts, who punctuated every joke by hitting himself on the head with a piece of wood.
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Comedy
Short, 15-20 minutes
1 female, 1 male
$30.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Elizabeth Meriwether: Collected Short Plays.
When a college girl gets invited back to the apartment of one of her favorite sketch comedians, her sheer nervousness makes her practically mute in his presence. Desperate to fill the embarrassingly awkward silence, the comedian melodramatically rambles about his parental issues and past regrets until the girl gets up the nerve to tell him how she feels.
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Comedy
Short, 10-15 minutes
1 female, 4 males
$30.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Elizabeth Meriwether: Collected Short Plays.
When your girlfriend decides to break up with you over voicemail, there's only one thing to do -- buy a military-grade concrete bunker and move into it, of course. That's what Bad Boy does, anyway: the salesman was so persuasive, and threw in two suspiciously masculine French floozies for free! An absurd look at escaping everything, complete with Johnny Cash and blast-proof doors.
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Drama/Comedy
Short, 20-25 minutes
2 females, 2 males
$30.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Elizabeth Meriwether: Collected Short Plays.
Armed with title cards and a lifetime of memories, a girl leads her parents through the story of their relationship one vignette at a time. From innocent bike rides to a bitter separation, from paintings of tomatoes to mountains of Mounds bars, this is a love story just weird, funny, tragic, and awkward enough to be true.
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Dark comedy
Full-length, 60-70 minutes
5 females, 5 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
This darkly hysterical re-imagining of the Hilton heirs' adolescence follows younger sister Nicky as she spirals into an existential crisis, much to the chagrin of her media-crazed sister Paris. When Nicky meets a goth kid from the suburbs, it's love at first sight--but Paris is determined to distract with wild parties, sexy clothes, and the help of her makeup artist and devoted follower Aaron. Aaron narrates an increasingly violent collision of lifestyles amid a backdrop of brain gibberish, cell phone cameras, and tenuous beauty in this bizarrely comic coming-of-age story.
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Dark comedy
Short, 10-20 minutes
1 female, 1 male
$30.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Elizabeth Meriwether: Collected Short Plays.
Elliot is in rehab for drug addiction. When his girlfriend Abby calls to check in on him, their chat wanders from half-truth to miscommunication, with some awkward phone seduction mixed in. This short and funny staged phone call shows the first tentative steps towards fixing a relationship, starting with tater tots and a failed excuse for a teapot.
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| "[A] lovely pocket portrait of a broken relationship [...] Deceptively modest in its construction, the play [...] articulate[s] beautifully how small, inconsequential lies can hide a much bigger one." |
| --Jason Zinoman, The New York Times |
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Drama
Short, 10-15 minutes
3 females
$30.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Elizabeth Meriwether: Collected Short Plays.
After a crippling anxiety attack, the protagonist Me hires two blind lesbian porn stars, Star and Franco, to explain her struggles with mental illness through interpretive dance. But when the interpretation derails into a discussion of their own uniquely anxious lives, Me's attack doesn't seem so critical anymore...
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Drama
Short, 10-15 minutes
1 female, 1 male
$30.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Elizabeth Meriwether: Collected Short Plays.
When her boyfriend cheats on her for the second time, Girl's anger and grief catapults her into a place her boyfriend never expected -- mimicking the guttural sounds and doglike movements of a wild dingo. No matter how many times he apologizes, she seems intent on completing her bizarre transformation.
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Comedy
Short, 8-10 minutes
1 female, 3 males
$30.00 per performance; $17.95 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called 24 by 24: The 24 Hour Plays Anthology.
Kitty always uses the her brother, Seymour, to breakup with her boyfriends, because she is secretly obsessed with Atreyu from The Neverending Story. This time, Kitty decides that things are going to be different when she brings Bob to visit Seymour's dorm at Harvard. But after a game of Yahtzee and meeting Seymour's mysterious friend, Kitty discovers it may not be time to grow up just yet.
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