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The Annotated War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script by Howard E. Koch

  • Drama
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  • 60 - 65 minutes
  • 5 M, 6 Any (4-22 actors possible: 0-9 W, 4-22 M)
Productions (12)
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The original manuscript used for the notorious 1938 Mercury Theatre broadcast of The War of the Worlds, this book includes notes and changes to... Read more

The original manuscript used for the notorious 1938 Mercury Theatre broadcast of The War of the Worlds, this book includes notes and changes to... Read more

Orestes: An Antic Tragedy transadapted by Anne Washburn

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 135 - 145 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M, 5 Any (8-12 actors possible: 1-6 W, 2-7 M)
Productions (3)
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The Trojan war is over. Orestes and Electra have killed their mother. The city wants them dead. Just when it seems like they have nowhere to... Read more

The Trojan war is over. Orestes and Electra have killed their mother. The city wants them dead. Just when it seems like they have nowhere to... Read more

Priscilla Dreams the Answer by Walt McGough

  • Comedy
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  • 45 - 60 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M,  (5-9 actors possible: 1-7 W, 2-8 M)
Productions (28)
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Priscilla, a lonely woman who works at a hobby shop, is so empathetic that she cries nightly while watching game shows. But her evening routine... Read more

Priscilla, a lonely woman who works at a hobby shop, is so empathetic that she cries nightly while watching game shows. But her evening routine... Read more

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The World's Largest Rodent by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (6-21 actors possible: 3-16 W, 3-16 M)
Productions (1)
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Billy's life was pushed to the brink of insanity when his father disappeared and his mother slipped into a catatonic state after a failed suicide... Read more

Billy's life was pushed to the brink of insanity when his father disappeared and his mother slipped into a catatonic state after a failed suicide... Read more

Love Child by Daniel Jenkins

  • Comedy
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  • 75 - 85 minutes
  • 2 M,  (2-13 actors possible: 0-5 W, 0-8 M)
Productions (11)
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Joel, a neurotic, down-on-his-heels actor/playwright, is opening his new adaptation of an obscure Euripides comedy in a smelly former sausage... Read more

Joel, a neurotic, down-on-his-heels actor/playwright, is opening his new adaptation of an obscure Euripides comedy in a smelly former sausage... Read more

Monkey in the Middle by Brighde Mullins

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 120 - 125 minutes
  • 6 W, 9 M,  (12-15 actors possible: 5-6 W, 7-9 M)
Productions (3)
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It's the mid-1980s, just when the Human Genome Project is getting underway. After being dumped in the desert by her military-minded dad, Tara... Read more

It's the mid-1980s, just when the Human Genome Project is getting underway. After being dumped in the desert by her military-minded dad, Tara... Read more

Girl Gone by Mac Wellman

  • Comedy
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  • 60 - 75 minutes
  • 7 W, 2 M,  (9-14 actors possible: 7-10 W, 2-4 M)
Productions (7)
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A deliciously evil trio of girls cause a good girl to disappear at their swank Girls' School. As Lisa, Lissa, and Elyssa use their sinister... Read more

A deliciously evil trio of girls cause a good girl to disappear at their swank Girls' School. As Lisa, Lissa, and Elyssa use their sinister... Read more

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Mansfield Park adapted by Jon Jory

  • Comedy
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  • 100 - 120 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M,  (9-10 actors possible: 5-6 W, exactly 4 M)
Productions (1)
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Growing up in her wealthy uncle's house at Mansfield Park, Fanny Price is constantly reminded of her lower social status. But when Henry and Mary... Read more

Growing up in her wealthy uncle's house at Mansfield Park, Fanny Price is constantly reminded of her lower social status. But when Henry and Mary... Read more

National Pastime by Bryan Harnetiaux

  • Drama
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  • 105 - 120 minutes
  • 4 W, 8 M,  (12-16 actors possible: 4-6 W, 8-10 M)
Productions (4)
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National Pastime follows the journeys of Jackie Robinson, the first black player in major league baseball, and Wesley Branch Rickey, the white... Read more

National Pastime follows the journeys of Jackie Robinson, the first black player in major league baseball, and Wesley Branch Rickey, the white... Read more

Hype Hero (King Patch) by Dominic Taylor

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 5 W, 5 M, 
Productions (1)
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In the not-too-distant future, in an urban center in America, welfare has been privatized. Society is divided into those who must wear the... Read more

In the not-too-distant future, in an urban center in America, welfare has been privatized. Society is divided into those who must wear the... Read more

