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Don't Blame Me, I'm Just the Playwright by Carrie McWethy (McCrossen)

  • Comedy
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 6 W, 6 M, 3 Any (6-15 actors possible: 2-14 W, 1-15 M)
Productions (12)
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Two playwrights are in the midst of polishing their script before their masterpiece starts its run on Broadway. But when their whizkid producer... Read more

Two playwrights are in the midst of polishing their script before their masterpiece starts its run on Broadway. But when their whizkid producer... Read more

The Imaginary Invalid: A Dramatical Primer by Amanda Petefish-Schrag

  • Comedy
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  • 15 - 30 minutes
  • 5 W, 3 M, 8 Any (8-20 actors possible: 5-20 W, 3-20 M)
Productions (6)
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An incompetent group of theatre "experts" presents a brief, annotated version of Moliere's Imaginary Invalid, complete with a biographical... Read more

An incompetent group of theatre "experts" presents a brief, annotated version of Moliere's Imaginary Invalid, complete with a biographical... Read more

School of the Americas by J. Holtham

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 
Productions (4)
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Mom's assembling an M-16, Dad's in trouble with the Generals, Tad is missing, and Missy is packing heat -- a day in the life of an all-American... Read more

Mom's assembling an M-16, Dad's in trouble with the Generals, Tad is missing, and Missy is packing heat -- a day in the life of an all-American... Read more

Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda by Glenn Alterman

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 9 - 10 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M, 
Productions (4)
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Yetta and Cy are having their usual morning battle over their son, Harold, which continues to escalate until Harold comes barging in, insisting... Read more

Yetta and Cy are having their usual morning battle over their son, Harold, which continues to escalate until Harold comes barging in, insisting... Read more

Wildlife by Barry Hall

  • Comedy
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  • 17 - 20 minutes
  • 2 M, 
Productions (7)
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While waiting for the increasingly unlikely arrival of two women, two men at a bar discuss the stranger sexual behaviors of the animal kingdom. Read more

While waiting for the increasingly unlikely arrival of two women, two men at a bar discuss the stranger sexual behaviors of the animal kingdom. Read more

Available as eScript

The Magical Mind of Billy Shakespeare by Kevin Rich

  • Comedy
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  • 45 - 55 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M,  (7 actors possible: 1-6 W, 1-6 M)
Productions (7)
(1)

Take a ragtag group of actors, a wandering friar, and add a young William Shakespeare to the mix, and you have one whirlwind, interactive evening... Read more

Take a ragtag group of actors, a wandering friar, and add a young William Shakespeare to the mix, and you have one whirlwind, interactive evening... Read more

The News by Billy Aronson

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 10 - 20 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 
Productions (5)
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When Karen gets some upsetting news, she finds herself having to tell her friends and family one by one as they visit her hospital bed. Though... Read more

When Karen gets some upsetting news, she finds herself having to tell her friends and family one by one as they visit her hospital bed. Though... Read more

A Bone Close to My Brain by Dan Dietz

  • Drama
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  • 14 - 18 minutes
  • 1 M, 
Productions (6)
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What are the limits of brotherly love? And what do they have to do with the 32 bones huddling tight inside your mouth? Through spare dialogue and... Read more

What are the limits of brotherly love? And what do they have to do with the 32 bones huddling tight inside your mouth? Through spare dialogue and... Read more

Holier Ground by Jonathan Denn

  • Drama
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  • 22 - 30 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 1 Any (2-4 actors possible: exactly 1 W, 1-3 M)
Productions (5)
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The Security Barrier now complete, a heart-broken Palestinian girl struggles to overcome religious turmoil and the loss of her family as she... Read more

The Security Barrier now complete, a heart-broken Palestinian girl struggles to overcome religious turmoil and the loss of her family as she... Read more

Reading List by Susan Miller

  • Drama
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  • 20 - 20 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 
Productions (4)
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What happens when a place where we once roamed freely for answers to our questions is under siege? Reading List encounters people who, despite... Read more

