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WHAT
MAKES
HOLIDAYS
SPECIAL?
THEATRE
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READ EXCERPTS OF HOLIDAY SHOWS ONLINE AT HEUERPUB.COM!
HOLIDAY PLAYS START ON PAGE 96
HEUER PUBLISHING LLC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Catalog for the Performing Arts
q&a, page 130
NEW RELEASES, 3
FULL LENGTH PLAYS, 7
SHORT PLAYS, 34
TEN MINUTE PLAYS, 51
TEN MINUTE MONOLOGUES, 69
MUSICALS, 84
SOCIAL SCENE, 89
YOUTH THEATRE, 92
HOLIDAY PLAYS, 96
BOOKS AND RESOURCES, 103
editor’s letter, page 2
table of
contents
COPYRIGHT INFO, 6
LIMITED VIDEO RIGHTS,124
ORDER FORM, 125/126
PRODUCT GUIDE, 4/5
TITLE INDEX, 131
ben nye makeup, page 102
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EDITOR'S LETTER
EDITOR’S LETTER
2015-16
That’s right, friends—the 2015-16 theatre season is dawning, and Heuer’s list of new titles has us all abuzz. Declare this
year the year of new stage endeavors and don’t be afraid to make some new, exciting and perhaps unfamiliar choices.
Theatre people are hardwired for adventure, so when you read through this catalog and see titles that pique your
interest—go ahead, order an eScript!―your brain will reward you by releasing dopamine and your actors will thank you
for the challenge.
Uh, what’s an eScript? eScripts are electronic copies of play scripts for reading. You can start reading an eScript as
soon as you’ve paid for it, so there is no waiting for delivery. You can store your library of eScripts on a laptop or other
digital device, or print and read them at your convenience. You will notice a copyright watermark on every page. Here’s
why: All titles in this catalog are copyrighted which means they may not be photocopied, shared, or reproduced. For
performance rights of our shows, you will need to purchase sufficient hardcopies for your cast and crew and arrange
payment for royalty fees. Feel free to call us if you have any questions about eScripts or royalty fees. We’re happy to
help!
According to my new app Happify, helping people makes us happier people and there are, as always, many shows
to choose from in a season. A little overwhelmed with the task? When you visit our website and need to narrow your
search results, click on SHOW FINDER to simplify your search. This is an interactive search tool that allows directors
to search by author name, play type, theme, genre, run time or cast size to find the perfect play. If you’d rather chat
with us, our office hours are 8:00a - 4:00p (Central), Monday through Friday—or drop us an email at customerservice@
heuerpub.com.
At Heuer, we publish a cast of remarkable titles for school and community stages. For over eight decades we’ve
published exciting new work and watched the magic unfold as you brought that work to life and made those productions
meaningful. Meaningful productions give thespians a sense of purpose and well-being. Since 1928, Heuer has been
publishing work that matters. It’s been 15 years since I first read Mike Willis’ The Bridge Watcher, but I remember
wiping tears as I read through that play as if it was yesterday, and I remember stopping midpoint in Rob Ciccotelli’s
Through the Mirror to catch my breath. The work we publish defies expectations and creates unforgettable
experiences.
And this year is no exception. Heuer’s unique list of plays, musicals
and books will wow you with fun comedies, beautiful dramas, and
family-friendly mash-ups. One of the many things that I love about the
start of a new season is sharing our new releases. It’s my privilege to
list Heuer’s 2015-16 new releases on the next page and my honor to
work with a great team of writers and artists to publish this catalog.
Here’s to a season full of promise, new adventures and productions
that give meaning. Which adventure will you choose this year?
GERI ALBRECHT
EDITOR
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FRONT COVER DESIGN BY BILLY HELLER
ON THE COVER
Robin Hood and His Merry Men by Richard Gremel
Parkview High School (Lilburn, GA); Photo by Victoria L. Taylor
TABLE OF CONTENTS PHOTOS (FROM TOP | LEFT TO RIGHT)
There’s No Place Like Homer
by Rusty Harding and Marcus Ridner
Lunatic Theatre Company (TX); Photo by Blue Lion Photos
Sherlock Holmes and the Doom of Devilsmoor
by C.P. Stancich
Theater Company of Lafayette (CO); Photo by Marty Lowrey
The ReGifters by Robert Lynn
The Grand Opera House (IA)
Chasing Charming by Alaska Reece Vance
Carroll College (MT)
Cramalot by Laurie Bryant
LaGrange Middle School (NY)
NEW RELEASES 2015-2016
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CRAMALOT by Laurie Bryant
SECRET PLACE by Geff Moyer and John Lallis
WORST PLAY IN THE WORLD by Jeff Lovett
WORST PRODUCTION OF THE SNOW QUEEN
EVER by Kemuel DeMoville
SHORT PLAYS
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CHESS MESS by Fred White
COMPLETE TALE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL
WAR (ABRIDGED) by Eddie McPherson
ORIGINAL CAST by Mike Willis
SHERLOCK HOLMES IN NEVER NEVER
LAND By Geff Moyer
STRANGERS by Wade Bradford
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
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DELPHINIUM MANSION by Libby Leonard
DISCORD By Benjamin Kingsland
LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF KING
HENRY THE FIFTH...WHEEL by Matt Thompson
NEXT STOP! by Matt Thompson
RESURRECTION FOR DUMMIES By Rhea MacCallum
ROMEO AND WHAT’S HER NAME by Rusty Harding
TEN MINUTES OF THE CHEESY
ACTION SHOW by Michael Paslawski
THINK TANK by Frank Ritter
WHAT’S IN THE BOX? by Jason Newkirk
HOLIDAY PLAYS
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LAST OF THE TANNENBAUMS by Daniel Guyton
ONE TOY FOR CHRISTMAS by Geff Moyer
TEN MINUTE MONOLOGUES
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DEBT by Bradley Walton
DRINKING DOWN COOL by Jerry Rabushka
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: HOW I GOT A DATE
WITH THE ZOOKEEPER’S DAUGHTER by Kelly Meadows
HOW I GOT A RHINOCEROS INTO THE ELEVATOR AT SAKS by Kelly Meadows
I GOT A BALLOON ANIMAL FROM A CLOWN AT A
FAST FOOD RESTAURANT…NOW WHAT?
by Bradley Walton
I MIGHT BE DANGEROUS by Alan Haehnel
MOM TOOK MY PHONE AWAY AND I’M GOING CRAZY! by Kelly Meadows
NEVER CALL ME A LADY by Rusty Harding
OOO OOO OOOOOOOO BABY LA LA YEAH by Jerry Rabushka
OUR FORENSICS TEAM IS GETTING
NEW UNICORNS by Bradley Walton
RED by Kelly Meadows (coming fall 2015)
SMALL, SIMPLE KINDNESS by Bradley Walton
TEXT ON THE DRIVE HOME by Bradley Walton
THEY’RE REWRITING MY LIFE by Jerry Rabushka
YOUTUBE CELEBRITY by Jerry Rabushka
BOOKS & RESOURCES
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12 PLAYS OF CHRISTMAS by Various Authors
FAIRLY TOLD TALES by Michael Soetaert
ONCE UPON A TIME: A COLLECTION OF FRACTURED FAIRY TALES by Various Authors
SPANISH - ENGLISH PLAY
COLLECTION by Various Authors
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PRODUCT GUIDE
PRODUCT GUIDE
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SCRIPT
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scripts PERUSAL scripts. When you have decided on a play for
production, you need to order sufficient copies for your cast and
crew as scripts may NOT be photocopied. Sufficient scripts must
be ordered for your cast and crew.
NOTEBOOK SCRIPT
Our NOTEBOOK SCRIPTS are perfect for directors, designers
and stage managers. Available for most of our titles, they
include the entire script enlarged to 8.5 x 11” with large margins
for notes. The attractive three-ring binder has plenty of room
to organize cast lists, phone numbers, and other important
information.
AUDITION MONOLOGUES
We have downloadable AUDITION MONOLOGUES for men and
women that are specifically written for your show. No shipping
fees, no waiting—only $1.99. Each Audition Monologue runs
approximately 2-3 minutes. NOTE: Audition monologues are
added constantly so check our website frequently for new
monologues.
DIRECTOR’S SCORE
These 8.5 x 11” spiral-bound books contain the musical libretto,
an expanded production notes section with additional author
suggestions, and the piano/vocal score with songs listed in the
text as they occur in the show. An absolute must-have for the
busy director.
PRODUCTION CD
This product allows you to forgo a live orchestra when
performing one of our musicals. The PRODUCTION CD contains
the instrumental music for all songs, allowing your actors to sing
along.
REHEARSAL CD
Ideal for learning and teaching music, the REHEARSAL CD
contains the instrumental music and vocals for all songs in the
musical. The REHEARSAL CD helps your actors and chorus
learn the music.
CUSTOM SHOW POSTERS
Order full-color, custom 11 x 17” posters for your show. Minimum
order is 10 posters; customizable text is 90 characters (3 lines)
maximum; $2.50 each. Please order well in advance of your
show as the posters are custom designed and delivery may take
up to 10 days. Click on PERSONALIZED POSTERS to place
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SHOW T-SHIRTS
You may read excerpts of all of our shows online at heuerpub.
com. Simply click the SCRIPT PREVIEW button to see the cast
list, production notes and read more than 50% of the play.
Order screen-printed t-shirts for your cast and crew. Minimum
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PRODUCT GUIDE
TEN MINUTE PLAY PACK
LIMITED VIDEO RIGHTS
The TEN MINUTE PLAY PACK contains everything you need
to produce one of our ten-minute plays. It includes scripts for
each member of the cast plus one for the director, along with
performance rights for one year at one venue. You can also
purchase ADDITIONAL VENUES if you would like to tour your
show or expand your outreach efforts. The ADDITIONAL VENUE
fee is due every time you perform the work at a different venue.
NOTE: The ADDITIONAL VENUE FEE is waived for all
forensics competitions.
LIMITED VIDEO RIGHTS are available for most of our plays.
For a small fee, you are given the right to digitally record your
performances, the right to make up to 100 reproductions (special
notice required), the right to sell and distribute your digital
recording, and air the recording on your district website, the local
cable channel, or public access for up to 60 days from your first
performance date. Video uploads for any other internet streaming
is strictly forbidden.
The best news? For play selection, you may read ten minute
plays in their entirety online before ordering. If you would like to
read/study a ten minute play in the classroom, you may request
Classroom Rights. A minimum order of 10 is required.
You may download art for all of your marketing and promotional
needs. Available for select shows, the ARTWORK IMAGE
DOWNLOAD product gives directors the opportunity to create
posters, t-shirts, programs and other fun accessories for a small
fee. An e-mail containing a 30-day link to a high-resolution jpeg
file is sent directly to your email inbox within minutes of your
order. It’s quick and easy! By purchasing this product, you receive
limited rights for use of the artwork in conjunction with your
production for the period commencing upon purchase and ending
the sooner of 120 days from date of purchase or 60 days after
final production.
We have over 300 ten-minute plays online. Narrow your search
with the SHOW FINDER tool (top right of homepage). Click on
SHOW FINDER and you can easily search our play database by
genre, theme and cast size.
TEN MINUTE MONOLOGUES are perfect for speech,
performance, classroom exercises, and forensics competitions.
You may even combine them with other monologues or duets for
a full evening of theatre. Licensing is simple. If you are performing
a ten minute monologue publicly, you need to purchase a royalty
for each performance, but if the play is performed for a speech
and/or forensics competition, the royalty fee is waived. Typically,
only the coach, contestant(s) and judges are present for forensics
competitions. A performance is considered “public” when the work
is performed in front of an audience.
CREATE AN ANTHOLOGY
Custom books are the new way to get exactly what you want in a
book. Choose from the widest selection of ten minute plays and
monologues and make your own custom anthology. Customize
your anthology from front to back by choosing the cover design,
play titles and the order in which the titles appear. Order customdesigned books for acting and playwriting classes, workshops,
camps or for performance purposes. A minimum order of 1 is
required. Get started online today — simply click on CREATE AN
ANTHOLOGY.
ARTWORK IMAGE DOWNLOAD
FREE ESCRIPT PERUSAL
We feature a different play every week as a free download.
There are all kinds of genres to satisfy your drama needs so get
yourself to heuerpub.com for a free download and find your next
favorite play!
COPYRIGHT
All work published by Heuer is copyrighted. Copyright is a form
of protection provided by the laws of the United States to the
creators of “original works” including plays, books and musical
works. The copyright law allows all the creative people around
us to get paid for coming up with all the wonderful songs,
shows, books, paintings, movies and other great works that we
enjoy. These talented musicians, playwrights, illustrators and
screenwriters deserve our respect and appreciation—and they
deserve to make a living from the hard work they put into their
creative works.
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MAY I CHANGE THE DIALOGUE, PLEASE?
WHAT IF OUR PLAY IS STUDENT-DIRECTED?
When an author writes a play, the words that the author chooses
are the author’s words and ideas. When someone changes
them, it no longer delivers the intended message. Either way,
those words belong to the author. This isn’t to say that all authors
will reject the idea of changing words to make the script more
adaptable, so you may be asking: How can I make a change
to a script? Email [email protected] with your
requested changes along with a brief explanation. Heuer will
facilitate your request as quickly as possible, but please allow
sufficient time for an editorial reply.
Royalties are not free when the play is student-directed.
Royalties are due one week prior to the first performance and
due on EACH public performance regardless of audience size,
ticket price, or who’s directing. A royalty fee is due any time a
play is performed in front of an audience outside of the members
of the cast and crew. As some theatres tend to use box office
earnings to pay royalty fees, Heuer will consider extenuating
circumstances. Please inquire.
MAY I QUICKLY PHOTOCOPY A PLAY?
Not today, not any day! The copyright holder owns several
important rights, including the right to copy the script, the right
to distribute copies of the script, the right to prepare derivative
works of the script, and the right to perform the work publicly. By
contract, most playwrights get a script royalty so when scripts
are photocopied, it’s considered stealing. This isn’t to say that
your stage manager has to use the original script as their prompt
book, but they should have an original in their possession. Stage
managers may want to consider purchasing a Notebook Script
which are large-print copies of the entire script with extra margin
space for notes. Perfect for the busy stage manager.
WE’RE A NON-PROFIT, IS ROYALTY FREE?
Playwrights earn a living from the work they create. Copyright
laws exist so that writers can financially benefit from their creative writing skills. For writers who have licensed their works with
Heuer, royalty payments provide welcome income. When you
pay a royalty fee to publicly perform their work, the royalty is split
between the author(s) and publisher. Writers earn a living from
the royalties they receive from licensing their work. This is why
each and every performance counts.
HOW MANY ROYALTY FEES ARE DUE?
Playwrights receive a performance royalty for EVERY performance of their play. Look at it this way: We all get paid to work
EVERY day of the week. Copyright confers on its owner the
exclusive “public performance right,” which means that EVERY
live, recorded, or broadcast performance is subject to a royalty.
Six performances—six royalty fees.
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MAY I PRINT COPIES OF THE ESCRIPT?
eScripts are fast, easy and convenient. They are also super easy
to forward and share, but just because it’s easy doesn’t mean it’s
legal. eScripts are copyrighted and provided for play selection
purposes only. There’s no shipping fees and there’s no waiting
for eScripts—how nice—but remember, eScripts are electronic
copies of the original and may NOT be photocopied for any reason under the sun.
HOW MANY SCRIPTS DO I NEED?
You need to order enough scripts to furnish your entire cast,
director, and production team (including all of your designers)
with an original script. If you’re undecided on a show, and need
only two copies for your assistants to read, fantastic, but include
these details on the order form. Otherwise, we will be contacting
you. Play excerpts are also available online for reading and perusal. Visit heuerpub.com and click on Script Preview to read
a generous excerpt of the play before purchasing play scripts for
your cast/crew. Why? Scripts are not returnable. Please read an
excerpt before purchasing scripts for the entire cast and crew.
WHAT IF I UPLOAD OUR VIDEO TO YOUTUBE?
We fully understand the desire to perform, promote and share
your productions online, but in order to upload videos, the content must be original and this doesn’t mean re-writing the play
and adding a fun soundtrack. This means creating a film with
new, original material. You might include interviews, green room
drama, bios, stories, photographs, etc. Why? You are not the
copyright owner of the play, and since you are not the copyright
owner, uploading video of a live performance of a play is copyright infringement. If you’re simply looking for a way to film your
show as a special keepsake for your cast and crew, check out
Heuer’s $30.00 Limited Video Rights fee.
FULL LENGTH PLAYS
THE PILL - IBUPROFEN
with food poisoning, Yorick's skull goes
missing and the police arrive to shut down the
production because the producer hasn't paid
the rent. When the critic from the Chicago
Tribune shows up to review their production,
the techies decide there is only one way to
save their reputations - the critic must die.
They decide to "accidentally" drop a lighting
fixture on him from the grid. As the production
comes to its hilarious end, it’s no wonder that
Headsets has been called the Noises Off of
technical theatre.
BY: JAMES A. MUNRO, JAMIE A. MUNRO
BY: EMMETT LOVERDE
CT • 3 females, 3 total
• 100 minutes •
Comedy, Mature
Theme • Script: $7.50
• Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
“Together we make
up the perfect woman
- you’re the brains,
you’re
the
personality, and I’m
the beauty.” And so a monthly dinner between
friends descends into utter hilarity! It doesn't
take much for chaos to quickly reign over
three women when Bonnie makes this
stunning claim. Witty banter soon reveals the
hidden truths beneath that statement. Six
months pass and the three are each facing
defining moments in their life. One is
struggling to be more than simply "the beauty"
and failing miserably. Another faces a career
change and extracurricular explorations, while
the third faces pregnancy. Trials ensue, but
ultimately, the three women are able to define
themselves and their friendship beyond the
one-dimensional view of beauty, brains, and
personality. After all, they are women and
reserve the right to change their minds. A
simple set, whip-crack dialogue, and a
suggestion to mix up the characters every
night make Beauty, Brains, and Personality
an excellent play.
THE UNBEARABLE LITENESS
OF BEING TEEN
BY: ANGELA HILL
MS HS • 1-20 females, 1-10 males, 1-8 either,
3-38 total, 0-20 extras, doubling possible,
gender flexible • 75 minutes • Dark Comedy,
Comedy • Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty: $60.00 per performance
The world of being a teen: Those crazy six
years that shape us all. Charlie's on the fringe
over fringes. Jimmy's reflection is talking
back. Annie's in love with Josh Kowalski,
who's in love with Lisa, who's blonde. The
mean girls are contemplating charity. Josh is
trying to explain why he's just not that into
you. Cameron's dealing with divorced parents
and a chemistry test. Al's sick of tests. And all
the girls are sick of looking at that page in the
health book. Teen life. Teen love. It's about
laughing at ourselves, teen parents, teachers,
and even the lunch ladies. With flexible roles,
genders and scenes, this play can be
produced as an all-female show or all-male
show for a night of learning, laughing and
remembering.
CT • 2 females, 2
males, 4 total • 90
minutes • Comedy,
Mature Theme • Script
: $7.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $65.00 per
performance
Freddy is 70, somewhat disagreeable and
refuses to date. Dolly, also miserable and
elderly, brags excessively about her career as
an actress in a 1950's soap and dotes on her
son, Stanley. Stanley is in love with Freddy's
daughter, Elizabeth. When matchmakers
Elizabeth and Stanley arrange a blind date for
their quarrelsome parents, they all rediscover
love from a slightly older, slightly more lacking
courtesy perspective! Option to cast the
audience as the "new neighbor" and have
them interact spontaneously with the cast.
A MOTHER IN MY HEAD - FULL
LENGTH
BY: CHRISTOPHER KING
HS CT • 3-4 females, 1-2 males, 4-6 total,
doubling possible, gender flexible • 90 minutes •
Comedy, Farce • Script: $6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 • Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
Mary and Manny are two quite different
people; but they have a lot in common. They
barely hold their lives together, they both work
at the same large company, and they both
have mothers in their heads 24/7 coaching
every move. Is it possible to fall in love under
these circumstances? It's a struggle, but they
manage it, and end up with two quirky kids,
capable of driving any mother nuts. Under
these circumstances can they find career
advancement, the car of their dreams, and the
off switch for those constant internal voices?
HEADSETS (A VIEW FROM THE
LIGHT BOOTH)
BY: WILLIAM MISSOURI DOWNS
CT • 1 female, 3
males, 1 either, 5
total, doubling
possible • 90 minutes
• Comedy, Farce,
Adult Language •
Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
On the final night of
the
ChicagoEnsemble-RepertoryGroup-Theatre-Project’s doomed production
of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, everything that can
go wrong does. The cast of Hamlet gets hit
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DEAD TO THE LAST DROP
BY: KEN JONES
CT • 3 females, 3
minutes • Mystery,
Comedy • Script:
$7.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $65.00 per
performance
Dead to the Last Drop is a hilarious interactive
murder mystery that takes place in a
coffeehouse and bookstore called “Café
Caffeine.” The crazy cast of characters leads
the audience through a maze of funny twists
and turns. Opportunities for audience and
cast interaction reach a peak when the
audience is allowed to vote on the ending that
they want to hear! There are four possible
killers and four possible endings!
I ONLY HAVE FANGS FOR YOU
BY: CRAIG SODARO
ALL • 3 females, 3
minutes • Comedy,
Melodrama • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
Vampire
Count
Fangful has lived
comfortably in the
cellar
of
Rattrap
Manor awaiting the
perfect beauty whose blood will enable him to
live forever. When winsome Greta Belleneck
arrives at the manor (her legacy from a longlost uncle), Aunt Chatterbit warns her to leave
the crumbling old building at once! But Greta
decides the rambling old mansion will make a
perfect hotel where travelers can rest their
weary bones. Vampire Fangful couldn’t agree
more, and when Greta appears, Fangful
realizes that she is the girl of his dreams.
Unfortunately, his first romantic rendezvous
with Greta goes awry when Fangful
mistakenly turns Aunt Chatterbit into his
blushing vampire bride! Greta, meanwhile,
falls hook, line, and plunger for Able Abe, the
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BEAUTY, BRAINS AND
PERSONALITY
3-6 CAST MEMBERS
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6-7 CAST MEMBERS
handsome handyman she’s hired to help
refurbish Rattrap Manor. True to form, this
melodrama ends with one happy hotel owner
and one very sad vampire!
A THING OF BEAUTY
BY: CHARLES KRAY
CT • 4 females, 2 males, 6 total • 135 minutes •
Drama • Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75
• Royalty: $60.00 per performance
An inspirational, riveting story of an Orthodox
Jew who becomes an esteemed Catholic
teacher and philosopher, and then joins the
Carmelite Order of Nuns. The play deals with
the intense search for her by Nazi intelligence
as nineteen nuns are held hostage until she is
captured and subsequently sent to Auschwitz.
YOU KNOW THE OLD SLAYING
BY: MICHAL JACOT
males, 6 total, gender
flexible • 90 minutes •
Comedy, Mystery •
Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
A traveling theatre group is getting ready to
present their play, when their star actor is
murdered. The audience helps determine
which of the cast members is the culprit - first,
by asking pertinent questions during special Q
and A sessions during the play, and then at
the end, when they vote for the most
suspicious character. The play's five different
endings mean you could put on a different
show every night! Giving actors a chance to
practice their improv and audience members
the opportunity to exercise their detective
skills, You Know the Old Slaying...is a fun
murder-mystery in true Choose Your
Adventure style.
BARELY HEIRS
BY: DAVID LASSIG
CT • 3 females, 4
minutes • Farce,
Comedy, Mature
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
All Jane needs to do
to
collect
her
inheritance is get
married and wait six
months – simple enough. But who wants to go
through the hassle of finding a husband?
Jane’s friend Tom has agreed to pretend to
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be her spouse for the afternoon so that Jane
can stay single and keep the money for
herself. Everything is set to go off without a
hitch, and by suppertime, Jane should be rich.
That is IF Tom shows up on time, IF Jane can
get rid of Tom’s real wife, Claire, and IF she
can distract the pool boy and the bothersome
police officer who keep stopping by
unannounced. Yes, the whole plan should still
work out as long as Jane keeps these people,
along with the interior decorator, the nurse,
and her ex-boyfriend, away from her meddling
mother who just “happened” to stop by.. Will
Jane lose everything or just barely pull it off?
"Clear your calendar, pay the babysitter, and
get out and see this show! I saw the show
opening night, and I’m going again tonight!
How’s that for an endorsement?" - James
Patrick, Harwood Prairie Playhouse (ND).
"Barely Heirs is a wonderfully enjoyable
play...this play is wacky, absurd, totally
hilarious, and not appropriate for young
audiences." - Phaidra Yunker, High Plains
Staff Writer
THE BIG FIVE-OH
BY: BRIAN MITCHELL
CT • 4 females, 3
minutes • Comedy •
Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
Whoever said life is
better after fifty had
better
be
right!
George Thomas is
turning
fifty
on
Saturday, and it has been a terrible week. His
dog is sick, his son is a slacker, and his
daughter wants to marry a Republican. With a
neurotic wife and a widowed neighbor
providing more challenges than even George
can overcome, this may be the worst week of
his life. Through these trying days, George
will discover the wonders of family, the
responsibilities of parenthood, and the results
of his latest physical.The Big Five-Oh is a
hilarious, sometimes touching account of a
grown man coming to terms with his age, his
relationship with his son, and his future. It is
the remarkable story of a middle-aged man
finally growing up.
"Laugh your heart out during this two-act
comedy!" - North Dakota Legendary Tourism
Blog
CANNIBALS
BY: R. J. COLLEARY
CT • 6 females, 1
male, 7 total • 90
minutes • Dark
Comedy • Script:
$7.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $65.00 per
performance
In this dog-eat-dog
world, there is only
one true peopleeating-people town Hollywood. The United State of Actresses is a
support group of 40-somethings struggling to
find love, acceptance and callbacks. When
they hatch a plan to jump-start their careers,
they learn the true meaning of hopes, dreams,
fear, and cute shoes!
"Colleary has a talent for epigrams, and he
zings in hilarious one-liners like a pitching
machine on overdrive." - Theater Review, Los
Angeles Times
"The zany machinations of playwright R.J.
Collery's four desperate 40-something
actresses gives added credence to the term,
'Hollyweird', especially Dale Dickey's hilarious
outing as deranged recluse, Carole." - Julio
Martinez, Pacifica Radio Network
"Smart, funny and a little romantic, Cannibals
made me laugh out loud..." - LA Times
Reader
THE MIDDLE OF YESTERDAY
BY: KEN JONES
What goes on in the minds of people suffering
from Alzheimer's disease? This bravely
dramatic piece tries to give us an answer.
Kilby Fleming, an aging veteran, struggles
between reality and the hauntings of his
memories as he descends into the dark world
of Alzheimer's. Locked in time, Kilby is forced
to view his past as the people in the present
fight to bring him back. Alzheimer’s disease
plays an incredible antagonist in this gripping
drama about life, love and loss.
The Middle of Yesterday won the Kentucky
Playwright's Award and also was a winner of
the regional American College Theatre
Festival. It also received the Kentucky
Commonwealth Theatre Playwriting Award.
and has had numerous productions
throughout the U.S.
"...very entertaining!" - Waterloo Travel Blog
(IA)
Best suited for: ALL = All Audiences | MS = Middle School | HS = High School | CT = Community Theatre/College
* = New Title
BY: GEFF MOYER, JOHN LALLIS
CT • 4 females, 3 males, 7 total • Comedy,
Holiday • Script: $7.50 • Notebook Script:
Amanda's life is chaotic with three
generations living under one roof, a full house
is an understatement. Trying to find a special
place to chat with her husband proves to be
quite difficult, especially when Dot is
continually getting into fights, Michael doesn't
want to kill the Christmas goose, and Aunt
Min puts the “s” in senile. This family’s trials
and
tribulations
during
the
holidays
encompasses an honest and non-traditional
look at life and love. Have your audience
laughing and crying, but mostly feeling
thankful for family during the most wonderful
time of the year.
black-hat-wearing goons guarding the doors!
Once inside, your guests will suddenly find
themselves
overhearing
whispered
conversations and witnessing clandestine
meetings
between
reputed
mobsters.
Everyone’s trying to conduct illicit business
while trying even harder to stay out of jail.
(Your audience included!)
Mugsy Sent Me! offers your entire theatre
troupe an opportunity to try their hand at
delighting an audience with a most unique
interactive experience from start to finish. The
lights go out! Gunshots are heard! A great era
of American history is relived, and when it’s all
over, everyone will clamor, "When can we do
this again?"
PARLOR GAMES
BY: BRIAN FEEHAN
CT • 3 females, 5
minutes • Farce,
Comedy, Adult
Language • Script:
$7.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $65.00 per
performance
SQUIRREL LAKE
BY: BRIAN MITCHELL
In a place called Squirrel Lake, you’re bound
to meet a nut or two! Phil, Sally, and Patrick
gather at their family’s summer home on the
shores of Squirrel Lake, Wisconsin, to read
their recently deceased mother’s will. A cast
of characters, including a nun (or is she?) and
her insane brother, a psychic, supposedly
sent by Mom from the great beyond, and their
own out-of control children add madness to
mayhem as they try to get everything sorted
out. In the end, Squirrel Lake proves that
even the unlucky in life can find happiness
and contentment if they simply look for the
gifts given to them. "Full of innuendos,
miscalculated assumptions and slapstick
physical comedy, Squirrel Lake will be the
most popular vacation spot around for the
next two weekends...a made-for-date night
adult comedy!" - Robin Delaney, Fort Madison
Daily (IA)
MUGSY SENT ME!
BY: DAN NEIDERMYER
MS HS • 2 females, 6
minutes • Comedy,
Fantasy • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
Mugsy Sent Me!
works like this: it's the
1920s
and
your
guests
(audience)
arrive at your front
door and are given a very secret password,
without which they simply won’t get past the
It's election time and
a
sitting
U.S.
President, trying to
raise his poll numbers in the South, embarks
on a whirlwind tour...where he winds up
captive in a funeral parlor.
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE
BY: ROBERT LYNN
CT • 3 females, 5
Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
Whoever said dating
is easy hasn't dated
Julie! Roger is ready
propose
to
his
girlfriend, Julie, but
first
he
must
introduce her to his mother. It's one romantic
disaster after another when Roger's
meddlesome friends and neighbors get
involved - especially when sweet, sexy Candy
moves in next door. There are many ways to
propose to your girlfriend, and there are many
more ways to disastrously propose to your
girlfriend. Some people might say that Roger
is simply unlucky in love, but that's rarely the
case when you have friends like these.
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DARLING, YOU SLAY ME!
BY: TOM SHELTON, ALYSSA CANANN
CT • 3-5 females, 4-6
males, 1 either, 8-12
total, doubling
• Mystery, Comedy •
Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$75.00 per
performance
Welcome
to
Broadway!
It's
opening night and
you're invited to an
exclusive soiree at Lardi's, where Broadway's
best and brightest come to see and be seen.
Join the cast and crew of a hot new musical
as they wait out the nail-biting hours for the
reviews to hit the streets. Will it be fame and
fortune for all? Or humiliation and the loss of
their one shot at success? Tensions run high
and emotions are theatrical on this night of
high hopes and murderous ambition. How far
will an actor go to winfame and acclaim in the
footlights? What motivates the mysterious
foreign
directorand
his
over-anxious
producers? As the reviews come in, the
players fall, one byone...Is it bad luck?...A
series of bizarre accidents? Or is someone
playing his or her part with murderous
sincerity? Unravel the mystery amid the
dazzling personalities of 1920's Broadway. To
the stars, prohibition is a joke, the play is
deadly serious and the reviews are to kill for.
The show includes three songs: Piano Score,
$15.00 and Production/Rehearsal CD
Combo with Instrumental and Vocal
tracks, $15.00. Listen to audio clips online.
"Darling, You Slay Me is pure comedy and
chaos." - Lisa Berghouse, Orange Coast
Magazine
"There's an edgy breed of dinner theater on
the menu, if you don't mind a little murder with
your meal. This is dinner theater, reinvented."
- Margaret Wappler, LA Times
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ADAM'S EVE
BLESS ME, FATHER
GHOST STORY
BY: MATTHEW CARLIN
BY: TA POWELL
BY: MARSHA L. GRANT
CT • 5 females, 4
minutes • Comedy,
Drama • Script: $7.50
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
What would you do if
you opened your
closet door and out
popped a woman
who claimed to be
your soul mate? When it happens to Adam,
he assumes Eve is part of a prank being
pulled on him by his best friend, Mark. Of
course, Mark denies all knowledge of Eve,
and Eve continues to insist she’s been sent
by God to help Adam change the world.
Meanwhile, she’s doing her best to learn how
to be human – with a little help from the food
channel on cable TV! Adam needs help.
Professional help. His psychiatrist girlfriend,
Marla, and her colleague might be just the
answer – if he can survive the chaos until they
arrive! Humorous and funny from the top.
[Adam's Eve] will touch your heart." - Grant
Mead, The Hawk Eye (IA).
ALIBIS
BY: PETER KENNEDY
minutes • Comedy,
Mystery • Script: $7.50
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
When
famous
actress
Primavera
Donna throws a party
and winds up dead,
it’s up to the guests
to figure out the who, how, and why. As the
storm outside rages and the body count
mounts, the guests must contend with
interruptions, shocking revelations, tacky
special effects and the arrival of a mysterious
visitor. Action and dialogue are fast-paced,
and the surprising conclusion leaves only one
question: Who gets the movie rights? The
cast includes a stuffy butler, a social butterfly,
a playboy, a dotty chemist, an aristocrat of
dubious origin, a nun who has taken a vow of
silence, a part-time detective, a very French
maid, and a mysterious stranger. This is a
rapid-fire romp through the conventional
drawing room mystery, which is easy to stage
and well-suited for ensemble comedy. With
shades of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie,
and "Ten Little Indians," this whodunit is sure
to please.
10
CT • 6 females, 3
males, 9 total, 0-10
extras • 80 minutes •
Comedy, Mature
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
Father
Pat's
parishoners are a bit
fuzzy
on
the
commandments, so
when a rumor starts that the Pope is visiting
their congregation, folks are lining up to
confess their sins. But the only John Paul in
this confessional box is John Paul Fitzpatrick,
the janitor. Fitz has been trapped in there for
hours, and what he is learning could blow the
lid off this whole town! This ingenious and
hilarious Christmas comedy will leave your
audiences clutching their sides and believing
that "on one day of the year...it's possible to
get more than we deserve."
THE EDUCATION OF ANGELS
BY: MATTHEW CARLIN
Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
What happens when
your guardian angels
don’t
get
along?
Comedy, that’s what!
Nick and Jenna are
two angels in training
who are about to be sent back to Earth for
their final exam. When Nick and Jenna return
to Earth, they find Dave, a guy who is even
more mixed-up than they are. He is at the
church long before he should be on his
wedding day, trying to decide whether he
should go forward with the wedding. Throw in
a domineering ex-wife and the fact that Dave
is the only one that can see the angels ... and
that he can only see one of them ... and
hilarity ensues! The struggle of the reluctant
angel Nick to understand why he’s back on
Earth and perhaps, indeed, why he is an
angel in the first place, gives this raucous
comedy a heartwarming core. Lively
characters and flexible settings allow directors
to be as creative as they desire.
ALL • 5 females, 4 males, 9 total • 90 minutes •
In this comedy of errors and a laptop
computer, Eve, a corporate whistle-blower,
and her daughter, Caro, are awaiting a trial in
which Eve must testify. Fearing a preemptive
strike by the accused, they are sequestered in
a broken-down "safe house" on Chesapeake
Bay, only to find that they are not the only
occupants. The house is already home to the
ghosts of the legendary pirate Edward
"Blackbeard" Teach, gang leader and
kidnapper Ma Barker, and the famous
Depression-era bank-robbing couple Clyde
Barrow and Bonnie Parker. The ghosts want
their peace and oceanfront property back and
set about with high-tech plans to scare the
mother and daughter far away. The plot is
right out of today's headlines as well as
yesterday's history books, and the ending will
leave your audiences surprised and delighted.
With easy sets and fun roles, this play is a
hoot for the whole cast.
THE TEN RULES OF INTERNET
DATING
BY: DIMITRI MAKEDONSKY, BRIAN
MITCHELL
Matt Wilson, a recently divorced dentist, finds
himself forced to move in with his younger
brother, Joe. Joe considers himself an
Internet dating aficionado and vows to find his
big brother new love using "The Ten Rules of
Internet Dating." Quick dialogue and quirky
characters abound as the duo battle
falsehoods, sibling rivalry, Pakistani cuisine,
and a professional wrestler to fulfill Joe's
promise. In the end, the brothers find that love
can be a strange thing found in unlikely
places.
THEE AND THOU
BY: BRET JONES
HS CT • 3 females, 6 males, 9 total • 120
minutes • Comedy, Farce • Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script: $16.75 • Royalty: $65.00 per
performance
Mistaken identity, love lost and found, and
temperamental actors combine to create
chaos and fun in this hilarious comedy. Set
during Elizabethan England in The Globe
Theatre, Shakespeare and Burbage are
planning rehearsals for one of Will's plays,
Julius Caesar. As the actors banter back and
forth, a roguish highwayman and his partner
break into The Globe, one of them
impersonates Shakespeare, and the farce
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WHERE THERE'S A WILL,
THERE'S A MURDER
DATING PREDICAMENTS
Thee and Thou had its world premiere at
the Jewel Box Theatre (OK) and was a
finalist in the Larry Corse Playwriting
Contest.
BY: MICHAEL DRUCE
MS HS • 4 females, 5 males, 1 either, 10 total,
gender flexible • 60 minutes • Comedy • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per performance
HS CT • 7 females, 3
males, 0-1 either,
9-10 total, doubling
possible, gender
Comedy, Mystery •
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
"Set at William Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
in 1599, the wonderfully wacky backstage
drama was given a rousing performance by
the nine-member Jewel Box cast." - John
Brandenburg, News OK Critic/Writer
"If you ever have the opportunity to see the
show, leap at the chance." - Chebon Marshall,
Writer
THE WORST PLAY IN THE
*WORLD
BY: JEFF LOVETT
HS • 5 females, 4 males, 9 total • 90 minutes •
Here's the first big problem: Mrs. Watson
produces Shakespeare every year. She has a
love-love-LOVE
relationship
with
Shakespeare.
King
Lear,
Hamlet,
Othello...over and over again, year after year.
This year, she chooses another bloody
tragedy: Macbeth. Mrs. Watson doesn't get it;
she just doesn't get it. Not surprisingly, the
kids have decided to hijack the show and
destroy Macbeth with sinister glee. They
completely re-write the play and hold secret
rehearsals in anticipation of presenting one
glorious night of rebellious mayhem.
Shakespeare no more! Just as they are ready
to take the stage, the drama teacher
announces that scholarships will be
announced by the local college theatre
department after the show tonight. Errrrrr, say
what?! Don't miss this rare chance to see
what happens when Shakespeare's darkest
tragedy gets hacked by a group of determined
(and talented) drama students.
When ten distant
relatives learn that
each of them is about
to inherit a million dollars, wheels begin to
turn and plots hatch. If someone doesn't make
it through the stormy weekend ahead, their
share will be divided equally among the
others. It doesn't take a mathematical genius
to figure out that less is more. As bodies pile
up, the laughs come fast and furiously in this
‘whodunnit’ that proves that Where There’s a
Will, There’s a Murder.
DEATH BY DESSERT
BY: NATHAN HARTSWICK
MS HS • 4-5 females,
4-5 males, 1 either,
9-11 total, 2-5 extras,
doubling possible,
gender flexible • 75
minutes • Comedy,
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
For a generation, the feud between the
Donnaducce and Duccedonni families has
rocked New York’s Little Italy. Slinging
spaghetti and meatballs, these competing
Italian restaurants share only two things: a
common wall and distaste for the other family.
So when the building’s landlord is found dead
at center stage, everyone is a suspect – from
the old-world Italian grandmother and mafia
don grandfather to the passionate chefs and
bumbling wait-staff. Flashing back in time, the
story is told by its victim, who alternately
narrates and participates in the action. Your
audience will be customers at the restaurant,
can be served a delectable meal (no poison,
we swear!), and may cast their vote for
whodunit! Will the murderer be ferreted out?
Will the feud ever be reconciled? What are
the hidden truths? This deceptively delicious
mystery in one set has colorful characters,
fast-paced dialogue, and an interactive story
that's to die for!
BY: KELLY BIGGS, RICHARD OVERFIELD
Good intentions lead to hilarity when wellmeaning workaholic Molly secretly sets up her
lonely mother, Claudine, on a blind date. Not
to be outdone, Claudine also arranges a
clandestine match for Molly. Ambitious Matt
thinks his feisty father, Ernest, needs a
woman in his life, and Ernest wants Matt to
settle down already! Chaos ensues when
blind dates collide with French waiters and
Mafia bosses, and it’s up to family friends,
Tom, Janelle, and Marge to sort it all out.
Dating is difficult enough without your kids or
your parents meddling. If you play with
matches, you’re going to get burned!
DEATH BY CHOCOLATE
BY: CRAIG SODARO
minutes • Comedy,
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Nick Noir, private
eye, has fallen on
hard
times
after
botching
his
last
case.
Out
of
desperation
and
hopelessness, he is forced to fire his devoted
secretary, Selma. That is, until a call from
Coco Purvis offers a tantalizing case that just
might pay off for Nick. Coco and her sister,
Bonbon, run Precious Perks Coffee Shoppe,
which is known for its signature drink, Death
by Chocolate. Unfortunately, the name came
all too true for a fellow named Vinnie the
Leech, who died while drinking it one month
earlier. Now, business has fallen off, and the
shop might have to close unless somebody
figures out why Vinnie the Leech fell over
dead. After a second death under similar
circumstances, Selma plays a psychic who with the help of her ever-present BlackBerry reveals some deep, dark chocolate secrets.
Armed with motives, opportunity, and Selma,
Nick solves the crime and earns the sweet
smell of success.
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ELUSIVE BACHELOR
BY: WILLIAM D. FISHER
MS HS • 6 females, 4 males, 10 total • 90
minutes • Comedy • Script: $6.50 • Notebook
performance
Eloise Martin and her three nieces manage a
hotel near Johnson, Colorado. Their only
hired help is Hank Harmon. Eloise's spinster
sister, Minerva, informs Eloise that their
relatives insist upon receiving some profits
soon or they will sell the inn. Luckily, James
Arnold, a wealthy playwright, stops at the
hotel looking for a little peace and quiet.
