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10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse

10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse
Don Zolidis

Productions (2753)
  • Comedy
  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 5 W, 3 M, 2 Any (8-24 actors possible: 5-13 W, 3-11 M)

It's the end of the world and hordes of rampaging zombies are about to kill you. What do you do? Read more

Container of Sharks!

Container of Sharks!
Don Zolidis

Productions (50)
  • Comedy
  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 19 Any (19-24 actors possible)

Welcome to Container of Sharks, a TV show where entrepreneurs put their ideas to the test in the hopes of winning start-up money from a panel of billionaire investors and one actual shark. Read more

Bedtime Stories (As Told by Our Dad) (Who Messed Them Up)

Bedtime Stories (As Told by Our Dad) (Who Messed Them Up)
Ed Monk

Productions (814)
  • Comedy
  • 45 - 65 minutes
  • 6 W, 4 M, 16 Any (12-31 actors possible: 6-27 W, 4-25 M)

It's Dad's turn to tell his three rambunctious kids their bedtime stories, but when he gets fuzzy on the details, the classics get creative. Read more

Oz

Oz
Don Zolidis

Productions (778)
  • Comedy/Drama
  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 4 Any (8-16 actors possible: 4-8 W, 4-8 M)

Reeling from her sister's death, Beth suddenly finds herself journeying through a world suspiciously resembling the film The Wizard of Oz. Read more

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Middle School (but were too busy being stuffed in a locker to ask)

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Middle School (but were too busy being stuffed in a locker to ask)
Werner Trieschmann

Productions (106)
  • Comedy
  • 25 - 30 minutes
  • 4 W, 1 M, 17 Any (9-40 actors possible: 4-39 W, 1-36 M)

Helpful narrators Denice and Roman are here to answer your questions. Read more

10 Ways to Survive the End of the World

10 Ways to Survive the End of the World
Don Zolidis

Productions (247)
  • Comedy
  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 6 Any (8-26 actors possible: 2-24 W, 2-24 M)

Any way the end times arrive, you just might have a shot at survival with this hilarious new how-to guide. Read more

Help Desk

Help Desk
Don Zolidis

Productions (85)
  • Comedy
  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 4 Any (4-30 actors possible: 4-30 W, 4-30 M)

When you call the help desk, you're looking for a solution - but your problems might just be beginning when these customer service calls spiral into absurdity. Read more

How to Get Away with a Murder Mystery

How to Get Away with a Murder Mystery
Don Zolidis

Productions (28)
  • Comedy
  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • Various

Five mysterious color-coded guests. A mansion. A murder. Can the killer get away with it? And how will the sleuths bring them to justice? A handy guide for how to escape the law when you just happen to be a prime suspect of a mysterious murder. Told in vignettes in a style similar to 10 Ways To Survive The Zombie Apocalypse, this show hilariously skewers the tropes of the murder mystery. Read more

Zoodate

Zoodate
Don Zolidis

Productions (4)
  • Comedy
  • 50 - 60 minutes
  • 17 W, 12 M, 1 Any (5-30 actors possible)

Dating is wild, especially if you’re a praying mantis and your date might bite your head off. Luckily there’s Zoodate, the first-ever dating app for animals. Read more

From the Mouths of Monsters

From the Mouths of Monsters
Idris Goodwin

Productions (10)
  • Drama
  • 65 - 70 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 Any (2-10 actors possible: 1-4 W, 0-3 M)

When a mask proves to have other strange powers, Michelle must dig deeper to find her true voice. An imaginative slam-poetry fable inspired by Frankenstein. Recommended for grades 3 and up! Read more

Community Garden

Community Garden
Justin Borak

Productions (7)
  • Comedy
  • 40 - 80 minutes
  • 5 W, 6 M, 7 Any (8-18 actors possible: 3-12 W, 3-13 M)

In a series of heartfelt and humorous vignettes, Community Garden digs into the ways taking care of the environment helps people take care of each other. Read more

Biz Town

Biz Town (one-act)
Rachel Bublitz

Productions (8)
  • Comedy
  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 36 Any (8-36 actors possible)

When Miss J assigns an “adult life” simulation project, her class transforms into Biz Town, a modern city with a hospital, bookshop, zoo, exotic pet store—and crime. Read more

Fast Food

Fast Food
Tracy Wells

Productions (30)
  • Comedy
  • 30 - 45 minutes
  • 6 Any (6-25 actors possible)

