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In Between by R. N. Sandberg

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M,  (4-14 actors possible: 2-12 W, 2-12 M)
Productions (20)
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After maybe-almost hitting another girl who was "always talking junk," Cue is forced to start at a new school, where she meets the popular yet... Read more

After maybe-almost hitting another girl who was "always talking junk," Cue is forced to start at a new school, where she meets the popular yet... Read more

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn adapted by Timothy Mason

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 85 - 105 minutes
  • 10 W, 15 M,  (19-40 actors possible: 8-20 W, 11-20 M)
Productions (10)
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Not only one of the greatest American novels, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn also ranks among literature's most powerful condemnations of... Read more

Not only one of the greatest American novels, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn also ranks among literature's most powerful condemnations of... Read more

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Oedipus adapted by Ellen McLaughlin

  • Drama
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  • 70 - 90 minutes
  • 1 W, 6 M, 6 Any (13-20 actors possible: 2-6 W, 8-13 M)
Productions (17)
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A plague grips the city of Thebes. Desperate to save his people, King Oedipus sends a messenger to the oracle at Delphi and discovers that the... Read more

A plague grips the city of Thebes. Desperate to save his people, King Oedipus sends a messenger to the oracle at Delphi and discovers that the... Read more

The Truth About Dinosaurs by Jim Knable

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 35 - 40 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M,  (4-13 actors possible: 2-7 W, 2-6 M)
Productions (14)
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Dinosaurs create smart, poignant allegories in this series of stories narrated by a mysterious figure in a trench coat. From a young boy who... Read more

Dinosaurs create smart, poignant allegories in this series of stories narrated by a mysterious figure in a trench coat. From a young boy who... 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 (9)
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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

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Harriet Tubman: An American Moses by Gay Monteverde

  • Drama
  • |
  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M,  (2 actors possible: 1-2 W, 0-1 M)
Productions (13)
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When a storyteller summons Harriet Tubman from the past, one of America's greatest heroines offers to divulge the details of her extraordinary... Read more

When a storyteller summons Harriet Tubman from the past, one of America's greatest heroines offers to divulge the details of her extraordinary... Read more

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Lush Life by Nina Shengold

  • Drama
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (5)
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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

Lunch by Shawn Northrip

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 90 - 115 minutes
  • 5 W, 6 M,  (4-19 actors possible: 2-9 W, 2-10 M)
Productions (12)
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A series of vignettes about raging hormones, inane fights, and first love all revolving around lunch period in this hilarious and heartwarming... Read more

A series of vignettes about raging hormones, inane fights, and first love all revolving around lunch period in this hilarious and heartwarming... Read more

The Top Job! by Robin Moyer Chung

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 45 - 60 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 4 Any (7-17 actors possible: 1-8 W, 2-9 M)
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It's career day at school and everyone's parents have really cool jobs...except for Jenna's. Already shy, Jenna can't bear to tell the other kids... Read more

It's career day at school and everyone's parents have really cool jobs...except for Jenna's. Already shy, Jenna can't bear to tell the other kids... Read more

Bomb Squad by Craig Wright

  • Comedy
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  • 5 - 10 minutes
  • 1 M, 1 Any (2 actors possible: 0-1 W, 1-2 M)
Productions (3)
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A ranger is powerless to stop a man determined to defuse the "conceptual land mine" that is Mt. Rushmore, all in song... This piece is part of... Read more

A ranger is powerless to stop a man determined to defuse the "conceptual land mine" that is Mt. Rushmore, all in song... This piece is part of... Read more

Luna Park by Caridad Svich

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 110 - 110 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M,  (6-7 actors possible: exactly 3 W, 3-4 M)
Productions (2)
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In the dog days of summer, seven twentysomethings spend a semi-enchanted day in a grand park by the sea, where old music and new love collide. It... Read more

In the dog days of summer, seven twentysomethings spend a semi-enchanted day in a grand park by the sea, where old music and new love collide. It... Read more