Wishing to avoid publicity, he keeps his
identity a secret and introduces his valet,
Harkness, as a friend. Hank overhears the
guests discussing the plot of a murdermystery and is certain that he has cornered
two real criminals. James immediately falls in
love with Eloise's niece and Harkness falls for
Minerva. In a wonderfully creative ending,
James decides to "put the hotel on the map"
and invites several eccentric famous friends
to Johnson, Colorado to save the day (and
the inn).
LADIES, SIGH NO MORE
BY: THOMAS HISCHAK
ALL • 8 females, 2 males, 10 total • 90 minutes
• Comedy • Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script:
Lady Macbeth plays Monopoly with Juliet and
shrewish Kate battles Cordelia at Trivial
Pursuit. Ophelia cuts out paper flowers, and
Desdemona sews handkerchiefs. Who is the
mysterious man who seems to be so
interested in the fate of these ladies? Is this
an Elizabethan ladies club, or a literary loony
bin? Only Dr. Wells seems to know for sure
as she tries to help some of Shakespeare's
heroines figure out their personal problems
and bring closure to their theatrical lives.
When Juliet is asked to reenact her tragic
story, matters get out of hand and all of the
ladies are caught up in the act.
10-11 CAST MEMBERS
computer, not the temperature in the room?!
Now imagine a college professor who's
created a wonderful piece of computer
software - and named it ALICE. But when an
investor overhears him talking about ALICE
"getting sick," he pretends it's his daughter
Alice. And when his real daughter shows up pregnant with a daughter she wants to name
Alice - the farce is on! As the professor races
to fix ALICE before his investors find out, their
head investor from Texas gets food
poisoning, and their Australian caterer must
impersonate him so the school's dean doesn't
get suspicious. The riotous conclusion will
leave your audience ROFL! Your cast will
have a wonderful time with the snappy
dialogue, disguises and dialects.
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
BY: EDDIE MCPHERSON
ALL • 5 females, 5 males, 10 total, gender
flexible • 90 minutes • Comedy • Script: $7.50 •
performance
A headline in the newspaper reads, “Annual
Fishing Tournament Expecting Record
Number of Female Participants.” This news is
great for women who love the sport of fishing.
It’s even better news for men who love the
sport of women. When Brad and his buddies
hear the news, they pack their computer bags
and head to Weiss Lake for the tournament.
Because the guys know that the women at the
tournament will be impressed with men who
exude expert fishing knowledge, they pick up
a couple of fishing magazines for research.
They figure by the time the "chicks" find out
the men don't know anything about fishing,
they will have already won them over with
their “charm and animal magnetism." But
when the inept cousin of one of the men tags
along unintentionally and then accidentally
spills the beans about the men’s intentions,
the weekend becomes more than anyone
bargained for.
TEMPORARY HEROES
Staged with either Elizabethan costumes or
contemporary clothes in a simple setting, this
comedy ultimately twists and turns its way to
a happy ending.
BY: DAVID-MATTHEW BARNES
LOL (A MODERN COMPUTER
FARCE)
This love story set in a coffee shop in the
Little Italy section of New York explores the
blossoming relationships between a waitress
named Shelby, a cook named Salvatore, and
the colorful characters that enter their lives.
Temporary Heroes premiered at the Thistle
Dew Theatre in Sacramento.
BY: ROBERT FRANKEL
performance
Or Artificial Intelligence. At last, a modern
farce aimed at our computer age! Ever get
confused when someone asks you to open a
window and they're referring to your
12
performance
ROBIN HOOD
BY: DAN NEIDERMYER
males, 1-4 either,
10-13 total, 0-20
extras, doubling
possible, gender
Comedy, Farce •
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Experience a fresh
take on the life of Robin Hood, prince of
thieves, through the amusing narrative of
wandering minstrel-troubadour, Friar Tuck, as
the legend marvelously comes to life! Meet
Little John, Robin’s right-hand-man, Maid
Marian, Robin’s sweetheart and love, and
Marian’s dedicated handmaiden, Cassandra.
Robin Hood will take you through the legend
of Sherwood Forest to the robbing of the
Sheriff’s men, when Robin Hood dared to defy
both the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and the
despotic monarch King John. With ample
room to include troubadours, jugglers, jesters,
strolling minstrels, acrobats, and perhaps a
little audience participation, this adaption of a
classic tale is sure to please viewers of all
ages!
DEAD AND BREAKFAST
BY: CRAIG SODARO
minutes • Comedy, Mystery • Script: $6.50 •
performance
The ring on the finger was just the beginning.
Turns out hardly-boiled ace detective Nick
Noir has rented a sailboat, The Lady Lovey
Dove, for a romantic honeymoon cruise
during hurricane season. When a hurricane
inevitably douses the romance, and the two
lovebirds end up at the Jolly Rodger Bed and
Breakfast, the only inn on an otherwise
deserted island, the newlyweds find
themselves mistaken for J. J. Hay, a ruthless
tycoon, and his mother. The owner of the inn,
Violet Van Leer, introduces Nick and Selma to
the guests. There’s Ozzie Hawkins, a U.S.
Congressman, and his young wife, Dora; the
great mystery writer, Zona Zou; a famous
hypnotist, Madam Alma; a country singer,
Patsy Robbins; and a homemaking guru,
Emmie Bloom. Nick and Selma are at a loss
for words, but against their better judgment,
they decide to go along with the gag. That is,
until someone takes a shot at them. And then
someone sends poison candy as a gift. And
then they’re knocked out and hung up in the
walk-in freezer. Fortunately, they manage to
thaw, but realize there are two bodies hanging
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THE GROOM SAID NO
BY: RUTH/NATHAN HALE
performance
After two years of service in the Navy, Steve
Cameron returns home to find his mother,
Clara, the girlfriend he left behind, and several
friends planning his wedding. In order to avoid
family upheaval and a broken heart or two, he
pretends that he has a serious illness that
causes spells without warning and that he
needs rest. The truth of the matter is that
Steve, during his absence, has fallen in love
with Lt. Shirley Anderson, a Navy nurse. To
convince Clara and his mother of his serious
condition, Steve pretends to have a relapse in
their presence . . . and then on the pretense
of needing specialized nursing care, Steve
suggests that they call his former nurse (Lt.
Shirley Anderson) to come help take care of
him. Clara temporarily agrees to the
arrangement, and in less than no time, the
girls are on one hilarious, melodramatic
warpath in this one set comedy.
HIT THE ROAD, JACK
NO BODY LIKE JIMMY
BY: PAT COOK
BY: BURTON BUMGARNER
CT • 6 females, 5 males, 11 total, gender
flexible • 90 minutes • Comedy, Mystery • Script:
“Accidents will happen,” Jack Gunderson is
fond of saying at work. “That’s not a good
motto, Dad,” his son Trevor keeps telling him.
He has a point, since the two run the
Gunderson Driving Academy and especially
because the business is just about to be
closed down. When Officer Monica Palmer
warns the father and son about their imminent
loss unless they shape up, they protest she is
exaggerating. “Your last student sideswiped a
parade!” she points out. As if this weren’t
enough on their plate, the Gundersons also
have to contend with a lovesick student, a
bank vice-president to plays the horses and
Mac, a sinister character who only Jack can
see. Trevor is at his wit’s end when one of
their teachers quits, but quickly recovers
when Joyce, a real cutie-pie, shows up. “Now
what can lil ol’ me do for lil ol’ you?” he pants.
Just when things seem to be picking up, the
bank next door gets robbed. And guess who
the major suspects are? You guessed it. Or
have you? Lines fly faster than fleeing
pedestrians when the police arrive along with
a news crew. And just who IS Mac, anyway?
HERE COME THE BRIDES
minutes • Comedy,
Farce • Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Jimmy Took's only
living relative is Uncle
Dan. Uncle Dan is
very wealthy, very
generous, and very
mistaken when he assumes that Jimmy is
married. Just when Jimmy finds himself in a
position where he needs to borrow money,
Jimmy finds out that Uncle Dan will be arriving
soon to meet the bride. Afraid that Uncle Dan
will think he deliberately lied to him, Jimmy
frantically tries to find somebody, anybody to
be his wife! After several refusals from other
candidates, Jimmy's roommate, Bill, against
his better judgment, gets dressed up as a girl!
Laugh tops laugh when the previously
unwilling participants arrive, and Jimmy ends
up with not one, but three wives! A simple set
and hilarious characters make this play a
must-see!
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MIND OVER MATT
BY: SCOTT HAAN
males, 11 total, 5
extras, gender flexible
• 90 minutes •
Comedy • Script:
$7.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $65.00 per
performance
Ever
argue
with
yourself? Ever said,
“I don’t know what
got into me?” This is
the story of Matthew
Lane. Matt is a successful illustrator with a
couple of deadlines and several squabbling
inner personalities who do weird and
wonderful things. As Matt tries to gather up
enough nerve to ask out the girl of his
dreams, Matt’s egos, who all have their own
hang-ups, lead him in one too many
directions. When Matt’s overworked boss
comes to believe that Matt has a crush on
her, the conflicted egos manage to make a
bad situation much, much worse.
males, 3 either, 11
total • 90 minutes •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
On the evening of
Ralph and Eloise
Vanlandingham's
political fundraising
dinner, Ralph's best
friend from college shows up with a problem.
Harold has a dead body in the back of his van
and he needs a place to stash Jimmy.
Harold's timing couldn't be more awful as the
Vanlandinghams are expecting a house full of
major campaign donors in about five, four,
three, two...
A fun farce that won the annual Robert J.
Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellent
(MI) and runner-up for the distinguished
McLaren Memorial Comedy Playwriting
Competition (TX).
SEEKING ASYLUM
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
HS CT • 6 females, 4 males, 1 either, 11 total •
80 minutes • Comedy • Script: $6.50 • Notebook
performance
Mark is in the insane asylum - and he loves it!
The only problem is that his wife, Rene, is in
the real world and is sick of Mark getting all
the attention, so she takes the only logical
step, she tries to have herself admitted, too.
Here's a world where one set of delusions is
cured by another; where real life and
infomercial join together for a skewed sense
of reality (and product endorsement); where a
character's crazy ramblings make more sense
than the "sane" folks. Seeking Asylum is a
fast-paced romp between imagination and
reality, between laughter and tears, and in its
own way, tells a moving story on the values of
love, friendship, truth and honesty. Please be
advised that the royalty fees stated above
pertain to student productions only, including
K-12, colleges and universities. All other
producing groups must contact us at
[email protected] to inquire
about rights and availability.
"Filled with deliciously awkward situations and
clever word play." - Hope Baugh, Indy Theatre
Habit
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up in the freezer: could they be the real J.J.
Hay and his mother? Already dead?
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SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE
SPINSTERS OF BLACKMEAD
WHEN COWS FLY
BY: C.P. STANCICH
minutes • Mystery, Comedy • Script: $7.50 •
performance
MS • 5-13 females, 6-23 males, 0-8 either,
Someone is murdering the women of
Blackmead
Manor,
and
the
fiercely
independent female academic community is
reluctant to ask for help from outsiders. When
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are drawn
into the case, they find their reception as
sticky as the mystery they must solve. A
servant is found dead, a member of the
Blackmead community is missing, and the
great detective uncovers links to his arch
enemy, Professor Moriarty. Is this merely
another interesting case or a fatal trap for
Holmes himself?
Seven new comedies based on fun, classic
rhymes. Have you heard about the guy who
saw a cow jump over the moon? Maybe
you’ve heard about Mary who truly grew
furrows, cockle-shells, and young women in
her garden?! This is an imaginative collection
of seven, 5-10 minute scenes that turn
several fantastical nursery rhymes into reality.
In this hilarious full-length collection, everyday
people interact with the “celebrities” of the
nursery rhymes we know and love, reimagining the nursery rhymes as if they were
current events.
SHERLOCK HOLMES: JOHN
WATSON'S BODY
DESPERATE AMBROSE
BY: C.P. STANCICH
HS CT • 4 females, 7-8 males, 11 total, 1 extra,
doubling possible • 105 minutes • Mystery,
The great detective and his loyal sidekick are
at odds. While Dr. Watson has gone to
investigate the possible theft of a priceless set
of emeralds at the London home of Lord and
Lady Delton, Sherlock Holmes remains at
Baker Street entertaining his friend, the
adventurer, Oscar Dove. Holmes believes his
friend is on a fools errand, but when Dr.
Watson reports findingand then losinga body,
Watson, Holmes and Dove are drawn into a
web of murder, larceny and intrigue. The body
turns out to be surprisingly agile, and the
suspects range from dubious aristocrats, to
doubtful servants, to notorious members of
the criminal class.
ARLENE'S BEAUTY WORLD
BY: MICHAEL SOETAERT
ALL • 8 females, 3 males, 0-1 either, 11-12
total, gender flexible • 75 minutes • Comedy,
Mystery • Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script:
Will Detective Cannon and Officer O'Malley
solve the case of the Fruitcake Bomber before
he . . .or she . . .strikes again? Could it be one
of the kindly old ladies who gets coiffed at
Arlene's Beauty World? Or could it be
Maurice's attempt at stealing the formula for
Basic Blue? Could it be Chester who's
engaged to the owner, Janis? Or could it be
Janis trying to blow up Chester? Whoever it
is, there's no one who can stop the fun at
Arlene's Beauty World.
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BY: JOHN TISSOT
BY: DONALD PAYTON
minutes • Farce,
Western • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
It all starts when
Ambrose and Bert, a
couple of would-be
vaudeville comedians
headin’
California
way, get booted off the train because
someone stole their tickets and their money.
They soon blow into Dead Man’s Gulch, the
wildest spot in the Old West. Now it just so
happens that Homer the Kid and his pal, Gun
Smoke Carter, the two hardest shootin’,
hardest ridin’ cowpokes to straddle a saddle,
are expected to breeze into town that very
day to quell the shootin’, so when Ambrose
and Bert hobble in, they are mistaken for the
West’s most fearless cowpunchers! But
Ambrose does everything contrary to the
Cowpuncher’s Union: he challenges the
crooked sheriff; he’s trounced by Hoot Owl
Pete; he's nearly hanged by Stinkweed; and
he's ignored by Nancy, the beautiful heroine.
In this hilarious satire on the Old West, reality
meets legend, and you learn real quick to look
beyond the horizon.
FEUDIN', FIGHTIN', AND
FUSSIN'
BY: LE ROMA GRETH
males, 12 total, 2
Comedy, Hillbilly •
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
The
smug
Mrs.
Lucius Q. Snodgrass
and her assistant,
William Bishop, III,
decide to bring a little culture to Polecat
County in the form of a library. However, with
the exception of Widow Kendall, the townsfolk
don't want a library. They want a rec hall. Mrs.
Snodgrass announces that it will be a library
or nothing and leaves Mr. Bishop in charge of
the design plans. Intent on selling the idea of
a library to Paw Fernheiser, the outspoken
leader of the pro-recreation group, Bill visits
the Fernheisers and meets the love of his life,
Lizzie Fernheiser. With stars in his eyes, Bill
forgets entirely about the library and agrees to
build the new rec hall. Everybody's happy
except poor Widow Kendall and of course,
Mrs. Snodgrass, who arrives to find the
ugliest rec hall this side of the Mississippi. Bill
is fired and arrangements are made to
destroy the hall until Lizzie brilliantly rescues
both the new rec hall and her man.
GREAT CAESAR'S GHOST
performance
Helen Maxwell is having trouble convincing
her stubborn mother, Mrs. Penelope Maxwell,
that Tommy Tucker is kind, considerate, and
would make a great husband! So when
Phineas Farthingale (Uncle Phineas) comes
to visit his niece and brings along the funloving, temperamental protective ghost of an
Inca Chief whom Phineas once befriended on
a trip to South America, the ghost, along with
Aunt Polly, starts tinkering with Penelope's
view of reality. Then trouble finds Emma, the
maid, who has been hypnotized by Mahjah,
the mysterious sage, and double trouble finds
a few other friends and neighbors, who end
up at the right place at the wrong time. The
audience has the time of their lives with Aunt
Polly and the strangely amusing Inca Chief
ghost in this fast-paced series of funny
scenes full of special effects and ghostly
tricks.
* = New Title
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TEA AND ARSENIC
BY: FELICIA METCALFE
BY: CRAIG SODARO
• Farce • Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75
Bill Jackson is a philosophy professor, which
means people call him Dr. Jackson. Bill’s
fiancée, Angela, has a wealthy, spiteful, highly
eccentric uncle who holds physicians in high
esteem, but thinks college professors are fiveand-dime doctors. When Angela brings Bill up
to the hospital to meet Uncle Henry and
introduces him as Dr. Jackson, Uncle Henry
thinks he is a surgeon. No one corrects him
because he promises to give Angela and Bill
$50,000 for the first life Bill saves. Suddenly,
the local physician is called out of town, and
Bill is summoned to help in several humorous
emergencies. Bill first extracts a chicken bone
from a patient’s throat with sugar tongs, and
then on, one laugh follows another until the
worst crisis of all happens - a patient develops
appendicitis! Bill, much against his will, is
rushed to the operating room in scrubs. A
vastly entertaining hospital comedy with
hilarious side effects.
ZOMBIE WEDDING
BY: JEFF LOVETT
HS • 7 females, 5
extras, doubling
• Comedy • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
Ashley has wonderful
news! She has finally
met the man of her
dreams and can't
wait to introduce him to her friends and family.
She hastily calls her two best friends, Beth
and Summer, to arrange a lunch date for
them to meet Bruce. Arriving at the
restaurant, Ashley announces that she's
getting married in three short days. Before
Beth and Summer can object, Ashley's fiance
enters the restaurant amid a chorus of
crashing dishes and screams. Bruce may be
the most wonderful man in the world, but he is
also a zombie. Ashley is marrying one of the
walking dead. Beth and Summer are stunned.
Ashley reminds her friends of the wedding
rehearsal and then heads off for more
introductions. An action-filled play full of great
physical comedy and outrageous makeup and
prop effects.
minutes • Comedy,
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Maggie imagines a
quiet spring break at
her aunt’s bed and
breakfast while doing
a bit of research into
her family history. She’s in for a rude
awakening however, when just after she
arrives a man claiming to be a tax collector is
poisoned. There are suspects galore, but
each seems to be hiding something. Even the
police superintendent and his right-hand man,
the Inspector, seem shady. And when a
ghostly figure gets into the action, Maggie’s
aunt, Miss Crump, and her best friend, Mrs.
Fern, are sure it’s the hand of that old witch
hunter, Cotton Crump, stirring things up. Even
with things starting to go bump in the night,
Maggie doesn’t buy the idea that her ancestor
has come back to life. Maggie and her best
friend, June, soon realize that they’d better
figure out who wanted the tax collector dead before someone else takes a sip of tea laced
generously with arsenic.
THE TROUBLE WITH CATS
BY: GARY RAY STAPP
minutes • Comedy,
Notebook Script:
$16.95 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
An
experienced
house-sitting couple
gets more than they
bargain for when a
Minnesota
homeowner intentionally double-books her
lakefront domicile through HouseSitters.com
in order to ensure she can get away from it all
for an entire month. When the second housesitting couple arrives, there is an immediate
clash between generations. In one corner,
there are the upper middle-class and sociallyskilled Julians from New Jersey, and in the
opposite corner, the anti-materialist and freespirited vegans from North Carolina who have
decided they don’t even need a last name.
Personalities collide even further when the
Bombays from next door add their own twist
to being neighborly with either a constant
barrage of trivial pursuits or an onslaught of
candid crankiness. And if that weren’t enough
for the Julians to deal with, they get another
surprise . . . the uninhabitable master suite is
in the midst of being actively remodeled by
the Cheshires, a trio of sisters, two of whom
are skilled laborers with personal problems of
their own and the other who is a chocoholic
ditz. Without a head of household, there is
little rest or relaxation for anyone...except for
maybe the cat...if the house sitters could only
find the elusive little creature.
THE WILL
BY: KAMRON KLITGAARD
MS • 8 females, 4 males, 12 total, 20 extras,
gender flexible • 90 minutes • Farce, Mystery,
A group of strangers are summoned to the
late Colonel Jock Muckhousen's mansion for
the reading of his will. After introductions, Mr.
Muckhousen's lawyer tells the group that they
have to spend the night in the haunted
mansion to "win" the treasured inheritance.
Through exceptional rational powers, they all
realize at the same time that someone is
going to try to scare them out of the
inheritance, so they each devise a plan to
become the last person standing. This sets up
the audience participation element with an
evening "Clue Quest" in which the audience is
ushered out of the venue to find the hidden
key to the treasure. The first team to locate
the key by solving the "Clue Quest" wins the
treasure. The "Clue Quest" is optional; this
script could also be performed as a one-hour
play.
THE TEST
BY: CLIFF MCCLELLAND
ALL • 7-27 females,
5-19 males, 0-30
either, 12-76 total,
doubling possible,
Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
Widely hailed as the
best in parody! A
satire-powered
Saturday Night Live-style play that explores
the pitfalls and potholes of testing in America.
Witness the beginning of testing in prehistoric
times! Become the studio audience for a new
testing game show! Frighten audiences with a
kung fu test prep, participate in a national
driving test with a sixteen-year-old, and
torture audiences with a home pregnancy
test! Humor and satire collide when the "No
Child Left Behind" fiasco - some people like to
call it a mandate - captures the essence of
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what is right, wrong, and heinous in American
schools today. It's all here, it's all fun, and it's
all available to you for the very low price of
two number-two pencils and possibly, an itsy
bitsy piece of your soul in this pulsating
sketch comedy. But remember, "This is only a
test."
DELIA DANCER, DOUGHNUT
GIRL
OFF THE TRACK
BY: MARTIN R. COLLIN
MS HS • 8 females, 5 males, 13 total, 0-8
extras • 90 minutes • Comedy • Script: $6.50 •
performance
males, 13 total, 8
extras, doubling
possible, gender
Comedy, Melodrama •
Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
DADDY'S GIRL
BY: GARY RAY STAPP
males, 1 either, 13
total, gender flexible •
120 minutes •
Comedy • Script:
$7.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $65.00 per
performance
Meet
Benard
Muloovy, proprietor
of Maudie’s Diner,
the
most
nononsense cook you’ve ever met. Bernard gets
served a full plate of comic chaos when his
deceased wife decides to take up residence
as a talking portrait on the diner wall. Enlisting
the services of an angel, Michael, Maudie
hopes to reunite Benard with their long lost
daughter, Elizabeth. True to his mischievous
nature, Michael delivers two Elizabeths, and
Benard’s task is to decide which young
woman is his real daughter. This play comes
fully seasoned with characters like E.L. - a
snobbish restaurant critic after Benard's
secret recipe, Lizzy - a girl with a split
personality, a forgetful waitress, a PhD
student with communication problems, a yinyang geriatric duo, a motorcycle mama, and
of course Darlynn, the woman who has been
trying to get Benard to the altar for years,
because who doesn’t want a second helping
of happiness?. In this contest of laughter and
tears, lines are drawn, sides are taken, and
rules are broken as one young lady reveals a
secret and ultimately claims her paternity, but
not without a twist...or two. A single set, zany
characters, and a heart of gold make this a
great night out for the whole family!
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Good evening ladies
and
gentlemen,
gentle listeners of all
ages, shapes and sizes, and welcome to
tonight’s
episode
of
that
hometown
Hagerstown sweetheart, Delia Dancer,
Doughnut Girl. Dainty Delia Dancer, deliverer
of doughnuts delightful, deals in danger daily
at the hands of her demented, domineering,
demonic, and drooling doughnut director,
Glen Burnie. This modern melodrama
chronicles a ridiculous day and the challenges
and struggles of a young woman who makes
a living baking doughnuts and sweet pastries
in a small-town doughnut factory. Structured
as a radio play, complete with phony
commercials,
parody
songs,
audience
participation, and listener call-in spots, Delia
Dancer, Doughnut Girl stretches theatrical
forms, but is deeply rooted in awful puns and
wrapped around an apple pie and a cup of
coffee of small town life. Radio play?
Readers’ theatre? Staged production? Yes,
yes, and yes!
NEARLY BELOVED
BY: DONALD PAYTON
performance
The Maxwells have their hands full with their
children Caroline and Lucas, but their
youngest daughter Courtney has always been
a ray of sunshine in a cloudy existence. Aunt
Mary even calls her "beloved." Since nothing
exciting ever happens to Courtney, she
makes up escapades from her vivid
imagination to fill her diary with funny as well
as nightmarish stories about her life. Her
daydreams are very private until Mr. Maxwell
peruses the diary and discovers that his
daughter, Caroline, is about to elope with her
boyfriend, Mark, and that Lucas and a friend
have become gang members. After much
mayhem, it’s finally discovered that the stories
are imagined, which is when the tables turn
and Mr. Maxwell takes the tales and runs with
them.
BY: FELICIA METCALFE
A fascinating group of people is thrown
together when a passenger train is derailed
and the passengers wait inside for a relief
train. The group includes three peppy college
girls; a young male law student; a goodnatured Italian woman, Mrs. Guarino, and her
two children; and the wealthy and haughty
Mrs. Reginald Vanderventer. There is also a
nosy old maid, a peculiar deaf man with a
mysterious old suitcase, and an engaged
couple.
The
crowd
is
thrown
into
pandemonium when Mrs. Vanderventer's
missing $10,000 string of pearls is found in
Mrs. Guarino’s bag. Bill Lindsay, the
prospective lawyer, announces that he is
going to hold a preliminary trial and appoints a
judge and jury. With little else to do, the rest
of the crowd goes along with his idea.
Cleverly, Bill clears Mrs. Guarino's name and
exposes the guilty party just in time for the old
maid to learn about the contents of the
mysterious suitcase!
REST ASSURED
BY: DONALD PAYTON
minutes • Comedy,
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Mr. Morlock is a
grouchy old fellow
who won’t let his
daughter marry Joe
Laconi because he’s
poor. So when Joe’s papa, Luigi, comes over
to plead his son’s case, Mr. Morlock says if
Mary weds Joe, it’ll be over his dead body!
Luigi says if they don’t get married, it’ll be
over his dead body! When Luigi has a heart
attack, the feud appears to be over. But Luigi
comes back to haunt Mr. Morlock until he
gives the kids his blessing. Luigi’s ghost,
visible only to Morlock, cavorts around in a
fashion that would put most ghosts to shame.
Poor Mr. Morlock, the entire family thinks he’s
lost his marbles. Then it happens; he kicks
the bucket too! But Mr. Morlock refuses to
leave Earth until things are settled to his
satisfaction, and of course, Luigi says he will
not rest in peace until Mary and Joe are
married. It is only now that Mr. Morlock
realizes his mistakes and begs for another
chance.
* = New Title
BY: VERN HARDEN
minutes • Melodrama,
Comedy • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
Or Have You No
Shame? Set in the
roomy (vacant) Dead
Moose Lodge, this
delightful melodrama
has a myriad of amusing characters, plot
twists, and exaggerated scenes that your
audience will adore. From the harried heroine,
Marginally Modest, to the villainous Brad
Apple, to our splendidly honest hero,
Seymore Stoutfellow, the entire cast has a
moment to steal the show! Ma Belle fights to
save the Dead Moose Lodge from
repossession and somehow manages to hold
off the selfish advances of the lecherous
Judge Jury McBribe. While Granny Fanny is
searching for a husband, Prunehilda fights to
defend her honor, even though no one is
threatening it. Willimena Worm falls madly in
love with Turkey O’Trot and fills him with
moose munchies. And finally Ruben Z. Patsy,
undercover judge posing as an inept bumbler,
arrives to sentence the guilty and perform the
weddings.
DOOM OF DEVILSMOOR
BY: C.P. STANCICH
HS CT • 3 females, 7 males, 3 either, 13 total,
gender flexible • 125 minutes • Mystery • Script:
Sherlock Holmes is back! In London, Holmes
finds himself reluctantly investigating the
persecution of Edward Banks, a gentleman
who is being stalked with the message “The
Doom of Devilsmoor.” When Banks refuses to
provide more information about his own
background, Holmes removes himself from
the case. In the meantime, Watson finds
himself at a house party on a country estate
that includes Banks. Soon a strange parcel
arrives, once more threatening Banks with
“The Doom.” An embarrassed Banks is
compelled to discuss the persecution, leaving
the houseguests to speculate idly - - until
Banks ends up horribly murdered.
Holmes arrives to assist Watson and the local
constabulary. They review the list of
houseguests/suspects, which includes a
detached host, Banks’ fiancée, a wily widow
with a grudge against the victim, a taciturn
housekeeper, and an adventurer who once
shared lodgings with none other than
Sherlock Holmes. Holmes labors to find the
truth about the murder, The Doom of
Devilsmoor, and the relationship between the
two, ultimately uncovering the clues that
unravel all the mysteries in this fun new
adventure with Sherlock Holmes.
"The world is full of obvious things which
nobody by any chance ever observes." - Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle
SUITABLE FOR HANGING
BY: DONALD PAYTON
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Charlie is a lucky
man. He’s marrying
Abby, and he’s a lab
assistant to two zany
scientists who are on
the verge of a phenomenal discovery. Like
any prospective bridegroom, Charlie’s in a
dither on his wedding day. However, the
dither turns into a dazed dilemma when
Charlie’s roommate, Sam, tells him that his
wedding was yesterday and everybody was
there except the groom. CHARLIE MISSED
HIS WEDDING! As it turns out, he missed
another little item of importance: one whole
day of his life. Suddenly, that isn’t all Charlie
can’t remember, as he discovers the body of
a mysterious stranger in his closet, two new
inhabitants in his apartment, and a bag filled
with $100,000. Before long, he’s confronted
by a distraught fiancée, her furious mother,
and the gruesome evidence that he’s a
murderer and a thief. Ultimately, with the help
of some happy accidents and a big dose of
truth serum, Charlie gets the girl.
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designer, Wade Haywood. So what do
Charmaine, Meredith, and Harry do when the
boss fails to show up for work? Not what you
think! There’s no time for loafing when
opportunity is knocking at the agency door,
especially when one stranger shows up with
the disturbing announcement that she’s been
hired as a replacement, followed by the
appearance of another stranger with a big
wallet and a penchant for over-sized models.
Suddenly, what started out as an ordinary
day, becomes an afternoon of high jinx as
brains, beauty, and brawn mix it up in a crossdressing masquerade designed to fool a
fashion industry guru, an IRS agent, and a
Texas oil millionaire. But when the fooled
wise-up to the foolish, good fortune quickly
unravels at the seams and catastrophe of
hilarious proportion looms on the edge of the
fashion runway. And when secrets collide with
good intentions, everyone learns that being
fashionably late is better than never being
fashionable at all.
MURDER WITH TOMATO
SAUCE
BY: DAVID J. LEMASTER
ALL • 13-18 either, 13-18 total, gender flexible •
90 minutes • Comedy, Mystery • Script: $6.50 •
performance
First came the popular Did Someone Say,
Murder? Now comes a new hysterically funny
murder-mystery, as Detective Rathbone
invites the world’s greatest detectives to
dinner and challenges them to solve a
murder. But soon the detectives themselves
are being murdered, one by one. Join the
sinfully
wealthy
Horace
and
Hilda
Higgenbotham, the pompous Inspector
Rupert, the world’s youngest detective, the
insolent Cynthia Salt, and her classless
parents, all of whom must find their way
through fake clues, surprises, and the
appearance of the highly suspicious Red
Herring.
FASHIONABLY LATE
BY: GARY RAY STAPP
HS CT • 8-10 females,
5 males, 13-15 total,
doubling possible • 90
Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.95 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
It’s a get-it-while-youcan attitude in the
world of fashion and
no one knows that
better than the staff of New York City fashion
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A KNIGHT IN MY LOCKER
BY: CHRISTOPHER BURRUTO
7-10 males, 13-19
total, 1-20 extras,
doubling possible,
minutes • Comedy,
Fantasy • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
When
the
great
kingdom of Aragonia
is in danger of falling
into the wrong hands, it's up to Princess
Tuesday to flee the middle ages and return
with a hero. After biting into a magic apple,
she lands at Fairfield Middle School and
meets "Sir Wallace of Fairfield School." The
students, along with Princess Tuesday, outwit
teachers, bullies, and the Aragonian Army to
save her subjects in this time-bending
travelogue full of humor and fun.
body in a wooden trunk that is used as the
centerpiece of the production’s murder
mystery set, but Dolores’ thrills soon turn to
chills when she begins to observe strange
things going on among the production’s
suspicious and dysfunctional cast members.
That’s when her worst nightmare is realized:
Guinevere’s body is gone! But who took it?
Which cast member is on to her horrific
crime? And is that Guinevere herself peering
through the French doors of the set? Find out
the answers when you read this murder
mystery that spoofs Agatha Christie and
Alfred Hitchcock all in one keep-you-guessing
backstage comedy.
CSI - NEVERLAND
BY: WADE BRADFORD
• 90 minutes •
Comedy, Fantasy •
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
VIRGIL WINS THE LOTTERY
BY: EDDIE MCPHERSON
ALL • 9-13 females, 4-7 males, 13-20 total,
performance
Everyone dreams of striking it rich by winning
the lottery except Virgil’s wife, Margaret.
Margaret thinks it’s a waste of money until
Virgil wins the $10,000 Lickskillit lottery. As
soon as Margaret and Virgil get the news,
Virgil quits his job, they join the posh (well,
posh for Lickskillit) social club and overnight
start living in high cotton. And then they get
more news: They didn’t actually win the
$10,000
lottery.
Shamefully
exposed,
Margaret and Virgil start eatin’ crow and learn
that life is good, with or without the winnings,
and then they get the biggest surprise of all.
ACTING CAN BE MURDER
BY: EDDIE MCPHERSON
minutes • Comedy,
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Or The Understudy. Dolores Gordon has
always dreamed of stardom, but the only role
she ever seems to land is that of the
understudy. She decides the only way she is
going to get the lead role in an upcoming
production is to murder the lead actress,
Guinevere Black. Dolores hides Guinevere’s
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CSI meets Neverland
in this marvelous
merger of comedic
mayhem. Murk and
Tinker, Fairy Forensics Officers, are
investigating the mysterious murder of Peter
Pantaloon's shadow. Their prime suspect is
Head Librarian Brenda Brooks, who despises
Seuss, Hogwarts, giant peaches, and boys
who refuse to grow up. As Peter laments the
loss of his shadow, Murk and Tink whisk
Brenda away for questioning and throw her in
a lineup with the infamous Captain Sharp.
Meanwhile, Tink pays the Lab Rats a visit,
only to discover that the culprit could quite
possibly be the crocodile. But the croc died
days ago from over-eating, so Murk and Tink
convince Captain Sharp's girlfriend, Penelope
Moppins, to go undercover. It is Brenda
Brooks, however, who makes the startling
discovery that Peter's shadow was maliciously
murdered by Never's most poisonous fish, the
Red Herring. She also rediscovers love and a
love for the classics.
DEADLY ERNEST
BY: DONALD PAYTON
“Ernest,” and it’s safe to assume that there is
nothing startling, arresting, or even unusual
about the name - except to Henry Gilcrest. It
starts with a triple-whammy, wherein Henry
gets fired, his girlfriend dumps him, and his
Aunt Ethel evicts him because he hasn't paid
his rent. Well, jobless, homeless, girl-less,
and clueless, Henry is now forced to spend
the night in the park, only to meet Mr.
Bumpus, who says that, for the price of all of
Henry's earthly possessions ($17.83), he will
solve all of Henry's problems. Soon after,
Aunt Ethel welcomes Henry back, his
girlfriend wants another chance, his boss
gives him a raise and his life could never have
been better. But there's a twist! Every new
person Henry encounters is now named
Ernest. You’ll enjoy each character in this
rapid-fire, three-act frolic in one set with a
clever finish!
FINDERS CREEPERS
BY: DONALD PAYTON
minutes • Comedy,
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Hercules
Nelson’s
aunt and uncle invite
Hercules and his best
friend,
Lucas,
to
spend the weekend
with them. With bags in hand, the boys arrive
at Uncle Bob’s to discover that Uncle Bob is a
mortician and there’s a funeral scheduled
Monday. Well, it’s not long before things start
happening in ways that would put most brave
men to flight. For one thing, the corpse walks,
reads the paper, and climbs into bed with
Hercules. He gallivants around in a most uncorpus delicti fashion, and the boys are
terrified until they find out that Mr. Quigley, the
corpse, isn’t really dead. Someone tried to
knock him off while he was sleeping, so he
devised a plan: he’d make his family think he
was dead, then show up at his own funeral
and trap the guilty party. No doubt Mr. Quigley
had a good plan and no doubt things would
have ended peacefully, but there were two
elements he failed to consider - Lucas and
Hercules.
minutes • Comedy,
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Throughout history, infants have been named
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14 CAST MEMBERS
STRANDED!
BY: LE ROMA GRETH
BY: MEGAN ORR
minutes • Comedy,
Farce, Hillbilly • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
Pa Belsnickle's third
daughter, Juney Lou,
wants to marry, but
Ma Belsnickle has
decided Juney Lou
can’t get married until Ceelie, a ripe old
nineteen, and Bonnie Mae, the bookworm,
are married. She elects Pa to find husbands
for them. Pa takes his shotgun off the wall
and decides to “wing ‘em," pick out the
buckshot, and have the boys married to his
girls before they know what happened.
Meanwhile, Ronald Maxwell, a medical
student, and his aunt happen upon the
mountain cabin. Both Ceelie and Bonnie Mae
are instantly attracted to the handsome
stranger, but two neighbors decide to fake a
feud to scare Ronald away. Ma forbids Pa to
take a shot at Ronald so he, ignorant of the
other plan, also decides to fake a feud and
shoot a husband for Ceelie. The feudin’ finally
settles long enough for Ceelie and Bonnie
Mae to find happiness and for Ronald to
escape with fond vacation memories.
ONE OF OUR CLOWNS IS
MISSING
BY: ROBERT FRANKEL
MS HS • 7 females, 7 males, 14 total, gender
flexible • 90 minutes • Comedy, Drama • Script:
While there is comedy aplenty, this full-length
play is long on drama, humanity, and
individuality. Sandy takes a job at the SoLong Travel Agency, owned by Lucy and
Carlson, who are planning a museum heist
with the threatening and terrifying Grimsley.
When the mysterious Samuel Hahmberger
enters and asks Sandy to help him smuggle a
few friends to the island of Sorbay, she
senses something is different about him but
agrees to make their travel arrangements.
Inadvertently, she schedules their departure
for the same day as the heist, which is the
same day the hospital aides and police show
up searching for escapees from the local
mental institution. Remarkably, Sandy,
Samuel, and his friends recover the stolen
museum pieces as Sandy learns that Samuel
and his friends are the same patients who
escaped from the institution. This is a greathearted story and a masterwork of fiction.
The beauty queen, the grouchy recluse, the
energetic granny, the dimwitted professional
basketball player, the incredibly average
Jane, the obnoxious Survival Scout, the
presidential candidate who's "Miles Above the
Rest," and Nelson Peabody, the "Smartest
Ten-Year-Old on the Face of the Planet"—all
arrive on a beautiful tropical island only to find
out that they've been trapped! In this comedy
where Gilligan's Island meets Survivor, the
castaways struggle with hunger, suspicion,
fiendish mini-pirates, and a delusional pirate
captain. All the while, they are facing their
greatest test of survival—surviving one
another. Don't miss this ending; it's got an
unexpected twist in which everyone can
participate!
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE
HOMER
BY: RUSTY HARDING, MARCUS RIDNER
• Comedy, Hillbilly • Script: $7.50 • Notebook
performance
Meet Bob and Sharon Wilson, a typical
middle-class couple enjoying a leisurely roadtrip away from the hustle of big city life. A brief
bypass through the eastern Kentucky
backwoods seems like fun, but when their car
breaks down in the isolated mountain hamlet
of Homer, Bob and Sharon suddenly find
themselves smack in the middle of hillbilly life,
complete with a cornucopia of colorful
mountain characters. A quick lunch at Bittie's
Bistro serves up more than Moon Pies and
RC Colas, including an improvised dental
extraction, a raucous (and potentially fatal!)
church service, and a visit from the "Avon lady
from hell." What's even more strange is that
several of the locals seem to recognize Bob.
But, why do they keep calling him "Zorro"?
Find out for yourself, and see why There's No
Place Like Homer...
VIRGIL AND THE CITY
SLICKERS
BY: EDDIE MCPHERSON
minutes • Comedy,
$7.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $65.00 per
performance
The Sludges are
simple
country
people who enjoy the
rural trappings of gardens and green space.
Enter Jennifer and Trish, two highbrow city
slickers whose car broke down and who
desperately need a telephone. The city girls,
who prefer trendy shopping districts and
running water, walk into the middle of several
family predicaments, including a lovers’ spat,
a bad hair day, a miracle tomato-growing
tonic, a cow-impersonating husband, and an
oversized baby who disappears. As the girls
hang around waiting for a ride, the country
bumpkins warm up to the “city folks,” who try
to help the backward family with their
problems. But that’s easier said than done.
And when Jennifer’s fiancé finally shows up to
take her home, things go from bad to worse,
and both country and city folk, as well as the
audience, learn some valuable lessons by the
time the final curtain falls.
THE DEARLY UNDEPARTED
HS • 5 females, 2 males, 7-9 either, 14-16 total,
When grandma refuses to move to a nursing
home to make room for her greedy relatives,
they hold a fake séance so grandpa will tell
her she should leave right away. But what
would happen if the séance actually worked,
and a stranger came over from the other side
and liked it so much he never wanted to
leave!?
NOTEBOOK SCRIPTS
When it comes to organization, the Notebook
Script is hard to top! These 8.5x11" 3-ring
binders include a large-print copy of the entire
play with wide margins for notes and easy
highlighting. Notebook Scripts are perfect for
directors, designers and stage managers who
need to organize cast lists, phone numbers
and other important documents all in one
place.
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FLORENCE, DAVID AND ART
GENIE-OLOGY
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
BY: GREG ATKINS
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
CT • 7-13 females,
7-11 males, 0-2
either, 14-26 total, 0-5
extras, doubling
possible, gender
flexible • 100 minutes
• Comedy, Farce,
Adult Language •
Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
A small-town community theater performing
original work has trouble drawing patrons due
to the competition of a much larger playhouse
that puts on familiar full-scale musicals.
Leading man Conrad decides the best way to
bring in an audience is to give it what it wants.
Suddenly the rumors start flying . . . full frontal
nudity! Leading lady Shelly is none too
pleased when she realizes everyone thinks
it’s going to be her.
