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Ajax in Iraq by Ellen McLaughlin

  • Drama
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  • 70 - 90 minutes
  • 7 W, 5 M,  (11-30 actors possible: 6-17 W, 5-19 M)
Productions (35)
(2)

Past and present collide in Ellen McLaughlin’s mash-up of Sophocles’ classic tragedy Ajax with the modern-day Iraq war. The play follows the... Read more

Past and present collide in Ellen McLaughlin’s mash-up of Sophocles’ classic tragedy Ajax with the modern-day Iraq war. The play follows the... Read more

Everybody's A Critic by Katie Forgette

  • Comedy
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  • 100 - 120 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M,  (7-9 actors possible: 3-5 W, exactly 4 M)
Productions (3)
(0)

Two amorous male leads, costumes that completely inhibit movement, a writer who insists on communicating through speaker phone, and an actress... Read more

Two amorous male leads, costumes that completely inhibit movement, a writer who insists on communicating through speaker phone, and an actress... Read more

The King's New Clothes by Kay Bradshaw

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 14 Any (10-30 actors possible: 2-18 W, 2-18 M)
Productions (50)
(9)

The King has a splendid new suit -- the Queen and all their subjects agree. The problem? Not even he can see it. This large-cast adaptation of... Read more

The King has a splendid new suit -- the Queen and all their subjects agree. The problem? Not even he can see it. This large-cast adaptation of... Read more

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O'Keeffe! by Lucinda McDermott

  • Drama
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  • 110 - 120 minutes
  • 1 W, 
Productions (57)
(1)

Georgia O’Keeffe has summoned an audience to help answer the question, “Was it me or was it Stieglitz?” We journey with O’Keeffe from... Read more

Georgia O’Keeffe has summoned an audience to help answer the question, “Was it me or was it Stieglitz?” We journey with O’Keeffe from... Read more

Cap'n Hook by Jason Witter

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 45 minutes
  • 6 W, 7 M, 5 Any (9-18 actors possible: 4-11 W, 5-12 M)
Productions (45)
(5)

Everyone's favorite pirate villain, Captain Hook, is a resident at The Jolly Roger Pirate Retirement Home, where he and his pals Blackbeard,... Read more

Everyone's favorite pirate villain, Captain Hook, is a resident at The Jolly Roger Pirate Retirement Home, where he and his pals Blackbeard,... Read more

The Twelve Daughters of Hercules by Ben Kingsland

  • Comedy
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  • 90 - 110 minutes
  • 21 W, 7 M, 12 Any (28-43 actors possible: 16-26 W, 5-17 M)
Productions (21)
(3)

The once-mighty Hercules is now a family man, with twelve daughters but no son to carry on the family business of heroism. When a treasure is... Read more

The once-mighty Hercules is now a family man, with twelve daughters but no son to carry on the family business of heroism. When a treasure is... Read more

Light by Jeni Mahoney

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 15 - 20 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (20)
(1)

Helena is undergoing a spiritual rebirth under the guidance of a mysterious, self-proclaimed guru. Her childhood friend and recent divorcee,... Read more

Helena is undergoing a spiritual rebirth under the guidance of a mysterious, self-proclaimed guru. Her childhood friend and recent divorcee,... Read more

The Grand Design by Susan Miller

  • Drama
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  • 18 - 20 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (26)
(0)

A scientist tries to come up with a new message about humanity to be sent into space while his mother walks across the United States. A tender... Read more

A scientist tries to come up with a new message about humanity to be sent into space while his mother walks across the United States. A tender... Read more

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To Date or Not To Date by Jason Pizzarello

  • Comedy
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 6 W, 4 M, 1 Any (6-18 actors possible: 4-12 W, 2-7 M)
Productions (88)
(5)

Shakespearean worlds collide as the Bard's most famous characters go out on blind dates with each other. Can Romeo woo Lady Macbeth before she... Read more

Shakespearean worlds collide as the Bard's most famous characters go out on blind dates with each other. Can Romeo woo Lady Macbeth before she... Read more

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The Tell-Tale Heart adapted by Robert Mason

  • Drama
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  • 7 - 12 minutes
  • 2 M, 3 Any (5 actors possible: 0-3 W, 2-5 M)
Productions (22)
(2)

Turned mad by the sight of his neighbor's eye, Burke kills the old man and cautiously hides the body. However, despite his cleverness, will Burke... Read more