Uncle Vanya adapted by Craig Lucas

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 120 - 130 minutes
  • 4 W, 5 M, 
Productions (5)
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This new adaptation of Chekhov's classic tragicomedy, where a visit from a professor and his beautiful young wife turns one family's simple... Read more

This new adaptation of Chekhov's classic tragicomedy, where a visit from a professor and his beautiful young wife turns one family's simple... Read more

You're Welcome (A Cycle of Bad Plays) by Hannah Bos

  • Comedy
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M, 6 Any (5-18 actors possible: 2-9 W, 3-9 M)
Productions (8)
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You're Welcome is a collection of five small plays about creation and failure, a unified theatrical myth that tells the story of an invented band... Read more

You're Welcome is a collection of five small plays about creation and failure, a unified theatrical myth that tells the story of an invented band... Read more

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Funny as a Crutch by Rich Orloff

  • Comedy
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  • 75 - 90 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M,  (5-36 actors possible: 2-15 W, 3-20 M)
Productions (19)
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Funny as a Crutch mixes ten vibrant short plays in an uproarious yet touching collection that explores the concept of disability. In tales... Read more

Funny as a Crutch mixes ten vibrant short plays in an uproarious yet touching collection that explores the concept of disability. In tales... Read more

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Small Packages: Collected Short Plays by Wendy MacLeod

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 60 - 80 minutes
  • 3 W, 5 M,  (5-17 actors possible: 2-7 W, 3-10 M)
Productions (1)
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From the mind of the writer of The House of Yes and Juvenilia comes this exciting new collection of short plays. With characters ranging from a... Read more

From the mind of the writer of The House of Yes and Juvenilia comes this exciting new collection of short plays. With characters ranging from a... Read more

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A Bright Swarm of Beetles by Don Zolidis

  • Drama
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  • 115 - 125 minutes
  • 4 W, 6 M,  (10-40 actors possible: 4-20 W, 6-20 M)
Productions (2)
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Based on actual events, A Bright Swarm of Beetles follows the breathtaking career of the greatest writer of the Soviet Union: Mikhail Bulgakov.... Read more

Based on actual events, A Bright Swarm of Beetles follows the breathtaking career of the greatest writer of the Soviet Union: Mikhail Bulgakov.... Read more

Available as eScript

Goodbye Cruel World by Robert Ross Parker

  • Comedy
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  • 85 - 100 minutes
  • 2 W, 4 M,  (6-14 actors possible: 2-4 W, 4-10 M)
Productions (3)
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Semyon Semyonovich has a problem: he thinks his life isn't worth living. Unfortunately, everyone he knows agrees with him! But when he decides to... Read more

Semyon Semyonovich has a problem: he thinks his life isn't worth living. Unfortunately, everyone he knows agrees with him! But when he decides to... Read more

Children at Play by Jordan Seavey

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 
Productions (1)
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It's Morgan's first day at James Joyce Junior High School for Gifted and Talented Students, and she quickly befriends four fellow misfits:... Read more

It's Morgan's first day at James Joyce Junior High School for Gifted and Talented Students, and she quickly befriends four fellow misfits:... Read more

The Miser (full-length version) adapted by Timothy Mooney

  • Comedy
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  • 90 - 115 minutes
  • 4 W, 10 M,  (11-14 actors possible: 3-8 W, 5-10 M)
Productions (8)
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Harpagon loves nothing so much as his money, not even his own children. So, even though both his son and daughter have fallen in love with young,... Read more

Harpagon loves nothing so much as his money, not even his own children. So, even though both his son and daughter have fallen in love with young,... Read more

The Wax by Kathleen Tolan

  • Comedy
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  • 80 - 100 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M,  (8-9 actors possible: 4-5 W, exactly 4 M)
Productions (2)
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At an out of town wedding, in a hotel by the sea, a bevy of soul-searching writers and scientists finds itself catapulted into full existential... Read more

At an out of town wedding, in a hotel by the sea, a bevy of soul-searching writers and scientists finds itself catapulted into full existential... Read more

The Cherry Orchard translated by Nicholas Saunders

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 110 - 130 minutes
  • 5 W, 10 M, 3 Any (15-18 actors possible: 5-8 W, 10-13 M)
Productions (2)
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Faced with the imminent loss of her family estate, Lyubov Andreyevna Ranyevskaya returns to her ancestral home and neighboring cherry orchard to... Read more

Faced with the imminent loss of her family estate, Lyubov Andreyevna Ranyevskaya returns to her ancestral home and neighboring cherry orchard to... Read more