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Selfie
Bradley Hayward
It's senior year and problems are mounting for a group of high school students as they prepare for the future...
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Dramedy
30 - 35 minutes
3 W, 1 M, 4 Any (8-16 actors possible: 3-14 W, 1-10 M)
30 - 35 minutes
3 W, 1 M, 4 Any (8-16 actors possible: 3-14 W, 1-10 M)
I and You
Lauren Gunderson
I and You is an ode to youth, life, love, and the strange beauty of human connectedness...
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Drama
90 - 100 minutes
1 W, 1 M,
90 - 100 minutes
1 W, 1 M,
Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes)
Greg Allen
An ensemble experiment in presenting "30 Plays in 60 Minutes." Each two-minute play is performed in random order with an interactive audience.
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Comedy/Drama
2 - 65 minutes
5 W, 5 M, (5-20 actors possible: 2-10 W, 2-10 M)
2 - 65 minutes
5 W, 5 M, (5-20 actors possible: 2-10 W, 2-10 M)
The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon (full-length)
Don Zolidis
he fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt to combine all 209 stories...
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Comedy
100 - 110 minutes
1 W, 1 M, 3 Any (5-43 actors possible: 1-41 W, 1-42 M)
100 - 110 minutes
1 W, 1 M, 3 Any (5-43 actors possible: 1-41 W, 1-42 M)
I Don't Want to Talk About It
Bradley Hayward
By turns funny and tragic, the gritty details of adolescence surface -- exposing the things teenagers can't, won't, and don't want to talk about...
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Dramedy
30 - 45 minutes
5 Any (5-32 actors possible: 0-32 W, 0-32 M)
30 - 45 minutes
5 Any (5-32 actors possible: 0-32 W, 0-32 M)
All I Really Need to Know I Learned From Being a Zombie
Jason Pizzarello
In today's chaotic, challenging world, we often don't know where to turn for help. Little did we know that life's most valuable lessons lie within the undead.
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Dramedy
35 - 50 minutes
2 W, 2 M, 14 Any (5-45 actors possible: 0-45 W, 0-45 M)
35 - 50 minutes
2 W, 2 M, 14 Any (5-45 actors possible: 0-45 W, 0-45 M)
Scared Silly
Peter Bloedel and 9 others
We challenged ten playwrights to bring us their funniest takes on the fearsome in this collection of ten-minute plays...
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Comedy
100 - 120 minutes
8 W, 8 M, 14 Any (16-85 actors possible: 8-62 W, 8-54 M)
100 - 120 minutes
8 W, 8 M, 14 Any (16-85 actors possible: 8-62 W, 8-54 M)
Brief Interviews with Internet Cats
Patrick Greene
Celebrity interviewer Ian McWorthy has a dream line-up for tonight's episode of the World Wide Window: a veritable litterful of felines whose internet antics have catapulted them to fame...
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Comedy
25 - 45 minutes
9 W, 7 M, 6 Any (8-30 actors possible: 1-30 W, 1-30 M)
25 - 45 minutes
9 W, 7 M, 6 Any (8-30 actors possible: 1-30 W, 1-30 M)
Oz
Don Zolidis
Reeling from her sister's death, Beth suddenly finds herself journeying through a world suspiciously resembling the film The Wizard of Oz...
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Comedy/Drama
40 - 50 minutes
4 W, 4 M, 4 Any (8-16 actors possible: 4-8 W, 4-8 M)
40 - 50 minutes
4 W, 4 M, 4 Any (8-16 actors possible: 4-8 W, 4-8 M)
Elsewhere
Don Zolidis
When four boarding school students break into the abandoned headmaster's house on a dare, they don’t finds ghosts or ghouls, but instead a doorway to another world: Elsewhere.
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Dramedy
100 - 120 minutes
9 W, 5 M, 10 Any (15-35 actors possible)
100 - 120 minutes
9 W, 5 M, 10 Any (15-35 actors possible)
The Monologue Show (From Hell) (full-length version)
Don Zolidis
It took Mr. Banks's drama class three long months to prepare for their monologue show . . . but barely a minute to throw all their plans out the window...
