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Ten-Minute Plays from the Guthrie Theater: Volume 2 by Lee Blessing and 4 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
(5)

Since its founding in 1963, the Guthrie Theater of Minneapolis has pioneered the American regional theater movement, bringing to life both the... Read more

Since its founding in 1963, the Guthrie Theater of Minneapolis has pioneered the American regional theater movement, bringing to life both the... Read more

Black Butterfly, Jaguar Girl, Pinata Woman and Other Superhero Girls, Like Me by Luis Alfaro

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 5 W, 
Productions (37)
(3)

For five girls living in gritty east L.A., growing up takes place in a world where parents refuse to speak ingles, girls in magazines never... Read more

For five girls living in gritty east L.A., growing up takes place in a world where parents refuse to speak ingles, girls in magazines never... Read more

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The Gift of the Magi adapted by Jon Jory

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 45 - 55 minutes
  • 10 W, 5 M,  (9-23 actors possible: 6-14 W, 3-9 M)
Productions (207)
(18)

This heartwarming romantic comedy, narrated by a group of Christmas carolers, tells the story of Della and Jim, who are desperately in love with... Read more

This heartwarming romantic comedy, narrated by a group of Christmas carolers, tells the story of Della and Jim, who are desperately in love with... Read more

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Oz by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 4 Any (8-16 actors possible: 4-8 W, 4-8 M)
Productions (792)
(101)

Reeling from her sister's death, Beth suddenly finds herself journeying through a world suspiciously resembling the film The Wizard of Oz. But... Read more

Reeling from her sister's death, Beth suddenly finds herself journeying through a world suspiciously resembling the film The Wizard of Oz. But... Read more

Available as eScript

We Are The Sea by Laura Lundgren Smith

  • Drama
  • |
  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 7 Any (12-30 actors possible: 3-28 W, 2-27 M)
Productions (135)
(48)

Norah, Una, and Iseult set sail from Ireland to escape the ravages of hunger, only to find a new set of dangers on their ocean voyage. The... Read more

Norah, Una, and Iseult set sail from Ireland to escape the ravages of hunger, only to find a new set of dangers on their ocean voyage. The... Read more

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Regina Flector Wins the Science Fair by Marco Ramirez

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 9 - 12 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 
Productions (112)
(9)

Middle schoolers Regina, Bradley, Tiffany, and Sam compete (somewhat viciously) for first place at their school Science Fair. Though everyone... Read more

Middle schoolers Regina, Bradley, Tiffany, and Sam compete (somewhat viciously) for first place at their school Science Fair. Though everyone... Read more

Face Forward: Growing up in Nazi Germany by Brendon Votipka

  • Drama
  • |
  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M,  (5-9 actors possible: 3-5 W, 2-4 M)
Productions (59)
(4)

Three young people growing up in Nazi Germany struggle to claim their identities and transition into adulthood in this collage play about ethics,... Read more

Three young people growing up in Nazi Germany struggle to claim their identities and transition into adulthood in this collage play about ethics,... Read more

Oh, the Humanity by Will Eno

  • Drama
  • |
  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M,  (3 actors possible: 1-2 W, 1-2 M)
Productions (33)
(7)

Two people and their two chairs seek to find meaning and direction in life, seek to find just the tiniest shred of certainty, consistency. A... Read more

Two people and their two chairs seek to find meaning and direction in life, seek to find just the tiniest shred of certainty, consistency. A... Read more

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Booby Trap by Ed Monk

  • Drama
  • |
  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 6 W, 5 M, 6 Any (11-17 actors possible: 5-12 W, 5-12 M)
Productions (664)
(55)

In the near future, an American soldier sits in a combat zone, trapped by a land mine. As he waits to see what will happen to him, scenes from... Read more

In the near future, an American soldier sits in a combat zone, trapped by a land mine. As he waits to see what will happen to him, scenes from... Read more

The Butleress by Nick Stoller

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 4 W, 
Productions (89)
(3)

Four women meet at the local community theater to rehearse an obscure English mystery-drama. And that's when they start getting murdered. Read more

