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The Bookstore by Adam Szymkowicz

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (6-28 actors possible: 3-16 W, 3-17 M)
Productions (29)
(30)

The future of a whimsical, almost magical bookstore is uncertain after the owner dies and leaves the shop to her niece Rachel. Rachel has a job... Read more

The future of a whimsical, almost magical bookstore is uncertain after the owner dies and leaves the shop to her niece Rachel. Rachel has a job... Read more

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Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes) by Greg Allen

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 2 - 65 minutes
  • 5 W, 5 M,  (5-20 actors possible: 2-10 W, 2-10 M)
Productions (741)
(39)

Having opened in 1988 and still playing today as the longest-running show in Chicago history, Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind is an... Read more

Having opened in 1988 and still playing today as the longest-running show in Chicago history, Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind is an... Read more

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Failure: A Love Story by Philip Dawkins

  • Comedy
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  • 90 - 95 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 2 Any (7-50 actors possible: 3-48 W, 2-47 M)
Productions (299)
(78)

By the end of 1928, all three Fail sisters will be dead -- expiring in reverse order, youngest to oldest, from blunt object to the head,... Read more

By the end of 1928, all three Fail sisters will be dead -- expiring in reverse order, youngest to oldest, from blunt object to the head,... Read more

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Community Garden by Justin Borak

  • Comedy
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  • 40 - 80 minutes
  • 5 W, 6 M, 7 Any (8-18 actors possible: 3-12 W, 3-13 M)
Productions (10)
(20)

Uptown, Chicago, newbie Ralph doesn’t quite know what to expect during his first volunteer shift at Uptown City Gardens. It’s certainly not... Read more

Uptown, Chicago, newbie Ralph doesn’t quite know what to expect during his first volunteer shift at Uptown City Gardens. It’s certainly not... Read more

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Nightfall With Edgar Allan Poe by Eric Coble

  • Drama
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M,  (5-9 actors possible: 0-9 W, 0-9 M)
Productions (307)
(45)

Edgar Allan Poe stands alone in the flickering darkness of his mind, trying desperately to convince himself -- and us -- that he's not mad. The... Read more

Edgar Allan Poe stands alone in the flickering darkness of his mind, trying desperately to convince himself -- and us -- that he's not mad. The... Read more

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Lysistrata adapted by Ellen McLaughlin

  • Comedy
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  • 60 - 80 minutes
  • 13 W, 7 M,  (13-26 actors possible: 8-16 W, 5-10 M)
Productions (81)
(11)

This fresh, fast-paced comedy, inspired by the Aristophanes play, follows Lysistrata, an Athenian who calls for the women of Greece to help end... Read more

This fresh, fast-paced comedy, inspired by the Aristophanes play, follows Lysistrata, an Athenian who calls for the women of Greece to help end... Read more

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The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon (full-length) by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 3 Any (5-43 actors possible: 1-41 W, 1-42 M)
Productions (1737)
(113)

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt... Read more

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt... Read more

Alice in Slasherland by Qui Nguyen

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (6-10 actors possible: 3-5 W, 3-5 M)
Productions (18)
(15)

When young Lewis Diaz accidentally resurrects the soul of a brutally slain girl named Alice, he unwittingly unleashes a literal hell on Earth.... Read more

When young Lewis Diaz accidentally resurrects the soul of a brutally slain girl named Alice, he unwittingly unleashes a literal hell on Earth.... Read more

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Mircalla by Mora V. Harris

  • Comedy
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  • 65 - 75 minutes
  • 5 W, 3 M,  (5-8 actors possible: 3-5 W, 2-3 M)
Productions (6)
(10)

Forced to live a life of solitude, drinking tea and drying out bat specimens in Upper Styria, nineteen-year-old Laura is thrilled when a... Read more

Forced to live a life of solitude, drinking tea and drying out bat specimens in Upper Styria, nineteen-year-old Laura is thrilled when a... Read more

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Trap by Stephen Gregg

  • Drama
  • |
  • 75 - 85 minutes
  • 12 W, 10 M, 5 Any (10-46 actors possible: 5-46 W, 2-46 M)
Productions (456)
(166)

MENACHAP, CALIFORNIA. An incomprehensible event: every person in the audience of a high school play falls unconscious--every person but one.... Read more

MENACHAP, CALIFORNIA. An incomprehensible event: every person in the audience of a high school play falls unconscious--every person but one.... Read more

