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Another Fine Mess by Steven Drukman

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 90 - 120 minutes
  • 1 W, 5 M, 
Productions (2)
(0)

Backstage, the energy among a troupe of actors is palpable as egos run wild and everyone waits to take their places. But when an unexpected,... Read more

Backstage, the energy among a troupe of actors is palpable as egos run wild and everyone waits to take their places. But when an unexpected,... Read more

Home of the Brave by Alan Berks

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 6 W, 4 M, 3 Any (13-20 actors possible: 6-16 W, 4-14 M)
Productions (8)
(3)

A soldier named Luke returns home from battle to discover that no one in Goodland is allowed to speak. Fascist Hounds, wily ghosts, and limping,... Read more

A soldier named Luke returns home from battle to discover that no one in Goodland is allowed to speak. Fascist Hounds, wily ghosts, and limping,... Read more

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The Morning of the Eighth Day by Norman Allen

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 40 - 60 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M, 
Productions (7)
(0)

During the final days of the American Civil War, young Mavis MacDonald must fight to unite the ragged group of friends and comrades hiding in her... Read more

During the final days of the American Civil War, young Mavis MacDonald must fight to unite the ragged group of friends and comrades hiding in her... Read more

Monte Cristo by Flip Kobler

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 60 - 75 minutes
  • 4 W, 3 M, 13 Any (13-35 actors possible: 4-17 W, 3-16 M)
Productions (6)
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Edmond's English class couldn't care less about The Count of Monte Cristo -- until a school lockdown and a film competition with a strict... Read more

Edmond's English class couldn't care less about The Count of Monte Cristo -- until a school lockdown and a film competition with a strict... Read more

Lark adapted by Romulus Linney

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 60 - 80 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 
Productions (1)
(1)

A young piano prodigy named Thea Kronberg finds herself creatively limited by family obligations in early 20th-century Colorado. When a good... Read more

A young piano prodigy named Thea Kronberg finds herself creatively limited by family obligations in early 20th-century Colorado. When a good... Read more

The Cherry Orchard translated by Nicholas Saunders

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 110 - 130 minutes
  • 5 W, 10 M, 3 Any (15-18 actors possible: 5-8 W, 10-13 M)
Productions (2)
(0)

Faced with the imminent loss of her family estate, Lyubov Andreyevna Ranyevskaya returns to her ancestral home and neighboring cherry orchard to... Read more

Faced with the imminent loss of her family estate, Lyubov Andreyevna Ranyevskaya returns to her ancestral home and neighboring cherry orchard to... Read more

The Heroes by John Ashbery

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 25 - 40 minutes
  • 4 W, 7 M, 
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Achilles and his companion Patroclus are hosting a weekend retreat for various other mythic figures at their country house. While Theseus tells... Read more

Achilles and his companion Patroclus are hosting a weekend retreat for various other mythic figures at their country house. While Theseus tells... Read more

Gidget's Gadget to Bamboozle Beanie by Bob May

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 45 - 50 minutes
  • 11 W, 7 M,  (18 actors possible: 10-13 W, 5-8 M)
Productions (3)
(0)

Gidget plugs a gadget into Beanie's book-reading machine in order to stop him from unfairly winning the Book-It reading contest. But the machine... Read more

Gidget plugs a gadget into Beanie's book-reading machine in order to stop him from unfairly winning the Book-It reading contest. But the machine... Read more

An Empress, A Faun, and...Olive Loaf? by Em Frappier

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 40 - 60 minutes
  • 7 W, 5 M,  (7-12 actors possible: 4-10 W, 2-6 M)
Productions (15)
(8)

A world of mystical creatures and lost souls comes to life when Heather is magically transported into a strange land while working on her... Read more

A world of mystical creatures and lost souls comes to life when Heather is magically transported into a strange land while working on her... Read more

The Ghost's Bargain adapted by Jacqueline Goldfinger

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 75 - 90 minutes
  • 6 W, 5 M, 4 Any (8-15 actors possible: 3-10 W, 5-9 M)
Productions (5)
(0)

This stirring new adaptation of the Dickens Christmas novella is a redemptive tale of the world-weary Professor Redlaw, who is offered the gift... Read more

This stirring new adaptation of the Dickens Christmas novella is a redemptive tale of the world-weary Professor Redlaw, who is offered the gift... Read more

