Max 4
FOUR ACTORS
Plays with a maximum of four actors. The plays have roles for four actors of either gender but may have more than three characters of either gender, so doubling of roles is possible.
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- $8.00 – $35.00
Talk the Night
- 20 Minutes
- 1F3M
Simple Set
Together, Drake and his grandfather, the dynamic vocal duo, broadcast call-in segments about aliens, werewolves, and all things crypto-zoological, but this particular show is about “time”: lost time, time outs, moments that feel like years,
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Out Out
- 20 Minutes
- 1 Male 1 Female Max/Min 2
Simple Set
“Out, Out” is the fourth installment in the Playroom series, and it may be set in the master bedroom. It seems like an ordinary end to an ordinary day when Rich and Carol retire for the night–until
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All the Year
- 10 minutes
- 2F2M
Simple Set
Where has the time gone? The eighth and final installment of Hinton’s Playroom series, “All the Year”, is set in the living room – one decorated for every big day on the calendar.
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The Straight Dope
- 10 minutes
- 2F2M
Simple Set
Jeff, a college student who, in his words, “has honorable intentions, a good future, and works out 3 times a week” asks his friend Bob for advice on women after he learns that Veronica can’t stomach him. He wonders if he’s asked the right person when he discovers that Bob doesn’t even know how Marvin Gaye died. Alicia puts it all into perspective.
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The Cat in the Hat Takes Flak
- 10 minutes
- 1F3M
Simple Set
A tribute to Dr. Seuss and a parody of “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back”, where Nick & Sally are savvy enough to call Social Services to deal with both The Cat and the pink snow that he created.
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Employee of the Month
- 10 minutes
- 1F3M
Simple Set
Randy works at a large department store but is very creative in generating sales. Just when he thinks that he’ll win “Employee of the Month” for the 2nd time in a row (and impress Mary in the process), he learns that his winning would not fit with the company goals.
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Drowning Ophelia
- 60 - 90 minutes
- 2 Male, 2 Female, Max 4/Min4
Dramedy, Poetic Drama, sexual abuse, Comedy, Edgy Play, Highly Theatrrical, Trust
The set of this one-act comedy for four actors is Jane’s bathtub. She finds it inhabited by a strange, Shakespearean woman whose enigmatic commentary intrudes on Jane’s thoughts and her new romantic relationship. This dark comedy is about the long-term consequences of childhood abuse and a love letter to those who have suffered. There is always hope.
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The Yellow Brick Road Trip
- 10 minutes
- 1M / 3F 4 Max/Min
Fable, Fairy Tale, Farce, Community
A very different Dorothy lands in Oz to find some romantic interest from one of the Munchkins and a conflict over language and meaning from the Good Witch.
Read More - $9.00 – $60.00
Refraction of Light
- 100 minutes
- 2 Males, 2 Females, Min/Max 4
Drama, Professional, Simple Set
On the day World War II ends, another war begins. Joe Taylor, an African-American veteran decides he wants to marry Nettie French, a childhood sweetheart, and buy the house belonging to Rose Beauchamp. Rose is a white teacher who has befriended both Nettie and Joe and encouraged their friendship and academic aspirations. Rose’s prejudice rears its head and her reluctance to sell her house to Joe sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy all their futures. Harry Rosen, a Jewish immigrant from Nazi Germany, enters their lives and helps them find their way home.
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Cell
- 15 minutes
- 2 Males, 2 Females
Bare Stage, Comedy
Cell, a 10-minute comedy for 4 actors, takes us inside connecting and disconnecting calls among 4 different cell phone users. Each looking for answers to the central problems in their lives with hilarious results.
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Midsummer Night’s Dream for Youth
- 45 Minutes
- 2 Males, 2 Females, Min/Max 4
Comedy, Community, Competitions, High School, Middle School, Minimal Set, School Touring, Simple Set, Small Cast, Teens, Touring
In this one-act adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy, four players in a traveling clown troupe wake up one morning to discover that they have been abandoned by the other members of the company. That evening they are required to perform A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM before the local Squire and they have to madly re-invent the play so that it can be done with four clowns.
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Macbeth for Youth
- 45 Minutes
- 2 Males, 2 Females, Min/Max 4
Flexible Casting, Highly Theatrical, Interactive, Large Puppets, Minimal Set, Participatory, Touring
A thrilling one-act adaptation for children of Shakespeare’s harrowing story of the ambitious Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Greed and ambition are emphasized. The role of the Porter is expanded to give more comic relief. The Porter and the Witches serve as intermediaries with the play and the audience. Makes the story fully accessible to a younger audience.
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I Am the Brother of Dragons – Script
- 45 Minutes
- 2 Males, 2 Females, Min/Max 4
Classroom Use, Dramedy, Drug Abuse, Mental Health Issues, Choices, Comedy, Community, Competitions, Depression, Drama, High School, Middle School
In this insightful drama by Gillette Elvgren, a family struggles to cope with drug addiction. Highly theatrical, the actors wear the masks that represent the many disguises they all assume in the dance of addiction.
Read More - $9.00 – $75.00
Herschel and Happy
- 60 Minutes
- 2 Males, 2 Females, Min/Max 4
Audience Participation, Comedy, School Touring, Simple Props, Simple Set
Herschel and Happy, a very popular one-hour play for children. It consists of 3 short plays which follow two wandering friends who can’t stay out of mischief. Highly participatory for a younger audience. Written for children, to be performed by adults. The show toured for five years in professional production. Tours easily with simple sets, costumes, and props. Downloadable, printable PDF available.
Read More - $11.99 – $70.00
For the Least of These
- 15 - 90 Minutes
- 1 Male 4 Females Max 4 Min 1
Classroom Use, Monologue, Collection, Competitions, Doubling Possible, Minimal Set, Reader's Theater, School Touring, Simple Props
A Collection of Inspirational Monologues by Gillette Elvgren, this play is a compendium of monologues by great Christian women since the 3rd Century A.D. For the Least of These can be performed by a single actress as a one-woman show, or by several actresses. For the use of single monologues as part of a religious service, send us a message using our Contact Form
Read More - $7.00 – $75.00
The Devil’s Due
- 45 Minutes
- 2 Males 2 Females Max 4 Min 4
Choices, Competitions, Depression, Mania
In The Devil’s Due, a one-act drama/comedy, an artist, Eric Talmadge, confronts the decline of his aesthetic powers and the possible dissolution of his marriage. In a satiric tour de force, a visitor—possibly a neighboring psychiatrist and possibly a more fearsome presence—offers him a possible way out of his dilemma. Is M. Boudreaux really an unorthodox psychiatrist practicing from his apartment in NYC or does he represent a power other than the mind? And what choice does he give Eric in order to regain his peace of mind and his artistic abilities?
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