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Three Important Pieces of Pink Paper by Katherine Dubois

  • Comedy
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 11 W, 6 M, 
Productions (13)
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Amber copied the cell phone number of a boy she likes, but now she can't find it. Danielle lost the teacher's answers to the math quiz. Fletcher... Read more

Amber copied the cell phone number of a boy she likes, but now she can't find it. Danielle lost the teacher's answers to the math quiz. Fletcher... Read more

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Teesha's Got Elves by Alan Haehnel

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 2 W, 13 Any (10-20 actors possible: 2-20 W, 0-18 M)
Productions (8)
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Teesha never seems to have to do any work to be successful, which frustrates her friend Mel to no end. Then the truth comes out: Teesha's got... Read more

Teesha never seems to have to do any work to be successful, which frustrates her friend Mel to no end. Then the truth comes out: Teesha's got... Read more

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Socking the Octopus by Ken Preuss

  • Comedy
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 6 W, 4 M, 10 Any (10-20 actors possible: 4-19 W, 1-18 M)
Productions (22)
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For Hannah, writing a play for a zany contest is like trying to put socks on an octopus: almost impossible! She needs the help of her best... Read more

For Hannah, writing a play for a zany contest is like trying to put socks on an octopus: almost impossible! She needs the help of her best... Read more

Homework Eats Dog: The Musical by Robert Gattie

  • Comedy
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  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 10 W, 5 M, 13 Any (16-50 actors possible: 10-50 W, 4-50 M)
Productions (2)
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For science teacher Douglas Kobekeanski, there's nothing more delicious than the "Hour of Desperation," that magical time before his immensely... Read more

For science teacher Douglas Kobekeanski, there's nothing more delicious than the "Hour of Desperation," that magical time before his immensely... Read more

Illinois Jane and the Rainforest of Retribution by T. James Belich

  • Comedy
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  • 50 - 50 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 1 Any (7-15 actors possible: 3-12 W, 3-12 M)
Productions (12)
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Deep in the Amazon rainforest, an ancient empire has left behind a powerful Oracle. With it in her possession, the evil Russian Countess Natasha... Read more

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, an ancient empire has left behind a powerful Oracle. With it in her possession, the evil Russian Countess Natasha... Read more

Don't Blame Me, I'm Just the Playwright by Carrie McWethy (McCrossen)

  • Comedy
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 6 W, 6 M, 3 Any (6-15 actors possible: 2-14 W, 1-15 M)
Productions (11)
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Two playwrights are in the midst of polishing their script before their masterpiece starts its run on Broadway. But when their whizkid producer... Read more

Two playwrights are in the midst of polishing their script before their masterpiece starts its run on Broadway. But when their whizkid producer... Read more

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You Should Never Eat Your Heroes by Jonathan Dorf

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 10 W, 4 M, 10 Any (9-28 actors possible: 6-27 W, 1-18 M)
Productions (6)
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Betty has read self-help guru Leila Leilani's latest book over twenty times, in multiple formats. Unfortunately, there was no chapter on what to... Read more

Betty has read self-help guru Leila Leilani's latest book over twenty times, in multiple formats. Unfortunately, there was no chapter on what to... Read more

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A Midsummer Vacation's Nightmare (one-act) by Tim Kochenderfer

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 4 W, 6 M, 3 Any (10-13 actors possible: 4-7 W, 5-9 M)
Productions (13)
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Hermia is heading towards the worst summer vacation ever. Her principal has given her a homework assignment that requires her to break up with... Read more

Hermia is heading towards the worst summer vacation ever. Her principal has given her a homework assignment that requires her to break up with... Read more

The Learned Ladies adapted by Timothy Mooney

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 50 minutes
  • 5 W, 8 M,  (11-13 actors possible: 5-10 W, 3-8 M)
Productions (13)
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Philaminte is an educated woman who uses wit to rule her family with an iron fist. But she endangers the future of her daughter, Henriette, when... Read more

Philaminte is an educated woman who uses wit to rule her family with an iron fist. But she endangers the future of her daughter, Henriette, when... Read more

The Bushesteia by Sheri Wilner

  • Comedy
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  • 20 - 30 minutes
  • 2 W, 4 M,  (6-16 actors possible: 2-12 W, 4-14 M)
Productions (4)
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It's election eve, November 2004, and the gods of heaven and earth have assembled in Florida to exact their revenge on George W. Bush for his... Read more

It's election eve, November 2004, and the gods of heaven and earth have assembled in Florida to exact their revenge on George W. Bush for his... Read more

