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Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes) by Greg Allen

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 2 - 65 minutes
  • 5 W, 5 M,  (5-20 actors possible: 2-10 W, 2-10 M)
Productions (777)
(41)

Having opened in 1988 and still playing today as the longest-running show in Chicago history, Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind is an... Read more

Having opened in 1988 and still playing today as the longest-running show in Chicago history, Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind is an... Read more

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Toil and Trouble by Lauren Gunderson

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M, 
Productions (20)
(5)

Underemployed friends Adam, Matt and Beth are desperate to beat the recession any way they can--like combining forces to take over a small island... Read more

Underemployed friends Adam, Matt and Beth are desperate to beat the recession any way they can--like combining forces to take over a small island... Read more

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde adapted by Noah Smith

  • Drama
  • |
  • 100 - 120 minutes
  • 3 W, 5 M,  (8-21 actors possible: 3-8 W, 4-14 M)
Productions (148)
(22)

Dr. Henry Jekyll is a brilliant scientist frustrated by dull "respectable" life in 1888 Victorian London. He creates a formula to unleash his... Read more

Dr. Henry Jekyll is a brilliant scientist frustrated by dull "respectable" life in 1888 Victorian London. He creates a formula to unleash his... Read more

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Community Garden by Justin Borak

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 40 - 80 minutes
  • 5 W, 6 M, 7 Any (8-18 actors possible: 3-12 W, 3-13 M)
Productions (21)
(24)

Uptown, Chicago, newbie Ralph doesn’t quite know what to expect during his first volunteer shift at Uptown City Gardens. It’s certainly not... Read more

Uptown, Chicago, newbie Ralph doesn’t quite know what to expect during his first volunteer shift at Uptown City Gardens. It’s certainly not... Read more

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They Promised Her the Moon by Laurel Ollstein

  • Drama
  • |
  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (6-18 actors possible: 3-15 W, 3-12 M)
Productions (53)
(33)

The first American woman to test for space flight, Jerrie Cobb, steps into an isolation tank for a record-breaking nine hours as her memories... Read more

The first American woman to test for space flight, Jerrie Cobb, steps into an isolation tank for a record-breaking nine hours as her memories... Read more

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I Hate Shakespeare! by Steph DeFerie

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M,  (5-43 actors possible: 0-43 W, 0-43 M)
Productions (798)
(77)

We hate Shakespeare! At least that's what the audience thinks until they get a rip-roaring rundown of Shakespeare's classics. With zombies,... Read more

We hate Shakespeare! At least that's what the audience thinks until they get a rip-roaring rundown of Shakespeare's classics. With zombies,... Read more

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Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story adapted by Jerry R. Montoya

  • Drama
  • |
  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 3 W, 5 M,  (8-12 actors possible: 0-8 W, 0-8 M)
Productions (44)
(1)

An inspired adaptation of the holiday classic, reimagined through highly theatrical storytelling. Actors whimsically transform from narrators... Read more

An inspired adaptation of the holiday classic, reimagined through highly theatrical storytelling. Actors whimsically transform from narrators... Read more

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46 Plays for America's First Ladies by Andy Bayiates and 3 others

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 105 - 115 minutes
  • Various
Productions (9)
(1)

46 Plays for America’s First Ladies leaps from comic to tragic as it surveys the lives of the women who have served (and avoided serving) as... Read more

46 Plays for America’s First Ladies leaps from comic to tragic as it surveys the lives of the women who have served (and avoided serving) as... Read more

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7 Ways to Say I Love You by Adam Szymkowicz

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 60 - 65 minutes
  • 8 W, 5 M, 2 Any (3-15 actors possible: 2-10 W, 1-7 M)
Productions (40)
(20)

This collection of funny, sweet, silly, poignant and stylistically diverse short plays from New York favorite Adam Szymkowicz has something for... Read more

This collection of funny, sweet, silly, poignant and stylistically diverse short plays from New York favorite Adam Szymkowicz has something for... Read more

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46 Plays For 46 Presidents by Andy Bayiates and 3 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 105 - 115 minutes
  • 5 Any (5-158 actors possible: 0-158 W, 0-158 M)
Productions (156)
(33)

46 Plays for 46 Presidents is exactly what it sounds like, but every turn it takes is entirely unexpected. In each of these espresso shots of... Read more

