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- $7.95 – $40.00
Plays, Poems and Pratfalls: Will Shakespeare, An Introduction
- 45 Minutes
- 1 or 2 Males, 1 or 2 Females
Audience Participation, Comedy, Drama, High School, Middle School
A 45-minute introduction to various works of The Bard. Written to be performed by 2 or 4 actors within a single class period. ideal for ages 8 – 12. Includes excerpts from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, As You Like It, and one of the sonnets: number 18. Printable PDF available
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Talk: The Musical
- 45 Minutes
- 2 Male, 2 Female. 7 Male or Female Min 6/Max 12 Doubling Possible
Children's Theatre, Comedy, Community, Musical
In this musical play about the environment, there are plenty of roles for school and community drama groups A large-cast one-act musical for children and community audiences featuring talking and singing stones, trees, and yams, and animals that help the natural world blossom and bloom once a year. Things are going wrong in this magical village, and trees, flowers, and animals tell it in story and song. Full of lively songs like “We Are Here for the Halibut,” these characters sing and dance their way into our hearts. Music Lead Sheets available.
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Shorts for All Seasons: America Revisited
- 10 - 60 minutes
- 1 Male 1 Female Max 6 Min 2
Flexible Casting, Simple Set
A collection of six 10-minute satires – plays written by the renowned Virginia Playwrights Forum, lampoons the American political and social landscape. From taxes and lotteries, to classroom education and TV talk show hosts, the foibles of present-day America are revealed.
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I Am The Brother of Dragons
- 50 - 60 minutes
- 3 Males, 2 Females, Max/Min Cast 5
Collection, Simple Set, Touring
A collection of one-act plays for teens
Original plays by Gillette Elvgren. Teen suicide, drug abuse, school drop out, and peer pressure are among the teen challenges that form the substance of the dramas in these 50-minute plays. With simple sets, props, and masks, these teen plays provide a springboard for meaningful discussion.
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Shakespeare-On-The-Go: 4 Touring Plays For Young Audiences
Collection, Touring
4 skilfully adapted plays for young audiences: Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, A Midnight Summer’s Dream, and Macbeth. Plays are each around 45 to 50 minutes, are fast-paced, engaging, and make the language more accessible to young audiences, while including both Shakespeare’s original language and theatrical devices. As exciting participatory theater they appeal to elementary school students. With the participatory elements removed, each play’s frame story is producible as a play for teens or for teen drama groups to perform for a younger audience.
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Group S.O.S. Female Version
- 95 Minutes
- 6 Females
Abuse, Classroom Use, Mental Health Issues, Monologue, sexual abuse, Community, Depression, High School, School Touring, Self-esteem, Simple Set, Small Cast, Teens
This is the female version of GROUP S.O.S. by Bonnie Culver, the S.O.S stands for Survivors Of Sexual abuse. In this 2-act, 95-minute play, female survivors both confront and comfort one another in a therapy as they begin their processes of healing. Appropriate for a teen or adult audience, previous productions of these plays have led to audience members seeking help as they begin to recognize themselves among the characters.
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Spread Your Garment Over Me
- 10 - 60 minutes
- 1 - 12 Females
Music Lead Sheets, Reader's Theater, Simple Props, Simple Set, Small Cast
SPREAD YOUR GARMENT OVER ME (Ruth, 3:9) is written as a series of fifteen monologues and songs. These monologues capture the spirit and character of several women from the Bible and speak to a modern audience. The monologues present issues of faith, religion, and contemporary challenges. Monologues may be used separately as part of a church service or be performed by 1 or more actors as a production. Lead sheets for the music are available.
For use of individual monologues, email info@bluemoonplays.com
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Independence Day
- 10 - 40 minutes
Simple Set
In these three short comedies for seniors by Marj O’Neill-Butler, characters of a certain age struggle against grown children, spouses, or former tormentors to maintain their own psychological and social independence.
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Short Shorts for Seniors
- 5 - 60 minutes
- 1+Females 2+Males Max 12 Min 3 (Doubling Possible)
Dramedy, Seniors, Comedy, Community
French fries are outlawed? Animals invade a retirement community? Did we hear polka music? This collection of five short plays for seniors is funny and touching at the same time. These plays by prize-winning playwright and award-winning actress Ludmilla Bollow, illustrate the drama that touches our everyday lives.
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Friends and Relations
- 30 - 90 minutes
- 3+ Males 3+ Females Max 10 Min 5
Flexible Casting, Simple Set
A collection of short comedies for seniors by Evan Guilford-Blake. The short comedies may be performed separately or together by a cast of as few as five or as many as 10. Contains:
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– Old Friends -Two strangers meet on a park bench,
– The Baby – A pregnancy brings new challenges into old relationships
– Strangers in the Night – An older woman meets a younger man on the deck of the SS Sinatra, a recreational cruise ship, somewhere in the Caribbean - $7.97 – $75.00
The Tempest for Youth
- 45 Minutes
- 4 Male, 2 Female, 6 Min, 12 Max
Colleges, Comedy, High School, Middle School
A 45-minute appealing comedy adaptation of The Tempest to be relished. It has all the exciting elements: of the original play: shipwrecks, a love story, an evil plot, and the fun exploits of the spirits Ariel and her adversary, the rebellious fish-man, Caliban. The flexible cast roles ensures a part for everyone. A must-see for young audiences.
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Snapshots
- 45 Minutes
- 2 Male, 1 Female, Min/Max 2
Competitions, Simple Props, Simple Set
Snapshots is a three-actor touching comedy that captures the high and low points of a 30-year marriage. Maggie ages from 27 to 60’s and Sy, her husband, ages 32 to 60’s. The Man represents various pivotal figures in their lives. Great for competitions, high schools, community theaters. Simple set: 3 cubes and a coat rack.
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Shakespeare: Playing for Laughs
- 50 Minutes
- 1 Male, 1 Female, Min/Max 2
Featuring scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Merchant of Venice. High school custodians Rudy Mahoney and Flo Berry find themselves catapulted into new careers as a touring duo, their passion for Shakespeare now extended to the art of comedy as they go on the road. An interactive comedy perfect as an introduction to Shakespeare’s works.
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Prince Hedgehog
- 25 Minutes
- 3 Males, 2 Females, Min/Max 5
Prince Hedgehog is a dramatic adaptation of a delightful folk tale in which a Prince—in this case born a hedgehog because of his mother’s hasty words—is sent out to further his education. This is a transformation play with a twist.
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ElderPair: Four Senior Courtship Comedies
- 15 - 90 Minutes
- 2+M 2+F Min 2 Max 8
Four one-act comedy plays for seniors by Pat Montley, for the young-at-heart senior community, these plays dramatize a variety of romantic relationships among characters who are determined to live their lives to the fullest. They may be performed as a complete program for the evening or separately as short plays. Running time is about 10 – 15 minutes apiece. Great for senior or retirement communities. Downloadable, printable PDF available.
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Oliver Twist
- 90 Minutes
- 14 Males, 7 Females, Min/Max 21 (Doubling Possible)
Doubling Possible, Large Cast
Oliver Twist Stage Script for Schools, Colleges and Communities
A mischevious comedy adaptation of Oliver Twist. Funny and fierce, with flexible cast, this play can be performed anywhere from the classroom to the professional stage. True to Charles Dickens’ classic novel – entertaining, touching, and comically socially relevant. Free Sample to read.
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