When you’re hungry for hilarity but short on time and tight on budget, where do you turn? Why, the one-act play Fast Food, of course! From crazy customers to screwy staff, this vignette-style collection of scenes will satisfy your craving for fast food fun while offering a simple set and an entirely flexible and expandable cast. Read more

The Bugs

The Bugs
Don Zolidis

Productions (14)
  • Comedy
  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 8 W, 1 M, 19 Any (20-40 actors possible)

When a couple of disgruntled honeybees discover their habitat is going to be destroyed to make way for a swimming pool, there’s only one thing for them to do: forge an alliance with the other bugs who live in the yard and stop it. A hilarious satire about ecological disaster and labor issues, with a smattering of Greek Gods thrown in for fun. Read more

The Gift List

The Gift List
Kyle Nesbit

Productions (5)
  • Holiday One Act
  • 20 - 30 minutes
  • 5 W, 6 M,  (8-19 actors possible: 2-18 W, 1-17 M)

Santa isn’t the only one who has to check his Christmas list twice. After siblings Keith and Caroline ask for an unwieldy seventy-eight presents from St. Nick, two elves arrive to tell the kids they can’t have everything they want. Luckily, Keith and Caroline—and their parents—are prepared to negotiate. Funny and charming, THE GIFT LIST is a one-act play about dreaming big and making holiday wishes come true. Read more

One-Act Comedies

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Game of Tiaras

Game of Tiaras (one-act)
Don Zolidis

Productions (621)
  • Comedy
  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 5 W, 10 M, 14 Any (18-32 actors possible: 4-20 W, 5-25 M)

When the aging king of a Magical Kingdom (England) decides to split his empire between his three daughters, terrible, hilarious tragedy ensues. Read more

Bad Auditions by Bad Actors

Bad Auditions by Bad Actors
Ian McWethy

Productions (1141)
  • Comedy
  • 25 - 30 minutes
  • 7 W, 4 M, 3 Any (4-14 actors possible: 0-14 W, 0-14 M)

A casting director struggles to find the leads for a community theater production of Romeo and Juliet. Read more

The Hallmarks of Horror

The Hallmarks of Horror
Peter Bloedel

Productions (213)
  • Comedy
  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 6 W, 6 M, 6 Any (8-40 actors possible: 5-37 W, 3-35 M)

Scary movies are full of different ways to give you nightmares--but once you figure out the formula, the frightful looks pretty funny. You won't believe how fast the spine-chilling turns side-splitting when you know the secrets of The Hallmarks of Horror. Read more

The 9 Worst Breakups of All Time

The 9 Worst Breakups of All Time
Ian McWethy

Productions (677)
  • Comedy
  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 12 W, 13 M, 1 Any (7-34 actors possible: 4-22 W, 3-23 M)

Eve Tonsil, an employee of the nonprofit company "Relationships for a Better Tomorrow" is here to take you on a tour of the nine worst breakups of all time. Read more

The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza

The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza (one-act)
Don Zolidis

Productions (738)
  • Comedy
  • 45 - 55 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 6 Any (8-35 actors possible: 1-35 W, 1-35 M)

Two battling narrators attempt to cover the entirety of Greek mythology using audience participation, cross-dressing, and general theatrical insanity. Read more

The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet

The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet (one-act)
Peter Bloedel

Productions (1710)
  • Comedy
  • 35 - 50 minutes
  • 6 W, 6 M, 12 Any (12-24 actors possible: 3-21 W, 3-21 M)

A whimsical reinvention of Shakespeare's love story, complete with rhymed couplets and creative wordplay -- similar to something Dr. Seuss might have come up with if he ever had his way with the script. Read more

Appropriate Audience Behavior

Appropriate Audience Behavior
Ian McWethy

Productions (487)
  • Comedy
  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 9 W, 8 M, 3 Any (5-20 actors possible: 0-20 W, 0-20 M)

Carol and Ashley are expecting a tale of woe as they take their seats to watch Hamlet, but the real tragedy is that they're sitting next to the world's noisiest weirdos. Read more

An Absolutely True Story (As Told by a Bunch of Lying Liars)

An Absolutely True Story (As Told by a Bunch of Lying Liars)
Ian McWethy

Productions (312)
  • Comedy
  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 7 W, 7 M, 1 Any (11-31 actors possible: 5-26 W, 5-26 M)