A FEUDIN' OVER YONDER
BY: LE ROMA GRETH
extras • 90 minutes • Comedy, Hillbilly • Script:
The Popoff and Fry families have been
feuding for years - ever since one of the
Popoff boys went hunting and accidentally
shot Paw Fry instead of a varmint. That is,
until Rosie Belle Fry steals the only
unattached male in the hills from under her
sister Emmy's nose. Emmy, who'd like to get
"hitched," decides she'll end up an old maid if
she doesn't get one of the Popoff boys. But
how can she marry a feudin' Popoff? She
enlists the aid of Mountain Maggie, the local
healer who's tired of tending to victims of the
feud, to put an end to it. Mountain Maggie,
wise in the ways of human nature, convinces
the widowed Maw Fry and Pappy Popoff to
get over the feudin' with a little Mountain
Maggie love concoction. In the end,
everybody is happy, some are wed, and the
Ozark mountains will never be the same
again. Family audiences will love this hillbillystyle, vivacious comedy.
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HS • 10 females, 5
males, 15 total, 4
Comedy, Drama,
Educational • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
When nine American high school students
enroll themselves in art school in Florence,
Italy, little do they realize how their
perspectives on life, love, and art will be
changed forever. Battling culture shock,
bidets, and homesickness is difficult enough,
but add in summer romances, striking train
workers, and a chaperone that disappeared
five minutes into the trip, and you have all the
ingredients for a summer to remember.
With minimal sets and props and
straightforward sound, lights, and projections,
Florence, David and Art is a multicultural
comedy that touches the heart of the aspiring
artist in all of us and provides a fabulous look
into the humanities and the Italian culture.
Your actors and the audience will walk away
with an extraordinary appreciation for some of
the world’s greatest works of art.
It's the perfect excuse to get out of housework
—or do more of it! Every time Asha scrubs up
a lamp or a vase, a Genie pops out offering to
grant her every wish . . . almost. Rajiv, the
first genie, is determined to teach her
"responsible wishing." The second genie is
Rajiv's wife, Jasminder (or "Jazzy," as she
likes to be called) still bitter about being
housed in a bowl made out of horse dung
back in their days in New Delhi. When Rajiv's
mom comes out of some old bottle in the
kitchen, things really start to heat up! Soon
Asha's got boys fighting over her, she's doing
great in math, and she's got genies there to
make it all come true. But with every wish, if
they bother granting it, comes a price. Full of
great fun and silly jokes; you'll think twice
before picking up a dust rag.
HEADIN' FOR A WEDDIN'
BY: LE ROMA GRETH
minutes • Farce,
Hillbilly • Script: $6.50
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
FOR BETTER OR WURST
BY: CRAIG SODARO
performance
The Wurst Mansion, the great room, meeting
the parents, the anticipation, the IRS, the
blunt object, BUT ABOVE ALL, the suspense!
Arriving at the Wurst Mansion to meet his
fiancee's parents before jetting off to Vegas to
get married, Nick Noir learns that Selma, his
fiancee, has told her parents that he's a
doctor at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. He
also discovers that Selma's father, Otto, is
worth millions. As Nick learns that her parents
are planning an extravagant wedding, Otto's
business manager, Cosmo, tries to find out
what happened to the millions he sent the IRS
for federal taxes. Wiped out, Otto becomes
more and more nervous about how he'll pay
for the wedding and then, worse yet, Cosmo
winds up dead. It's up to the fancy footwork of
gumshoe detective Nick Noir to solve the
murder and patch up his love life with Selma
(and the pushy, gushy wedding coordinators).
Homer Hollowbone is in love with a big-city
debutante named Melissa Dugan, whose
picture he found in a newspaper that was
wrapped around some fish. Pretending to be
everything he is not, Homer begins a
correspondence with Melissa, telling her that
he is a very refined, educated gentleman who
lives in a mansion and who will be vacationing
in Europe over the summer. Trouble brews
when the lovely Melissa arrives (Homer
almost chokes!) to marry the handsome, welleducated young man of the letters and
discovers he’s really a hillbilly, living in an old
shack with his dirty, shiftless family. His pa
merely eats, sleeps and teaches his pet
skunk, Gloria, to do tricks, and his sisters
merely sleep. Desperately, Homer tries to
keep Melissa from discovering his true
identity, but his efforts hilariously misfire, and
Melissa’s method of revenge is pure downhome bluegrass Virginia fun.
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LITTLE WOMEN
BY: MATT BUCHANAN
minutes • Farce,
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Cornelia and her sister, Dorthea, are wealthy
orphans. Their only living relatives are a
hillbilly family who run a general store in Lone
Mule, Tennessee. When their father’s will
requires that the girls spend their summers
with their miser Uncle Cyrus Goolus or forfeit
their share of the fortune, Uncle Cyrus sees a
chance to make himself some money. He
decides to make life miserable for the girls so
they’ll run away and he will inherit the entire
fortune himself. In an avalanche of fun and
laughter, Cyrus shows the girls the absolute
worst of hillbilly living. They don’t get
discouraged easily, however, and Cornelia
even finds herself the object of Slim
Hawkenshaw's adoration. The girls begin to
realize that perhaps mountaineers aren't so
different after all. When Cornelia finds out
about her uncle’s scam, she and Dot pretend
to go all out for the hillbilly life and even show
Uncle Cyrus a thing or two.
MURDER AT COPPERSMITH
INN
BY: DAN NEIDERMYER
minutes • Mystery,
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Answering
an
audition notice for
experienced
actresses
for
a
murder-mystery
weekend at Coppersmith Inn, three high
school girls apply wigs and tons of makeup,
adopt exotic stage names, and draft three
impressive theatrical bios. Unfortunately, they
might look the part, but they don’t act the part.
In one word, they’re “lousy”! But Coppersmith
Inn is in difficult financial straits, so with
opening night less than two days away, the
harried director mindlessly overlooks the fact
that they can’t act and casts them in major
roles—one of which is a male role. What
happens next can only be described as a
hilarious theatrical travesty: cues are missed;
lines are delivered at the wrong times to the
wrong characters; it rains on the wrong
people; wrong entrances and too early exits
plague the play; and as everything else is
PIRATE ISLAND
BY: MARTIN FOLLOSE
minutes • Comedy,
Classics • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
Captain Peach and
his band of moneygrubbin’ pirates have
been roaming the
island for years and
years, searching for a treasure chest that the
Captain swears Bluebeard buried on this very
island before he tripped and fell overboard.
But the gold-loving clan is growing restless
and everything being equal among pirates,
footsore and flat-broke. Mutiny is close at
hand. Meanwhile, on another part of the
island, like Robinson Crusoe or Gilligan and
friends, Barbara and her fellow castaways are
stranded in the middle of who-knows-where
with two lovely cameras, 37 rolls of film, a
hand mirror, 30¢ in change, three sticks of
gum . . . and Barbara’s beat-up, timeworn
trunk. With a clan of misfit pirates, seafaring
castaways, and two bumbling natives, Pirate
Island is a treasure trove of outlandish
adventure “fer all of ya land-dwellers!” Simple
deserted island set.
TEN LITTLE CHIPMUNKS
BY: CRAIG SODARO
MS HS • 10 females, 4 males, 1 either, 15 total
• 90 minutes • Comedy, Mystery • Script: $6.50 •
performance
The laughs, frights, and fights are thick when
billionaire Thaddeus Thornbury realizes the
end of his life is near and invites all potential
heirs to his secluded mansion on Chipmunk
Island. These include his sisters, Isabelle and
Rita, along with Rita's two children; his shifty
lawyer, Noah; his voluptuous secretary, Holly;
his grumpy cook and her cookie-loving
daughter, Coco; and two long-lost country
cousins. When all have arrived, Thornbury
reads his will: the last surviving member of the
weekend party will inherit the entire Thornbury
empire.
Conveniently,
two
strangers
shipwrecked on the island appear just in time
to notarize the will and join the familial
festivities. Following a toast, poor Thaddeus
promptly dies from rat poisoning. Amidst
thunder and lightning, one by one the
potential heirs begin to die, but the murderous
plots are foiled in Sodaro's rapid-fire, doublecrossing mystery.
doubling possible, gender flexible • 120 minutes
• Drama • Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script:
Based on the cherished novel by Louisa May
Alcott, Little Women tells the story of the four
March Girls, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as they
grow to adulthood in Civil War era New
England. The girls endure hardships and
privations, and eventually even a tragic loss,
but their courage, their love for each other,
and the strength of their family bond never
fade. This adaptation stays very close to the
original text and is especially popular with
those who truly love the book. An evening
with sensible Meg, headstrong Jo, quiet Beth
and lively Amy makes a wonderful and
moving theatrical experience for the whole
family.
HAMLET WITH EXTRA CHEESE
BY: MICHAEL FOUNTAIN
15-49 total, doubling possible, gender flexible •
performance
This play dares to ask the questions
Shakespeare was afraid to answer! Lady
Macbeth, troubled by bloodstains—why not
use Oxy-Clean? What is the Crocodile Hunter
doing with Cleopatra's asp? Are there no
plans for a sequel to Hamlet? Does this
witch's outfit make me look fat? Four major
plays are wrestled to the ground: Antony and
Cleopatra, Richard III, Hamlet, and Macbeth.
Students will learn to stop worrying and love
the Bard when they are introduced to
Shakespeare using slapstick, vaudeville
humor and social satire.
THE BLOODY ATTACK OF THE
EVIL, DEMONIC GIRAFFE
PUPPET
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
males, 8 either, 16
120 minutes •
Comedy • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $60.00 per
performance
Rupert, a sociallyconscious teenager,
sets out to make a
documentary titled "Materialism and the
Decay of Morality in Postmodern Society." He
makes the mistake of recruiting assistance
from other students at his high school and
finds his production saddled with a militant
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vegan, an obsessive fan of Japanese comics,
a redneck self-proclaimed movie expert, and
others . . . all giving him terrible advice.
Rupert's
serious
documentary
soon
degenerates into a cheesy slasher flick called,
"The Bloody Attack of the Evil, Demonic
Giraffe Puppet: The Leprechauns Strike
Back." Unfortunately, Rupert has already
entered the movie in a documentary film
contest under its original title.
DID SOMEONE SAY MURDER?
In your production of The Bloody Attack of the
Evil, Demonic Giraffe Puppet, you have the
opportunity to film Rupert's movie using your
own actors/crew and incorporate it into your
performance. The screenplay for the movie is
included within the play script. Downloadable
theme music is also available on our website.
Watch a video from the world premiere at
www.hitplays.com.
Join an array of
wacky characters as
they dine and watch
the world's greatest
detective, Rathbone, solve murders right in
front of their eyes. There's only one catch anyone can be the victim - anyone. Designed
for a single set, Did Someone Say Murder? is
easily managed in small spaces. Can
Rathbone solve the mystery before the killer
runs out of murder victims? Can you solve the
mystery before Rathbone does, or will the
killer manage to escape the evening and kill
again? Murders, false identities, spies,
double-crossings, tricks, surprises, thrills and
a most scrumptious lobster dinner propel this
mystery to its deliciously shocking ending.
(Lobster optional.) Be advised that the royalty
fees stated above pertain to student
productions only, including K-12, colleges and
universities. All other producing groups must
contact us at [email protected]
to inquire about rights and availability.
THE BOARDING HOUSE REACH
BY: DONALD PAYTON
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Dad is called out of
town on a long
business trip and
decides to bring Mrs.
Maxwell along. Their
industrious son, Lucas, seizes the opportunity
and opens up the house to boarders to make
a little extra money. Into the paper goes the
ad, and that night the Maxwell house is
crawling with people. Lucy Burns, a walking
encyclopedia, arrives first; then Mrs. Mott,
who never says a word. Next arrives NinetyVolt Jones and his wrestling wife, Ruby;
they’re followed by Mr. Potter, Limpy
McGuire, and his wife, Nora. Every room in
the house is full, Lucas is doing a bang-up
business, and then it happens. His parents
come home - Dad forgot his briefcase. From
there on out, it’s one mess after another. Dad
has to sleep on the floor, he can’t get in to the
bathroom to shave, and he can’t even read
the paper. To top it all off, it’s discovered that
somebody in the house is a bank robber, and
Dad is mistakenly carted off to the clink!
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males, 4 either, 16
90 minutes • Comedy,
$16.75 • Royalty:
$60.00 per
performance
A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN
BY: MATTHEW CARLIN
CT • 8 females, 7
males, 1 either, 16
110 minutes •
Comedy, Drama •
Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
An
unlikely
relationship is forged
in the quirky tourist
shop called “A Little Piece of Heaven.”
Restless biker Mike, who works in the shop,
finds a friend in the sassy elderly Lily,
although their relationship certainly doesn’t
start out that way. But there’s something odd
about this little shop owned by the equally odd
Elizabeth and Henry. Suspicion and
disagreement turn to respect and trust in this
place where long lost things are finally found.
THE UPS 'N' DOWNS OF
ROLLIN' HILLS
BY: GARY RAY STAPP
CT • 7-8 females, 7-8
males, 2 either, 16-18
total, 0-10 extras,
doubling possible,
minutes • Comedy,
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$65.00 per
performance
It’s
no
longer
business as usual at
Rolling Hills City Hall,
because there’s a new mayor in charge - a
woman! Mavis has her hands full as she vows
to lead her town in a positive new direction.
Fortunately, she has her fellow councilmen to
help: Turk, who’s more of an antagonist than
an ally; Lenny, with a legal background and
mouth to prove it; and Jewel, the secretary
who’s a bottle of peroxide short of the
proverbial blonde. This foursome bands
together to fight the economic woes of Rolling
Hills, caused by their archrival, the town of
Addison Heights. The council meeting soon
gets interrupted by the citizens of Rolling Hills
(all with problems of their own), a French
businessman, a goofball spy, a dog-lovin’
redneck, and the high-brow MacAllisters from
Addison Heights, who intend to steal a major
industrial project from Rolling Hills.
“What a delightfully fun play! Both my
students
and
the
audience
laughed
hysterically. The characters are fun, the set is
simple, and the audience loved it! I encourage
anyone looking for a simple large-cast
comedy to look no further!” - Vicki Markham,
Anderson County High School (KS)
HOW THE OTHER HALF DIES
BY: EDDIE MCPHERSON
MS HS • 7-10
females, 5 males,
4-12 either, 16-27
total, doubling
possible, gender
Comedy, Mystery •
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
In
a
desperate
attempt to become a
member of Harriet Hammer’s posh country
club, Sybil Chasteen invites Ms. Hammer to a
formal dinner party on the same day that she
discovers a dead body in the trunk of her new
car. While Sybil waits impatiently for the
authorities, the corpse, nicknamed Mr. X, sits
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HOT DAMES, HOT LEAD
BY: JIM GUSTAFSON
HS CT • 6-13 females, 5-10 males, 5-8 either,
gender flexible • 65 minutes • Comedy,
Melodrama • Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script:
Gangsters and gals and P.I.’s abound in this
creative radio drama! Bring back the charm of
the days of radio with this good old-fashioned
cops and robbers drama set in a radio studio
and performed by actors gathered around
microphones. Catfish King, Private Eye, is
chasing down a crook and maybe chasing
Lola, the secretary, too. Corrupt politicians
and mafia gunslingers give him a run for his
money as he tries to crack the case.
Featuring live sound effects and musical
commercials, this easy to stage show will
surely be a unique night of theatre!
COOKING CAN BE MURDER
BY: EDDIE MCPHERSON
males, 5-41 either,
16-52 total, doubling
possible, gender
Comedy, Mystery •
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Arrogant James Casanova Valentino Bond is
in the middle of judging a cooking contest
when he (after a dramatic and quite theatrical
death scene) falls over with a thud. It seems
he’s been unmercifully poisoned. Each
contestant is suddenly a suspect who just
happens to have a motive for wanting this
man dead. When Detective Biddle shows up
out of nowhere, he begins his investigation
immediately. And as he questions the
suspects, their stories come to life on stage
thanks to a reenactment team that has been
provided for entertainment value.
Once all the stories are told and the detective
is ready to place his arrest, an unexpected
suspect is brought to light and questioned as
well. Once the guilty party is taken away,
another murder occurs which causes another
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detective to show up out of nowhere. Then he
falls dead. A silly comedy chock full of puns,
sight gags and ridiculous situations that one
could only hope for in a parody murder
mystery.
TILL YOU GET TO BARABOO
LOST CITY OF THE NUNUS
While attending the wedding of a dear friend,
a young man magically finds himself face-toface with every woman he has ever loved and
lost. Naturally, he does a little romancing, a lot
of soul-searching, and a bit of apologizing,
too.
BY: MARTIN FOLLOSE
performance
Hundreds of years ago in the deepest jungles
lived a civilization of Nunus who were
rumored to have collected great riches of gold
and precious artifacts. They were also
cannibals. Ignoring the last part, archaeologist
Shirley Price is bent on looting this legendary
Lost City. When colleague Conrad Cain
discovers an ancient map, Shirley Price
convinces him that it’s time to ditch the
backyard digs and search for the riches of the
Nunus. Before long, the expedition includes
Conrad’s fiancée; Mrs. Breezley, the trip's
financier who thinks they are searching for a
new species of orchids; and two not-soexperienced expedition guides who are being
chased by two nature-disrespecting loan
sharks. Before the expedition finds its
treasure, it is found by the Nunus, who are not
so lost after all! This wonderfully wild play has
a wide range of parts and an easy to stage
jungle set.
SNOW WHITE IN THE '70S
BY: WADE BRADFORD
ALL • 8 females, 9 males, 17 total, 10 extras,
gender flexible • 70 minutes • Comedy, Fantasy
• Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per performance
Travel back in time with Snow White in this
classic fable now set in the magical, what's
happenin' land of the disco-crazed '70s. Snow
White hasn’t had an easy life - until now. At
17, the orphan recently discovered a wealthy
great-great-great-uncle,
Douglas
Digger.
Unfortunately, soon after she meets her only
living relative, he dies, leaving her his many
swanky assets. This doesn’t make Douglas’
trophy wife very happy, and Lola GoldaDigger doesn’t just get angry, she gets even.
When Lola’s attempt to poison Snow White
goes awry, Snow White ends up in the
basement of the disco with seven psychedelic
dwarves spinning vinyl for the disco above.
They hail Snow White as their chosen one,
come to deliver them from their labors, and
swear to help her in any way they can. The
era that gave us bell-bottoms, ABBA, and
"Three's Company" is back with Snow White
and seven dynamite dwarves.
BY: EMMETT LOVERDE
CT • 10 females, 4 males, 3 either, 17 total,
doubling possible • 90 minutes • Comedy,
Fantasy • Script: $7.50 • Notebook Script:
THE VAIN AND THE
HEARTLESS
HS CT • 8 females, 3 males, 6 either, 17 total,
Dueling family businesses, long-lost lovers,
double-crossing backstabbers and backdoor
trysts,
amnesiacs
and
murderers,
philanderers and evil twins—they're all part of
the soap opera. See how two filthy rich
tycoons—Morgan Newbury and Jack Phillips
—try to destroy each other's lives, businesses
and futures. Will Morgan defeat his identical
twin and overcome the attempt to overtake
the family business? Will Morgan's daughters,
Mandy and Mindy, give in to Jack Phillips'
spell and surrender to his maddening
desires? Will the Newbury family beat Jack
Phillips to the new cholesterol-lowering
operation that promises to change the world
forever and make its owner the richest man in
the world? Will Jack Phillips live after
contracting a rare and fatal disease in the
deepest, darkest jungles of Africa? Will
Morgan's wife, Rachael, be discovered in her
affair with Raul, the house servant, and her
evil plot to kill Morgan, murder his children
and take the family fortune for herself? The
answers can only be found in The Vain and
the Heartless.
TREASURE ISLAND
BY: DAN NEIDERMYER
HS • 3 females, 4 males, 10-11 either, 17-18
total, doubling possible, gender flexible • 90
minutes • Comedy, Classics • Script: $6.50 •
performance
Jim Hawkins and his widowed mother run an
old inn in Western England. One foggy
morning, a pirate on the run ends up at the
inn, befriending Jim and pressing into the
lad’s hand a tattered, old, wrinkled and torn
piece of paper. Suddenly, a band of cut-throat
pirates show up at the inn, feverishly
searching for what Jim’s been given! With the
help of his town’s squire, Jim realizes he’s
been given a secret map to a buried treasure
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propped up on her sofa as the list of murder
suspects grows. The police, distracted by a
few other cases, finally arrive only to find
Sybil’s life spiraling recklessly out of control in
this
door-slamming,
phone
ringing,
ridiculously fun murder-mystery parody that
includes backstage rim shots, witty one-liners
and a backyard wedding. Easy staging and
flexible casting.
16-17 CAST MEMBERS
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of gold and silver. Onboard the “Hispaniola,”
Jim learns that the crew they hired are not
sailors but pirates captained by peg-legged
Long John Silver. But Long John Silver and
his treasure-stealing pirates are in for an
immense surprise! The treasure they think
they’ve found has been stolen by a halfcrazed, hilarious hermit. Easy-to-stage with
interactive elements, Treasure Island sails
both cast and audience from the raindrenched English coast to a steamy tropical
jungle on a deserted island.
AMERICAN IDLE (MURDERING
THE MUSIC)
BY: RANDALL DAVID COOK
ALL • 11 females, 7 males, 18 total, doubling
possible, gender flexible • 85 minutes • Dark
Comedy, Mature Theme • Script: $6.50 •
performance
Ryan Seasunk is the hyperactive emcee of
'American Idle: Murdering the Music'. As
viewers tune in, the top ten finalists perform
live for a studio audience and three in-fighting
judges: Simon Callous, the snooty British
critic; Paula Abominable, the relentlessly
perky cheerleader; and Randy Jackalacka,
the monosyllabic, larger-than-life music
producer. Winning, however, takes a
backseat to survival as death threats are soon
realized and the contestants start going down,
one by one. The ratings-hungry producer
keeps hiding the bodies backstage and by
show's end, only one singer remains standing,
ensuring that the music will continue to be
murdered! Please be advised that the royalty
fees stated above pertain to student
productions only, including K-12, colleges and
universities. All other producing groups must
contact us at [email protected]
to inquire about rights and availability.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT
BY: PAT COOK
minutes • Comedy,
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Experience
the
mishaps and missed
cues
of
playing
director and actor
from auditions to
opening night in this riotous tribute to the
gentle art of slapstick comedy. A director is
blackmailed into directing the next show and
casting actors for a large production - the only
production in town. Actor hopefuls flex their
acting muscle, stage managers grumble, the
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sound designer sounds off, and the rumors,
gossip and secrets truly-madly-hilariously
unleash utter chaos in this imperfect, backstabbingly funny backstage comedy that
barely scratches the surface.
secretary, Ms. Robwell, hires two bungling
burglars to steal the money to gain favor with
her boss. Step right up for an evening of
memorable fun with characters like Tipsy Toe
the Rope Walker, Bertha the Bearded Lady,
and a host of other characters.
CYRANO: A NOSE BY ANY
OTHER NAME
VIRGIL'S FAMILY REUNION
BY: JEFF MCKILLIP
BY: EDDIE MCPHERSON
minutes • Comedy,
$7.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $65.00 per
performance
HS • 5 females, 8 males, 5 either, 18 total,
Comedy, Classics • Script: $7.50 • Notebook
performance
Based on the play Cyrano de Bergerac by
Edmund Rostand, this updated romantic
comedy stars a small-town sheriff with a big
nose who would do anything for the woman
he loves...even if it means winning her for
another man! This play has something for
everyone - fencing, fighting, comedy,
romance, poetry and pastries.
A DAY IN THE LIFE
2-6 extras, gender flexible • 60 minutes •
A kiss. A single, solitary, coming-of-age kiss.
When Jason Henshaw turns 13, all he wants
is a kiss from the Holy Grail of Girls, Erika
Summers. What happens on his 13th birthday
instead is a food fight, a trip to the principal’s
office, detention, and a basketball game gone
horribly wrong. What he does receive are the
best gifts of all . . . friendship, and a special
moment with his real crush, Monica.
UNDER THE BIG TOP
BY: MARTIN FOLLOSE
MS HS • 10 females,
8 males, 18 total • 75
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
The bank is going to foreclose on the Marlow
Little Big Top Circus unless Mr. Marlow can
miraculously get the loan repaid in three days.
Unfortunately, he has bigger tent problems.
The lion tamer is afraid of lions, the magician
is claustrophobic, the trapeze artists are afraid
of heights, and two burglars just stole the little
bit of money the circus had saved for the loan.
Down and out, the circus performers are
trying desperately to find enough courage to
put on the biggest big top performance of their
lives and catch the circus crooks before Mr.
Hawkins, the bank president, closes the
circus. Then, Mr. Hawkins’ highly motivated
Sometimes
everything that can
go wrong will. It’s
summer and time for
backyard fun and the
semi-annual Sludge family reunion. The
morning of the disaster begins with the snooty
Yankee neighbor next door, Pamela
Chambers, who warns the Sludges that she
plans to draft a petition for eviction because of
the Sludge’s weed-infested landscape.
Scrambling to prepare for the gathering,
Eloise considers Pamela’s uppity threats
empty until an officer shows up to arrest her
husband for trampling Pamela’s perennial
garden with his four-wheeler. The barbeque
heats up when Virgil and Margaret have their
first real lovers’ spat, Ellard, Virgil’s best
friend, proposes to Virgil’s sister, and the 95year old matriarch of the family announces
her plans to elope with her new boyfriend.
The bedlam continues in this hilarious
account of the worst family reunion in the
history of the Sludge’s nutty family tree.
YOUR GUESTS ARE GHOSTS
BY: JOHN VORNHOLT
performance
Two law students answer an ad for a parttime position at the Peaceful Rest Retirement
Home and soon decide they’ve found a
retirement home for ghosts. A cantankerous
old neighboring farmer arrives, claiming that
the house has been vacant for over 20 years.
As soon as he leaves, the "tenants" start to
appear. Lucy, the owner of the Peaceful Rest;
Heloise, a gum-snapping flapper from the
roaring twenties, and her ne’er-do-well
boyfriend; Colonel and Lady Smedley, two
proper English aristocrats; Tenderson, an
Edgar Allen Poe-ish writer; Willoughby, a
hammy Shakespearean actor; Circe, who
says she was burned at the stake in Salem;
and Tex, a former wild west rodeo star.
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18-19 CAST MEMBERS
extras and cause havoc during the dress
rehearsal. Of course, everything works out in
the end, because the show must go on.
CSI - WONDERLAND
BY: MURRAY AUSTIN
BY: WADE BRADFORD
MS HS • 6 females, 4 males, 8-13 either, 18-23
total, 2-6 extras, doubling possible, gender
flexible • 90 minutes • Comedy, Mystery • Script:
When the detectives from Crime Scene
Imagination arrive to arrest Alice, the poor girl
realizes that she will be returning to a place
that she had tried to forget. A place that she
wished was just a bad dream. A place called
Wonderland. Once Alice jumps back down
that rabbit hole, she gets caught up in a wild
and ridiculous murder-mystery. Someone has
removed the king's head, and the Queen is
furious. Alice and the Mad Hatter must find
the culprit or suffer the Queen's wrath. Filled
with fast-paced humor and fun-to-stage
fantasy, CSI: Wonderland is certain to please
audiences and actors alike.
1-20 extras, doubling possible, gender flexible •
performance
Chicaloo Chicken cheerleaders ("The Fighting
Chicks") Laura, Hannah, and Cheryl have the
dumbest boyfriends on campus. But when a
quirky science experiment transforms these
dim-witted football jocks into certified
geniuses, the lowly Chickens become bigtime winners, and the entire school quickly
spirals out of control. This fast-paced, zany
comedy for teens has hilarious roles for all
and requires simple sets. Try high school
football...Chicken-style!
HOODWINKED AND
HOODOOED
BY: RAY SHEERS
males, 19 total,
minutes • Farce,
Comedy • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
MS HS • 2 females, 2 males, 6 either, 18-30
total, 8-20 extras, gender flexible • 90 minutes •
Comedy, Mystery • Script: $6.50 • Notebook
performance
ZOMBIE LOVE
BY: KATELYN BEYKE
MS HS • 6-12 females, 6-12 males, 6 either,
18-30 total, gender flexible • 80 minutes •
performance
A high-strung high school student is directing
a new play (Zombie Love) at her school, but
nothing is going right. Actors are arriving late
or failing to show up at all. The costumer
knows nothing about fashion. The extras are
upstaging the leads, and the assistant is
secretly in love with her boyfriend. To make
matters worse, a jewel thief and the police
officers who pursue him are mistaken for
BY: PAT COOK
minutes • Mystery •
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
BETTER FOOTBALL THROUGH
HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY
INVISOMERCIAL
Joe Toepeel has revolutionized science with
his latest invention: Invisospray. He is thrilled
to be filming an infomercial for his groundbreaking product, but a rival inventor is not so
happy. He steals the Invisospray and escapes
the infomercial set! It’s up to a fast-talking
pitchwoman to locate the thief, and she just
might need some help! With lots of audience
participation, this play features an optional
“Clue Quest” in which the audience helps to
solve the mystery and catch the crook!
LET'S HANG HIM AND READ
THE WILL
The venom-spewing
actress Lulu LaGroux
is in town, and she’s
mad as a hatter! The critics declared her
latest film a disaster, and her agent, Maurice
Ambrose, wrecked their car killing a farmer's
prize heifer, stranding them at Eddie's Cafe in
Backwater, USA. There, Lulu is hounded by
the press, gawked at by townsfolk who
thought she was long dead, wounded by a
manicurist, poisoned with cranberries, and
finally stuffed into a meat locker. Through all
this she has to endure spontaneous auditions
by acting hopefuls and the playful barbs of
Ziggy, a waiter who will stop at nothing to
knock the despicable Lulu off her crumbling
pedestal. Add to this mad concoction a
lopsided love triangle, a farmer out for blood,
a love-struck mortician, and a mixed-up
fortune teller, and you have a franticallypaced farce full of saucy characters and
enough hoodwinks to make everyone's hands
clap and heads spin.
Beautyrest Springs's
most prominent (and
hated) citizen, F.
Mycroft Tanner, did
himself in. At least,
that’s what Sheriff
Harold Tyred reports, in between his visits
with the maid, who was also seeing the
gardener, who is sweet on the reporter, who
really wants the inside scoop on Mycroft’s
death (and his rather plush will). It is up to fat
cat attorney, Lamar Lee Rascal, to unravel
this tangled web. He is distracted, however,
by his run-in with Mycroft’s daffy sister, who
he left at the altar some twenty-five years ago.
If you think that's all too confusing, wait until
two people show up claiming to be the same
long-lost daughter, the murdered maid’s older
sister puts in an appearance, and a tour guide
starts bringing groups through the scene of
the crime. This riotous spoof is full of soap
opera-isms and will keep you guessing until
the last suspect you suspected is no longer a
suspect.
LOTTO DATE
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
The rodeo! The operaaaaa! High class French
cuisine! The bloom of young people in love . .
. or not. In Lotto Date, the newest television
dating game, three romantic couples have no
idea where they’ll be going—or with whom.
Their loss is our gain, as the couples squirm
their way through challenging blind dates.
While set in several locations, Lotto Date can
be performed easily with simple sets; its fast
moving structure allows many of the cast
members to shine in small ensemble scenes.
Witty dialogue and unexpected twists and
turns make this an audience favorite. So, who
will be voted best couple of the evening? Stay
tuned for the exciting-and surprising-results!
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Unsure whether Lucy and her friends are all
loony, or worse yet, really ghosts, Jim and Lin
reluctantly agree to spend the night and end
up uncovering a devious plan to turn the
home into a golf course.
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19-20 CAST MEMBERS
RAMONA AND JOEL
THIS COULD BE MURDER
BY: AUGUST MERGELMAN
BY: CRAIG SODARO
ALL • 9 females, 7 males, 3 either, 19 total,
Western, Classics • Script: $6.50 • Notebook
performance
performance
Ramona Mae has fallen in love with Joel and
he with her, but the biggest obstacle facing
their love is the long-standing grudge between
their fathers, which originated from a hunting
bet gone sour. Well that, and Joel's mother is
set on gettin' him hitched to the high-falutin'
debutant, Miss Paris. Miss Paris bets Ramona
Mae's friend, Herman, that he can't find a
particular flower and gives him Joel's horse to
look for it. But Joel only knows that Herman
took his horse and so he involves the Sheriff.
When it comes out that a bet was involved,
the situation gets serious. A hayloft balcony
scene with Ramona lurking in the shadows, a
horse named Tybalt, and an ending that
would turn the Bard a shade of red, makes
this western version of the classic tale the
perfect adaptation of Romeo and Juliet for
any theatre or department.
When big-time television producer Noah Lott
drops dead from a little food poisoning (the
murder was done in such good taste), Polly
Dewett, host of “The Polly-Dewett-My-Way
Show,” resolves to solve the murder and write
a book about it for budding detectives: How
To Solve a Murder. First, Polly disables the
vehicles to prevent suspects from leaving the
scene of the crime. Next, she identifies the
suspects, a very dangerous step for any
budding crime-stopper. With an offbeat staff
of experts, all with motive to topple Lott, Polly
decides to throw a “Solve The Murder” dinner
party. All surviving experts are invited to
attend, including the janitor Verna Broomall
and two long arms of the law. After party
favors are distributed and refreshments
served, confusion reigns as two more bodies
turn up and Polly ends up behind bars...in
stripes.
THEY RUN IN OUR FAMILY
MORIARTY'S REVENGE
BY: DONALD PAYTON
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
They run in the
Pennywinner family,
and how! They run,
they jog, they do
push ups, and they
all do their part to make the Pennywinner
residence a veritable gymnasium. All, that is,
except Mom and Peggy, who insist that life
cannot revolve around athletics just because
Dad coaches football, basketball, track, and
baseball for the Central High Frogs. Dad Coach Sam - lives and breathes sports;
daughter Pat aspires to be a wrestling champ;
son Buzz is about to start in his first football
game; and son Alvin lives to wear a Frog
jersey. Dad's football teams have lost 25
straight games and play arch-rival Northview
on Friday night. As the big game approaches,
pressure and pandemonium mount. While the
Frogs' chances for victory become slimmer
and slimmer, it's Peggy who manages to save
the day - and the game - as she and Mom
finally decide, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!"
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MS HS • 3-4 females, 6 males, 10-11 either,
Professor Moriarty has just been sent to
prison…again. This time he swears bloody
revenge on his arch-nemesis Detective
Sherlock Holmes. What Moriarty doesn’t know
is that he’s after the wrong man! It’s a highlyguarded secret that Sherlock Holmes is
nothing more than a cover for the real brains
of the operation - Doctor Watson! Watson has
been hiding behind various actors playing the
famous detective for years, and his latest
Sherlock quits just as Moriarty makes his
escape from behind bars! Who will be the new
Sherlock? Can they catch Moriarty before he
murders an unsuspecting actor? And is
Watson really as smart as he thinks he is or is
someone else two steps ahead of him?
manages a posh Hollywood apartment. Only
one thing stands in the way—Dinglehoffer
secretly lost his shirt on bad investments and
currently owes more than the national debt.
Scandals
and
set-ups,
affairs
and
embezzlements, debauchery and doublecrossings all run rampant in this popular play
of twists, turns, and treachery.
I DON'T HAVE A CLUE
BY: CRAIG SODARO
8-10 males, 4 either,
19-22 total, 0-10
extras, doubling
possible, gender
Comedy, Mystery •
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
When
Carol
Robinson throws an
elaborate murder-mystery dinner party for six
friends, no one is surprised to find a stranger
hiding in the window box or two cops lurking
about—except their hostess. Somewhere
between the Capone caviar and the Ma
Barker biscuits, the guests start unraveling
Carol’s hysterical 1929 “whodunit” and find a
wad of cash stuffed in a trash can. While
Carol’s friends are having the crime of their
lives, Carol is baffled. With a little help from
Carol’s youngest daughter, Corky, Carol’s plot
thickens. Corky (and friends) found $75,000 in
the park, hid it in the house, and are now
being followed by a couple of gangsters, who
are being followed by a couple of salesmen,
who are being followed by a couple of cops.
What started with dinner and a murdermystery among friends ends in hilarious
havoc and heart-pounding fun!
A DARK AND STORMY KNIGHT
males, 13 either, 20
total, 6-8 extras,
doubling possible,
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
THE PRIME TIME SOAP OPERA
PLAY
CT • 7 females, 9 males, 3-5 either, 19-21 total,
Multibillionaire Maurice Dinglehoffer has been
targeted by a con artist—and she plans to
force his hand in marriage and murder him to
inherit the old buzzard's fortune, all under the
clueless eyes of Maurice's daughter, who
Young
Princess
Elenora is bored to
tears by castle life.
When it comes to acting like a princess, she’d
much prefer to fight with the noble knights of
the kingdom. One problem, knights are
always men. The other problem is that she is
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Add to this, the mysterious Dark Knight, a
wizard named Sam, and his assistant Iggy,
who couldn’t be more enjoyable, and you
have a fun-filled, wacky and anachronistic
play!
DON'T TRY TO WAKE HIM,
HAND ME THE SHOVEL
BY: PAT COOK
minutes • Comedy,
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Investigative
reporters Livermore
and Highwater are
determined to get the
Billingsgate Mansion
spooks on the six o’clock news in a last-ditch
effort to save their jobs. Paranoid, they enter
the dreaded mansion in ghost-catching
wardrobe and full ghost gear. One rat-a-tat-tat
sends Livermore running for the exit. Ever try
to get a ghost on the six o’clock news? Here’s
what you get: A ghostswept broadcast with a
squad of lost cheerleaders, a double-dealing
horror of a movie producer and her secretary,
a couple of convicts trying to stash a body in
the basement, and a bumbling policeman on
the prowl. Nobody can tell the guests from the
ghosts, and shortly after the news, it’s every
ghost for himself. Pat Cook gives you all the
comforts of home in this fast-paced farcical
ghost hunt with a ghostbuster named Pookee.
FLUE SEASON - A COMEDY OF
HORRORS
BY: CHRISTOPHER BURRUTO, BILL
CAPOSERRE, TIM SLISZ
S.T.U. becomes greedy and demands more
"food" to feed his massive appetite. Carl
refuses, but when the building warms up and
the principal gets off his back, well, life is
good. Don't worry, it's all a dream, but it's an
outrageously fun, sci-fi dream.
POPULARITY
BY: THOMAS HISCHAK
HS • 12 females, 8 males, 20 total, 0-10 extras,
Clueless meets Grease in this comedy, set in
a 1950s high school and loosely adapted from
Pride and Prejudice, that comically dissects
how much we can trust our first impressions.
The lessons these teens learn about love and
friendship are as true today as they were in
Jane Austen's time. This funny, moving play is
easy to stage and filled with lively scenes and
memorable characters that will delight any
audience.
SURVIVOR: EVERY VOTE
COUNTS
BY: KELLY MEADOWS
MS HS • 13 females, 7 males, 20 total, doubling
possible, gender flexible • 75 minutes • Comedy
How do you stop a charging rhino? Same as
always—take its credit cards! Danger,
romance, and . . . mangos? Who knows what
awaits the contestants in this fast moving
parody of the popular Survivor series as they
cope with the elements of nature—junk
jewelry, chocolate bars, product placement—it
gets wild out there on the savannah! As the
game proceeds, contestants face hunger,
fierce challenges, the mango lady, and lots
and lots of cheating. Series host Pieter
Voorhoof tries to fight against the American
propensity to make everything stupid, witless,
and trivial. Co-host Suzanne Smiley keeps
track of the folks who, one by one, get voted
out of this high stakes game. Quick-witted
dialogue, zany characters, and a fast moving
plot will keep audiences smiling from start to
finish. It took CBS 16 hours . . . it'll take you
75 minutes!
FULL LENGTH PLAYS
VIRGIL'S WEDDING - FULL
LENGTH
BY: EDDIE MCPHERSON
minutes • Comedy,
$7.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $65.00 per
performance
You’re invited to the
social clash of the
century
as
Ms.
Delainie, a high-end
wedding planner, and her assistant are hired
to direct a simple ceremony for two of
Lickskillit’s favorite lovebirds. Guaranteed a
promotion if Margaret and Virgil's wedding is a
success, Ms. Delanie invites her boss, Mr.
Wright, to attend. But it’s a wild romp before
the nuptials are exchanged. The bride doubts
the groom’s love, the in-laws are decorating
the church with Christmas garland, the
reverend arrives with notes for a funeral
service, and the groom ends up spending the
night before the wedding in a lizard trap. The
morning of the wedding is a coordinator’s
nightmare. Too busy with the bride to worry
about the groom, the planners try to explain
the difference between Mr. Wright and “Mr.
Right." Also available as a musical with music
and lyrics written by award-winning composer
Allen Koepke.
T-SHIRTS AND POSTERS
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off to a great start with cool t-shirts. Choose
from dozens of shirt colors, ink colors and
personalize the front and/or back with dates,
quotes, names, slogans, lyrics - it all works!
Plaster your walls with full color custom
posters, too. Simply order online at
www.heuerpub.com and we'll do our best to
make your show a total success! Order early
to ensure delivery before opening night!
performance
Carl, a nerdish custodian, can't seem to get
the school building warm enough to satisfy
Principal Hart. One day Carl discovers a
mysterious boiler in the basement: the S.T.U.
9000 (the most efficient furnace on the
market). Little does Carl know that S.T.U.
stands for "Student Thermal Units." When a
student accidentally gets "fed" to the furnace,
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the only heir to the throne. When the royal
rebel throws yet another tantrum and is sent
to her room, knights-in-training Ogilvy and
Dennis are put in charge of guarding her
chamber door. When Lord Spencer, the king’s
evil brother, tries to kidnap the princess so
that he can become king, the stage is set for a
thrilling adventure.
20 CAST MEMBERS
FULL LENGTH PLAYS
FULL LENGTH PLAYS
20-21 CAST MEMBERS
WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH
YOUR MURDER?
BY: DEAN DYER
8 males, 2 either, 20
total, 3-5 extras • 90
minutes • Comedy,
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
these traitors. Join Joe, Dardalus, Theresa,
and the rest of the kingdom for an exciting
and adventurous new take on one of history's
most loved fables.
