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Random Acts of Comedy: 15 Hit One-Act Plays for Student Actors by Peter Bloedel and 11 others

  • Comedy
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  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
(14)

Home of the most popular one-act plays for student actors, Playscripts, Inc. presents 15 of their very best short comedies. From a blind dating... Read more

Home of the most popular one-act plays for student actors, Playscripts, Inc. presents 15 of their very best short comedies. From a blind dating... Read more

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Orange Is the New Glass by Tyler Dwiggins

  • Comedy
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  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 9 W, 4 M, 5 Any (13-18 actors possible: 8-17 W, 1-10 M)
Productions (128)
(40)

In a fairy-tale kingdom obsessed with pop culture and social media, fairy godmothers are lawyers and the Three Little Pig-arazzi chase... Read more

In a fairy-tale kingdom obsessed with pop culture and social media, fairy godmothers are lawyers and the Three Little Pig-arazzi chase... Read more

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Making God Laugh by Sean Grennan

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 120 - 130 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M,  (5-20 actors possible: 2-8 W, 3-12 M)
Productions (147)
(22)

Making God Laugh follows one typical American family over the course of thirty years' worth of holidays. Starting in 1980, Ruthie and Bill's... Read more

Making God Laugh follows one typical American family over the course of thirty years' worth of holidays. Starting in 1980, Ruthie and Bill's... Read more

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What I Want to Say But Never Will by Alan Haehnel

  • Drama
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  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 20 Any (5-76 actors possible: 0-76 W, 0-76 M)
Productions (144)
(40)

If you could say anything you wanted, without any consequences or judgment, just what would you say? Based on student responses from around the... Read more

If you could say anything you wanted, without any consequences or judgment, just what would you say? Based on student responses from around the... Read more

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Influencer Nation by Meg McCrossen

  • Comedy
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 10 Any (3-13 actors possible: 0-13 W, 0-13 M)
Productions (20)
(7)

The two uptight hosts of the Kennedy Center Honors find themselves broadcasting live from their nightmares when they are forced to honor some of... Read more

The two uptight hosts of the Kennedy Center Honors find themselves broadcasting live from their nightmares when they are forced to honor some of... Read more

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After Math by Jonathan Dorf

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 6 Any (8-40 actors possible: 2-38 W, 2-38 M)
Productions (286)
(36)

When a man and woman in suits take Emmett away in the middle of math class, his classmates come up with their own explanations for his mysterious... Read more

When a man and woman in suits take Emmett away in the middle of math class, his classmates come up with their own explanations for his mysterious... Read more

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Nothing Serious by Rich Orloff

  • Comedy
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  • 90 - 115 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M, 2 Any (7-34 actors possible: 2-31 W, 3-32 M)
Productions (99)
(5)

Nothing Serious is a collection of Rich Orloff's 10 most popular and acclaimed 10-minute comedies, including two affectionate dissections of... Read more

Nothing Serious is a collection of Rich Orloff's 10 most popular and acclaimed 10-minute comedies, including two affectionate dissections of... Read more

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Crafting a Killer by Brent Holland

  • Drama
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  • 35 - 40 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 7 Any (9 actors possible: 1-8 W, 1-8 M)
Productions (56)
(34)

When a shadowy intelligence organization finds a way to move a person's consciousness from one body to another, they decide to use the technology... Read more

When a shadowy intelligence organization finds a way to move a person's consciousness from one body to another, they decide to use the technology... Read more

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Math by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 13 Any (9-15 actors possible)
Productions (17)
(6)

Algebra should be illegal! At least that’s what Dahlia told her dad, who took her complaints straight to the school board. Now, parents are... Read more

Algebra should be illegal! At least that’s what Dahlia told her dad, who took her complaints straight to the school board. Now, parents are... Read more

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Fire Exit by Stacie Lents

  • Drama
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  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 3 Any (4-8 actors possible: 2-6 W, 2-5 M)
Productions (147)
(22)

Everybody at Westfield High School thinks they know what happened the day of the fire. Fire Exit opens in the aftermath, as the community faces... Read more

Everybody at Westfield High School thinks they know what happened the day of the fire. Fire Exit opens in the aftermath, as the community faces... Read more

