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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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$19.95 per book
NOTE: This book contains 10 plays. To perform any of the plays, each must be licensed separately.
Humana Festival 2011: The Complete Plays brings together all ten scripts from the 2011 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 35th annual cycle of world premiere productions staged at Actors Theatre of Louisville. This unique compilation features an exceptional array of work by some of the most exciting new voices in the American theatre, from a couple who abandon a hectic existence in modern-day NYC to live in a careful recreation of 1955 (Maple and Vine), to a sister and brother left to fend for themselves with a stuffed frog and a rifle for company (Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them), to an immensely wealthy trophy wife who hijacks her personal assistant's sister-bonding weekend (Elemeno Pea). This unique and diverse compilation of plays is a must-have for anyone searching for challenging, captivating, and bold theater.
To purchase this book of 10 plays, click "Order this play" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
BOB by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
Chicago, Sudan by Marc Bamuthi Joseph
A Devil at Noon by Anne Washburn
Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them by A. Rey Pamatmat
The Edge of Our Bodies by Adam Rapp
Elemeno Pea by Molly Smith Metzler
The End by Dan Dietz, Jennifer Haley, Allison Moore, A. Rey Pamatmat, and Marco Ramirez
Hygiene by Gregory Hischak
Maple and Vine by Jordan Harrison
Mr. Smitten by Laura Eason
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| "The plays [...] deserve to be celebrated. [That] so many past Humana premieres have gone on to wider audiences and captured major awards is an extraordinary testament to Masterson, his colleagues, and their predecessors, and the reason so many of us keep coming back." |
| --Educational Theatre Association |
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Comedy
Short, 30-40 minutes
5 females, 4 males, 6 either (4-23 actors possible: 0-15 females, 0-15 males)
$45.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
When the Dean orders two college recruiters to find one more student to fill out next year's class, they find themselves revisiting the dreaded Wait List. Packed with wacky characters from a beat poet to an amateur bodybuilder, a super hero to a wanted criminal, this sequel to 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview is a comedic ride through the college application process as two recruiters sort through the crazies in hope of finding one sane candidate.
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Comedy
Short, 32-35 minutes
4 females, 4 males, 3 either
(10-11 actors possible: 4-7 females, 4-7 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Nick is going off to college for the first time. The only problem is, his family is taking him -- his mother worries he will starve to death, his father forgot his tuition check, his teenage sister doesn't see why she has to go, his younger sister just wants to go to her ballet recital, and his grandmother "don't hear so good no more." It's going to be a fun day.
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Comedy
Short, 20-30 minutes
8 females, 8 males (7-16 actors possible: 4-8 females, 4-8 males)
$45.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Two friends discover an incredible online simulator that shows them exactly what their future college roommate experiences will look like. Yet after a few minutes with a raging narcoleptic, a world-class procrastinator, and a children's party clown, it may be time to seriously consider living alone.
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Drama
Short, 32-34 minutes
3 females, 3 males, 12 either
(13-32 actors possible: 2-16 females, 2-16 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
After losing her entire family in a fatal tornado, Pam, a college sophomore, must embark on an unimaginable journey as she copes with her loss. To separate herself from her grief, she transfers schools and isolates herself from her fellow students, but these steps do not lessen her sadness and guilt over their deaths. Not until a fellow classmate makes an attempt at conciliation does Pam finally begin to realize that healing doesn't have to be a solitary endeavor. A moving exploration of the difficulty of continuing to live in the wake of great tragedy.
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Dramedy
Short, 40-50 minutes
4 females, 3 males (7-11 actors possible: 3-8 females, 3-6 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Four friends -- a hippie, a jock, a perfectionist, and a slacker -- negotiate the college application process as graduation day rapidly approaches. SATs and GPAs are just a part of their worries, as senioritis, awkward interviews, and the pressure to succeed provide even bigger hurdles in the race to the fat-envelope finish line.
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| "A gifted writer with an ear for dialogue. There's plenty of sardonic repartee in Perfect Score which tracks a year in the lives of four friends going through the torturous process of applying to college." |
| --Jesse Hamlin, San Francisco Chronicle |
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 80-90 minutes
2 females
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
One winter night a woman bakes a pie as a girl tries to finish her college essay. As the deadline looms, unexamined issues of the girl's adoption from Russia, the rupture of her parents divorce, and the fear of leaving home break through the surface as the mother cajoles, deflects, and maneuvers around her own feelings of sadness and loss. Unfolding in real time, Memory House is about a young and an older woman who are forced to grapple with the past as they face an uncertain future. A funny and moving story about the complexity of living in the world today.
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| "A captivating emotional ballet that is also a moving demonstration of the strenuous work that goes into good mothering." |
| --The New York Times |
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Comedy/Satire
Short, 20-35 minutes
3 females, 3 males
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Thanksgiving at the Bailey household takes a twist when Jimmy and his new friend Colin return home from their first semester of college. Jimmy reluctantly "outs" himself and reveals that he is, in fact, the Antichrist. The news does not go over well with the rest of the family, who refuse to accept their son's alternative lifestyle.
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Drama/Comedy
Short, 30-35 minutes
11 females, 12 males, 1 either
(4-24 actors possible: 2-12 females, 2-13 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Nick and Meg are high school sweethearts, but the night before Meg leaves for college they have a huge fight about trying a long-distance relationship. Nick comes to the train station to find Meg and see if he can fix things. While he waits for her to arrive, he imagines all of the different ways their conversation could go. The various people in the station act out what Nick is imagining as he tries to find the right words to save their relationship.
