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Tourist Attraction by Craig Pospisil

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (24)
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Nancy, an over-enthusiastic tourist, waxes ecstatic about New York's subway while Jason, an unemployed actor, desperately tries to prepare for an... Read more

Nancy, an over-enthusiastic tourist, waxes ecstatic about New York's subway while Jason, an unemployed actor, desperately tries to prepare for an... Read more

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Twisting Carol by Jonathan Dorf

  • Comedy
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 3 W, 7 M, 3 Any (6-50 actors possible: 3-25 W, 3-25 M)
Productions (21)
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In this twisted riff on the holiday classic, Scrooge is so miserly and self-centered that he hasn't even noticed his dead partner Marley's corpse... Read more

In this twisted riff on the holiday classic, Scrooge is so miserly and self-centered that he hasn't even noticed his dead partner Marley's corpse... Read more

Yes, Mamet by Matt Casarino

  • Comedy
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  • 12 - 17 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M,  (4 actors possible: 1-2 W, 2-3 M)
Productions (13)
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Two David Mamet-obsessed writers pitch their play to Reginald, an African-American theatre director. Their work is a derivative doozy -- a... Read more

Two David Mamet-obsessed writers pitch their play to Reginald, an African-American theatre director. Their work is a derivative doozy -- a... Read more

Nice Tie by Rich Orloff

  • Comedy
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  • 5 - 7 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (22)
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A woman and man envision totally different consequences if she lets him buy her a drink. (This play can also be performed as part of two... Read more

A woman and man envision totally different consequences if she lets him buy her a drink. (This play can also be performed as part of two... Read more

Moustache Guys by Mike Lew

  • Comedy
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  • 20 - 35 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 7 Any (3-15 actors possible: 1-14 W, 1-14 M)
Productions (15)
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The International Order of the Moustache Guys is a secret society of shady men characterized by even shadier facial hair. Believing her husband... Read more

The International Order of the Moustache Guys is a secret society of shady men characterized by even shadier facial hair. Believing her husband... Read more

Legwork by Dean O'Donnell

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 2 M, 
Productions (17)
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Walter must train Ernie in the fine art of bill collecting. What starts as a simple lesson becomes a battle of wills, where the student becomes... Read more

Walter must train Ernie in the fine art of bill collecting. What starts as a simple lesson becomes a battle of wills, where the student becomes... Read more

The Truth About Dinosaurs by Jim Knable

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 35 - 40 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M,  (4-13 actors possible: 2-7 W, 2-6 M)
Productions (14)
(8)

Dinosaurs create smart, poignant allegories in this series of stories narrated by a mysterious figure in a trench coat. From a young boy who... Read more

Dinosaurs create smart, poignant allegories in this series of stories narrated by a mysterious figure in a trench coat. From a young boy who... 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

Backflip by Catherine Butterfield

  • Comedy
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  • 5 - 10 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M,  (2 actors possible: 0-2 W, 0-2 M)
Productions (13)
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A therapist interviews a patient afflicted by a strange delusion: he believes a living, breathing audience is watching his every move. The... Read more

A therapist interviews a patient afflicted by a strange delusion: he believes a living, breathing audience is watching his every move. The... Read more

Twelfth Night (abridged) adapted by Larry Nehring

  • Comedy
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  • 45 - 60 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 1 Any (5-10 actors possible: 0-5 W, 0-5 M)
Productions (9)
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Shakespeare's classic comedy unfolds fast and furiously in this abridged one-act version, trimmed to the story's very essence. Believing her... Read more

Shakespeare's classic comedy unfolds fast and furiously in this abridged one-act version, trimmed to the story's very essence. Believing her... 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 (14)
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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

Zealot by Julie Marie Myatt

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M, 
Productions (18)
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Four young people witness the suicide of a zealot, and the shock of this death turns their thoughts to what they would sacrifice life for. What... Read more

Four young people witness the suicide of a zealot, and the shock of this death turns their thoughts to what they would sacrifice life for. What... Read more

It's Our Town, Too by Susan Miller

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 25 - 30 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 2 Any (8-10 actors possible: 4-5 W, 3-5 M)
Productions (31)
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In this homage to Wilder's classic play, Emily and Elizabeth fall in love in a small town, and then flash forward to the wedding of their son to... Read more

In this homage to Wilder's classic play, Emily and Elizabeth fall in love in a small town, and then flash forward to the wedding of their son to... Read more

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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

Cold Reading by Paul Dooley

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M, 3 Any (7-10 actors possible: 1-4 W, 3-6 M)
Productions (18)
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When a menacing stranger appears at the door of a theatrical producer's office, the man only has one request: that the producer read aloud a... Read more

When a menacing stranger appears at the door of a theatrical producer's office, the man only has one request: that the producer read aloud a... Read more

Not a Creature Was Stirring by Christopher Durang

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 5 Any (7-9 actors possible: 2-7 W, 2-7 M)
Productions (22)
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A tyrannical father tries to pass off a classic Christmas poem as his own. But his version is slightly different -- it involves bats, which... Read more

A tyrannical father tries to pass off a classic Christmas poem as his own. But his version is slightly different -- it involves bats, which... Read more

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Christmas Thieves: A Small Town Radio Play by Greg Oliver Bodine

  • Comedy
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  • 45 - 55 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M, 
Productions (24)
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It's Christmas Eve in America's heartland, and radio host Bjorn Gundlarrsen is preparing for the telethon performance that will keep his tiny... Read more

It's Christmas Eve in America's heartland, and radio host Bjorn Gundlarrsen is preparing for the telethon performance that will keep his tiny... Read more

Run by Garth Wingfield

  • Comedy
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  • 13 - 15 minutes
  • 2 W, 1 M, 
Productions (11)
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In a dog run in New York City, dogs sniff one another... and so do humans. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play... Read more

In a dog run in New York City, dogs sniff one another... and so do humans. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play... Read more

Nancy Blue: Girl Detective by Megan Mostyn-Brown

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 14 W, 2 M, 1 Any (17 actors possible: 14-15 W, 2-3 M)
Productions (11)
(5)

Framed as a radio play, this creative and jaunty noir spoof of Nancy Drew has Nancy Blue searching to uncover who has kidnapped the high school... Read more

Framed as a radio play, this creative and jaunty noir spoof of Nancy Drew has Nancy Blue searching to uncover who has kidnapped the high school... Read more

Love Is Awkward by Melissa Stuppy

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 45 minutes
  • 7 W, 9 M, 1 Any (13-17 actors possible: 4-8 W, 9-10 M)
Productions (17)
(3)

Tracy Singleton is an optimistic high school newspaper reporter writing an article about the "beauty" of teenage love. Determined to prove her... Read more

Tracy Singleton is an optimistic high school newspaper reporter writing an article about the "beauty" of teenage love. Determined to prove her... Read more