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- $11.27 – $65.29
Moments of Madness
- 10 - 60 minutes
- 2-9 VARIABLE
Auditions, Classroom Use, Farce, Mental Health Issues, Seniors, Bare Stage, Collection, Colleges, Comedy, Community, Competitions, Doubling Roles
A short play collection by Jack J. Berry consists mainly of short comedies. Berry loves to stand the world on its head. A comedy about attempted assassin John J. Hinkley? Travel from Old Testament to WWII in a matter of minutes? These short plays can be produced as an evening of theater or individually as introductions to meetings and events.
Read More - $11.79 – $85.00
Broken Dolls
- 60 - 90 minutes
- 5 F
Edgy Play, Minimal Set, Simple Set
Broken Dolls tells the fictional stories of women- both international and domestic- who have been trafficked for sex work, domestic labor, hotel work, and agricultural work. Taking place in a waiting room at a social service facility, the play revolves around five female survivors of human trafficking who cross paths. Entrapped and isolated, five women come together to weave their narratives in a mix of monologue and dialogue, merging reality and memories of coping and longing.
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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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Rasputin – the Libertine
- 120 Minutes
- M 12; F 6; M/F 4+ Doubling possible
Dramedy, Colleges, Community, Doubling Roles, Staging Design Potential
From a murky past, Rasputin disrupts Russian society with his charismatic fervor. Despite several assassination attempts, Rasputin survives and thrives. Will nothing rid of us this meddlesome priest?
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Voices from the Bible: Monologues for Women
- 10 - 60 minutes
- 1 - 12 Females
Bare Stage, Flexible Casting, Simple Set
Read MoreThese 16 fictional monologues by Gillette Elvgren are based on women in the Bible. They range from the profound and moving to the comic and even sassy. Find the biblical characters you would expect: Mary, Mother of Jesus; Mary Magdalene; and Martha. Add to that the Witch of Endor and Claudia, the wife of Pilate and you have a vibrant mix of voices, both serious and comic. This collection of monologues can be performed as an evening or individually as a portion of a church or school event. - $5.00 – $40.00
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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Group S.O.S.: Survivors Of Sexual Abuse
- 95 Minutes
- 6F
Abuse, Auditions, Classroom Use, Mental Health Issues, Monologue, sexual abuse, Colleges, Depression, High School, Minimal Set, Self-esteem
In GROUP S.O.S. by Bonnie Culver, the S.O.S stands for Survivors Of Sexual abuse. In two separate full-length plays, male or female survivors both confront and comfort one another 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. Run time is about 95 minutes.
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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.
Read More - $13.95 – $60.00
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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Screwtape Rewired
- 60 Minutes
- 1 Male, 0 Female, Min/Max 1
Drama
This one-person show was inspired by C.S. Lewis’ classic offering, The Screwtape Letters, and features the demon SCAPEGLOAT, as he instructs a mélange of demons in the finer points of how to bring a couple of humans, Christie and Charlie, into his hellish domains. A distinctly Christian point of view.
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Charming Princes and Wicked Queens
Collection
Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White Script Collection
Adaptations, by Mickey Coburn, of three popular fairytales, have been produced, to great acclaim, in children’s theaters, as well as classrooms. These adaptations have unique characters among their more familiar companions to give more casting options and more roles. First produced, then toured, by the Boston Children’s Theatre, directed by Mickey Coburn.
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Eveline
- 40 Minutes
- 3 Males, 1 Female
Classroom Use, Father-daughter, Mental Health Issues, Choices, Community, Competitions, Depression, Drama, High School, Reader's Theater, Self-esteem, Small Cast, Touring
A one-act play by David. H. Klein, “Eveline” adapts the story from Dubliners by James Joyce. Eveline is a young woman trapped by society and manipulated by her father and brother. Like too many women, she believes her higher purpose is in service to her family, a belief her father and brother foster–until she meets Frank! Perfect for high schools, colleges and universities, women’s groups, and community theaters. Downloadable PDF available
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The Boarding House
- 40 Minutes
- 1 Male, 3 Females
Colleges, Community, Fundraiser, High School
A one-act play, The Boarding House is a dramatic satire, by David.H. Klein, of the story by James Joyce. Mrs. Mooney, the owner of a boarding house of questionable reputation, exploits the wiles of her daughter Polly and the power of the Church to snare one of her more respectable boarders as her potential son-in-law.
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Reverse Hamlet
- 45 Minutes
- 5 Males/2 Females
Is Hamlet all that he pretends to be? Did he really see his father’s ghost? Critics for years have argued about how to interpret Shakespeare’s Hamlet. This one-act spoof by George Freek suggests some rather unusual answers. The dialogue comically mixes Shakespearean quotes and phrases with contemporary expressions.
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