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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...
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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; $7.99 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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| "A brilliant comedy." |
| --Kings County Record |
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Comedy
Full-length, 60-70 minutes
3 females, 2 males (5-43 actors possible: 0-43 females, 0-43 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
We hate Shakespeare! At least that's what the audience thinks until they get a rip-roaring rundown of Shakespeare's classics. With zombies, talking cows, and an appearance by Jerry Springer, I Hate Shakespeare! is a hilarious and fast-paced introduction to Shakespeare -- with a modern twist. Plus, someone gets a pie in the face.
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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)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 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
Full-length, 75-85 minutes
5 females, 6 males, 9 either
(14-50 actors possible: 5-25 females, 5-25 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Toy Boatin is Roswell High's bowling star, but he's longing for more than just the state championship. When surgical prodigy Gaberella transfers in, she's immediately drafted onto the surgical decathlon team, but she too wants more. Will Toy and Gaberella unseat Shitzu and Cryin as the leads in the upcoming Winter Muse Cycle? After Gaberella's classmates discover that her singing voice is so bad that it could cause mass casualties, they must decide what's more important -- following your dreams, or preserving life as we know it. An outrageous spoof of the popular Disney sensation.
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Comedy
Short, 35-55 minutes
6 females, 6 males, 10 either
(10-48 actors possible: 0-24 females, 0-24 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
The audience is given a side-splitting lesson in what's funny and what's not funny. In order to prove that the Rules of Comedy work, they are hilariously inserted into one of the most popular tragedies of all time: William Shakespeare's Hamlet. The Rules of Comedy is a physical comedy "blow-out" with an interesting twist that showcases the cast's ability to handle tragic drama, as well. Playing by the rules has never been so much fun.
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Comedy
Short, 35-45 minutes
18 females, 15 males, 17 either
(15-50 actors possible: 0-50 females, 0-50 males)
$40.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Due to budget cuts there will only be a single session of Drama One for the entire school year -- and the class will only last 20 minutes. To make matters worse, the students are required to perform an entire Shakespeare play for a schoolwide assembly during a time slot of only 10 minutes. Under the direction of the egomaniacal Mrs. Gunnysack, the beginner students must pull together for the fastest, cleanest, lowest-budget rendition of Romeo and Juliet the world has ever seen, complete with a makeshift balcony, interpretive dance fight sequences, and an Elizabethan hip-hop dance party that would even make P. Diddy shake his tailfeather with Shakespearean pride.
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Comedy
Short, 30-40 minutes
14 females, 1 male, 1 either
(16 actors possible: 12-15 females, 1-4 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Miss Mylenbush, the semi-hysterical head of the theatre department at Miss Polly's Institute for Criminally Damaged Young Ladies, is about to put on the greatest tragedy ever written: Hamlet. The trouble is, her actors are a bunch of teenage girls teetering between delusions of grandeur and criminally insane behavior. When her actors revolt against her autocratic direction and decide to stage the play their way, disturbing hilarity ensues.
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Comedy
Short, 45-60 minutes
7 females, 23 males (10-33 actors possible: 3-10 females, 7-23 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
What if Friar John had a second chance to avert the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? What if he had a third chance, and a fourth, and more, only to fail and fail again at the hands of Lady Macbeth, or Robin Hood, or Tom Sawyer? And what would Shakespeare think?
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| "...a delightful evening of comedy, an affectionate homage...a hilarious retelling of Romeo and Juliet...filled with surprisingly good verse, [and] outrageous physical comedy...the dialogue is authentic, spontaneous and quick-witted..." |
| --Mark Langton, Marin Independent Journal |
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Comedy
Short, 30-40 minutes
3 females, 19 males (11-23 actors possible: 3-14 females, 4-20 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Life ain't easy for Hamlet. His dad's a ghost, his mother's an adulterer, and he can't make it through a soliloquy without being interrupted. Canned Hamlet is a one-act satirical spoof of Shakespeare's original.
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Comedy
Short, 25-35 minutes
6 females, 4 males, 1 either (6-18 actors possible: 4-12 females, 2-7 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Shakespearean worlds collide as the Bard's most famous characters go out on blind dates with each other. Can Romeo woo Lady Macbeth before she goes mad? Will Juliet marry King Lear or will her Nurse stand in the way? How will Joan of Arc inspire Hamlet to finally take action? Can Bottom really date all three witches at the same time? Hosted by waiter Puck, To Date or Not to Date is a wild ride of unlikely matchups and unexpected romances.
