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Augustine's Confessions: Scenes from American Life by John Augustine

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 75 - 90 minutes
  • 4 W, 3 M,  (6-48 actors possible: 3-25 W, 3-23 M)
Productions (14)
(2)

An exceptional and eclectic collection of twenty short plays that wends its way through various scenes of urban life. Along the way there are... Read more

An exceptional and eclectic collection of twenty short plays that wends its way through various scenes of urban life. Along the way there are... 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)
(2)

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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The Bells of Charlemont by Don Zolidis

  • Drama
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  • 40 - 45 minutes
  • 2 W, 6 M, 7 Any (13-30 actors possible: 2-20 W, 6-20 M)
Productions (35)
(5)

On Christmas Eve, 1944, a small group of American soldiers are occupying a burned-out village in northern France. The town mayor's widow makes an... Read more

On Christmas Eve, 1944, a small group of American soldiers are occupying a burned-out village in northern France. The town mayor's widow makes an... 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)
(8)

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

The Realm by Sarah Myers

  • Drama
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  • 60 - 75 minutes
  • 4 W, 2 M, 4 Any (6-20 actors possible: 4-10 W, 2-10 M)
Productions (32)
(7)

Two teenagers, Kansas and James, must rely on each other as they attempt to escape from a not-so-future world that rations everything from water... Read more

Two teenagers, Kansas and James, must rely on each other as they attempt to escape from a not-so-future world that rations everything from water... Read more

The Flow by Dominic Orlando

  • Drama
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  • 28 - 35 minutes
  • 9 W, 10 M, 2 Any (19-29 actors possible: 8-15 W, 9-16 M)
Productions (15)
(5)

What is "The Flow" -- an after-school club? A team? Or something far more dangerous? Lonely Kevin Sorenson's about to find out, in a story that... Read more

What is "The Flow" -- an after-school club? A team? Or something far more dangerous? Lonely Kevin Sorenson's about to find out, in a story that... Read more

Special Days by Seth Kramer

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 120 - 140 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M,  (4-19 actors possible: 1-8 W, 3-11 M)
Productions (15)
(3)

A bride gets trapped on a rooftop (Speak Now). A firefighter struggles with guilt over his fallen brother after September 11 (Bucket of Moon). A... Read more

A bride gets trapped on a rooftop (Speak Now). A firefighter struggles with guilt over his fallen brother after September 11 (Bucket of Moon). A... Read more

Riding the Wind: Story Plays from Old China by Carol Korty

  • Drama
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 7 W, 7 M,  (8-70 actors possible: 4-35 W, 4-35 M)
Productions (20)
(4)

Amid the daily bustle of a Chinese marketplace, a group of villagers tells four tales featuring strong women. In "Yulan's Search for Beauty," a... Read more

Amid the daily bustle of a Chinese marketplace, a group of villagers tells four tales featuring strong women. In "Yulan's Search for Beauty," a... Read more

The Great Senior Class Poe-a-Thon adapted by David Rush

  • Drama
  • |
  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 1 W, 6 Any (7-15 actors possible: 1-15 W, 6-15 M)
Productions (28)
(7)

Three of Edgar Allen Poe's most terrifying tales are given fresh life in this adaptation, designed as a customizable contest perfect for any... Read more

Three of Edgar Allen Poe's most terrifying tales are given fresh life in this adaptation, designed as a customizable contest perfect for any... Read more

Oedipus the King adapted by Stacey Coates

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 12 - 15 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 6 Any (5-23 actors possible: 2-11 W, 3-12 M)
Productions (6)
(0)

When Oedipus, the new king of Thebes, promises to bring justice to the murderer of former king Laius (and deceased husband of Oedipus's wife... Read more

When Oedipus, the new king of Thebes, promises to bring justice to the murderer of former king Laius (and deceased husband of Oedipus's wife... Read more

Kidney Island by Cory Hinkle

  • Drama
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 6 W, 6 M,  (11-30 actors possible: 2-28 W, 2-28 M)
Productions (9)
(4)

Do human beings have souls? Levi, a worker in a factory called the Genome, is sure they don't. But one late night, Levi meets a mysterious spirit... Read more

Do human beings have souls? Levi, a worker in a factory called the Genome, is sure they don't. But one late night, Levi meets a mysterious spirit... Read more

