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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
Full-length, 60-75 minutes
4 females, 6 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Miss Nelson can't control her crazy classroom because she's just too nice. But when she disappears, her replacement is the hard-as-nails, detention-loving, recess-canceling, homework-overloading substitute teacher Viola Swamp! With the Big Test approaching, the kids suddenly realize how much they miss Miss Nelson and they'll do anything -- including hiring a private eye -- to solve the mystery of her disappearance and bring her back.
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Comedy/Murder mystery
Short, 30-40 minutes
8 females, 1 male, 10 either
(14-19 actors possible: 8-11 females, 6-8 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Something is rotten at the Burgatorium, a low-end fast food restaurant...and it's not just the burgers. Hit with a surprise health inspection, employees hilariously rush around to clean up their messes, hide the rats and find real meat for the burgers. But luck is not on their side when their manager turns up dead in a freezer. This super-sized murder mystery comes with a side of funny and a healthy dose of ridiculous as the health inspector and his gangsta intern investigate a lineup of crazy characters that includes a singing tapeworm.
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Murder mystery comedy
Full-length, 100-110 minutes
5 females, 4 males, 4 either (13 actors possible: 5-9 females, 4-8 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
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 interested in soup, and its heroines are slightly psychopathic. The executive producer gives the squabbling cast an ultimatum: Complete one episode overnight or the show dies. But when the director ends up murdered, and other cast members start dropping like flies, it seems like his threat might actually come true. Can these misfits discover the murderer before the show is literally killed off?
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 60-80 minutes
8 females, 8 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
When the quiet town of Deerpoint, Vermont is hit by the biggest blizzard in 107 years, a mysterious girl named Eva steps out of a snow bank and into the lives of 15 confused teenagers who are asked to help her in her search. What Eva's searching for -- and who she truly is -- becomes a mystery that baffles, divides, and energizes the teens of Deerpoint. Told through journal entries and interactions among the students over the course of a single snow day, Snow Angel is a funny and eerie tale of teen angst, discovery, and the power of believing.
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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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Mystery/Thriller
Short, 40-50 minutes
2 females, 3 males (2-20 actors possible: 1-5 females, 1-15 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Inspired by Hitchcock's classic tale and performed as a live period radio play, this romantic thriller is a fast-paced ride through the signature world of the Master of Suspense. Richard Hannay is visiting 1930s London when he meets Annabella Smith, who is on the run from foreign agents, after a disturbance at a music hall. Later that night, Annabella is murdered and Hannay must then try to break the spy ring and prove his innocence. From an epic train chase to a feisty love interest, Hannay has his work cut out for him as he searches for the truth about The 39 Steps. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play.)
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Murder mystery parody
Short, 40-50 minutes
7 females, 5 males, 36 either
(12-48 actors possible: 0-48 females, 0-48 males)
$45.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
One murder, ten suspects. Who killed Mysterious Host? Could it be Respected General? What about Wealthy Dowager? Or maybe it was Santa Claus. The mystery unfolds as Inexplicably Omniscient Inspector takes on the most thrilling and baffling murder case in the history of thrilling and baffling murder cases. (A full-length version of this play is also available.)
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| "Killer fun! It's 'Clue' on crack." |
| --Patch (Pennsylvania) |
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Murder mystery parody
Full-length, 80-90 minutes
58 either (22-58 actors possible: 0-58 females, 0-58 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
One murder, twenty suspects. Who killed Mysterious Host? Could it be Respected General? What about Wealthy Dowager? Or maybe it was Santa Claus. The mystery unfolds as Inexplicably Omniscient Inspector takes on the most thrilling and baffling murder case in the history of thrilling and baffling murder cases. (A one-act version of this play is also available.)
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| "Killer fun! It's 'Clue' on crack." |
| --Patch (Pennsylvania) |
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Drama
Full-length, 70-85 minutes
4 females, 8 males, 2 either
(12-52 actors possible: 4-16 females, 8-43 males)
$75.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: Each piece in this anthology can be licensed and performed separately.
Enter the wonderfully creepy world of Edgar Allan Poe with six faithful adaptations of some of his most haunting works. From old favorites such as The Cask of Amontillado and The Tell-Tale Heart to lesser known gems like The Oblong Box and The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether, this collection of short plays represents Poe at his most horrifying.
To purchase this book of 6 plays, click "Order this play" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
The Cask of Amontillado
The Purloined Letter
The Fall of the House of Usher
The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether
The Oblong Box
The Tell-Tale Heart
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Murder Mystery/Comedy
Short, 40-60 minutes
5 females, 6 males (11 actors possible: 5-6 females, 5-6 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
The mysterious Mr. Uno has invited six eccentric guests to his dark and stormy mansion. When Uno winds up dead (several times over), and guests begin dying mysteriously, those remaining must uncover the murderer before it's too late. A wickedly funny parody of the traditional murder mystery, with eleven possible alternate endings voted on by the audience. Mix and match them all!
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Drama
Full-length, 80-90 minutes
2 females, 3 males (5-9 actors possible: 0-9 females, 0-9 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
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 spell he weaves brings us a highly theatrical adaptation of four tales Poe himself considered his best: "The Raven," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Pit and the Pendulum," and "The Tell-Tale Heart." Enter the world of Poe and check your heartbeat at the door.
