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Only the Library by Katy Fitzpatrick

  • Drama
  • |
  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 5 W, 1 M, 
Productions (10)
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Sarala, a modern 17-year-old, wants to attend an educational conference on gay/lesbian issues, an activity her mother has serious reservations... Read more

Sarala, a modern 17-year-old, wants to attend an educational conference on gay/lesbian issues, an activity her mother has serious reservations... Read more

Wanting North by Tanya Barfield

  • Drama
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  • 9 - 11 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (3)
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After receiving news of the abolitionist movement, two young slaves argue over who is most free. The play mixes 1840 plantation dialect with... Read more

After receiving news of the abolitionist movement, two young slaves argue over who is most free. The play mixes 1840 plantation dialect with... Read more

Antigone adapted by Stacey Coates

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 12 - 15 minutes
  • 3 W, 7 M, 10 Any (15-25 actors possible: 3-13 W, 7-17 M)
Productions (5)
(3)

Defying the king and an order from her father's fiance, Creon, Antigone decides to give her recently deceased brother a proper burial. When Creon... Read more

Defying the king and an order from her father's fiance, Creon, Antigone decides to give her recently deceased brother a proper burial. When Creon... Read more

A Backward Glance by Julie McKee

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 10 - 20 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (6)
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Auckland, New Zealand, 1979. A cheerfully heavy-drinking divorcee spots her former neighbor's daughter taking a peek around the old neighborhood,... Read more

Auckland, New Zealand, 1979. A cheerfully heavy-drinking divorcee spots her former neighbor's daughter taking a peek around the old neighborhood,... Read more

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The Elves and the Shoemaker by Noah Smith

  • Comedy
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  • 60 - 90 minutes
  • 5 W, 3 M, 18 Any (15-30 actors possible: 5-20 W, 3-20 M)
Productions (9)
(3)

Relocated to an American city in the early 20th Century, this classic tale is turned into a jazzy, vaudevillian romp. The devious millionaire... Read more

Relocated to an American city in the early 20th Century, this classic tale is turned into a jazzy, vaudevillian romp. The devious millionaire... Read more

Three Classics by Jason Grote

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
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Three Classics combines the modern with the mythic in three adaptations that view classic stories through the lens of a post-modern, urban... Read more

Three Classics combines the modern with the mythic in three adaptations that view classic stories through the lens of a post-modern, urban... Read more

The Misanthrope (full-length version) adapted by Timothy Mooney

  • Comedy
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  • 90 - 110 minutes
  • 3 W, 6 M, 2 Any (8-11 actors possible: 3-6 W, 5-8 M)
Productions (13)
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Alceste hates mankind. No one gives him the respect and honor he deserves. Although most people acknowledge his intelligence and wit, Alceste's... Read more

Alceste hates mankind. No one gives him the respect and honor he deserves. Although most people acknowledge his intelligence and wit, Alceste's... Read more

Patty Red Pants by Trista Baldwin

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 60 - 75 minutes
  • 2 W, 1 M,  (3-5 actors possible: exactly 2 W, 1-3 M)
Productions (8)
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A chance encounter between girlhood friends raises unsettling questions about their youth, a time when desire bloomed in the shadow of a murder... Read more

A chance encounter between girlhood friends raises unsettling questions about their youth, a time when desire bloomed in the shadow of a murder... Read more

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Convention: Two Days of Comic Books Gone Bad by Bradley Walton

  • Comedy
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  • 115 - 125 minutes
  • 9 W, 12 M, 8 Any (12-29 actors possible: 7-17 W, 5-20 M)
Productions (8)
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Four women who produce an obscure comic book called "The Blue Staircase" achieve sudden, unexpected popularity at a comic book convention when a... Read more

Four women who produce an obscure comic book called "The Blue Staircase" achieve sudden, unexpected popularity at a comic book convention when a... Read more

Seal Skin by Erik Ehn

  • Drama
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  • 5 - 10 minutes
  • 1 W, 
Productions (2)
(0)

A young woman, afraid of her adolesence, swims herself to thinness in an effort to disappear; she falls in love with swimming itself, and loses... Read more

