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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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Pie Piece by Douglas Craven

  • Comedy
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  • 20 - 25 minutes
  • 16 Any (16-25 actors possible: 0-25 W, 0-25 M)
Productions (3)
(6)

From the author of Lockdown comes this quick-paced satire of modern politics and information which considers the nature of power, truth, love . .... Read more

From the author of Lockdown comes this quick-paced satire of modern politics and information which considers the nature of power, truth, love . .... 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

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

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 (8)
(6)

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
  • |
  • 45 - 50 minutes
  • 6 W, 2 M, 9 Any (7-17 actors possible: 0-17 W, 0-17 M)
Productions (13)
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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

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)
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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

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To the Table by Alan Haehnel

  • Drama
  • |
  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 12 W, 5 M, 2 Any (17-19 actors possible: 9-14 W, 3-10 M)
Productions (14)
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Jan and her daughter Leah sit at the kitchen table and have a brief conversation while eating ice cream. Leah leaves, and we then rewind to the... Read more

Jan and her daughter Leah sit at the kitchen table and have a brief conversation while eating ice cream. Leah leaves, and we then rewind to the... Read more

Hum of the Arctic by Sarah Hammond

  • Drama
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  • 10 - 14 minutes
  • 2 W, 1 M, 
Productions (21)
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While flipping through a scrapbook, Claire recounts the story of her deaf mother's intriguing meeting with a painter many years ago. Read more

While flipping through a scrapbook, Claire recounts the story of her deaf mother's intriguing meeting with a painter many years ago. 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

Love Is Awkward by Melissa Stuppy

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

Bedlam Moon by Ed Shockley

  • Comedy
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  • 20 - 30 minutes
  • 2 W, 1 M, 
Productions (27)
(1)

New Year's Eve, 1980, the Bronx. Larry, a struggling young writer, awaits the arrival of his hot date, with Marvin Gaye playing suggestively on... Read more

New Year's Eve, 1980, the Bronx. Larry, a struggling young writer, awaits the arrival of his hot date, with Marvin Gaye playing suggestively on... Read more

Alien Monster Bowling League by Matthew López

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M, 
Productions (11)
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After decades of dominating the Milwaukee Bowling League, monsters may have finally met their match in some recent interplanetary visitors. It's... Read more

After decades of dominating the Milwaukee Bowling League, monsters may have finally met their match in some recent interplanetary visitors. It's... Read more

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Lush Life by Nina Shengold

  • Drama
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (4)
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On a late-night subway platform, a single woman encounters a homeless street musician, who may or may not be her schizophrenic first love. (This... Read more

On a late-night subway platform, a single woman encounters a homeless street musician, who may or may not be her schizophrenic first love. (This... Read more

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Everything Must Go by Nina Shengold

  • Comedy
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  • 15 - 20 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 Any (4-14 actors possible: 2-8 W, 2-6 M)
Productions (4)
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A middle-aged woman sells her past - literally - at a yard sale. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Finger Foods:... Read more

A middle-aged woman sells her past - literally - at a yard sale. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Finger Foods:... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

The Drama School From Hell by Jon Jory

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 45 - 55 minutes
  • 12 W, 4 M,  (16-22 actors possible: 12-15 W, 4-7 M)
Productions (11)
(1)

A new crop of American thespians are eager to start L.A.V.A.'s Summer Drama Program in the remote English moors -- so much so that no one seems... Read more

A new crop of American thespians are eager to start L.A.V.A.'s Summer Drama Program in the remote English moors -- so much so that no one seems... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

Backstage Backstabbers by Alan Haehnel

  • Comedy
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  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 12 W, 9 M, 5 Any (23-26 actors possible: 5-23 W, 5-23 M)
Productions (16)
(1)

The ill-prepared set crew for a one-act competition is attempting desperately to construct the set in time. When a scorned former contestant... Read more

The ill-prepared set crew for a one-act competition is attempting desperately to construct the set in time. When a scorned former contestant... Read more

Dead Right by Elaine Jarvik

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 10 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (31)
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A friend's tedious, grammatically incorrect obituary plunges Penny and Bill into a prickly discussion at the breakfast table. How could Bill read... Read more

A friend's tedious, grammatically incorrect obituary plunges Penny and Bill into a prickly discussion at the breakfast table. How could Bill read... Read more