THE GREATEST PLAY EVER
WRITTEN
BY: WADE BRADFORD
13-15 males, 20-23
total, 0-10 extras,
doubling possible,
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Fern Standish is in
line to inherit her
father's fortune if she
can prove herself
worthy
of
the
inheritance by successfully creating and
managing a start-up company. Her sister
stands in her way. Each daughter is given
sufficient capital to start a new business. At
the end of one year, the daughter who has
been most successful will win their father's
$25 million estate. Fern decides to mimic the
most successful business in the world:
McDonald's; however, her blatant rip-off
restaurant has trademark lawyers up in arms.
McDoogal's has even bigger troubles, mostly
due to her policy of hiring virtually anyone
who applies for a job. Just when it seems that
things can't get any worse, a customer keels
over dead at closing time, and it appears he
was...McMurdered!
Conflict,
Genre,
Character,
Irony,
Symbolism. In theory,
if all of these literary elements came together
in perfect harmony, you would have "The
Greatest Play Ever Written." In Wade
Bradford's latest play, an ambitious narrator
attempts to do just that. Yet, no matter how
brilliant a play might be, you can't please
everyone. When a critic in the audience
becomes bored, she threatens to give the
play a negative review, unless of course the
playwright agrees to revise the play...and kill
the narrator!
AN EMPEROR EXPOSED
HIGH SCHOOL ELECTION
BY: DEAN DYER
BY: MURRAY AUSTIN
ALL • 12 females, 8-9
males, 20-21 total,
0-10 extras, doubling
• Comedy, Classics •
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
New Topia is a
country ahead of its
time. King Joseph IV,
Joe to his subjects,
believes in a society without separation of
classes. This way of life is working well until
the arrival of Dardalus, a conman posing as a
royal consultant. With the help of his beautiful
accomplice, Vashti, the king’s own haughty
and corrupt sister, Crazella, and her idiotic
twin sons, Dardalus wreaks havoc on New
Topia, scaring people into giving up their
freedom and driving out the king's beloved,
Eleanor. Despite warnings from Theresa, “the
dumb prophet of New Topia,” Dardalus
convinces the king that there are traitors in
New Topia. He persuades the king to don
“magical robes” that can only be seen by
those truly loyal to New Topia in order to find
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It's election time at Stargell High, and the
candidates are ready. Surfer-guy Dag is too
irresponsible to feed his pet shark, Amber
wants to mandate happiness, Lee will soon
end the reign of evil "Big Pizza" corporations,
Pam is threatening opposition voters, Jane
and Joe are crazy in love, and Victor is
homesick for Russian politics. In this
outrageous parody of presidential elections,
candidates all agree to play fair. "If there's no
mud-slinging, we'll all stay clean." Throw in
devious campaigns, double crosses, attack
ads, a wild election rap, a side-splitting
debate, and cheating galore, and "fair"
becomes a relative term.
2222: THE ZOMBIE
APOCALYPSE
performance
February 22, 2222: It’s the Zombie
Apocalypse! When the dead become living,
and the living become dead. And the only
thing that can possibly survive... is love. It’s
the Zombie love story musical comedy
opening soon in a theater near you...just as
soon as we finish filming it, which is just as
soon as we finish writing it, but that’s only if
the Zombies don’t come to life for real. And
maybe they already have...
AIN'T SHE SWEET
BY: CRAIG SODARO
performance
Harriet Gunther's Chicago boarding house for
young ladies almost loses its good reputation
in a single night in 1925. Three gangsters
posing as new "help" invade the house
looking for a treasure supposedly hidden
there by Two Ton Tommy, a notorious but
now dead gangster. To complicate matters,
the world's greatest screen lover and his
director take refuge in the house to escape
rabid fans, a would-be writer promises to do
anything to find the girl of his dreams, and
father and son tycoons insist on impressing
as many of the girls in the house as possible.
Topping it off, a nosey neighbor is sure
Harriet is running a speakeasy. Is it any
wonder several of the girls fall hard for the
intruders? Chicago in the '20s - it's exactly
what made the decade roar!
ALMOST TREASURE ISLAND
BY: EDDIE MCPHERSON
minutes • Comedy,
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Jack and his buddies follow a treasure map to
a secluded island where a priceless treasure
is supposedly buried. Led by Roger, "Captain
Sir," and entertained by Magician Jeff, the
boys arrive to discover that they have only
half of the map. Jack’s sister, Sarah, stole the
other half, and she too travels to the island
with her friends in search of the treasure.
Unable to find the riches with half a map, the
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The Spirits of Valentines Present, Past, and
Future appear and revive a few ghosts from
DeWilder’s past to teach him a lesson he’ll
never forget. Things take many unexpected
turns...from rebellious actors who rewrite the
script, to a surprise appearance by Tiny Tim,
to a goat costume instead of a ghost costume,
and even to real ghost hauntings.
MISS-FORTUNE COOKIE
SEASICK
BY: DAN NEIDERMYER
MS • 15 females, 6
minutes • Melodrama •
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Or Cast Adrift in the
Sea of Life Without
an Anchor. Winslow
P. Downs, III is a
swashbuckling,
exciting, debonair hunk (though his head
cavity does indeed carry around a lot of empty
space). To Emmymaesue, he is every bit as
dashing as he was the first day they met and
then some! But the dastardly Vidor Simon
Persellen
unleashes
a
fiendish
scheme...unless Emmymaesue agrees to
marry Vidor, Granny Sketchington will be lost
in a blustery midnight snowstorm, Aunt Molly
and Aunt Mona will perish in sub-zero
freezing
cold
temperatures,
and
Emmymaesue will be tied to the railroad
tracks! Emmymaesue’s life is fraught with
serious trouble...could all be lost due to this
tragic turn-of-events? In the fashion of the
1890’s vaudeville melodramas, Seasick
provides grand entertainment as the cast
hilariously attempts to foil the sinister plottings
of the heartless Vidor Simon Persellen.
SHOWTIME FOR OSCAR - FULL
LENGTH
BY: RAY SHEERS
ALL • 10 females, 11 males, 21 total • 90
performance
Loosely based on Dickens’ “A Christmas
Carol.” The Scrooge-like Oscar DeWilder is a
scathing theatre critic whose reviews are
feared throughout the theatre world. He is just
as cruel to his housekeeping staff and Claire,
his lovely niece, so they decide to teach him a
lesson. Claire is engaged to one of the
Piccadilly Players, a troupe recently
lambasted by DeWilder, and they lend their
somewhat dubious talents to this worthy
cause. Davidson Harley appears and warns
DeWilder that he’ll be visited by three spirits!
performance
What does it mean to be a friend? And have a
best friend? Monica and Blair have been best
friends for years, but that friendship is facing
its toughest challenge. Blair can’t keep a
secret, and she’s forgotten Monica’s birthday.
When Monica opens a fortune cookie, it says
simply, “Make a wish…” Monica’s wish is for
Blair to stop speaking. What follows is a tale
of friendship, and love, and wishes coming
true.
GRITS AND GRAVY
0-8 extras • 90 minutes • Comedy • Script:
In a desperate attempt to save money and
boost ratings, the President of the Letz Eat
Television Network, Robert Gourmet, sends
his reporters to the small town of Magnolia
Blossom, Alabama, to cover the town’s
annual Grits and Gravy Festival. Held
annually at the local truck stop, this
extravaganza features a pageant with three
very competitive contestants whose talents
include taxidermy and putting a Corvette
engine on a John Deere tractor. Citizens,
visitors, reporters, and network viewers and
actors all combine to tell a truly hilarious tale
of
small
town
quirkiness,
network
mismanagement and fried food.
HARD LUCK
BY: CRAIG SODARO
7 males, 23 total,
minutes • Comedy,
Western • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
When heiress Loweena Nordstrom starts
smothering boyfriend Norman Crankfield with
a little too much “heir,” the young salesman
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hops a train headed West for a breath of fresh
air and a new start. It’s 1925, and mobsters
crop up everywhere. Norman suddenly finds
himself the sole witness to a mobster murder.
To save his neck, he jumps off the train at a
dried up watering hole called Hard Luck
where Jenny, a star-struck lonely waitress,
mistakes Norman for the famous film star,
Rudolf Falentino. Soon Norman is promising
the townsfolk that his film company is en route
for Hard Luck. Unfortunately, Loweena, Ma
James and a greedy land developer also take
root at the Drop On Inn in Hard Luck and kick
up dust in every corner. Jenny wants Rudolf,
Norman wants Jenny, Loweena wants
Norman, Ma James wants money, and
Graven Slade, the double-dealing land
developer, wants Hard Luck.
HIGHER POWER
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
gender flexible • 110 minutes • Drama, Comedy
The asteroid should have destroyed all life on
Earth. Instead, it crumbled into nothing and
moments later, there were reports of a flying
man sighted all over the East Coast, a man
they now call Miracle. In the days that
followed, a small handful of people found
themselves with superhuman powers. Some
became heroes, some became villains, some
worked as soldiers for a government hungry
for their talents, and some simply tried to get
on with their lives. Now, exactly ten years
later, those who found themselves with
superhuman powers are being summoned to
a Baltimore deli by a mysterious woman who
exposes the raw truth that despite their gifts,
they are still painfully human. One more thing,
the mysterious woman can see the future and
the world ends in less than two hours.
ONCE UPON A FAIRY TALE FULL LENGTH
MS • 3 females, 6 males, 10-14 either, 23 total,
doubling possible • 90 minutes • Comedy •
Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75 •
Once upon a time lived Beullah the Witch and
her more winsome sister, Francine. They
were as opposite as opposite could be.
Jealous of Francine’s beloved daughter,
Princess Rose, Beullah gives Princess Rose
an evil curse. Thanks to the curse, Princess
Rose grows up to be a “Royal Pain.” Now, 21
years later, Princess Rose must get married
to be queen. Yet, who will marry such a bad
apple? None other than Jonathan the meek
assistant (to the assistant) shepherd. But
before they can live happily ever after, they
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girls cook up a plan to swipe the other half
from the boys, but the boys overhear the
scheme and devise a counterplot. In an
attempt to scare the girls off the island, the
boys find themselves in a cold sweat as they
stand face-to-face with the Jungle Man.
Several sight gags and laughable characters
make this a must-see farce that keeps the
audience on course for a fanciful ending!
21-23 CAST MEMBERS
FULL LENGTH PLAYS
FULL LENGTH PLAYS
24-25 CAST MEMBERS
must overcome Beullah the Witch and a band
of bumbling trolls.
* CRAMALOT
BY: LAURIE BRYANT
males, 12 either, 24
total, 4-10 extras,
doubling possible,
Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$75.00 per
performance
A narrator introduces
the audience to a
time long past, where
young academic-minded people were mired in
an educational culture that didn’t meet their
needs. Arising from the mass of mediocrity is
Arthur, who assumed his rightful destiny as
King of the Students when, as a lad, he laid
hands on Excalibur, a text of extraordinary
length that he alone could read. Arthur travels
the land in search of other gifted students to
join him at Cramalot, a place where they can
read, write and share ideas—preferably
without being shut into medieval lockers.
Along the way, Arthur and his growing band of
brothers (and a sister or two, courtesy of Title
IX), are aided by the Lady of the Lake, the
famous Student-Assistance Counselor, and
are charged by the Supreme Being?The
Superintendent of Schools, with securing the
Holy Grail, an Ivy League diploma. Arthur and
his Knights of the Library Table learn many
valuable lessons along the way, and poke
more than their share of fun at students,
teachers, parents, administrators, and, well,
the state of education in general. (As if it isn’t
funny enough on its own.)
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE
DAME
BY: CRAIG W. STUMP
12 males, 24 total,
minutes • Comedy,
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
Two witty narrators
relate this familyfriendly
stage
adaptation
of
Quasimodo's experiences with his evil
guardian, the dazzling gypsy queen, and the
zany nuns of Notre Dame. Frollo's lust for La
Esmeralda
results
in
Quasimodo's
punishment in the town square and the
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attempted murder of La Esmeralda's
husband, Pierre Gringoire. Only Quasimodo's
intervention saves La Esmeralda and Pierre
from the gallows, but a jealous Frollo attacks
the gypsy queen again and tragedy
deservedly descends upon Frollo. It is the
King and Queen of France who determine La
Esmeralda's guilt or innocence and her
ultimate fate in this timeless, heartfelt tale.
MIND BOGGLING
BY: LAURA WOEBBEKING
flexible • 90 minutes • Comedy, Farce, Fantasy
palooza! Unfortunately, it’s one disaster after
another until the students realize that love is
not something that can be manufactured and
manipulated with love letters, poems, potions,
or any other magic except the genuine magic
that comes from the heart.
ROBIN, THE WITCH AND THE
CHALLENGE
BY: CRAIG SODARO
MS HS • 14 females, 10 males, 0-2 either,
performance
After visiting the quacky Dr. Noseitall, Pat is
told that his simple headache can only be
cured by a mind-body transplant. It's one
crazy crisis after another when he is given a
prescription for a designer-brand body and
visits Body-Mart to make his purchase. This is
no easy decision, and the Body Mart is no
ordinary store. Blue-light specials, falling
prices, employees with attitude, and
wandering bodies all come together to make
this story an unforgettable thrill. Pat's
problems are only complicated by a
demanding boss, his daughter's punk
boyfriend, and the annoying town gossip. This
near-perfect comedy with a twist ending will
leave your audience in stitches and the
women in the audience triumphant! It may
also finally answer that nagging question:
"Just where is that UPC code anyway?"
The Sheriff of Nottingham has had enough of
Robin Hood and makes a deal with the
powerful sorcerer Maudlen to have the Prince
of Thieves and his cohorts sent through time
to the future. Robin and his Merry Men end up
in modern day America, right in the middle of
a reality TV series called Fox Camper
Challenge. With the urging of the show's
obnoxious hosts, four teams are competing
for a five million dollar prize, and Robin's gang
is mistaken for the fifth. As the teams begin
their challenges, the Sheriff, because he has
reneged on his deal with Maudlen, gets sent
to the same time and place and is soon
followed by Maudlen and Marion, his "ugly"
sister. With spells being cast right and left and
mix-ups galore, the final scene tosses the
characters into hilarious peril. Only at the last
minute do “pigs fly” so the Merry Men can
return safely to their own forest and time.
MUCH ADO ABOUT MIDDLE
SCHOOL
FOR WHOM THE TINKERBELL
TOLLS - FULL LENGTH
BY: RAY SHEERS
11 males, 24 total, 20
• 90 minutes •
Comedy • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
Monica likes Jason,
Jason likes Erika,
Andrea likes Reilly,
Reilly is clueless, and
they’re
all
overwhelmed by too much homework, too
many tests, pop quizzes, and teachers with
nothing better to do than assign essays. And,
unless they have good grades, the principal is
going to cancel the Sixteenth Annual Super
Sweetheart’s Dance Extravapalooza - the
biggest social event of the year! The students
decide that if they can just get their single
teachers to fall in love, they will end up with
less homework, their grades will improve, and
everyone will get to attend the Dance-a-
minutes • Comedy,
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Snooks
Beacon's
afterlife
in
an
abandoned
theatre
will never be the
same
when
he
receives a surprise visit from the One in
Charge and she orders him to work the Grim
Reaper shift for interfering with the living. If he
collects the selected souls in less than 48
hours, he will be allowed to haunt the theatre
indefinitely; if not, he’ll end up on another
sinking ship. Grabbing the death dust, Snooks
is off and running. With two souls in tow,
Snooks inadvertently picks up an extra soul in
the park (a mime) and then visits the last soul
on the list, Ernst Koomquat, who manages to
flush the death dust down the toilet. Short on
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BLACK HEARTS AND BEARDED
LADIES
BY: RAY SHEERS
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
MY SON THE ROCK
BY: MARTIN FOLLOSE
performance
Once upon a medieval time there lived a
chivalrous king and his weak-kneed son,
Prince Plucky, in a most contemporaneous
castle: they discuss women's rights,
unemployment, and counting calories right
along with treason, dungeons, and swordfighting. King Norom is turning 60 and would
like to bequeath the kingdom to his son, but
he is worried about Plucky’s leadership
qualities. In addition, the Witch and Mr.
Steelson, a trusted advisor, are plotting to
overthrow the king and take over the country.
The evil duo kidnaps the Prince and locks him
in the dungeon with Princess Alaina. When
French sculptor Pierre arrives to create a
stone monument of the King, the royal family
jumps to the conclusion that the Witch turned
Prince Plucky into a rock. Meanwhile, Plucky
and Alaina break out of the dungeon, fall in
love, and disguising themselves as Sherlock
Holmes and Ms. Watson, foil the evil plot.
THE WORST PRODUCTION
OF THE SNOW QUEEN EVER
*
When
four
rude,
crude,
unladylike
ladies
take
up
residency
at
the
Sweetwater Inn and
claim to be magicians, the lovely inn is turned
upside down. The four are actually the
fiendish, thievish Bearded Lady Bandits
incognito, and they’re staying at the
Sweetwater Inn along with an odd but
hilarious assortment of other drop-ins,
including Clarissa, a fortune-teller who all-tooaccurately predicts doom; Fredrico Vinyofski,
a mysterious swindler competing with the
Bearded Lady Bandits for financial growth;
Luna, a maid who eats the occasional fly;
Franklin and Pickles, two likable but lazy
relatives; Dr. Frankenmirth, an egotistical
psychiatrist; and Mr. Mimms, a lovable lodger
looking for love in all the wrong places. This is
definitely a full house, but family’s family and
when the wealthy, headstrong, and triggerhappy Aunt Golda arrives to announce her
sixth marriage, the real trouble begins.
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO
THE OVEN
BY: TIMOTHY PECHEY
BY: KEMUEL DEMOVILLE
minutes • Farce •
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
70 minutes • Fantasy, Farce • Script: $7.50 •
performance
In this wonderfully imaginative play-within-aplay, student actors are on set to produce
Hans Christian Anderson's classic fairy tale
The Snow Queen. Like all great fairy tales,
this play has everything including a selfabsorbed narrator, orphans, talking flowers,
robber children, guards that occasionally
guard, and ditsy snowflakes who all try to help
(and sometimes hinder) Gerda’s efforts to
save her brother from the evil Snow Queen.
We’re off to many different lands and meet
many different characters to experience what
many consider the worst production of The
Snow Queen EVER!
Winifred Witch is
dead. According to
Dr. X. Ray, she was
hit on the head with
an electric frying pan
and dumped unceremoniously into her own
oven. Detective Herlock Sholmes is
convinced Gretel Goodietwoshoes is the coldblooded cook, and so is the prosecuting
attorney, and so is Judge Quinella
Questionable, but Gretel proclaims her
innocence once more before the case is
hurled to the twelve-member jury chosen from
the audience. After ninety minutes of parading
witnesses, shocking exhibits, precarious
arguments, and one recess . . . two scripted
conclusions are provided, one for each
possible verdict, and the cast reacts
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spontaneously to the “not guilty” or “guilty”
verdict. This courtroom farce is easily staged
with a simple interior set, modern costumes,
and a minimum of technical directions. Expect
the unexpected in Judge Questionable’s
courtroom!
I WAS A TEENAGE CHAMELEON
BY: EDDIE MCPHERSON
Average Joe and Jane Doe are ordinary
teenagers who want to fit in – their dreams of
becoming popular overshadow everything
else in their lives. Joe’s ultimate goal is to
make the school’s paddleball team because
playing paddleball is the ultimate in coolness
at Typical High. Meanwhile, Jane sacrifices
her lifelong friendship with her nerdy BFF,
Eunice, in order to be accepted by the most
popular girls in school. The Symbolic Ladder
of Popularity stands on stage throughout the
play, reminding the protagonists (as well as
the audience) of their ultimate goal. They
MUST reach the top of that ladder – no matter
what the cost.
ALL THAT TWITTERS IS NOT
GOLD - FULL LENGTH
BY: RAY SHEERS
minutes • Comedy, Fantasy • Script: $6.50 •
performance
With a flair for verse, a Goblin puts a
disastrous, yet hilarious curse on the beautiful
Princess Colleen. The Queen declares a
"kingdom of emergency" and orders
Twittering, the Court Soothsayer, Plumber,
and Inventor, to reverse the curse and return
beauty and poise to the Princess. Using the
Magical Yellow Pages, Twittering finds an ad
for DeWangler Pest Control in the 21st
century and travels with three members of the
medieval court to the "the other side" in
search of an answer. Elliot DeWangler is
forced to take a vacation like no other and
traverses time to terminate the Goblin. With
the help of Twittering, the unlikely hero finally
discovers the Goblin's only weakness and
saves the Princess in a sensational, fairy tale
ending. Full of witty verse and rhyme, this
comedic fantasy is sure to please.
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time, Snooks runs back to the theatre with the
souls to find the One in Charge of the One in
Charge waiting for him, but the all-powerful
femme is a forgiving soul. She gives Snooks
haunting rights to the abandoned theater,
releases Koomquat, and decides a mime is a
terrible thing to waste.
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BECOMING JULIET
BY: DEAN DYER
minutes • Comedy,
Educational • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
When Sibley High
School's spring play
is cut due to lack of
funds, Ms. Andrews
turns to Romeo and
Juliet, since it’s in
public domain and she’s pleased at the
chance to cast J.J. Baker as Juliet. J.J., a
senior who’s never had a leading role, is
perfect for the part. But Madison Engers,
Sibley’s usual leading lady, isn’t going down
without a fight. Especially since her boyfriend,
high school hunk Joey Pulaski, is playing
Romeo. But J.J. was hoping Dylan, the
talented rebel, was Romeo. Ms. Andrews
personally agrees, but Dylan refuses to
audition. Nevertheless they are looking at a
good show until Joey Pulaski breaks his leg.
Will J.J.’s final chance at a leading role be
swept out from under her before the big
show? Will Dylan finally become the Romeo
she always dreamed he would be? Will
Madison get over herself enough to let J.J.
have the spotlight?
TWIN DESPERADOS
BY: CHRISTOPHER VILLA, GREG ATKINS
minutes • Comedy, Western • Script: $6.50 •
performance
A velvet-voiced radio announcer sends us
back to the days before television, when
families sat by the radio every night and
listened to their favorite shows. As he speaks,
the characters come to life on stage...in living
cowboy color! It seems that the bleak little
town of Armadillo, where bad guys run
rampant and even a pretty schoolmarm can't
get a date, is in trouble. The Masked Avenger
and his trusty sidekick, Howdy, fresh from
their latest scrape with evil and plumb out of
clean costumes, ride into town looking for a
laundry and find themselves up to their sixshooters in dirty deeds. On their heels are
another pair of crime fighters who look and
act exactly the same as the first two! All four
heroes are in search of their long-lost twin
brothers from whom they were separated at
birth. Their quest has taken them across the
West, with feats of courage and decency, and
the occasional commercial plug. Burning
questions arise: Will the twins be reunited?
Will the villain’s evil plot succeed? Will love
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blossom on the prairie? Will any of the villains
bathe? And why are our heroes still carrying
their blankies?
This full-length wild west adaptation of
Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors features a
large cast of radio actors, gunslingers,
sidekicks, damsels in distress, and new found
loves. This play has all the adventure of an
old B western radio show that comes to life
before your eyes (down to the commercials
for "Cowboy Ken's Sugar Bullets, the cereal
with a real lasso in every box)!
THE OXY-MORONS
10 males, 8-9 either,
27-28 total, 0-10
extras, doubling
possible, gender
Comedy • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
Everyone hangs out in the school lobby
between classes. It’s the place to see and be
seen. Jason Henshaw and his friends:
Dewey, Skiz, and Riley have sat at the same
spot since sixth grade - even through the
chicken nugget scandal and the eighth grade
coup d’ état. When a group of girls (including
his on-again-off-again crush, Monica) lay
claim to the spot, trouble ensues. They decide
to have a contest: who can pull off the best
practical joke, with the winner claiming the
spot for the rest of the year.
melts at the sight of Mr. Hunk. Out in the cold,
Snow Storm hires a slew of slimy characters
to sidetrack Wendy and blackmails Lance
Lustre into recalling the Miss Starlet title.
Snow’s plan runs amok when Wendy is
rescued by the Seven Daze, the newest
washtub-cowbell-kazoo playing sensation in
Winterville, and Snow finds herself in the
middle of winter without a snowblower.
A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S TEXASSIZE NIGHTMARE
60 minutes • Farce • Script: $6.50 • Notebook
performance
The Armadillo Flats Community Theater has
never produced what one would call quality
entertainment. Abigail Yokle is trying to direct
one
of
Shakespeare’s
great
comic
masterpieces, but the budget is limited and
the rental company sent costumes for every
production except A Midsummer-Night’s
Dream. Yet Abigail is not about to let the
wrong costumes and a lack of talent stand in
the way of a bad production. The actors
appear as characters from the 1920s, the
1950s, a cat, a lumberjack, a disco dancer, a
sailor and a host of characters from other
shows. Locals also use the theater to
advertise businesses and make political
speeches. Other distractions include an
audience member who forgets to silence a
cell phone and a snake that crawls into the
theater through a hole in the wall.
THE ENVELOPE PLEASE
THE MISS HIGH SCHOOL U.S.A.
BEAUTY PAGEANT
BY: TIMOTHY PECHEY
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
A chance to star in
Howard
Hunk's
upcoming film is the
first prize at Tonight’s
Entertainment's
nationally televised talent contest, hosted by
the network’s most glittering personality
(flaw), Lance Lustre. At The Winterville
International Talent Search (TWITS for short),
the two most important contestants include
the eminently gracious Wendy White and
Wendy’s
talentless,
spoiled-rotten
stepdaughter, Snow Storm. After winning TE’s
talent contest, Wendy is propelled into the
spotlight as Starlet of the Year and nearly
total, 0-10 extras • 90 minutes • Comedy • Script
: $6.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75 • Royalty:
Pandemonium breaks out at the local high
school beauty pageant when the pageant
director hires a couple of dimwitted tech guys
to sabotage the contestants. To add to the
confusion, Miss English gets stage fright, Miss
Art's father wants her to come home to do her
chores, Miss Drama's friends want to get into
the act, and Miss Valedictorian recently had a
brain operation. Just as the winner is to be
announced, the pageant erupts into total
disarray. Audience members judge, and
hilarity ensues.
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THAT SIXTIES PROM
CINDERSTEIN
BY: DEAN DYER
BY: RAY SHEERS
HS • 17-20 females, 12-14 males, 1-5 either,
30-39 total, 1-5 extras, doubling possible • 100
performance
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Looking for a little R
& R from the stresses
of criminal behavior,
the Bearded Lady
Bandits
stumble
across an ad for Lucy Boa’s Bed & Breakfast
and decide a quiet, out-of-the-way inn will
make the perfect hideaway. However, Lucy’s
husband and his partner, the eccentric Mr.
Pupinski, are in the process of putting
together a circus. The house is full of circus
trappings and a crazy clown named Harpo
who, like his namesake, creates hilarious
havoc wherever he goes. To complicate
matters, Lucy Boa has just had another car
accident, this time with Vita Rottenswapper,
an important client of Lucy’s daughter, Rosie.
Rottenswapper (against her better judgment)
has no choice but to spend the night at the
inn. When Edna Rice arrives, certain her
boss, Vita Rottenswapper, has met with foul
play, the insanity takes an outlandish turn.
They can’t find Rottenswapper, and it’s time
to sing circus carols!
THE PENNY DREADFULS
BY: RAY SHEERS
minutes • Dark
Comedy • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
In this fast-paced,
darkly comic play
reminiscent
of
Dickens' Oliver Twist,
the Penny Dreadfuls
are orphans and runaways who spend their
nights and days working for the evil Professor.
The arrangement has been very profitable for
the Professor until Mad Aggie, a former
Penny Dreadful now disguised as the town
lunatic, vows revenge on the Professor for
sending him to jail. And revenge was never
sweeter! When the Professor’s bizarre family,
who thinks he’s a respectable businessman,
comes for an unwelcome visit, the Professor
mysteriously disappears and his family
becomes suspicious. When the Professor
finally reappears, his desperate cruelty
shocks everyone.
West Middleton High has a long tradition of
putting on lavish proms. In fact, the tradition
has become more of a competition with crosstown rival East Middleton. When Kellie Hart,
chairperson of last year's prom committee at
West, discovers that the West Side Food
Bank is closing due to lack of funding, a burst
of idealism and activism kicks in and she
encourages the student body to vote for a
change. She wants her class to organize a
prom with a 1960’s theme and donate the
leftover money to the food bank. But the
West’s prom queen won't be turned back so
easily. She finds a district policy which
requires school board approval for significant
changes to traditional activities. Suddenly, the
issue hinges on the seven member board of
education, and a 40-year argument between
two brothers over the Vietnam War.
MARTIANS OVER BROOKLYN
BY: LAURIE BRYANT
MS HS • 16 females, 8-10 males, 7 either,
total, doubling
possible, gender
Comedy • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $60.00 per
performance
Help! The local high
school drama teacher
wrote his own version
of Cinderella by combining the Princess's tale
with the story of Frankenstein, but the
production is bombing: The Fairy Godmother
wants to be called the Fairy Goshmother,
three new stepsisters must be added to the
cast, several actors quit, and the extras are
fed up with being extras. Then, after being
forced to play a girl, one of the boys worries
that if his father, an avid sports fanatic, sees
him his acting career will be over. Despite the
director's explicit instructions that the Prince's
Ball scene must be slow and elegant, the cast
speeds it up to super-speed so that the boy
won't be seen, but the actress playing the
Queen is incapable of improvisation and can't
keep up. When Dr. Frankenstein drops
Cinderella's brain and replaces it with a cat's
brain instead, this insane production changes
beyond even the director's recognition.
In 1938, "Martian Panic" swept across
America. On the eve of Orson Welles’ radio
broadcast, "The War of the Worlds," a
Brooklyn neighborhood comes alive. The
Bonacellis and their neighbors have all been
avoiding something - the desertion of a father,
a perpetually impending wedding, or the
reality of their true situations. When the radio
announces, to their horror, that Martians have
landed in New Jersey, chaos ensues.
Emotions run high, and class and personal
warfare erupts, as the group awaits the
impending invasion...only to discover the
truth. In this touching comedy, a group of
neighbors learn to accept their own realities
and face their fears.
Martians Over Brooklyn had its world
premiere at Lagrange Middle School (NY).
The student body especially enjoyed the recreation of Orson Welles' radio drama.
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EPONINE
OUT OF GOLD
BY: T. JAMES BELICH
BY: BRIAN FEEHAN
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HS CT • 1 female, 1 male, 2 total • 40 minutes •
Drama, Social Scene • Script: $5.50 • Notebook
performance
ALL • 2 males, 2 total
• 15 minutes • Dark
Comedy • Script:
$5.50 • Notebook
Script: $12.75 •
Royalty: $30.00 per
performance
All Eponine ever wanted was someone to talk
to, someone who might remember her when
she's gone. A chance encounter in New
York's Central Park brings her together with a
stranger who, although from a vastly different
world, finds himself drawn to this strange but
lovable street urchin. What begins as a
moment of kindness becomes a life-changing
encounter, and for Eponine, it's just in time.
A man visits a doctor
because he believes
that he is turning into
straw.
SENSITIVITY, U.S.A. - ONE ACT
HEAD GAMES
BY: EMMETT LOVERDE
BY: BRIAN FEEHAN
HS • 1 female, 1 male, 2 total • 20 minutes •
Comedy, Drama • Script: $5.50 • Notebook
performance
ALL • 1 female, 1 male, 2 total • 15 minutes •
Dark Comedy • Script: $5.50 • Notebook Script:
A man on a commuter train becomes
disturbed by another passenger's head.
Head Games was a finalist for the Humana
Award at the Actors Theatre of Louisville
and finalist at the Short Play Festival,
American Globe Theater (NY).
THE MISTAKE
A disillusioned teenager decides to expose
the shallowness of his classmates by
interviewing the most popular girl in his smalltown high school. However, she's not as
superficial as she first seems, and he's not the
bundle of sensitivity he thinks he is.
When love blossoms, it's a surprise to them
both, so they do what any normal teenager
would do – they fight it.
ALL • 2 males, 2 total
• 20 minutes •
Comedy • Script:
$5.50 • Notebook
Script: $12.75 •
Royalty: $30.00 per
performance
Finger-pointing,
name-calling,
and
shocking revelations!
Blame, guilt, and a
verbal battle royale
that has lasted for
years (all of their lives!), through childhood’s
laughter and an adult’s sad tears. The
Mistake is a fast-paced character study of two
friends, revealed in a nostalgia-based
argument of comic memories, charged
bickering and banter, and an unexpected
reversal. A madcap, modern, private
conversation, and a humorous biting look at
best friends.
WHO'S ON ALPHA?
BY: MIKE MCCAFFERTY, MATT THOMPSON
ALL • 2 males, 2 total • 15 minutes • Comedy •
In the vein of 1960's television science fiction,
The Captain and First Officer of a large space
ship have beamed down to planet Alpha
Chevy Nova to investigate the disappearance
of their landing party. When the First Officer
finds a baseball bat on the surface of the
planet, the two crew members banter back
and forth in order to figure out who or what is
on first base! Blending familiar TV characters
with sharp-witted dialogue, Who's on Alpha?
is a delightful update on a classic comedy
routine!
BEAUTY, BRAINS, AND
PERSONALITY - ONE ACT
BY: EMMETT LOVERDE
CT • 3 females, 3 total • 25 minutes • Comedy,
Mature Theme • Script: $5.50 • Notebook Script:
Three girlfriends meet for their monthly dinner
party, but this month, one of the girls
traumatizes the other two by claiming,
“Together we make up the perfect woman you’re the brains, you’re the personality, and
I’m the beauty." It doesn't take much to guess
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that chaos quickly reigns. Ultimately, they
learn to define themselves and their friendship
beyond the one-dimensional view of beauty,
brains, and personality. After all, they are
women and reserve the right to change their
minds as they choose.
COFFEE HOUSE
BY: LEON KAYE
ALL • 1 female, 2 males, 3 total • 30 minutes •
Amy and Dag meet at a coffee house. They
laugh, joke, tease and seem perfectly suited
for one another. Then, time stops and
everyone is frozen - all except for Dag and a
strange man, Hugh, who claims to be a
messenger sent to save him from making a
terrible, life-altering mistake! Dag has a
perfect soul mate with whom he has spent
many fulfilling lifetimes, only it isn't Amy.
Surprises and reversals abound in this mindbending fantasy about coffee and the rest of
your life.
FIFTEEN MINUTE MINIMUM
BY: ROBERTO F. CICCOTELLI
ALL • 2 females, 1 male, 3 total, gender flexible
• 20 minutes • Comedy • Script: $5.50 •
performance
This satirical comedy attacks the conventions
and expectations of drama competitions and
festivals. With allusions to Beckett’s Waiting
for Godot, this play illuminates two inept
actors on stage trying to accomplish all of the
elements of great drama while remaining on
stage for the required 15 minute minimum.
The actors begin by performing some of the
basic elements of an outstanding theatrical
performance, but in the end, the stage
manager enters and tells them that their 15
minutes are up.
KEEPERS AT THE EDGE OF
THE SEA
BY: ANN MARIE OLIVA
HS CT • 1 female, 2 males, 3 total • 25 minutes
• Drama • Script: $5.25 • Notebook Script:
Abby, a young lighthouse keeper, is alone
tending her duties when a fierce, unexpected
spring storm begins. She is surprised by two
men, Mr. Trent and Jack. They are "Moon
Cussers." They want two ships, scheduled to
return that evening, to wreck so they can lay
claim to the goods that wash ashore. Mr.
Trent is desperate. He has a dying wife and
three children and will do whatever is
necessary to accomplish the task. Jack is
more ambivalent and less ruthless. As the
evening progresses, Abby is determined to
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FOG
BY: MARIANNE HALES HARDING
BY: JIM GORDON
HS CT • 3 females, 3 total • 40 minutes •
Comedy, Drama • Script: $5.25 • Notebook
performance
minutes • Drama • Script: $5.50 • Notebook
performance
This quirky, slightly dark comedy charmed
audiences in Seattle's Fringe Festival and
kept packed houses talking long after they left
the theater. Three sisters, each with her own
obsession, struggle to cope with the death of
their mother, but their pet bug Roger steals
the show. One of the actresses who played
this show swears she will never swat a bug
again.
The smile, once "so warm it wrinkled her
nose," is gone. Agnes, now in a nursing
home, has been reduced to playing solitaire
and reminiscing about a summer many years
ago when she and her now-dead husband
placed second in a Lake George dance
contest (the Kellys placed first, but they were
sober). Sharing a place at the card table is the
unresponsive Fred - so near, and yet, so far.
THE DRAFT BOARD - ONE ACT
GLASS
BY: GEFF MOYER
BY: SAUL ZACHARY
HS CT • 3 males, 3 total • 15 minutes • Comedy
HS CT • 2 females, 1-2 males, 3-4 total,
doubling possible • 20 minutes • Comedy •
performance
Two men enter a therapy session complete
with "worry wrinkle control tape" to learn how
to worry less and hug more, only to find out
that they are the only ones who signed up and
that their leader, being a control freak, has
more issues to work on than they do. The
leader runs the two men through a series of
word
association
games
to
rename
themselves so that they can become
"huggable." You can’t help but love the
unlikely combination of characters in the end.
The time is 1958. Two young farm girls have
told their parents that they were spending the
night at each others' homes so they could
take sneak away and take the Greyhound into
Memphis to see Elvis as he departs for the
U.S. Army. Camped out in a park across from
the Draft Board, they have their cameras
ready. Soon they discover the nasty smells of
the big city, and that they didn't bring enough
food. And one of them makes an admission
that could destroy their friendship.
A fatigued matinee idol on the verge of a
nervous breakdown comes home one day
from his long-running Broadway hit and
discovers an audience watching him through
the plate glass window of his high-rise
apartment. An excellent Twilight Zone-style
play.
THE LAST TRIP
BY: MIKE WILLIS
CT • 2 females, 1 male, 3 total • 20 minutes •
Drama, Adult Language • Script: $5.50 •
performance
An elderly couple with terminal health
problems embark on a last trip together. A
heartfelt look at the power of true love.
MEN WHO WORRY TOO MUCH
AND HUG TOO LITTLE
BY: JANICE FRONCZAK
OPRAH MADE ME DO IT
BY: BRADLEY HAYWARD
ACCUSED OF COMEDY
BY: CARL WILLIAMS
HS CT • 2 females, 1 male, 3 total • 25 minutes
• Comedy, Adult Language • Script: $5.50 •
performance
performance
Two women at a bookstore fight to the death
over the last copy of Oprah Winfrey's latest
bestseller. Caught in the middle of their feud
is a lowly cashier, trying desperately to please
both women without becoming their target.
However, the more he works his customer
service magic, the closer the bull's-eye gets to
his forehead. This scathing comedy is certain
to have retail employees nodding their heads
and your audience howling with laughter.
After comedy has been outlawed in society,
two bottom-of-the-barrel comics face trial for
committing comedy, along with the young
woman who broke the law by laughing at
them. Confronted by a stern lady magistrate,
they discover humor is no laughing matter.
THE SERVICE
BY: MIKE WILLIS
MS HS • 1 female, 1 male, 1 either, 3 total • 20
performance
When a customer enters a store requiring
dog-walking and childcare services, a bold
representative takes personalized service to a
ridiculously new level.
FIGMENT
BY: DAVE TUCKER
HS CT • 3 females, 1 either, 4 total, gender
flexible • 20 minutes • Drama • Script: $5.25 •
performance
Jill's friend, Liza, has lost touch with reality
and developed a new world of imaginary
friends. Liza gets help from one of the college
psychology professors and is now beginning
to see the difference between fact and
imagination. Jill, on the other hand, is
concerned about the strange techniques the
professor is using, so she pays him a
visit...and gets a big surprise!
A MOTHER IN MY HEAD - ONE
ACT
• Comedy, Drama • Script: $5.50 • Notebook
performance
Where does motherly advice and direction
begin and where does it end? Or does it ever
end? This witty and fast-paced play follows
the lives of two young people as they begin
their careers, meet, and fall in love, each
coached every step of the way by the
"mothers in their heads." The on-stage
presence of the mothers provides an
interaction between characters that is
thoroughly enjoyable and totally hilarious.
Easy to produce, with rich character roles that
allow director creativity.
MURDER NEXT DOOR
BY: WHITNEY RYAN GARRITY
minutes • Dark Comedy, Mystery • Script: $5.50
• Notebook Script: $12.75 • Royalty: $35.00 per
performance
Miranda Belgraves is almost done with her
latest novel. With two pages to go, she’s
impeded by aspiring writer, Bertie Trask, and
her besotted son, Rory. She ushers out the
neighbors only to be paid a visit by her
estranged husband, Sam. When Sam,
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light the lantern for the safety of the men on
the ships. Mr. Trent is equally determined to
stop her. That leaves Jack caught in the
middle.
SHORT PLAYS
revolver in hand, expresses his anger with
Miranda’s plans for a divorce, Miranda
realizes that she may not live long enough to
finish those last two pages.
THE PATTERN IS BROKEN
SHORT PLAYS
BY: IAN STANSEL
performance
Based on the original play by Rand Higbee. At
opposite ends of the marriage timeline, two
couples dine at the same restaurant. While
one couple celebrates their decision to take
the nuptial plunge, the other struggles with the
fact that their marriage might be too far gone
to save. As the evening continues, we witness
the giddiness of anticipation and the sorrow of
regret. And as the two couples reveal their
inner selves, we discover that they may have
more in common than their taste in
restaurants.
SERIAL KILLER BARBIE
BY: COLETTE FREEDMAN
HS CT • 4 females, 4 total • 20 minutes • Dark
Quirky Cassandra spends her life desperate
to get in with the popular Debbies. From
kindergarten through high school, she
obsessively attempts to join the coveted
blonde social circle of Debbie, Debby and the
queen of the WASPY clique, Debbi. After
several failed attempts to fit in, she realizes, if
you can't join them, kill them. A hilarious and
fast moving dark comedy.
SKIP TRIP SASSY
BY: BRIAN FEEHAN
CT • 4 males, 4 total • 15 minutes • Comedy •
Poor Aunt Sassy has passed away and her
one and only nephew has come to claim her
cremated remains. The problem is he might
not be her only remaining relative! What’s a
hapless undertaker to do with not one, but two
claimants to the ashes? A hilarious comedy
with memorable characters and witty
wordplay will have you laughing from
beginning to end!