A young woman, afraid of her adolesence, swims herself to thinness in an effort to disappear; she falls in love with swimming itself, and loses... Read more

Hold This by Sheila Callaghan

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 5 - 10 minutes
  • 1 M, 
Productions (2)
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A young man raises a clutch of fluffy yellow chicks for his mother's commercial shoot, only to see them die in the hot glare of the stage lights.... Read more

A young man raises a clutch of fluffy yellow chicks for his mother's commercial shoot, only to see them die in the hot glare of the stage lights.... Read more

Yes by Stephen Belber

  • Comedy
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  • 5 - 10 minutes
  • 1 M, 
Productions (2)
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Through flowers and public disrobing, a man strives to turn his fear into love. This piece is part of Trepidation Nation, an anthology of short... Read more

Through flowers and public disrobing, a man strives to turn his fear into love. This piece is part of Trepidation Nation, an anthology of short... Read more

Eighteen by Allison Moore

  • Drama
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  • 75 - 85 minutes
  • 2 W, 1 M, 
Productions (12)
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Following the death of her mother, a fragile 17-year-old girl, Christine, comes to live with her Aunt Marie and Uncle Dan. Upon her arrival,... Read more

Following the death of her mother, a fragile 17-year-old girl, Christine, comes to live with her Aunt Marie and Uncle Dan. Upon her arrival,... Read more

You Haven't Changed a Bit, and Other Lies by Jerry Mayer

  • Comedy
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  • 100 - 105 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 
Productions (7)
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The adventures of aging are filtered through three married couples who have known each other for over 30 years in this riotous Baby Boomer... Read more

The adventures of aging are filtered through three married couples who have known each other for over 30 years in this riotous Baby Boomer... Read more

Lilies in the Valley by Gavin Lawrence

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M, 5 Any (7-25 actors possible: 1-10 W, 3-15 M)
Productions (9)
(4)

A teenage couple, Sam and Kadija, must go on trial for breaking the new "Anything Goes If You Associate With Those" act, which is aimed at... Read more

A teenage couple, Sam and Kadija, must go on trial for breaking the new "Anything Goes If You Associate With Those" act, which is aimed at... Read more

Trickle by Kia Corthron

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 15 - 20 minutes
  • 5 W, 
Productions (2)
(1)

Exploring the trickle-down theory of economics, Trickle is an honest look at the effects of the 2008 financial crash. It follows five women of... Read more

Exploring the trickle-down theory of economics, Trickle is an honest look at the effects of the 2008 financial crash. It follows five women of... Read more

Gods and the Commonwealth by Samuel E. Simpson

  • Drama
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  • 40 - 60 minutes
  • 18 Any (9-18 actors possible: 0-18 W, 0-18 M)
Productions (6)
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A powerful drama in the classical Greek style that's firmly rooted in today's politics. While the leader of a nation grandstands to the chorus... Read more

A powerful drama in the classical Greek style that's firmly rooted in today's politics. While the leader of a nation grandstands to the chorus... Read more

God Like a Jumpstart by Stephen Belber

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 20 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 
Productions (1)
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People seek faith, love and congruity in a church; but it's not easy when you're forced to wiggle and prance and dance. Read more

People seek faith, love and congruity in a church; but it's not easy when you're forced to wiggle and prance and dance. Read more

Love by Stephen Belber

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 20 minutes
  • 3 M, 
Productions (4)
(1)

Three restaurant guys seek love amidst the clutter of food cans, life, manhood and rope. Read more

Three restaurant guys seek love amidst the clutter of food cans, life, manhood and rope. Read more

Partition by Ira Hauptman

  • Drama
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  • 140 - 145 minutes
  • 1 W, 4 M,  (5-6 actors possible: exactly 1 W, 4-5 M)
Productions (15)
(1)

Two geniuses. Two worlds. One maddening riddle. In 1913, a young, self-taught mathematical genius in India named Srinivasa Ramanujan is invited... Read more

Two geniuses. Two worlds. One maddening riddle. In 1913, a young, self-taught mathematical genius in India named Srinivasa Ramanujan is invited... Read more