A Very Stagehand Christmas: Reindeer Apocalypse Storm! by Kevin Kautzman

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 6 W, 2 M,  (8-9 actors possible: 5-6 W, 2-4 M)
Productions (13)
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Anywhere High School's Drama Club is about to stage yet another infamously terrible holiday play by their oft-absent drama teacher, Mr. Colby,... Read more

Anywhere High School's Drama Club is about to stage yet another infamously terrible holiday play by their oft-absent drama teacher, Mr. Colby,... Read more

byline: Amanda Danger by Robert Lawson

  • Comedy
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 9 W, 9 M, 12 Any (12-40 actors possible: 6-20 W, 6-20 M)
Productions (15)
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Big city reporter Amanda Danger needs some spark, a little quark to get her out of her funk. Who cares that she has a collection of Pulitzers?... Read more

Big city reporter Amanda Danger needs some spark, a little quark to get her out of her funk. Who cares that she has a collection of Pulitzers?... Read more

A Dog's Life by Sean Grennan

  • Comedy
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  • 115 - 125 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M,  (4-7 actors possible: 1-3 W, 3-4 M)
Productions (21)
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Joel doesn't want a dog -- he wants his girlfriend back, and she wants a dog. But when she refuses to get back together, Joel becomes the... Read more

Joel doesn't want a dog -- he wants his girlfriend back, and she wants a dog. But when she refuses to get back together, Joel becomes the... Read more

The Cherry Sisters Revisited by Dan O'Brien

  • Comedy
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  • 115 - 125 minutes
  • 5 W, 1 M, 
Productions (5)
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How far can you go with ambition, gumption, a good heart -- and no talent? The Cherry Sisters' dreams of Vaudeville took them from their Iowa... Read more

How far can you go with ambition, gumption, a good heart -- and no talent? The Cherry Sisters' dreams of Vaudeville took them from their Iowa... Read more

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The Last Night of Vaudeville by Charlie Lovett

  • Comedy
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  • 65 - 75 minutes
  • 9 W, 10 M, 7 Any (22-26 actors possible: 5-16 W, 5-19 M)
Productions (10)
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When a hard-working group of vaudeville performers learns that their theater is replacing their acts with motion pictures, they do what any... Read more

When a hard-working group of vaudeville performers learns that their theater is replacing their acts with motion pictures, they do what any... Read more

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The John Philip Sousa Workshop by Stephen Gregg

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 9 Any (11 actors possible: 0-11 W, 0-11 M)
Productions (5)
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Welcome to the staged reading of "Misericordia Quintet," featuring the composer, the conductor, the musicians...and not a single musical... Read more

Welcome to the staged reading of "Misericordia Quintet," featuring the composer, the conductor, the musicians...and not a single musical... Read more

Cleveland by Mac Wellman

  • Comedy
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  • 60 - 80 minutes
  • 7 W, 3 M, 
Productions (18)
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In the heady days before her prom, young Joan finds it hard to concentrate on anything but the upcoming dance, even as the front porch falls off... Read more

In the heady days before her prom, young Joan finds it hard to concentrate on anything but the upcoming dance, even as the front porch falls off... Read more

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truth: The Testimonial of Sojourner Truth by Eric Coble

  • Drama
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  • 90 - 90 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M,  (1-10 actors possible: 1-10 W, 0-9 M)
Productions (6)
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A powerful drama exploring the life of Sojourner Truth, a woman searching for her identity in a country ripped apart by Civil War. As she walks... Read more

A powerful drama exploring the life of Sojourner Truth, a woman searching for her identity in a country ripped apart by Civil War. As she walks... Read more

Girl Gone by Mac Wellman

  • Comedy
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  • 60 - 75 minutes
  • 7 W, 2 M,  (9-14 actors possible: 7-10 W, 2-4 M)
Productions (7)
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A deliciously evil trio of girls cause a good girl to disappear at their swank Girls' School. As Lisa, Lissa, and Elyssa use their sinister... Read more

A deliciously evil trio of girls cause a good girl to disappear at their swank Girls' School. As Lisa, Lissa, and Elyssa use their sinister... Read more