Four women meet at the local community theater to rehearse an obscure English mystery-drama. And that's when they start getting murdered. Read more

Available as eScript

The Things She Held by Martha Epstein

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 25 - 30 minutes
  • 5 W, 1 Any (4-20 actors possible: 3-20 W, 0-17 M)
Productions (4)
(7)

The Things She Held follows a girl as she delivers an acceptance speech to one person, or a few people, or an empty space, or a collection of... Read more

The Things She Held follows a girl as she delivers an acceptance speech to one person, or a few people, or an empty space, or a collection of... Read more

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No Shoulder by Nina Shengold

  • Drama
  • |
  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (31)
(0)

A surreal late-night encounter between a childless widow and a teenage hitchhiker, who have far more in common than either imagines. (This play... Read more

A surreal late-night encounter between a childless widow and a teenage hitchhiker, who have far more in common than either imagines. (This play... Read more

War at Home by Nicole Quinn

  • Drama
  • |
  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 13 Any (16-30 actors possible: 4-26 W, 4-26 M)
Productions (198)
(21)

A group of students in a New York State high school 100 miles north of Ground Zero responds to the events of September 11th, 2001. The text of... Read more

A group of students in a New York State high school 100 miles north of Ground Zero responds to the events of September 11th, 2001. The text of... Read more

Available as eScript

Property Rites by Alan Haehnel

  • Drama
  • |
  • 40 - 55 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 13 Any (12-30 actors possible: 2-30 W, 2-30 M)
Productions (700)
(35)

Kyle Macmanus has invested millions in a high-tech work of art -- fifteen human-figure sculptures programmed to perform thousands of movements,... Read more

Kyle Macmanus has invested millions in a high-tech work of art -- fifteen human-figure sculptures programmed to perform thousands of movements,... Read more

Dancing on Checkers' Grave by Eric Lane

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (28)
(5)

Lisa and Dina meet at the grave site of Richard Nixon's dog, Checkers, to work on a high school English composition. Though the two girls... Read more

Lisa and Dina meet at the grave site of Richard Nixon's dog, Checkers, to work on a high school English composition. Though the two girls... Read more

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Double Date by J. Holtham

  • Drama
  • |
  • 15 - 20 minutes
  • 2 W, 1 M, 
Productions (58)
(0)

A man is torn between the life he's chosen and the life he turned away. Over the course of a dinner date with his glamorous, career-minded... Read more

A man is torn between the life he's chosen and the life he turned away. Over the course of a dinner date with his glamorous, career-minded... Read more

Authorial Intent by Itamar Moses

  • Drama
  • |
  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (18)
(0)

Three days after moving in together, a woman tells a man she doesn't love him anymore. Suddenly, the play itself undergoes a parallel breakdown,... Read more

Three days after moving in together, a woman tells a man she doesn't love him anymore. Suddenly, the play itself undergoes a parallel breakdown,... Read more

Cloudy by Michael Griffo

  • Drama
  • |
  • 15 - 20 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (29)
(0)

After witnessing something terrible happen to her three children, Georgia cannot continue living in the real world. To cope with her grief, she... Read more

After witnessing something terrible happen to her three children, Georgia cannot continue living in the real world. To cope with her grief, she... Read more

The Levee by Taylor Mac

  • Drama
  • |
  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (12)
(0)

Paige returns home late one night and announces to her concerned husband, Keith, that a recent trip to the doctor has revealed that she is... Read more

Paige returns home late one night and announces to her concerned husband, Keith, that a recent trip to the doctor has revealed that she is... Read more

Railing It Uptown by Shirley Lauro

  • Drama
  • |
  • 10 - 12 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (23)
(0)

Trapped in an empty Manhattan subway car that's racing uptown, two women -- one an upper-middle-class New Yorker, and one an underclass, homeless... Read more

Trapped in an empty Manhattan subway car that's racing uptown, two women -- one an upper-middle-class New Yorker, and one an underclass, homeless... Read more