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| "Gripping and ghoulish... The atmospheric production seamlessly blends a quartet of Poe's immortal tales and poems into a chilling excursion into all-consuming fear." |
| --Montgomery Times Daily |
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Noir Comedy
Full-length, 105-120 minutes
5 females, 7 males (9-26 actors possible: 4-9 females, 5-17 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Charlie Nickels has a hard life as a gumshoe in the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles, and things are only made harder by the murder of a client and the theft of her 300 karat diamond. With the help of his wise-cracking secretary, Ida, Charlie seeks out the many suspects: smarmy bookworm Clive, equestrian beauty Veronica, snooty butler Wilson, sensitive muscle Louie, and mob boss Bugsy Siegel. At the center of the case is femme fatale Mona, a nightclub singer who captures Charlie's affections...and suspicions. Packed with romance, intrigue, and murder, this detective noir is a smart parody that will keep you guessing until the end.
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| "Set in 1947 Hollywood, where life is as cheap as a chalk-stripe suit, Bill Robens' smart, snappy parody of hard-boiled noir comes complete with jaded gumshoe, a dame in distress -- and plenty of moid-ah." |
| --Philip Brandes, Los Angeles Times |
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Comedy
Short, 30-45 minutes
4 females, 4 males, 5 either
(6-13 actors possible: 2-11 females, 2-11 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Scribe is an angst-filled writer experiencing some serious word-related anxiety as he attempts to create a play. In his search to find the words that fit, he becomes the main character in his own play where plot means less than the words that tangle around him. A Play With Words is a high-energy one-act filled with puns, spoonerisms, malapropisms, rhymes, oxymorons, literal metaphors, and mixed proverbs, all culminating in an outrageous "Who's on First?"-style courtroom scene.
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Drama
Full-length, 70-80 minutes
4 females, 4 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
An eerie cycle of ghost stories, set in the cave country of North Carolina. After a young girl is lost in a cave on the edge of town, there is a Rashomon-like investigation of her disappearance and the fate of those who survive her.
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| "[Iizuka] has taken some of the ghostly structure of the classical Japanese Noh play, recast it in a rural idiom and infused it with a humming, explosive energy -- language used like a loaded weapon." |
| --Seattle Times |
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Mystery/Comedy
Full-length, 115-130 minutes
2 females, 5 males (7-11 actors possible: 2-3 females, 5-8 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
The wit of Oscar Wilde meets the cunning of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle when Wilde brings his dear friend, Lillie Langtry, to Baker Street. Someone has stolen the highly intimate letters Lillie exchanged with the Prince of Wales, and now she is being blackmailed. Only Holmes can solve the case, going so far as to disguise himself as an early version of Lady Bracknell from Wilde's latest play, The Importance of Being Forthright, while Watson falls head-over-heels for the Jersey Lily and a wicked professor attempts to bring the Crown to its knees.
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| "The show keeps many secrets and presents many twists, most of which caught the audience by great surprise... Expect laughter and suspense as the mystery slowly and craftily unravels." |
| --Dutch Godshalk, Montgomery Newspapers |
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Comedy/Mystery
Short, 30-40 minutes
7 females, 7 males, 3 either (16-17 actors possible: 0-17 females, 0-17 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
In this mysterious comedy with a distinctly unique twist, Teen Ingenue checks into Drama Rehab since she's sick of being typecast as the doe-eyed ingenue. Drama Rehab is the place where actors go to shed their stock character images, and learn how to land the roles they've always wanted to play. The only problem is that no one ever leaves the facility, because no one seems to make any progress. Will the actors learn to break out of their stereotypical molds, or will they resort to murder first?
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Comedy
Short, 35-45 minutes
10 females, 6 males (5-25 actors possible: 3-23 females, 2-22 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Reverse the title of this large-cast comedy and what do you get? A fast-paced parody and exploration of reversals in seven short scenes. A stereotypical villain plays the part of the innocent victim. The stage lighting in a Chekhov scene directly opposes everything the three actresses are saying. And a play runs completely backwards from end to beginning, including the actual words...
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Comedy/Drama
Short, 35-45 minutes
7 females, 9 males, 3 either (8-25 actors possible: 4-12 females, 4-13 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
In this wickedly funny adaptation of Washington Irving's classic tale of superstition and village rivalry, gawky schoolmaster Ichabod Crane fancies himself a dashing, worldly man of learning, capable of winning the heart of Katrina Van Tassel. Will this beautiful daughter of a wealthy local farmer return Ichabod's affections, or does she have other ideas? What will be the outcome when Ichabod confronts his desires, fears, and of course, the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow?
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Science fiction thriller
Full-length, 100-120 minutes
3 females, 5 males (8-21 actors possible: 3-8 females, 4-14 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Dr. Henry Jekyll is a brilliant scientist frustrated by dull "respectable" life in 1888 Victorian London. He creates a formula to unleash his inner bestial nature, transforming him into the brutish but oddly compassionate Edward Hyde. Hyde lives the high life while Jekyll's middle-aged normalcy continues -- until Hyde's passions begin to turn up a body count. This intimate, easy-to-stage version of Robert Louis Stevenson's science fiction classic features two haunting chorus characters, who speed along the action, play many supporting roles, and speak to Jekyll as the voices in his head, spurring him toward triumph and tragedy.
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