46 Plays for 46 Presidents is exactly what it sounds like, but every turn it takes is entirely unexpected. In each of these espresso shots of... Read more

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The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon (full-length) by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 3 Any (5-43 actors possible: 1-41 W, 1-42 M)
Productions (1784)
(117)

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt... Read more

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt... Read more

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Peter/Wendy by Jeremy Bloom

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 65 - 75 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 2 Any (7-30 actors possible: 3-30 W, 2-30 M)
Productions (557)
(106)

In this lyrical, atmospheric interpretation of Peter Pan, Jeremy Bloom strips the familiar story down to its emotional essence. Peter lures Wendy... Read more

In this lyrical, atmospheric interpretation of Peter Pan, Jeremy Bloom strips the familiar story down to its emotional essence. Peter lures Wendy... Read more

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Exit, Pursued by a Bear by Lauren Gunderson

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 75 - 80 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 
Productions (131)
(13)

Nan has decided to teach her abusive husband Kyle a lesson. With the help of her friend Simon (acting as her emotional -- and actual --... Read more

Nan has decided to teach her abusive husband Kyle a lesson. With the help of her friend Simon (acting as her emotional -- and actual --... Read more

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Space Girl by Mora V. Harris

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 5 W, 1 M, 1 Any (7-11 actors possible: 5-10 W, 1-3 M)
Productions (29)
(22)

Arugula Suarez just wants to fit in. But it's not easy when you're a sixteen-year-old alien from the planet Zlagdor. Stuck in a world where the... Read more

Arugula Suarez just wants to fit in. But it's not easy when you're a sixteen-year-old alien from the planet Zlagdor. Stuck in a world where the... Read more

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Laugh Out Loud (cry quietly) by Stacie Lents

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 90 - 110 minutes
  • 12 W, 4 M,  (5-34 actors possible: 4-24 W, 1-10 M)
Productions (29)
(6)

Follow a group of twenty-somethings living in New York City as they turn to the internet (where else?) to find love. Through a series of wacky... Read more

Follow a group of twenty-somethings living in New York City as they turn to the internet (where else?) to find love. Through a series of wacky... Read more

Sherlock Holmes and The Case of the Jersey Lily by Katie Forgette

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 115 - 130 minutes
  • 2 W, 5 M,  (7-11 actors possible: 2-3 W, 5-8 M)
Productions (111)
(4)

The wit of Oscar Wilde meets the cunning of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle when Wilde brings his dear friend, Lillie Langtry, to Baker Street. Someone... Read more

The wit of Oscar Wilde meets the cunning of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle when Wilde brings his dear friend, Lillie Langtry, to Baker Street. Someone... Read more

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The Dog Logs by CJ Johnson

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 60 - 100 minutes
  • 3 M,  (1-15 actors possible: 0-15 W, 0-15 M)
Productions (36)
(6)

From a tough Rottweiler with neighbor problems to an aging mongrel who discovers love late in life, this collection of hilarious and... Read more

From a tough Rottweiler with neighbor problems to an aging mongrel who discovers love late in life, this collection of hilarious and... Read more

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This Is Modern Art by Kevin Coval

  • Drama
  • |
  • 85 - 100 minutes
  • 2 W, 4 M, 
Productions (14)
(5)

Graffiti crews are willing to risk anything for their art. Though people call them vandals, criminals, and even creative terrorists, they're... Read more

Graffiti crews are willing to risk anything for their art. Though people call them vandals, criminals, and even creative terrorists, they're... Read more

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Suicide, Incorporated by Andrew Hinderaker

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 75 - 90 minutes
  • 6 M, 
Productions (23)
(3)

Jason's having a tough week at work. Profits are down, lawsuits are up, and worst of all, his boss has begun to suspect the truth: that Jason's... Read more

Jason's having a tough week at work. Profits are down, lawsuits are up, and worst of all, his boss has begun to suspect the truth: that Jason's... Read more

Permanent Collection by Thomas Gibbons

  • Drama
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  • 115 - 125 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 
Productions (60)
(2)

Soon after African-American businessman Sterling North becomes the new director of the Morris Foundation, he discovers that this world-famous art... Read more

Soon after African-American businessman Sterling North becomes the new director of the Morris Foundation, he discovers that this world-famous art... Read more