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Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes) by Greg Allen

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 2 - 65 minutes
  • 5 W, 5 M,  (5-20 actors possible: 2-10 W, 2-10 M)
Productions (742)
(39)

Having opened in 1988 and still playing today as the longest-running show in Chicago history, Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind is an... Read more

Having opened in 1988 and still playing today as the longest-running show in Chicago history, Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind is an... Read more

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The Bookstore by Adam Szymkowicz

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (6-28 actors possible: 3-16 W, 3-17 M)
Productions (29)
(30)

The future of a whimsical, almost magical bookstore is uncertain after the owner dies and leaves the shop to her niece Rachel. Rachel has a job... Read more

The future of a whimsical, almost magical bookstore is uncertain after the owner dies and leaves the shop to her niece Rachel. Rachel has a job... Read more

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Failure: A Love Story by Philip Dawkins

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 90 - 95 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 2 Any (7-50 actors possible: 3-48 W, 2-47 M)
Productions (299)
(78)

By the end of 1928, all three Fail sisters will be dead -- expiring in reverse order, youngest to oldest, from blunt object to the head,... Read more

By the end of 1928, all three Fail sisters will be dead -- expiring in reverse order, youngest to oldest, from blunt object to the head,... Read more

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Nightfall With Edgar Allan Poe by Eric Coble

  • Drama
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M,  (5-9 actors possible: 0-9 W, 0-9 M)
Productions (307)
(45)

Edgar Allan Poe stands alone in the flickering darkness of his mind, trying desperately to convince himself -- and us -- that he's not mad. The... Read more

Edgar Allan Poe stands alone in the flickering darkness of his mind, trying desperately to convince himself -- and us -- that he's not mad. The... Read more

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Lysistrata adapted by Ellen McLaughlin

  • Comedy
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  • 60 - 80 minutes
  • 13 W, 7 M,  (13-26 actors possible: 8-16 W, 5-10 M)
Productions (81)
(11)

This fresh, fast-paced comedy, inspired by the Aristophanes play, follows Lysistrata, an Athenian who calls for the women of Greece to help end... Read more

This fresh, fast-paced comedy, inspired by the Aristophanes play, follows Lysistrata, an Athenian who calls for the women of Greece to help end... Read more

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The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon (full-length) by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 3 Any (5-43 actors possible: 1-41 W, 1-42 M)
Productions (1738)
(113)

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt... Read more

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt... Read more

Alice in Slasherland by Qui Nguyen

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (6-10 actors possible: 3-5 W, 3-5 M)
Productions (18)
(15)

When young Lewis Diaz accidentally resurrects the soul of a brutally slain girl named Alice, he unwittingly unleashes a literal hell on Earth.... Read more

When young Lewis Diaz accidentally resurrects the soul of a brutally slain girl named Alice, he unwittingly unleashes a literal hell on Earth.... Read more

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Trap by Stephen Gregg

  • Drama
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  • 75 - 85 minutes
  • 12 W, 10 M, 5 Any (10-46 actors possible: 5-46 W, 2-46 M)
Productions (457)
(167)

MENACHAP, CALIFORNIA. An incomprehensible event: every person in the audience of a high school play falls unconscious--every person but one.... Read more

MENACHAP, CALIFORNIA. An incomprehensible event: every person in the audience of a high school play falls unconscious--every person but one.... Read more

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I Hate Shakespeare! by Steph DeFerie

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M,  (5-43 actors possible: 0-43 W, 0-43 M)
Productions (774)
(71)

We hate Shakespeare! At least that's what the audience thinks until they get a rip-roaring rundown of Shakespeare's classics. With zombies,... Read more

We hate Shakespeare! At least that's what the audience thinks until they get a rip-roaring rundown of Shakespeare's classics. With zombies,... Read more

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And a Child Shall Lead by Michael Slade

  • Drama
  • |
  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M,  (8-30 actors possible: 4-15 W, 4-15 M)
Productions (320)
(37)

This is the heroic and true story of children coming of age in Terezin, the "Jewish city" established by the Nazis near Prague as a way station... Read more

