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Toil and Trouble by Lauren Gunderson

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M, 
Productions (21)
(5)

Underemployed friends Adam, Matt and Beth are desperate to beat the recession any way they can--like combining forces to take over a small island... Read more

Underemployed friends Adam, Matt and Beth are desperate to beat the recession any way they can--like combining forces to take over a small island... Read more

Funny, Strange, Provocative: Seven Plays from Clubbed Thumb by Adam Bock and 5 others

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

This anthology includes seven plays produced by Clubbed Thumb, the Obie Award-winning downtown New York City theater company that burst onto the... Read more

This anthology includes seven plays produced by Clubbed Thumb, the Obie Award-winning downtown New York City theater company that burst onto the... Read more

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

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 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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Bethel Park Falls by Jason Pizzarello

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 1 Any (5-17 actors possible: 2-15 W, 2-15 M)
Productions (58)
(24)

The residents of the small town of Bethel are facing a crisis: Their beloved park has been sold out from under them and it's sending their lives... Read more

The residents of the small town of Bethel are facing a crisis: Their beloved park has been sold out from under them and it's sending their lives... 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 (1753)
(91)

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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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

Dog Act by Liz Duffy Adams

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 100 - 105 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 
Productions (29)
(1)

Post-apocalyptic wilderness was never funnier. Follow the adventures of Zetta Stone, a traveling performer, and her companion Dog (a young man... Read more

Post-apocalyptic wilderness was never funnier. Follow the adventures of Zetta Stone, a traveling performer, and her companion Dog (a young man... Read more

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Oedi by Rich Orloff

  • Comedy
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  • 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

The Lily's Revenge by Taylor Mac

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 150 - 300 minutes
  • 4 W, 3 M, 25 Any (32-100 actors possible: 32-100 W, 32-100 M)
Productions (5)
(3)

An uprooted Lily falls in love with a blushing bride, much to the dismay of The Great Longing Deity, a malicious stage curtain hell-bent on... Read more

An uprooted Lily falls in love with a blushing bride, much to the dismay of The Great Longing Deity, a malicious stage curtain hell-bent on... Read more

Humana Festival 2011: The Complete Plays by Dan Dietz and 11 others

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

Humana Festival 2011: The Complete Plays brings together all ten scripts from the 2011 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 35th annual... Read more

Humana Festival 2011: The Complete Plays brings together all ten scripts from the 2011 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 35th annual... Read more

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Over the Tavern by Tom Dudzick

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 150 - 150 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 
Productions (312)
(6)

In that most idealized period of 20th-century America, the Eisenhower years of the 1950s, the Pazinski family has a lot going on in their cramped... Read more

In that most idealized period of 20th-century America, the Eisenhower years of the 1950s, the Pazinski family has a lot going on in their cramped... Read more

Heddatron by Elizabeth Meriwether

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 65 - 75 minutes
  • 4 W, 6 M, 2 Any (10-14 actors possible: 4-6 W, 4-8 M)
Productions (18)
(0)

A pregnant housewife is abducted by robots and taken to the rainforest and forced to perform Hedda Gabler by her robot captors. Meanwhile, her... Read more

A pregnant housewife is abducted by robots and taken to the rainforest and forced to perform Hedda Gabler by her robot captors. Meanwhile, her... Read more

Blind Date by Samara Siskind

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (131)
(5)

Love is blind...or is it? Marcia is looking for love; Ted taps in. Will it be a match made in heaven, or a case of the blind leading the blind? Read more

Love is blind...or is it? Marcia is looking for love; Ted taps in. Will it be a match made in heaven, or a case of the blind leading the blind? Read more

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If All the Sky Were Paper by Andrew Carroll

  • Drama
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M,  (7-20 actors possible)
Productions (6)
(4)

After bestselling author Andrew Carroll found a riveting, heartfelt letter written by a distant cousin deployed as a pilot in World War II, he... Read more

After bestselling author Andrew Carroll found a riveting, heartfelt letter written by a distant cousin deployed as a pilot in World War II, he... Read more

Humana Festival 2010: The Complete Plays by Gamal Abdel Chasten and 14 others

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

Humana Festival 2010: The Complete Plays brings together all eleven scripts from the 2010 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 34th annual... Read more

Humana Festival 2010: The Complete Plays brings together all eleven scripts from the 2010 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 34th annual... Read more

Act A Lady by Jordan Harrison

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 
Productions (36)
(3)

When the men of a small Prohibition-era town decide to put on a play dressed in "fancy-type, women-type clothes," the whole community is... Read more

When the men of a small Prohibition-era town decide to put on a play dressed in "fancy-type, women-type clothes," the whole community is... Read more

10 Ways to Survive Life In a Quarantine (one-act): A Stay-At-Home Play by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 22 Any (6-22 actors possible: 0-22 W, 0-22 M)
Productions (551)
(71)

If you're spending a long time at home, it can be a challenge to keep yourself occupied. Luckily, 10 Ways to Survive Life in a Quarantine is full... Read more

If you're spending a long time at home, it can be a challenge to keep yourself occupied. Luckily, 10 Ways to Survive Life in a Quarantine is full... Read more