SLAUGHTERHOUSE JIVE
BY: ABBEY FERRIER
MS HS • 1 female, 2 males, 1 either, 4 total,
gender flexible • 35 minutes • Comedy, Farce •
Barry “the Brain” O'Brian and his psychic
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partner, Madame Celeste, have been invited
to investigate the strange happenings at an
abandoned slaughterhouse. Hoping to find
proof that the paranormal exists, the pair get
more than they bargained for when they meet
Frankie, the ghost of a 1950s greaser who
haunts the place.
THINGS UNSAID
BY: RAEGAN PAYNE
Comedy, Mature Theme, Adult Language •
A riotous peek behind the curtains of a
modern relationship. Bill and Margaret have
been friends for 13 years. They’ve been
lovers for three months. They have never
understood each other. Until tonight.
SUPERMODELS IN JEOPARDY
BY: JONATHAN DORF
HS CT • 4-5 females, 1-2 males, 4-24 either,
gender flexible • 35 minutes • Dark Comedy •
All of the world's supermodels - except for two
guys from Iceland who missed their flight - are
gathered for the International Convention of
Supermodels. So when the convention center
collapses and traps the entire supermodel
community in their dressing rooms, can the
convention organizers find a way to rescue
them? Do they want to? Will the intern take
the blame? What would it be like to live in a
world without supermodels?
THE GIRL I'M GONNA MARRY
BY: BOBBY KENISTON
A MOTHER IN MY HEAD II
performance
The second part of the saga of Manny and
Mary, two American young people who, in this
episode, have spawned a daughter and a son
and advanced their careers to the point of
conflict, while the mothers in their heads help
muddy the already murky waters of
parenthood.
HS CT • 1 female, 4 males, 5 total • 35 minutes
When Simon's long-time friend tells him she's
getting married, he's totally crushed and sets
out to get her. Follow Simon through several
different scenarios as he imagines real and
idealized ways to stop the wedding and find
true happiness! Full of equal parts humor and
heart, this award-winning one act will put a
twinkle in any eye.
THE GLOVER'S MANGE CURE
CAPER
BY: ROY C. BOOTH, LOUISE BOTTRELL
ROMEO AND JULIET - SIX VERY
BUSY DAYS
BY: ROBERT WING
MS HS • 4-24 either, 4-24 total, 1-20 extras,
Farce • Script: $5.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75 •
Everyone knows the story of Romeo and
Juliet, but few realize that the "greatest love
story of all time" takes place only over six
days. That's right, Romeo and Juliet fall in
love, marry and die all with within six days of
meeting each other! Romeo and Juliet: Six
Very Busy Days riotously re-imagines the
misadvertur'd piteous overthrows of the iconic
star-cross'd lovers. Farcically irreverent yet
surprisingly
faithful
to
Shakespeare's
language and storyline, Romeo and Juliet: Six
Very Busy Days blurs the line between
slapstick and educational drama the same
way Romeo and Juliet blurs the line between
comedy and tragedy. Fast-paced and fun, this
play may be performed by a handful of actors
or dozens and dozens. It can also be staged
simply and affordably - or as elaborately as
desired!
MS • 4 females, 1 male, 5 total • 25 minutes •
Vanity can have some serious consequences.
And some hilarious ones, too. In this fun and
warm play, two junior high girls in 1949 (the
golden age of tonics and quick cures)
experiment with a radicalized beauty
treatment in an attempt to become popular in
their school. The results, of course, are not
what they expected and not what was
advertised. The girls try to hide the tragic
condition of their hair from family while at the
same time trying to find a cure for the Glover's
Mange Cure.
* ORIGINAL CAST
BY: MIKE WILLIS
CT • 2 females, 2 males, 1 either, 5 total, 2
extras, gender flexible • 25 minutes • Comedy •
There was never really any doubt that this
revival was going to be a big success. When
the director invites the three actors who
originated the roles to opening night, the
revival becomes a stroke of casting genius
* = New Title
with a few unforeseen twists, turns, punches
and new dialogue.
5-6 CAST MEMBERS
VAMP IRE
BY: DONALD PAYTON
minutes • Drama •
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
Jeff Mulkey peers out of his cabin window at
the blizzard. Five years ago, he was in a car
accident on a snow-covered highway, an
accident that took the lives of a mother and
daughter. There is a tap on the door. A man
enters and says he got lost hunting. As he
sips coffee, he tells the story of a man who
had a wife and daughter who died in an
accident in a snowstorm. The husband swore
revenge. It slowly dawns on Jeff and his wife,
Mary, that they are trapped with the crazed
husband.
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It's finally time for
Kaitlyn's parents to
meet her super hot
new
boyfriend.
There's just one tiny
detail that might put a
snag in their introduction: he's a vampire!
Kaitlyn does everything in her power to
conceal the fact that he's a descendant of
Dracula, but that becomes an uphill battle
when her stern parents and dippy best friend
keep referencing topics like garlic and blood
drives. Will Kaitlyn be able to keep his true
identity under wraps, or will she spill the
beans and face the ire of her parents? Falling
in love with a vampire is definitely a pain in
the neck!
UNCLE CHICK'S LAST WISH
BY: LINDA OATMAN HIGH
CT • 3-4 females, 2-5 males, 5-9 total, doubling
possible • 40 minutes • Comedy, Drama,
Mature Theme • Script: $5.50 • Notebook Script:
Uncle Chick has passed away and his last
wish is to have his ashes scattered on the
beach by his family. This request conjures
visions of an ocean-side memorial, with a
setting sun, full of heart-felt remembrances of
Uncle Chick; however, there is one problem –
Uncle Chick has chosen a nude beach that he
and his Army buddies visited and his surviving
family now have reservations at The Naked
Mermaid Motel.
THE BEAUTIFUL TRUTH
BY: JOLENE GOLDENTHAL
HS • 3 females, 3 males, 6 total, 0-5 extras • 25
minutes • Drama, Comedy • Script: $5.25 •
performance
In the middle of a rehearsal, the director
interrupts the cast of a period drawing-room
comedy. He asks the actors to improvise, to
use the materials of their own lives to create a
new piece. The leading lady feels threatened
and at first refuses. At last, urged on by the
director, she beautifully confides the story of a
miserable childhood and a triumph over
terrible circumstances. But is her eloquent
speech the truth?
males, 1 either, 6 total,
3 extras, gender
Comedy, Educational •
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
A
very
amusing
explanation of how
we crave stories in
which the protagonist
experiences all kinds of hardship.
THE FACULTY MEETING
BY: KEN JONES
performance
The world of academia in one act. Six
characters are meeting in a conference room
at an academic institution located in some city
in some state . . . somewhere in the United
States. The rules of the faculty meeting and
the protocol of rank and tenure seem to trap
Mr. Wright, a junior faculty member, in a
crazy, bizarre world from which he cannot
escape.
The Faculty Meeting was first produced at
the American Repertory Theatre's Institute
for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard.
It also won Commonwealth Theatre's
award for "Best Short Play."
FRENCH TOAST
BY: DONALD PAYTON
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
Stoney believes he is the luckiest guy in the
world. He has a good job, a wonderful girl,
Nancy, and a gracious future mother-in-law.
Then, on the eve of his wedding, Nanette
arrives and tells him that she will never leave
him again. But he’s never seen her before! As
he decides he must have had amnesia,
Nancy and her mother show up. There's more
fun than you can imagine as Stoney tries to
keep Nanette a secret while Nancy and her
mother dash in and out looking for a
misplaced handbag.
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THE STORM
BY: WADE BRADFORD
Script: $5.25 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$35.00 per
performance
BY: DONALD TONGUE
It’s time again for the annual high school
yearbook portrait, and drama queen, Gina
Garfoni, is dreading a repeat of the previous
year’s photo catastrophe. Last year’s photo
was so bad that there’s even a blog devoted
to it! This year, the photographer is
experiencing some problems, and while
waiting for him to adjust his equipment,
Stacey, Gina, Tank, and Will unburden
themselves in front of the camera. Through
confessional-type monologues, this comedy
puts the trivial issues of high school into
perspective. A great piece to showcase your
most talented acting students.
CONFLICT
BY: BRADLEY HAYWARD
SCHOOL PORTRAIT
MONOLOGUES
MS HS • 1 female, 2 males, 2 either, 5 total,
SHORT PLAYS
SHORT PLAYS
6-7 CAST MEMBERS
GENRE
THE SCRIPT
BY: WADE BRADFORD
SHORT PLAYS
Educational • Script: $5.50 • Notebook Script:
Written in the style of Wade Bradford's bestselling Conflict, this fun one-act comedy
explores the many different styles of
storytelling. Genre begins as a familiar fairy
tale told to an obnoxiously spoiled Prince.
When the royal majesty becomes bored, the
narrator is forced to constantly change the
genre of the story. It's all fun and games until
the Prince becomes stuck in the story!
OH, BABY!
BY: LE ROMA GRETH
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
Linda Lou has a job
babysitting. She’s all
settled in for the
evening with the
baby in bed when
Gregory calls for a date. She frantically tries
to find a girlfriend to take over babysitting, but
everybody is busy — everybody, that is,
except her brother, Percy, who would do
anything for Linda Lou. She bribes him into
babysitting, but complications arise as soon
as she leaves the house. Percy doesn’t know
a thing about babies! So what does Percy do?
You’ll never guess!
SOUL SWITCHING
male, 3 either, 6 total,
minutes • Comedy,
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
Several actors are
rehearsing a play
when they find a
script on the stage
that isn't a script of the play but of their lives. It
turns out that the script reveals exactly what
they are doing at that exact moment and the
actors find themselves questioning fate, the
director and other truisms.
SHAKESPEARE IN SHAMBLES
BY: WADE BRADFORD
performance
William Shakespeare has a lot to deal with:
ticket sales, disgruntled actors, an insanely
jealous wife, and a Lord Chamberlain that
wants to close down his immoral theater. On
top of it all, everyone is anxious to find out
what he will write next. Too bad the Immortal
Bard is a fraud – he hasn’t written a single
play! So who is the author? Why, none other
than Queen Elizabeth! But keeping their
secret hidden is going to take a lot of
work...and a lot of costume changes.
SHOCK OF HIS LIFE
BY: DONALD PAYTON
OMNIPOTENCE AND THE
WHEELBARROW MAN
BY: ALAN HAEHNEL
extras, doubling possible, gender flexible • 40
performance
A bored, egotistical and slightly sadistic
narrator seems to think that the audience has
come to watch him alone. His demeanor goes
from arrogant to miffed to panicked to
defeated as control of the play is slowly taken
away from him.
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performance
While trying to decide what to wear to a
masquerade, Lucas jots down phone
messages as they come in. After a call from
the grocery store concerning the beef heart
Mrs. Maxwell had asked about, Lucas
scribbles the single sentence, “Heart about
gone.” When Dr. Brown calls the Maxwell
home, Lucas writes, “Will stop at 7:30, Dr.
Brown.” After a message from another doctor
about Courtney's cold, Lucas notes, “Coffin
should be over by 7:45.” Put them all together
- they spell trouble!
BY: JIM GUSTAFSON
Heaven is overcrowded. There's no more
room for the dearly departed when they arrive
at the Pearly Gates. But there is a solution.
Recycling. Trading the good souls of the
deceased
for
the
souls
of
living,
unredeemable sinners. What about the
displaced bad souls? To Hell with them.
Literally. Miriam, a sweet but hapless young
angel who hasn't had much success in her
heavenly duties has been chosen to launch
the pilot program for this revolutionary
celestial endeavor. Let the soul-switching
begin! People's Choice Award, Geneva
Theater Guild, Geneva, NY.
BOB'S DATE
BY: JOHN SHANAHAN
minutes • Comedy,
Adult Language •
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$35.00 per
performance
Bob is going on his
first date in two
years. All of his
manly inner attributes
such as Logic, Confidence, Nerves, Libido,
and Bull, are preparing for the highly
anticipated event. Then a love-at-first-sight
moment wakes long-sleeping Emotion, and
she threatens to throw Bob's date into chaos.
If the attributes can't handle a little Emotion,
then they're certainly not prepared to take on
the Memory of the woman who broke Bob's
heart.
FISHBOWL
BY: DONALD TONGUE
ALL • 1 female, 2 males, 4 either, 7 total,
Actors have taken the stage for opening night,
but a personal relationship breakup between
two of the actors causes the show to fall apart
and it requires the intervention of an agent,
two directors and the playwright to try and
salvage the play.
* = New Title
7 CAST MEMBERS
FIVE EX-WIVES IN ICU
RED HERRING
BY: LINDA THORSEN BOND
BY: RUSSELL JONES
ON THE SAME FREQUENCY
BY: JOE RIZZO
performance
Andy McClennon and Jerry Landon are best
friends rooming together at Whitman College.
When a mysterious package shows up
containing a radio and a note instructing them
to tune in that night for the chance of a
lifetime, they can't resist. Enter the mysterious
Henry, whose favorite pastime is aggravating
Dean Spencer, and whose favorite weapon is
underground radio. To further complicate
matters, it turns out both best friends are
infatuated with the same girl. The situation
comes to a head when Andy faces expulsion
and the dean himself busts the boys during a
broadcast. But things aren't what they seem
on the surface, and personal and group
dynamics undergo a surprising shift in this
comedy of incorrigible friends and resilient
friendships.
TEEMING ACRES
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
Mystery, Farce •
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$35.00 per
performance
The actors of this odd
little play within an
odd little play are
dreadfully tired of
performing the cliche
British murder-mystery farces set in the
perfect little drawing room so they decide to
take the drawing room out of the mystery and
set it somewhere entirely different. Just when
things are looking shamefully hopeless, one
of the actors turns up dead - in the drawing
room. Find out who's playing dead and who's
really dead in this semi-farcical one act of
murder, mystery and revenge.
SCHOOL BUS
BY: JOE MUSSO
ALL • 3 females, 3 males, 1 either, 7 total, 5-20
extras, gender flexible • 30 minutes • Comedy •
Sometimes it's fun to wait for the bus. High
school students wrestle with their sanity and
each other as they wait for the school bus.
While Elliot intently examines one of his
tennis shoes and Bixby smells the aftermath,
Cindy, who is nearby reading a textbook, can’t
help but overhear their crass conversation,
intermittently underscored by a band
member's b-flat scale. What if a longer wait
for the bus is worse than no bus at all?
SUNDAY DINNER
BY: TAMI FARMER
performance
The Puckets are gathering to celebrate
Granny’s birthday, and it’s a Sunday
afternoon of wisecracking fun. With the
exception of Granny, everyone would rather
be somewhere else. Several topics are
hilariously discussed over the course of
dinner, including Steve’s new girlfriend, Lisa’s
dog, and their mother’s meatloaf. Everyone
has an opinion about something, and it’s
another uproarious family dinner at the
Puckets.
performance
Long-running soap opera Teeming Acres is
having problems. The ratings are slipping,
and the characters are getting rebellious.
When an antagonistic new character is hired
to spice up the show, things start to get crazy.
A rollicking and hilarious spoof on soap
operas.
WELL WRITTEN
BY: TIM LARSON
males, 1 either, 7
45 minutes • Comedy
• Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$35.00 per
performance
In Well Written, we
are introduced to a
psychologist who is
responsible
for
helping all sorts of writers. He helps these
authors deal with the peculiar problems that
accompany the profession. It soon becomes
evident that not only is the doctor becoming
more and more discouraged about his job, but
that the writers he helps, like Shakespeare,
Hemingway, Jane Austen, and Stephen King,
already have a certain amount of literary
status.
WHO'S YOUR MUMMY?
BY: GREG MILLER
minutes • Comedy,
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
Professor Pembroke
has just returned to
New York to relax
after
successfully
uncovering the tomb
of
King
Ramma-Lamma-Ding-Dong.
Unfortunately, a notorious Egyptian thief, a
restless mummy, and his daughter's heartsick
beau conspire to interrupt the Professor's
much-needed rest. It doesn't look like
Professor Pembroke will be getting peace
anytime soon, but with this kind of
entertainment, who needs a little quiet?
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Five very different women have come from all
around the United States to be at the bedside
of Brandon LaPorte in an intensive care unit.
They have one thing in common—they
married him. Lisa is the host of a local TV talk
show who is never surprised when people
recognize her. Edie married Brandon twice
and would marry him a third time if she could.
Jen is an aerobics teacher whose nervous
energy has burned all the fat off her body.
Pam is so smart that she can't figure out how
she was dumb enough to fall for Brandon.
And Rosemary is a saint—everybody says so.
All crammed into the little hospital room, they
agree, "When a man says you're too good for
him, believe him!"
SHORT PLAYS
SHORT PLAYS
SHORT PLAYS
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WE'RE NOT MAKING THIS PLAY
UP AS WE GO - HONEST!
THE DIRTY DREDGE OF
CEDAREDGE
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
BY: VERN HARDEN
total • 30 minutes • Comedy • Script: $5.25 •
performance
MS • 4 females, 4 males, 8 total • 45 minutes •
Comedy, Melodrama • Script: $5.50 • Notebook
performance
The curtain opens on a performance of the
drama “Tragic Love.” Problem is, most of the
cast is sick and have been replaced by the
stage crew, who barely know the plot, much
less the lines. They stumble through the show
as best they can, until one of them finally
decides to take matters into his own hands,
launching the play in a completely unexpected
direction!
That dastardly villain, Snydley Dredge, is out
to steal a silver mine from the unsuspecting
Claudia Bell. Meanwhile, Toby, whose
momma warned of the evils of the big city,
comes to town and falls in love with Snydley's
partner in crime, Velvet Wood. The ring is
lost. Pa’s money is stolen. And Ma has to
defend her menfolk from all the huggin’ that’s
going around. Finally, the Sheriff nails
Snydley, Toby gets Claudia (maybe), and Ma
leads Pa away from temptation.
THE TEST - ONE ACT
3-7 males, 0-8 either,
7-38 total, 0-9 extras,
doubling possible,
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$35.00 per
performance
A
satire-powered
comedy that explores
the
pitfalls
and
potholes of testing in America. An Indiana
Jones whip-snap of scenes that move quickly
from one to the next, handing out belly laughs
at times and then slowing down for some
poignant, thoughtful moments as well. Humor
and satire collide in this sketch comedy that
captures the essence of what is right, wrong,
and heinous in American schools today. Full
length version also available.
ASYLUM
DRACULA'S BOARDING HOUSE
BY: MATTHEW CARLIN
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
After inheriting his
uncle's
country
mansion,
Lou
decides to explore
the country estate
with his friend, Casey. Expecting to find a
palatial mansion, Lou and Casey discover a
dilapidated old home with curtains made out
of cobwebs and a spooky coffin in the middle
of the room. The boys decide to search for
food and a place to sleep and soon discover
they’re being watched by Dracula’s hungry
wives. This leads to a ravenous romp as Lou
and Casey try to avoid becoming dinner for
this group of fanged brides.
BY: DENNIS BUSH
performance
Set in a state-run mental institution and, at
times, in the minds of the patients, Asylum
explores the flip side of sanity. We meet a
former pop star who continues to live life in a
music video, a girl who was harmed by her
best friend's boyfriend, a young man who
operates on stuffed animals, a woman who
believes she's pregnant, a dessert-obsessed
man with a Barbie voodoo doll, and others.
Through a tapestry of monologues, the
characters search for their refuge, their
sanctuary...their home.
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THE GREAT NURSING HOME
ESCAPE
performance
surprising amount of moxie put their talents to
the test. Funny and heartwarming, this singleset, easy-to-produce play is sure to entertain
– and to remind audiences of the importance
of a youthful sense of adventure.
HOOD, OF SHERWOOD
BY: ROBERT MAURO
MS HS • 1 female, 7
Comedy, Classics •
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
Here’s
a
wacky
comedy that requires
only a few props and
a little rehearsing.
Inspired by the story Robin Hood, this
hilarious plot deals with a silly bandit, a fair
maid, and an evil prince. And there’s enough
merry men and guards to provide as large or
small a cast as desired. You see, it seems
Robin can’t quite remember if he and his
merry men “rob from the poor and give to the
rich” or vice versa. This leads to a riotous
ransom, a ridiculous robbery, comic chases,
and even some lively madrigals!
LOCKED IN
BY: JIM JEFFRIES, JANE JEFFRIES
HS CT • 3 females, 3 males, 1 either, 8 total, 1
extra, gender flexible • 30 minutes • Drama •
You hear about it on the news, or you might
know someone who’s had to face it. The
confusing and difficult decision of when to
withdraw life support is explored in this
fictional case of Grace. Grace has Locked-In
Syndrome - she is completely unable to move
but can still hear and understand everything
around her. Grace's life is revealed in
flashbacks as her husband and her father
debate whether or not to withdraw life
support.
From a locked-down nursing home in the
dead of night, they attempt the greatest
escape ever. Join this misfit band of “inmates”
as they hatch a master plan to escape their
dreary nursing home and find something far
more important than a baseball game – they
find their youth. Watch as their best-laid plans
go awry with hilarious results! This group of
characters will charm you as the ringleader,
the gossip, the grouch, the airhead, the
Casanova, and the shy old gal with a
* = New Title
MIND OVER MATT - ONE ACT
BY: SCOTT HAAN
Ever
argue
with
yourself? Ever said,
“I don’t know what
got into me?” This is
the story of Matthew
Lane. Matt is a
successful illustrator with a couple of
deadlines and several squabbling inner
personalities who do weird and wonderful
things. As Matt tries to gather up enough
nerve to ask out the girl of his dreams, Matt’s
egos, who all have their own hang-ups, lead
him in one too many directions. When Matt’s
overworked boss comes to believe that Matt
has a crush on her, the conflicted egos
manage to make a bad situation much, much
worse. If you need to perform this play at a
timed event, the Production Notes include
details on how to shorten the play's 50-minute
running time.
MIZZY'S DRAMATIC LEAD
BY: ROBERT WING
Comedy, Drama, Social Scene • Script: $5.50 •
performance
Left by their frazzled drama teacher to
rehearse a scene they should have perfected
weeks earlier, the cast members of Miss
Hawthorne’s latest flop run their mouths
instead of their lines. Sometimes comic,
sometimes cruel, these young men and
women tackle love, racism, class, and the
toughest question of all: "Is there justice in the
universe?"
Produced at North Country Union High
School, Newport, VT and performed at the
Regional Drama Festival, St. Albans, VT
(2010).
MR. WINKY: MURDER AT A
PARTY
BY: STEVEN STACK
MS HS • 6 females, 1 male, 1 either, 8 total,
gender flexible • 20 minutes • Comedy, Mystery
serious. Dead serious. But they're actors, and
the show must go on! In this over-the-top
comedy, the actors play real improv games
while trying to discover Mr. Winky's true
identity.
ONCE UPON A PIRATE
BY: MATTHEW CARLIN
performance
Hannaford Museum’s new pirate exhibit is
making waves. Until now, the legend of
Captain Bartholomew Percy was thought by
many to be only that, a legend. The legend
states that Percy and the infamous pirate
Blackbeard came to odds and Blackbeard,
deathly afraid of Percy, had a sorcerer banish
him into limbo. When Blackbeard’s distant
relative sends a couple of bumbling crooks to
steal any proof of the legend, Captain Percy’s
soul is released and seeks out revenge with
the help of two terrified and disbelieving night
watchmen.
If you’re on the lookout for adventure, then
drop sail and prepare for this swashbuckling
pirate comedy!
ROMEO AND BEATRICE AND
TOTO, TOO
BY: CLAUDIA HAAS
Comedy, Farce •
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
Mrs.
Quince,
a
member
of
the
"William
Shakespeare Wrote
William Shakespeare Society" receives a
copy of a play that could possibly be one of
Shakespeare's earliest works. Thinking this
could be the breakthrough that she needs,
she produces the play. When all that can go
wrong (costumes delayed, set waterlogged
and unusable, a cast of questionable loyalty
and talent) does go wrong, it is decided the
"show must go on," and we are treated to the
hilarious results.
A group of actors gathers for their annual
theatre games party. It's a smashing success
until they play Mr. Winky - and then victims
turn into real victims when the game gets
SHORT PLAYS
THAT'S ACUTE BUNNY
BY: DON LOWRY
performance
When Angie, the girl of Dudley’s dreams,
sends him a note asking if the homecoming
committee can borrow his father’s convertible
for the homecoming parade, Dudley assumes
she wants him to ride with her in the parade.
Much to Dudley’s chagrin, Dudley's aunt gives
him brand new bunny pajamas. A catastrophe
develops when the zipper sticks and Angie
and her father appear at the door to inquire
about the convertible. Dudley must decide
whether to hide from her or face her.
THE TOWN MEETING
BY: MICHAEL CALLAHAN
Thanks to a new constitutional amendment
just passed by Congress, the theater
audience will actually elect the next President
of the United States. The election will be
conducted in town meeting format by the
respected PBS moderator, Jim Lemur. The
field has been narrowed to two candidates, a
Liberal and Conservative, who will take part in
a spirited debate. Unfortunately, both
candidates are full of empty slogans and care
more about winning than presenting a
coherent platform. They've promised to stick
to issues and avoid "dirty tricks." But do they
keep their promises when the going gets
tough? Don't hold your breath.
* STRANGERS
BY: WADE BRADFORD
flexible • 30 minutes • Comedy, Drama • Script:
The lives of two complete strangers intervolve
gloriously on stage before they finally meet
each other in the end.
ONCE UPON A GRAPEVINE
BY: THOMAS HISCHAK
MS HS • 6-19 females, 2-12 males, 8-31 total,
Rumors and gossip spread quickly through a
fairy tale forest in this delightful look at how
the story of Little Red Riding Hood and the
Wolf gets blown out of proportion each time it
is retold by a different character. Everyone
from Rapunzel and the Three Little Pigs to
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Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$35.00 per
performance
8 CAST MEMBERS
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9-10 CAST MEMBERS
SHORT PLAYS
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs gets
involved in the comical grapevine. Sure to
please audiences of all ages and ideal for
contest use, this short farce even manages to
teach a simple lesson through its cockeyed
humor.
GREAT SMOKIES
BY: LE ROMA GRETH
minutes • Comedy,
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
Pa Schlepper doesn’t
mind a little dirt and
disorder, but ever
since Ma died, the
Schleppers
have
lived like pigs and Pa’s tired of it. He decides
his “young ‘uns” need a new Ma, so he goes
calling on Daisy, a widow from Gun Powder
Junction. Pa is afraid Daisy will refuse to
mother such a filthy brood, so Pa dresses the
kids up like little darlings and tells Daisy the
kids are just big for their ages. The trick's on
Pa when Daisy plays the same game.
good mood.
THE QUEEN OF POP
BY: ANTON DUDLEY
SAGEBRUSH SIDEKICKS
BY: GEFF MOYER
performance
Or Gabby Hayes, Where Are Ya When We
Need Ya! Legendary western hero Skipalong
Rafferty needs a new sidekick. His last three
have died under unusual circumstances. So
Skipalong has his personal secretary, Netti
Buntline, hold a “Sidekick Contest,” which
consists of various “sidekick endeavors” such
as: making horribly tasting coffee, running out
of bullets during a gunfight and throwing his
pistol at the bad guy, chasing after a villain
and losing his britches in the process, making
absurd faces at the taste of a shot of Red
Eye, getting loose from a hogtie, and a few
other “challenges.” But bizarre accidents keep
causing Skipalong to lose the services of his
many personal secretaries, resulting in a tie
between all four of the scruffy sidekick
contestants. Now Skipalong has to make the
choice himself, and a few twists are going to
put him in a predicament he never expected.
MS HS • 4 females, 2-3 males, 3-7 either, 9-14
minutes • Farce, Comedy • Script: $5.50 •
performance
Be seen, get discovered on America's Voice!
In order to boost her fame, Calista's manager
creates a rumor that she is the lost princess of
a small island nation. When that nation is in
desperate need of a new ruler, identities are
mistaken and things get out of hand. In the
end, celebrity just might become synonymous
with democracy.
THE MORGUE THE MERRIER
KILLER REVIEWS
BY: MICHAEL DRUCE
Mystery, Farce, Comedy • Script: $5.50 •
performance
When six famous film critics gather at the
Chateau Poupon to receive the prestigious
Van Janz Award for literary criticism, they find
the sword is mightier than the pen. After one
of the critics dies, it appears everyone is
marked for murder. Inspector Claude Renault
is sent for, but he too becomes one of the
victims. Who is the killer? Deliciously witty
with hilarious lines and visual gags.
THE KILLIST
BY: EMMETT LOVERDE
performance
The Killist is certain that he is the meanest
thug that ever menaced a dry frontier town.
But he’s about to learn just how mean and
scary small-town life can make you. Bone
Dry, Arizona is home to Dick Stallion, the
fastest-talking horse salesman ever; Maw and
Paw, who lost every one of their eighteen
children to mysterious circumstances; and
Chief Rain-Snow, who just might be the
answer to a dry town’s prayers...if he’s in a
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BY: PAT COOK
HS CT • 3 females, 4 males, 2-4 either, 9-11
minutes • Dark Comedy, Mystery • Script: $5.50
performance
Jane has a secret, “I hear dead people!”
Jane’s secret becomes our reality as each
corpse ‘wakes’ to tell us their story. Take, for
instance, Chester who tries to recapture his
youth by playing rock and roll with a faulty
guitar amplifier. He thinks he's another
member of the Grateful Dead. Then there’s
Lydia, who has to wait hand-and-foot on her
whining, demanding, ancient Aunt Polly. Little
does she know she’s in for the biggest
surprise of her life! One by one, we hear the
corpses’ stories, and one by one, none of
them turn out as planned. Calling for an easy
skeletal set and a cast of 11, this killer
comedy comes to you from the author of Let’s
Hang Him and Read the Will and Caught in
the Act and is sure to keep you laughing to
the grave!
DRAMA GEEKS, Great Plains Lutheran High School
- Waterton, SD
DRAMA GEEKS
BY: BRADLEY HAYWARD
gender flexible • 30 minutes • Comedy, Social
Scene • Script: $5.50 • Notebook Script: $12.75
Nine over-dramatic high school students are
asked a question that has confused actors for
generations: To be or not to be? When
knowing the answer becomes the difference
between chic and geek, the stakes are raised
and tempers begin to flare. A couple of jokers
in the tech booth add light and sound effects
to the mix and it becomes every actor for
themselves. Will this ensemble figure things
out before it's time to raise the curtain?
Nobody knows, but Shakespeare is on the
edge of his seat...
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NEXT ACTOR, PLEASE!
BY: CLAUDIA HAAS
performance
OTHELLO - SHAKESPEARE IN
30 MINUTES
BY: MIKE WILLIS
gender flexible • 30 minutes • Classics, Drama •
The play is simply set in a classroom, using a
teacher’s desk and some students' desks.
The students are part of a class that is
studying the play Othello by William
Shakespeare. The teacher and the students
prepare the audience by outlining for them the
events that have taken place in the play prior
to Act Five, Scene 2. Once the scene has
been set, Othello, Desdemona and Emilia
enter and act out the happenings of Act Five,
Scene Two of Shakespeare’s Othello.
THE ROCKING-HORSE WINNER
BY: ROY C. BOOTH
HS CT • 5 females, 5 males, 10 total, 6 extras •
30 minutes • Drama • Script: $5.50 • Notebook
performance
Voted by literary critics as one of the top 100
short stories of the 20th century, D. H.
Lawrence's classic tragedy of a boy's love for
his uncaring mother and the unique means he
goes about to get her attention makes for
gripping drama, either as a competition piece
or as community theatre. Easily suited for
simple or complex staging, for long runs or
touring, The Rocking-Horse Winner is indeed
a proven champion.
SNOWEE WHITE AND THE
SEVEN CHICKS
SHORT PLAYS
COMPLETE TALE OF THE
*AMERICAN
CIVIL WAR
BY: JULIET GARVER
(ABRIDGED)
BY: EDDIE MCPHERSON
Snowee White, an aspiring singer and
entertainer, has a very wealthy uncle who
dies and leaves him a million dollars if he gets
married within 21 days. His uncle has picked
out six eligible girls and Snowee has to
choose one of them. However, Snowee
already has a girlfriend. The seven chicks all
want to marry Snowee (and his million
dollars), but his final decision comes about in
an unexpected way.
TEACHERS ON THE VERGE OF
A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
MS HS • 10-35 either, 10-35 total • 30 minutes •
The American Civil War: Fast, furious, fresh
and fun...really? Explore history like never
before in this severely abridged satirical
historical comedy by funnyman Eddie
McPherson. Join Ms. South, three bards, a
few soldiers, King Cotton and many other
notable Civil War entities as they skewer
history for fun. The American Civil War is
back and more combative than ever in this
humorous dramatic presentation that's fairly
short and nearly brilliant.
BY: BRADLEY HAYWARD
LAUGHING STOCK
MS HS • 10 either, 10 total, 0-20 extras, gender
performance
BY: BRADLEY HAYWARD
Five high school teachers find themselves at
the end of their rope…and it’s only the first
day of school! From an English teacher with
mood swings and a math teacher in the
middle of a divorce, to an elderly chemistry
teacher with back pain and a geography
teacher with a whip, the semester gets off to a
rocky start. Add to the mix a drama teacher
who sleeps on his desk, and it only becomes
a matter of time before one of them snaps. As
the students navigate this bumpy road, they
begin to realize it may have been their
behavior that pushed these teachers
perilously close to the edge. Will they be able
to make things right before it’s too late, or has
this faculty completely lost its faculties?
WHO'S FEUDIN' NOW?
BY: LE ROMA GRETH
minutes • Comedy, Farce, Hillbilly • Script:
The feud between the Capfields and the
Scroggs has been a legend in the hills. Sad to
say, Old Pappy Scroggs has finally died, and
he was the last of his family! Pa Capfield
doesn’t know what to do with himself if he
can’t go feudin’. Pa might still be broodin' if
Mrs. Malcomb Everett Gardner hadn’t
become interested in genealogy. She finds a
“Samuel Scrogg” on her family tree, and with
son, Junior, and bratty little Dawn, takes off
for the hills to see if she can find out anything
about him.
ALL • 5-9 females, 2-8
males, 3-15 either,
10-32 total, 1-100
extras, doubling
possible, gender
Comedy, Farce •
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$35.00 per
performance
Michael stands on
stage wondering why
the audience has paid to hear about his
boring existence. With the help of a madcap
playwright, his life story is suddenly populated
with exaggerated stock characters of every
sort. One by one, the humdrum people in his
life are replaced by pirates and princes,
gunslingers and psychics, clowns and
rappers. There's even a Greek chorus along
for the ride. As this play-within-a-play unfolds,
and with a little help from William
Shakespeare himself, Michael begins to
realize his life is only as dull as he allows it to
be.
WRITE ME A MURDER
BY: MICHAEL DRUCE
minutes • Mystery, Farce • Script: $5.50 •
performance
Mr. Fortune just bought a fledgling theatre
and bet his artistic director that ten ordinary
people could write a more entertaining play
than anything that’s been staged at this off-off
Broadway theatre. If they succeed, they will
receive a sizable check for their creative
contributions; if they fail, they will have
enjoyed a nice, quiet weekend on an exquisite
estate. Somewhere between nice and quiet,
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At an audition for Romeo and Juliet, the
director is overwhelmed when the actors
include “The Swamp Sheik,” a dictator-like
Shakespearean actress, and a delusional
secret agent. Next to these amusingly artsy
thespians, the vindictive gypsy, the homeless
guy, and the actress prone to panic attacks
seem normal. When "The Swamp Sheik"
recommends setting Romeo and Juliet in the
swamp (with Juliet as the Swamp Princess),
the overwrought director quits and offers him
the job.
10 CAST MEMBERS
SHORT PLAYS
11 CAST MEMBERS
the rules change, and the greedy guests
decide fewer writers means more money and a higher body count.
MIDDLE SCHOOL DATING
GAME
UNINVITED GHOST
BY: JENNIFER MCVETTY
performance
MS • 6 females, 2
males, 3 either, 11
total • 30 minutes •
Comedy • Script:
$5.50 • Notebook
Script: $12.75 •
Royalty: $30.00 per
performance
TOLLS - ONE ACT
SHORT PLAYS
BY: RAY SHEERS
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
Death will never be
the same for Snooks
Beacon when he
receives a surprise
visit from the One in
Charge, who orders him to work as the Grim
Reaper. If he does the job right, he will be
allowed to haunt the theatre indefinitely; if not,
he’ll end up on another sinking ship. With
death dust in hand, Snooks is off to meet
Lenny Podolski, the first soul on the list. Just
when it looks like it’s curtains for Snooks, the
One in Charge of the One in Charge arrives
on the scene to sort things out.
HOME TO ROOST
BY: RAY SHEERS
• Farce • Script: $5.50 • Notebook Script: $12.75
Lou Pickens is a dastardly, unsuccessful
private detective who thinks he’s quite the
ladies man, but all the ladies get wise to his
wily ways on the same day. Furthermore, he’s
about to be evicted by his landlord and sued
by his one client. Just when he hits rock
bottom, Rosa, the sweet young girl he left at
the altar, arrives with her brother, Tony, who’s
out for blood. Inevitably, all Lou Pickens’
chickens come home to roost and the
inveterate Casanova finds new life (and true
love) on a chicken farm.
THE JANITOR
BY: JONATHAN MUENCH
One lowly janitor, a case of mistaken identity
and a madcap romp through the bizarre world
of a psychiatrist's phobic workshop gone
terribly wrong. This comedic farce puts the fun
back in dysfunction and teaches one man that
love is much more than a four-letter word.
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Fred and Sally, two middle school students,
are interested in dating each other but must
play “the game” to find out if they are “dating
material.” The game starts with a “history” of
the relationship between boys and girls, then
moves on to a series of challenges such as
“The Time Is Right,” “Dating Survivor,”
“Perfect Match” and “Date Him or Hate Him.”
The show culminates in a huge chase that
gets Fred and Sally alone to discover the
possibilities of dating without playing games.
MISSING - ONE ACT
BY: ROBERT FRANKEL, JAY W. PATTERSON
ALL • 5 females, 3 males, 3 either, 11 total, 2-6
extras, gender flexible • 30 minutes • Comedy,
Adapted from the full-length play One of Our
Clowns is Missing by Robert Frankel, this
award-winning one act moves beyond the
comfortable drama with an emotional honesty
that will bring your audience to cheers, tears,
and applause. Sandy lacks all self-esteem,
but meets a group of characters that turns her
life around and gives her the confidence to
wake up tomorrow and start anew.
THE SCOTTISH PLAY
BY: MIKE WILLIS
HS • 9 females, 2 males, 11 total, gender
flexible • 30 minutes • Classics • Script: $5.50 •
performance
This adaptation of Macbeth is set on a bare
stage where a high school drama group has
gathered to work on the set for their upcoming
production of Macbeth. The students fall into
a trance and begin to act out the MacduffMacbeth confrontation scene with the witches.
With the aid of the stage manager, the
student director, and Ian, the smartest kid in
school, the audience is provided with the
details regarding the story of Macbeth.
BY: LE ROMA GRETH
A group of fun-loving teenagers decide to
invade the old Redcay mansion for a lark. Of
course, when they actually see the ghost and
discover a beautiful young girl hidden in a
closet, their fun turns into a real man-hunt or
rather, ghost-hunt. They suspect everybody:
the beautiful young girl who didn’t know who
she was, the gentleman with the gun, the
realtor desperately trying to sell the place, and
of course, the uninvited ghost. Easy to
produce with no trap doors or complicated
effects.
HOW TO SURVIVE ACTING IN A
BAD PLAY WITHOUT BEING
TRAUMATIZED FOR LIFE
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
MS HS • 1 female, 1 male, 9-10 either, 11-12
performance
It’s a BAD play. There’s a fireman, a princess,
a clown, and a pilgrim. And they’re really,
really happy. But there’s also a bunny who’s
sad because his mom gave him cereal that
was low in fiber, and now he’s scared she
doesn’t love him. A cowboy is supposed to
comfort the sad bunny, but the actor playing
the cowboy is so embarrassed by the show
that he can’t bring himself to say his lines. So
they skip ahead to the part where Prometheus
takes fire from the heavens and gives it to the
unicorns to make chocolate. Then there’s a
scene with a guidance counselor, but the
actor is sick, so the pilgrim has to take over,
only he doesn’t know the lines and gives
some highly questionable guidance. As the
show gets worse and worse, the actor playing
the bunny promises he’ll share the secret to
surviving the experience without being
traumatized for life. But first, he’s going to
show the cowboy how awful things can
REALLY get when everything goes wrong in a
bad play in front of a live audience!
ALICE IN WONDERLAND URBAN EDITION
MS HS • 3-4 females, 8-23 either, 11-27 total,
performance
In this wonderful city version of Lewis Carroll's
classic story, Alice follows Rabbit down a
subway tunnel and encounters a host of
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YOU HAVE TO WEAR GREEN
ON TUESDAYS...AND OTHER
BITS OF TEENAGE WISDOM
BY: DEANNA ABLESER
MS • 6-32 females, 5-13 males, 0-14 either,
performance
A montage of humorous scenes and
monologues ideal for middle schools and
lauded by parents, students, school board
members, and school administrations. This
forty-minute show addresses relevant preteen and teen issues in a humorous, serious,
and serio-comedic manner. Note: Scenes/
monologues could be cut to accommodate
specific production needs.
DR. SOONEY'S MEDICINE
IT'S COLD IN THEM THAR HILLS
BY: LORRAINE THOMPSON, JENNY
GOODFELLOW
BY: LE ROMA GRETH
Comedy, Farce •
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
“Lettin’ the cat out of
the bag is a whole lot
easier than puttin’ it
back in!” "If you find
yourself in a hole…
the first thing to do is stop diggin’!" These
words of wisdom are spoken by the lovable
Sooney Ollis. Audiences of all ages revel in
comedic scripts with fast-paced, outrageous
antics and exaggerated characters. Dr.
Sooney’s Medicine is made to order. Adapted
from Moliere’s The Doctor in Spite of Himself,
this play puts a mountain twist on the French
classic.
DUDLEY'S DATE
BY: DON LOWRY
A BUFFALO IN SHEEP'S
CLOTHING
BY: RAY SHEERS
performance
Camilla Mahoney has dated everything from
gravediggers to gangsters, but this time she’s
sure she’s found the real thing: Alvin
Studnitzer, a polka-playing accordion player.
Unfortunately, Camilla’s mother, Cleo, wants
to know more about her daughter’s latest
loser. The modest Alvin soon discovers that
he doesn’t stand a chance with Cleo. What
follows is a series of serious mishaps, and not
even Cleo can stop the wedding bells from
ringing in this madcap comedy!
