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Great Short Plays: Volume 10 by Greg Oliver Bodine and 8 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
(5)

A quick runtime and a remarkable impact might be all the plays in this collection have in common. Here you might encounter anything, from a group... Read more

A quick runtime and a remarkable impact might be all the plays in this collection have in common. Here you might encounter anything, from a group... Read more

Available as eScript

Wait Wait...I Can Explain by Christa Crewdson

  • Comedy
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  • 45 - 45 minutes
  • 5 W, 6 M, 
Productions (125)
(4)

Madcap, chaotic hilarity ensues when Jason hires a troupe of local actors to play the part of a perfect family to impress Sheila, his new... Read more

Madcap, chaotic hilarity ensues when Jason hires a troupe of local actors to play the part of a perfect family to impress Sheila, his new... Read more

Treasure Island: A Musical Panto by Kathryn Petersen

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 90 - 95 minutes
  • 3 W, 9 M, 1 Any (12 actors possible: 3-4 W, 9-10 M)
Productions (12)
(0)

Everybody say aargh! "X" marks the spot in this raucous new musical panto based on the classic by Robert Louis Stevenson. Armed with just a... Read more

Everybody say aargh! "X" marks the spot in this raucous new musical panto based on the classic by Robert Louis Stevenson. Armed with just a... Read more

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Couples by Rich Orloff

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 6 W, 10 M,  (5-18 actors possible: 2-7 W, 3-11 M)
Productions (10)
(0)

Couples brings together nine dynamic short comedies and dramas, each for two actors. From a one-night stand that reveals a woman's secret (Right... Read more

Couples brings together nine dynamic short comedies and dramas, each for two actors. From a one-night stand that reveals a woman's secret (Right... Read more

Show and Spell by Julia Brownell

  • Comedy
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  • 50 - 60 minutes
  • 8 W, 5 M, 3 Any (16 actors possible: 5-15 W, 1-11 M)
Productions (160)
(8)

Five middle schoolers take on overzealous parents, crazy coaches, and nostalgic relatives as they prepare for the annual spelling bee in this... Read more

Five middle schoolers take on overzealous parents, crazy coaches, and nostalgic relatives as they prepare for the annual spelling bee in this... Read more

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The Reluctant Dragon adapted by Ed Monk

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 70 - 80 minutes
  • 6 W, 5 M, 6 Any (8-30 actors possible: 2-16 W, 1-15 M)
Productions (30)
(7)

In the zany village of Veesaldorf, a young girl named Charity is more interested in fairy tales than her daily farm chore of painting the pigs.... Read more

In the zany village of Veesaldorf, a young girl named Charity is more interested in fairy tales than her daily farm chore of painting the pigs.... Read more

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Persuasion adapted by Jon Jory

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 8 W, 7 M,  (15-20 actors possible: 8-10 W, 7-10 M)
Productions (10)
(0)

The Elliot family verges on financial ruin, and image-conscious patriarch Sir Walter must rent their estate to avoid bankruptcy. His daughter... Read more

The Elliot family verges on financial ruin, and image-conscious patriarch Sir Walter must rent their estate to avoid bankruptcy. His daughter... Read more

Dead Right by Elaine Jarvik

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 10 - 10 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (31)
(1)

A friend's tedious, grammatically incorrect obituary plunges Penny and Bill into a prickly discussion at the breakfast table. How could Bill read... Read more

A friend's tedious, grammatically incorrect obituary plunges Penny and Bill into a prickly discussion at the breakfast table. How could Bill read... Read more

Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake) by Sheila Callaghan

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 70 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 
Productions (60)
(4)

It's Christmas, and a year has passed since the untimely death of Janice's father. Struggling to cope, Janice is holding spiteful conversations... Read more

It's Christmas, and a year has passed since the untimely death of Janice's father. Struggling to cope, Janice is holding spiteful conversations... Read more

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The Absolute Most Cliched Elevator Play in the History of the Entire Universe by Werner Trieschmann

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 30 - 45 minutes
  • 7 W, 2 M, 3 Any (10-12 actors possible: 5-10 W, 2-5 M)
Productions (201)
(11)

