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Lockdown by Douglas Craven

  • Drama
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  • 20 - 35 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 1 Any (9-11 actors possible: 3-8 W, 4-8 M)
Productions (734)
(79)

In a dark classroom, eight students sit in an "official lockdown," not knowing if it's just a drill or an actual emergency. When a hysterical... Read more

In a dark classroom, eight students sit in an "official lockdown," not knowing if it's just a drill or an actual emergency. When a hysterical... Read more

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It's not you, it's me by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 40 minutes
  • 6 W, 7 M, 1 Any (5-20 actors possible: 2-10 W, 2-10 M)
Productions (806)
(27)

Whether your boyfriend is a Canadian secret agent or monk in training, or your girlfriend is a psychic or pathological liar, one thing is for... Read more

Whether your boyfriend is a Canadian secret agent or monk in training, or your girlfriend is a psychic or pathological liar, one thing is for... Read more

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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by John Glore

  • Comedy
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  • 55 - 65 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M,  (7-30 actors possible: 3-14 W, 4-18 M)
Productions (332)
(74)

Though the characters may be familiar, each of your favorite storybook fables is uproariously derailed in this adaptation of Jon Scieszka and... Read more

Though the characters may be familiar, each of your favorite storybook fables is uproariously derailed in this adaptation of Jon Scieszka and... 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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Noses Off by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 9 W, 5 M, 1 Any (15-18 actors possible: 6-11 W, 4-9 M)
Productions (104)
(48)

An amateur theater company's whodunit hurtles towards opening night -- but the real mystery is whether the cast and crew can get this disaster to... Read more

An amateur theater company's whodunit hurtles towards opening night -- but the real mystery is whether the cast and crew can get this disaster to... Read more

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A Wicked Christmas Carol by Bobby Keniston

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 110 - 120 minutes
  • 14 W, 10 M, 7 Any (10-40 actors possible: 7-37 W, 3-33 M)
Productions (41)
(14)

The Wicked Witch of the West wasn't always that way, and when a ghostly figure whisks her away on a journey through her past, present, and... Read more

The Wicked Witch of the West wasn't always that way, and when a ghostly figure whisks her away on a journey through her past, present, and... Read more

Governing Alice by C. Denby Swanson

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 6 Any (10-13 actors possible: 2-11 W, 2-11 M)
Productions (283)
(31)

In this modern adaptation of the Greek classic Antigone, a rebellious high school student named Alice must respond to the sudden and shattering... Read more

In this modern adaptation of the Greek classic Antigone, a rebellious high school student named Alice must respond to the sudden and shattering... Read more

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The Trojan Women adapted by Ellen McLaughlin

  • Drama
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  • 70 - 90 minutes
  • 12 W, 2 M,  (12-40 actors possible: 10-30 W, 2-10 M)
Productions (148)
(22)

In the wake of their devastating defeat, the women of Troy, all now widows, wait on the beach below the ravaged city to be claimed by their Greek... Read more

In the wake of their devastating defeat, the women of Troy, all now widows, wait on the beach below the ravaged city to be claimed by their Greek... Read more

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The Seussification of A Midsummer Night's Dream (one-act) by Peter Bloedel

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 4 W, 9 M, 7 Any (20 actors possible: 4-11 W, 9-16 M)
Productions (134)
(10)

The Bard's most beloved comedy gets the full Seuss treatment in this playful adaptation. Two madcap Narrators chronicle the tale of the mixed-up... Read more

The Bard's most beloved comedy gets the full Seuss treatment in this playful adaptation. Two madcap Narrators chronicle the tale of the mixed-up... Read more

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Emily Brontë, Teenage Necromancer by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 8 W, 4 M,  (12-24 actors possible)
Productions (2)
(0)

1835. Northern England. The moors. A terrifying phantom has appeared at the Roe Head School for Girls, terrorizing its students and driving the... Read more

1835. Northern England. The moors. A terrifying phantom has appeared at the Roe Head School for Girls, terrorizing its students and driving the... Read more

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The A.I. Play by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 10 Any (10-18 actors possible)
Productions (14)
(4)

When Eleanor uses a chatbot to write a paper on The Great Gatsby for her, she figures it’s not that big of a deal. But when her chatbot writes... Read more

