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Knowing Cairo by Andrea Stolowitz

  • Drama
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  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 3 W, 
Productions (12)
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Rose, an elderly German-Jewish New Yorker, is a screamer. Approaching the big 8-0, she has managed to scare away an array of caretakers with her... Read more

Rose, an elderly German-Jewish New Yorker, is a screamer. Approaching the big 8-0, she has managed to scare away an array of caretakers with her... Read more

Tumor by Sheila Callaghan

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 1 Any (5 actors possible: 2-3 W, 2-3 M)
Productions (6)
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Pete is pregnant. Sarah is pregnant. Kathie is pregnant. Richard is reacting badly to Kathie being pregnant. In stylized monologues and short... Read more

Pete is pregnant. Sarah is pregnant. Kathie is pregnant. Richard is reacting badly to Kathie being pregnant. In stylized monologues and short... Read more

The Joys of Childhood by Kirsten Greenidge

  • Comedy
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  • 5 - 10 minutes
  • 1 W, 
Productions (4)
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A wealthy mother prepares her new nanny to look after her precocious daughter, who happens to have an aversion to spices, carpet, glass, and most... Read more

A wealthy mother prepares her new nanny to look after her precocious daughter, who happens to have an aversion to spices, carpet, glass, and most... Read more

School of the Americas by J. Holtham

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 
Productions (4)
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Mom's assembling an M-16, Dad's in trouble with the Generals, Tad is missing, and Missy is packing heat -- a day in the life of an all-American... Read more

Mom's assembling an M-16, Dad's in trouble with the Generals, Tad is missing, and Missy is packing heat -- a day in the life of an all-American... Read more

Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda by Glenn Alterman

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 9 - 10 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M, 
Productions (4)
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Yetta and Cy are having their usual morning battle over their son, Harold, which continues to escalate until Harold comes barging in, insisting... Read more

Yetta and Cy are having their usual morning battle over their son, Harold, which continues to escalate until Harold comes barging in, insisting... Read more

Bedtime Story by Seth Kramer

  • Drama
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  • 5 - 7 minutes
  • 1 M, 
Productions (3)
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Jeff tells his baby daughter Ruby about what it means to become a parent. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection... Read more

Jeff tells his baby daughter Ruby about what it means to become a parent. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection... Read more

16 Spells to Charm the Beast by Lisa D'Amour

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 
Productions (4)
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Lillian Davis, a metropolitan housewife of inconsequential regard, sets out to write her last will and testament in her apartment on the 27th... Read more

Lillian Davis, a metropolitan housewife of inconsequential regard, sets out to write her last will and testament in her apartment on the 27th... Read more

Treasure Island: A Musical Panto by Kathryn Petersen

  • Comedy
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  • 90 - 95 minutes
  • 3 W, 9 M, 1 Any (12 actors possible: 3-4 W, 9-10 M)
Productions (12)
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Everybody say aargh! "X" marks the spot in this raucous new musical panto based on the classic by Robert Louis Stevenson. Armed with just a... Read more

Everybody say aargh! "X" marks the spot in this raucous new musical panto based on the classic by Robert Louis Stevenson. Armed with just a... Read more

As You Like It: A Rowdy Retelling for the Serious Shakespearean adapted by Johanna McKay

  • Comedy
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  • 45 - 60 minutes
  • 4 W, 13 M,  (12-28 actors possible: 4-28 W, 6-23 M)
Productions (6)
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Shakespeare's classic comedy of romance and mistaken identity is adapted to rhyming couplets in this more modern and fast-paced take on the... Read more

Shakespeare's classic comedy of romance and mistaken identity is adapted to rhyming couplets in this more modern and fast-paced take on the... Read more

Love Child by Daniel Jenkins

  • Comedy
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  • 75 - 85 minutes
  • 2 M,  (2-13 actors possible: 0-5 W, 0-8 M)
Productions (11)
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Joel, a neurotic, down-on-his-heels actor/playwright, is opening his new adaptation of an obscure Euripides comedy in a smelly former sausage... Read more

Joel, a neurotic, down-on-his-heels actor/playwright, is opening his new adaptation of an obscure Euripides comedy in a smelly former sausage... Read more