SHORT PLAYS
Why can't a nerd get the girl for once? Dudley
has never been on a date, so he decides to
concoct a plan of action. The P.D.P
(Progressive Dating Plan) is simple in theory:
Dudley will start by dating homely nerdy girls,
and then by progressing slowly through plain
to pretty girls, he will work his nerve up to
asking his gorgeous dream girl, Angie
Fleming, out on a date. That goal seems very
far away on Dudley's disastrous first date with
Edna Snodgrass, the meanest, nastiest girl in
school, though. And when Angie Fleming
shows up at the house while Edna's still there,
things go from bad to worse. Can Dudley
salvage the P.D.P.? Will Edna's presence ruin
his chances with Angie? And if so, is Angie
really the kind of girl Dudley wants to dream
about?
minutes • Comedy,
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
Pa and Ma decide
they’ve got to get a
husband for their
unmarried nineteen
year-old
daughter,
Snoddy.
However,
Snoddy is quite homely, dirty, and prefers her
pet hog, Hubert, to any man. She finally
meets a boy to whom she takes a fancy, Bill
Vandemere, who is touring the Southern hills
with his widowed mother. Pa somehow
persuades Bill and his mother to stay at their
cabin overnight. That gives him eight hours to
try to talk Bill into marrying Snoddy.
MANIAC MANOR
BY: DON LOWRY
minutes • Comedy,
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
Hired
by
Mrs.
Buffington to solve
her
husband’s
murder,
amateur
detectives
Alexis
Scott and Tabby Ross arrive at Buffington
Manor to find a house full of possible
suspects, beginning with the malevolent
butler, a paranoid maid, a sleepwalking niece,
several crooked cooks, a shifty chauffeur, and
the eccentric Mrs. Buffington herself. The
testimonies are questionable, and the whole
investigation is a highly entertaining romp.
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strange urbanites, including a Rat, a
Caterpillar, a Cook, the Queen of Hearts, and
a Grinning Cat. She also encounters subway
passengers and joggers who speak in rhyme.
After a heated courtroom trial in which the
Knave of Hearts is accused of stealing the
Queen of Hearts grocery cart, Alice returns
safely to the thriving metropolis.
11-12 CAST MEMBERS
SHORT PLAYS
12-13 CAST MEMBERS
THE PUPPET MASTER
SHORT PLAYS
BY: DWAYNE JEFFERY
minutes • Comedy,
$12.75 • Royalty:
$35.00 per
performance
Popular high-school
senior Robyn is the
puppet master, a
scheming
gossiper
who creates rumors
to entertain herself and seek revenge. Told
through the eyes of twelve stereotypical high
school seniors, we see the life-altering impact
gossip has in high school students’ lives. Four
separate rumors are spread, each with
powerful and lasting consequences. This
realistic drama mixes humor with the dark
reality that life isn’t always fair and justice is
not always served.
REST ASSURED - ONE ACT
BY: DONALD PAYTON
minutes • Comedy,
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
Mr. Morlock is a
grouchy old man who
loves money and
refuses to let his
daughter marry Joe
Laconi because he’s horribly poor. When
Joe’s papa, Luigi, comes over to plead his
son’s case, Mr. Morlock says if Mary weds
Joe, it’ll be over his dead body! Luigi says if
they don’t get married, it’ll be over his! When
Luigi has a heart attack, the feud appears
over, but then Luigi gets permission from "up
there" to haunt Mr. Morlock until he gives the
kids his blessing.
FOR THE LOVE OF LUCY - ONE
ACT
BY: C.P. STANCICH
MS HS • 12-18 either, 12-18 total, doubling
possible, gender flexible • 35 minutes •
Comedy, Educational • Script: $5.50 • Notebook
performance
This is a fast-paced performance piece for
young actors. Portraying various characters in
a series of scenelets and monologues, actors
explore concepts and definitions in drama.
The result is an exercise in timing and pace
that is both funny and audience pleasing.
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her well-intentioned help come a little too
late?
BY: RAY SHEERS
males, 13 total,
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
Lucy’s sighting of a
UFO
has
her
daughter,
Rosie,
furious. Rosie, a wellrespected lawyer in town, detests her
mother's overactive imagination. To make
matters worse, her mother has just had a car
accident with one of Rosie's important clients.
Without a car, Ms. Rottenswapper agrees to
stay at Lucy's bed 'n' breakfast, only to
disappear. In the end, Dr. Boris Frankenmirth,
a psychiatrist and Rottenswapper’s fiance,
arrives and determines that the place is more
fun than The Greatest Show on Earth.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
- SHAKESPEARE IN 30
MINUTES
BY: MIKE WILLIS
HS • 1 female, 9 males, 3 either, 13 total,
gender flexible • 30 minutes • Comedy, Classics
TOWN COUNCIL
BY: MIKE WILLIS
males, 5 either, 13
30 minutes • Farce •
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$35.00 per
performance
The town council for
the small town of
Town, U.S.A. has
been called together
for a special meeting
on Fat Tuesday. Problems begin when
Summer Love, an aging hippie, wants it
acknowledged in the meeting’s minutes that
today is indeed Fat Tuesday and the meeting
should have been rescheduled. The over-thetop eccentricities of the council members and
the town staff make for a high-spirited political
spoof.
WHODUNIT?
BY: ANNE COULTER MARTENS
extras • 30 minutes • Mystery, Farce • Script:
$6.95 • Royalty: Free per performance (Nonroyalty play)
In this condensed version of A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, the story is centered around
the play within a play. The action takes place
in the woods outside of Athens, where we
witness the antics of the Mechanicals from
Shakespeare’s
"A
Midsummer
Night’s
Dream." These hard-handed men are
preparing to perform a play before the Duke
on his wedding day. Remember . . . "These
men, have never labored in their minds, till
now."
The detectives may not know who the killer is,
but the people out there in the audience do.
An announcer gives them the real facts and
lets them in on the secret. Following the
announcement, there’s the fun of watching
the experts as they struggle to solve the dire
murder. Is it the butler? Is it Grandma? It just
couldn't be sweet Alice! But do the detectives
really know what is going on? The wind
howls, the lights flicker, screams are heard off
left...and the mystery begins. This play is nonroyalty.
MOTHER KNOWS BEST
HAUNTED HAMLET
BY: GEFF MOYER
HIGHLY THEATRICAL TERMS
• Comedy, Farce • Script: $5.50 • Notebook
performance
Everyone in Gooseland is terribly unhappy.
Little Miss Muffet wants something besides
curds and whey to eat, Jack is suffering from
a multiple personality disorder, Georgie
Porgie won't stop kissing girls, and everyone
else is peeved about something. During a
mandatory therapy session, it is discovered
that the lyrical land of enchantment is getting
a better offer from a big competitor, and they
are being swayed. Is Mother in time, or has
BY: STEVE CROSS
total, 0-5 extras, gender flexible • 50 minutes •
performance
What happens when a bad writer combines
Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet and throws in a
pinch of Taming of the Shrew for seasoning?
Chaos and comedy. Wilma Shakespeare, an
unpublished romance writer who claims to be
a descendant of the "Bard," writes her own
tragedy because Will's plays are nothing but
"old-fashioned soap operas." She also
decides to act in her own masterpiece as the
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14-15 CAST MEMBERS
Twittering, the Court Soothsayer, Plumber,
and Inventor, to reverse the curse and return
beauty and poise to Princess Colleen.
Traveling in his latest invention, Twittering
finds his way into the 21st century, where
things are going great for Elliot DeWangler
until the traveling medieval court arrives and
orders Elliot into the time contraption for a
vacation like none other.
THE FOURTH WISH
The Swift Current Comprehensive High
School drama presentation of All That
Twitters is Not Gold was named as the Best
Play during the Regional Drama Festival on
March 12-13, 2010.
BY: JOHN KENDALL
MS • 9 females, 5
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
FOUR wishes? What
ever happened to the
good ol' days when
you
had
three
wishes, the genie
was trapped in the bottle for eternity, and if
you were the lucky fool that stubbed your toe
on the bottle...you were filthy rich, happily
married, and forever young? Not so with this
contemporary genie! A reporter gets more
than a scoop when she lands an interview
with D.J. Inn, a very liberal genie. D.J. Inn
grants Amanda four wishes, but not before
giving her a hysterical lesson in wish-making.
MACBETH - SHAKESPEARE IN
30 MINUTES
BY: MIKE WILLIS
HS • 5 females, 9 males, 14 total, 1 extra • 30
minutes • Classics, Drama • Script: $5.50 •
performance
This adaptation begins in Act Two, Scene II of
the original text. Macbeth and Banquo,
generals in the army of King Duncan, have
just quelled a rebellion. As they journey home,
Banquo and Macbeth are met by witches,
who hail Macbeth as the “thane of Cawdor,
and proclaim who shall be king hereafter.”
Because of this, Macbeth plots Duncan’s
death and finds an accomplice in his wife,
Lady Macbeth.
GOLD - ONE ACT
BY: RAY SHEERS
performance
A Goblin has put a disastrous curse on the
beautiful Princess Colleen! The Queen
declares a kingdom of emergency and orders
THE MYSTERIOUS ART OF
ADVERTISING
BY: LAURA TOFFENETTI
HS • 10 females, 5
minutes • Comedy,
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
The history, origins,
and
evolution
of
advertising
are
explored
and
ridiculed in this fun
satire on the art of persuasion and our
passion for material possessions and
convenient lives. In TV news format, the show
includes live interviews, open discussions,
skits, over-the-top commercials, and wild-card
segments called “Strange But True” that
reveal odd facts and trivia about our fashionobsessed, beauty-starved culture.
OUR TEACHER IS AN ALIEN
BY: JEFF LOVETT
MS • 8 females, 7
males, 15 total, 10
• 70 minutes •
Comedy, Mystery,
Fantasy • Script:
$5.50 • Notebook
Script: $12.75 •
Royalty: $30.00 per
performance
It's the beginning of
what seems like just
another boring school
year for four middle
school students until they meet their strange
new math teacher, Miss Neila. From the first
day of school, the students realize that
something is mysteriously odd about her. She
makes odd noises in class, receives strange
phone calls, and actually likes to eat the
school lunch. A perfect middle school
adventure that either’s a figment of their
paranoid imaginations or peculiarly true.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEED A
CELLO
males, 15 total,
doubling possible,
minutes • Comedy,
$12.75 • Royalty:
$35.00 per
performance
A young man’s worst
nightmare: his own
personal
life,
mistakes and failures, is brought hilariously to
the stage in a succession of embarrassing
moments orchestrated and revealed by a
Greek chorus of six nagging mothers in his
head. Vexed and hounded by finger-pointing
failure, nagging guilt, missed opportunities,
and a son’s duties and responsibilities, the
young man’s trials result in a playful, comical,
and paranoid theatrical presentation of a
conscience
riddled
by
a
mother’s
overprotective love and good intentions.
THE PENNY DREADFULS - ONE
ACT
BY: RAY SHEERS
5-7 males, 6-10
either, 15-22 total,
0-10 extras, doubling
possible, gender
Dark Comedy • Script:
$5.50 • Notebook
Script: $12.75 •
Royalty: $30.00 per
performance
The Penny Dreadfuls
are orphans and
runaways who work
as pickpockets and thieves for the conniving
Professor. Their loot ends up at a pawn shop
run by two despicable ladies. Business has
been very profitable until the mysterious Mad
Aggie appears on the scene, seeking
revenge. And revenge was never sweeter!
First, the Professor gets a bottle of potion he
believes will cure his baldness. It does.
There’s hair everywhere! Then Scuttlebutt,
the leader of the Penny Dreadfuls, gets
arrested. Add to this mix, the corrupt Officer
Culver and the Professor’s demanding
girlfriend, and the Professor’s about to pull out
his hair - all of it! But everything works out in
the end, and the villains get their due.
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nurse. The only resemblance her play has to
a Shakespearean tragedy is that everyone
dies in the end—except for her, of course.
Outraged by Wilma's atrocious writing, the
chorus can stand no more: it's time for
revenge, Shakespeare style. Easy to stage
and written in rhyme, Haunted Hamlet is fun
and challenging. Shakespeare may roll over
in his grave, but your audiences will love it!
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15-19 CAST MEMBERS
BEYOND TOLERANCE
Mary Shelly’s classic story.
BY: ALAN HAEHNEL
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HS CT • 15-45 either, 15-45 total, doubling
Enter the bizarre world of U. Burnem. Here,
tolerance and political correctness are taken
to extremes. This two-time Vermont Regional
Champion has been praised as a "tour de
force" that uses "absurdist humor to address
a serious and disturbing theme." Be advised
that the royalty fees stated above pertain to
student productions only, including K-12,
colleges and universities. All other producing
groups
must
contact
us
at
[email protected] to inquire
about rights and availability.
QUESTIONABLE
BY: ALAN HAEHNEL
MS HS • 32 females, 18 males, 15-50 total,
The National Institute of Testing While
Involving Theater (NITWIT) conducts a
hilarious test-taking experience for the
audience. Through a series of dramatized
multiple-choice questions administered by a
quirky set of presenters, we get to see if we
are truly ready for the high school experience.
Nobody fails, because everybody laughs!
FRANK
BY: JEFF LOVETT
MS HS • 5-11
females, 5-11 males,
16 total, 1-6 extras,
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
After 145 attempts,
mad scientist Dr.
Stein
has
finally
created the perfect
son and names him Frank. Frank N. Stein.
Frank wants to be a normal boy, but soon
finds out that fitting in at the local high school
is a lot harder than it looks. Frank’s quirks
attract the affections of Mary Shelley, another
student, but they also attract the attention of
the school’s bullies. After being taunted and
pushed one too many times, Frank finally
fights back and ends up in Judge Jenny’s
court along with someone who thinks he’s
Johnny Depp. When Frank is unable to prove
either his identity or citizenship, it’s up to Dr.
Stein and Mary to rescue Frank from Judge
Jenny’s courtroom in this fast-paced twist on
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NO SHOW
BY: ALAN HAEHNEL
ALL • 11 females, 7 males, 18 total, doubling
Virtually every actor has had the nightmare:
the lights come up, the audience is in place,
but the actor stands completely unprepared.
"What show are we doing? What are my
lines? Help!" This hilarious one-act puts an
entire theatre class through that experience.
Somehow, no one quite remembered the date
of the final exam—which was supposed to be
a culminating performance in front of an
audience—until that audience was sitting in
front of them! With no script, no plan and the
threat of a failing grade looming over them,
the class quickly puts together an impromptu
play. No Show will delight your cast and
audience with an entertaining overview of the
basics of theatre and lots and lots of laughs!
SHERLOCK HOLMES IN
*NEVER
NEVER LAND
BY: GEFF MOYER
potion into their eyes. For Titania, the queen
of the fairies, the situation is even worse. She
falls in love with a donkey! But all ends well
just in time for a royal wedding. This
adaptation makes the comedy of the original
play accessible to young audiences by
delivering the humor in language that is easily
understood. Ideal for middle school.
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW SHAKESPEARE IN 30 MINUTES
BY: MIKE WILLIS
gender flexible • 30 minutes • Classics, Comedy
Generally productions of this play omit the
Induction and Epilogue, however, this
adaptation utilizes the drunken character of
“Sly” from the Induction. He is tricked into
believing that he is a lord and players are
there to perform a play just for him. Action
then opens in the house of Baptista, father of
the lovely Bianca and the shrewish Katharina.
Following the original path, the shrew is
tamed and Sly is awakened to proclaim,
"...thou hast waked me out of the best dream
that ever I had in my life..."
gender flexible • 45 minutes • Comedy, Mystery
* THE CHESS MESS
Something’s amiss in Never Never Land. A
scoundrel has made off with Captain Hook’s
hook and it’s no secret that you need a hook
to conquer the deadly seas. With the Jolly
Roger permanently in port, Hook’s pirate crew
is bored to tears. Idle pirates are depressed
pirates so the bloodthirsty swashbucklers
capture two of the world's most famous
detectives and smuggle them back into Never
Never Land to investigate the crime. With help
from John Darling, Sherlock and Dr. Watson
meet all of the suspects: Was it the Chief of
Indians, the fairies, or the famous Peter Pan?
Will Sherlock and Dr. Watson solve the
mystery before the pirates make them walk
the plank?! Arrrrrgh! All that and more awaits
in Sherlock Holmes in Never Never Land.
The first principle of chess is to develop your
pieces quickly. Easier said than done with
these feisty kings, queens and pawns. Wilma
Glass is confronted with insubordination
among her chess pieces. They are tired of
being told when, where and how to move and
flatly refuse to obey her orders. But Wilma
Glass plays to win. When returning champion
Sly Slater hacks the computer to maintain his
title, all bets are on Wilma Glass and her wise
chessmen. Check, your move!
PUCK AND THE MUSHY, GUSHY
LOVE POTION
BY: PAT MACENULTY
Comedy, Classics • Script: $5.50 • Notebook
performance
In this adaptation of Shakespeare’s “A
Midsummer Night’s Dream,” four young
people get mixed up in love when a
mischievous fairy named Puck drops a magic
BY: FRED WHITE
THIS AIN'T HEAVEN, IT'S
SHOOFLY
BY: CRAIG SODARO
performance
You’re all invited to the Shoofly County Fair!
Come meet the silliest bunch of folks this side
of Dogpatch - greedy Widder McGosh and her
three loony sons, Mason, Dixon, and Line;
Dixie Mae McGosh, her sweet-singing
stepdaughter; Silas Stepcrunch, a banker
who’s got both his hands in other folks’
pockets; and Witch Hazel, who can cast any
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Now, 21 years later, Princess Rose must get
married to be queen. Yet, who will marry such
a bad apple? None other than Jonathan, the
meek assistant (to the assistant) shepherd.
But before they can live happily ever after,
they must overcome Beullah the Witch and a
band of bumbling trolls.
VIRGIL'S WEDDING - ONE ACT
BY: EDDIE MCPHERSON
SHOWTIME FOR OSCAR - ONE
ACT
minutes • Comedy,
$5.50 • Notebook
Script: $12.75 •
Royalty: $30.00 per
performance
BY: RAY SHEERS
performance
Scrooge-like Oscar DeWilder is a scathing
theatre critic whose reviews are feared
throughout the theatre world. He is just as
cruel to his housekeeping staff and Claire, his
lovely niece, so they decide to teach him a
lesson. Claire gets the Piccadilly Players, an
acting troupe recently lambasted by DeWilder,
to lend their somewhat dubious talents to the
cause, and the Spirits of Valentines Present,
Past, and Future appear to teach DeWilder a
lesson he’ll never forget.
THERE'S A GHOST IN MY
LOCKER
One of Heuer’s bestselling full length
plays is now available
as a one act. You’re
invited to the social clash of the century as
Ms. Delainie, a high-end wedding planner,
and her assistant, Barbie, are hired to direct a
simple ceremony for two of Lickskillit’s favorite
lovebirds. Guaranteed a promotion if the
wedding is a success, Ms Delanie invites her
boss, Mr. Wright, to attend the ceremony. But,
of course, there's nothing simple about the
wild romp before the nuptials are exchanged.
THE PRINCESS KNIGHT
Comedy, Fantasy • Script: $5.50 • Notebook
performance
BY: MARTIN FOLLOSE
Jason Henshaw has problems. A few serious
problems and several seriously funny
problems. When Jason is locked in his locker
overnight by the school bullies, he thinks he’ll
never get out. That is, until his two friends
rescue him, just as the clock tolls "thirteen."
That’s when a ghost appears in his locker
granting him three wishes! Jason’s already
topsy-turvy world gets a little topsy-er and
turvy-er.
ONCE UPON A FAIRY TALE ONE ACT
MS HS • 5 females, 3-6 males, 11 either, 19-22
performance
Once upon a time lived Beullah the Witch and
her more winsome sister, Francine. They
were polar opposites. Green with envy,
Beullah gives Francine's daughter Princess
Rose an evil curse. Thanks to the curse,
Princess Rose grows up to be a “Royal Pain.”
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question: "What do you want from a play?"
Based on these responses, the cast creates a
checklist and presents a play meeting all 15
audience requirements. The hilarious result is
its
"short-cheap-educational-safe,
nonschedule interfering, colorfully-costumedinterestingly-set, photogenic, Shakespearean,
self-esteem-building,
combative-musicalrepartee-filled,
stars-your-precious-child,
contains-no-scratching-or-picking-of-theembarrassing"...variety show!"
TALENT-TASTIC
40 minutes • Comedy, Farce • Script: $5.25 •
performance
Ladies and gentlemen, young and old, faculty
and staff . . . Tonight, on this very stage –
right before your very eyes . . . if you dare to
leave them open – you shall see for the very
first time ever, acts that no sane student
would perform at a high school talent show,
and no sane audience would stay to watch.
And that only leaves us. Ladies and
gentlemen, without anymore delay or further
ado, I give you Talent-tastic, the Greatest
High School Talent Show that you will see
tonight.
TEENAGE NIGHTMARE
minutes • Farce •
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
10 males, 26 total,
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
This is not your normal, everyday, run-of-themill sort of kingdom. For the most part, the
kingdom of Glyndufn is under female rule, and
Princess Aurora’s refusal to act like a proper
15th century lady has King Stefan and Queen
Victoria a tad worried. How will they ever find
a prince for their tomboy princess? But as fate
would have it, Prince Durum finds Princess
Aurora’s feistiness absolutely adorable. This
fun, raucous, and romantic play has a little
something for everyone.
Touching on the trials and tribulations of being
a teen, this satire brings teen life center stage
in the form of a live news magazine. Loaded
with teen-friendly sketches such as “Shopping
With Mom,” “Babysitting a Child Named
Moose,” and “Trying to Ask a Girl on a Date,”
it also includes a flashy street interview titled,
“Dumb Things Parents, Teachers, and Kids
Say.” Find the latest in teen fashion, poetry,
and of course, advice columns.
ALL THE BASES
YELLOW
BY: ALAN HAEHNEL
BY: TODD FORD
MS • 8 females, 13 males, 5 either, 26 total,
In an effort to create the perfect production,
the cast begins by reading the survey results
they got from the audience in response to the
From Andrew’s early years experimenting
with the color wheel to violating dress codes
as a teenager to producing David Mamet on
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spell if the price is right. Laugh up a storm
watching the crazy talent show, weep for
Dixie Mae as her own kin plot against her,
and sigh with relief when you find out who the
mysterious stranger wearing dark glasses
turns out to be. When the curtain comes
down, you’ll want to head right back to
Shoofly for a second helping of country corn
and ham!
19-26 CAST MEMBERS
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stage as a drama teacher, Andrew has been
labeled yellow. The misunderstanding of
Andrew’s passion for life is marvelously
explored in this heartwarming comedy that
reveals a heartwarming, and very yellow
revelation.
ROMEO, JULIET, AND TOTO,
TOO
A funny combination of Shakespeare, L.
Frank Baum, and Hollywood. Movie producer
Antonio Ravioli needs another movie fast. His
writers come up with "The Wizard of Weird"
which is the story of Dorothy and Toto
traveling to the Emerald City to see the
Wizard. But the story is wrong from the
beginning. Instead of the usual Oz characters,
Dorothy and her talking dog, Toto, take a
wrong turn on the Yellow Brick Road and
meet characters from Shakespeare. Even the
Bard makes an appearance.
• Royalty fees are due on EACH performance
regardless of audience size. Royalty fees vary
by show title and will be listed alongside the
show title.
• We are unable to offer discounts on royalty
fees. We would love to support every “good
cause," but unfortunately, it is impossible to
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• Your royalty fee supports the playwright. The
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Please support our playwrights and legally
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• Please inform your treasurer that all royalties
must be paid one week prior to the first
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• If you would like to produce one of our ten
minute monologues for public performance,
royalty fees are due, but if you intend to
perform the monologue for forensics
competition, the royalty fee is waived.
CLIQUES AND CAFETERIAS
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
Balancing
parody
and reality, this show
expertly exaggerates
a day in the life of the
modern
middle
school: Boyfriend blues, popularity contests,
pop quizzes, obnoxious cheerleaders, jock
rock, rumors, gossip, sit-down strikes,
Dungeons
and
Dragons,
cafeteria
catastrophes, boring classes, boring teachers,
talent shows, and standardized tests. This
sassy comedy is fast-paced with a host of
great one-liners.
ROYALTY FEES EXPLAINED
Royalties can be confusing. Here are a few
important things you need to know about
royalty fees before placing an order for
play scripts:
• A royalty fee MUST be paid whenever a
performance is given before an audience
whether or not admission is charged. This
means that if you have the student body,
moms, dads, grandparents and/or general
public in attendance, a royalty fee is due.
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HOW TO ORDER TEN MINUTE
PLAYS
Take a seat! We know how much you love ten
minute theatre! This section is filled with fun
comedies, defining dramas and everything in
between. We're introducing over 20 new ten
minute plays and monologues this year. One
look at these shows, and you'll understand
why directors are adding ten minute plays to
their seasons.
Read these shows online in their entirety
before ordering and find yourself happily
directing a ten minute play this season! There
are over 300 titles in alphabetical order on the
following pages...all highly recommended for
you! If you'd like a suggestion, give us a call
at 1-800-950-7529 or use the SHOW FINDER
on the homepage to filter your search.
1-800
BY: JOSEPH SORRENTINO
1 male, 1 either, 2 total, gender flexible •
Comedy • Ten Minute Play Pack: $35.00
(Includes 3 scripts and rights for 1 year at 1
venue) • Classroom Script: $4.00 (Minimum
order of 10)
A simple phone call to an automated banking
system turns into a humorous battle of wits
between a computer-generated voice and a
frustrated customer, leaving us to wonder if
computers have already taken over the world.
The phone voice may be played by a man or
a woman.
1ST FLOOR, 2ND FLOOR
BY: OLIVIA ARIETI
1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Comedy • Ten Minute
Play Pack: $30.00 (Includes 3 scripts and rights
for 1 year at 1 venue) • Classroom Script: $4.00
(Minimum order of 10)
A couple of newlyweds decide the best way to
survive married life, without killing each other,
is to live separately. With scheduled visits and
strict rules, they hope it will be more like
dating and keep their love alive. Watch for the
surprise twist at the end.
ABANDONED
BY: LAURIE ALLEN
2 females, 2 total • Drama • Ten Minute Play
Pack: $30.00 (Includes 3 scripts and rights for 1
year at 1 venue) • Classroom Script: $4.00
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family's safety and belongings with toast. But
not just any toast. Assault toast. All he has to
do is get the darned thing to work and
convince his sister that he's not crazy.
AVALANCHE
BY: SARAH GREER
Jill thought her mother died when she was
five years old. Now, years later, she discovers
that her mother is alive but has never tried to
make contact. Will she meet the mother that
rejected her? What will she say after all these
years?
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
BY: JONATHAN MAYER
2 either, 2 total • Comedy • Ten Minute Play
In this new take on Abbott and Costello’s
famous skit, two teenage performers try,
rather unsuccessfully, to rehearse a scene for
their drama class. What they succeed in
performing is a hilarious scene full of wit and
comedic miscommunication.
ANTI-DEPRESSANTS
BY: JEFF WEISMAN
1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Comedy, Drama •
Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00 (Includes 3
scripts and rights for 1 year at 1 venue) •
Classroom Script: $4.00 (Minimum order of 10)
A depressed college student and a happy-golucky clothing store clerk share their halfempty, or half-full, points of view in the waiting
room of a therapist's office.
Performed as part of the University of Iowa's
2008 Ten Minute Play Festival.
ARMOIRE FROM HELL
Barry and Clarice have been caught in an
avalanche. At first, each looks at each other
as his/her salvation. Barry is incoherent and
convinced that Clarice is part of a rescue
team. Clarice is quicker to come to terms with
reality. The trapped skiers provide each other
comfort and company as they wait for a
rescue that may never come.
B-I-N-G...OH!
BY: JONATHAN MARKELLA
A lonely couple meet at a bingo hall and
discover
the
importance
of
winning
combinations.
BARBIE AND KEN
BY: SANDRA DEMPSEY
The world's cutest anatomically incorrect
couple are proud parents! But wait something is amiss in parental paradise!
Barbie's back from the delivery room, and
Ken's in for the shock of his plastic life!
BY: JANICE FRONCZAK
THE BEST ESCAPE
2 males, 2 total • Dark Comedy • Ten Minute
BY: CAROLYN WEST
Two estranged brothers get entangled in a
weird command from their mother to burn an
armoire that she thinks is possessed.
ASSAULT TOAST
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
2 females, 2 total • Comedy • Ten Minute Play
Ever find yourself in a sticky situation with no
way out? Fear leads to desperation as Abby
and Gina find themselves in more trouble than
they can handle...and only a great idea can
save them.
2 either, 2 total, gender flexible • Comedy • Ten
Minute Play Pack: $30.00 (Includes 3 scripts
and rights for 1 year at 1 venue) • Classroom
Script: $4.00 (Minimum order of 10)
Cary is working on the toaster. But it's not
broken. See, Cary is improving it. Modifying it.
For home defense. He intends to protect his
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TEN MINUTE PLAYS
Ten minute plays can be used in the
classroom or on stage! If you'd like to use the
plays in the classroom, classroom scripts are
available and if you'd like to perform them on
stage, they are sold in play packs, which
means play scripts and performance rights
are bundled in one set price. When you
purchase the play pack, performance rights
are granted for one year at one venue. If you
decide to move the show, the Additional
Venue fee is due. For forensics use, you only
need to order the play pack and you are set
for the entire season. The Additional Venue
fee is waived for all forensics performances.
2 CAST MEMBERS
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
BETTER LIVING THROUGH
REINCARNATION
BYTE ME
BY: MOLLY CAMPBELL
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
2 CAST MEMBERS
A comedy set in a classroom in Heaven. Two
angels, Gabe and Joan, give a workshop on
the reincarnation program. The tone is that of
a television infomercial. Gabe and Joan joke
between themselves as they tell the audience
about all the necessary steps and
requirements to reincarnate and earn those
precious wings.
BLOOM
BY: SCOTT HAAN
Chris bites off more than he can chew when
he offers to help a technophobe with a
computer project. Techie wizard vs. computer
illiterate, and only one will emerge victorious!
THE CATHARSIS
BY: KRISTYN LEIGH ROBINSON
1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Comedy, Farce • Ten
BY: KELLY DUMAR
1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Drama • Ten Minute
Kristy wakes suddenly from an afternoon
dream to find her son dressing for his senior
prom. What Kristy hopes will be a chance to
share a special milestone with her son
becomes a poignant awakening to change,
loss, and letting go.
Bloom was produced by the Playwrights’
Platform Summer Festival 2005 (MA) where it
won the Playwrights’ Choice Award.
THE BOY BOOK
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
Emily has been thinking about her relationship
with her fiance, David, and she's had a
catharsis - which is now in a box, growling
and purring and really quite alive. So where
do they go from here?
CHICKEN SCRATCH
2 either, 2 total, gender flexible • Farce • Ten
In this crazy tale of crime and bad art, a
painting is stolen from the home of Mr. Horton
Hearsahoo, a collector of contemporary art.
Critics and art thieves believe the painting is
the work of a great abstractionist, but in fact it
is the work of Mr. Hearsahoo's six year-old
son who flunked out of junior art school.
THE CLASS WEREWOLF
BY: JOE MUSSO
Sue and Julie have discovered a mystical
book that reveals all of men's secrets. From
how to turn them down on a date to getting
them to notice you, this book is a miraculous
find.
A BRIEF PAUSE
BY: GREG CUMMINGS
2 males, 2 total, gender flexible • Comedy • Ten
and rights at 1 venue for 1 year) • Classroom
All signs lead to a high school student being a
werewolf, especially the A-plus on a calculus
midterm. Nevertheless, best friends are best
friends.
CONFESSIONS OF A
FACEBOOK ADDICT
15,000 Facebook friends, but not a friend to
save them.
CONFRONTATION
BY: ANDREW YOUNG
2 males, 2 total • Drama • Ten Minute Play
After Geoff is outed at school, his life changes
in ways he never imagined and now more
than ever he needs his best friend.
CP I LOVE U
BY: CHRIS LAVOIE
1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Comedy, Adult
Language • Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00
order of 10)
Dave,
a
down-on-his-luck
computer
technician, comes home from work to get
ready for a date, only to find that the computer
assistant he has built, C3P-02, has fallen in
love with him.
DANCE IN VENICE
BY: JOHN SHANAHAN
Rachel and Gary's vacation in Italy is coming
to an end - unless Rachel can convince her
husband to ditch their old life back home and
stay for good.
Voted "Audience Favorite" at Paw Paw
Village Players One Act 10.5 Festival (MI).
Productions at Curtain Call Theatre (MA) and
Little Theatre on Broad Street (CT).
* THE DELPHINIUM MANSION
BY: LIBBY LEONARD
2 males, 2 total • Dark Comedy • Ten Minute
Two men on the way to pay their final
respects to a friend find out that the deceased
had a few more surprises left up his dead
sleeves.
BY: NICK YAKSICH, JOHN HAWK, JR.
Two lost souls who have become so detached
from reality that they only speak of
themselves in third person meet, by chance,
in a park and discover that their mutual
reliance on the third person narrative might be
a stepping stone to romance.
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Bruce and Carlton find themselves tied to
chairs in a dark room struggling to keep their
composure as they calmly discuss their
situation and an escape plan. Carlton has
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DITZIES
BY: DEBORAH KARCZEWSKI
Trixy takes Roxy out driving to prepare for her
road test. After a near-accident, the two
* = New Title
ditzies are left stranded in the woods to face a
series of hilarious mishaps.
2 CAST MEMBERS
The Eleventh Minute won the 2006 Audience
Choice Award at the Playwrights' Platform
34th Annual Festival of New Plays.
DON'T BE SO HARD ON YOUR
SHELF
THE END OF THE LINE
BY: SCOTT HAAN
BY: GREG CUMMINGS
2 either, 2 total, gender flexible • Comedy,
Farce • Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00 (Includes
3 scripts and rights for 1 year at 1 venue) •
1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Dark Comedy • Ten
Jamie is having a pretty normal day until the
bookcase comes to life and begins to carry on
a conversation.
BY: GEFF MOYER
The time is March 24, 1958, and two young,
naive Tennessee farm girls have fibbed to
their parents about spending the night with
each other in order to camp out in a park
across the street from the Memphis draft
board on the morning Elvis is being inducted
into the Army. Suffering the unusual smells of
the big city, not bringing enough food, and
being illegally camped out in a public park in a
"not-so-nice section of town," creates an
anxiety neither of these girls have ever
experienced. While they await the arrival of
their teen idol, they discover things about
each other that not only surprise them, but
could also alter their lifelong friendship.
DRIVER'S ED.
BY: STEVEN SCHUTZMAN
1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Drama • Script Pack:
$12.50 (Includes 2 scripts) • Ten Minute Play
At her first driving lesson, Patricia, a
precocious, effervescent teenager, alternately
daring and fragile, reveals her grief over her
father's death to test and perhaps establish
trust with a teacher she thinks is very cool.
Patricia's honesty and incredible openness
allow both the teacher and the audience a
rare and affecting view into her life and heart.
The End of the Line was a finalist for the 2002
National Ten Minute Play Contest - Actors
Theatre of Louisville, and also produced at
Roger Hendricks Simon Studio (NY).
A FARE RIDE
BY: MATT THOMPSON
A strong-willed, witty female cab driver deals
with an inept bank robber as they find a little
fun and a little romance in a unique situation.
FAT CANS
BY: SANDRA DEMPSEY
1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Comedy, Mature
Theme • Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00
order of 10)
An Aussie in the snows of Canada's winter:
you're thousands of miles from your home
Down Under, trying your best to learn to fly in
the war effort. But right now, it's the battle of
two cultures as you try to get a handle on the
local lingo and explain yourself!
FINE ART
BY: ABIGAIL TAYLOR
THE ELEVENTH MINUTE
BY: MARIKA BARNETT
The greatest ten-minute play in the history of
the universe! The only problem . . . it’s one
minute too long.
FISH
BY: ERIC APPLETON
2 males, 2 total • Comedy, Adult Language,
Mature Theme • Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00
order of 10)
Alex and John brave an ice storm and power
failure to check on John's niece's aquarium.
While stuck in the house, John's increasingly
desperate efforts to keep the fish alive cause
the couple to deal with the recent stresses
and strains of their relationship.
Fish was a Finalist for the 2008 Heideman
Award, Actor's Theatre of Louisville.
FLIGHT
BY: PATRICK GABRIDGE
2 females, 2 total • Drama, Comedy • Ten
Sarah leads an odd existence – she sleeps at
home, goes to work, and spends every other
moment at the airport. Tired of the cares and
concerns of the world, she seeks refuge in
this odd cocoon, but her overachieving, highly
strung big sister, Deedee, can't understand
and is determined to drag Sarah back to
"normal" life. Flight was first produced by Out
of the Blue Productions in the Boston Theater
Marathon, 2005.
FOR PETE'S SAKE
2 males, 2 total • Comedy • Ten Minute Play
Two men meet. One doesn't know he's dead.
The other doesn't know how (in)famous he is.
FRECKLE MUSIC
BY: SARAH NEILSON
Struck by the sonorous tones of a song,
Becca stops to listen to Brandon sing. As her
interaction with Brandon grows more intimate,
it's clear that they had been in love when
Becca was alive. In lyrical dialogue that
transcends realms, Becca and Brandon come
to terms with their separation.
A wealthy shopaholic suffers from severe
buyer's remorse after having made a
mysterious purchase she can't return.
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TEN MINUTE PLAYS
THE DRAFT BOARD
Sometimes you just want to be left alone.
Chuck is very self-conscious about his raspy
voice and refuses to answer any of the
numerous phone messages left by Nancy, the
Welcome Wagon lady. We all go through
various trials and tribulations in our lives, but
Nancy's attempts to reach Chuck take the
cake. As Chuck replays all of Nancy's
messages, he prepares for her imminent
arrival.
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
FURIOUS
BY: ERIC APPLETON
1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Drama, Comedy •
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
In the last days of his life, Leo asks his
daughter Clare to kill his cat and have its
remains buried with him. Through the years,
they have battled each other to a standstill,
and with this one final dispute, they begin to
understand that a family’s fury can be just as
binding as love.
2 CAST MEMBERS
THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION,
CONDENSED
INSOMNIA
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
2 females, 2 total • Comedy, Drama, Adult
order of 10)
Two zany announcers act out The History of
Television from caveman times to the present.
Whether it's I Love Lucy or confusing modern
commercials, this zany duo proves that we
can't live without TV.
I LIKE ART
Furious premiered at Inspirato's Third Annual
Toronto Ten-Minute Play Festival.
GRACE
BY: CELESTE BONFANTI
1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Drama, Social Scene
• Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00 (Includes 3
On a park bench, Jeremiah, a young
runaway, encounters Veronica, an elderly
woman wrapped in a quilt of memories. As he
hears her story (lovingly recalled through the
patches of her quilt), he finds himself drawn
out of his own troubles and into her tale of
homelessness and family lost.
Frank and Harry bump into each other at a
gallery opening and begin a conversation
about art. When Frank announces his desire
to go to Japan to study Noh Theater, Harry
misunderstands and is led to believe that
there is no theater in Japan. An homage to
Abbott and Costello's "Who’s On First."
I'M JUST DIGGING A HOLE IN
THE WOODS AT 2 A.M. NO
REASON. WHY DO YOU ASK?
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
"Lovely, lapidary." - Paul Kolas, Worcester
Telegram & Gazette (MA)
GRANDPA JIM IS DEAD
BY: ROY C. BOOTH, MICHAEL PASLAWSKI
Play Pack: $30.00 (Includes 3 scripts with rights
One more night of watching the Lifetime
channel with his girlfriend and Bob is going to
jump out the window. When his cell phone
rings, he seizes the opportunity to get a
programming change.
GRAVESIDE MANNERS
BY: SCOTT ICENHOWER
With one foot on his grave and the other on
his cooler, Barry faces his mortality by
planning his going away party.
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It's 2 a.m. so naturally, Halling is curious as to
why her classmate Andrews is digging a hole
in the woods on a cold January night. Of
course, Andrews eventually has to ask what
she is doing in the middle of the woods at 2
a.m. The tension between them mounts
hysterically as they both try to pass off their
bizarre actions as casually as possible. Is one
of them up to no good?
Mary's struggles with the pressure of
motherhood produce an intense, lyrical,
sleepless night. A wild romp—perfect for
anyone who's ever had a hard time falling
asleep. "Any play that bills itself as
"hysterically funny" or "deeply human" is
usually a disappointment. Insomnia is the
rarest of exceptions."- Jan Radcliff, CoFounder of Heartlande Theatre Company (MI)
THE ISOLATION BOOTH
BY: IAN MCCLINTOCK
Waldo and Vernon are two neighbors who
were never meant to live next door to each
other. Waldo, a sensitive, introspective
technophile meets up with Vernon, a
gregarious, unconstrained, extroverted jock.
Hilarity ensues when each recounts their
times together in a rapid-fire, witty exchange
of opinions.
THE LEDGE
2 females, 2 total • Dark Comedy • Ten Minute
With all due respect to acrophobics
everywhere, Mildred is stuck on a ledge and
the only person around to help her is a
strange girl who has a penchant for throwing
things.
LICKING POLLOCK
BY: TONI WILSON
IF THE SHOE FITS
BY: TIM BOHN
1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Comedy, Fantasy,
Existential Drama • Ten Minute Play Pack:
$30.00 (Includes 3 scripts and rights for 1 year
at 1 venue) • Classroom Script: $4.00 (Minimum
order of 10)
Keith needs a new pair of shoes. Jejune will
not only solve his shoe problems, but
everything else in his life as well.
A pair of friends, Lily and Peter, break into the
art museum Peter worked at so she can
admire and ever so affectionately lick the
Pollock mural. In the ten minutes they have
before the alarm resets itself, both Peter and
Lily come to a better understanding of the
mural and of their feelings for each other.
* = New Title
2 CAST MEMBERS
LOONS
NOBODY'S PERFECT
BY: BRADLEY HAYWARD
BY: MATT THOMPSON
An elderly couple sits at the end of a long
wooden dock and waits for the loons to greet
them for another summer at the lake.
Donna and Reed are on a blind date. As the
two strangers attempt to explore each other's
personality, their idiosyncrasies become more
and more glaring. During the verbal
intercourse, we the audience hear each
individual's thoughts through asides as both
the good and the ugly appear. In the end,
both Donna and Reed ask the question: "How
much am I willing to put up with in a
relationship?" They'll both find out that
nobody's perfect!