Someone is in enormous trouble for breaking the priceless heirloom vase in the Peterson living room. But who? Someone is lying. Read more

SUPERHEROES

SUPERHEROES
Ian McWethy

Productions (600)
  • Comedy
  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 12 W, 11 M, 10 Any (5-33 actors possible: 1-23 W, 4-31 M)

SUPERHEROES is a funny, fast-paced series of vignettes that explores how the caped crusaders deal with life in street clothes. Read more

The One-Act Play Disaster

The One-Act Play Disaster
Don Zolidis

Productions (211)
  • Comedy
  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 5 W, 5 M, 5 Any (15-30 actors possible: 4-26 W, 4-26 M)

Pulling off a heist is pretty tough. But that's nothing compared to pulling off an unauthorized adaptation of a popular heist movie onstage. Can the group survive a run-through? Read more

Employees Must Wash Hands... Before Murder

Employees Must Wash Hands... Before Murder
Don Zolidis

Productions (382)
  • Comedy/Murder mystery
  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 8 W, 1 M, 10 Any (14-19 actors possible: 8-11 W, 6-8 M)

This super-sized murder mystery comes with a side of funny and a healthy dose of ridiculous as the health inspector and his intern investigate a lineup of crazy characters. Read more

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz
Erin Detrick

Productions (337)
  • Comedy/Drama
  • 45 - 60 minutes
  • 11 W, 5 M, 5 Any (12-44 actors possible: 4-40 W, 4-40 M)

When Dorothy drops into the Land of Oz, only one thing is certain: she's got to find a way back to Kansas. Full of ensemble possibilities, this imaginative adaptation captures the heart of L. Frank Baum's classic tale. Read more

The Rehearsal

The Rehearsal
Don Zolidis

Productions (409)
  • Comedy/Drama
  • 40 - 45 minutes
  • 8 W, 6 M, 3 Any (17-40 actors possible: 8-30 W, 6-12 M)

A young teacher tries to pull off a production of Guys and Dolls, but putting a musical together is never easy. A hilarious and poignant look behind the scenes of a drama club production filled with -- what else? -- lots of drama. Read more

That's Not How I Remember It

That's Not How I Remember It
Don Zolidis

Productions (431)
  • Comedy
  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 8 W, 8 M, 6 Any (13-22 actors possible: 6-14 W, 6-14 M)

Mom and Dad love to tell the story of how they met in 1986. Trouble is, they remember their courtship completely differently. This tubular one-act is a crazy homage to bad 80s movies and the inadequacies of memory. Read more

Everyone Gets Eaten by Sharks

Everyone Gets Eaten by Sharks
Marshall Pailet

Productions (257)
  • Comedy
  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M,  (6-60 actors possible: 3-30 W, 3-30 M)

FACT: Most people, if not everyone, will eventually be eaten by sharks. A delightfully madcap comedy you're sure to devour . . . unless it devours you first. Read more

Iris Lee's Audio Odyssey

Iris Lee's Audio Odyssey
Min Kahng

Productions (0)
  • Radio Play
  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 1 Any (3 actors possible: 1-2 W, 1-2 M)

When her tears from a recent breakup mingle with her earbuds, Iris Lee finds herself thrust into a hilariously strange dream universe where each moment is a send-up of a contemporary radio show genre. Read more

Full-Length Comedies

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Back to the 80s

Back to the 80s
Dean O'Carroll

Productions (125)
  • Parody
  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 15 W, 7 M,  (11-116 actors possible: 5-99 W, 1-111 M)

Hold on to your hoverboards, we're taking a trip Back to the 80s! When modern teen Mary Fitzfry gets sent back in time by an eccentric professor, she finds herself in the middle of a totally tubular cavalcade of 80s pop culture. Read more

The Audition

The Audition
Don Zolidis

Productions (1344)
  • Comedy/Drama
  • 35 - 40 minutes
  • 10 W, 3 M, 11 Any (13-30 actors possible: 3-25 W, 1-25 M)

A hilarious and heartbreaking look at the madness of auditioning and the actors who brave the process for that perfect part. Read more

The Internet is Distract--OH LOOK A KITTEN!

