• Holiday One Act
• 20 - 30 minutes
• 5 W, 6 M,  (8-19 actors possible: 2-18 W, 1-17 M)

Santa isn’t the only one who has to check his Christmas list twice. After siblings Keith and Caroline ask for an unwieldy seventy-eight presents from St. Nick, two elves arrive to tell the kids they can’t have everything they want. Luckily, Keith and Caroline—and their parents—are prepared to negotiate. Funny and charming, THE GIFT LIST is a one-act play about dreaming big and making holiday wishes come true. Read more

• Comedy
• 30 - 40 minutes
• 5 Any (5-25 actors possible)

Miss Walters’s life is upended after she does the unthinkable and forgets to return a perusal script. Now, she’s on the run from international conglomerate Musical Theater Global. Read more

• Comedy
• 90 - 95 minutes
• 7 W, 3 M, 3 Any (5-14 actors possible)

At Saw Mill Public High School, the late bus picks students up at 6:30 p.m. It just never comes on time. Over the course of a school week, we meet Saw Mill High’s collection of mavericks and misfits with no other way to get home: the chaotic valedictorian, the big-brained transfer, the detention heads, the band geeks, the athlete, the anxious ones, and the one quietly observing it all. With some magical music, vicious rumors, breakups, and more than one breakdown, Late Bus is a close look at what it means to be in high school in our messy world. Read more

• Mystery Thriller
• 65 - 75 minutes
• 7 W, 4 M, 1 Any (11-13 actors possible: 7-8 W, 4-5 M)

Five teenagers are visiting their favorite theme park, Forever Fun Amusement World, and are lucky enough to win lifetime passes in a raffle that only occurs every thirty years. When they gather in a strange building next to the Haunted Castle to collect their prize, it becomes clear that the passes come with life-changing consequences. Read more

• Comedy/Drama
• 80 - 85 minutes
• 7 W, 8 M, 20 Any (18-35 actors possible: 7-22 W, 8-28 M)

The romance, betrayal, longing, and joy of six of O. Henry’s best short stories intertwine at the Vallambrosa rooming house, where Della Leeson lands after she’s abandoned by her new husband. Della slowly builds a life for herself in New York City: finding a community, overcoming tragedy, and falling in love. O. Henry’s twists take Della in unexpected directions, pulling her into the lives of the Vallambrosa’s other quirky residents. Full of whimsy and eccentric characters, O. Henry's Guide to the Present showcases the beloved writer’s work at its most human. Read more

• Murder Mystery Comedy
• 110 - 120 minutes
• 6 Any (6-12 actors possible)

Just as they are about to give up on their careers, a pair of struggling playwrights find out that their mentor, the most celebrated murder mystery writer since Agatha Christie, has just died with the script to his upcoming Broadway thriller left unfinished. Tasked with completing his work in under a week, Mara and Don jump into the story—but once they begin digging into the world of the play, they quickly find themselves trapped inside it. Can they use their writing skills to solve the mystery and save the play—and themselves? Read more

• Historical Dramatic Comedy
• 105 - 115 minutes
• Various

46 Plays for America’s First Ladies leaps from comic to tragic as it surveys the lives of the women who have served (and avoided serving) as First Lady, from Martha Washington to Jill Biden. A biographical, meta-theatrical, genre-bending ride through race, gender, and everything else your history teacher never taught you about the founding of America. Read more

• Horror Comedy
• 90 - 100 minutes
• 5 W, 3 M, 5 Any (12-13 actors possible)

When eight mystery writers arrive at a legendary writer’s fog-shrouded island mansion in the North Atlantic, they think they’re ready for the Deadline Challenge—twenty-four restful hours to write as much of their new novel as possible. Read more

• Dramedy
• 100 - 120 minutes
• 9 W, 5 M, 1 Nonbinary actor,  10 Any (15-35 actors possible)

When a group of friends try to spend the night at a haunted house on a dare, they discover a magic doorway into another world, Elsewhere. Read more

• Comedy
• 90 - 100 minutes
• 8 W, 1 M, 19 Any (20-40 actors possible)

