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The Norse Mythology Ragnasplosion (one-act) by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (6-30 actors possible: 3-27 W, 3-27 M)
Productions (37)
(7)

You may think you know Thor and Loki, but if you take a whirlwind tour though Norse mythology, their adventures are even funnier and weirder than... Read more

You may think you know Thor and Loki, but if you take a whirlwind tour though Norse mythology, their adventures are even funnier and weirder than... Read more

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County adapted by Joseph McDonough

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 45 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M, 1 Any (4-20 actors possible: 1-15 W, 2-15 M)
Productions (56)
(29)

This rambunctious adaptation of Mark Twain's classic short story tells the tale of schemer and braggart Jim Smiley, who decides to make his... Read more

This rambunctious adaptation of Mark Twain's classic short story tells the tale of schemer and braggart Jim Smiley, who decides to make his... Read more

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A Rare Condition by Alan Haehnel

  • Drama
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 8 W, 8 M, 3 Any (16-25 actors possible: 6-11 W, 8-15 M)
Productions (28)
(5)

Saundra is acting very strangely -- she wears her prom dress to school, stands up to a tyrannical teacher, hugs her younger brother, and even... Read more

Saundra is acting very strangely -- she wears her prom dress to school, stands up to a tyrannical teacher, hugs her younger brother, and even... Read more

Life as a Techie or Something Like It! by Christopher Fleitas

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 45 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M, 4 Any (10-20 actors possible: 5-16 W, 4-15 M)
Productions (63)
(3)

Like most high school activities, theater doesn't come easy to clueless Newbie. The increasing rivalry between the actors and the techies nearly... Read more

Like most high school activities, theater doesn't come easy to clueless Newbie. The increasing rivalry between the actors and the techies nearly... Read more

Prom Perfection by Jane Steiner

  • Comedy
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  • 45 - 60 minutes
  • 27 W, 17 M, 3 Any (10-50 actors possible: 6-30 W, 4-20 M)
Productions (34)
(0)

How do I find the perfect dress? Who will slow dance with me? Is a corsage made of funeral flowers really not a good idea? Prom Perfection is a... Read more

How do I find the perfect dress? Who will slow dance with me? Is a corsage made of funeral flowers really not a good idea? Prom Perfection is a... Read more

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The Wild Bunch Women: A Memory Play by Nelly E. Cuellar-Garcia

  • Drama
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 15 W, 2 M,  (13-25 actors possible: 11-15 W, 2-10 M)
Productions (44)
(27)

The Wild Bunch Women were known throughout the Old West as cattle rustlers, stagecoach bandits, and bank robbers... but to Pearl Hart, they were... Read more

The Wild Bunch Women were known throughout the Old West as cattle rustlers, stagecoach bandits, and bank robbers... but to Pearl Hart, they were... Read more

Shark in the Bathtub by Carla Hosein

  • Comedy
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  • 15 - 30 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (8)
(0)

Hidden truths are revealed in this Seinfeld-esque romantic comedy centered on a couple's conversation. The couple, an artist and a psychiatrist,... Read more

Hidden truths are revealed in this Seinfeld-esque romantic comedy centered on a couple's conversation. The couple, an artist and a psychiatrist,... Read more

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Casting Catastrophes by A. M. Dittman

  • Comedy
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 12 Any (4-20 actors possible: 0-20 W, 0-20 M)
Productions (16)
(4)

The casting has begun for the role of "Mysterious Stranger" in the new community theater production of Sisyphus's Garden Party Murder Mystery... Read more

The casting has begun for the role of "Mysterious Stranger" in the new community theater production of Sisyphus's Garden Party Murder Mystery... Read more

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The Things She Held by Martha Epstein

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 25 - 30 minutes
  • 5 W, 1 Any (4-20 actors possible: 3-20 W, 0-17 M)
Productions (4)
(7)

The Things She Held follows a girl as she delivers an acceptance speech to one person, or a few people, or an empty space, or a collection of... Read more

The Things She Held follows a girl as she delivers an acceptance speech to one person, or a few people, or an empty space, or a collection of... Read more

O. Henry's Guide to the Present by Stephen Gregg

  • Drama
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  • 80 - 85 minutes
  • Various
Productions (2)
(0)

The romance, betrayal, longing, joy—and signature twists—of six of O. Henry's best short stories intertwine at the Vallambrosa Rooming House,... Read more

