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Great Short Plays: Volume 2 by Liz Duffy Adams and 8 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
(1)

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

punkplay by Gregory S. Moss

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 75 - 90 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M, 2 Any (4-6 actors possible: 1-3 W, 3-5 M)
Productions (14)
(2)

A history of America in the 1980s, an idiosyncratic genealogy of punk rock music, and a personal narrative of growing up as an outsider, punkplay... Read more

A history of America in the 1980s, an idiosyncratic genealogy of punk rock music, and a personal narrative of growing up as an outsider, punkplay... Read more

Partition by Ira Hauptman

  • Drama
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  • 140 - 145 minutes
  • 1 W, 4 M,  (5-6 actors possible: exactly 1 W, 4-5 M)
Productions (15)
(1)

Two geniuses. Two worlds. One maddening riddle. In 1913, a young, self-taught mathematical genius in India named Srinivasa Ramanujan is invited... Read more

Two geniuses. Two worlds. One maddening riddle. In 1913, a young, self-taught mathematical genius in India named Srinivasa Ramanujan is invited... Read more

Great Short Plays: Volume 3 by Catherine Filloux and 8 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
(1)

With a diverse blend of themes, styles, and cast requirements, Great Short Plays: Volume 3 contains ten extraordinary comedies and dramas. From a... Read more

With a diverse blend of themes, styles, and cast requirements, Great Short Plays: Volume 3 contains ten extraordinary comedies and dramas. From a... Read more

Available as eScript

Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry by Arlene Hutton

  • Drama
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  • 50 - 70 minutes
  • 4 W, 5 M, 1 Any (10-20 actors possible: 4-12 W, 5-8 M)
Productions (11)
(11)

Teen sex, lies and gossip, power, secrets, manipulation, mascara, the need to scream, and what teens really want to say. When the president of... Read more

Teen sex, lies and gossip, power, secrets, manipulation, mascara, the need to scream, and what teens really want to say. When the president of... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

Fearful Symmetry by Alan Haehnel

  • Drama
  • |
  • 25 - 30 minutes
  • 12 W, 4 M,  (16 actors possible: 12-16 W, 0-4 M)
Productions (109)
(10)

Mary is anxiously attempting to finish her chores when a mysterious stranger enters the room with an enticing but frightening proposition: Push... Read more

Mary is anxiously attempting to finish her chores when a mysterious stranger enters the room with an enticing but frightening proposition: Push... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

Pinocchio 3.5 by Eric Coble

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 45 - 55 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M, 4 Any (4-9 actors possible: 0-9 W, 0-9 M)
Productions (34)
(11)

Computer magnate Gill Bates has the greatest software company on earth, billions of dollars, and more power than he ever dreamed of...but there's... Read more

Computer magnate Gill Bates has the greatest software company on earth, billions of dollars, and more power than he ever dreamed of...but there's... Read more

Riding the Wind: Story Plays from Old China by Carol Korty

  • Drama
  • |
  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 7 W, 7 M,  (8-70 actors possible: 4-35 W, 4-35 M)
Productions (20)
(4)

Amid the daily bustle of a Chinese marketplace, a group of villagers tells four tales featuring strong women. In "Yulan's Search for Beauty," a... Read more

Amid the daily bustle of a Chinese marketplace, a group of villagers tells four tales featuring strong women. In "Yulan's Search for Beauty," a... Read more

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Our David by Ian Mairs

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 70 - 80 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (10)
(0)

Velma and Clyde are uneasy neighbors. Velma, a widowed grandmother, has tended her vegetables in this humid North Florida community for most of... Read more

Velma and Clyde are uneasy neighbors. Velma, a widowed grandmother, has tended her vegetables in this humid North Florida community for most of... Read more

The Baseball Plays: 7th Inning Stretch by Lee Blessing and 9 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
(1)

Celebrating and exploring themes from America's favorite pastime, The Baseball Plays: 7th Inning Stretch is a collection of short comedies and... Read more

Celebrating and exploring themes from America's favorite pastime, The Baseball Plays: 7th Inning Stretch is a collection of short comedies and... Read more

The Unknown Part of the Ocean by Sheri Wilner

  • Drama
  • |
  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (110)
(15)

