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An Easy Heaven by Eric Peter Schwartz

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 35 - 55 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M, 
Productions (20)
(0)

Since his father died, seventeen-year-old Toby has lost all his motivation and drive in favor of coasting through the rest of his life. His... Read more

Since his father died, seventeen-year-old Toby has lost all his motivation and drive in favor of coasting through the rest of his life. His... Read more

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Judgment Day by Chris Sheppard

  • Comedy
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  • 15 - 20 minutes
  • 9 Any (9-30 actors possible: 0-15 W, 0-15 M)
Productions (12)
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You work yourself to the bone preparing your entry for the local high-school (or college) one-act play festival. You proudly present your show to... Read more

You work yourself to the bone preparing your entry for the local high-school (or college) one-act play festival. You proudly present your show to... Read more

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Sleeping Beauty by Stacey Lane

  • Comedy
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  • 50 - 60 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M,  (4-9 actors possible: 3-5 W, 1-4 M)
Productions (56)
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In this twist on the beloved fairy tale, a traditional storyteller reading from his all too well-known book of Sleeping Beauty is quickly usurped... Read more

In this twist on the beloved fairy tale, a traditional storyteller reading from his all too well-known book of Sleeping Beauty is quickly usurped... Read more

Sort of Beowulf: A Sort of Comedy by Richard Wolf

  • Comedy
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  • 45 - 50 minutes
  • 6 W, 2 M, 9 Any (7-17 actors possible: 0-17 W, 0-17 M)
Productions (13)
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This farcical version of the Old English epic features a rapper chorus and a family of wisecracking servants. The boastful hero Beowulf saves... Read more

This farcical version of the Old English epic features a rapper chorus and a family of wisecracking servants. The boastful hero Beowulf saves... Read more

The Turn of the Screw adapted by Jack Neary

  • Drama
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 4 W, 3 M, 
Productions (22)
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Isolated in a sprawling manor in 19th century England, a governess is hired to watch a precocious young brother and sister in this haunting... Read more

Isolated in a sprawling manor in 19th century England, a governess is hired to watch a precocious young brother and sister in this haunting... Read more

Good Business Sense by Emmett Loverde

  • Comedy
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  • 25 - 30 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 1 Any (3 actors possible: 1-2 W, 1-2 M)
Productions (66)
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Tonight, businessman Bartholomew Braniff is making the biggest boardroom presentation of his life: a proposal of marriage to the equally... Read more

Tonight, businessman Bartholomew Braniff is making the biggest boardroom presentation of his life: a proposal of marriage to the equally... Read more

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A Prayer for Mary Catherine by Elizabeth Downing

  • Drama
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  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 5 W, 1 M,  (6-7 actors possible: 5-6 W, exactly 1 Men)
Productions (9)
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When Dr. Elaine Parsons becomes the new headmistress of a Catholic, all-girls school, not everyone is happy. While the amiable Father Mason... Read more

When Dr. Elaine Parsons becomes the new headmistress of a Catholic, all-girls school, not everyone is happy. While the amiable Father Mason... Read more

The Hidden Place by George Herman

  • Drama
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  • 50 - 60 minutes
  • 3 W, 5 M, 2 Any (8-12 actors possible: 3-5 W, 5-9 M)
Productions (9)
(14)

A lively, imaginative boy learns that he has a terminal disease, and his reactions to this discovery strain his relationships with his mother,... Read more

A lively, imaginative boy learns that he has a terminal disease, and his reactions to this discovery strain his relationships with his mother,... Read more

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Honor Bright by Alan Haehnel

  • Drama
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 12 Any (10-14 actors possible: 2-14 W, 2-14 M)
Productions (23)
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If only Scott can do well enough on this final exam, his future will be set: He'll be able to graduate and join the service according to plan.... Read more

If only Scott can do well enough on this final exam, his future will be set: He'll be able to graduate and join the service according to plan.... Read more

Frank Einstein by John Olbert

  • Comedy
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  • 45 - 60 minutes
  • 7 Any (7 actors possible: 0-7 W, 0-7 M)
Productions (19)
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When Dr. Frankenstein's monster turns out to be artistic, with a knack for interior decorating, the Doctor and Igor must teach him what he needs... Read more

When Dr. Frankenstein's monster turns out to be artistic, with a knack for interior decorating, the Doctor and Igor must teach him what he needs... Read more