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Comedy
80 - 90 minutes
16 W, 13 M, 1 Any (1-30 actors possible: 0-22 W, 0-20 M)
80 - 90 minutes
16 W, 13 M, 1 Any (1-30 actors possible: 0-22 W, 0-20 M)
Everyone Gets Eaten by Sharks
Marshall Pailet
FACT: Most people, if not everyone, will eventually be eaten by sharks. But you can postpone the inevitable (and get a great deal on a timeshare!) by joining Adventure Dan on a tour through shark-infested scenarios...
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Comedy
30 - 35 minutes
5 W, 4 M, (6-60 actors possible: 3-30 W, 3-30 M)
30 - 35 minutes
5 W, 4 M, (6-60 actors possible: 3-30 W, 3-30 M)
Fat Kids on Fire
Bekah Brunstetter
Back at home, Bess is just another angst-ridden teenager trying to fit in. But this summer, things are going to be different...
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Comedy/Drama
120 minutes
6 W, 3 M,
120 minutes
6 W, 3 M,
Dark Road
Laura Lundgren Smith
When Greta, a young girl living in Nazi Germany, reads that the nearby women's concentration camp is hiring guards, she sees it as a chance to find her place in the world and provide for her sister Lise. But soon she learns the reality of her duties...
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Drama
40 - 45 minutes
8 W, 3 M, 1 Any (9-26 actors possible: 9-20 W, 0-6 M)
40 - 45 minutes
8 W, 3 M, 1 Any (9-26 actors possible: 9-20 W, 0-6 M)
I Hate Shakespeare!
Steph DeFerie
We hate Shakespeare! At least that's what the audience thinks...
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Comedy
60 - 70 minutes
3 W, 2 M, (5-43 actors possible: 0-43 W, 0-43 M)
60 - 70 minutes
3 W, 2 M, (5-43 actors possible: 0-43 W, 0-43 M)
SUPERHEROES
Ian McWethy
SUPERHEROES is a funny, fast-paced series of vignettes that explores how the caped crusaders deal with life in street clothes....
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Comedy
25 - 35 minutes
12 W, 11 M, 10 Any (5-33 actors possible: 1-23 W, 4-31 M)
25 - 35 minutes
12 W, 11 M, 10 Any (5-33 actors possible: 1-23 W, 4-31 M)
The Other Room
Ariadne Blayde
Austin is a brilliant teenage astronomer who happens to have autism. Lily is his popular classmate who happens to have an interest in astronomy. The Other Room is a compelling and sensitive glimpse into a unique and misunderstood mind...
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Comedy/Drama
25 - 35 minutes
1 W, 5 M,
25 - 35 minutes
1 W, 5 M,
7 Ways to Say I Love You
Adam Szymkowicz
This collection of funny, sweet, silly, poignant and stylistically diverse short plays from New York favorite Adam Szymkowicz has something for everyone...
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Comedy / Drama
60 - 65 minutes
8 W, 5 M, 2 Any (3-15 actors possible: 2-10 W, 1-7 M)
60 - 65 minutes
8 W, 5 M, 2 Any (3-15 actors possible: 2-10 W, 1-7 M)
The Internet is Distract--OH LOOK A KITTEN!
Ian McWethy
Micah only has twenty minutes to finish her paper on The Great Gatsby. She just needs to check a few facts on the internet first. A high-octane comedy that explores the rabbit hole of distraction we all go down everytime we go online...
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Comedy
30 - 35 minutes
5 W, 3 M, 12 Any (5-18 actors possible: 5-17 W, 3-15 M)
30 - 35 minutes
5 W, 3 M, 12 Any (5-18 actors possible: 5-17 W, 3-15 M)
Super Scary
Tim Kochenderfer
Fear! Horror! Terror! That's what the Storyteller wanted for his night of spooky tales. But everyone in the theater, including a vacuuming janitor and an audience member who really has to pee, keeps interrupting to share their own...
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Comedy
30 - 35 minutes
6 W, 6 M, 23 Any (6-38 actors possible: 3-29 W, 3-29 M)
30 - 35 minutes
6 W, 6 M, 23 Any (6-38 actors possible: 3-29 W, 3-29 M)