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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

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Chester, Who Painted The World Purple by Marco Ramirez

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M, 1 Any (4-6 actors possible: 1-4 W, 2-5 M)
Productions (53)
(7)

Chester sets out to paint the world purple when he realizes it's the only color his blind grandfather can see. Read more

Chester sets out to paint the world purple when he realizes it's the only color his blind grandfather can see. 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)
(4)

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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Regina Flector Wins the Science Fair by Marco Ramirez

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 9 - 12 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 
Productions (120)
(13)

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

Available as eScript

dirt by Mandy Conner

  • Drama
  • |
  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 5 W, 8 M, 5 Any (13-20 actors possible: 4-13 W, 7-16 M)
Productions (144)
(54)

When the 1935 Dust Bowl batters the Texas Panhandle with drought, dirt, and devastation, the Loftin family is hit especially hard. Matriarch... Read more

When the 1935 Dust Bowl batters the Texas Panhandle with drought, dirt, and devastation, the Loftin family is hit especially hard. Matriarch... Read more

The Butleress by Nick Stoller

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 4 W, 
Productions (91)
(4)

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

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 (732)
(39)

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

A Timely Maneuver by Emmett Loverde

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 15 - 25 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (67)
(1)

Arrow-stiff Jane is unpleasantly surprised when her reckless blind date, Reggie, sets an egg timer on their table. Five minutes later the timer... Read more

Arrow-stiff Jane is unpleasantly surprised when her reckless blind date, Reggie, sets an egg timer on their table. Five minutes later the timer... Read more

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The Murderous Mansion of Mr. Uno by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 40 - 60 minutes
  • 5 W, 6 M,  (11 actors possible: 5-6 W, 5-6 M)
Productions (252)
(120)

The mysterious Mr. Uno has invited six eccentric guests to his dark and stormy mansion. When Uno winds up dead (several times over), and guests... Read more

The mysterious Mr. Uno has invited six eccentric guests to his dark and stormy mansion. When Uno winds up dead (several times over), and guests... 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)
(8)

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

Ron Bobby Had Too Big a Heart by Rolin Jones

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 8 - 10 minutes
  • 3 W, 
Productions (13)
(0)

A shotgun, some ammo, bottle of chloroform, the prom queen in a laundry bag...just two young girls of age packing for a road trip. Read more

A shotgun, some ammo, bottle of chloroform, the prom queen in a laundry bag...just two young girls of age packing for a road trip. 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 (61)
(6)

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

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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 (716)
(67)

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 Grand Design by Susan Miller

  • Drama
  • |
  • 18 - 20 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (26)
(0)

A scientist tries to come up with a new message about humanity to be sent into space while his mother walks across the United States. A tender... Read more

A scientist tries to come up with a new message about humanity to be sent into space while his mother walks across the United States. A tender... Read more

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Math for Actors by Emily C. A. Snyder

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 20 - 30 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (50)
(5)

Math meets mayhem when studious Kate agrees to tutor Keith, an arrogant actor who's more interested in Kate than in calculus. He shows up late,... Read more

Math meets mayhem when studious Kate agrees to tutor Keith, an arrogant actor who's more interested in Kate than in calculus. He shows up late,... Read more

Roll Over, Beethoven by David Ives

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 M, 1 Any (2 actors possible: exactly 1 W, 1-2 M)
Productions (96)
(13)

Robin, a shy teenager, comes for a first piano lesson to Dr. Felix Goldenbaum, an effusive and eccentric teacher. Robin is amazed to find that he... Read more

Robin, a shy teenager, comes for a first piano lesson to Dr. Felix Goldenbaum, an effusive and eccentric teacher. Robin is amazed to find that he... Read more

Three Guys and a Brenda by Adam Bock

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 10 - 10 minutes
  • 4 W, 
Productions (49)
(2)

Three guys sit around while one tries to screw up the courage to talk to a female co-worker. He does, and more. It may be hard being a guy, but... Read more

Three guys sit around while one tries to screw up the courage to talk to a female co-worker. He does, and more. It may be hard being a guy, but... Read more

Frankenstein (one-act) adapted by Michael Bigelow Dixon

  • Drama
  • |
  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 7 W, 5 M, 3 Any (12-15 actors possible)
Productions (19)
(15)

It’s 1818, and Victor Frankenstein is a medical student at Ingolstadt University on the verge of a scientific breakthrough: His goal is to... Read more

It’s 1818, and Victor Frankenstein is a medical student at Ingolstadt University on the verge of a scientific breakthrough: His goal is to... Read more

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The Bible in 30 Minutes ... Or Less! by Anton Bucher

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 15 Any (7-50 actors possible: 0-25 W, 0-25 M)
Productions (303)
(29)

The entire Bible in thirty minutes or less -- just like the title promises. Led by an ambitious narrator, this energetic and hilarious play opens... Read more

The entire Bible in thirty minutes or less -- just like the title promises. Led by an ambitious narrator, this energetic and hilarious play opens... Read more

Bedtime by Mary Gallagher

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 8 - 10 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (57)
(0)

Unanswered questions about God and "forever" are keeping Tina up at night, and only the reassuring words of her sister, Kitty, can put her mind... Read more

Unanswered questions about God and "forever" are keeping Tina up at night, and only the reassuring words of her sister, Kitty, can put her mind... Read more