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Elizabeth Meriwether: Collected Short Plays by Elizabeth Meriwether

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 75 - 95 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M,  (7-17 actors possible: 3-9 W, 4-8 M)
Productions (1)
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From the author of Heddatron and Oliver Parker! comes this fascinating new collection of short plays. From a betrayed girlfriend turning oddly... Read more

From the author of Heddatron and Oliver Parker! comes this fascinating new collection of short plays. From a betrayed girlfriend turning oddly... Read more

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I am not Batman. by Marco Ramirez

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 8 - 10 minutes
  • 1 M, 1 Any (2 actors possible: 0-1 W, 1-2 M)
Productions (55)
(3)

A street kid with a stomach full of grocery store brand macaroni and cheese fulfills the ultimate Batman fantasy. (This play is also available in... Read more

A street kid with a stomach full of grocery store brand macaroni and cheese fulfills the ultimate Batman fantasy. (This play is also available in... Read more

Available as eScript

Airness (High School Edition) by Chelsea Marcantel

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 2 W, 4 M, 3 Any (7-15 actors possible: 2-10 W, 4-13 M)
Productions (8)
(4)

When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds all... Read more

When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds all... Read more

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GEE!: A Play About a High School Glee Club Without Any of that Annoying Singing by Dean O'Carroll

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 5 W, 2 M, 
Productions (18)
(7)

A familiar-looking high school glee club is shocked when they find their backup musicians aren't there to back them up. Will their teacher, Jill... Read more

A familiar-looking high school glee club is shocked when they find their backup musicians aren't there to back them up. Will their teacher, Jill... Read more

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Air Guitar High by Laura Schellhardt

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 60 - 75 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M, 3 Any (10-12 actors possible: 4-8 W, 4-7 M)
Productions (30)
(0)

Nothing ever happens in Scrug, Iowa -- until the U.S. Regional Air Guitar Championships come through town, that is. Armed with a camera and crew... Read more

Nothing ever happens in Scrug, Iowa -- until the U.S. Regional Air Guitar Championships come through town, that is. Armed with a camera and crew... Read more

Midsummer (abridged) adapted by Larry Nehring

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 40 - 55 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M,  (4-8 actors possible: 0-4 W, 0-4 M)
Productions (30)
(4)

William Shakespeare's classic comedy unfolds fast and furiously in this abridged one-act version, trimmed to the story's very essence. When... Read more

William Shakespeare's classic comedy unfolds fast and furiously in this abridged one-act version, trimmed to the story's very essence. When... Read more

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The Fall of the House of Usher adapted by Robert Mason

  • Drama
  • |
  • 12 - 17 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M, 
Productions (17)
(1)

Madeline -- Roderick Usher's only living relative -- is buried in the family vault after her sudden death. Are the scratching sounds that ensue... Read more

Madeline -- Roderick Usher's only living relative -- is buried in the family vault after her sudden death. Are the scratching sounds that ensue... Read more

Abraham Lincoln's Big, Gay Dance Party by Aaron Loeb

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 110 - 120 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 
Productions (17)
(2)

Illinois schoolteacher Harmony Green has told her fourth grade class that Menard County's most beloved homegrown hero, Abraham Lincoln, was gay.... Read more

Illinois schoolteacher Harmony Green has told her fourth grade class that Menard County's most beloved homegrown hero, Abraham Lincoln, was gay.... Read more

Troy Women adapted by Karen Hartman

  • Drama
  • |
  • 65 - 85 minutes
  • 9 W, 3 M,  (12-20 actors possible: 9-15 W, 3-5 M)
Productions (24)
(0)

Hecuba and the women of Troy mourn and celebrate their city on the morning after its destruction. Together, they grieve the deaths of their... Read more

Hecuba and the women of Troy mourn and celebrate their city on the morning after its destruction. Together, they grieve the deaths of their... Read more

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Letters to Kurt by Janine Nabers

  • Drama
  • |
  • 25 - 30 minutes
  • 7 W, 2 M, 9 Any (18 actors possible: 7-16 W, 2-11 M)
Productions (13)
(3)

Sixteen year-old outcast Molly doesn't seem to fit in anywhere. Her family barely knows she exists, the kids at school think she's a "depressed... Read more

