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Speed Date by Janet Allard

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M,  (4-17 actors possible: 2-9 W, 2-9 M)
Productions (312)
(13)

It's Valentine's Day and the pressure is on. Seventeen crazy characters search for love in a round-robin game of speed dating. Everyone's in on... Read more

It's Valentine's Day and the pressure is on. Seventeen crazy characters search for love in a round-robin game of speed dating. Everyone's in on... Read more

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No Shoulder by Nina Shengold

  • Drama
  • |
  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (31)
(0)

A surreal late-night encounter between a childless widow and a teenage hitchhiker, who have far more in common than either imagines. (This play... Read more

A surreal late-night encounter between a childless widow and a teenage hitchhiker, who have far more in common than either imagines. (This play... Read more

In Paris You Will Find Many Baguettes but Only One True Love by Mike Lew

  • Comedy
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  • 8 - 12 minutes
  • 2 W, 1 M, 
Productions (24)
(1)

Liz is looking for true love and Lindy is looking to fix her broken heart, so they head, of course, to Paris. When Liz finds the man of her... Read more

Liz is looking for true love and Lindy is looking to fix her broken heart, so they head, of course, to Paris. When Liz finds the man of her... Read more

War at Home by Nicole Quinn

  • Drama
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  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 13 Any (16-30 actors possible: 4-26 W, 4-26 M)
Productions (198)
(22)

A group of students in a New York State high school 100 miles north of Ground Zero responds to the events of September 11th, 2001. The text of... Read more

A group of students in a New York State high school 100 miles north of Ground Zero responds to the events of September 11th, 2001. The text of... Read more

Unsinkable by Michael McKeever

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 10 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 
Productions (45)
(1)

It's April 15th, 1912, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Harland and Claire Wydner-Doyle have just been informed that the ship they're... Read more

It's April 15th, 1912, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Harland and Claire Wydner-Doyle have just been informed that the ship they're... Read more

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Property Rites by Alan Haehnel

  • Drama
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  • 40 - 55 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 13 Any (12-30 actors possible: 2-30 W, 2-30 M)
Productions (702)
(36)

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

Boiling People in My Coffee by Jonathan Yukich

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 20 - 25 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M,  (3-4 actors possible: exactly 1 W, 2-3 M)
Productions (104)
(1)

Faced with microscopic civilizations in their coffee and a corpse on their couch, a husband and wife attempt to cope with the loss of their son... Read more

Faced with microscopic civilizations in their coffee and a corpse on their couch, a husband and wife attempt to cope with the loss of their son... Read more

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

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 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

Off the Map by Rich Orloff

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 12 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M, 
Productions (51)
(0)

In a very cold place, a penguin helps a lost couple find direction. (This play can also be performed as part of two different full-length plays:... Read more

In a very cold place, a penguin helps a lost couple find direction. (This play can also be performed as part of two different full-length plays:... Read more

Finding a Chord by Catherine Keyser

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (53)
(2)

Grounded for yet another Saturday night, Sam finds herself stuck in the basement with her precocious and anti-social sister, Emily. Faced with... Read more

Grounded for yet another Saturday night, Sam finds herself stuck in the basement with her precocious and anti-social sister, Emily. Faced with... Read more

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Double Date by J. Holtham

  • Drama
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  • 15 - 20 minutes
  • 2 W, 1 M, 
Productions (58)
(0)

A man is torn between the life he's chosen and the life he turned away. Over the course of a dinner date with his glamorous, career-minded... Read more

A man is torn between the life he's chosen and the life he turned away. Over the course of a dinner date with his glamorous, career-minded... Read more

Dancing on Checkers' Grave by Eric Lane

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (28)
(5)

Lisa and Dina meet at the grave site of Richard Nixon's dog, Checkers, to work on a high school English composition. Though the two girls... Read more

Lisa and Dina meet at the grave site of Richard Nixon's dog, Checkers, to work on a high school English composition. Though the two girls... Read more

Authorial Intent by Itamar Moses

  • Drama
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (18)
(0)

Three days after moving in together, a woman tells a man she doesn't love him anymore. Suddenly, the play itself undergoes a parallel breakdown,... Read more

Three days after moving in together, a woman tells a man she doesn't love him anymore. Suddenly, the play itself undergoes a parallel breakdown,... Read more

Cloudy by Michael Griffo

  • Drama
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  • 15 - 20 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (29)
(0)

After witnessing something terrible happen to her three children, Georgia cannot continue living in the real world. To cope with her grief, she... Read more

After witnessing something terrible happen to her three children, Georgia cannot continue living in the real world. To cope with her grief, she... Read more

The Levee by Taylor Mac

  • Drama
  • |
  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (12)
(0)

Paige returns home late one night and announces to her concerned husband, Keith, that a recent trip to the doctor has revealed that she is... Read more

Paige returns home late one night and announces to her concerned husband, Keith, that a recent trip to the doctor has revealed that she is... Read more

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Life Line by Douglas Craven

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 20 minutes
  • 1 Any (1-4 actors possible: 0-4 W, 0-4 M)
Productions (73)
(22)

A thin man on a bare stage picks up a phone, desperate for help from the Good Samaritan Life Line. Little does he know that he is about to enter... Read more

A thin man on a bare stage picks up a phone, desperate for help from the Good Samaritan Life Line. Little does he know that he is about to enter... Read more

Railing It Uptown by Shirley Lauro

  • Drama
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  • 10 - 12 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (23)
(0)

Trapped in an empty Manhattan subway car that's racing uptown, two women -- one an upper-middle-class New Yorker, and one an underclass, homeless... Read more

Trapped in an empty Manhattan subway car that's racing uptown, two women -- one an upper-middle-class New Yorker, and one an underclass, homeless... Read more

Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King by Elizabeth Wong

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 45 - 45 minutes
  • 4 Any (4-12 actors possible: 0-12 W, 0-12 M)
Productions (70)
(22)

The mischievous Chinese superhero The Monkey King comes to life in this energetic and charming play where Chinese Opera and hip-hop collide.... Read more

The mischievous Chinese superhero The Monkey King comes to life in this energetic and charming play where Chinese Opera and hip-hop collide.... Read more

The Grand Design by Susan Miller

  • Drama
  • |
  • 18 - 20 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (24)
(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

Saving Face by Richard Keller

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 
Productions (13)
(0)

A pleasant dinner turns sour when Dick's new set of braces, his insecurity about his name, and his cultural insensitivity expose his wife and her... Read more

A pleasant dinner turns sour when Dick's new set of braces, his insecurity about his name, and his cultural insensitivity expose his wife and her... Read more