Aesop, Come Back! by Joshua Mikel

  • Comedy
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  • 50 - 70 minutes
  • 5 W, 5 M, 35 Any (10-35 actors possible: 3-35 W, 2-35 M)
Productions (38)
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In an attempt to prove that Aesop was history's greatest fabulist, a group of storytellers cracks the spine of a massive edition of Aesop's... Read more

In an attempt to prove that Aesop was history's greatest fabulist, a group of storytellers cracks the spine of a massive edition of Aesop's... Read more

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Finger Food by Nina Shengold

  • Comedy
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  • 18 - 25 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (52)
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As a Method hand model and a hand-obsessed food photographer shoot an ad, lust for each other sparks in them both. (This play can also be... Read more

As a Method hand model and a hand-obsessed food photographer shoot an ad, lust for each other sparks in them both. (This play can also be... Read more

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Brook Across the Sea by Alan Haehnel

  • Comedy
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 10 W, 10 M,  (10-40 actors possible: 2-38 W, 2-38 M)
Productions (17)
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When Brook's vacation cruise ship goes down in high seas, she awakens in a strange land inhabited by people so obsessed with rushing and working... Read more

When Brook's vacation cruise ship goes down in high seas, she awakens in a strange land inhabited by people so obsessed with rushing and working... Read more

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The Christmas Tree Thief by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 8 - 10 minutes
  • 5 W, 1 M,  (6 actors possible: 2-6 W, 0-4 M)
Productions (17)
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On Christmas Eve, a child from the projects tries to steal a Christmas tree to bring some spirit into her tiny apartment. (This play can also be... Read more

On Christmas Eve, a child from the projects tries to steal a Christmas tree to bring some spirit into her tiny apartment. (This play can also be... Read more

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Casting Catastrophes by A. M. Dittman

  • Comedy
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 12 Any (4-20 actors possible: 0-20 W, 0-20 M)
Productions (16)
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The casting has begun for the role of "Mysterious Stranger" in the new community theater production of Sisyphus's Garden Party Murder Mystery... Read more

The casting has begun for the role of "Mysterious Stranger" in the new community theater production of Sisyphus's Garden Party Murder Mystery... Read more

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The Purloined Letter adapted by Robert Mason

  • Drama
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 5 M, 3 Any (9 actors possible: 1-4 W, 5-8 M)
Productions (3)
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When a possibly scandalous letter is stolen from the Queen, the police suspect the Prime Minister to be the culprit. However, when searches of... Read more

When a possibly scandalous letter is stolen from the Queen, the police suspect the Prime Minister to be the culprit. However, when searches of... Read more

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Don't Talk to the Actors by Tom Dudzick

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 105 - 120 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 
Productions (78)
(17)

The best laid plans go awry when the cast and crew of a Broadway-bound play resort to manipulation, diva-like behavior, and chaotic abandon to... Read more

The best laid plans go awry when the cast and crew of a Broadway-bound play resort to manipulation, diva-like behavior, and chaotic abandon to... Read more

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And Your Mama, Too! by Chris Sheppard

  • Comedy
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  • 20 - 25 minutes
  • 6 W, 8 M, 6 Any (8-22 actors possible: 5-10 W, 3-12 M)
Productions (14)
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Typecasting can be a real pain for a performer, as a middle-aged actress realizes in this fast-paced, surreal farce. Our heroine, perpetually... Read more

Typecasting can be a real pain for a performer, as a middle-aged actress realizes in this fast-paced, surreal farce. Our heroine, perpetually... Read more

Great Expectations adapted by Bathsheba Doran

  • Drama
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  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 4 W, 8 M, 4 Any (6-30 actors possible: 2-15 W, 4-20 M)
Productions (17)
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Based on Dickens' classic story of a young orphan, Pip, who comes into a mysterious fortune. Rejecting the love and squalor of his childhood, he... Read more

Based on Dickens' classic story of a young orphan, Pip, who comes into a mysterious fortune. Rejecting the love and squalor of his childhood, he... Read more

Available as eScript

Relative by C. Denby Swanson

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 5 Any (9 actors possible: 2-7 W, 1-7 M)
Productions (7)
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When Alberta, the daughter of a mathematician, struggles to comprehend her parents' impending divorce, she invokes her father's hero and her own... Read more

When Alberta, the daughter of a mathematician, struggles to comprehend her parents' impending divorce, she invokes her father's hero and her own... Read more