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
it a real highlight for audiences in last year's
showcase." - Christopher Snipe, Artistic
Director, Madcap Players, Washington, D.C.
PARENTAL GUIDANCE
SUGGESTED
LUNCH DATE
BY: SALLY JANE KERSCHEN-SHEPPARD
A woman has lunch on a park bench with the
man of her dreams, or so she believes. He’s
perfect in every way - good looking,
ambitious, and smart. As their lunch
progresses, however, the image she has of
the perfect man looks less and less like the
man sitting next to her. She discovers that Mr.
Right isn’t right for her after all.
MARVIN AND JULIUS
BY: STEVEN BERGMAN
Two kids on graduation
anxiety and excitement
separate ways. Spoiler
Julius are guinea pigs! An
comedy with a fun twist!
day express their
about going their
alert: Marvin and
"Odd Couple"-style
ONLY VISITING
BY: ELISE FREE
2 females, 2 total • Comedy, Adult Language •
Edna and Carol, two suburbanite women
approaching their twilight years, wander away
from their all-inclusive resort and find
themselves lost in a seedy part of Montego
Bay, Jamaica. Frightened of the “black
locals,” they are rendered paralyzed as they
try to strategize a way back to safety.
OPEN TO INTERPRETATION
Two mothers meet on a playground bench.
With wit and wisdom, they cross generations
and straighten each other out.
THE PARTY
BY: MICHELE MARKARIAN
1 female, 1 male, 2 total, gender flexible •
order of 10)
When a professional woman asks her young,
tech-savvy assistant to help her plan a client
party, she discovers that they have very
different ideas on what makes a social event
successful.
PASS THE SALT, PLEASE.
BY: JEFFREY JAMES IRCINK
1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Comedy, Mature
Theme, Adult Language • Ten Minute Play
BY: KEN BRADBURY
This clever spoof on the Hansel and Gretel
story gets some new looks as the actors give
various interpretations: Shakespeare, soap
opera, Dragnet and others.
What would happen if the dinner conversation
of a married couple in their 50s resembled the
script pages of a scene in a pornographic
film? As a man and woman catch up on the
day’s events, their banter morphs from “hohum” to “whoop-eee!” without missing a "bite."
The scene reflects the state of sex in the
America of the feminine mystique, as viewed
by feminist Betty Friedan.
OUT OF TIME
PEE-PEE BUCKET
BY: JANICE FRONCZAK
3 scripts and rights for 1 year at 1 venue) •
The fast pace of modern life engulfs Mary in a
surrealistic whirlwind as she becomes unstuck
from time. Mary struggles to connect with her
daughter, Jenna, before it's too late. The clock
is ticking in this acting challenge.
A comedic abstract play where one character
hands a single shoe to a blindfolded character
and then asks "What is it?" Hilarity ensues
when the blindfolded character is unable to
answer correctly, even though the blindfolded
character says it's a shoe.
"I greatly enjoyed directing Out of Time!" It
was fun to dive in and explore this intriguing,
challenging, and emotionally rich play. The
realistic dialogue, relatable characters, and
innovative, theatrical nature of the play made
Johnathan, a businessman who breaks down,
hitches a ride with Billy-Bob. Billy-Bob takes
Johnathan on a ride of a lifetime, first scaring
him with the arsenal in the glove
compartment, then revealing his desire to
discover his "inner-child." These two men
discover their differences and similarities
amidst the spilled pee-pee bucket.
* NEXT STOP!
BY: MATT THOMPSON
Denise and Ian attempt to read each others'
minds as they romantically probe one another
in this heightened romance set in the New
York subway.
NO IT ISN'T
BY: JOE MUSSO
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TEN MINUTE PLAYS
Pack: $30.00 (Includes 3 scripts and royalties
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
PERFECT STRANGERS
BY: PETER SNOAD
Robert climbs a mountain in search of peace
and quiet. Instead, he meets an engaging
stranger who convinces him to make an
unusual commitment.
POPULAR WITH THE TOURISTS
2 CAST MEMBERS
project is to study the effects of the relish on
his customers. Sounds simple, right? Not if
your first customer is Tess. T. Subject, the
eccentric, scatterbrained, and just plain goofy
Tess, who turns the tables on Frank...leaving
him in a pickle.
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
Two men meet in Central Park. Jim is a tourist
from Idaho, having a wonderful first time in
the Big Apple. He only has one
disappointment - you see, Jim has been in the
Big Apple for almost a week without being
mugged! So he hires Rocko - a professional
who provides a very particular service for
thrill-seeking tourists. The result is a pleasant,
lighthearted comedy about doing crime and
getting away with business.
PREDATOR AND ALIEN VS.
RAMBO AND POWER RANGERS
3-D, PART IV
2 either, 2 total, gender flexible • Farce,
order of 10)
At a sold-out showing of the new movie
Predator and Alien vs Rambo and Power
Rangers 3-D, Part IV a movie patron has the
misfortune to sit next to an annoying, cellphone-using, soda-spilling, popcorn-squishing
movie goer with personal issues which he
can't leave at the theater door.
THE RELISH
BY: MIKE WILLIS, ANGIE MOLINA, SAM
PERSON
1 female, 1 male, 2 total, 1-5 extras, gender
flexible • Comedy, Farce • Ten Minute Play
BY: MARK SCHARF
THE ROPE SWINGS
BY: TONI WILSON
Every night at 4:30 a.m., Josh awakens to find
Leann silently watching and waiting for
another chance to replay how a promising
relationship ended stillborn in pride,
misunderstanding and miscommunication. As
the play unfolds, we come to question if
Leann’s visits are real or if they are only
replaying in Josh’s head. Replay is about the
journey from regret and remorse to
redemption in our shared struggle to connect
to another human being before it’s too late.
REPO MAN VS. PANGEA GIRL
BY: ERIC BOWER
An aspiring young criminal mastermind meets
her match in the unlikely form of a repo man
who helps her cope with her parents'
separation.
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2 females, 2 total • Drama, Adult Language •
After their mother dies, a pair of sisters meets
privately for the first time in the backyard of
the house they grew up in. Fifteen years have
passed, and in the ten minutes that pass in
the play, we see what those fifteen years
have done to the sisters and if making
amends and healing are possible.
THE SECURITY GUARD
BY: PHIL OLSON
2 males, 2 total, 1 extra • Comedy • Ten Minute
An overzealous warehouse security guard,
who spent time in the army and takes himself
way too seriously, breaks in a new trainee
while a robbery happens right under their
noses.
SENSITIVITY, U.S.A.
BY: EMMETT LOVERDE
RETURN TO SENDER
BY: MATT THOMPSON
Wilbur is the post office's latest employee-ofthe-month, but the strain of the holidays
begins to take its toll when a customer hits
Wilbur's last nerve and he takes out his
frustration in a very unique way.
Return to Sender had its world premiere at
The Plutonium Theatre in San Diego,
California.
ROMEO REVISED
Frank N. Furter is a top secret government
agent who answers directly to the president.
The president orders Frank to test-market a
new, mind-altering serum that has been
developed by super secret government
scientists. Frank disguises the serum in some
hot dog pickle relish and sets up a stand in
Chicago and begins selling hot dogs. His
right away. This utterly original spoof on the
Bard's classic tragedy asks the questions:
What if Juliet didn't stab herself? What if
Romeo's poison was a dud? And of
course...what would happen next? Winner of
the Saskatchewan Provincial Drama Festival,
May 2009.
REPLAY
BY: CHRISTOPHER MORSE
Comedy, Farce • Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00
order of 10)
BY: WADE BRADFORD
1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Comedy, Classics •
Imagine if Shakespeare had decided not to kill
off his two star-crossed lovers . . . at least not
Sensitivity, U.S.A. depicts a disillusioned
teenager who attempts to expose the
shallowness of his classmates by interviewing
the most popular girl in school. She's not as
superficial as she seems, and he's not as
sensitive as he thought, but it's a surprise to
them both when they fall in love. One act
version also available.
SHAKESPEARE GETS AN M.F.A.
BY: ALEXIS KOZAK
2 males, 2 total • Comedy, Adult Language •
William Shakespeare finds himself in a
graduate playwriting program, where his
thesis adviser forces him to rewrite Romeo
and Juliet until it is all but unrecognizable.
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2 CAST MEMBERS
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
SOCKS
THE SPRING
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
BY: TIM BOHN
BY: JENNA AKER
2 females, 2 total • Drama, Mature Theme • Ten
A man is on an errand that makes him rather
uncomfortable. He's looking for tampons, and
the over-eager, well-meaning sales associate
who speaks limited English is only making
things worse. When he finally finds what he's
looking for, the man is overwhelmed by the
variety of product and is forced into some
unorthodox decision-making, which leaves the
awed sales associate spewing his praises a
little too enthusiastically for comfort.
A man uses socks to help a young woman
find happiness.
A young woman reveals a dark secret to a
school counselor. Finally ready to confront her
fears, Kinsey tells Donna about a traumatic
incident from her past, but what she reveals is
strange to say the least. While what really
happened to Kinsey is shadowed in doubt,
their conversation speaks truth about fear,
trauma, grief, and hope.
SILENT DANCER
BY: MIKE WILLIS
1 female, 1 male, 2 total, gender flexible •
Drama • Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00
venue.) • Classroom Script: $4.00 (Minimum
order of 10)
Caitlyn studied dance from an early age, but
thanks to a crippling car accident, she will
probably never dance again. Dancing was
Caitlyn's life, and on the verge of giving up,
she meets Duwayne, who instead of pitying
her, goads her into continuing with her
physical therapy in an effort to walk again.
Socks had its world premiere at Lakeshore
Players 9th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival
2013.
A SON AND HIS FATHER
BY: E.R. SCHULTZ
2 males, 2 total • Drama, Comedy • Ten Minute
After being called to his father’s hospital
room, a son in his early 20s is met with an
unusual situation. The conversation quickly
evolves past the banter of a son and his
father to become an examination of the
emotional core of their relationship. In the
end, both the son and the father gain a
newfound appreciation for the role each plays
in the other’s life.
SPIES
SMELL OF SUCCESS
BY: MATT THOMPSON
order of 10)
A frustrated author is attempting to create his
next best seller. There’s only one problem: he
has no lead character! With a looming
deadline, the author frantically searches the
far reaches of his creativity to develop the
perfect character. As he types, his creations
come to life. From a handsome lifeguard to a
teenager on a cell phone! When all seems
lost, our author invents a classic comedic
solution.
SMOKE
They've made contact. Exchanged secret
codes. Traded top secrets. But Agent 62455
has been tricked. And now, with spies
watching spies who are covering spies, 62455
and AABBCC will battle to the death using a
spy's most secret and deadly weapon...the
stare!
THE SPOT
A dying man's love of cigarettes and Lauren
Bacall.
Rain desperately wants to see the son she
placed for adoption, but the adoptive mom,
Marla, feels she needs to protect her son from
Rain's chaotic life. Can the two mothers learn
to understand each other? "A complex,
vibrant, and provocative piece of theater,
challenging and fulfilling for cast, director, and
the audience!" - Judy Braha, Program Head,
MFA directing program, Boston University
School of Theater
A SUMMER EVENING
BY: PETER HUANG
2 males, 2 total • Drama • Ten Minute Play
Summer is a link connecting two different
worlds. For many people, it is a time to relax,
reflect and prepare for what’s coming ahead.
As two friends await their companions outside
a movie theater, they must consider their past
and get ready for the future.
2 either, 2 total • Drama • Ten Minute Play
Pack: $35.00 (Includes 11 scripts and rights for
1 year at 1 venue) • Classroom Script: $4.00
BY: DAN BANCROFT
2 males, 2 total, gender flexible • Drama,
order of 10)
STOP RAIN
A man finds a good spot to stand, a
comfortable place to call his own. But the rest
of the world is intent on making him move.
People try bribery, threats, prayer, politics,
even murder to get what he's got. Requiring
almost no set or specific costumes, this tenminute piece has a flexible cast and will
challenge you anew every time you read, see,
or stage it.
SWEDISH FISH
BY: RICHARD FULCO
In a world where one must pay in order to
speak, two vagabonds find each other and fall
in love despite never having the opportunity to
speak to one another. Produced at the 15Minute Play Festival, American Globe Theatre
and Turnip Theatre Company, New York.
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TEN MINUTE PLAYS
SHOPPING FOR MY WIFE
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
TODD AND BECKY
UNPLANNED
BY: PHIL OLSON
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Drama, Comedy •
1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Drama, Mature
Theme • Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00
order of 10)
The day before garbage collection day, two
homeless people, Todd with his tin foil hat
and antennae and Becky with her scuba mask
and snorkel, strike gold when they find empty
bottles and love in an alley.
A hard look at a young, unmarried couple with
very different opinions of how to handle their
unplanned pregnancy.
TRAPPED
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
2 CAST MEMBERS
BY: SCOTT HAAN
The elevator lurches to a halt, trapping two
complete strangers alone together. Aside
from both of them searching for a way out, the
two don't seem to have anything in
common...or do they?
TRASH TALK
BY: BEN KINGSLAND
"This piece is the highlight of the
performance, extremely moving." Virginia
High School League Valley District One Act
Competition Adjudicator.
UPPIES AND DOWNIES
BY: MIKE MCCAFFERTY
Written for Journeymen Theater Company's
"It's Not Easy Being Green" series. Produced
by Journeymen Theater Company during the
2009 Capitol Fringe Festival.
TWO GUYS AND A BENCH
Frank, a some time actor and full-time coffee
shop manager, is spending his lunch hour in
the park, memorizing his lines for his
upcoming role in Henry V. Things are going
well until Harry arrives and not only upsets
Frank’s afternoon, but his entire life, as he
methodically—and hilariously—takes Frank’s
identity.
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also produced at Arizona State University's
Cheese and Crackers Ten-Minute Play
Festival 2007 and selected as a 2008 finalist
in the Region VIII American College Theater
Festival at California State University.
WASHINGTON'S AXE
BY: GARY PETERSON
2 either, 2 total, 0-6 extras, gender flexible •
order of 10)
A huckster tries to sell an antique axe to a
customer, purporting that it is the actual
hatchet used by George Washington to cut
down his father’s prized cherry tree. The
situation begs the age-old question: if you
replace all the parts of an object, does it still
retain its identity?
* WHAT'S IN THE BOX?
BY: JASON NEWKIRK
Paul and Rudolph are riding the Sissymaker,
the largest, most injury-inducing roller coaster
in the world. Rudolph is an "uppie" (hands up
during the ride) while Paul is a "downie"
(hands down). During the slow climb to the
top, they talk about life, roller coasters and hot
dogs and find a common link with them all.
THE VENT BUTTON
BY: SCOTT HAAN
The trash can and the recycling bin can't
stand each other. Waiting by the curb for
pickup on a hot summer morning, the longsuffering can and the self-righteous bin butt
heads about everything under the sun especially over whose got a shot with the
lovely little compost pile out back. Can they
learn to live and let live before the trash truck
comes?
3 scripts and royalties for 1 year at 1 venue) •
Chris can't understand why Rudy isn't more
confrontational, and doesn't stand up to
people. But when Chris tries to get Rudy to
become more vocal about the little
annoyances of everyday life, it quickly
becomes a clear case of "be careful what you
wish for!"
WAITING IN LINE TO SEE THE
VIRGIN MARY
BY: KAREN MICHELLE SARVER
2 females, 2 total • Comedy, Multicultural • Ten
2 either, 2 total, gender flexible • Drama,
order of 10)
To what extent will one go to satisfy their
curiosity? This refreshing play, about the
journey to find truth, is perfect for all actors.
But remember, curiosity killed the cat. So,
What’s In The Box?
WORST DATE EVER
BY: TIM MOGFORD
1 female, 1 male, 2 total, 2-5 extras • Comedy •
“Don’t undersell yourself. This might be the
worst date ever.” Nick spent a lot of time
planning this date with Emily, but a series of
unexpected events ensures that nothing goes
the way he had hoped. To add insult to injury,
the date rapidly unravels in public, as
shoppers pass to and fro. Will this date be the
disaster it seems or will Emily see through
Nick’s ill-advised plans to the sweet intentions
underneath?
YELLOW MARROW
BY: PAUL RUST
Two women wait in line on a sidewalk to see
an image of the Virgin Mary in a tortilla.
During their wait, Maria’s faith is tested by
Magdalena’s confessions that Maria’s prayers
were not as effective as she believed they
were.
Waiting in Line to See the Virgin Mary won
Judge's Favorite at Seattle's Open Circle
Theatre's Eat My Shorts Festival 2010. It was
2 males, 2 total • Drama, Adult Language,
order of 10)
"Therefore, as your forgotten children, you
shall not miss us in our absence." So ends the
joint suicide letter that Travis and Brian, two
troubled teen males, have composed, feeling
that they have no one and no reason to
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continue living.
YOU'RE CRAZY, TAJ SAYS SO
BY: LATHAN EHLERS
3 AM WAKE-UP CALL
BY: E.R. SCHULTZ
3 males, 3 total • Comedy, Dark Comedy • Ten
Just because your best friend calls you at
three in the morning and demands that you
meet him in an empty parking lot doesn't
mean you have to go.
ARE YOU IN EARNEST?
BY: JOHN KELLY
2 females, 1 male, 3 total • Comedy • Ten
THE BOND THEY SHARED
BY: DAVID PINSOF
Three men share a very special bond, and
that bond is Bond, James Bond. However,
none of them resemble their fictional role
model in the least. They are geeky,
unmotivated, and completely unsuccessful
with women. Watch these Bond-obsessed
nerds struggle to maintain their disintegrating
friendship in this hilarious play.
CHOICES
BY: DAN BANCROFT
2 females, 1 male, 3 total • Drama • Ten Minute
A heartbreaking tale of the choices faced in
the early days of World War II. Set in
Frankfurt, Germany in October of 1939, Sarah
and her parents struggle to decide the best
course of action as the political situation in
their country quickly goes from bad to worse.
A DOZEN RAW EGGS AT THE
AIRPORT
BY: ROY C. BOOTH
What happens when life imitates art? Two
young actresses rehearse The Importance of
Being Earnest with their young, male director.
The modern-day relationship mirrors that of
Gwendolyn and Cecily in the tea scene from
Oscar Wilde's world-famous play. Filled with
physical humor and sharp wit, this play is a
surefire delight for young women.
What are the odds of running into your exgirlfriend at the airport when you're there to
pick up your mail-order bride from
Azerbaijan?! When the two women meet, it's
not just a series of cultural misunderstandings
that end up getting tossed around!
BECAUSE THE WORLD NEEDS
UNICORNS
A Dozen Raw Eggs at the Airport had its
world premiere at Bemidji Chief Theatre (MN)
in 2009, produced by KG Entertainment and
Paul Bunyan Playhouse.
BY: CERISE DE GELDER
2 males, 1 either, 3 total • Comedy • Ten Minute
A desperate refugee begs for safe haven and
is met with rigid rules and red tape. But he
hasn't arrived on a boat...he needs to get on
one!
Finalist at the 2010 Short & Sweet Play
Festival (Melbourne).
THE FACTS OF LIFE, A
REAPPRAISAL
BY: C.P. STANCICH
1 female, 2 males, 3 total • Comedy, Fantasy •
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
graveyards and electrocution, damage control
is necessary.
FAMILY SECRETS
BY: PHILIP VASSALLO
A hospital patient on her death bed, a convict
on death row, and an Iraqi captive. They are
unaware of each others’ presence and of their
blood relationship to each other. Through their
monologues, we see the limitations of
language, the richness of emotional energy in
the face of death, and the nature of blood
relationships.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
BY: MATT THOMPSON
A heart-warming play about a guy and a girl
and their first impressions of one another. As
they both break the fourth wall, we get a
glimpse into their real thoughts - funny, direct,
and honest.
THE FORCE AND JEDI
LOATHING OUTSIDE OF LAS
VEGAS
BY: ROY C. BOOTH
1 female, 2 males, 3 total • Comedy • Ten
Not so long ago, (well, last Thursday, actually)
at a roadside tourist trap, not so far, far away
from Las Vegas, there was a great
disturbance in…the Force! A maiden of honor
and her husband were stranded, waiting
endlessly for a cab to come to their rescue.
No car, no cellphone, and now they must
endure the fan boy craziness of her younger
brother,
“Qwee-Bok
Jin,”
an
official
representative of the High Jedi Council of
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Will
they get to the wedding on time? Will QweeBok Jin have to use his light saber to defend
his sullied Jedi honor? And how does a large
hero sandwich tie into all of this? Read this
comedy, the people of the Republic have
spoken!
The facts of life are difficult enough without
adding Frankenstein's monster into the mix!
Ludovic, Frankenstein’s monster, now settled
into domestic life, is unsettled by his wife's
request to speak to their son about the birds
and the bees. When his explanation includes
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A riotous story of two roommates. Joe is an
average guy living with a not-so-average guy,
Carl, and desperately wants him to move out.
Carl is a bit of a nonconformist and, frankly, a
bit delusional. He talks to his toenail clippings!
Despite Joe’s previous attempts to get him to
move out, Carl remains, but this time could be
different.
2-3 CAST MEMBERS
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
3 CAST MEMBERS
GARDEN VARIETY
HE LOVES ME
MARRIAGE...AFTER DEATH
BY: TROY IVERSON
BY: TIM MOGFORD
BY: ROY C. BOOTH, ABBEY FERRIER
2 females, 1 male, 3 total • Comedy, Fantasy •
In the beginning, there was Steve and Adam .
. . I think. Two guys hanging out without a
clue as to who they are or where they came
from. They discuss this when a third person, a
woman, appears. As usual, things get more
complicated, lines are drawn, battles are
fought, chaos ensues. Who is right? Who is
wrong? Who is Rupert?
For LeeAnn, love seems simple. She likes
Nate, and as soon as he realizes he has
always liked her too, all will be well. She is
blissfully unaware of his indifference and
resists all attempts by her long-suffering
friends, Becky and Trisha, to give her a sense
of perspective. But LeeAnn isn’t the only one
who is blind to reality, and it’s time for all three
friends to learn the hard lessons of love in this
comedy about high school dating.
Vincent is dead. Quite dead, actually, and
he's okay with that. Really. What he is not
okay with is that they have buried him
between his first wife who died 25 years ago
and his current wife who died with him in the
car accident. Spending eternity in the ground
with one of them would have been all right,
but with both? With the two of them
comparing notes? Fighting over him? Possibly
even ganging up on him? Why, that's enough
to actually welcome a zombie apocalypse!
GENESIS
BY: DONALD TONGUE
1 female, 2 males, 3 total • Existential Drama •
A female playwright struggles with her
rewrites and finds herself in direct conflict with
her own characters as she battles for control.
THE GREAT IRONY HEIST
BY: ERIC BURCHETT
3 females, 3 total • Comedy, Mature Theme,
Adult Language • Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00
order of 10)
Rio and Katie are robbers on the job, the
former experienced and the latter a rookie.
The two stumble into discussing the meaning
of "irony," and the line between hypothetical
and reality blurs. When the gang’s leader
arrives, she thinks Katie is either stupid or
crazy, and Rio must decide who she can trust.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILL
BY: C.P. STANCICH
The most creative curtain raiser in the history
of curtain raisers. Friends try to get
Shakespeare to loosen up on his special day.
While the Bard wrestles with his latest play,
he is beset by well-wishers, prophecies and
an enigmatic warning about silencing
electronic devices.
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IT AIN'T NO HONEYMOON
BY: ERIC BURCHETT
MODEL BEHAVIOR
BY: BENJAMIN KLINGEMANN
When newlyweds Kyle and Lois get lost in the
Moroccan desert with their guide, Paco,
everyone discovers their true feelings. Kyle
wants romance, Lois wants Paco, and Paco is
not what he appears to be. The situation
worsens with every sip of warm soda.
Tim and Angie are looking to buy their forever
home. While looking through a promising
model home, an accident on Tim's part turns
their peaceful Saturday plans on their head.
A MODERN ROMANCE
LESLIE AND THE BOYS
BY: MICHELE MARKARIAN
BY: TIM MOGFORD
Leslie arrives at Alex's house to get a male
perspective on something. Instead, she
encounters Luke, who has little perspective
on anything. A funny take on the pain and
absurdity of young love and the difficulties of
dating.
James and Emily meet at an eight-minute
dating event. Delighted by their shared
passion for movies and restaurants, they
decide to get married. A disagreement over
what to name their firstborn proves too much
for the relationship, which crumbles as the
eight minutes are up and a new man appears
on the scene.
LOST SATELLITES
BY: EUGENIE CARABATSOS
MT. OLYMPUS COFFEE SHOP
2 females, 1 male, 3 total • Comedy, Drama •
scripts and royalties for 1 year at 1 venue) •
Classroom Script: $4.00 (minimum order of 10)
BY: FRANK IZZO
Ally and Ben are driving across the country
after the death of their mother. Their
relationship has gone off course. Will their
GPS be able to help them find their way?
When Bob Terry walks into the Mt. Olympus
Coffee Shop in New York City, he discovers it
is run by a man who claims to be a Greek
god.
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THE NEXT NEXT GENERATION
BY: CAITLIN EDWARDS
1 female, 2 males, 3 total • Comedy, Farce •
When Larry responds to a Craigslist job ad,
he discovers that the potential employer, Jim,
believes he is the commander of the Starship
Enterprise. Larry attempts to prove to Jim that
he is worthy of being the newest member of
his fleet, but he's up against Jessica, a pretty
actress for the job.
BY: E.R. SCHULTZ
1 male, 2 either, 3 total • Comedy • Ten Minute
A Hollywood executive is faced with the
seemingly common task of reviewing a
writer’s story for production. However, the tiny
quirk is that the writer in question is none
other than William Shakespeare and the story
in question is none other than Hamlet.
Comedy ensues as the great writer is forced
to come face-to-face with the entertainment
standards of the movie business.
OFF HAND
BY: DEANNA ANDERSON
A recent retiree and his wife make a startling
discovery in their backyard. With false
accusations, secret pasts, and a few mishaps
along the way, this play is truly off hand.
PIECES OF LIFE
BY: MIKE WILLIS
THE PLAYWRIGHT'S
NIGHTMARE
ROUND TRIP TO MONTE
CARLO
BY: CLAUDIA HAAS
BY: GEORGE MATRY MASSELAM
2 females, 1 male, 3 total, gender flexible •
order of 10)
2 females, 1 male, 3 total • Comedy, Drama •
Terry comes to the final dress rehearsal of her
new play, Saving Salvation, and that's where
the nightmare begins. It seems she never did
get the changes.
An Arab-American young man seeks the
blessing of his fiancee's mother in
southwestern Virginia. Stereotypes abound;
sparks and guile result before all comes to
rest.
THE POLISHED MANICURE
BY: SARA LJUNGKULL
SEEING IS BELIEVING
3 females, 3 total • Drama, Multicultural • Ten
BY: JILL MORRIS
Mary, a Vietnamese manicurist, shares her
personal experiences with her unwitting
customers. She speaks of the deaths of her
children and her own near-death experience
during the fall of Saigon. Her insight helps her
customers reevaluate their priorities and
decide to put their children above their own
selfish desires.
THE PURG
This hilarious ten-minute play is an example
of marketing at its finest! Mr. Blag’s flea circus
is the best in the world, and he wants Mr.
Denning to book them for his talent agency.
Even Ms. Steinmuller, the secretary, is
impressed, and Mr. Denning, of course,
agrees to sign the flea circus. Now, if only he
could actually see the act! In showbiz, things
are not always what they seem.
BY: STEPHEN BROWN
3 males, 3 total, gender flexible • Dark Comedy
• Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00 (Includes 4
Jeff Johnson is trying to get through his first
day of work when he meets Henry, a very
blunt and apathetic employee. After a series
of confusing questions, Henry reveals that
their office is actually in Purgatory. Baffled
beyond belief, Jeff has to decide if he’s the
subject of an office prank or if he’s actually
dead.
SILENT TREATMENT
BY: SCOTT HAAN
4 scripts and royalties for 1 year at 1 venue) •
Three friends are getting together for lunch,
but June and Gretchen are surprised to find
that Billie, normally the unstoppable
chatterbox of the group, isn't saying a word.
Can two friends figure out why a third is giving
them the silent treatment?
STOP REQUESTED
The Purg was a semifinalist at the Turnip
Theater Company’s 15-minute Play Festival
(NY).
RESURRECTION FOR
*DUMMIES
BY: RHEA MACCALLUM
Grandparents are one of life's greatest
blessings. The death of Sarah's grandmother,
Nora, has left her devastated, but her
husband David doesn't seem to understand
what she's going through. Nora reaches
beyond the grave through a memory quilt
made before her death, helping David grow
more understanding and helping Sarah to
begin to accept her loss.
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
Eddie attempts to bring his father back to life.
BY: GAIL PHANEUF
2 females, 1 male, 3 total • Drama, Comedy •
Lewis and Christine meet on a city bus, each
focused on their own destination - Lewis is
headed for the dentist, while Christine is going
shopping. However, when Vietnam vet Lewis
insists that he knows Christine, their individual
journeys merge as they develop an unlikely
friendship for the duration of the bus ride.
Winner of the Audience Choice Award at the
Playwrights' Platform 2008 Festival of New
Plays (MA).
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NO THANKS, MR.
SHAKESPEARE
3 CAST MEMBERS
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
3-4 CAST MEMBERS
STUDY GROUP
subtext they think is weaved into the Walt
Disney movie Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs.
script. This award-winning play debuted at the
Playwrights' Platform 37th Annual Festival of
New Plays in Boston, MA (June 2009).
THEY DOESN'T SPEAK GOOD
ENGLISH
WHO GETS CHARLIE?
BY: DON LOWRY
3 males, 3 total, 8 extras • Drama • Ten Minute
BY: ADAM PASEN
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
2 females, 1 male, 3 total • Comedy, Mature
Theme • Script Pack: $14.25 (Includes 3
scripts) • Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00
order of 10)
When fate throws jaded exes, Anne and Bill,
into the same geology study group, the
estranged couple takes a crash course in
romantic chemistry. Aided only by their sharp
tongues and the help of the outrageously
geeky Gertrude, the two set out to make
things right.
THE SUPERS
BY: JON KOMMES
1 female, 2 males, 3 total • Comedy, Adult
order of 10)
A seemingly innocent girl sits reading a
magazine. Along comes one diabolical villain
and one bumbling superhero, mysteriously
scheduled to meet at the same place, and
hilarity ensues!
THE SURGEON GENERAL'S
WARNING
BY: JOE BARNES
2 females, 1 male, 3 total • Dark Comedy, Adult
order of 10)
A bleak and bitingly funny look at death and
dying. Louise, Joe and Mattie are awaiting
their end in a hospice for the terminally ill.
They find solace in remembering with relish
the very thing that has caused their death:
cigarette smoking.
TALLEY O'MALLEY, THE
UNLUCKY LEPRECHAUN
BY: KATE GUYTON
1 female, 2 males, 3 total • Comedy, Fantasy •
scripts and royalties for 1 year at 1 venue) •
A leprechaun suffers from a serious case of
bad luck.
A THEORY OF LITTLE MEN
BY: E.R. SCHULTZ
2 males, 1 either, 3 total, gender flexible •
order of 10)
A fast and funny conversation between two
brothers about the hidden meanings and
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2 females, 1 male, 3 total • Educational,
order of 10)
Bob and Susie are driving their English
teacher, Miss Scott, to the teetering edge of
sanity. They are both failing her class
because they refuse to acknowledge or use
proper grammar. As Bob puts it, "My friends
doesn't got no trouble understanding what I
say." Will Miss Scott be able to get through to
them before she has a nervous breakdown?
BY: MIKE WILLIS
Every
class
has
a
"Charlie,"
the
uncoordinated kid who is always picked last
for playground activities. As Mike sits on
stage waiting to speak at the funeral of his
friend Charlie, his mind wanders back to their
childhood experiences. The play leaves you
with the thought that,..."if I could only do that
over again, I’d..."
WISE MEN MAKE PROVERBS
TOUCH IT
BY: ANDY HAYNES
BY: JOE MUSSO
3 males, 3 total, gender flexible • Drama • Ten
A chance encounter in a public park is the
setting for this abstract play in which
strangers fail in their attempt to communicate
and only succeed when they abandon their
efforts. The cast is flexible and may be
performed with any combination of women
and men.
TOUGH AS NAILS
BY: MATT THOMPSON
What begins as a simple request for
relationship advice quickly devolves into a
fast-paced back-and-forth as rival advice men
try to one-up each other with proverbs.
Produced at the Playwrights' Round Table
Launch 2011 in Orlando, Florida.
"PROVERBS is a fast-paced duel of clichés
and aphorisms...enlivened by the increasing
outrage of actors..." Orlando Sentinel,
Matthew J. Palm
THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME
FOR WRITER'S BLOCK
BY: JOHN SHANAHAN
Tara, an overachieving go-getter, is getting
raked over the coals by the C.E.O. of a large
ad agency. Determined to make an
impression, she shows the boss what she’s
made of during her interview. Just when she
thinks she’s got the job, a twist of fate reveals
that it might take a bit of creativity to land this
highly-touted position!
VOID
BY: DONALD TONGUE
"Where is the here or there or anywhere - in
the Void?" When a frustrated playwright gives
up, what happens to his characters who are
trapped in his unfinished play with nothing but
a cell phone, a pencil, and the unfinished
1 female, 2 males, 3 total, gender flexible •
order of 10)
Peter is dying, and he's trying to write one
final poem before he goes. But he's plagued
by writer's block and it doesn't help that
there's a Minion of Death in the corner being a
wiseguy. Will Peter's sister be able to buy him
more time? Will Peter be able to leave his
final legacy?
[PG]
BY: NAT GRUCA
1 female, 3 either, 4 total, gender flexible •
order of 10)
A freshly deceased woman suffers the shock,
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horror, and incompetence of a hastily-ordered
fate after breaking several movie theater
taboos. Under the decree of three shadowy
individuals, her past crimes are recalled and
amends are attempted in this comedy about
posthumous consequences, illicit sweets, and
the mother of a Very Important Prophecy.
10,000 CIGARETTES
BY: ALEX BROUN
How many cigarettes is enough - 1, 2, 3 . . .
10,000? Four sisters face big questions in this
fast-paced, imaginative, funny, and moving
ten-minute play. Performed in 2006 as part of
the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Also a Gala
Finalist in Singapore's Short & Sweet 2007,
the biggest festival of short theatre in the
world.
ALL IN A DAY'S WORK
BY: JON KOMMES
2 females, 2 males, 4 total, gender flexible •
order of 10)
An intern starts her first day at a job she found
in a newspaper wanted ad. Enter Malevolent
Industries, owned by the evil genius Professor
Peculiar and run by workers known only by
their title, Intern. A smug secret agent joins in
the fray, and hilarious chaos erupts.
ART IMITATES LIFE
BY: MIKE MCCAFFERTY
1 female, 2 males, 1 either, 4 total, gender
Art Danner is thrilled to be coming home for
Thanksgiving, but when he returns, he’s
surprised to learn that his parents aren’t so
thrilled with him! Art has written a play about
his parents in one of his college classes and
inadvertently trapped his parents in that
unfinished play for the past four weeks. When
he calls his stuffy professor for help and
accidentally transports him to the stage, the
fireworks really start.
BAGEL CLUB
BY: ALISA ROSENTHAL
Three women have a Bagel Club. This
comedy is about the disastrous day one of
them chooses to bring coffee, allowing them
to reveal their true feelings about the club,
each other, and schmears.
BOXED IN
BY: BEN KINGSLAND
3 females, 1 male, 4 total • Comedy, Farce •
It's a tough economy, and Delaney is sure her
boss is planning to give her a pink slip. But
her boss can't fire her if she can't find her!
When Delaney decides to hide in a cardboard
box in the break room until the crisis passes,
it's up to her long-suffering co-worker Jill to
pretend nothing is going on which would be a
lot easier if the box would stay quiet.
A BRIEF ARGUMENT OF TIME
BY: KYLE HARPOLE
3 females, 1 male, 4 total, gender flexible •
Drama • Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00
order of 10)
What happens when the past, present and
future collide? This self-effacing comic
melodrama considers the question: As time
moves on, is society progressing or
regressing? Were we better off in the past or
should we look to the future?
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
CRACKING WISE WITH BILLY
WISE
BY: EMMETT LOVERDE
order of 10)
Hot talk show host Billy Wise is in for a shock
this evening as his guests get weirder and
weirder. Billy finally loses his trademark cool
when the final guest actually claims to be Billy
Wise himself and tries to take over hosting
duties. The surprise ending will knock your
socks off!
Cracking Wise with Billy Wise premiered at
the 24th Street Theater in Los Angeles in
2007 starring Emmett Loverde and Felix
Horan. Produced by the Virginia Avenue
Project.
CRUNCH TIME
BY: BEN KINGSLAND
1 female, 3 males, 4 total, doubling possible •
order of 10)
Far underground, the nation's peanut butter
pipeline is burbling along, a great network of
tunnels transporting the gooey spread from
state to state. But this precious natural
resource comes under attack when Slovenian
terrorists kidnap the beautiful scion of the
Smucker's corporation and threaten to
detonate a leaky nuclear warhead into the
peanut butter supply unless their demands
are met. Can Stacy Smucker outfox the
terrorists, or are they just too nuts?
* DISCORD
BY: BEN KINGSLAND
COASTER OF DOOM
BY: LISA CESTKOWSKI
2 females, 2 males, 4 total • Comedy • Ten
When two teenage couples spend the day at
an amusement park, they discover young love
is a lot like a roller coaster: there are lots of
twists and turns - and occasionally a major
breakdown (or up).
Produced as part of the ACTF One Act Play
Competition and finalist at Actor's Theatre of
Louisville Ten Minute Play Competition.
3 females, 1 either, 4 total, gender flexible •
order of 10)
Letting go of your child is never easy
especially when you're attached to her by an
umbilical cord. All parents want to hang on,
but some parents want to hang on a little too
much.
Discord had its world premiere at
Imagination Stage at the Bethesda Urban
Partnership Play-in-a-day Festival 2013
and won Best Use of a Prop.
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4 females, 4 total, gender flexible • Drama,
Educational • Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00
order of 10)
4 CAST MEMBERS
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
4-5 CAST MEMBERS
GIRLS NIGHT OUT
THE LITTLE DEATH
BY: PHIL OLSON
BY: PETER M. FLOYD
3 females, 1 male, 4 total • Comedy, Mature
Theme, Adult Language • Ten Minute Play
Comedy, Mature Theme, Adult Language • Ten
Four years after Mindy's messy divorce, she
is dragged into a bar by her friend, Jessica.
Jessica has decided that Mindy needs to go
meet men, and that there is no time like the
present. However, Mindy, who isn't quite
ready for new love, finds much more in the
bar than she bargained for.
Paul and Janie are young lovers about to
spend their first night together, until Mrs.
Adams, a rather officious Agent of Death,
arrives and announces that Paul is destined
to die that evening. Matters are further
complicated by the arrival of Mr. Thompson,
an Agent of Love.
GOOD SPORTS
MACBETH MIXED UP
BY: MIKE WILLIS
BY: WADE BRADFORD
3 females, 1 male, 4 total • Comedy, Classics •
John B. Good is the cynical owner of Good
Sports, a small sporting goods store. The
store advertises that it supplies sporting
goods for all sports. Problems arise when
John is visited by three unlikely customers
requesting strange athletic equipment,
including poker chips.
When two of the witches from Macbeth
discover that Witch #3 has fallen into the
cauldron,
they
call
Rent-A-Witch.
Unfortunately, they get a bubbly good-witch
whom they must quickly train to be wicked
before Macbeth arrives!
PRIME TIME
HE SAID, SHE SAID
BY: LEON KAYE
BY: TIM MOGFORD
Memory is a funny thing. Sally is thrilled by
her brief interaction with Dave, and Dave, to
his credit, remembers that there was an
interaction. He just doesn’t quite remember
what happened. Or if she said anything. Or
what her name was. What they’re both clear
on is that they’ve made a date - but what to
do? Where to go? Luckily, each has a trusty
friend to guide them through the date they will
always remember...probably.
HOLE IN THE WALL
BY: MAREK MULLER
4 either, 4 total • Farce • Ten Minute Play Pack:
order of 10)
Tom comes home to find a massive hole in
his wall, Stu looking shifty, and Dr. Killzoid
lying unconscious on the ground. What
exactly happened while he was away?
With twenty-five minutes to go until a
potentially
career-breaking
meeting,
a
stubborn executive, his faithful assistant and a
talented newbie to the business discuss
possible shows to pitch to the networks.
THE REAPER
BY: RAEGAN PAYNE
2 females, 2 males, 4 total • Comedy, Dark
order of 10)
Four nursing home residents face death in all
its terrifying fluffiness.
The Reaper had its world premiere at the
2011 Hollywood Fringe Festival as part of a
group of one acts by Raegan Payne titled
"Sweet Nothings."
ROMEO AND WHAT'S HER
*NAME
BY: RUSTY HARDING
flexible • Shakespeare and the Classics,
Forensics, Speech and Debate, Comedy • Ten
A harried director has only two weeks to bring
Shakespeare's timeless classic to life, but
he's never auditioned a Juliet quite like this.
A SHORT HISTORY OF DATING
BY: MATT THOMPSON
flexible • Comedy • Ten Minute Play Pack:
order of 10)
Within the format of a dating game television
show, Marc Antony and Julius Caesar clash
over Cleopatra as she makes a grand stage
appearance.
FRUIT SKINS
BY: AMANDA BURRIS
1 female, 3-4 males, 4-5 total • Comedy • Ten
Harold’s had a long day at work, and he’s in
the mood for confrontation when the
overpriced fruit at a local fruit stand pushes
him right over the edge! He demands a price
reduction from Norman, another shopper gets
involved, and an unexpected interruption
turns the whole situation on its head. A
lighthearted comedy of errors that will keep
you guessing until the very end!
THE COMMITTEE
BY: JANICE FRONCZAK
A group of professional women gather in a
local hotel meeting room for yet another
interminable "committee meeting."
DON'T PLAY GAMES WITH ME
BY: MATT THOMPSON
3 females, 1 male, 1 either, 5 total, gender
order of 10)
The English professor plays Scrabble in Latin,
the housewife doesn’t recycle the paper she
uses in Pictionary, and the married woman
fears that she is falling in love with the way
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another man plays Monopoly. This is a group
therapy session for board game fanatics.