When a crowded elevator becomes stuck, one of the passengers, a playwriting instructor, thinks that everybody is in fact trapped in a cliched... Read more

When a crowded elevator becomes stuck, one of the passengers, a playwriting instructor, thinks that everybody is in fact trapped in a cliched... Read more

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The Hamlet Thrill-ma-geddon (full-length) by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 75 - 85 minutes
  • 4 W, 6 M, 15 Any (10-47 actors possible: 4-30 W, 6-39 M)
Productions (99)
(10)

To sell out or not to sell out? Not really much of a question. After their budget is slashed, the drama club turns to Shakespeare's greatest... Read more

To sell out or not to sell out? Not really much of a question. After their budget is slashed, the drama club turns to Shakespeare's greatest... Read more

Abraham Lincoln's Big, Gay Dance Party by Aaron Loeb

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 110 - 120 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 
Productions (17)
(2)

Illinois schoolteacher Harmony Green has told her fourth grade class that Menard County's most beloved homegrown hero, Abraham Lincoln, was gay.... Read more

Illinois schoolteacher Harmony Green has told her fourth grade class that Menard County's most beloved homegrown hero, Abraham Lincoln, was gay.... Read more

Trepidation Nation by Keith Josef Adkins and 14 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 80 - 100 minutes
  • 12 W, 11 M,  (4-23 actors possible)
Productions (15)
(4)

We all have instinctive fears -- but what if a fear becomes inexplicable, illogical, and just plain weird? Then you're dealing with a phobia, one... Read more

We all have instinctive fears -- but what if a fear becomes inexplicable, illogical, and just plain weird? Then you're dealing with a phobia, one... Read more

My Left Breast by Susan Miller

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 1 W, 
Productions (24)
(1)

"I am a one-breasted, menopausal, Jewish, bisexual lesbian Mom, and I'm coming soon to a theatre near you!" A woman's humorous and moving... Read more

"I am a one-breasted, menopausal, Jewish, bisexual lesbian Mom, and I'm coming soon to a theatre near you!" A woman's humorous and moving... Read more

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The Christmas Carol Rag by Norman Allen

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 6 W, 3 M,  (9-15 actors possible: 6-11 W, 3-5 M)
Productions (13)
(2)

In a spunky take on the Dickens classic, the story of Scrooge's redemption is set in the exciting, ragtime world of New York, circa 1911. Evelyn... Read more

In a spunky take on the Dickens classic, the story of Scrooge's redemption is set in the exciting, ragtime world of New York, circa 1911. Evelyn... Read more

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The Importance of Being Earnest (in 30 minutes) adapted by Jason Pizzarello

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 2 Any (7 actors possible: 3-5 W, 2-4 M)
Productions (91)
(10)

In this one-act adaptation of Oscar Wilde's beloved romantic comedy, the stakes are even higher and the deadlines even tighter for poor Jack... Read more

In this one-act adaptation of Oscar Wilde's beloved romantic comedy, the stakes are even higher and the deadlines even tighter for poor Jack... Read more

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The Proposal by Paul Siemens

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M,  (3 actors possible: 1-3 W, 1-3 M)
Productions (36)
(3)

A marriage proposal goes awry when a series of misunderstandings sends the characters careening across the line between love and hate. A modern... Read more

A marriage proposal goes awry when a series of misunderstandings sends the characters careening across the line between love and hate. A modern... 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

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Henry's Law by Stacie Lents

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 40 - 55 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 
Productions (68)
(12)

When the brilliant but socially awkward Max starts tutoring popular student Sara in chemistry, an unlikely friendship begins. But Max isn't... Read more

When the brilliant but socially awkward Max starts tutoring popular student Sara in chemistry, an unlikely friendship begins. But Max isn't... Read more

Available as eScript

Two Jews Walk Into a War... by Seth Rozin

  • Comedy
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  • 80 - 85 minutes
  • 2 M, 
Productions (15)
(1)

Ishaq and Zeblyan are the last remaining Jews in Afghanistan. They share the only remaining synagogue that has not been destroyed by the Taliban.... Read more

Ishaq and Zeblyan are the last remaining Jews in Afghanistan. They share the only remaining synagogue that has not been destroyed by the Taliban.... Read more