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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

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The Probabilities by Wendy MacLeod

  • Drama
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 M, 
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A weatherman wants us to understand that weather matters, citing past disasters and scientific methods. But as he eventually reveals what a freak... Read more

A weatherman wants us to understand that weather matters, citing past disasters and scientific methods. But as he eventually reveals what a freak... Read more

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Snake Oil by Wendy MacLeod

  • Drama
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  • 5 - 10 minutes
  • 1 M, 
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A snake oil salesman convinces an audience to buy his "nerve tonic" using his memories and their hopes for a better life. (This play can also be... Read more

A snake oil salesman convinces an audience to buy his "nerve tonic" using his memories and their hopes for a better life. (This play can also be... Read more

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Photo Opportunity by Wendy MacLeod

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 5 - 10 minutes
  • 2 M, 
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A fan accosts a television star at a valet parking stand, begging him to be in a picture with his infant son. Will the super fan get his... Read more

A fan accosts a television star at a valet parking stand, begging him to be in a picture with his infant son. Will the super fan get his... Read more

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Flood by Wendy MacLeod

  • Drama
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  • 5 - 7 minutes
  • 2 M, 
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Fast-talking Brian spins a ludicrous tale to his professor in an attempt to get an extension on an overdue paper. But the feeble excuses soon... Read more

Fast-talking Brian spins a ludicrous tale to his professor in an attempt to get an extension on an overdue paper. But the feeble excuses soon... Read more

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A Walk With Mr. Heifetz by James Inverne

  • Drama
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  • 120 - 130 minutes
  • 3 M, 1 Any (4 actors possible: 0-1 W, 3-4 M)
Productions (1)
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In 1926 in pre-Israel Palestine, a concert given in a stone quarry by celebrated violinist Jascha Heifetz drew thousands - but no one witnessed... Read more

In 1926 in pre-Israel Palestine, a concert given in a stone quarry by celebrated violinist Jascha Heifetz drew thousands - but no one witnessed... Read more

Paradise by Chris Edmund

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 90 - 110 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (6-10 actors possible: 3-5 W, 3-5 M)
Productions (1)
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It is the summer of 1980, and a young English director leaves his girlfriend in London for a California production of Chekhov's Three Sisters.... Read more

It is the summer of 1980, and a young English director leaves his girlfriend in London for a California production of Chekhov's Three Sisters.... Read more

Relative Time by Nicole Quinn

  • Drama
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  • 8 - 10 minutes
  • 3 W, 
Productions (3)
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A mother and her two grown daughters relive her life after the mother's death. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play... Read more

A mother and her two grown daughters relive her life after the mother's death. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play... Read more

Slag Heap by Anton Dudley

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 90 - 105 minutes
  • 4 W, 2 M, 
Productions (2)
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Ashley and Dave are two working class British prostitutes who rely on johns for enough money to eat or, on a good night, find a place to spend... Read more

Ashley and Dave are two working class British prostitutes who rely on johns for enough money to eat or, on a good night, find a place to spend... Read more

Will He Bop, Will He Drop? by Robert Alexander

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 70 - 90 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 1 Any (5 actors possible: 2-3 W, 2-3 M)
Productions (2)
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An over-the-top jazz poem erupts inside the mind of Jack Booker, an African-American writer in the middle of a nervous meltdown. His wife Brenda... Read more

An over-the-top jazz poem erupts inside the mind of Jack Booker, an African-American writer in the middle of a nervous meltdown. His wife Brenda... Read more

The Dying City by Christopher Shinn

  • Drama
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  • 8 - 10 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M, 
Productions (2)
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While the Iraq War rages on in the Middle East, Denise introduces her friend Tom to her new boyfriend, Jerry, at a bar. Over drinks, sparks fly... Read more

While the Iraq War rages on in the Middle East, Denise introduces her friend Tom to her new boyfriend, Jerry, at a bar. Over drinks, sparks fly... Read more

Damaged Goods by David Marshall Grant

  • Drama
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  • 8 - 10 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (2)
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In the dark after-hours of 9/11, Daniel and Kathleen reflect not only on what America means to them, but what they mean to each other. Far away... Read more

In the dark after-hours of 9/11, Daniel and Kathleen reflect not only on what America means to them, but what they mean to each other. Far away... Read more

Fruits and Nuts by Ned Eisenberg

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 8 - 10 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (2)
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A woman and a man end their relationship in a tumultuous confrontation that ends in her leaving and him ignoring her calls. But when her shoe... Read more

A woman and a man end their relationship in a tumultuous confrontation that ends in her leaving and him ignoring her calls. But when her shoe... Read more

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The Echo Before by Alan Haehnel

  • Drama
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  • 100 - 120 minutes
  • 4 W, 3 M, 2 Any (7-11 actors possible: 3-5 W, 4-6 M)
Productions (1)
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Two readers tell us the story of a play, its actors, and its audience as they move through the everyday moments that have life-and-death... Read more

Two readers tell us the story of a play, its actors, and its audience as they move through the everyday moments that have life-and-death... Read more

Mayla the Monkey Girl by John P. McEneny

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 15 W, 10 M, 10 Any (35-46 actors possible: 5-29 W, 5-35 M)
Productions (3)
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Abandoned by her mother on a mysterious island where she is forced to bake pies, Mayla will take any chance she gets to escape. That chance comes... Read more

Abandoned by her mother on a mysterious island where she is forced to bake pies, Mayla will take any chance she gets to escape. That chance comes... Read more

King of the Jews by Leslie Epstein

  • Drama
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  • 100 - 120 minutes
  • 2 W, 10 M, 
Productions (3)
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When a runaway boy seeks refuge in their cafe, ten unassuming Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland find themselves selected to form a Jewish ghetto... Read more

When a runaway boy seeks refuge in their cafe, ten unassuming Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland find themselves selected to form a Jewish ghetto... Read more

Eyolf adapted by John Belluso

  • Drama
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  • 65 - 70 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 
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This stunning and lyrical adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's "Little Eyolf," by award-winning playwright John Belluso, is the story of a determined... Read more

This stunning and lyrical adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's "Little Eyolf," by award-winning playwright John Belluso, is the story of a determined... Read more

Marchen Two by Two by Nicole Quinn

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 10 - 20 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 
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A couple tells their love story at three different times in their lives together. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length... Read more

A couple tells their love story at three different times in their lives together. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length... Read more

Fugue by Nicole Quinn

  • Drama
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  • 10 - 20 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 
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A man, woman, her parents, and the family maid dissect the rise and fall of a relationship destroyed by racial prejudices. (This play can also be... Read more

A man, woman, her parents, and the family maid dissect the rise and fall of a relationship destroyed by racial prejudices. (This play can also be... Read more

Stretch (a fantasia) by Susan Bernfield

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M, 
Productions (3)
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Rose Mary Woods -- Richard Nixon's secretary of 23 years -- testified that a slip of her foot when she reached for the phone produced the blank... Read more

Rose Mary Woods -- Richard Nixon's secretary of 23 years -- testified that a slip of her foot when she reached for the phone produced the blank... Read more