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Steak Knife by Stephen Belber

  • Drama
  • |
  • 45 - 50 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M,  (1-3 actors possible: 0-3 W, 0-3 M)
Productions (2)
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On July 4, 1976, Sam died from a stab wound while his pregnant girlfriend and her lover looked on. Each of the three reveals their perspective on... Read more

On July 4, 1976, Sam died from a stab wound while his pregnant girlfriend and her lover looked on. Each of the three reveals their perspective on... Read more

Carson McCullers (Historically Inaccurate) by Sarah Schulman

  • Drama
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 5 W, 3 M,  (8-19 actors possible: 5-11 W, 3-8 M)
Productions (1)
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Can a life be created, an identity forged, through prose? Weathering a rocky marriage, pervasive small-mindedness, and an unarticulated gender... Read more

Can a life be created, an identity forged, through prose? Weathering a rocky marriage, pervasive small-mindedness, and an unarticulated gender... Read more

Available as eScript

The Oy of Sex by Len Richmond

  • Comedy
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 
Productions (3)
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After leaving her cheating husband, Bea discovers, to her horror, that her nice Jewish son Hal has secretly been running a sex shop in London's... Read more

After leaving her cheating husband, Bea discovers, to her horror, that her nice Jewish son Hal has secretly been running a sex shop in London's... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

No Spring Chicken by Ginna Hoben

  • Comedy
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  • 75 - 80 minutes
  • 1 W,  (1-2 actors possible: exactly 1 W, 0-1 M)
Productions (3)
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All Jenn wants is a baby. Easier said than done, since she's forty and the medical industry seems to take every opportunity to remind her of her... Read more

All Jenn wants is a baby. Easier said than done, since she's forty and the medical industry seems to take every opportunity to remind her of her... Read more

Dump by Gary Garrison

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (3)
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Pauley and Corrina enter the subway car, only to realize that Pauley's father, a man in the later stages of Alzheimer's, is suddenly nowhere to... Read more

Pauley and Corrina enter the subway car, only to realize that Pauley's father, a man in the later stages of Alzheimer's, is suddenly nowhere to... Read more

Hamlettes by Patrick Shaw

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 70 - 80 minutes
  • 3 W, 
Productions (6)
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Middle school Shakespeare enthusiasts Alexandra and Chloe decide to start a theater club, and Hamlet will be their first project. Bossy Alexandra... Read more

Middle school Shakespeare enthusiasts Alexandra and Chloe decide to start a theater club, and Hamlet will be their first project. Bossy Alexandra... Read more

Pluto Was a Planet by Laura Jacqmin

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 80 - 95 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 
Productions (2)
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Sabrina and Eugene are delighted when they are abducted from their dorm rooms at an elite Ivy League university to be "tapped" for the school's... Read more

Sabrina and Eugene are delighted when they are abducted from their dorm rooms at an elite Ivy League university to be "tapped" for the school's... Read more

The Best Way To Go by Craig Pospisil

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (2)
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Vickie tries to do nothing more than enjoy a scenic sunset ride on the Staten Island Ferry. But when she's joined by fellow passenger Marissa, in... Read more

Vickie tries to do nothing more than enjoy a scenic sunset ride on the Staten Island Ferry. But when she's joined by fellow passenger Marissa, in... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

Sacagawea by Eric Coble

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 2 W, 7 M, 25 Any (9-34 actors possible: 2-27 W, 7-32 M)
Productions (4)
(1)

Twelve-year-old Raymond George is trying to find his way between his Native American background and the U.S. culture engulfing him. His... Read more

Twelve-year-old Raymond George is trying to find his way between his Native American background and the U.S. culture engulfing him. His... Read more

Liberal Arts College by Lucy Thurber

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 10 - 20 minutes
  • 4 W, 
Productions (5)
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Elizabeth shows up at the dorms and wakes Tessa and Jamie up after a rough night out. Heidi joins them when she realizes that her boyfriend took... Read more

Elizabeth shows up at the dorms and wakes Tessa and Jamie up after a rough night out. Heidi joins them when she realizes that her boyfriend took... Read more

Po Boy Tango by Kenneth Lin

  • Drama
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  • 80 - 100 minutes
  • 2 W, 1 M, 
Productions (4)
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A Taiwanese immigrant enlists an African-American soul food chef to help him recreate his mother's Great Banquet, as a wedding gift to his... Read more

