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Comedy
Short, 25-35 minutes
7 females, 7 males (4-26 actors possible: 2-13 females, 2-13 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Dating can be hard. Especially when your date happens to be a raging kleptomaniac, or your grandmother's bridge partner, or a mime. Check Please follows a series of blind dinner dates that couldn't get any worse -- until they do. Could there possibly be a light at the end of the tunnel?
(See also Check Please: Take 2 and Check Please: Take 3.)
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| "Simply wonderful! One of the best one acts I've judged in several years." |
| --Iowa High School Speech Association |
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Comedy
Short, 25-35 minutes
7 females, 6 males, 3 either
(4-16 actors possible: 0-16 females, 0-16 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
When two college recruiters at a prestigious university need to fill one last spot to keep their jobs, thirteen eccentric, dimwitted and slightly-insane high school seniors are eager to come in for an
interview. What seems like a simple task turns into a nightmare when the applicants turn out to be a reality TV star, a practicing vampire, an amateur magician, and others that are much, much worse. Each applicant's interview hilariously illustrates what NOT to do at a
college interview. (This play has a sequel called 14 More Ways To Screw Up Your College Interview.)
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Comedy
Short, 20-30 minutes
30 either (7-230 actors possible: 1-225 females, 5-229 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Want to know the easiest way to make it through the grueling abyss known as high school? A group of student agents infiltrate an assembly to demonstrate their secret tips and tricks, ranging from legally changing your name to get around roll call, to using Tom Cruise to help memorize science terms. High school will never be the same.
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Comedy
Short, 35-40 minutes
6 females, 7 males, 1 either
(5-20 actors possible: 2-10 females, 2-10 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
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 sure: they are about to dump you. Exploring the painful art of breaking-up through comedic, awkwardly realistic characters, this series of wildly hilarious scenes are sure to make you feel relieved not to be the receiving end of those five fatal relationship words.
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Comedy
Short, 35-50 minutes
1 female, 1 male, 3 either
(5-20 actors possible: 1-19 females, 1-19 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Two narrators attempt to recreate all 209 of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm in a wild, fast-paced extravaganza. To make it more difficult, they attempt to combine them into one gigantic fable using Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and other more obscure stories like Lean Lisa and The Devil's Grandmother. (A full-length version of this play is also available.)
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Comedy
Short, 25-35 minutes
6 females, 6 males (4-12 actors possible: 2-6 females, 2-6 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Soon after their relationship ends, Guy and Girl are forced by their well-intentioned best friends to plunge back into the dating pool. Unfortunately that pool is filled with foot-reading psychics, frustrated polygamists, and extreme accountants. And pirates. But are the blind dates really that unbearable? Yes. Yes they are.
(See also Check Please and Check Please: Take 3. This play can be read or performed without any knowledge of the other two versions.)
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Comedy
Short, 35-45 minutes
7 females, 5 males, 4 either
(10-35 actors possible: 4-30 females, 4-20 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
This crazed mash-up parody of the Harry Potter and Twilight series (with nods to Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Alice in Wonderland, and other stars of the pop culture pantheon) features invisible rabbits, armies of babies, murderous lunatics, evil gourmets and much more. Hilarity ensues as everyone's favorite wizards, vampires, and werewolves battle to save the gloomy town of Spork -- and indeed the world -- from certain destruction at the hands of the nefarious Fine Diner and the bloodthirsty Euphoria.
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Comedy
Short, 35-50 minutes
6 females, 6 males, 12 either
(12-24 actors possible: 3-21 females, 3-21 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
A whimsical reinvention of Shakespeare's tragic love story, complete with rhymed couplets, creative wordplay, and fantastical machines -- similar to something Dr. Seuss might have come up with if he ever had his way with the script...
"The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet" is not affiliated, endorsed, or sponsored by Dr. Seuss Enterprises.
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Comedy
Short, 35-45 minutes
4 females, 4 males (8-29 actors possible: 4-14 females, 4-15 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Guy and Girl are pretty pathetic. Rather than interact with other humans, they've retreated to their own personal fantasy worlds of sappy romantic comedies and violent video games. Luckily, their hours of gorging on ice cream and battling imaginary enemies cause them to hallucinate their own spirit guides to romance, who will gleefully usher them into the world of dating, starting with lessons in what not to do (like creating a doll made of your beloved's hair or wearing a sympathy pregnancy suit). A hilarious and wild look at the pitfalls of having a crush.
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Comedy
Short, 25-35 minutes
8 females, 8 males (4-16 actors possible: 2-8 females, 2-8 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Best friends Guy and Girl used to be a couple. Desperate to buck singlehood, they decide that even considering their atrocious blind dating track record, it's worth another shot. But after struggling through dates with a wannabe rock star, a vote-starved politician, and the guy who does those intense movie trailer voice-overs, there's the inevitable question: Which is better -- staying single the rest of your life, or suffering through a series of the worst dates in history?