The Internet is Distract--OH LOOK A KITTEN! (full-length)
Ian McWethy

Productions (140)
  • Comedy
  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 5 W, 3 M, 10 Any (8-45 actors possible: 0-45 W, 0-45 M)

Micah only has twenty minutes to finish her paper on The Great Gatsby, but the internet threatens to take over her schoolwork. Read more

The Alibis

The Alibis
Jonathan Dorf

Productions (417)
  • Murder-Mystery Comedy
  • 110 - 130 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 10 Any (10-55 actors possible: 3-53 W, 2-52 M)

When eccentric billionaire J. Leslie Arlington is murdered, a clueless detective finds the suspects are all reluctant to admit their alibis . . . because they were all committing other ridiculous crimes at the time. Read more

Peter/Wendy

Peter/Wendy
Jeremy Bloom

Productions (507)
  • Comedy/Drama
  • 65 - 75 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 2 Any (7-30 actors possible: 3-30 W, 2-30 M)

A low-tech, inventive adaptation that pays homage to the J. M. Barrie's original, Peter/Wendy will mesmerize audiences of all ages. Read more

The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon

The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon (full-length)
Don Zolidis

Productions (1732)
  • Comedy
  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 3 Any (5-43 actors possible: 1-41 W, 1-42 M)

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt to combine all 209 stories. Read more

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
John Glore

Productions (323)
  • Comedy with music
  • 55 - 65 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M,  (7-30 actors possible: 3-14 W, 4-18 M)

Though the characters may be familiar, each of your favorite storybook fables is uproariously derailed in this adaptation of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's quintessential children's book of fractured fairy tales. Read more

Miss Nelson Is Missing!

Miss Nelson is Missing!
Jeffrey Hatcher

Productions (581)
  • Comedy
  • 60 - 75 minutes
  • 4 W, 6 M, 

Miss Nelson can't control her crazy classroom because she's just too nice. But when she disappears, her replacement is her opposite! The kids suddenly realize they'll do anything, including hiring a private eye, to solve the mystery of her disappearance and bring her back. Read more

30 Reasons Not To Be in a Play

30 Reasons Not to Be in a Play
Alan Haehnel

Productions (651)
  • Comedy
  • 75 - 85 minutes
  • 39 W, 33 M,  (20-132 actors possible: 3-129 W, 3-125 M)

Stage kisses, pinkeye, inciting World War III -- these are only a few of the many things that can go wrong during the production of a play. Read more

I Hate Shakespeare!

I Hate Shakespeare!
Steph DeFerie

Productions (767)
  • Comedy
  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M,  (5-43 actors possible: 0-43 W, 0-43 M)

We hate Shakespeare! At least that's what the audience thinks until they get a rip-roaring rundown of Shakespeare's classics.... Read more

Scared Silly

Scared Silly
Peter Bloedel

Productions (138)
  • Comedy
  • 100 - 120 minutes
  • 8 W, 8 M, 14 Any (16-85 actors possible: 8-62 W, 8-54 M)

Designed to be flexible for your evil plans, these plays can be performed in any combination. Every spooky tale in this collection has a twist. Read more

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz
Erin Detrick

Productions (337)
  • Comedy/Drama
  • 45 - 60 minutes
  • 11 W, 5 M, 5 Any (12-44 actors possible: 4-40 W, 4-40 M)

A funny and fast-paced journey down the yellow brick road ensues, and full of ensemble possibilities, this imaginative adaptation captures the heart of L. Frank Baum's classic tale. Read more

Oz

Oz
Don Zolidis

Productions (778)
  • Comedy/Drama
  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 4 Any (8-16 actors possible: 4-8 W, 4-8 M)

Journeying through a world suspiciously resembling The Wizard of Oz, Beth reckons with the death of her sister in a hilarious and heart-wrenching exploration of grief and perseverance on the road to acceptance. Read more

Lafayette No.1

Lafayette No. 1
Mandy Conner

Productions (327)
  • Drama
  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 8 W, 7 M,  (15-25 actors possible: 8-13 W, 7-12 M)

As the yellow fever epidemic ravages the streets of 1816 New Orleans, no one thinks of the orphans known as the Forgotten--except for Lizzie Landry. Read more

Antigone Now

Antigone Now
Melissa Cooper

Productions (454)
  • Drama
  • 50 - 60 minutes
  • 3 W, 1 M,  (4-11 actors possible: 2-10 W, 1-9 M)

In the midst of a bombed-out city still feeling the aftershocks of war, the rebellious and intense Antigone defies her uncle to bury her disgraced brother. Read more