When a couple of disgruntled honeybees discover their habitat is going to be destroyed to make way for a swimming pool, there’s only one thing for them to do: forge an alliance with the other bugs who live in the yard and stop it. A hilarious satire about ecological disaster and labor issues, with a smattering of Greek Gods thrown in for fun. Read more

• Comedy
• 30 - 40 minutes
• 9 Any (9-33 actors possible)

Five mysterious color-coded guests. A mansion. A murder. Can the killer get away with it? And how will the sleuths bring them to justice? A handy guide for how to escape the law when you just happen to be a prime suspect of a mysterious murder. Told in vignettes in a style similar to 10 Ways To Survive The Zombie Apocalypse, this show hilariously skewers the tropes of the murder mystery. Read more

• Comedy
• 40 - 80 minutes
• 5 W, 6 M, 7 Any (8-18 actors possible: 3-12 W, 3-13 M)

A series of heartfelt and humorous vignettes about the bustling community that passes through Uptown City Gardens. Read more

• Comedy
• 90 - 95 minutes
• 7 W, 3 M, 3 Any (5-14 actors possible)

At Saw Mill Public High School, the late bus picks students up at 6:30 p.m. It just never comes on time. Over the course of a school week, we meet Saw Mill High’s collection of mavericks and misfits with no other way to get home: the chaotic valedictorian, the big-brained transfer, the detention heads, the band geeks, the athlete, the anxious ones, and the one quietly observing it all. With some magical music, vicious rumors, breakups, and more than one breakdown, Late Bus is a close look at what it means to be in high school in our messy world. Read more

• Mystery Thriller
• 65 - 75 minutes
• 7 W, 4 M, 1 Any (11-13 actors possible: 7-8 W, 4-5 M)

Five teenagers are visiting their favorite theme park, Forever Fun Amusement World, and are lucky enough to win lifetime passes in a raffle that only occurs every thirty years. When they gather in a strange building next to the Haunted Castle to collect their prize, it becomes clear that the passes come with life-changing consequences. Read more

• Murder Mystery Comedy
• 110 - 120 minutes
• 6 Any (6-12 actors possible)

Just as they are about to give up on their careers, a pair of struggling playwrights find out that their mentor, the most celebrated murder mystery writer since Agatha Christie, has just died with the script to his upcoming Broadway thriller left unfinished. Tasked with completing his work in under a week, Mara and Don jump into the story—but once they begin digging into the world of the play, they quickly find themselves trapped inside it. Can they use their writing skills to solve the mystery and save the play—and themselves? Read more

• Comedy, Murder Mystery
• 60 - 75 minutes
• 9 W, 2 M, 8 Any (15-30 actors possible: 9-0 W, 2-0 M)

A group of villains—including the Evil Queen, Wicked Stepmother, and the Big Bad Wolf—and some familiar faces with dubious morals— like Little Red Riding Hood and Pinocchio—are locked in a mansion on a dark and stormy night. Their only means of escape is helping Prince Charming figure out the name of a mischievous imp who has his eyes set on a gasp-inducing treasure. Read more

• Drama
• 85 - 90 minutes
• 5 W, 1 M, 

Branwell Brontë has always been desperate to keep up with his brilliant sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne. As the Brontë women’s stars begin to rise, Branwell uses the familial gift of storytelling to lead his siblings into magical worlds and cushion some of the harsh realities of their real lives, including Branwell’s jealousy over his sisters’ success. But when the magic of their stories begins to fail, Branwell and his sisters must fight to keep destruction and loss from seeping into the real world. Read more

• Comedy
• 120 - 130 minutes
• 14 W, 7 M, 21 Any (21 actors possible: 12-14 W, 3-7 M)

Emily Starr is an imaginative young girl who has lived an isolated life with her father at The Hollows in the country. She has The Sight, as she calls it, which allows her to see into the past and the future. After her father dies, she is sent to live at New Moon Farm with her stern Aunt Elizabeth Murray, her kind but timid Aunt Laura, and her cousin Jimmy, a gentle man who people persist in saying is “off.” Emily promises her father she will hang on hard to herself and clashes with Aunt Elizabeth who “is determined to make her like every other child in Blair Water.” But when Emily falls gravely ill, Elizabeth realizes how much she loves her, and Emily comes to understand she can be Emily of The Hollows and Emily of New Moon Farm—and a hundred other places as well. Read more