Nowhere in America by Bathsheba Doran

  • Drama
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  • 25 - 30 minutes
  • 5 W, 8 M,  (9-13 actors possible: 4-5 W, 5-9 M)
Productions (9)
(2)

Fred wants to stop watching TV; Gracie wants a Barbie leg; four friends drink on a rooftop; and a prostitute tries to imagine a better life. On a... Read more

Fred wants to stop watching TV; Gracie wants a Barbie leg; four friends drink on a rooftop; and a prostitute tries to imagine a better life. On a... Read more

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To the Table by Alan Haehnel

  • Drama
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 12 W, 5 M, 2 Any (17-19 actors possible: 9-14 W, 3-10 M)
Productions (14)
(3)

Jan and her daughter Leah sit at the kitchen table and have a brief conversation while eating ice cream. Leah leaves, and we then rewind to the... Read more

Jan and her daughter Leah sit at the kitchen table and have a brief conversation while eating ice cream. Leah leaves, and we then rewind to the... Read more

Carson McCullers (Historically Inaccurate) by Sarah Schulman

  • Drama
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 5 W, 3 M,  (8-19 actors possible: 5-11 W, 3-8 M)
Productions (1)
(0)

Can a life be created, an identity forged, through prose? Weathering a rocky marriage, pervasive small-mindedness, and an unarticulated gender... Read more

Can a life be created, an identity forged, through prose? Weathering a rocky marriage, pervasive small-mindedness, and an unarticulated gender... Read more

Antigone adapted by Stacey Coates

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 12 - 15 minutes
  • 3 W, 7 M, 10 Any (15-25 actors possible: 3-13 W, 7-17 M)
Productions (5)
(3)

Defying the king and an order from her father's fiance, Creon, Antigone decides to give her recently deceased brother a proper burial. When Creon... Read more

Defying the king and an order from her father's fiance, Creon, Antigone decides to give her recently deceased brother a proper burial. When Creon... Read more

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The Secret Sharer by Greg Oliver Bodine

  • Drama
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  • 50 - 60 minutes
  • 10 M,  (7-12 actors possible: 7-12 M)
Productions (5)
(1)

In 1909, an inexperienced, young sea captain is torn between his duty to his ship and his loyalty to a fugitive, to whom he has offered refuge... Read more

In 1909, an inexperienced, young sea captain is torn between his duty to his ship and his loyalty to a fugitive, to whom he has offered refuge... Read more

Honour by C. Denby Swanson

  • Drama
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  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 5 Any (8-16 actors possible: 3-14 W, 2-13 M)
Productions (5)
(0)

A young woman named Honour hangs out behind the local big-box store and does nothing with her two best friends, Fib and Tryla -- until one day... Read more

A young woman named Honour hangs out behind the local big-box store and does nothing with her two best friends, Fib and Tryla -- until one day... Read more

Edgar Allan Poe: Tintinnabulations by Moses Goldberg

  • Drama
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (6-13 actors possible: 3-8 W, 3-5 M)
Productions (7)
(0)

Heartbroken by the idea of losing his beloved wife, Virginia, who lies dying in their small country cottage, Edgar Allan Poe relives his past and... Read more

Heartbroken by the idea of losing his beloved wife, Virginia, who lies dying in their small country cottage, Edgar Allan Poe relives his past and... Read more

Body of Bourne by John Belluso

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 115 - 125 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (6-27 actors possible: 3-17 W, 3-10 M)
Productions (2)
(0)

Through dramatized scenes, letters, and essays, Body of Bourne presents the biography of renowned writer and World War I pacifist Randolph... Read more

Through dramatized scenes, letters, and essays, Body of Bourne presents the biography of renowned writer and World War I pacifist Randolph... Read more

Oedipus at Colonus adapted by Stacey Coates

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 2 W, 4 M, 11 Any (15-18 actors possible: 2-13 W, 4-15 M)
(0)

Homeless and blind, Oedipus has been wandering since the conclusion of Oedipus the King. But when the prophecies of Oedipus' death predict... Read more

Homeless and blind, Oedipus has been wandering since the conclusion of Oedipus the King. But when the prophecies of Oedipus' death predict... Read more