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Finger Foods: An Evening of Short Plays by Nina Shengold

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 100 - 120 minutes
  • 5 W, 3 M,  (8-45 actors possible: 4-22 W, 4-24 M)
Productions (12)
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These seven short comedies and dramas provide a lightly surreal romp for actors, who play everything from ex-boyfriends in a police lineup (Forty... Read more

These seven short comedies and dramas provide a lightly surreal romp for actors, who play everything from ex-boyfriends in a police lineup (Forty... Read more

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Bay at the Moon by Ian Mairs

  • Comedy
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  • 85 - 95 minutes
  • 2 W, 4 M, 
Productions (11)
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Sisters Ava and Delmarie live next door to each other in a small town in North Florida. A self-proclaimed hermit, Ava spends her days working on... Read more

Sisters Ava and Delmarie live next door to each other in a small town in North Florida. A self-proclaimed hermit, Ava spends her days working on... Read more

A Murder of Crows by Mac Wellman

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 70 - 90 minutes
  • 5 W, 2 M,  (7-11 actors possible: 5-6 W, 2-5 M)
Productions (33)
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In a world where the air's mustardy and the ocean is so polluted it looks like a bowl of custard, it's no wonder that Susannah's father was... Read more

In a world where the air's mustardy and the ocean is so polluted it looks like a bowl of custard, it's no wonder that Susannah's father was... Read more

Seven Supermans by Rinne Groff

  • Comedy
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  • 85 - 95 minutes
  • 30 Any (27-46 actors possible: 0-46 W, 0-46 M)
Productions (28)
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In a mythical land called New Hampshire, the Farmers are in trouble. Evil Bandits loot their land, take their food, and generally wreck their... Read more

In a mythical land called New Hampshire, the Farmers are in trouble. Evil Bandits loot their land, take their food, and generally wreck their... Read more

Kabuki Ugly Duckling adapted by Christopher Limber

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M, 14 Any (5-25 actors possible: 2-22 W, 3-23 M)
Productions (12)
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This Japanese Kabuki theatre-inspired adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale lends a complex texture to this wonderful story of a... Read more

This Japanese Kabuki theatre-inspired adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale lends a complex texture to this wonderful story of a... Read more

Coyote's Christmas Carol by Malcolm MacDonald

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 70 - 90 minutes
  • 6 W, 6 M, 12 Any (12-100 actors possible: 6-50 W, 6-50 M)
Productions (27)
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What if Ebenezer Scrooge lived in New Mexico today? In this folklore-infused New Mexican adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic story, Scrooge is... Read more

What if Ebenezer Scrooge lived in New Mexico today? In this folklore-infused New Mexican adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic story, Scrooge is... Read more

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Pirates of the Great Lakes by Tim Kochenderfer

  • Comedy
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  • 75 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W, 10 M, 5 Any (12-23 actors possible: 3-8 W, 9-15 M)
Productions (21)
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Arrrr matey, the year is 1782 and Johann Andreas' family business on the shores of Lake Huron is in trouble. For some reason nobody wants to stay... Read more

Arrrr matey, the year is 1782 and Johann Andreas' family business on the shores of Lake Huron is in trouble. For some reason nobody wants to stay... Read more

Kate Crackernuts by Sheila Callaghan

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 120 - 140 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M, 10 Any (9-19 actors possible: 5-15 W, 4-14 M)
Productions (17)
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Kate's sister Anne, a ravishing beauty, wakes up one morning to discover a sheep's head between her shoulders. Thus begins the journey of the two... Read more

Kate's sister Anne, a ravishing beauty, wakes up one morning to discover a sheep's head between her shoulders. Thus begins the journey of the two... Read more

Hansel and Gretel by Peg Herring

  • Comedy
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  • 50 - 65 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 9 Any (15-36 actors possible: 3-18 W, 3-18 M)
Productions (15)
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Who could resist a house made of candy? Reliable Hansel and spoiled Gretel take a bite (or two) in this reworked fairy tale, but a few fresh... Read more

Who could resist a house made of candy? Reliable Hansel and spoiled Gretel take a bite (or two) in this reworked fairy tale, but a few fresh... Read more

Everything So Far by C. Denby Swanson

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 60 - 80 minutes
  • 8 W, 2 M,  (8-30 actors possible: 6-28 W, 2-24 M)
Productions (12)
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Loosely adapted from a 9th grade biology textbook, Everything So Far is a whimsical interweaving of several impossible stories -- a Dinosaur... Read more

Loosely adapted from a 9th grade biology textbook, Everything So Far is a whimsical interweaving of several impossible stories -- a Dinosaur... Read more