Dark Road

Dark Road
Laura Lundgren Smith

Productions (593)
  • Drama
  • 40 - 45 minutes
  • 8 W, 3 M, 1 Any (9-26 actors possible: 9-20 W, 0-6 M)

A powerful drama about the choices that allow evil to become ordinary. Read more

Booby Trap by Ed Monk

Booby Trap
Ed Monk

Productions (659)
  • Drama
  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 6 W, 5 M, 6 Any (11-17 actors possible: 5-12 W, 5-12 M)

In the near future, an American soldier sits in a combat zone, trapped by a land mine. As he waits to see what will happen to him, scenes from his past, present, and future unfold around him. Read more

4 A.M.

4 A.M.
Jonathan Dorf

Productions (626)
  • Dramedy
  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 6 Any (6-40 actors possible: 3-20 W, 3-20 M)

Meet an early-morning jogger, a radio DJ whose show may have an audience of none, a modern Romeo and Juliet, the author of a most unusual letter, and many other teen characters as they search for connection in the magic hour. Read more

Lockdown

Lockdown
Douglas Craven

Productions (733)
  • Drama
  • 20 - 35 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 1 Any (9-11 actors possible: 3-8 W, 4-8 M)

In a dark classroom, eight students sit in an "official lockdown," not knowing if it's just a drill or an actual emergency. When a hysterical younger girl bolts from the room and the teacher follows, the remaining students are left alone to decide if it's safer to stay or run. Read more

I Don't Want to Talk About It

I Don't Want to Talk About It
Bradley Hayward

Productions (493)
  • Dramedy
  • 30 - 45 minutes
  • 5 Any (5-32 actors possible: 0-32 W, 0-32 M)

Being a teenager is hard, and nobody wants to talk about it. Confronting the daily challenges of growing up, this series of monologues and scenes offers a look at a multitude of issues-- exposing the things teenagers can't, won't, and don't want to talk about. Read more

Crafting a Killer

Crafting a Killer
Brent Holland

Productions (68)
  • Thriller
  • 35 - 40 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 7 Any (9 actors possible: 1-8 W, 1-8 M)

Eight top candidates are forced to compete not only for a job, but for the chance to survive, as one of the candidates will be eliminated every round. But could someone outsmart the rules of the game? Find out in this inventive, suspenseful body-switching thriller. Read more

Fire Exit

Fire Exit
Stacie Lents

Productions (161)
  • Drama
  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 3 Any (4-8 actors possible: 2-6 W, 2-5 M)

Fire Exit opens in the aftermath, as the community faces what appears to be a prank gone terribly wrong. But as the kids and adults open up about their lives and the bigger picture of the day's events emerges, the truth proves to be far less simple. Read more

We Are The Sea

We Are The Sea
Laura Lundgren Smith

Productions (134)
  • Drama
  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 7 Any (12-30 actors possible: 3-28 W, 2-27 M)

Norah, Una, and Iseult set sail from Ireland to escape the ravages of hunger, only to find a new set of dangers on their ocean voyage. Read more

Digging Up the Boys

Digging Up the Boys
Laura Lundgren Smith

Productions (174)
  • Drama
  • 40 - 45 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 1 Any (8 actors possible: 3-4 W, 4-5 M)

The mine where Floyd, Paul, and Jack work is old, nearly picked clean and about to be closed, when part of it collapses, trapping them. Read more

Badger

Badger (one-act)
Don Zolidis

Productions (111)
  • Drama
  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 8 W, 5 M, 1 Any (14-45 actors possible: 8-40 W, 5-37 M)

In 1944, four young women take newly-available jobs at one of the largest munitions factories in the United States: the Badger Ordnance Works. Facing dangerous work with highly flammable powder as well as insidious sexism, the women form an unlikely friendship through joy and heartbreak. Read more

The Wild Bunch Women: A Memory Play

The Wild Bunch Women: A Memory Play
Nelly E. Cuellar-Garcia

Productions (42)
  • Drama
  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 15 W, 2 M,  (13-25 actors possible: 11-15 W, 2-10 M)

The Wild Bunch Women were known throughout the Old West as cattle rustlers, stagecoach bandits, and bank robbers... but to Pearl Hart, they were family. Joy, sorrow, and the spirit of the old West fill this poignant, award-winning play. Read more