When Eleanor uses a chatbot to write a paper on The Great Gatsby for her, she figures it’s not that big of a deal. But when her chatbot writes... Read more

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They Promised Her the Moon by Laurel Ollstein

  • Drama
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (6-18 actors possible: 3-15 W, 3-12 M)
Productions (45)
(28)

The first American woman to test for space flight, Jerrie Cobb, steps into an isolation tank for a record-breaking nine hours as her memories... Read more

The first American woman to test for space flight, Jerrie Cobb, steps into an isolation tank for a record-breaking nine hours as her memories... Read more

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Dark Road by Laura Lundgren Smith

  • Drama
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  • 40 - 45 minutes
  • 8 W, 3 M, 1 Any (9-26 actors possible: 9-20 W, 0-6 M)
Productions (598)
(132)

When Greta, a young girl living in Nazi Germany, reads that the nearby women's concentration camp is hiring guards, she sees it as a chance to... Read more

When Greta, a young girl living in Nazi Germany, reads that the nearby women's concentration camp is hiring guards, she sees it as a chance to... Read more

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10 Reasons You Should Have Stayed Home Sick Today by E. M. Bell

  • Comedy
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  • 20 - 25 minutes
  • 10 Any (5-20 actors possible: 0-20 W, 0-20 M)
Productions (330)
(46)

Nostalgic for your high school days? Then you haven't been there lately. Take a tour of high school's everyday horrors, from the dreaded surprise... Read more

Nostalgic for your high school days? Then you haven't been there lately. Take a tour of high school's everyday horrors, from the dreaded surprise... Read more

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Dystopia! The Hungry Maze Game of Divergent Death by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 40 - 45 minutes
  • 17 Any (17-30 actors possible: 0-30 W, 0-30 M)
Productions (297)
(59)

Trapped against their will in a dystopian future, a group of teens must battle against emotionally sensitive guards, limited budgets, and the... Read more

Trapped against their will in a dystopian future, a group of teens must battle against emotionally sensitive guards, limited budgets, and the... Read more

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The Radio Play Disaster by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 5 W, 5 M, 3 Any (13-20 actors possible: 5-15 W, 5-15 M)
Productions (102)
(33)

Self-proclaimed genius Harlan Bean is ready to make history with his science-fiction radio masterpiece Battle of the Planets. But when the... Read more

Self-proclaimed genius Harlan Bean is ready to make history with his science-fiction radio masterpiece Battle of the Planets. But when the... Read more

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A Simpler Time by Jonathan Dorf and 7 others

  • Comedy
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  • 110 - 130 minutes
  • 8 W, 8 M, 14 Any (16-55 actors possible: 8-47 W, 8-47 M)
Productions (157)
(45)

We challenged nine playwrights to find the funny and familiar in every era in this collection of ten-minute plays. Designed to be flexible for... Read more

We challenged nine playwrights to find the funny and familiar in every era in this collection of ten-minute plays. Designed to be flexible for... Read more

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The Bold, The Young, and The Murdered by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M, 4 Any (13 actors possible: 5-9 W, 4-8 M)
Productions (398)
(63)

The long-running soap opera The Bold and the Young is in its last days: its hunky hero has self-esteem issues, its villainous old man is more... Read more

The long-running soap opera The Bold and the Young is in its last days: its hunky hero has self-esteem issues, its villainous old man is more... Read more

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Dracula adapted by William McNulty

  • Drama
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 7 W, 7 M,  (12-14 actors possible: 5-7 W, exactly 7 M)
Productions (244)
(20)

Professor Van Helsing and his brave comrades must hunt down and destroy the profoundly evil Count Dracula. But the Count is exceedingly... Read more

Professor Van Helsing and his brave comrades must hunt down and destroy the profoundly evil Count Dracula. But the Count is exceedingly... Read more

Random Acts of Comedy: 15 Hit One-Act Plays for Student Actors by Peter Bloedel and 11 others

  • Comedy
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  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
(17)

Home of the most popular one-act plays for student actors, Playscripts, Inc. presents 15 of their very best short comedies. From a blind dating... Read more

Home of the most popular one-act plays for student actors, Playscripts, Inc. presents 15 of their very best short comedies. From a blind dating... Read more