Honesty
Play Scripts About Honesty
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$9.95 – $125.00
Tom and Huck–Breakin’ the Law
- 110 Minutes
- M 5-6/ F 2-3/Max 9/Min 7
Colleges, Comedy, Competitions, Doubling Possible, Edgy Play, Friendship, High School, Teens
A romantic comedy that envisions Tom and Huck as gay sixteen-year-olds, trapped in the 1850’s in St. Petersburg, Missouri. The adventures will be familiar, yet comically twisted, filled with teenage angst, and discovery of one’s own sexuality and identity. By the end, the boys find their place in this world from the power of extended family.
The beloved characters in this send-up remain innocent and faithful to the loving spirit of Twain’s original novels. Written by the recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for Comic Playwriting, Gregory Fletcher, presented by the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
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$5.00
A Slippery Slope
- 10 minutes
- 1 Male, 2 Females, Max/Min cast 3
Simple Set
In this 10-minute comedy play by P.A. Wray, a student at a Christian academy discovers some truths about the culture wars and his own family when he is forced to defend his oral report which contained facts at odds with the school’s ideology. Ideal for community theater or as part of an evening of short plays.
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$13.95
I Am The Brother of Dragons
- 50 - 60 minutes
- 3 Males, 2 Females, Max/Min Cast 5
Collection, Simple Set, Touring
A collection of 50-minute plays for teens 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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$9.00 – $75.00
Three Long Days
- 45 Minutes
- 4 Males 2 Females Max 6 Min 6
Flexible Casting, Simple Set
In this one-act comedy for high school, a group of teens win the prize of WPHL Radio’s Three Long Days Lottery. The prize is they are trapped in a room for three days, with no showers and no escape. They have to come to grips with stereotyping and the need for tolerance and understanding if they are to survive. An entertaining and insightful play by award-winning playwright and director, Gillette Elvgren.
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$5.00 – $50.00
The Lovely Red Flower
- 25 Minutes
- 8 Males, Min/Max 8
The Lovely Red Flower is a one-act children’s morality play based on a Malaysian folk tale. Populated by a group of rambunctious forest characters, a group of greedy monkeys get their comeuppance. A comical morality tale about the relative values of sloth and industry which can be performed for and/or by children. Great for classroom use.
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$9.00 – $75.00
Herschel and Happy
- 60 Minutes
- 2 Males, 2 Females, Min/Max 4
Herschel and Happy, a play for children by Mickey Coburn, consists of 3 short plays which follow two wandering friends who can’t stay out of mischief. These plays are highly participatory for a younger audience. The show lasts approximately an hour.
Written for children, to be performed by adults. The show tours easily with simple sets, costumes, and props.
Downloadable, printable PDF available.
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$7.99 – $75.00
EveryKid
- 45 Minutes
- 1 Male 1 Female Max 6 Min 2
With roots in the morality play, EVERYMAN, this fun participatory play for children by Gillettte Elvgren, depicts the adventures of two contemporary kids, Everygirl and Everyboy as they explore some of the temptations of our American culture. The kids decide they don’t need each other and take off separately into the adult worlds of Moneyland, Beautyland, Factland and Success City. Can be performed for and by children.
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$9.00 – $75.00
DropOut
- 45 Minutes
- 4 Males 2 Females Max 6 Min 6
Diverse Cast, Self-esteem, Simple Set, Teens, Touring
DropOut, a one-act comedy for teens, puts Norman Tubbs, a guidance counselor in charge of keeping high school kids in school, especially those that don’t want to be there. The characters in the play find school a challenge for a variety of reasons-the impact of a divorce, clowning to deflect emotion and commitment, learning difficulties, and peer pressure.
Great for high school, community theaters, and talk-backs after the show.
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$7.95 – $50.00
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, uses 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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