(See also Check Please and Check Please: Take 2. This play can be read or performed without any knowledge of the other two versions.)
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Comedy
Short, 25-30 minutes
7 females, 4 males, 3 either (4-14 actors possible: 0-14 females, 0-14 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
A casting director has one day to find the leads for a community theater production of Romeo and Juliet. But what seems like a simple task proves impossible when the pool of actors includes extreme method actors, performers who just don't know what to do with their hands, and one particular woman who may or may not think she's a cat. This hilarious comedy will bring you to the last place you'd ever want to be...behind the doors of a casting session.
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Comedy
Short, 30-60 minutes
14 females, 14 males, 12 either
(15-67 actors possible: 5-65 females, 2-62 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
This is a play about not being in a play, ironically expressed through a hilarious series of monologues, duets, and ensemble scenes. From early traumas involving a glory-seeking elementary school teacher to possible disturbances in the global climate, 15 Reasons Not To Be in a Play keeps the audience guessing just what scenario will be next.
(This play has a sequel called 18 More Reasons Not To Be in a Play. For a full-length version that includes material from both short plays, see 30 Reasons Not To Be in a Play.)
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Comedy
Short, 30-40 minutes
5 females, 6 males (4-11 actors possible: 2-7 females, 2-7 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Job applicants at Banff Enterprises will do anything to claw their way up the corporate ladder. In a fast-paced series of hilarious interviews, the new recruits try every trick in the book -- from bribery, nepotism, and the Old Boy Network to blackmail, seduction, and mind control.
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| "An almost perfect high school one-act... It's got a large, flexible cast, it allows actors to go a little wild and it's hilarious." |
| --Stephen Gregg, author of This is a Test |
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Comedy
Short, 15-20 minutes
9 females, 7 males, 7 either
(4-23 actors possible: 0-23 females, 0-23 males)
$45.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Welcome to WOMG Action News, the most trusted news program since the invention of trust, news, and programs. Join lead anchors Babs Buttlebee and Jim Pickles as they usher us through tonight's top stories -- from adorable killer puppies, to Apocalypse status updates, to an old man grumbling about Email YouTubes. Tune in to WOMG Action News! Or don't and suffer the consequences...
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Comedy/Drama
Short, 35-40 minutes
10 females, 3 males, 11 either
(13-30 actors possible: 3-25 females, 1-25 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
A new theater teacher is bringing a production of A Chorus Line to the high school. Though the hopefuls range from shy to outrageous, and from diva-like to determined, everyone has a chance to step into the spotlight. A hilarious and heartbreaking look at the madness of auditioning and the actors who brave the process for that perfect part.
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Dramedy
Short, 30-35 minutes
3 females, 3 males, 6 either
(6-40 actors possible: 3-20 females, 3-20 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
What's it like to be awake when the rest of your world is asleep? Meet an early-morning jogger, a radio DJ whose show may have an audience of none, a modern Romeo and Juliet, the author of a most unusual letter, and many other teen characters as they search for connection in the magic hour. Through a series of connected scenes and monologues, join them on their journey as they discover whether the monster under the bed is real and collectively wonder...is there anybody out there?
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Comedy
Short, 35-45 minutes
13 females, 8 males, 27 either
(12-60 actors possible: 0-60 females, 0-60 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
In the fairy tale criminal justice system, the characters from fairy tales and nursery rhymes are represented by two separate yet equally ridiculous groups: the fairy tale police who investigate fairy tale crime, and the fairy tale district attorneys who prosecute the fairy tale offenders. These are their stories.
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Comedy
Short, 15-25 minutes
5 females, 12 males, 7 either
(8-35 actors possible: 4-27 females, 7-30 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Want to perform a classic play too offensive for your high school? Then the ScriptCleaner5000 is the product for you! Sit back and relax as Cynocorp representatives Shelly and Tom present sample scenes from plays that have been treated with this exciting new technology. Wipe away that dirty David Mamet profanity! Violence in Shakespeare? Gone. And what about those pesky sex scenes? The ScriptCleaner5000 has got you covered!
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| "Brilliant comedy... The audience did not stop laughing until the play was over." |
| --Student Voice (California) |
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Comedy/Drama
Short, 40-45 minutes
8 females, 6 males, 3 either (17-40 actors possible: 8-30 females, 6-12 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
A young teacher tries to pull off a production of Guys and Dolls, but putting a musical together is never easy, especially with a megalomaniacal stage manager, a lead who's convinced that Wicked is a much better show, and a girl who is clinically incapable of following directions (she has a doctor's note to prove it). And to make matters worse, there aren't nearly enough guys to be the Guys. A hilarious and poignant look behind the scenes of a drama club production filled with -- what else? -- lots of drama.
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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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