• Murder-Mystery Comedy
• 110 - 130 minutes
• 3 W, 2 M, 10 Any (10-55 actors possible: 3-53 W, 2-52 M)

When eccentric billionaire J. Leslie Arlington is murdered, a clueless detective finds the suspects are all reluctant to admit their alibis . . . because they were all committing other ridiculous crimes at the time. Read more

• Comedy
• 60 - 70 minutes
• 5 W, 3 M, 10 Any (8-45 actors possible: 0-45 W, 0-45 M)

Micah only has forty-five minutes to finish her paper on The Great Gatsby, but the internet threatens to take over her schoolwork, or worse. Read more

• Drama
• 50 - 60 minutes
• 19 Any

On the first night of Spring Break, new friendships are made and old ones are tested as the nineteen teenagers we first met in Winter Break continue to find joy, heartache, and wonder in the world they’re trying to find their place in. Commissioned for the Educational Theatre Association’s 2022 International Thespian Festival, Spring Break is a candid look into another crucial moment in these teenagers’ lives. Read more

• Comedy/Drama
• 80 - 85 minutes
• 7 W, 8 M, 20 Any (18-35 actors possible: 7-22 W, 8-28 M)

The romance, betrayal, longing, and joy of six of O. Henry’s best short stories intertwine at the Vallambrosa rooming house, where Della Leeson lands after she’s abandoned by her new husband. Della slowly builds a life for herself in New York City: finding a community, overcoming tragedy, and falling in love. O. Henry’s twists take Della in unexpected directions, pulling her into the lives of the Vallambrosa’s other quirky residents. Full of whimsy and eccentric characters, O. Henry's Guide to the Present showcases the beloved writer’s work at its most human. Read more

• Comedy
• 60 - 70 minutes
• 3 W, 2 M,  (5-43 actors possible: 0-43 W, 0-43 M)

I Hate Shakespeare! is a hilarious and fast-paced introduction to Shakespeare -- with a modern twist Read more

• Parody
• 60 - 70 minutes
• 15 W, 7 M,  (11-116 actors possible: 5-99 W, 1-111 M)

When modern teen Mary Fitzfry gets sent back in time by an eccentric professor, she finds herself in the middle of a totally tubular cavalcade of 80s pop culture. Read more

• Comedy/Murder mystery
• 30 - 40 minutes
• 8 W, 1 M, 10 Any (14-19 actors possible: 8-11 W, 6-8 M)

Employees of a low-end fast food restaurant are hit with a surprise health inspection. But luck is not on their side when their manager turns up dead in a freezer. Read more

• Comedy
• 25 - 35 minutes
• 12 W, 11 M, 10 Any (5-33 actors possible: 1-23 W, 4-31 M)

SUPERHEROES is a funny, fast-paced series of vignettes that explores how the caped crusaders deal with life in street clothes. Read more

• Comedy
• 25 - 35 minutes
• 5 W, 5 M, 5 Any (15-30 actors possible: 4-26 W, 4-26 M)

Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong when you've got a light board operator out for revenge, a dollar-store set, and a cast that's a total mess. Read more

• Comedy/Drama
• 45 - 60 minutes
• 11 W, 5 M, 5 Any (12-44 actors possible: 4-40 W, 4-40 M)

Full of ensemble possibilities, this imaginative adaptation captures the heart of L. Frank Baum's classic tale. Read more

• Comedy/Drama
• 40 - 45 minutes
• 8 W, 6 M, 3 Any (17-40 actors possible: 8-30 W, 6-12 M)

A young teacher tries to pull off a production of Guys and Dolls, but putting a musical together is never easy. Read more

• Comedy
• 35 - 45 minutes
• 8 W, 8 M, 6 Any (13-22 actors possible: 6-14 W, 6-14 M)