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The NSA's Guide to Winning Friends and Influencing People by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 40 - 45 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 23 Any (6-29 actors possible: 3-26 W, 3-26 M)
Productions (133)
(17)

Having trouble as the new kid in school? Unlucky in love? Feeling like everyone hates you? You're in luck! Now you can use the National Security... Read more

Having trouble as the new kid in school? Unlucky in love? Feeling like everyone hates you? You're in luck! Now you can use the National Security... Read more

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The Jungle Book adapted by Monica Flory

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 60 - 75 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M, 10 Any (12-22 actors possible: 0-22 W, 0-22 M)
Productions (300)
(34)

In this action-packed adaptation of the classic adventure story, precocious Mowgli grows up believing he's as fierce a wolf as any of the members... Read more

In this action-packed adaptation of the classic adventure story, precocious Mowgli grows up believing he's as fierce a wolf as any of the members... Read more

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The Edgar Allan Poe Afterlife Radio Show by Patrick Greene

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (5-20 actors possible: 2-17 W, 3-18 M)
Productions (44)
(23)

A tap at a chamber door, and the beat of a hideous heart evoke the very best and creepiest of Edgar Allan Poe. So when Poe sets out to keep his... Read more

A tap at a chamber door, and the beat of a hideous heart evoke the very best and creepiest of Edgar Allan Poe. So when Poe sets out to keep his... Read more

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How to Kiss a Girl by Wade Bradford

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 7 W, 5 M, 2 Any (9-14 actors possible: 5-9 W, 4-7 M)
Productions (192)
(13)

When young Ken Beardsley gets ready for his very first date, he decides to download audio advice from across the centuries in order to impress... Read more

When young Ken Beardsley gets ready for his very first date, he decides to download audio advice from across the centuries in order to impress... Read more

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Bethel Park Falls by Jason Pizzarello

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 1 Any (5-17 actors possible: 2-15 W, 2-15 M)
Productions (38)
(16)

The residents of the small town of Bethel are facing a crisis: Their beloved park has been sold out from under them and it's sending their lives... Read more

The residents of the small town of Bethel are facing a crisis: Their beloved park has been sold out from under them and it's sending their lives... Read more

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Over the Tavern by Tom Dudzick

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 150 - 150 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 
Productions (312)
(5)

In that most idealized period of 20th-century America, the Eisenhower years of the 1950s, the Pazinski family has a lot going on in their cramped... Read more

In that most idealized period of 20th-century America, the Eisenhower years of the 1950s, the Pazinski family has a lot going on in their cramped... Read more

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War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast adapted by Joe Landry

  • Drama
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  • 70 - 75 minutes
  • 1 W, 5 M,  (4-40 actors possible: 1-9 W, 3-31 M)
Productions (124)
(60)

An alien invasion throws humanity into chaos in the classic sci-fi novel The War of the Worlds--but all it took to cause real-life panic in the... Read more

An alien invasion throws humanity into chaos in the classic sci-fi novel The War of the Worlds--but all it took to cause real-life panic in the... Read more

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The Bookstore by Adam Szymkowicz

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (6-28 actors possible: 3-16 W, 3-17 M)
Productions (15)
(15)

The future of a whimsical, almost magical bookstore is uncertain after the owner dies and leaves the shop to her niece Rachel. Rachel has a job... Read more

The future of a whimsical, almost magical bookstore is uncertain after the owner dies and leaves the shop to her niece Rachel. Rachel has a job... Read more

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Dracula adapted by William McNulty

  • Drama
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 7 W, 7 M,  (12-14 actors possible: 5-7 W, exactly 7 M)
Productions (237)
(16)

Professor Van Helsing and his brave comrades must hunt down and destroy the profoundly evil Count Dracula. But the Count is exceedingly... Read more

Professor Van Helsing and his brave comrades must hunt down and destroy the profoundly evil Count Dracula. But the Count is exceedingly... Read more

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The Auditioners by Doug Rand

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 11 W, 3 M,  (3-14 actors possible: 0-14 W, 0-14 M)
Productions (213)
(11)

This audition was supposed to be simple: prepare one classical monologue and one contemporary monologue. But when this challenge is taken up by a... Read more

This audition was supposed to be simple: prepare one classical monologue and one contemporary monologue. But when this challenge is taken up by a... Read more