Eight-year-old Sophie loves to entertain her mother with fantastical stories. But what's a little storyteller to do when her mother's cancer is... Read more

Eight-year-old Sophie loves to entertain her mother with fantastical stories. But what's a little storyteller to do when her mother's cancer is... Read more

Oh, the Humanity by Will Eno

  • Drama
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M,  (3 actors possible: 1-2 W, 1-2 M)
Productions (33)
(6)

Two people and their two chairs seek to find meaning and direction in life, seek to find just the tiniest shred of certainty, consistency. A... Read more

Two people and their two chairs seek to find meaning and direction in life, seek to find just the tiniest shred of certainty, consistency. A... Read more

Standardized Testing - The Musical!!!! by Sam Willmott

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 4 W, 5 M,  (9-15 actors possible: 4-7 W, 5-8 M)
Productions (20)
(6)

The dreaded high school tradition of standardized testing gets the musical treatment in this hilarious and touching story of eight compulsive... Read more

The dreaded high school tradition of standardized testing gets the musical treatment in this hilarious and touching story of eight compulsive... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

Season of Light: A Winter Fairy Tale by Steph DeFerie

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 7 W, 5 M, 10 Any (22-35 actors possible: 7-30 W, 5-28 M)
Productions (16)
(0)

Magda is just an ordinary peasant girl chosen to play the Sister of the Sun for her village's ceremony celebrating the Winter Solstice. But when... Read more

Magda is just an ordinary peasant girl chosen to play the Sister of the Sun for her village's ceremony celebrating the Winter Solstice. But when... Read more

Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men by Keith Aisner and 56 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • 1 M, 
(3)

Discover a monologue book like no other. Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men gives you an extraordinary array of cutting-edge new monologues, from... Read more

Discover a monologue book like no other. Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men gives you an extraordinary array of cutting-edge new monologues, from... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

The Bells of Charlemont by Don Zolidis

  • Drama
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  • 40 - 45 minutes
  • 2 W, 6 M, 7 Any (13-30 actors possible: 2-20 W, 6-20 M)
Productions (35)
(5)

On Christmas Eve, 1944, a small group of American soldiers are occupying a burned-out village in northern France. The town mayor's widow makes an... Read more

On Christmas Eve, 1944, a small group of American soldiers are occupying a burned-out village in northern France. The town mayor's widow makes an... Read more

Another Fine Mess by Steven Drukman

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 90 - 120 minutes
  • 1 W, 5 M, 
Productions (2)
(0)

Backstage, the energy among a troupe of actors is palpable as egos run wild and everyone waits to take their places. But when an unexpected,... Read more

Backstage, the energy among a troupe of actors is palpable as egos run wild and everyone waits to take their places. But when an unexpected,... Read more

Heddatron by Elizabeth Meriwether

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 65 - 75 minutes
  • 4 W, 6 M, 2 Any (10-14 actors possible: 4-6 W, 4-8 M)
Productions (18)
(0)

A pregnant housewife is abducted by robots and taken to the rainforest and forced to perform Hedda Gabler by her robot captors. Meanwhile, her... Read more

A pregnant housewife is abducted by robots and taken to the rainforest and forced to perform Hedda Gabler by her robot captors. Meanwhile, her... Read more

In Conflict adapted by Douglas C. Wager

  • Drama
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  • 130 - 150 minutes
  • 4 W, 6 M,  (6-17 actors possible: 2-4 W, 4-13 M)
Productions (16)
(0)

Individual stories of mostly college-age Iraq War veterans are presented in their own words, taken from audio transcripts of actual interviews.... Read more

Individual stories of mostly college-age Iraq War veterans are presented in their own words, taken from audio transcripts of actual interviews.... Read more

Asylum by Keith Aisner

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 110 - 130 minutes
  • 2 W, 4 M,  (6-10 actors possible: 2-3 W, 4-7 M)
Productions (15)
(0)

Gary's drug of choice is an addiction to lucid dreaming. Through careful study he has taught himself to control his dreams, whether this means... Read more

Gary's drug of choice is an addiction to lucid dreaming. Through careful study he has taught himself to control his dreams, whether this means... Read more