Mom and Dad love to tell the story of how they met in 1986, trouble is, they remember their courtship completely differently. Read more

• Comedy
• 25 - 30 minutes
• 7 W, 4 M, 3 Any (4-14 actors possible: 0-14 W, 0-14 M)

This hilarious comedy will bring you to the last place you'd ever want to be...behind the doors of a casting session. Read more

• Comedy
• 25 - 35 minutes
• 7 W, 6 M, 3 Any (4-16 actors possible: 0-16 W, 0-16 M)

When two college recruiters at a prestigious university need to fill one last spot to keep their jobs, thirteen eccentric high school seniors are eager to come in for an interview. Read more

• Comedy
• 25 - 35 minutes
• 9 W, 8 M, 3 Any (5-20 actors possible: 0-20 W, 0-20 M)

Carol and Ashley are expecting a tale of woe as they take their seats to watch Hamlet, but the real tragedy is that they're sitting next to the world's noisiest weirdos. Read more

• Comedy
• 25 - 30 minutes
• 4 W, 1 M, 17 Any (9-40 actors possible: 4-39 W, 1-36 M)

Welcome to middle school! What's it all about? Helpful narrators Denice and Roman are here to answer your questions. Read more

• Comedy
• 30 - 40 minutes
• 12 W, 13 M, 1 Any (7-34 actors possible: 4-22 W, 3-23 M)

Eve Tonsil, an employee of the nonprofit company "Relationships for a Better Tomorrow" is here to take you on a tour of the nine worst breakups of all time. Read more

• Comedy
• 25 - 35 minutes
• 6 W, 6 M, 6 Any (8-40 actors possible: 5-37 W, 3-35 M)

Scary movies are full of different ways to give you nightmares--but once you figure out the formula, the frightful looks pretty funny. Read more

• Farce
• 80 - 90 minutes
• 5 W, 4 M, 

It's 1942, and two of Hollywood's biggest divas have descended upon the luxurious Palm Beach Royale Hotel but are somehow assigned to the same suite. Read more

• Drama
• 35 - 45 minutes
• 8 W, 7 M,  (15-25 actors possible: 8-13 W, 7-12 M)

As the yellow fever epidemic ravages the streets of 1816 New Orleans, no one thinks of the orphans known as the Forgotten--except for Lizzie Landry. Read more

• Comedy
• 25 - 35 minutes
• 9 W, 8 M,  (17-40 actors possible: 9-32 W, 8-31 M)

Prom season is here, will everyone make it through promposal season with more laughter than disaster? Read more

• Mystery/Thriller
• 40 - 50 minutes
• 2 W, 3 M,  (2-20 actors possible: 1-5 W, 1-15 M)

Inspired by Hitchcock's classic tale and performed as a live period radio play, this romantic thriller is a fast-paced ride through the signature world of the Master of Suspense. Read more

• Comedy/Drama
• 65 - 75 minutes
• 3 W, 2 M, 2 Any (7-30 actors possible: 3-30 W, 2-30 M)

In this lyrical, atmospheric interpretation of Peter Pan, Jeremy Bloom strips the familiar story down to its emotional essence. Read more

• Historical Drama
• 70 - 85 minutes
• 7 W, 3 M, 5 Any (13-18 actors possible: 7-15 W, 3-8 M)

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• Comedy
• 45 - 55 minutes
• 3 W, 3 M, 6 Any (8-35 actors possible: 1-35 W, 1-35 M)

Two battling narrators attempt to cover the entirety of Greek mythology using audience participation, cross-dressing, and general theatrical insanity. Read more

• Drama
• 25 - 35 minutes
• 15 W,  (9-30 actors possible: 9-30 W, )

This taut and lyrical adaptation of The House of Bernard Alba brings Federico Garcia Lorca's classic parable of women and power to life in a rush of fans and castanets. Read more

• Comedy
• 45 - 65 minutes
• 6 W, 4 M, 16 Any (12-31 actors possible: 6-27 W, 4-25 M)