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Theatrical documentary
Full-length, 120 minutes
5 females, 6 males (8-40 actors possible: 4-35 females, 4-36 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Vietnam 101: The War on Campus is a documentary theater piece about one college community's journey during the Vietnam War years. Based on recollections of over one hundred students at Oberlin College in Ohio, the play recreates a time when people were asking the same questions that are being asked today about our government and our responsibilities. Combining monologues with Story Theater-type scenes, the play covers the years 1964 to 1970, from Lyndon Johnson's promise not to expand the war (and early, well-behaved protests) to Kent State (when the entire campus shut down), and finally an epilogue from the present.
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| "A thoughtful, impassioned look at one of the most divisive eras in American history. [The play] gives the audience a 'you are there' feel for the times." |
| --The Daily Sentinel (Colorado) |
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| Glory Days by Nick Blaemire book by James Gardiner |
 
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Rock Musical
Full-length, 80-90 minutes
4 males
$8.99 per book
Other prices can be calculated by clicking "More Info"
A year after graduating high school, four best friends reconnect on their old school's football field. Will has called the boys together with a mission: to hack into the sprinkler system so that it goes off when the jocks who bullied them in high school take the field for a charity game. But as the guys wait for instructions on how to break into the system, they quickly realize how dramatically their lives have grown apart. With a soaring pop-rock score, Glory Days is a poignant and witty coming-of-age story about friends searching for understanding and validation as they face the consequences of growing up.
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| "...swiftly, tunefully and yes, authentically latches onto the rhythms of late adolescence and plays them back to us as the music of wrenching transitions... It is a show that reminds us that even in comfortable suburbs, you can't really go home again." |
| --Peter Marks, The Washington Post |
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 115-125 minutes
2 females, 2 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Bored of frat parties and second-run movies, a group of college friends challenge each other to have a three-way with the Christian who lives next door. ("It could be the new Survivor.") In this undergraduate world of irony and internet porn, sex is common but love is the thing that dares not speak its name.
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| "Cleverly written...it's the playwright's way with language that does the trick, her understanding of the versatile uses these sharp kids find for the idiomatic speech of their generation." |
| --Marilyn Stasio, Variety |
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 60-80 minutes
3 females, 5 males (5-17 actors possible: 2-7 females, 3-10 males)
$75.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This book contains 12 plays. Each piece in this anthology can be licensed and performed separately.
From the mind of the writer of The House of Yes and Juvenilia comes this exciting new collection of short plays. With characters ranging from a smooth talking salesman (Snake Oil) to a group of downtrodden college baseball players (Division III), each play features the unique wit and wordplay of celebrated playwright Wendy MacLeod.
To purchase this book of 12 plays, click "Order this play" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
Boxes
Chemistry
Division III
Downstairs, Upstairs
Feedback
Flood
Last Night
Photo Opportunity
The Probabilities
Small Packages
Snake Oil
Tina at the Times or Below the Fold
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Comedic Drama
Full-length, 110-120 minutes
15 females, 9 males (18-24 actors possible: 12-15 females, 6-9 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
After graduating from high school, class salutatorian Dani is slated to study photography at NYU in the fall and has a summer job working the third shift at a small-town chemical factory. And while her friends are readying for college with road trips and Facebook updates, Dani struggles with her new job, a new relationship, and a serious illness in her family. When Dani starts wondering if she should put off school to figure out what she wants to do with her life, only her eccentric support group of friends and family can persuade her to pursue her dreams.
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Comedy
Short, 40-50 minutes
9 females, 4 males (13 actors possible: 3-12 females, 1-10 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
To a junior in high school, getting into the right college is a matter of life or death. Welcome to the chaotic world of nine juniors who are about to make the most important decision of their lives...or so they're told. Between crazed counselors, SATs, pressuring parents, and the infamous college tour, these students must learn to survive and succeed at a high school where competition reigns and acceptance to an Ivy League school is the ultimate goal.
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| "Sharp, funny, and well done." |
| --Judge, Massachusetts High School Drama Guild Festival |
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Comedy
Short, 25-30 minutes
4 females, 3 males (7 actors possible: 0-7 females, 0-7 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
As graduation looms before the senior class, everyone is trying to cope with The University's admissions machine. Steve is in denial, Sally desperately pads her application, and Kevin enlists at McDonald's as a form of social protest. Only the Girl in the Green Socks seems to have her future and her generation figured out...
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Comedy
Full-length, 60-75 minutes
6 females, 13 males, 2 either (6-21 actors possible: 3-16 females, 3-15 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Henrik Ibsen, whose name means "large, bearded curmudgeon" in Norwegian, has re-invented himself for the 21st Century. Join Ibsen and an assorted cast of theatre icons as they present an evening of Ibsenian dramas -- condensed, updated, and made funnier for modern audiences. A Doll's House is a Metaphor and I Hate Hedda are the culmination of over a hundred years of re-writes from beyond the grave.
(A Doll's House is a Metaphor and I Hate Hedda can also be performed separately.)
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Comedy
Full-length, 65-85 minutes
1 female, 1 male, 6 either (8-40 actors possible: 1-39 females, 1-39 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
First-year college student Alice is in serious danger of failing her English course when she follows her composition paper into the trash -- and ends up in a hallucinatory world where the rules of grammar are turned upside-down. If she wants to pass, she'll need to deal with gunslinging run-on sentences, thugs hawking colloquialisms, fearsome Modifier Leeches, and more. Inspired by Lewis Carroll and parodying the terse manual The Elements of Style by Strunk & White, this ingenious comedy explores the fantasy world of language in all its grotesque mutations.
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| "An inspired take on Alice in Wonderland. The world of words has never been so interesting -- or indeed amusing -- as our young heroine is led through a mysterious land filled with nouns, adjectives and passive tenses. Surprisingly addictive viewing." |
| --Anna Millar, The Scotsman (Edinburgh) |
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