All I Really Need to Know I Learned From Being a Zombie

All I Really Need to Know I Learned From Being a Zombie
Jason Pizzarello

Productions (314)
  • Dramedy
  • 35 - 50 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 14 Any (5-45 actors possible: 0-45 W, 0-45 M)

In today's world, we often don't know where to turn for help. Little did we know that life's most valuable lessons lie within the undead. Finally, zombies engage us with musings on life, death, and everything in between. They show us that brains aren't everything, you are what you eat, and what doesn't kill you makes you...more alive. Read more

Full-Length Dramas

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Just Great: A Retelling of Some Book by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Just Great: A Retelling of Some Book by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dani Stoller

Productions (5)
  • Drama
  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 9 W, 3 M, 2 Any (14-30 actors possible: 9-25 W, 3-15 M)

Crazy parties, high-end fashion, glamorous homes, fame. Through his social media feed, high schooler Jason Carraway watches it all and wants it all. But it’s not until Jason and his sister Nick are enrolled in the exclusive Dalton Prep that Jason has a chance to see the world of the elite up close. Just Great is a biting look at social media, authenticity, and the ways we try to find self-worth in the modern world. Read more

Peter/Wendy

Peter/Wendy
Jeremy Bloom

Productions (507)
  • Comedy/Drama
  • 65 - 75 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 2 Any (7-30 actors possible: 3-30 W, 2-30 M)

In this lyrical, atmospheric interpretation of Peter Pan, Jeremy Bloom strips the familiar story down to its emotional essence. Peter lures Wendy away from her nursery to the magical world of Neverland, where she joins his adventures with Tinker Bell, Tiger Lily, and the menacing Captain Hook. A low-tech, inventive adaptation that pays homage to the darker themes of J. M. Barrie's original, Peter/Wendy will mesmerize audiences of all ages. Read more

Snow Angel

Snow Angel
David Lindsay-Abaire

Productions (351)
  • Comedy/Drama
  • 60 - 80 minutes
  • 8 W, 8 M, 

When the quiet town of Deerpoint, Vermont is hit by the biggest blizzard in 107 years, a mysterious girl named Eva steps out of a snow bank and into the lives of 15 confused teenagers who are asked to help her in her search. Read more

A Voice in the Dark: A Salem Story

A Voice in the Dark: A Salem Story
Elizabeth Downing

Productions (113)
  • Historical Drama
  • 70 - 85 minutes
  • 7 W, 3 M, 5 Any (13-18 actors possible: 7-15 W, 3-8 M)

Told through the eyes of a teenager, A Voice in the Dark: A Salem Story is a thrilling and poignant tale from one of the darkest eras in American history. Abigail Hobbs, a shy, yet kind 15-year-old, lives a modest, happy life. But things are changing in Salem, Mass. Will she remain silent and let the witch hunt continue? Or will she risk her own safety and speak out for what is right? Read more

Winter Break

Winter Break
Joe Calarco

Productions (0)
  • Drama
  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 19 Any

On the first night of Winter Break, nineteen teenagers, some who know each other, some who don’t, wrestle with friendships, breakups, loss, graduating, and finding their place in the world. Alternately hilarious and touching, Winter Break was slated for the 2020 Educational Theatre Association commission. This play is the first in a cycle that includes Spring Break. Read more

Badger

Badger (full-length)
Don Zolidis

Productions (26)
  • Drama
  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 9 W, 5 M, 1 Any (15-45 actors possible: 9-40 W, 5-36 M)

In 1944, five young women take newly-available jobs at one of the largest munitions factories in the United States: the Badger Ordnance Works. Read more

Anon(ymous)

Anon(ymous)
Naomi Iizuka

Productions (420)
  • Drama
  • 90 minutes
  • 6 W, 5 M,  (11-35 actors possible: 6-20 W, 5-15 M)

Separated from his mother, a young refugee called Anon journeys through the United States in this entrancing adaptation of Homer's Odyssey. Read more

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden
Jerry R. Montoya

Productions (53)
  • Drama
  • 65 - 75 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 1 Any (8-10 actors possible: 3-4 W, 4-7 M)

As she adjusts to her new life at secluded Misselthwaite Manor, orphan Mary Lennox discovers a secret garden. Read more

Property Rites

Property Rites
Alan Haehnel

Productions (697)
  • Drama
  • 40 - 55 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 13 Any (12-30 actors possible: 2-30 W, 2-30 M)