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I Hate Shakespeare! by Steph DeFerie

  • Comedy
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M,  (5-43 actors possible: 0-43 W, 0-43 M)
Productions (771)
(68)

We hate Shakespeare! At least that's what the audience thinks until they get a rip-roaring rundown of Shakespeare's classics. With zombies,... Read more

We hate Shakespeare! At least that's what the audience thinks until they get a rip-roaring rundown of Shakespeare's classics. With zombies,... Read more

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Peter/Wendy by Jeremy Bloom

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 65 - 75 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 2 Any (7-30 actors possible: 3-30 W, 2-30 M)
Productions (514)
(102)

In this lyrical, atmospheric interpretation of Peter Pan, Jeremy Bloom strips the familiar story down to its emotional essence. Peter lures Wendy... Read more

In this lyrical, atmospheric interpretation of Peter Pan, Jeremy Bloom strips the familiar story down to its emotional essence. Peter lures Wendy... Read more

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Little Women (full-length) adapted by Marisha Chamberlain

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 7 W, 4 M,  (11-24 actors possible: 7-12 W, 4-12 M)
Productions (437)
(60)

Under the guidance of their beloved mother, the four young March sisters -- tempestuous Jo, motherly Meg, shy Beth, and spoiled baby Amy --... Read more

Under the guidance of their beloved mother, the four young March sisters -- tempestuous Jo, motherly Meg, shy Beth, and spoiled baby Amy --... Read more

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Anon(ymous) by Naomi Iizuka

  • Drama
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  • 90 - 90 minutes
  • 6 W, 5 M,  (11-35 actors possible: 6-20 W, 5-15 M)
Productions (421)
(43)

Separated from his mother, a young refugee called Anon journeys through the United States, encountering a wide variety of people -- some kind,... Read more

Separated from his mother, a young refugee called Anon journeys through the United States, encountering a wide variety of people -- some kind,... Read more

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Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 100 - 120 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M,  (2-30 actors possible: 1-10 W, 1-20 M)
Productions (465)
(60)

Spies, murder, love, and other trademarks of Alfred Hitchcock come to life in the style of a 1940s radio broadcast of the master of suspense's... Read more

Spies, murder, love, and other trademarks of Alfred Hitchcock come to life in the style of a 1940s radio broadcast of the master of suspense's... Read more

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Drinking Habits by Tom Smith

  • Comedy
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 5 W, 3 M, 
Productions (496)
(30)

Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out-loud farce. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing... Read more

Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out-loud farce. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing... Read more

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The War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script by Howard E. Koch

  • Drama
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  • 60 - 65 minutes
  • 5 M, 6 Any (4-22 actors possible: 0-9 W, 4-22 M)
Productions (460)
(23)

Broadcast from New York's Mercury Theatre in 1938, this infamous radio play, based on the novel by H. G. Wells, had many terrified listeners... Read more

Broadcast from New York's Mercury Theatre in 1938, this infamous radio play, based on the novel by H. G. Wells, had many terrified listeners... Read more

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Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls by Naomi Iizuka

  • Comedy
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  • 90 - 120 minutes
  • 4 W, 5 M,  (9-11 actors possible: 4-6 W, 5-7 M)
Productions (34)
(3)

A man moves to write the great American novel. A woman moves to Alaska to start a new life. Babies, wild dogs, komodo dragons, and hula dancers... Read more

A man moves to write the great American novel. A woman moves to Alaska to start a new life. Babies, wild dogs, komodo dragons, and hula dancers... Read more

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The Matchmakers by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 110 - 120 minutes
  • 5 W, 8 M, 
Productions (44)
(12)

After a lame homecoming date at Wendy's and the dissolution of her parents' marriage, Bree begins to think that she's been cursed. When her... Read more

After a lame homecoming date at Wendy's and the dissolution of her parents' marriage, Bree begins to think that she's been cursed. When her... Read more

Available as eScript

Kafka's Metamorphosis adapted by Steve Moulds

  • Drama
  • |
  • 75 - 90 minutes
  • 13 Any (11-20 actors possible: 11-20 W, 11-20 M)
Productions (16)
(7)

Gregor Samsa awakes from horrible dreams to find himself transformed into a colossal vermin. So begins Franz Kafka's most celebrated work--and... Read more

Gregor Samsa awakes from horrible dreams to find himself transformed into a colossal vermin. So begins Franz Kafka's most celebrated work--and... Read more