A Christmas Carol adapted by Peter DeLaurier

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 110 - 130 minutes
  • 6 W, 10 M,  (12-60 actors possible: 4-30 W, 8-30 M)
Productions (64)
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Faithful to Dickens' beautiful language, this flexible adaptation of the beloved Christmas classic tells the heartwarming story of miserly... Read more

Faithful to Dickens' beautiful language, this flexible adaptation of the beloved Christmas classic tells the heartwarming story of miserly... Read more

Anna Bella Eema by Lisa D'Amour

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 75 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W,  (3-6 actors possible: 3-6 W, )
Productions (30)
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Ten-year-old Anna Bella and her hermetic mother Irene live in a ratty trailer on the edge of town. When their trailer park is slated for... Read more

Ten-year-old Anna Bella and her hermetic mother Irene live in a ratty trailer on the edge of town. When their trailer park is slated for... Read more

Emma by Stephen Karam

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 4 W, 5 M, 3 Any (12-30 actors possible: 4-17 W, 5-18 M)
Productions (4)
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This modern musical adaptation lifts Jane Austen's comedy of manners out of Regency England and sets it down in contemporary Connecticut. Emma, a... Read more

This modern musical adaptation lifts Jane Austen's comedy of manners out of Regency England and sets it down in contemporary Connecticut. Emma, a... Read more

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Sally Cotter and the Prisoner of Ala Katraz by Dean O'Carroll

  • Comedy
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  • 85 - 95 minutes
  • 6 W, 5 M, 20 Any (15-60 actors possible: 6-30 W, 5-30 M)
Productions (36)
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Sally Cotter is back, once again dreaming that she is a student at the bewitching Frogbull Academy of Sorcery. But this time she's caught up in... Read more

Sally Cotter is back, once again dreaming that she is a student at the bewitching Frogbull Academy of Sorcery. But this time she's caught up in... Read more

Aesop, Come Back! by Joshua Mikel

  • Comedy
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  • 50 - 70 minutes
  • 5 W, 5 M, 35 Any (10-35 actors possible: 3-35 W, 2-35 M)
Productions (38)
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In an attempt to prove that Aesop was history's greatest fabulist, a group of storytellers cracks the spine of a massive edition of Aesop's... Read more

In an attempt to prove that Aesop was history's greatest fabulist, a group of storytellers cracks the spine of a massive edition of Aesop's... Read more

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Clark Gable Slept Here by Michael McKeever

  • Comedy
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  • 75 - 90 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M, 
Productions (11)
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Hollywood's hiding a lot more in the closet than Tom Ford tuxedos, and megastar agent Jarrod Hilliard's determined to keep it that way. When the... Read more

Hollywood's hiding a lot more in the closet than Tom Ford tuxedos, and megastar agent Jarrod Hilliard's determined to keep it that way. When the... Read more

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Persuasion adapted by Jon Jory

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 8 W, 7 M,  (15-20 actors possible: 8-10 W, 7-10 M)
Productions (10)
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The Elliot family verges on financial ruin, and image-conscious patriarch Sir Walter must rent their estate to avoid bankruptcy. His daughter... Read more

The Elliot family verges on financial ruin, and image-conscious patriarch Sir Walter must rent their estate to avoid bankruptcy. His daughter... Read more

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A Christmas Carol adapted by Greg Oliver Bodine

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 1 M, 
Productions (45)
(3)

Charles Dickens' 1867 American Reading Tour is off to a rough start. Due to an inexplicable loss of his luggage, he regretfully announces that he... Read more

Charles Dickens' 1867 American Reading Tour is off to a rough start. Due to an inexplicable loss of his luggage, he regretfully announces that he... Read more

Dating Games by Garth Wingfield

  • Comedy
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  • 70 - 75 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M,  (4-34 actors possible: 2-6 W, 2-28 M)
Productions (14)
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An endless string of horrid blind dates (Mary Just Broke Up With This Guy), a presumptuous pick-up attempt gone awry (Daniel on a Thursday), and... Read more

An endless string of horrid blind dates (Mary Just Broke Up With This Guy), a presumptuous pick-up attempt gone awry (Daniel on a Thursday), and... Read more

Blur by Melanie Marnich

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (6-7 actors possible: exactly 3 W, 3-4 M)
Productions (17)
(1)

Life is wonderfully safe in the eccentric world of Dot Di Prima and her mother, until the day Dot is diagnosed with a genetic disease that will... Read more

Life is wonderfully safe in the eccentric world of Dot Di Prima and her mother, until the day Dot is diagnosed with a genetic disease that will... Read more