A Taiwanese immigrant enlists an African-American soul food chef to help him recreate his mother's Great Banquet, as a wedding gift to his... Read more

Night of Faith by Michael Maiello

  • Comedy
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M,  (3 actors possible: 1-2 W, 1-2 M)
Productions (6)
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Sylvia is a difficult dinner date, but Henry is determined to get beyond her apathy. As the increasingly fantastical evening unfolds, the waiter... Read more

Sylvia is a difficult dinner date, but Henry is determined to get beyond her apathy. As the increasingly fantastical evening unfolds, the waiter... Read more

Post-Oedipus by Steven Gridley

  • Drama
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  • 70 - 80 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 1 Any (7 actors possible: 3-4 W, 3-4 M)
Productions (4)
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Post-Oedipus is a radical re-working of Euripides' play The Phoenician Women, chronicling the tumultuous events of Oedipus' family after his... Read more

Post-Oedipus is a radical re-working of Euripides' play The Phoenician Women, chronicling the tumultuous events of Oedipus' family after his... Read more

White Petals: Catherine de Medici's Rise to Power by Julie Eble

  • Drama
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  • 80 - 110 minutes
  • 6 W, 4 M,  (9-10 actors possible: 5-6 W, exactly 4 M)
Productions (2)
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Amidst the turmoil of the sixteenth century's religious intolerance, Queen Catherine de Medici of France vies for the love of King Henry II... Read more

Amidst the turmoil of the sixteenth century's religious intolerance, Queen Catherine de Medici of France vies for the love of King Henry II... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

Hope for Breakfast by Marisha Chamberlain

  • Drama
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  • 130 - 145 minutes
  • 5 W, 5 M,  (10-13 actors possible: exactly 5 W, 5-8 M)
Productions (2)
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Hope for Breakfast intertwines the beloved story of Little Women with what actually went on in the family life of the novel's author, Louisa May... Read more

Hope for Breakfast intertwines the beloved story of Little Women with what actually went on in the family life of the novel's author, Louisa May... Read more

The Love Doctor translated and adapted by Nagle Jackson

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 2 W, 8 M, 
Productions (5)
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When Moliere's theater company bombs their debut performance in Paris, the company stages a spontaneous production of Moliere's farce The Love... Read more

When Moliere's theater company bombs their debut performance in Paris, the company stages a spontaneous production of Moliere's farce The Love... Read more

Mom and the Razor Blades by Wendy Hammond

  • Comedy
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  • 15 - 25 minutes
  • 3 W,  (3 actors possible: 0-3 W, 0-3 M)
Productions (5)
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Mom wants to celebrate her birthday with the whole family, but Dad won't come out of his office and her 37 children keep killing themselves or... Read more

Mom wants to celebrate her birthday with the whole family, but Dad won't come out of his office and her 37 children keep killing themselves or... Read more

The Ladies by Anne Washburn

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 6 W,  (6 actors possible: 0-6 W, )
Productions (2)
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Writer Anne Washburn and director Anne Kauffman set out to explore the lives of infamous first ladies Elena Ceausescu, Imelda Marcos, Eva Peron,... Read more

Writer Anne Washburn and director Anne Kauffman set out to explore the lives of infamous first ladies Elena Ceausescu, Imelda Marcos, Eva Peron,... Read more

Collapsible Model by Georgeta Dragoiu

  • Drama
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 2 W, 1 M, 
Productions (2)
(1)

A young woman, Nadia, struggles to find her place in 1917 Russia, during the country's perilous transition between the February Revolution and... Read more

A young woman, Nadia, struggles to find her place in 1917 Russia, during the country's perilous transition between the February Revolution and... Read more

Ghost Dance by Mark Stein

  • Drama
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  • 100 - 120 minutes
  • 2 W, 12 M,  (10-30 actors possible: 2-10 W, 8-20 M)
Productions (2)
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Loosely based on actual events from 1891, a young woman arrives in South Dakota amidst the sensational trial of a Sioux Indian for the murder of... Read more

Loosely based on actual events from 1891, a young woman arrives in South Dakota amidst the sensational trial of a Sioux Indian for the murder of... Read more