Backwards at the Speed of Light by Anna Moench

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 11 Any (15-20 actors possible: 2-18 W, 2-18 M)
Productions (9)
(15)

Three of Earth's finest have set off on the Encounter Mission, a thousand-year journey to the planet Syrnac. In order to survive the long... Read more

Three of Earth's finest have set off on the Encounter Mission, a thousand-year journey to the planet Syrnac. In order to survive the long... Read more

Available as eScript

Relative by C. Denby Swanson

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 5 Any (9 actors possible: 2-7 W, 1-7 M)
Productions (7)
(1)

When Alberta, the daughter of a mathematician, struggles to comprehend her parents' impending divorce, she invokes her father's hero and her own... Read more

When Alberta, the daughter of a mathematician, struggles to comprehend her parents' impending divorce, she invokes her father's hero and her own... Read more

Dis/Troy by Yokanaan Kearns

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 55 - 60 minutes
  • 3 W, 7 M,  (4-10 actors possible: 1-9 W, 1-9 M)
Productions (11)
(0)

The Greek warrior Achilles refuses to fight in the Trojan War, which leads to disastrous results for both the Greeks and their enemy. Dramatic... Read more

The Greek warrior Achilles refuses to fight in the Trojan War, which leads to disastrous results for both the Greeks and their enemy. Dramatic... Read more

Prague Summer by Rich Orloff

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 10 - 12 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M, 
Productions (7)
(0)

Summer 1992: When two Czech men deal with an American corporate woman sporting six legs and feelers, one finds her fascinating but the other is... Read more

Summer 1992: When two Czech men deal with an American corporate woman sporting six legs and feelers, one finds her fascinating but the other is... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

Over the Pub by Tom Dudzick

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 120 - 150 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 
Productions (8)
(0)

The boisterous and colorful Murphys have a lot going on in their cramped apartment above the family pub in Cork City, Ireland in 1964. The... Read more

The boisterous and colorful Murphys have a lot going on in their cramped apartment above the family pub in Cork City, Ireland in 1964. The... Read more

theAtrainplays, Vol. 2 by Timothy Braun and 6 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 65 - 85 minutes
  • 6 W, 5 M,  (6-17 actors possible: 3-10 W, 3-7 M)
Productions (4)
(0)

These six short comedies (with two additional works from theSTATENISLANDFERRYplays) represent some of the best of theAtrainplays, a daredevil... Read more

These six short comedies (with two additional works from theSTATENISLANDFERRYplays) represent some of the best of theAtrainplays, a daredevil... Read more

Lost in Words by Jim Knable

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 35 - 40 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M,  (5-13 actors possible: 3-7 W, 2-6 M)
Productions (3)
(2)

Fifteen-year-old Sylvia, newly arrived in the United States from Mexico with her mother, dreams of becoming a doctor. But dreams rarely come... Read more

Fifteen-year-old Sylvia, newly arrived in the United States from Mexico with her mother, dreams of becoming a doctor. But dreams rarely come... Read more

True To You by Kenneth Lonergan

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 10 - 12 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (3)
(0)

Mr. Austin Carmody has twenty-seven indictments against him for various counts of fraud, and he's desperate to avoid jail. Lucky for him, he has... Read more

Mr. Austin Carmody has twenty-seven indictments against him for various counts of fraud, and he's desperate to avoid jail. Lucky for him, he has... Read more

The Debutante adapted by Jack Sharrar

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 50 - 55 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 
Productions (5)
(0)

F. Scott Fitzgerald's original one-act play is given new life in this tale of a bittersweet romance between wealthy debutante Rosalind and... Read more

F. Scott Fitzgerald's original one-act play is given new life in this tale of a bittersweet romance between wealthy debutante Rosalind and... Read more

California Scenarios by Luis Alfaro and 4 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 90 - 110 minutes
  • 6 W, 3 M, 6 Any (8-20 actors possible: 4-10 W, 4-10 M)
Productions (4)
(1)

Rich in history, fantasy, triumph, and longing, this collection of short plays captures aspects of Latinos in California, from a group of women... Read more

Rich in history, fantasy, triumph, and longing, this collection of short plays captures aspects of Latinos in California, from a group of women... Read more