The Miser (short version) adapted by Timothy Mooney

  • Comedy
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  • 38 - 45 minutes
  • 4 W, 10 M,  (11-14 actors possible: 3-8 W, 5-10 M)
Productions (6)
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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

A Beginner's Guide to Deicide by Qui Nguyen

  • Comedy
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  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M,  (5-15 actors possible: 2-7 W, 3-12 M)
Productions (2)
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A young Catholic schoolgirl named Lucy launches an unholy crusade to undo the biggest mistake ever made: human existence. Bolstered by a mighty... Read more

A young Catholic schoolgirl named Lucy launches an unholy crusade to undo the biggest mistake ever made: human existence. Bolstered by a mighty... Read more

The Odyssey: by Thespis and the Peloponnesian Midwest Regional Third Place Chorus by Will Averill

  • Comedy
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  • 50 - 75 minutes
  • 9 W, 3 M, 10 Any (20-60 actors possible: 9-60 W, 3-60 M)
Productions (13)
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The Peloponnesian Midwest Regional Chorus is tired of placing last in every competition with their ho-hum renditions of heroic myths. Enter... Read more

The Peloponnesian Midwest Regional Chorus is tired of placing last in every competition with their ho-hum renditions of heroic myths. Enter... Read more

Young Goodman Brown adapted by Luke Krueger

  • Drama
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  • 27 - 35 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 6 Any (7-12 actors possible: 2-4 W, 2-4 M)
Productions (8)
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Goodman Brown, an upstanding Puritan colonist and intrepid citizen of Salem, Massachusetts, sets off into the woods one night. Despite the... Read more

Goodman Brown, an upstanding Puritan colonist and intrepid citizen of Salem, Massachusetts, sets off into the woods one night. Despite the... Read more

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Foreign Affairs by Rich Orloff

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 85 - 95 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M,  (7-26 actors possible: 3-10 W, 4-16 M)
Productions (2)
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Foreign Affairs is comprised of seven short comedies set in seven different countries, between November 1989 and November 2004. From a timid East... Read more

Foreign Affairs is comprised of seven short comedies set in seven different countries, between November 1989 and November 2004. From a timid East... Read more

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Northanger Abbey adapted by Jon Jory

  • Comedy
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  • 120 - 140 minutes
  • 6 W, 7 M,  (6-13 actors possible: 3-6 W, 3-7 M)
Productions (3)
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Catherine Moreland would rather read her much-loved gothic mysteries than attend a cotillion. But a trip to the fashionable city of Bath places... Read more

Catherine Moreland would rather read her much-loved gothic mysteries than attend a cotillion. But a trip to the fashionable city of Bath places... Read more

(Anti)gone by Jason Grote

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 30 - 45 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 2 Any (5-22 actors possible: 2-10 W, 3-12 M)
Productions (3)
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Antigone is charged with the crime of burying her brothers -- even though the war left no bodies for her to bury. Haemon could take over the... Read more

Antigone is charged with the crime of burying her brothers -- even though the war left no bodies for her to bury. Haemon could take over the... Read more

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Ibsen Undone by Patrick Greene

  • Comedy
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  • 60 - 75 minutes
  • 6 W, 13 M, 2 Any (6-21 actors possible: 3-16 W, 3-15 M)
Productions (7)
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Henrik Ibsen, whose name means "large, bearded curmudgeon" in Norwegian, has re-invented himself for the 21st Century. Join Ibsen and an assorted... Read more

Henrik Ibsen, whose name means "large, bearded curmudgeon" in Norwegian, has re-invented himself for the 21st Century. Join Ibsen and an assorted... Read more

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The Secret Sharer by Greg Oliver Bodine

  • Drama
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  • 50 - 60 minutes
  • 10 M,  (7-12 actors possible: 7-12 M)
Productions (5)
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In 1909, an inexperienced, young sea captain is torn between his duty to his ship and his loyalty to a fugitive, to whom he has offered refuge... Read more

In 1909, an inexperienced, young sea captain is torn between his duty to his ship and his loyalty to a fugitive, to whom he has offered refuge... Read more

theAtrainplays, Vol. 2 by Timothy Braun and 6 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 65 - 85 minutes
  • 6 W, 5 M,  (6-17 actors possible: 3-10 W, 3-7 M)
Productions (4)
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These six short comedies (with two additional works from theSTATENISLANDFERRYplays) represent some of the best of theAtrainplays, a daredevil... Read more

These six short comedies (with two additional works from theSTATENISLANDFERRYplays) represent some of the best of theAtrainplays, a daredevil... Read more