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Comedy
Short, 45-55 minutes
4 females, 17 males, 3 either
(13-30 actors possible: 3-18 females, 10-26 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Nothing could come between Romeo and Juliet. Not the most bitter mafia rivalries, nor the itchiest poison ivy, nor even the wooings of an alleged vampire could tear them apart. Yes, the love of Romeo and Juliet could survive anything. Well, except for poison. Romeo, You Idiot is a relentlessly irreverent spoof of Shakespeare's original. (A full-length version of this play is also available.)
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Comedy
Short, 30-40 minutes
7 females, 8 males, 10 either
(10-30 actors possible: 4-25 females, 5-25 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Sherwood Forest is in danger of being destroyed and it's up to Robin and his band of dimwitted Merry Men to save the day. When the Sheriff challenges them to a contest to determine the forest's rightful owner, their skills are put to the test. Unfortunately, archery is only the first round. Robin and his men will also have to win a talent show and a beauty pageant. Will this be the end of Sherwood? Most likely.
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Comedy
Full-length, 70-90 minutes
4 females, 17 males, 4 either
(13-30 actors possible: 3-18 females, 10-26 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Nothing could come between Romeo and Juliet. Not the most bitter mafia rivalries, nor the itchiest poison ivy, nor even the wooings of an alleged vampire could tear them apart. Yes, the love of Romeo and Juliet could survive anything. Well, except for poison. Romeo, You Idiot is a relentlessly irreverent spoof of Shakespeare's original. (A one-act version of this play is also available.)
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Comedy
Short, 50-60 minutes
2 males (2-8 actors possible: 0-8 females, 0-8 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
A hysterical historical romp through four thousand years of history's greatest literature -- from a hip-hop take on The Odyssey, to a play-by-play broadcast of 19th-century oppressed literary characters as they race to suicide, to a high-octane Japanime version of The Old Man and the Sea...
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| "You get the impression that Will Averill had a lot of fun writing this... I'd compare it to a well-known store's 'extremely chocolatey mini-bites'; tasty morsels of treats that would be far too much to consume in the whole. Avoid literary indigestion and take the short-cut." |
| --ThreeWeeks (Edinburgh Festival Newspaper) |
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Comedy
Short, 20-40 minutes
4 females, 8 males, 5 either
(10-25 actors possible: 3-15 females, 2-10 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Romeo and Juliet at Verona High updates Shakespeare's tragedy to a modern-day high school. Romeo is the captain of the football team and Juliet is the president of the Chess Club. Can the rival teams resolve their brutal differences? Who will triumph at the grudge chess match? At the end of the play, the audience votes on which ending they would like to see: the comic or the tragic version.
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Comedy
Short, 35-40 minutes
12 females, 8 males (15-20 actors possible: 8-12 females, 7-8 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
When Mrs. Causey's high school drama students botch their scene performances due to inadequate preparation, their teacher casts a spell that makes them live out their roles for twenty-four hours. We follow the antics of two surfer dudes trapped in their own version of Waiting for Godot, a football player and a cheerleader spouting neo-Elizabethan blank verse a la Romeo and Juliet, and a shy girl and a Gothic girl morphing into N'Awleans-drawling denizens of A Streetcar Named Desire ... until these experiences teach them that, when it comes to acting, the readiness is all.
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| "A very creative, theatrical new script: age-appropriate and a perfect choice for high-school groups." |
| --Ken McCulough, Professor-Coordinator Fine Arts & Humanities, Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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Comedy
Full-length, 90-100 minutes
8 either (8-20 actors possible: 4-10 females, 4-10 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Comedy of Errors, Merry Wives of Windsor, and The Winter's Tale are revamped into fun, accessible shorts that use comedic narration and modern language to update some of Shakespeare's classic works. From a lesson in Shakespearean tragedy through the plight of King Lear to an error machine that calculates the miscommunications in Comedy of Errors, these flexible plays are sure to provide a fun night of tales from the Bard, with some twists.
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Parody
Short, 35-45 minutes
6 females, 5 males, 1 either
(12-18 actors possible: 8-13 females, 4-9 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
A town very much like Thornton Wilder's Grover's Corners is populated by characters from Shakespearean tragedy, all dressing and speaking in 20th century style. They love, they lose, they inevitably die -- and they have a chance to confront each other in the afterlife.
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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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