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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, 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, 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
Short, 35-45 minutes
8 females, 3 males, 1 either
(11-40 actors possible: 8-25 females, 3-15 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
"Desperate" doesn't begin to describe this high school drama troupe: their parents avoid their shows, their faculty sponsor has fled, and the audience for their production of Romeo and Juliet consists of one sleeping homeless woman. When they discover that the sleeping woman is actually dead, the troupe turns her into a zombie so she can join the show and make it a hit with the zombie-loving masses. But one bite leads to another, and soon things spin wildly out of control. When the curtain comes down on this undead Romeo and Juliet, will anyone be left alive?
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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
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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| "...the audience need not be young, or familiar with the Disney show,
to get laughs out of this spoof." |
| --The Advertiser-Tribune (Tiffin, OH) |
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Comedy
Short, 35-45 minutes
4 females, 9 males, 7 either (20 actors possible: 4-11 females, 9-16 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
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 lovers as they wander through a forest full of whoosh bush tush beasts and fairies dueling with bumballoon swords. Told in rhyming couplets, this reimagining is how Shakespeare's magical tale might have played if Dr. Seuss had gotten his hands on it... (A full-length version of this play is also available.)
"The Seussification of A Midsummer Night's Dream" is not affiliated, endorsed, or sponsored by Dr. Seuss Enterprises.
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Comedy
Full-length, 75-85 minutes
4 females, 6 males, 15 either
(10-47 actors possible: 4-30 females, 6-39 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
To sell out or not to sell out? Not really much of a question. After their budget is slashed, the drama club turns to Shakespeare's greatest tragedy to raise cash, but it's not tickets that are going to fund this year's show: It's sweet, sweet corporate sponsorship and mid-play commercial advertising. The sponsors demand changes in the stodgy old script, but who cares if Shakespeare never wrote musical numbers with back-up dancers or post-apocalyptic zombie battles? He's dead and he can't complain. Or sue. A lightning-quick, hilarious perversion of the greatest play in the English language. (A one-act version of this play is also available.)
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Comedy
Short, 35-45 minutes
7 females, 7 males, 15 either
(14-47 actors possible: 7-21 females, 7-26 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
To sell out or not to sell out? Not really much of a question. After their budget is slashed, the drama club turns to Shakespeare's greatest tragedy to raise cash, but it's not tickets that are going to fund this year's show: It's sweet, sweet corporate sponsorship and mid-play commercial advertising. The sponsors demand changes in the stodgy old script, but who cares if Shakespeare never wrote musical numbers with back-up dancers or post-apocalyptic zombie battles? He's dead and he can't complain. Or sue. A lightning-quick, hilarious perversion of the greatest play in the English language.
(A full-length version of this play is also available.)
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Miss Beth
A one-act with a passing resemblance to a certain, unspeakable Shakespearean play (it's okay, it's public domain)
by Don Zolidis |
 
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Dark Comedy
Short, 40-45 minutes
9 females, 4 males (12-23 actors possible: 7-23 females, 0-11 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Beth is pretty, popular, a valued member of the Sub-Regional Champion competitive cheer squad, and relatively happy with her life. But when a late-night Ouija board session proclaims that she will become assistant cheer captain, an unexpected and ridiculous series of supernatural events are triggered. As Beth's thirst for power grows, her moral compass goes into a tailspin -- and her popularity-hungry mom and best friend aren't helping. A campy, female-centered, modernized version of Shakespeare's dark classic.
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Comedy
Short, 25-35 minutes
11 females, 5 males (15-16 actors possible: 8-14 females, 1-8 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
The Drama Club notices that their biggest rivals, the Cheerleaders, are acting unusual. They're beginning to smell, and they seem to have an odd taste for human flesh... yup, they've turned into zombies. With the big Homecoming game approaching, Head Zombie-Cheerleader Peaches organizes her undead followers to plan a feast on the rest of the school. It's up to the Drama Geeks to use their gift for dramatic flair to slay their rivals. Can a ragtag band of over-dramatic misfits defeat the zombies -- and save the world -- before it's too late?
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Comedy
Full-length, 70-80 minutes
4 females, 9 males, 7 either (20 actors possible: 4-11 females, 9-16 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
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 lovers as they wander through a forest full of whoosh bush tush beasts and fairies dueling with bumballoon swords. Told in rhyming couplets, this reimagining is how Shakespeare's magical tale might have played if Dr. Seuss had gotten his hands on it... (A one-act version of this play is also available.)
"The Seussification of A Midsummer Night's Dream" is not affiliated, endorsed, or sponsored by Dr. Seuss Enterprises.
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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
Short, 35-45 minutes
2 females, 3 males, 11 either
(10-36 actors possible: 2-28 females, 3-28 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Ms. Rabbitoff, an insane Francis Bacon enthusiast, poses as a substitute teacher and takes an AP English class hostage in an attempt to convince them that Bacon was the real genius behind Shakespeare's plays. By acting out imagined versions of Shakespearean plays (sometimes hilariously blended with other great works of literature), Rabbitoff and the students battle it out to prove who knows more about the literary canon. Only the students can defend Shakespeare's great name, and fight for their right to attend their next class.
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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, 30-35 minutes
2 females, 2 males, 26 either
(10-30 actors possible: 2-28 females, 2-28 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
What do you get when you combine an after school special, a penguin heist, accent-challenged knights, puppet-show Shakespeare, and a vampire murder mystery? One playwright thinks these could be the ingredients for his magnum opus, but it could be the recipe for the worst play ever written in the history of the world...and possibly the universe. With Stage Directions and Scene Heading as our narrators and flashy Flashback giving backstory, nothing on earth could possibly outdo this hilariously awful night of theater.
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