Turned mad by the sight of his neighbor's eye, Burke kills the old man and cautiously hides the body. However, despite his cleverness, will Burke... Read more

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The Fall of the House of Usher adapted by Robert Mason

  • Drama
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  • 12 - 17 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M, 
Productions (18)
(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

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Northanger Abbey adapted by Jon Jory

  • Comedy
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  • 120 - 140 minutes
  • 6 W, 7 M,  (6-13 actors possible: 3-6 W, 3-7 M)
Productions (3)
(4)

Catherine Moreland would rather read her much-loved gothic mysteries than attend a cotillion. But a trip to the fashionable city of Bath places... Read more

Catherine Moreland would rather read her much-loved gothic mysteries than attend a cotillion. But a trip to the fashionable city of Bath places... Read more

25 Questions for a Jewish Mother by Kate Moira Ryan

  • Comedy
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 4 W,  (1-21 actors possible: 1-21 W, )
Productions (14)
(3)

Part memoir and part stand-up routine, this hilarious and affecting play breaks down just what makes Jewish mothers so lamentable, laughable, and... Read more

Part memoir and part stand-up routine, this hilarious and affecting play breaks down just what makes Jewish mothers so lamentable, laughable, and... Read more

Available as eScript

Kissing Scene by Carl Martin

  • Comedy
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  • 20 - 25 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (153)
(6)

An hour before acting class, Ashley and Richard meet to rehearse their scene. It calls for them to kiss five times, but whenever they get to the... Read more

An hour before acting class, Ashley and Richard meet to rehearse their scene. It calls for them to kiss five times, but whenever they get to the... Read more

Acts of God by Mark Rigney

  • Drama
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  • 80 - 100 minutes
  • 7 W, 5 M, 
Productions (61)
(4)

A storm-tossed swirl of a play, Acts of God tracks twelve high-school students through the year following a devastating tornado strike. As the... Read more

A storm-tossed swirl of a play, Acts of God tracks twelve high-school students through the year following a devastating tornado strike. As the... Read more

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Pirates of the Amazon: The Treasure of Mystery Island by John O'Hara

  • Comedy
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  • 55 - 60 minutes
  • 14 W, 7 M, 1 Any (15-28 actors possible: 12-18 W, 3-10 M)
Productions (30)
(11)

Jenny Silver, the smart and beautiful daughter of Long John Silver, is the captain of the Amazon, a pirate ship that is staffed almost... Read more

Jenny Silver, the smart and beautiful daughter of Long John Silver, is the captain of the Amazon, a pirate ship that is staffed almost... Read more

Great Short Plays: Volume 5 by Liz Duffy Adams and 8 others

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
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A quick runtime and a remarkable impact might be all the plays in this collection have in common. Here you might encounter anything, from the... Read more

A quick runtime and a remarkable impact might be all the plays in this collection have in common. Here you might encounter anything, from the... Read more

punkplay by Gregory S. Moss

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 75 - 90 minutes
  • 1 W, 3 M, 2 Any (4-6 actors possible: 1-3 W, 3-5 M)
Productions (14)
(2)

A history of America in the 1980s, an idiosyncratic genealogy of punk rock music, and a personal narrative of growing up as an outsider, punkplay... Read more

A history of America in the 1980s, an idiosyncratic genealogy of punk rock music, and a personal narrative of growing up as an outsider, punkplay... Read more

The Shakespeare Stealer (one-act) adapted by Gary L. Blackwood

  • Drama
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  • 60 - 75 minutes
  • 2 W, 7 M,  (9-15 actors possible: 2-6 W, 7-12 M)
Productions (25)
(2)

In 1601, a Yorkshire orphan skilled in shorthand (and in lying) is hired by a mysterious stranger to steal the script of Hamlet. But when he... Read more

In 1601, a Yorkshire orphan skilled in shorthand (and in lying) is hired by a mysterious stranger to steal the script of Hamlet. But when he... Read more

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Miss Polly's Institute for Criminally Damaged Young Ladies Puts on a Show by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 14 W, 1 M, 1 Any (16 actors possible: 12-15 W, 1-4 M)
Productions (239)
(16)

Miss Mylenbush, the semi-hysterical head of the theatre department at Miss Polly's Institute for Criminally Damaged Young Ladies, is about to put... Read more

Miss Mylenbush, the semi-hysterical head of the theatre department at Miss Polly's Institute for Criminally Damaged Young Ladies, is about to put... Read more