Tales From Japan adapted by Patricia Montley

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 80 - 80 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 6 Any (12-24 actors possible: 0-12 W, 0-12 M)
Productions (10)
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In this collection of traditional Japanese tales, treasure is discovered in unexpected places, even the most unassuming characters are heroes,... Read more

In this collection of traditional Japanese tales, treasure is discovered in unexpected places, even the most unassuming characters are heroes,... Read more

Kabuki Ugly Duckling adapted by Christopher Limber

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M, 14 Any (5-25 actors possible: 2-22 W, 3-23 M)
Productions (12)
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This Japanese Kabuki theatre-inspired adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale lends a complex texture to this wonderful story of a... Read more

This Japanese Kabuki theatre-inspired adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale lends a complex texture to this wonderful story of a... Read more

Available as eScript

Defrosting Popsicles by Susan Emshwiller

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 70 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 5 Any (7-11 actors possible: 3-8 W, 3-8 M)
Productions (3)
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Sally's father is on his death bed, but she just can't bring herself to emotionally confront the impending loss. Who has the time to process... Read more

Sally's father is on his death bed, but she just can't bring herself to emotionally confront the impending loss. Who has the time to process... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

Over the Pub by Tom Dudzick

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 120 - 150 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 
Productions (8)
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The boisterous and colorful Murphys have a lot going on in their cramped apartment above the family pub in Cork City, Ireland in 1964. The... Read more

The boisterous and colorful Murphys have a lot going on in their cramped apartment above the family pub in Cork City, Ireland in 1964. The... Read more

The American Crisis (v2.0) by Ned W. Lauver

  • Comedy
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  • 45 - 60 minutes
  • 5 W, 5 M, 3 Any (10-13 actors possible: 5-8 W, 5-8 M)
Productions (9)
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Thinly veiled social and political satire abounds in Ned Lauver's faster, stronger version of his original The American Crisis. Two all-American... Read more

Thinly veiled social and political satire abounds in Ned Lauver's faster, stronger version of his original The American Crisis. Two all-American... Read more

Oedipus the King adapted by Stacey Coates

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 12 - 15 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 6 Any (5-23 actors possible: 2-11 W, 3-12 M)
Productions (6)
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When Oedipus, the new king of Thebes, promises to bring justice to the murderer of former king Laius (and deceased husband of Oedipus's wife... Read more

When Oedipus, the new king of Thebes, promises to bring justice to the murderer of former king Laius (and deceased husband of Oedipus's wife... Read more

The True Love Story of My Parents by Elizabeth Meriwether

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 20 - 25 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 
Productions (13)
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Armed with title cards and a lifetime of memories, a girl leads her parents through the story of their relationship one vignette at a time. From... Read more

Armed with title cards and a lifetime of memories, a girl leads her parents through the story of their relationship one vignette at a time. From... Read more

An Empress, A Faun, and...Olive Loaf? by Em Frappier

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 40 - 60 minutes
  • 7 W, 5 M,  (7-12 actors possible: 4-10 W, 2-6 M)
Productions (15)
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A world of mystical creatures and lost souls comes to life when Heather is magically transported into a strange land while working on her... Read more

A world of mystical creatures and lost souls comes to life when Heather is magically transported into a strange land while working on her... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

Waiting in Tobolsk by Norman Allen

  • Drama
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  • 40 - 60 minutes
  • 6 W, 1 M, 
Productions (11)
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After their father, Nicholas II, abdicates the Russian throne and their family is shipped to the remote town of Tobolsk, the daughters of the... Read more

After their father, Nicholas II, abdicates the Russian throne and their family is shipped to the remote town of Tobolsk, the daughters of the... Read more

Eureka! by Michael Hollinger

  • Comedy
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  • 45 - 50 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M,  (4-10 actors possible: 2-5 W, 2-5 M)
Productions (15)
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Between his incessant computer games and her endless chat rooms, Jenna and Justin engage in more than their share of sibling rivalry over the... Read more

Between his incessant computer games and her endless chat rooms, Jenna and Justin engage in more than their share of sibling rivalry over the... Read more