The romance, betrayal, longing, joy—and signature twists—of six of O. Henry's best short stories intertwine at the Vallambrosa Rooming House,... Read more

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Elsewhere (alternate version) by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 100 - 120 minutes
  • 9 W, 5 M, 1 Nonbinary actor,  10 Any (15-35 actors possible)
Productions (7)
(3)

At a boarding school in New Hampshire, the former headmaster’s house sits empty, abandoned decades ago after his son disappeared inside and now... Read more

At a boarding school in New Hampshire, the former headmaster’s house sits empty, abandoned decades ago after his son disappeared inside and now... Read more

It's Okay by Anya Jiménez

  • Drama
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 5 Any
Productions (2)
(1)

In an unknown dreamscape, seemingly without time, a grieving mother grapples with her reality following the mass shooting at her daughter’s... Read more

In an unknown dreamscape, seemingly without time, a grieving mother grapples with her reality following the mass shooting at her daughter’s... Read more

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15 Reasons Not To Be in a Play by Alan Haehnel

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 60 minutes
  • 14 W, 14 M, 12 Any (15-67 actors possible: 5-65 W, 2-62 M)
Productions (1618)
(78)

This is a play about not being in a play, ironically expressed through a hilarious series of monologues, duets, and ensemble scenes. From early... Read more

This is a play about not being in a play, ironically expressed through a hilarious series of monologues, duets, and ensemble scenes. From early... Read more

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Lockdown by Douglas Craven

  • Drama
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  • 20 - 35 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 1 Any (9-11 actors possible: 3-8 W, 4-8 M)
Productions (733)
(79)

In a dark classroom, eight students sit in an "official lockdown," not knowing if it's just a drill or an actual emergency. When a hysterical... Read more

In a dark classroom, eight students sit in an "official lockdown," not knowing if it's just a drill or an actual emergency. When a hysterical... Read more

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The Bold, The Young, and The Murdered by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M, 4 Any (13 actors possible: 5-9 W, 4-8 M)
Productions (398)
(62)

The long-running soap opera The Bold and the Young is in its last days: its hunky hero has self-esteem issues, its villainous old man is more... Read more

The long-running soap opera The Bold and the Young is in its last days: its hunky hero has self-esteem issues, its villainous old man is more... Read more

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The Rehearsal by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 40 - 45 minutes
  • 8 W, 6 M, 3 Any (17-40 actors possible: 8-30 W, 6-12 M)
Productions (412)
(29)

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

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

Random Acts of Comedy: 15 Hit One-Act Plays for Student Actors by Peter Bloedel and 11 others

  • Comedy
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  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
(17)

Home of the most popular one-act plays for student actors, Playscripts, Inc. presents 15 of their very best short comedies. From a blind dating... Read more

Home of the most popular one-act plays for student actors, Playscripts, Inc. presents 15 of their very best short comedies. From a blind dating... Read more

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A Seussified Christmas Carol (full-length) by Peter Bloedel

  • Comedy
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  • 65 - 85 minutes
  • 6 W, 11 M, 22 Any (11-39 actors possible: 5-28 W, 6-33 M)
Productions (305)
(24)

A whimsical reinvention of Dickens' most beloved Christmas story in wacky rhymed couplets. With zoot fruited juices and binka bird geese, from... Read more

A whimsical reinvention of Dickens' most beloved Christmas story in wacky rhymed couplets. With zoot fruited juices and binka bird geese, from... Read more

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Homework Eats Dog and Other Woeful Tales by Alan Haehnel

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 7 W, 7 M, 21 Any (20-51 actors possible: 0-51 W, 0-51 M)
Productions (358)
(18)

For science teacher Douglas Kobekeaneski, there's nothing greater than "The Hour of Desperation," that magical hour before his immensely... Read more

For science teacher Douglas Kobekeaneski, there's nothing greater than "The Hour of Desperation," that magical hour before his immensely... Read more

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Brief Interviews with Internet Cats by Patrick Greene

  • Comedy
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  • 25 - 45 minutes
  • 9 W, 7 M, 6 Any (8-30 actors possible: 1-30 W, 1-30 M)
Productions (154)
(36)

Celebrity interviewer Ian McWorthy has a dream line-up for tonight's episode of the World Wide Window: a veritable litterful of felines whose... Read more

Celebrity interviewer Ian McWorthy has a dream line-up for tonight's episode of the World Wide Window: a veritable litterful of felines whose... Read more