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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
(17)

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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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 (289)
(38)

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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Rue by Mandy Conner

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 45 minutes
  • 8 W, 4 M,  (12-20 actors possible)
Productions (14)
(21)

Deep in a Louisiana swamp, sixteen-year-old Josephine struggles with intense anxiety following the mysterious disappearance of her parents. She... Read more

Deep in a Louisiana swamp, sixteen-year-old Josephine struggles with intense anxiety following the mysterious disappearance of her parents. She... 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 (101)
(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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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 (146)
(45)

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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Power Line by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 45 - 55 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 4 Any (6-20 actors possible: 0-20 W, 0-20 M)
Productions (51)
(21)

Mom and Dad want their freeloading kids to get jobs, but nothing could compete with the ultimate gig for high school kids that they had in 1989.... Read more

Mom and Dad want their freeloading kids to get jobs, but nothing could compete with the ultimate gig for high school kids that they had in 1989.... Read more

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Declaration by Jonathan Dorf

  • Drama
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  • 35 - 50 minutes
  • 6 W, 6 M, 10 Any (10-55 actors possible: 5-53 W, 2-50 M)
Productions (70)
(36)

A group of students gets up in the morning, jumping into the expected cycle of every school day--but today, the school they go to is part of a... Read more

A group of students gets up in the morning, jumping into the expected cycle of every school day--but today, the school they go to is part of a... 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 (69)
(38)

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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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 (134)
(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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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 (312)
(39)

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

The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon (one-act version) Stay-At-Home Edition by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 45 - 60 minutes
  • 5 Any (5-25 actors possible: 0-25 W, 0-25 M)
Productions (113)
(16)

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads and catapulted online in this fast-paced, rollicking ride. Two narrators and... Read more

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads and catapulted online in this fast-paced, rollicking ride. Two narrators and... Read more

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Little Women (one-act) adapted by Marisha Chamberlain

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 35 - 55 minutes
  • 7 W, 4 M, 
Productions (322)
(34)

Under the guidance of their beloved mother, the four young March sisters -- tempestuous Jo, motherly Meg, shy Beth, and spoiled baby Amy --... Read more

Under the guidance of their beloved mother, the four young March sisters -- tempestuous Jo, motherly Meg, shy Beth, and spoiled baby Amy --... 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 (140)
(69)

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

Available as eScript

A Voice in the Dark: A Salem Story by Elizabeth Downing

  • Drama
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  • 70 - 85 minutes
  • 7 W, 3 M, 5 Any (13-18 actors possible: 7-15 W, 3-8 M)
Productions (114)
(49)

Told through the eyes of a teenager, A Voice in the Dark: A Salem Story is a thrilling and poignant tale from one of the darkest eras in American... Read more

Told through the eyes of a teenager, A Voice in the Dark: A Salem Story is a thrilling and poignant tale from one of the darkest eras in American... Read more

The Wizard of Oz adapted by Erin Detrick

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 45 - 60 minutes
  • 11 W, 5 M, 5 Any (12-44 actors possible: 4-40 W, 4-40 M)
Productions (338)
(131)

When Dorothy drops into the Land of Oz, only one thing is certain: she's got to find a way back to Kansas. A funny and fast-paced journey down... Read more

When Dorothy drops into the Land of Oz, only one thing is certain: she's got to find a way back to Kansas. A funny and fast-paced journey down... 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 (199)
(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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Dinner With the MacGuffins by Chris Sheppard

  • Comedy
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  • 20 - 25 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M, 3 Any (7-8 actors possible: 2-5 W, 3-6 M)
Productions (409)
(16)

At first glance, this is a typical family comedy: teenage James and girlfriend Karen try to make out one afternoon, only to face repeated... Read more

At first glance, this is a typical family comedy: teenage James and girlfriend Karen try to make out one afternoon, only to face repeated... 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 (136)
(20)

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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Over the Tavern by Tom Dudzick

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 150 - 150 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 
Productions (313)
(6)

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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Nightfall With Edgar Allan Poe by Eric Coble

  • Drama
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M,  (5-9 actors possible: 0-9 W, 0-9 M)
Productions (305)
(45)

Edgar Allan Poe stands alone in the flickering darkness of his mind, trying desperately to convince himself -- and us -- that he's not mad. The... Read more

Edgar Allan Poe stands alone in the flickering darkness of his mind, trying desperately to convince himself -- and us -- that he's not mad. The... Read more