This is the heroic and true story of children coming of age in Terezin, the "Jewish city" established by the Nazis near Prague as a way station... Read more

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Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 100 - 120 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M,  (2-30 actors possible: 1-10 W, 1-20 M)
Productions (465)
(60)

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... Read more

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... Read more

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Drinking Habits by Tom Smith

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 5 W, 3 M, 
Productions (497)
(30)

Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out-loud farce. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing... Read more

Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out-loud farce. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing... Read more

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The War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script by Howard E. Koch

  • Drama
  • |
  • 60 - 65 minutes
  • 5 M, 6 Any (4-22 actors possible: 0-9 W, 4-22 M)
Productions (460)
(23)

Broadcast from New York's Mercury Theatre in 1938, this infamous radio play, based on the novel by H. G. Wells, had many terrified listeners... Read more

Broadcast from New York's Mercury Theatre in 1938, this infamous radio play, based on the novel by H. G. Wells, had many terrified listeners... Read more

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The Alibis by Jonathan Dorf and 6 others

  • Comedy
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  • 110 - 130 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 10 Any (10-55 actors possible: 3-53 W, 2-52 M)
Productions (423)
(109)

We challenged eight playwrights to find the comedy in crime in this rogue's gallery of ten-minute plays wrapped in a classic whodunnit. When... Read more

We challenged eight playwrights to find the comedy in crime in this rogue's gallery of ten-minute plays wrapped in a classic whodunnit. When... Read more

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Language of Angels by Naomi Iizuka

  • Drama
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  • 70 - 80 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 
Productions (104)
(9)

An eerie cycle of ghost stories, set in the cave country of North Carolina. After a young girl is lost in a cave on the edge of town, there is a... Read more

An eerie cycle of ghost stories, set in the cave country of North Carolina. After a young girl is lost in a cave on the edge of town, there is a... Read more

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The Matchmakers by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 110 - 120 minutes
  • 5 W, 8 M, 
Productions (44)
(12)

After a lame homecoming date at Wendy's and the dissolution of her parents' marriage, Bree begins to think that she's been cursed. When her... Read more

After a lame homecoming date at Wendy's and the dissolution of her parents' marriage, Bree begins to think that she's been cursed. When her... Read more

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Women by Chiara Atik

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M,  (8-11 actors possible: exactly 5 W, 3-6 M)
Productions (38)
(11)

Jo March really thinks she could be the voice of her generation, or at least, a voice of a generation. But being a "little woman" in 1800s New... Read more

Jo March really thinks she could be the voice of her generation, or at least, a voice of a generation. But being a "little woman" in 1800s New... Read more

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An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe adapted by Robert Mason

  • Drama
  • |
  • 70 - 85 minutes
  • 4 W, 8 M, 2 Any (12-52 actors possible: 4-16 W, 8-43 M)
Productions (158)
(17)

Enter the wonderfully creepy world of Edgar Allan Poe with six faithful adaptations of some of his most haunting works. From old favorites such... Read more

Enter the wonderfully creepy world of Edgar Allan Poe with six faithful adaptations of some of his most haunting works. From old favorites such... Read more

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In a Grove: Four Japanese Ghost Stories by Eric Coble

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 80 - 100 minutes
  • 8 Any (5-25 actors possible: 0-25 W, 0-25 M)
Productions (138)
(18)

Obosan, a traditional Japanese priest, steps forward from the darkness. He explains that where we now see a grove of trees, bushes, and grassy... Read more

Obosan, a traditional Japanese priest, steps forward from the darkness. He explains that where we now see a grove of trees, bushes, and grassy... Read more

Kid-Simple: a radio play in the flesh by Jordan Harrison

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 1 Any (6-11 actors possible: 3-5 W, 3-6 M)
Productions (65)
(0)

Moll, a girl who invents things, wins the science fair with a machine for hearing sounds that can't be heard. But when a shapeshifting Mercenary... Read more

Moll, a girl who invents things, wins the science fair with a machine for hearing sounds that can't be heard. But when a shapeshifting Mercenary... Read more