Kyle Macmanus has invested millions in a high-tech work of art— 15 human-figure sculptures which have come alive. As each one struggles to achieve autonomy, they begin a fatal race against their desperate owner's destructive plan. Read more

Young Jane Eyre

Young Jane Eyre
Marisha Chamberlain

Productions (5)
  • Drama
  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 30 W, 4 M,  (28-40 actors possible: 24-36 W, exactly 4 M)

In this adaptation of the first nine chapters of Charlotte Bronte's masterpiece, 10-year-old Jane Eyre is driven from Gateshead Manor, where she prepares herself for an independent future as a governess. Read more

The Lost Boy

The Lost Boy
Ronald Gabriel Paolillo

Productions (185)
  • Drama
  • 110 - 120 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M,  (7-18 actors possible: 3-10 W, 4-8 M)

This fictionalized account of the birth of Peter Pan will warm the hearts of audiences everywhere who remember the magic and mystery of The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Read more

Spring Break

Spring Break
Joe Calarco

Productions (0)
  • Drama
  • 50 - 60 minutes
  • 19 Any

On the first night of Spring Break, new friendships are made and old ones are tested as the nineteen teenagers we first met in Winter Break continue to find joy, heartache, and wonder in the world they’re trying to find their place in. Read more

Dark Road

Dark Road
Laura Lundgren Smith

Productions (593)
  • Drama
  • 40 - 45 minutes
  • 8 W, 3 M, 1 Any (9-26 actors possible: 9-20 W, 0-6 M)

Kind-hearted Lise is shocked at what her sister becomes when she takes a job as a guard at a concentration camp. Read more

The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza

The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza (one-act)
Don Zolidis

Productions (738)
  • Comedy
  • 45 - 55 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 6 Any (8-35 actors possible: 1-35 W, 1-35 M)

Two battling narrators attempt to cover the entirety of Greek mythology using audience participation, cross-dressing, and general theatrical insanity. Read more

Booby Trap

Booby Trap
Ed Monk

Productions (659)
  • Drama
  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 6 W, 5 M, 6 Any (11-17 actors possible: 5-12 W, 5-12 M)

In the near future, an American soldier sits in a combat zone, trapped by a land mine. As he waits to see what will happen to him, scenes from his past, present, and future unfold around him. Read more

And a Child Shall Lead

And a Child Shall Lead
Michael Slade

Productions (317)
  • Drama
  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M,  (8-30 actors possible: 4-15 W, 4-15 M)

This is the heroic and true story of children coming of age in Terezin, the "Jewish city" established by the Nazis near Prague as a way station before the death camps. Read more

Lafayette No. 1

Lafayette No. 1
Mandy Conner

Productions (327)
  • Drama
  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 8 W, 7 M,  (15-25 actors possible: 8-13 W, 7-12 M)

As the yellow fever epidemic ravages the streets of 1816 New Orleans, no one thinks of the orphans known as the Forgotten--except for Lizzie Landry. Read more

dirt

dirt
Mandy Conner

Productions (99)
  • Drama
  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 5 W, 8 M, 5 Any (13-20 actors possible: 4-13 W, 7-16 M)

When the 1935 Dust Bowl batters the Texas Panhandle with drought, dirt, and devastation, the Loftin family is hit especially hard. Read more

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book
Monica Flory

Productions (310)
  • Adventure comedy/drama
  • 60 - 75 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M, 10 Any (12-22 actors possible: 0-22 W, 0-22 M)

Mowgli grows up believing he's as fierce a wolf as any of the members of his pack. When he learns he is actually a human, he must discover how to reconcile these very different identities.. Read more

Oz

Oz
Don Zolidis

Productions (778)
  • Comedy/Drama
  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 4 Any (8-16 actors possible: 4-8 W, 4-8 M)

Reeling from her sister's death, Beth suddenly finds herself journeying through a world suspiciously resembling the film The Wizard of Oz. Read more

Peter/Wendy

Peter/Wendy
Jeremy Bloom

Productions (507)
  • Comedy/Drama
  • 65 - 75 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 2 Any (7-30 actors possible: 3-30 W, 2-30 M)

In this lyrical, atmospheric interpretation of Peter Pan, Jeremy Bloom strips the familiar story down to its emotional essence. Read more