What happens when a place where we once roamed freely for answers to our questions is under siege? Reading List encounters people who, despite... Read more

Bedtime Story by Seth Kramer

  • Drama
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  • 5 - 7 minutes
  • 1 M, 
Productions (3)
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Jeff tells his baby daughter Ruby about what it means to become a parent. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection... Read more

Jeff tells his baby daughter Ruby about what it means to become a parent. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection... Read more

The Potato Creek Chair of Death by Robert Kerr

  • Comedy
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  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 4 W, 3 M, 1 Any (6-8 actors possible: 3-5 W, 3-4 M)
Productions (2)
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Somewhere in the American West, there is a gun set to fire at some undisclosed time before the year 2000. In front of this gun is a chair in... Read more

Somewhere in the American West, there is a gun set to fire at some undisclosed time before the year 2000. In front of this gun is a chair in... Read more

Euxious by Bridget Carpenter

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 5 - 10 minutes
  • 1 W, 
Productions (6)
(1)

Soon after surviving a bloody car crash, a Hollywood producer is terrified of picking up her cell phone again. This piece is part of Trepidation... Read more

Soon after surviving a bloody car crash, a Hollywood producer is terrified of picking up her cell phone again. This piece is part of Trepidation... Read more

Listeners by Jane Martin

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 6 M,  (5-7 actors possible: 1-7 W, 1-7 M)
Productions (5)
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Eleanor Leftwich is a law-abiding citizen, but technology has identified her to the government as someone who might be holding a few grudges.... Read more

Eleanor Leftwich is a law-abiding citizen, but technology has identified her to the government as someone who might be holding a few grudges.... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

The Morning of the Eighth Day by Norman Allen

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 40 - 60 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M, 
Productions (7)
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During the final days of the American Civil War, young Mavis MacDonald must fight to unite the ragged group of friends and comrades hiding in her... Read more

During the final days of the American Civil War, young Mavis MacDonald must fight to unite the ragged group of friends and comrades hiding in her... Read more

A Great Big Deal Over Nothing by James Venhaus

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 7 W, 7 M, 4 Any (8-18 actors possible: 4-11 W, 4-12 M)
Productions (11)
(2)

Mistaken identities and romance run rampant at Camp Messina, where campers hope to have their secret crushes realized in time for the big dance.... Read more

Mistaken identities and romance run rampant at Camp Messina, where campers hope to have their secret crushes realized in time for the big dance.... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

The FFLEA Market by Alan Haehnel

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 16 W, 1 M, 8 Any (15-25 actors possible: 5-24 W, 1-10 M)
Productions (9)
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In this vignette-style satire, teenage customers come to the FFLEA Market: Fashion For Life's Every Aspect. Here, they can buy the most... Read more

In this vignette-style satire, teenage customers come to the FFLEA Market: Fashion For Life's Every Aspect. Here, they can buy the most... Read more

The Message by Drew Davis

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 7 W, 5 M, 
Productions (9)
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An accidental mix-up at a Parisian ring shop causes a divide between not one, not two, but three bewildered couples in this witty adaptation of... Read more

An accidental mix-up at a Parisian ring shop causes a divide between not one, not two, but three bewildered couples in this witty adaptation of... Read more

Pissed Sister by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 
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Helene, a lawyer and faithful daughter, defends her decision to remove her mother from a nursing home. As she states her case and recounts her... Read more

Helene, a lawyer and faithful daughter, defends her decision to remove her mother from a nursing home. As she states her case and recounts her... Read more

Information by Nicole Quinn

  • Drama
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  • 15 - 16 minutes
  • 6 W, 4 M, 1 Any (10-14 actors possible: 6-7 W, 4-7 M)
Productions (11)
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College students discuss rape, sexual assault, and power abuse at a TV studio on the campus of a small Midwestern college. As each recounts his... Read more

College students discuss rape, sexual assault, and power abuse at a TV studio on the campus of a small Midwestern college. As each recounts his... Read more