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Bad Auditions by Bad Actors by Ian McWethy

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 25 - 30 minutes
  • 7 W, 4 M, 3 Any (4-14 actors possible: 0-14 W, 0-14 M)
Productions (1220)
(93)

A casting director has one day to find the leads for a community theater production of Romeo and Juliet. But what seems like a simple task proves... Read more

A casting director has one day to find the leads for a community theater production of Romeo and Juliet. But what seems like a simple task proves... Read more

The Moon Please by Diana Son

  • Drama
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (41)
(3)

On the morning of September 11th, 2001, a young married couple argues over who is going to work and who will stay with their newborn baby. A... Read more

On the morning of September 11th, 2001, a young married couple argues over who is going to work and who will stay with their newborn baby. A... Read more

Great Short Plays: Volume 7 by Trista Baldwin and 8 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
(5)

A quick runtime and a remarkable impact might be all the plays in this collection have in common. Here you might encounter anything, from the... Read more

A quick runtime and a remarkable impact might be all the plays in this collection have in common. Here you might encounter anything, from the... Read more

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4 A.M. by Jonathan Dorf

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 6 Any (6-40 actors possible: 3-20 W, 3-20 M)
Productions (647)
(78)

What's it like to be awake when the rest of your world is asleep? Meet an early-morning jogger, a radio DJ whose show may have an audience of... Read more

What's it like to be awake when the rest of your world is asleep? Meet an early-morning jogger, a radio DJ whose show may have an audience of... Read more

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It's not you, it's me by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 35 - 40 minutes
  • 6 W, 7 M, 1 Any (5-20 actors possible: 2-10 W, 2-10 M)
Productions (813)
(30)

Whether your boyfriend is a Canadian secret agent or monk in training, or your girlfriend is a psychic or pathological liar, one thing is for... Read more

Whether your boyfriend is a Canadian secret agent or monk in training, or your girlfriend is a psychic or pathological liar, one thing is for... Read more

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Selfie by Bradley Hayward

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 3 W, 1 M, 4 Any (8-16 actors possible: 3-14 W, 1-10 M)
Productions (604)
(72)

It's senior year and problems are mounting for a group of high school students as they prepare for the future. Facing bullies, parents, pressure,... Read more

It's senior year and problems are mounting for a group of high school students as they prepare for the future. Facing bullies, parents, pressure,... Read more

Great Short Plays: Volume 4 by Stephen Belber and 8 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
(2)

A quick runtime and a remarkable impact might be all the plays in this collection have in common. Here you might encounter anything, from an... Read more

A quick runtime and a remarkable impact might be all the plays in this collection have in common. Here you might encounter anything, from an... Read more

It's Not You by Craig Pospisil

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 3 W, 1 M,  (4 actors possible: 2-3 W, 1-2 M)
Productions (148)
(2)

Sure, friends drift apart. But generally they don't announce that they're "breaking up" with you. Especially not when you're riding downtown on... Read more

Sure, friends drift apart. But generally they don't announce that they're "breaking up" with you. Especially not when you're riding downtown on... Read more

The Blueberry Hill Accord by Daryl Watson

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 15 - 17 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (149)
(9)

High school student Lindsay has bad news for her friend Hannah: she wants to end their 9-year friendship. But before they go their separate ways,... Read more

High school student Lindsay has bad news for her friend Hannah: she wants to end their 9-year friendship. But before they go their separate ways,... Read more

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The Siren Song of Stephen Jay Gould by Benjamin Bettenbender

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (65)
(2)

A man lands on a woman after trying to throw himself off a bridge in a botched suicide attempt. On the quiet riverbank, as he attends to her... Read more

A man lands on a woman after trying to throw himself off a bridge in a botched suicide attempt. On the quiet riverbank, as he attends to her... Read more

Great Short Comedies: Volume 6 by Amanda Claire Buckley and 8 others

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
(3)

Fast and funny, this volume contains ten short comedies that will surprise you at every turn. From a terrifyingly badass third-grade tetherball... Read more

Fast and funny, this volume contains ten short comedies that will surprise you at every turn. From a terrifyingly badass third-grade tetherball... Read more

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Lockdown by Douglas Craven

  • Drama
  • |
  • 20 - 35 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 1 Any (9-11 actors possible: 3-8 W, 4-8 M)
Productions (747)
(81)

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... Read more

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... Read more

Available as eScript

The Things She Held by Martha Epstein

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 25 - 30 minutes
  • 5 W, 1 Any (4-20 actors possible: 3-20 W, 0-17 M)
Productions (9)
(14)

The Things She Held follows a girl as she delivers an acceptance speech to one person, or a few people, or an empty space, or a collection of... Read more

The Things She Held follows a girl as she delivers an acceptance speech to one person, or a few people, or an empty space, or a collection of... Read more

Great Short Plays: Volume 9 by Catherine Butterfield and 8 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
Productions (1)
(1)

A quick runtime and a remarkable impact might be all the plays in this collection have in common. Here you might encounter anything, from a woman... Read more

A quick runtime and a remarkable impact might be all the plays in this collection have in common. Here you might encounter anything, from a woman... Read more

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

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 35 - 50 minutes
  • 6 W, 6 M, 12 Any (12-24 actors possible: 3-21 W, 3-21 M)
Productions (1761)
(92)

A whimsical reinvention of Shakespeare's tragic love story, complete with rhymed couplets, creative wordplay, and fantastical machines -- similar... Read more

A whimsical reinvention of Shakespeare's tragic love story, complete with rhymed couplets, creative wordplay, and fantastical machines -- similar... Read more

Great Short Comedies: Volume 1 by Adam Bock and 8 others

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
(2)

Fast and funny, this volume contains ten short comedies that will surprise you at every turn. From the story of a blue-collar family coming to... Read more

Fast and funny, this volume contains ten short comedies that will surprise you at every turn. From the story of a blue-collar family coming to... Read more

Great Short Plays: Volume 6 by Jonathan Denn and 7 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
(2)

A quick runtime and a remarkable impact might be all the plays in this collection have in common. Here you might encounter anything, from an... Read more

A quick runtime and a remarkable impact might be all the plays in this collection have in common. Here you might encounter anything, from an... Read more

There Shall Be No Bottom (a bad play for worse actors) by Mark O'Donnell

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 10 - 20 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M, 
Productions (116)
(1)

Jeff misinterprets his lines, Joe skips large sections of dialogue, Jane tries to hold the production together, and the fourth actor's stuck in... Read more

Jeff misinterprets his lines, Joe skips large sections of dialogue, Jane tries to hold the production together, and the fourth actor's stuck in... Read more

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Oedi by Rich Orloff

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 20 - 25 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M, 
Productions (138)
(3)

This farcical retelling of the Oedipus Rex story confronts the overlooked fact that if Oedipus married his mother, she had to be old enough to be... Read more

This farcical retelling of the Oedipus Rex story confronts the overlooked fact that if Oedipus married his mother, she had to be old enough to be... Read more

Miss Electricity by Kathryn Walat

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M,  (4-8 actors possible: 2-6 W, 2-4 M)
Productions (132)
(13)

Ten-year-old Violet is determined to show the world, not to mention the cool kids at school, just how special she is. With the help of her... Read more

Ten-year-old Violet is determined to show the world, not to mention the cool kids at school, just how special she is. With the help of her... Read more