It's Dad's turn to tell his three rambunctious kids their bedtime stories, but when he gets fuzzy on the details, the classics get creative. Read more

• Drama
• 25 - 35 minutes
• 5 W, 8 M, 5 Any (13-20 actors possible: 4-13 W, 7-16 M)

A moment in American history sets the stage for this personal, immediate drama about finding purpose amid overwhelming disaster. Read more

• Comedy
• 30 - 40 minutes
• 11 W, 5 M, 7 Any (6-30 actors possible: 3-27 W, 3-27 M)

When a school stages an intervention for three of their most social-media obsessed students, the ultra-righteous Amanda Boseman arrives armed with an array of cautionary tales. Read more

• Comedy
• 30 - 35 minutes
• 5 W, 4 M,  (6-60 actors possible: 3-30 W, 3-30 M)

Join Adventure Dan on a tour through shark-infested scenarios to avoid, such as kayaking with meat paddles, night-swimming after prom, or genetically engineering sharks for science. Read more

• Dramedy
• 30 - 45 minutes
• 5 Any (5-32 actors possible: 0-32 W, 0-32 M)

Confronting the daily challenges of growing up, this series of monologues and scenes offers a look at a multitude of issues that shape teenage life. Read more

• Suspense
• 100 - 120 minutes
• 2 W, 3 M,  (2-30 actors possible: 1-10 W, 1-20 M)

Spies, murder, love, and other trademarks of Alfred Hitchcock come to life in the style of a 1940s radio broadcast of the master of suspense's earlier films. Read more

• Holiday Comedy
• 85 - 90 minutes
• 4 W, 6 M, 1 Any (11 actors possible: 4-5 W, 6-7 M)

When Junie B. draws tattletale May's name for Secret Santa, she comes up with the perfect plan to teach her nemesis a lesson! Read more

• Comedy
• 30 - 40 minutes
• 5 W, 5 M, 3 Any (13-20 actors possible: 5-15 W, 5-15 M)

Self-proclaimed genius Harlan Bean is ready to make history with his science-fiction radio masterpiece Battle of the Planets. But when the broadcast starts, mayhem ensues. Read more

• Live Radio Play
• 70 - 75 minutes
• 1 W, 5 M,  (4-40 actors possible: 1-9 W, 3-31 M)

Now, ten years after Orson Welles’s radio adaptation of War of the Worlds, the WBFR radio ensemble recreates the colorful events surrounding the infamous evening. Read more

• Drama
• 80 - 90 minutes
• 20 Any (5-76 actors possible: 0-76 W, 0-76 M)

Based on student responses from around the country, What I Want to Say But Never Will explores this simple but intimate question, offering a glimpse into teenagers' most private thoughts. Read more

• Comedy
• 30 - 35 minutes
• 5 W, 3 M, 2 Any (8-24 actors possible: 5-13 W, 3-11 M)

It's the end of the world and hordes of rampaging zombies are about to kill you. What do you do? Read more

• Comedy
• 25 - 35 minutes
• 7 W, 6 M, 3 Any (4-16 actors possible: 0-16 W, 0-16 M)

When two college recruiters at a prestigious university need to fill one last spot, thirteen eccentric high school seniors are eager to come in for an interview. Read more

• Comedy/Murder mystery
• 30 - 40 minutes
• 8 W, 1 M, 10 Any (14-19 actors possible: 8-11 W, 6-8 M)

Hit with a surprise health inspection, employees of Burgatorium, a low-end fast food restaurant, hilariously rush around to clean up their messes, hide the rats and find real meat for the burgers. Read more

• Radio Play
• 60 - 70 minutes
• 3 W, 3 M,  (5-20 actors possible: 2-17 W, 3-18 M)

Edgar Allan Poe sets out to keep his stories alive from beyond the grave, an otherworldly radio studio proves just the thing. Read more

• Comedy
• 30 - 40 minutes
• 4 Any (4-30 actors possible: 4-30 W, 4-30 M)

When you call the help desk, you're looking for a solution - but your problems might just be beginning when these customer service calls spiral into absurdity. Read more

