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Midsummer Night's Dream: The Movie by Will Averill

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 75 - 85 minutes
  • 10 W, 10 M, 15 Any (18-42 actors possible: 8-20 W, 10-22 M)
Productions (16)
(6)

Hollywood stars, paparazzi, and fairies collide in this streamlined, multi-media enhanced version of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.... Read more

Hollywood stars, paparazzi, and fairies collide in this streamlined, multi-media enhanced version of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.... Read more

27 Ways I Didn't Say "Hi" to Laurence Fishburne by Jonathan Josephson

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 12 minutes
  • 2 M,  (2-22 actors possible: 2-22 M)
Productions (8)
(0)

One of playwright Jonathan Josephson's favorite movie stars is sitting right across the room, blithely eating a sandwich. There are a million... Read more

One of playwright Jonathan Josephson's favorite movie stars is sitting right across the room, blithely eating a sandwich. There are a million... Read more

A Very Stagehand Christmas: Reindeer Apocalypse Storm! by Kevin Kautzman

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 6 W, 2 M,  (8-9 actors possible: 5-6 W, 2-4 M)
Productions (13)
(1)

Anywhere High School's Drama Club is about to stage yet another infamously terrible holiday play by their oft-absent drama teacher, Mr. Colby,... Read more

Anywhere High School's Drama Club is about to stage yet another infamously terrible holiday play by their oft-absent drama teacher, Mr. Colby,... Read more

Greek Stories: From Artemis to Zeus by Sophi Sagall

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 100 - 120 minutes
  • 21 W, 24 M, 36 Any (43-86 actors possible: 10-57 W, 17-60 M)
Productions (14)
(4)

Dionysos, aided by Drama and Comedy, commences a drama festival celebrating classic Greek myths, from the creation of the Earth to King Midas and... Read more

Dionysos, aided by Drama and Comedy, commences a drama festival celebrating classic Greek myths, from the creation of the Earth to King Midas and... Read more

Spacebar: A Broadway Play by Kyle Sugarman by Michael Mitnick

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 110 - 125 minutes
  • 2 W, 5 M,  (7-15 actors possible: 2-5 W, 5-10 M)
Productions (5)
(4)

Kyle Sugarman is a 16-year-old on a mission; he has an utterly unproducible play with Broadway dreams and an adolescent imagination threatening... Read more

Kyle Sugarman is a 16-year-old on a mission; he has an utterly unproducible play with Broadway dreams and an adolescent imagination threatening... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

Her First Screen Test by Dan O'Brien

  • Comedy
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  • 5 - 10 minutes
  • 1 W, 
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A young vaudeville actress prepares for her first photo shoot. This piece is part of Snapshot, an anthology of short plays. To perform this piece... Read more

A young vaudeville actress prepares for her first photo shoot. This piece is part of Snapshot, an anthology of short plays. To perform this piece... Read more

The Cherry Sisters Revisited by Dan O'Brien

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 115 - 125 minutes
  • 5 W, 1 M, 
Productions (5)
(0)

How far can you go with ambition, gumption, a good heart -- and no talent? The Cherry Sisters' dreams of Vaudeville took them from their Iowa... Read more

How far can you go with ambition, gumption, a good heart -- and no talent? The Cherry Sisters' dreams of Vaudeville took them from their Iowa... Read more

The Bob and Al Show by Geoffrey Howard

  • Comedy
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  • 70 - 90 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M, 
Productions (13)
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What happens when characters talk back to their playwright as they are being written? Bob, Al, and Carol endure the rough start of the century as... Read more

What happens when characters talk back to their playwright as they are being written? Bob, Al, and Carol endure the rough start of the century as... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

Judgment Day by Chris Sheppard

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 15 - 20 minutes
  • 9 Any (9-30 actors possible: 0-15 W, 0-15 M)
Productions (12)
(0)

You work yourself to the bone preparing your entry for the local high-school (or college) one-act play festival. You proudly present your show to... Read more

You work yourself to the bone preparing your entry for the local high-school (or college) one-act play festival. You proudly present your show to... Read more

The Greek(ish) Myth of Marcyonome by Alan Haehnel

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 18 W, 6 M, 33 Any (20-70 actors possible: 18-43 W, 6-27 M)
Productions (21)
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Norm has seen one too many Greek plays. So when he finds himself watching an intoning chorus and typical Greek characters once again take the... Read more

Norm has seen one too many Greek plays. So when he finds himself watching an intoning chorus and typical Greek characters once again take the... Read more