Sixteen year-old outcast Molly doesn't seem to fit in anywhere. Her family barely knows she exists, the kids at school think she's a "depressed... Read more

Everything So Far by C. Denby Swanson

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 60 - 80 minutes
  • 8 W, 2 M,  (8-30 actors possible: 6-28 W, 2-24 M)
Productions (12)
(8)

Loosely adapted from a 9th grade biology textbook, Everything So Far is a whimsical interweaving of several impossible stories -- a Dinosaur... Read more

Loosely adapted from a 9th grade biology textbook, Everything So Far is a whimsical interweaving of several impossible stories -- a Dinosaur... Read more

Wonderland by Brooke Berman

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 5 W, 5 M, 1 Any (9-12 actors possible: 5-6 W, 4-6 M)
Productions (5)
(1)

Mia, an aspiring performance artist in New York City, is tapped to fly out to L.A. to develop a show based on herself. A rocky start quickly... Read more

Mia, an aspiring performance artist in New York City, is tapped to fly out to L.A. to develop a show based on herself. A rocky start quickly... Read more

Freakshow by Carson Kreitzer

  • Drama
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  • 70 - 80 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 
Productions (30)
(0)

At the turn of the last century, a traveling Freakshow grinds to a halt. Things are changing. The anger of being stared at, trapped, caged, is at... Read more

At the turn of the last century, a traveling Freakshow grinds to a halt. Things are changing. The anger of being stared at, trapped, caged, is at... Read more

Riding the Wind: Story Plays from Old China by Carol Korty

  • Drama
  • |
  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 7 W, 7 M,  (8-70 actors possible: 4-35 W, 4-35 M)
Productions (20)
(4)

Amid the daily bustle of a Chinese marketplace, a group of villagers tells four tales featuring strong women. In "Yulan's Search for Beauty," a... Read more

Amid the daily bustle of a Chinese marketplace, a group of villagers tells four tales featuring strong women. In "Yulan's Search for Beauty," a... Read more

Scenes From A Dance by Dick Grunert

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 65 - 80 minutes
  • 14 W, 18 M, 3 Any (35-50 actors possible: 14-25 W, 18-25 M)
Productions (22)
(5)

It's the big high school dance, and lovesick Riley loses the love letter he wrote for the girl of his dreams. The letter begins a journey through... Read more

It's the big high school dance, and lovesick Riley loses the love letter he wrote for the girl of his dreams. The letter begins a journey through... Read more

California Scenarios by Luis Alfaro and 4 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 90 - 110 minutes
  • 6 W, 3 M, 6 Any (8-20 actors possible: 4-10 W, 4-10 M)
Productions (4)
(1)

Rich in history, fantasy, triumph, and longing, this collection of short plays captures aspects of Latinos in California, from a group of women... Read more

Rich in history, fantasy, triumph, and longing, this collection of short plays captures aspects of Latinos in California, from a group of women... Read more

The Walk Across America for Mother Earth by Taylor Mac

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 110 - 120 minutes
  • 4 W, 6 M, 2 Any (10-12 actors possible: 4-6 W, 6-8 M)
Productions (6)
(1)

Political activism meets bedazzled drag show in this story about two young friends who flee their suburban upbringing in "Real America" to join a... Read more

Political activism meets bedazzled drag show in this story about two young friends who flee their suburban upbringing in "Real America" to join a... Read more

In Between by R. N. Sandberg

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M,  (4-14 actors possible: 2-12 W, 2-12 M)
Productions (20)
(0)

After maybe-almost hitting another girl who was "always talking junk," Cue is forced to start at a new school, where she meets the popular yet... Read more

After maybe-almost hitting another girl who was "always talking junk," Cue is forced to start at a new school, where she meets the popular yet... Read more

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Othello, and the Boy Band Venice (one-act) by Tim Kochenderfer

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 45 - 55 minutes
  • 3 W, 5 M, 7 Any (8-22 actors possible: 3-10 W, 5-12 M)
Productions (21)
(0)

It's not just fate working against the celebrity marriage of pop stars Othello and Desdemona. Iago, a frustrated member of Othello's boy band... Read more

It's not just fate working against the celebrity marriage of pop stars Othello and Desdemona. Iago, a frustrated member of Othello's boy band... Read more