• Dramedy
• 30 - 45 minutes
• 5 Any (5-32 actors possible: 0-32 W, 0-32 M)

Confronting the daily challenges of growing up, this series of monologues and scenes offers a look at a multitude of issues that shape teenage life. Read more

• Drama
• 110 - 120 minutes
• 2 W, 14 M,  (10-16 actors possible: 1-2 W, 9-14 M)

A supernatural power grants Dorian Gray eternal youth and beauty, but must navigate obsession, influence and reckoning. Read more

• Comedy/Drama
• 100 - 120 minutes
• 11 W, 6 M, 

A few days after the biggest night of the year, the students of Glen Burnie High face the fact that prom was a huge disappointment and want a do-over. Read more

• Drama
• 105 - 115 minutes
• 2 W, 3 M, 

A revealing article about the African AIDS crisis in a magazine leads a young gay man in New York City to form an unexpected correspondence with a woman in Zambia. Read more

• Drama
• 90 - 100 minutes
• 9 W, 5 M, 1 Any (15-45 actors possible: 9-40 W, 5-36 M)

In 1944, five young women take newly-available jobs at one of the largest munitions factories in the United States: the Badger Ordnance Works. Facing dangerous work with highly flammable powder as well as insidious sexism, the women form an unlikely friendship through joy and heartbreak. A vibrant ensemble brings the factory to life as each of the women confronts not only the challenges of entering the workforce in the darkest days of World War II, but also who she is and what she truly values. Unforgettable human stories make the era immediate in this captivating ensemble drama. Read more

• Drama
• 60 - 70 minutes
• 5 W, 4 M, 1 Nonbinary actor

17/18 explores how one breakup makes two friend groups contend with anxieties about growing up, their identities, and the future. Read more

• Dramedy
• 100 - 120 minutes
• 9 W, 5 M, 1 Nonbinary actor,  10 Any (15-35 actors possible)

At a boarding school in New Hampshire, the former headmaster’s house sits empty, abandoned decades ago after his son disappeared inside and now thought haunted. But when four students break in on a dare, they don’t finds ghosts or ghouls, but instead a doorway to another world: Elsewhere. Read more

• Drama
• 90 - 110 minutes
• 6 W, 3 M,  (8-11 actors possible: 5-7 W, 3-4 M)

Kia and Marisol struggle to keep their involvement a secret from their conservative mothers and their gay-bashing classmates, eventually forcing them to choose between their newfound sexuality and societal acceptance. Read more

• Drama
• 60 - 70 minutes
• 3 W, 4 M,  (7-21 actors possible: 3-10 W, 4-11 M)

This documentary-style ensemble play recounts the life and lasting impact of groundbreaking LGBT activist and politician Harvey Milk, as told by the people who knew him best. Read more

• Comedy
• 65 - 75 minutes
• 5 W, 3 M,  (5-8 actors possible: 3-5 W, 2-3 M)

Forced to live a life of solitude, nineteen-year-old Laura is thrilled when a mysterious guest, Carmilla, joins her and her father's quiet household. But when her new friend excites in her tumultuous feelings and nocturnal visits end in sharp sensations in the throat, it becomes clear that there is more to Carmilla than meets the eye. Read more

• Comedic Play with Music
• 110 - 120 minutes
• 4 W, 6 M, 2 Any (10-12 actors possible: 4-6 W, 6-8 M)

Political activism meets bedazzled drag show in this story about two young friends who flee their suburban upbringing in "Real America" to join a ragtag group of activists on a protest march from D.C. to Nevada. Read more

• Comedy
• 80 - 90 minutes
• 13 W, 7 M,  (5-20 actors possible: 3-13 W, 2-7 M)

subText is a hilarious series of vignettes detailing the awkwardness of dating in the digital age. Read more

• Drama
• 25 - 30 minutes
• 4 W, 4 M, 2 Any (8-10 actors possible: 4-5 W, 3-5 M)

In this homage to Wilder's classic play, Emily and Elizabeth fall in love in a small town, and then flash forward to the wedding of their son to their neighbors George and Louis' daughter. Read more