Available as eScript

The Last Night of Vaudeville by Charlie Lovett

  • Comedy
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  • 65 - 75 minutes
  • 9 W, 10 M, 7 Any (22-26 actors possible: 5-16 W, 5-19 M)
Productions (10)
(4)

When a hard-working group of vaudeville performers learns that their theater is replacing their acts with motion pictures, they do what any... Read more

When a hard-working group of vaudeville performers learns that their theater is replacing their acts with motion pictures, they do what any... Read more

The Odyssey: by Thespis and the Peloponnesian Midwest Regional Third Place Chorus by Will Averill

  • Comedy
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  • 50 - 75 minutes
  • 9 W, 3 M, 10 Any (20-60 actors possible: 9-60 W, 3-60 M)
Productions (15)
(4)

The Peloponnesian Midwest Regional Chorus is tired of placing last in every competition with their ho-hum renditions of heroic myths. Enter... Read more

The Peloponnesian Midwest Regional Chorus is tired of placing last in every competition with their ho-hum renditions of heroic myths. Enter... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

The John Philip Sousa Workshop by Stephen Gregg

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 9 Any (11 actors possible: 0-11 W, 0-11 M)
Productions (5)
(1)

Welcome to the staged reading of "Misericordia Quintet," featuring the composer, the conductor, the musicians...and not a single musical... Read more

Welcome to the staged reading of "Misericordia Quintet," featuring the composer, the conductor, the musicians...and not a single musical... Read more

Big Ole Washing Machine by Stephen Belber

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 15 - 20 minutes
  • 2 M, 
Productions (1)
(0)

Two actors prepare for their roles...and end up confusing it all with their actual lives. Which gets tricky as far as Sri Lanka, intense... Read more

Two actors prepare for their roles...and end up confusing it all with their actual lives. Which gets tricky as far as Sri Lanka, intense... Read more

Moliere Impromptu translated and adapted by Rinne Groff

  • Comedy
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  • 95 - 120 minutes
  • 5 W, 7 M,  (12-13 actors possible: exactly 5 W, 7-8 M)
Productions (6)
(0)

In 1665 Versailles, the members of Moliere's Illustre Theatre have gathered to rehearse a new play commissioned by the King for a performance... Read more

In 1665 Versailles, the members of Moliere's Illustre Theatre have gathered to rehearse a new play commissioned by the King for a performance... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

Killing Bill by Alan Haehnel

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 22 Any (15-32 actors possible: 1-32 W, 1-32 M)
Productions (23)
(0)

A newspaper reporter is determined to get an interview with Shelley Mackerel, the director of the strangest version of King Lear he's ever seen.... Read more

A newspaper reporter is determined to get an interview with Shelley Mackerel, the director of the strangest version of King Lear he's ever seen.... Read more

The Shakespearecist by Leon Kaye

  • Comedy
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  • 50 - 60 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M,  (8-10 actors possible: 3-6 W, 3-6 M)
Productions (7)
(4)

When a young thespian is hit on the head while rehearsing to play the lead in Macbeth, he suddenly can't shake himself from the part --... Read more

When a young thespian is hit on the head while rehearsing to play the lead in Macbeth, he suddenly can't shake himself from the part --... Read more

Austentatious by Matt Board and 3 others

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 100 - 120 minutes
  • 4 W, 3 M, 
Productions (13)
(2)

When the Central Riverdale Amateur Players announce a new adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, stage manager Sam has her hands full with a colorful... Read more

When the Central Riverdale Amateur Players announce a new adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, stage manager Sam has her hands full with a colorful... Read more

Aesop's Fables by Kathleen A. Menino

  • Comedy
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  • 45 - 50 minutes
  • 4 W, 3 M, 1 Any (7-8 actors possible: 4-5 W, 3-4 M)
Productions (16)
(1)

Mr. Tortoise and Ms. Hare are holding auditions for a new acting troupe called Aesop's Acting Ensemble. All of the actors are excited to perform... Read more

Mr. Tortoise and Ms. Hare are holding auditions for a new acting troupe called Aesop's Acting Ensemble. All of the actors are excited to perform... Read more

roger&tom by Julien Schwab

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 65 - 75 minutes
  • 1 W, 2 M, 
Productions (14)
(5)

Penny has a plan to reconcile her two estranged brothers, Roger and Tom, at the performance of Tom's new play. But her sudden discovery that her... Read more

Penny has a plan to reconcile her two estranged brothers, Roger and Tom, at the performance of Tom's new play. But her sudden discovery that her... Read more