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Validation by Alan Haehnel

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 5 W, 2 M, 10 Any (12-17 actors possible: 5-15 W, 2-12 M)
Productions (22)
(4)

Liza's family is getting boring -- and unless ratings improve, the network is going to pull the plug on their non-stop reality TV show. Living in... Read more

Liza's family is getting boring -- and unless ratings improve, the network is going to pull the plug on their non-stop reality TV show. Living in... Read more

The Truth About Dinosaurs by Jim Knable

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 35 - 40 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M,  (4-13 actors possible: 2-7 W, 2-6 M)
Productions (14)
(8)

Dinosaurs create smart, poignant allegories in this series of stories narrated by a mysterious figure in a trench coat. From a young boy who... Read more

Dinosaurs create smart, poignant allegories in this series of stories narrated by a mysterious figure in a trench coat. From a young boy who... 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

Still Life by Seth Kramer

  • Drama
  • |
  • 15 - 17 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M,  (2 actors possible: 0-2 W, 0-2 M)
Productions (24)
(3)

What do you do when your purpose in life has been stolen from you? One year after Michelle lost all her artwork and the use of her hands in an... Read more

What do you do when your purpose in life has been stolen from you? One year after Michelle lost all her artwork and the use of her hands in an... Read more

Zealot by Julie Marie Myatt

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M, 
Productions (18)
(0)

Four young people witness the suicide of a zealot, and the shock of this death turns their thoughts to what they would sacrifice life for. What... Read more

Four young people witness the suicide of a zealot, and the shock of this death turns their thoughts to what they would sacrifice life for. What... Read more

Cold Reading by Paul Dooley

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M, 3 Any (7-10 actors possible: 1-4 W, 3-6 M)
Productions (18)
(0)

When a menacing stranger appears at the door of a theatrical producer's office, the man only has one request: that the producer read aloud a... Read more

When a menacing stranger appears at the door of a theatrical producer's office, the man only has one request: that the producer read aloud a... Read more

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Harriet Tubman: An American Moses by Gay Monteverde

  • Drama
  • |
  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M,  (2 actors possible: 1-2 W, 0-1 M)
Productions (12)
(1)

When a storyteller summons Harriet Tubman from the past, one of America's greatest heroines offers to divulge the details of her extraordinary... Read more

When a storyteller summons Harriet Tubman from the past, one of America's greatest heroines offers to divulge the details of her extraordinary... Read more

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To the Table by Alan Haehnel

  • Drama
  • |
  • 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

Hum of the Arctic by Sarah Hammond

  • Drama
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  • 10 - 14 minutes
  • 2 W, 1 M, 
Productions (21)
(0)

While flipping through a scrapbook, Claire recounts the story of her deaf mother's intriguing meeting with a painter many years ago. Read more

While flipping through a scrapbook, Claire recounts the story of her deaf mother's intriguing meeting with a painter many years ago. Read more

It's Our Town, Too by Susan Miller

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 25 - 30 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 2 Any (8-10 actors possible: 4-5 W, 3-5 M)
Productions (30)
(0)

In this homage to Wilder's classic play, Emily and Elizabeth fall in love in a small town, and then flash forward to the wedding of their son to... Read more

In this homage to Wilder's classic play, Emily and Elizabeth fall in love in a small town, and then flash forward to the wedding of their son to... Read more

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The Drama School From Hell by Jon Jory

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 45 - 55 minutes
  • 12 W, 4 M,  (16-22 actors possible: 12-15 W, 4-7 M)
Productions (11)
(1)

A new crop of American thespians are eager to start L.A.V.A.'s Summer Drama Program in the remote English moors -- so much so that no one seems... Read more

A new crop of American thespians are eager to start L.A.V.A.'s Summer Drama Program in the remote English moors -- so much so that no one seems... Read more

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Lush Life by Nina Shengold

  • Drama
  • |
  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (4)
(0)

On a late-night subway platform, a single woman encounters a homeless street musician, who may or may not be her schizophrenic first love. (This... Read more

On a late-night subway platform, a single woman encounters a homeless street musician, who may or may not be her schizophrenic first love. (This... Read more

To Know Know Know Me by Courtney Baron

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 25 - 30 minutes
  • 6 W, 3 M,  (5-9 actors possible: 3-6 W, 2-3 M)
Productions (6)
(0)

Jahnesha is dying to be famous. Emily is pretending to be famous. Mariah's brother is infamous. Ashley is famous. And Elizabeth and Avrian are... Read more

Jahnesha is dying to be famous. Emily is pretending to be famous. Mariah's brother is infamous. Ashley is famous. And Elizabeth and Avrian are... Read more

The Great Father by Victor Lodato

  • Drama
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  • 5 - 10 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (7)
(0)

A young man and woman in a psychiatric ward confront the violence lurking in history and in their own pasts. This piece is part of Snapshot, an... Read more

A young man and woman in a psychiatric ward confront the violence lurking in history and in their own pasts. This piece is part of Snapshot, an... Read more

Conspicuous by Winter Miller

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 8 W, 8 M,  (10-20 actors possible: 5-10 W, 5-10 M)
Productions (5)
(5)

Adoption brings a multitude of diverse people together, transcending race, culture, and traditional gender roles. In this fast-paced collection... Read more

Adoption brings a multitude of diverse people together, transcending race, culture, and traditional gender roles. In this fast-paced collection... Read more

Light by Jeni Mahoney

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 15 - 20 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (19)
(1)

Helena is undergoing a spiritual rebirth under the guidance of a mysterious, self-proclaimed guru. Her childhood friend and recent divorcee,... Read more

Helena is undergoing a spiritual rebirth under the guidance of a mysterious, self-proclaimed guru. Her childhood friend and recent divorcee,... Read more

Available as eScript

A Prayer for Mary Catherine by Elizabeth Downing

  • Drama
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  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 5 W, 1 M,  (6-7 actors possible: 5-6 W, exactly 1 Men)
Productions (9)
(3)

When Dr. Elaine Parsons becomes the new headmistress of a Catholic, all-girls school, not everyone is happy. While the amiable Father Mason... Read more

When Dr. Elaine Parsons becomes the new headmistress of a Catholic, all-girls school, not everyone is happy. While the amiable Father Mason... Read more

Margo at Sea by J. Holtham

  • Drama
  • |
  • 15 - 20 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (10)
(0)

A young woman struggles to choose between her self-consciously struggling photographer boyfriend and the possibility of a new, more glamorous... Read more

A young woman struggles to choose between her self-consciously struggling photographer boyfriend and the possibility of a new, more glamorous... Read more

Moonlight Marionettes by Andy Evans

  • Drama
  • |
  • 20 - 30 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M, 
Productions (27)
(5)

Three enigmatic characters meet up one night on a park bench, each with a secret to hide and a story to tell. Why are they there? Who is after... Read more

Three enigmatic characters meet up one night on a park bench, each with a secret to hide and a story to tell. Why are they there? Who is after... Read more

Another Beautiful Story by John Clancy

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 10 - 12 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 2 Any (4 actors possible: 1-3 W, 1-3 M)
Productions (30)
(0)

The Narrator stands center stage. But before anything is revealed, he falls over, dead. Enter Artsy Guy, Lead Actress, and Fourth Character who... Read more

The Narrator stands center stage. But before anything is revealed, he falls over, dead. Enter Artsy Guy, Lead Actress, and Fourth Character who... Read more