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Lamb's Tales: Four Simple Nativity Plays for the Littlest Lambs and Six Christmas Pageants for the Flock  Skits and pageants for church Christian holiday.  Short plays to be performed by children as young as 4 and adults will allow everyone in a religious community to star in their church's Christmas celebration.

  • Lamb’s Tales

    $11.70$149.00
    Lamb's Tales: Four Simple Nativity Plays for the Littlest Lambs and Six Christmas Pageants for the Flock  Skits and pageants for church Christian holiday.  Short plays to be performed by children as young as 4 and adults will allow everyone in a religious community to star in their church's Christmas celebration.
  • Group S.O.S. Male

    $13.70$125.00
    This is the male version of a partner play also titled Group S.O.S. The S.O.S. stands for  Survivors of Sexual Abuse. There is a female version and a script which includes both male and female versions. The separate versions are full-length plays in two acts, running about 95 minutes each. In Group S.O.S. by Bonnie Culver, survivors of sexual abuse confront each other's strengths and weaknesses in the setting of group therapy sessions.   Each character has his own story and his own secrets which lead to a redemptive past.
  • Independence Day

    $11.00$30.00
    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.
  • Friends and Relations

    $11.00$60.00
    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: - 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
  • I Love Jack Kerouac

    $11.00$30.00
    Three short quirky contemporary romantic comedies for senior performers. In the title play, a lonely waitress finds hope through a character strangely resembling Jack Kerouac.  In "A Rose, A Cane" an aging couple comes to terms with their declining years. In "Two Roads Diverge", a Vermont farmer encounters life of the strangest kind during a chance meeting at a fence at his property's fence line...
  • In ancient times, Eldad, a gem merchant hears rumors of a magnificent pearl. He spends his life seeking for this marvelous jewel. Throughout his travels——and travails——he encounters both the splendor and the baseness of humanity. When his riches and health, and even his sight are finally gone, he discovers that the rumored pearl is, in fact, a man named Jesus, the true pearl beyond price.
  • This adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” by Robyn Hilt reduces the original but retains the major plot points and beauty of the poetry. A great choice for classroom presentation. All of the major scenes and plot points are intact, as well as the humor of the Nurse and Mercutio. Students take one role and develop that character through analyzing motives and decisions.
  • 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.
  • Oregon Fever

    $11.97$55.00
    In this one-act period drama Joshua Blanchard is preparing to leave Kansas to head west on the Oregon Trail in l835. On this climactic day, his youngest son dies, his daughter decides to marry and stay at home, and he has an important confrontation with his wife. Performs well for middle school, high school, community theater. Great for Reader's Theater, American history or social studies class.
  • Herschel and Happy

    $11.97$50.00
    A very popular one-hour play for children, 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.
  • The Devil’s Due

    $11.97$55.00
    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?
  • Baba Yaga Acts Up

    $11.97$50.00
    Six short interactive plays portray a whacky witch who is more comic than frightening. The ethnic flavor of the plays appeals to all audiences. Three episodes run about an hour; six episodes are included to mix and match depending on the needs of the young audience to create a one-act play script for Children's Theater and Community Theater.
  • Ophelia Lives!

    $13.70$145.00
    This one-act play for teens deals honestly and openly with depression and suicidal impulses among teens.  Set backstage in a high school theater, a high school drama class is rehearsing Hamlet and personal issues--cutting, eating disorders and low self-esteem--that are seldom discussed begin to emerge after the teacher discovers a suicide note.  Ideal for middle school and high school students. Easy to tour with a simple set. PDF available.
  • 91366

    $5.00$40.00
    one-act, 3-character drama.  An elderly Holocaust survivor encounters a rebellious teenager in a tattoo parlor. Melanie is determined to get a butterfly tattoo against her mother's wishes. Sarah is removing her own concentration camp tattoo--91366.  Great for competition one-acts, an evening of short plays, or to introduce Holocaust Literature, parent-teen relationships or survival.

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