THE GARAGE SALE
BY: MIKE WILLIS
order of 10)
PARTY OF THREE
BY: THERESA SHERWOOD
Richard and Anne are disgustingly in love, so
it seems appropriate that the upscale
restaurant where they are sharing a romantic
evening is serving a disgusting patron of
another sort. But the obnoxious and illmannered Mona refuses to stay away from
the lovebirds. This comedy exemplifies the
phrase, "If you can't take the heat, then get
out of the kitchen!"
PSYCHIC HAIR HOTLINE
BY: JANICE FRONCZAK
3 females, 1 male, 5 total, 1 extra • Comedy •
Jerry calls a psychic hair hotline to get help
with his hair. At the other end of the line is a
psychotic young woman in need of more help
than Jerry. His mother gets into the action by
trying to disconnect the two, all while pushing
her Avon products. Just as the lost souls
connect, they are disconnected.
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
THE QUESTION
ZOMBIE FAMILY PICNIC
BY: PATRICK DORN
Comedy, Drama • Ten Minute Play Pack:
order of 10)
Four androgynous aliens from the other side
of the cosmos - Bip, Bop, Bleep and Blop abduct a hapless young man from Earth to
ask him their planet's most troubling question.
When young Andy hears the question,
however, all he wants to do is go back to bed
in his own plane of reality.
A typical zombie couple goes to pieces when
their disgruntled teen daughter decides to
become a vegetarian! Gorging itself on
tongue-in-cheek puns, gross-out visuals, and
keen insights into undead family dynamics,
Zombie Family Picnic is a hilarious and
tasteless cannibalistic comedy.
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS
THE CALL GIRL OF VASSAR
BY: JIM GUSTAFSON
BY: MATT THOMPSON
order of 10)
2-3 females, 3 males, 5-6 total, doubling
possible • Comedy, Farce • Ten Minute Play
Poor David. He's a well-meaning romantic
who has discovered that “no unprovoked act
of kindness goes unpunished.” When he
purchases a colorful bouquet for Sue as a
prelude to a marriage proposal, little does he
know that the flora carry a hidden message.
STATUS UPDATE
BY: DEAN DYER
flexible • Dark Comedy, Farce • Ten Minute
In this dark absurdist comedy, three
consumers sit on the sidewalk outside
Cellular Soul awaiting the release of the new
ME-FONE 666, the phone that does
everything for you. They constantly text
mundane status updates on their current
phones, obsessed with their on-line lives. A
passerby interacts with them periodically,
sharing details from the milestones in her life
and finally, the store manager arrives to give
the consumers their new phones, and their
just rewards.
YOU NEVER SAY THE
SCOTTISH PLAY
BY: GARY PETERSON
order of 10)
While waiting for an audition, three
experienced actors attempt to explain the
superstitions behind Shakespeare’s play
Macbeth to an actor trying out for the first
time.
In the genre of film noir, Jack Moran, private
detective, gets a visit by a poor sap named
Larry Scrabbleton, a lonely door-to-door
magic salesman. Whenever Larry gets an
urge for some academic conversation he
contacts a local literary madame, Lady Lemon
and she sends over a brainy call girl to
discuss 19th century comparative literature.
Now he's being blackmailed and he needs
Moran's help. The hard-nosed detective is on
the case as he attempts to bust open a
brothel of bright and brainy women in the
intellectual sting of the century!
MY BIG FAT GREEK DIVORCE
BY: MATT THOMPSON, THEODORE REIS
4-5 females, 1 male, 5-6 total, doubling possible
• Comedy, Classics • Ten Minute Play Pack:
order of 10)
There's trouble in Mount Olympus! The queen
of the Greek Gods, Hera, has filed for divorce
from her husband, Zeus. The whole court
case gets complicated when the 1940's film
noir version of Medusa shows up to tell her
side of the story. Only the bubbly Valley Girl
known as Aphrodite can show our couple the
true meaning of love.
WRITER'S BLOCK
BY: MATT THOMPSON
5-6 either, 5-6 total, doubling possible, gender
The host of Writer's Block is George Bernard
Shaw. His co-host is the morose Edgar Allan
Poe. Before a live studio audience, the two
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TEN MINUTE PLAYS
Mrs. Williams and her seventeen year-old
daughter, Samantha, are moving to a smaller
home and agree to have a garage sale to sell
items that they haven't used or worn in a long
time. However, Samantha has had second
thoughts about parting with any of her things.
While her mother runs to get change, Sam
manages to discourage all potential buyers
from purchasing any of her things by
concocting outlandish stories associated with
each item. Cursed rollerblades and smelly
sweaters top the list and will have you
thinking twice about your next garage sale
purchase.
5 CAST MEMBERS
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
5-7 CAST MEMBERS
chat
with
intriguing
guests
William
Shakespeare, Aeschylus and Moliere. All is in
perfect harmony until George Lucas pops on
the program and shows us the true side of
"reality."
room. She finally does, and miraculously, not
only does the dentist understand what Evelyn
is saying while she is having a tooth filled, the
dentist agrees to ask her son on Evelyn's
behalf.
TICKET RIPPERS
IN A NEW YORK MINUTE
BY: ALISA ROSENTHAL
BY: MATT THOMPSON
3-4 females, 1-2 males, 1 either, 5-7 total,
doubling possible, gender flexible • Comedy •
Two girls who rip tickets at a musical venue
encounter a cavalcade of patrons of varying
annoyance played by three actors. This short
play explores the bonds we make with people
we don't know very well in situations we don't
really care about.
ABANDONING TAYLOR
BY: ERICA JO LLOYD
Comedy, Drama • Ten Minute Play Pack:
order of 10)
“We had one lifetime together! Yours! What
about the rest of mine?” So Taylor tells his
dead girlfriend, Mandy, after she announces
that she doesn’t like Taylor’s new fiancee,
Amelia, in this play about loss and not dealing
with it. Eventually the echoes of Mandy win
out, and Taylor settles for isolation to be
"alone" with Mandy.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
BY: GARY PETERSON
2 females, 3 males, 1 either, 6 total, gender
flexible • Comedy, Classics • Ten Minute Play
In this "play-before-the-play," we see
previews of six classic stage plays, each reimagined for 21st century tastes. Masterworks
from Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde,
Dostoevsky and Louisa May Alcott all get the
reboot in a manner directly analogous to
movie previews. Coming Attractions could
easily be presented as a warm-up to the main
play.
HAVE A SEAT, PLEASE
BY: STEVEN BERGMAN
6 females, 6 total, gender flexible • Comedy •
Evelyn goes to the dentist in order to ask the
dentist's son out on a date, but first she has to
get past the dentist's mother in the waiting
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Six individuals from different backgrounds and
points of origin find friendship in The Big
Apple.
TRUE LOVE - A FARCE
BY: MARK J. HANSEN
3 females, 3 males, 6 total • Farce, Comedy •
The Feldspars are truly wealthy and driven by
money. Edna and Montgomery aren’t
opposed to infidelity, unless the unfaithful one
leaves with the good car. Their daughter,
Claudia, has yet to learn this lesson and plans
on eloping with Roger, but first she has to
endure the courtship of Baron Christopher
von Sarasota, Florida.
PARASOL UNIVERSES
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A
PROBLEM
BY: JIM BAIN
BY: MICHAEL WEHRLI
2 females, 4 males, 6 total • Fantasy, Comedy •
order of 10)
Three people trapped in a room discover that
an identical room containing three other
people who look and act exactly like
themselves exists alongside them. In this first
example of a playwright breaking the fifth wall,
sci-fi meets bizarro world with a surprise
'twist-ending.' This play requires actors with
excellent timing.
It’s three days before opening night and
there’s a half-finished set, a complete lack of
props and costumes, the light and sound
board operators are off videotaping a
wedding, and the playwright is about to have
a heart attack. Throw in an actress with an
extremely jealous boyfriend, a dictatorial
stage manager, a very organic method actor,
and a techie running power tools during
rehearsals and you have a splendid disaster
of a comedy. Join the cast and crew as they
hilariously struggle through this debacle of a
tech rehearsal.
RESEARCH AT THE VIRGINIA
HYSTERICAL SOCIETY
BY: JANICE FRONCZAK
2 females, 1 male, 6 total, 3 extras • Drama •
ONE APPLE SHORT OF A FULL
BARREL
BY: JOHN TISSOT
An unsuspecting graduate theatre student
doing research runs into a fanatic historical
collections librarian – complete with her own
clone and library zombies – at a very
prestigious private library. After breaking rule
after rule, he ends up becoming part of the
oh-so-private collection himself.
TOLLBOOTH
BY: JANICE FRONCZAK
Three humorous drivers’ experiences with
three very different tollbooth operators.
Randall, the tourist, has serious financial
dealings with his toll operator. A helpful
psychiatrist, David, tries to calm down an
angry ex-telephone company employee
turned toll operator, and housewife Karen
faces off with a stalking tollbooth operator.
In this hilariously fresh interpretation of the
classic nursery rhyme, “Hey Diddle Diddle,”
we meet Peter and Becky, who swear they
did not just see what they think they just saw
—a cow jumping over the moon! The plot
unfolds as the Jingle family and the farmer
also join to see the spectacular event and
debate the potential of what a cow jumping
over the moon could mean for everyone!
SPATS
BY: ADAM PASEN
order of 10)
Part
office
comedy
and
part
absurdist
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deconstruction of modern America, Spats
finds Jones attempting desperately to get
back to work after his predilection for a certain
dapper shoe accessory sparks an unforeseen
fad and/or revolution.
TEN MINUTES OF THE
*CHEESY
ACTION SHOW
BY: MICHAEL PASLAWSKI
5 females, 1 male, 1 either, 7 total • Comedy •
WORK SUCKS
BY: ADRIENNE DAWES
order of 10)
Lost in a labyrinth of cubicles, everyman Brad
Braidley, Employee #285 at the nameless
everycompany, receives a message from a
chorus of colleagues that the company is
downsizing. Fearing the "tide of pink slips"
foretold by the oracle of CNN, Brad begins his
journey to revoke his faith in the mighty
culture of capital.
Work Sucks was named BEST COMEDY at
Vignettes from the Apocalypse, February
2008.
'TIS NOT ME SHE LOVES
BY: STEVEN STACK
flexible • Comedy, Melodrama • Ten Minute
The feud between the Hatplains and the
McCroys has been in a slump for some time
now. Both families agree that there's only one
way to reignite the feud: A forbidden love
between Romero McCroy and Julia Hatplain.
A ridiculously fun ten-minute melodramatic
comedy that's half Romeo and Juliet and half
Hatfields and McCoys.
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
BANK WITHDRAWAL
SYMPTOMS
HANK CINQUE
BY: JIM GUSTAFSON
Comedy, Classics • Ten Minute Play Pack:
order of 10)
Robbing a bank is hard enough, and it doesn’t
get any easier when the lobby is filled with
congenial customers. Bank thief Marcus has
his hands full when side issues and
conversations among the victims keep
interrupting his robbery.
A handful of actors attempt to put on
Shakespeare’s The Life of King Henry the
Fifth with no sets, cheap props and a very
limited time constraint. Nevertheless, their
show turns out to be funny, earnest, and
moving. Ultimately, it contains a message for
today from 600 years in the past.
BY: GARY PETERSON
LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY
*OFTHE
KING HENRY THE FIFTH...
HOPELESS HAMLET
WHEEL
7 females, 2 males, 9 total • Comedy, Classics •
BY: MATT THOMPSON
The romantic situation is tense: All of
Shakespeare's classic couples are discussing
marriage, divorce, kids and how Hamlet
remodeled the dungeon as a game room.
Henry V feels like an outsider until the
waitress, Hermia, sits down and Henry smiled
because he knew.
MURDER MOST FOUL
BY: DON LOWRY
6 females, 2 males, 8 total • Comedy, Mystery •
Ashley is in directorial hell. Her corpse won't
lie still, her actors won't stop making up lines,
and to add to her stress, this murder mystery
was written by her assistant principal. Forget
figuring out whodunit - will Ashley be able to
reconfigure this mess into something
resembling a play?
THE CELEBRITY
BY: PAUL PATTON
6 females, 2 males, 9 total, 1 extra, gender
order of 10)
Based loosely on Eugene Ionesco's short
play, "The Leader." A group of teens are
bored until they get word of a celebrity's visit
to their uneventful town. The eight-member
cast can be all male, all female, or mixed
(extra is a non-speaking role).
BY: WADE BRADFORD
A young actor playing the "Ghost" in a high
school production of Hamlet catches a bad
case of stage fright. When he refuses to go on
stage, hilarity ensues. A spoof on the Bard's
classic tragedy.
THE 42ND ANNUAL PIE-RATING
CONVENTION
BY: NOAH S. BROWN
order of 10)
Due to an apparent breakdown in
communication, a crew of pirates unwittingly
crashes the 42nd Annual Canadian Pastry
Judging Convention leaving the good-natured
Canadian patriot Alan to handle the situation.
PIRATTITUDE
BY: MAREK MULLER
1 female, 1 male, 8 either, 10 total, gender
order of 10)
Captain Crunch isn't singing "A Pirate's Life
for Me" these days. Ever since that no-good
cereal mascot stole his name and pride,
Crunch's reputation as a captain has gone
down the tubes. So how will his second-rate
crew of pirate rejects including a confused
accountant, a limbless but enthusiastic
buccaneer, and for some reason a Vampirate
(not the same as a vampire, you know!)
defend against the evil, overly-athletic crew of
the Hail Mary?!
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TEN MINUTE PLAYS
There's only ten minutes left in this week's
episode of TV's cheesiest show. Does hunky
hero Monterey Jack have enough time to
save his partner, thwart his new nemesis, and
still make it for a rendezvous at The
Cheesecake Warehouse?
7-10 CAST MEMBERS
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
SPYING ON A BUDGET
BY: MAREK MULLER
TEN MINUTE PLAYS
3 females, 7 either, 10 total, gender flexible •
order of 10)
The bad economy has everybody in a rut,
even the world-renowned Super-Secret-SpyService, an American spy agency...which for
some reason has a British boss. Agent Carl,
the only spy left on the payroll, is forced to
utilize three strange college interns to stop the
evil plot of the insane, maniacal, and easily
frustrated Dr. Death. Will the Super Secret
Spy Service be able to stop the destruction of
the state of Iowa? Will anyone really care if
Iowa is gone? Hilarity ensues as we find out
in this over-the-top drama perfect for middleschool and high-school students.
GREEN EGGS AND HAMLET
BY: JUSTIN MORAN
Comedy, Mature Theme, Adult Language • Ten
Two landmarks in the literary lexicon of the
English language have been seamlessly
amalgamated
into
one
uber-comedic
conglomeration, making one of the world’s
most famous theatrical dramas into something
so...so...utterly fantastical it will explode your
brain!
10-12 CAST MEMBERS
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH
ORANGE
BY: STACEY LANE
1 female, 11 either, 12
Comedy, Educational,
Multicultural • Ten
Minute Play Pack:
$35.00 (Includes 13
scripts and rights for 1
year at 1 venue) •
Classroom Script:
$4.00 (Minimum order
of 10)
On a dull grey island, a group of spiders all
named Bob live a monotonous life of
uniformity. A strange one-of-a-kind creature
who identifies herself a lamadodacada
crashes onto their island and shakes up their
way of life. This happy-go-lucky oddity brings
with her tales of the outside world. She
praises the spiders differences, despite their
claim that they are all the same. When the
spiders eggs hatch, the baby spiders believe
the lamadodacada to be their mama and want
to be fed. She offers them her favorite food,
strudels, which they enthusiastically accept.
The leader of the spider tries to win them
back with muddy leaves to eat and cautionary
tales of the evils of anyone who is different.
With the help of the lamadodacada and the
trusting young, the spiders learn to recognize
and even celebrate their individuality.
* THE THINK TANK
BY: FRANK RITTER
order of 10)
At times like this, a man needs ideas. Good,
bad, small, brilliant, BIG ideas. That may
seem daring, but with an ambitious new idea,
man will save his job and his company. Walk
into a man’s brain and find out how his superhandsome
imaginations
department
collaborates with his highly intense emotions
department to create the next big idea. Trust
man to get the job done...or not.
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ANSWERING
BY: MONICA BAUER
1 female, 1 total • Dark Comedy • Script: $8.75 •
Royalty: $15.00 per performance (Performance
royalty waived for forensics competition)
Elizabeth's life is falling apart - and she's
keeping us updated through her voicemail
recording. Prepare to laugh yourself silly as
Elizabeth's messages detail the trials of her
not-so-perfect family life.
Produced as part of “From Shelterbelt With
Love: Plays of Love, Life and Laughter” by
Shelterbelt Theater, Omaha, NE.
368 FRIENDS
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
1 either, 1 total, gender flexible • Drama • Script:
88 KEYS
BY: J.J. JONAS
1 female, 1 total • Drama • Script: $8.75 •
Maggie hates taking her piano lesson; it's the
bane of her existence - or at least the low
point of her week. But it is only through her
piano teacher she realizes that limited views
can prevent full understanding in the same
way that leaving out notes of a song prevents
one from hearing the entire melody.
ACCENTS, INC.
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
1 either, 1 total • Comedy, Educational • Script:
(Performance royalty waived for forensics
competition)
A snotty dialect coach guides students
through an unorthodox training session in
accents. This bombastic teacher uses
irregular teaching methods as memory
techniques to retain information in this highenergy comedy.
ACCEPTANCE
BY: CAROLYN WEST
1 either, 1 total, gender flexible • Comedy •
Script: $8.75 • Royalty: $15.00 per performance
competition)
This is it! The envelope, please! I have the
answer in my hand. Will I go on to Julliard and
become a famous actor or stay behind and
live with my parents until I'm 35? Open the
envelope and find out in this insightful comedy
about hope.
ACCUMULATING CATS
BY: KELLY MEADOWS
1 male, 1 total • Comedy • Script: $8.75 •
Anything for the girl he loves? Does that
mean he has to adopt a cat every time he
wants to say hello? While Brenda's innocently
saving the lives of unwanted felines, Kenneth
is accumulating quite a menagerie taking
them off her hands. Soon the police are
involved, and the news media gets in on the
action—these cats had better have nine lives
to survive this kind of mayhem!
ADDIE AND ME
BY: RONALD MICCI
closet. The afterlife is a scream!
ALL NATURAL ADDICTION
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
1 either, 1 total • Comedy • Script: $8.75 •
She's got an addiction, and it's all-natural.
She wants to create world unity by giving
people flowers. But first she has to convince
the flower store to give her free surplus so
she can "get her fix." A comical look at the
strange and wonderful forces that help
connect people.
ALL SHE CAN EAT
BY: MONICA BAUER
1 female, 1 total • Comedy, Forensics, Speech
and Debate • Script: $8.75 • Royalty: $15.00 per
performance (Performance royalty waived for
forensics competition)
Lacey thinks she absolutely must get her best
friend to lose weight, but a disastrous
“intervention” leads her to a change of heart.
How does an only child cope with the painful
loss of her mother? In this poignant
monologue, Marjorie has invented an
imaginary sister whom she now rouses with
the news that she has discovered her
mother's beautiful wedding dress in a locked
room. Can Marjorie accept the reality that
there is no wedding dress in that room and
that her mother will not return?
AMANDA
AFTER AFTERLIFE
THE AMAZING DORIS MAPLES
BY: LEON KAYE
BY: DONNAMARIE VAUGHAN
Motherhood is normally instinctive, but not for
this would-be mother. Happiness is fleeting as
heartache takes its toll in this chilling
monologue about selfish love.
BY: J.J. JONAS
1 female, 1 total • Comedy • Script: $8.75 •
Alex the surfer dude is back after another
hilarious voyage into the afterlife. He meets
some unique characters: Lady Di, Mother
Teresa, and his arch-nemesis, Hitler! An
amazing journey by a righteous and laid-back
dude!
She's an actress...a future star...just waiting to
be discovered! Doris, whose fantasies of
stardom exist only in her own mind, suddenly
has a chance to make a splash in her small
town. But when things turn sour, fantasies
appear to be coming true. A humorous check
on reality.
AFTERLIFE
BY: LEON KAYE
AMAZING GRACE
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
Alex, a surfer dude, tries really hard to be cast
as Mercutio in his high school's rendition of
Romeo and Juliet. Alex feels he can really
understand the part because, like Mercutio,
who dies in the play, he almost died in a
surfing accident a few years ago. He tells of
his hilarious escapades through the spirit
world—playing chess with death, heading
through a tunnel toward a big bright light that
zaps you like a mosquito, and his strange
encounter with Adolph Hitler in a storage
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1 either, 1 total • Drama • Script: $8.75 • Royalty
: $15.00 per performance (Performance royalty
waived for forensics competition)
Sara died in a car crash. Miraculously, the
doctors brought her back. After months in a
coma, she awoke a crippled, child-like
shadow of her former self, and died again
eight years later without ever having fully
recovered. Asked to sing at Sara’s funeral,
one of her caregivers shares a powerful,
moving story of burdens, miracles, and love.
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Lorne is a lucky guy. He has 368 friends
online, and anybody with that many friends
has it good. At least, that's what Lorne keeps
telling himself. But as time goes on, he has
more and more trouble believing it. After his
posts about depression go unanswered,
Lorne announces to his 368 friends that he
plans to kill himself and waits to see if any of
them will try to stop him.
AND THE BROOM YOU RODE IN
ON
BEIN' CRAZY
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
Sabrina doesn't stand a chance against this
girl! Wouldn't it be great if you could resolve
all your squabbles by turning your opponent
into a toad? Rozelda finds being a witch
mainstreamed into public high school is
fraught with challenges. How do you get into a
clique when you have all those warts? How
do you get status when the family car really is
a broom? There's only so much a young girl
can take before she starts to strike back.
When there are so many toads in school that
classes get moved to a terrarium, the principal
has to take action! Behind the laughs is the
question: Is it worth giving up your identity to
fit in?
AS SEEN ON TV
BY: JIM GUSTAFSON
competition)
Late night TV is a time when the airways open
up to the denizens of modern advertising...the
Mail Order hucksters with their irritating “As
Seen On TV” commercials. You know the
breed: Selling amazing products that claim
your life isn’t worth living unless you “Order
Now for the unbelievably low price of $19.95,
plus shipping and handling.” This fast-paced
parody captures every promise, pledge and
miracle in the life-changing products you can’t
live without.
ASHES
BY: CAROLYN WEST
competition)
Sometimes the most unlikely objects become
dear to us when we no longer have them.
Sifting through the ashes of what was once
her home, Chris discovers that sometimes
memories are the dearest possessions.
THE BALD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
BY: J.J. JONAS
A former teenage beauty queen, after being
caught in the grips of leukemia, finds that
appearance is a superficial means of selfappraisal and that sometimes loyal friends
can be the best survival kit of all.
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BY: MARC BAGWELL
As Ted welcomes a fellow patient to the ward,
he discovers the walls are closing in around
him. In a world where no one cares, is "bein'
crazy" really such a bad thing?
THE BEST THANKSGIVING
EVER
BY: MONICA BAUER
It’s Thanksgiving morning, and Doris Jean,
frazzled North Carolina mother of five,
discovers that her husband, Chuck, is too sick
to go to the traditional Delbow Family
Thanksgiving. She sees this as Divine
Intervention, as it keeps Doris Jean away
from her crazy in-laws, whose Thanksgiving
tradition is to eat whatever animal has most
recently died on the Delbow Farm. Just when
you think things can’t get any crazier, they do,
and the twist at the end will have you thinking
second thoughts on Turkey Day.
photographs should be registered as lethal
weapons.
BLIND DATE
BY: J.J. JONAS
1 female, 1 total • Drama, Mature Theme •
competition)
In this somber and disturbing drama, a
teenage girl explores the cruel world of
choices, the agony of loneliness, and the pain
of betrayal. Mature theme.
CAMPAIGN PROMISES
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
A timid, love-struck girl is about to tell her
boyfriend the three most precious words in
anyone's vocabulary: "I love you." Too bad
she hears a phone message from another
one of his girlfriends. In this clever comedy,
our heroine gives this player a taste of his
own medicine and lets him see how it feels
when he's the victim of a broken promise.
CASUALTIES
THE BIG C
BY: SANDRA DEMPSEY
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
competition)
A cancer patient bemoans the isolation of his
disease. Yearning to break the tension that
pervades his room, he invokes the spirit of
Groucho Marx to amuse himself and his
angelic nurse. A dramatic monologue that
demonstrates the passion of those who
sometimes get written off as "goners."
They're training the boys to fight for their
country. Every mother's son, learning to fly,
learning to die. Your boy is one of them. And
if his name isn't on the list of the dead in the
newspaper, you can breathe easily for one
more day. A look at one mother's touching
way of coping with this stressful horror.
CEMETERY VANDALISM
THE BIG PICTURE
BY: ALAN HAEHNEL
Jason is not photogenic. This is not a mild
case of a crooked smile or hair that doesn't
want to cooperate. No, somehow, just at the
moment when the shutter clicks, he
transforms from a normal looking human
being into something hideous. His parents
have given up on getting school pictures; his
friends have learned to push him aside when
someone wants to take a photo. But what
about the prom? How can Jason go with
Meemie, who is enormously gorgeous and
mind-bogglingly perfect, and avoid the
unavoidable prom pictures? The surprise
ending leaves us realizing that there is
someone for everyone, even for those whose
Imagine three guys playing a prank in the
local graveyard and discovering a newlydeceased body! Offers an actor comedy,
action, multiple characterizations, and a wide
range of emotions.
CHEERING MY WAY INTO
COLLEGE
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
"Babs" is an ultra-peppy cheerleader who can
cheer her way into anything—even college, in
front of the S.A.T. review board. This highenergy comedic monologue shows how far
you can get by putting your best pom-pom
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forward.
CHEERLEADER MEETS THE
GOTH
1 female, 1 total • Comedy, Drama • Script:
competition)
Self-absorbed, hyper Krista, captain of the
cheerleaders, tries out for her first play. After
bombing her hysterically funny audition, she is
locked in the girls' bathroom with the school's
scariest goth. This monologue allows the
actress to show multiple characterizations,
comic timing, and unexpected emotional
variety.
CHEMICAL GIRLS
A chemistry experiment gone wrong? Or one
gone really, really right! When a student's
rebellious extra-credit science project results
in a beautiful girl to take to the dance, he
thinks he's got it made! After all, she's got no
homework, no parents...you'd think he'd get
an A in chemistry, but the teacher's not
impressed. Unless he can create the same
girl a second time AND show how he did it, it's
not a successful project but a mere accident.
The results? A chemistry lab full of young
women, their parents, their whiny younger
sisters, and lots of laughs as students and
teacher search for a "solution!"
CLEARANCE RACK
BY: KELLY MEADOWS
What’s more embarrassing than going backto-school shopping with your mother? How
about when the two clerks are the girl that
beat you out for the final cheerleading spot,
and the guy who insisted that under no
circumstances would he take you to the
dance? With all these people staring her
down, Christine finds the very act of trying on
an outfit to be fraught with treachery.
Everyone judges her by what she wears, and
no one can agree. Will she be stuck in clothes
from the clearance rack? Can she hold on to
a “thread” of dignity? Finally, a unique and
unplanned solution turns humiliation into
triumph.
COFFEE CRAZED CONFUSION
BY: JIM GUSTAFSON
A hard core coffee drinker has to deal with the
frustration of trying to get a "plain old, garden
variety" cup of coffee in the world of designer
brews in a modern coffee shop.
COLLEGE APPLICANT FROM
MARS
Picture the world's most bizarre college
applicant, and you'll meet Tassy Nitrate
Harborschmidt, a bumbling, allergic, trivia and
yoga obsessed genius, interviewing for the
position of student at renowned Centerton
College.
COLLEGE INTERVIEW
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
The pressure of college interviews makes
everyone nervous. The personal questions
and the in-depth scrutiny of the past make
most high schoolers tense and quiet—except
for Chuck, that is. Convinced he can luck his
way into any college, Chuck tries to scam,
cheat and fib his way out of dozens of
interviews before realizing the only way to
impress an interviewer is to bite the bullet and
—heaven forbid—be honest! A high-energy,
multi-accent, raucous comedy.
COOKING ON THE STREET
BY: LEON KAYE
Yo. Jimmy the Finger has a new show called
Cooking on the Street, where he makes food
that is A—good for you, B—delicious to eat,
and C—can maim or scald a would-be
attacker. So make sure you keep your hands
in plain sight at all times.
COSMETOLOGY CLASS
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
An obnoxious high school girl is sent to a
week-long cosmetology seminar by her
mother, who thinks her daughter is beginning
to look like Catwoman. When our heroine
comes into conflict with an assortment of
pretentious women, the entire seminar
threatens to come unglued. Will the instructor
regain control? You'll never put on your makeup the same again!
COUNTING TO THREE
BY: TERRI COLLIN
"Before I had kids, I was the perfect mother."
Anyone who has children will relate to this
light-hearted monologue about the trials and
tribulations of motherhood. This is a witty,
fast-paced, true-to-life story that will definitely
give insight on rearing children.
COYOTE KILLER
BY: MATT BUCHANAN
A young teen's cat is mauled by a wild coyote.
Determined to avenge his pet, the teen sets
out on a campaign to kill the coyote. But in
order to get close enough to do it, he must
essentially befriend the animal, and in the end
his revenge sickens him. This emotional and
sometimes shocking monologue is a great
vehicle for showcasing an actor's intensity.
CRITIC'S CARNIVAL
BY: STEVEN BERGMAN
Told in the style of film noir, famed theatre
critic Sam Beaulieu gives us his latest show
review. However, there's something very
unusual about this particular review, as Sam
seems to know quite a bit more than one
would expect about the cast of this
production. Will this information lead to
Beaulieu's review of Critic's Carnival being his
last?
THE DATING GAME
BY: KELLY MEADOWS
You think this is easy? Poor Babette has to
interview three bachelors on The Dating
Game—men behind a screen that she can
hear but cannot see. Since she can't just pick
the cutest, she's forced to judge on . . .
personality! When her potential dates keep
giving her dimwitted answers, she goes for
the jugular. "Bachelor number three, what's
the square root of 579?" Can anybody really
know for sure? Weren't they supposed to ask
easy questions on this show? Stay tuned for
the surprising conclusion!
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BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
DAVID IN GOLIATH
1 male, 1 total • Drama • Script: $8.75 • Royalty:
$15.00 per performance (Performance royalty
The spirit of a dying young man tries
desperately to communicate with his parents,
who keep unrelenting vigil and refuse to let go
of their beloved son.
* THE DEBT
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
Forensics, Speech and Debate • Script: $8.75 •
As if high school isn’t hard enough, try adding
a boy who’s clingy and annoying. To make
matters even worse, he’s asked you on a
date! While agonizing over what to do and
how he’ll handle rejection, life changing
circumstances take place. What will happen
when he saves your life? Will you be able to
repay The Debt?
DESIGNATED DRIVER
BY: CAROLYN WEST
Millions experience it. But everyone dreads
it...those horrible flashing lights in your rear
view mirror! When Peter drinks too many
colas and gets pulled over, can he manage to
walk a straight line? An arresting comedy!
DIRK, THE ANGRY SCOTSMAN
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
* DRINKING DOWN COOL
DWARF IN TIGHTS: (FAILED)
HARBINGER OF DOOM
1 male, 1 total • Drama, Forensics, Speech and
Debate • Script: $8.75 • Royalty: $15.00 per
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
What if you could find friendship, selfacceptance, and social advancement all in a
soft drink? The FreeZola generation promises
all that and more, and it works! For a while,
“our hero” fends off opposition–medical
experts, social activists, all of them telling him
he’s soft-drinking a path to disaster. But this is
too good to give up! He soon finds out the
hard way that everyone is not on his side.
DRIVING LESSONS
BY: CAROLYN WEST
More irritating than the sound of fingernails on
a chalkboard... It's the mom voice! When Geri
gets her learner's permit, someone has to sit
in the suicide seat! Mom comes to the rescue.
Who will lose her sanity first? A comedy with
plenty of drive.
DUCK BLIND
BY: SHIRLEY BARRIE
A family outing leaves Jenny stranded in the
middle of the lake at midnight. She finds
herself frustrated with the people and events
that have left her perching in a duck blind,
waiting for help to come.
DUELING DOORMEN
competition)
When magic surrounds you, all you need to
do is open your eyes and look around to be
awed by it. Unless you're a completely selfabsorbed teenager focused on not being late
for school in order to avoid lunch detention.
Then you do your best to ignore the dwarf
addressing you as royalty. And the dragon.
And the Pegasus, the griffons, the fairies, the
centaurs, and all of the other creatures
fighting a war around you as you try to walk to
school. You really hate it when the day gets
off to a bad start.
EARL'S GAS
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
A gas station philosopher with a vocal tic and
an attitude confronts an arrogant customer.
When he realizes he's gone too far, as an
apology, he offers the customer the delicacies
of the house: an RC Cola and a moon pie. A
real down-home treat.
ECSTASY
A young man thinks he can handle the
newest, most enticing drug on the market in
this poignant, pull-no-punches monologue.
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM:
*HOW
I GOT A DATE WITH THE
BY: KELLY MEADOWS
BY: ROBERT FRANKEL
In this multiple character, high-energy
monologue with numerous accents, the
outspoken Tony, a doorman from Hoboken,
contrasts with the laid-back Spanish doorman,
Fernando.
DVD COLLECTING ZOMBIE: AN
APOCALYPTIC STORY
A sour Scotsman becomes enraged when his
beloved bagpipes are stolen from him. Will his
world come crashing down? And how will Dirk
entertain his sheep without bagpipes? Sidesplitting comedy at its most sour.
THE DOGMAN
A breathless Phillip arrives on the stage to tell
us about his recent encounter with a vicious
dog. As the story unfolds, he reveals that it
was a teacup poodle and that the woman who
held the leash put a curse on him. Could that
be why we begin to notice him hOOWWling
some of his lines and fiercely scratching his
ears?! Ending with his race offstage to find a
fire hydrant, this hilarious monologue will keep
your audience engaged and laughing right
through the end!
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BY: KRYSTLE HENNINGER
During the zombie apocalypse, one would
think a zombie's focus would be primarily on
eating people's brains. However, one recently
turned zombie discovers the deep need to
fulfill its DVD collection rises above its instinct
to prey on living victims.
ZOOKEEPER’S DAUGHTER
1 male, 1 total • Comedy, Forensics, Speech
Zoo jokes running wild! On the surface, this is
a very simple boy-meets-girl, but when
elephants get involved, it becomes a “big”
problem. Our speaker has to learn to respect
elephants in order to get the respect of the
zookeeper’s daughter. By the time she
relents, does he even want to go out with her?
Every actor should have this one in his trunk!
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EVIL WITCH, BIG CITY
FINISHING SCHOOL
FORENSICS NIGHTMARE
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
1 total, gender flexible • Dark Comedy • Script:
competition)
In this humorous monologue for a teen
woman, Jenny attempts to give her little sister
the perfect three-year old’s birthday, but
accidentally turns the experience into a
nightmare. Neither set nor props are needed.
FAIRY TALES AND LIES
BY: KELLY MEADOWS
A principal of a finishing school for boys has
an awkward moment telling the parents of a
student that their child has accidentally
expired! A challenging black comedy about
being driven to your limits and going beyond
them.
FLATTENED FAUNA...STOP AND
EAT
BY: JIM GUSTAFSON
Imagine "losing it" in front of the competitors
and judges during an original oratory
competition. Before hiding in shame, this girl
"speaks her mind" to every person in sight!
FOREVER, OK
BY: SANDRA DE HELEN
competition)
Down in the d-e-e-p South, we've got a
restaurant that can't be beat. Their "Roadkill
Delicacies" will make your mouth water and
your funny bone tickle. Come on down to the
Flattened Fauna...stop and eat.
FROM FINGERS TO FEATHERS
FALLING (AND NOT GETTING
UP)
FLUTE FANTASTIC
BY: BOBBY KENISTON
Beautiful, with a dream-like quality. A lonely
female befriends a friendless, overweight boy,
and the pair has an unusual ritual on moonlit
nights...he sits in a tree near her house, and
they smile at one another. But one special
evening, he beckons her to follow him, and he
shares a miraculous secret that transforms
them both forever.
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
BY: ALAN POWELL
Roxette Putnam is up for the biggest event of
her life: playing a solo flute concerto with the
local symphony orchestra. Her problem?
She’s not the only one. A performance
competition pits her against two other top
notch performers in a contest run by a snooty
conductor who doesn’t care about excuses,
only the final result. You’ll bristle at her
arrogance, and you’ll laugh at her
characterizations of her fellow combatants.
Does she have it in the bag, or… why does
the music keep changing? Whether she wins
or not, this is a great opportunity for a talented
actress to come out on top.
FOR WHO THE BELL, LIKE,
TOLLS
Mildred, by all appearances a sweet, spunky
old lady, is making a commercial for “The LifeSaver Button.” She tells her story about a time
when she fell in her home and couldn’t get up.
However, as the story progresses, the
complications mount with a nosy neighbor
and her obnoxious grown son, a broken
cookie platter, and even a police standoff!
Perhaps Mildred isn’t as sweet as she
seems?
FELICIA
A woman shares her fear of living with an
abusive husband and the self-doubt that
prevented her from leaving. After summoning
the courage to leave, she is forced to deal
with the tragedy of losing custody of her child.
Only through her faith in a higher power and
learning to trust her inner voice can she
survive the darkness and be led back into the
light.
BY: MARTHA KING DE SILVA
Being a college freshman is tough. When
Cindy Deveraux, a gum-smacking, lattedrinking Valley Girl decides to contest the
grade on an English paper, her conversation
doesn't turn out quite the way she plans. A
monologue for anyone who thinks the
CliffsNotes beat reading the real thing.
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
GEEK FIGHT
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
Who would win the battle between the Marvel
Comics superhero Daredevil and the
notorious Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett?
More importantly, who would care? Two
geeks...that's who! As their heated argument
escalates into a brawl at a crowded comic
book convention, an aloof but fascinated
bystander finds himself drawn into the conflict.
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S
HALLUCINATION
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
Script Pack: $8.75 • Royalty: $15.00 per
Remember the days when your history
teacher gave you eight weeks to write a paper
and you started it eight hours before it was
due? Time’s growing short for our performer,
who is fighting off sleep to write a paper about
Washington crossing the Delaware. What a
great time for writer’s block! Our actor turns
over a host of ideas – what about George and
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Guilt, loneliness, and longing are all raw
human emotions and struggles. But what if
you're not quite human? Explore the inner
turmoil in the life of a vampire.
You can tell from the start something's a little
strange about this seemingly innocent fairy
tale set in a castle that sits across the border
of two former Soviet republics. Is there really
a princess trapped in a castle, or just a
schoolgirl confined to her room for bad
behavior? Now she needs a passport to cross
from one room to the next! Or is that just mom
inspecting her book bag for contraband?
Martha in a steamy romance? What if
Washington was so cold and hungry he was
seeing and hearing things? What if… what if
the way to write the paper was to return to
18th century technology? Better hurry, the
British are coming!
memorial statue in Washington, DC. As Ron
(our hero) starts getting a little too proud,
Cyrus (our villain) hatches a plan to stop him
– and his pressure washer – in their tracks.
Will Ron clean the pigeon poop off the
president, or will he buckle… under pressure?
A great (and clean) storytelling opportunity!
GET YOUR STUPID ON
GRIP OF STEEL
competition)
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
You join the forensics team with hopes of
performing the works of Austen, Twain, and
Shakespeare, but instead your coach tells
you, “If you want to win…you gotta get your
stupid on!” You find yourself performing
scripts about a monkey impersonating a
rhinoceros, farm animals chugging energy
drinks, and a sumo wrestler fighting ninja
goats at a faculty meeting. This is not what
you wanted. You could drop off the team, but
you’re not a quitter. So you stick it out and
hope for the best. But will it ever get better?
He's never seen anything like it! Twenty pullups without a break. Can achieving that goal
change his own life? Suddenly, it's clear—
muscles are the answer to everything. Ghosts
of his past confront him as he tries to acquire
his own grip of steel. A poetic monologue.
GRADUATION
What do you do when you see something you
don't want to see? When you can't look away,
and the image sears itself into your brain for
life? How do you live with yourself when your
brother is murdered before your eyes, and all
you can do is stand there...and watch?
competition)
GUILT
Forget those boring end-of-year speeches—
graduation reveals exactly what's on the
speakers' minds! With three distinct
characters for the talented actor: the class
valedictorian who reveals the dirt on
classmates and teachers; the "popular kid,"
who spent a lifetime acquiring and
manipulating data on who's "in" and who's
"out;" and the very sorry principal who's all too
happy to see these students graduate—
whether they deserve to or not.
GUMBALL
GRIEF STRUCK
BY: J.J. JONAS
competition)
Only minutes after leaving his family at
Christmas, James finds himself standing over
his dying brother's hospital bed. The lives of
his family taken by a drunk driver, James can
only blame himself for not fulfilling his
brother's last request... "Can I ride with you?"
GRIME DOESN'T PAY
BY: KELLY MEADOWS
Heroes and villains collide in a tense story
about pressure washing Abraham Lincoln’s
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HEALTHY GUY
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
order to help pay her mother’s hospital bills. In
the midst of her dissatisfaction with her job,
she is confronted with strong feelings
regarding her sister’s preferential treatment
and lack of interest in their mother’s health.
BY: ELIZABETH C. MYERS
When child and parents choose each other as
family, a special bond is created. But the road
to becoming a functional family is often paved
with pitfalls.
THE HABITUAL INSOMNIAC
Chase has a hard time falling asleep at night.
Nothing seems to work. Chase gives into his
insomnia and refuses to just lay in bed for
hours staring at the ceiling. The Habitual
Insomniac follows some of the interesting
stories that Chase has to offer when it comes
to his insomnia.
HANG UPS
BY: NICOLE DAVIS
Through a series of letters, a deranged young
man proposes that he become the official
spokesperson for a national sandwich shop.
When the company refuses, he seeks a
violent but hilarious revenge.
A HIGH-SCHOOLER'S GUIDE TO
THE PERFECT PROM
BY: ANDREA LEMMER, KATHY LEMMER
Every girl dreams of the perfect prom, but with
all the prom disasters out there…where can a
girl turn? Never fear, Marla has all the
answers and shares her hard-earned
knowledge in her very own prom guide. Don’t
worry about the dress, the dance, or the date
as Marla’s solutions keep everyone laughing.
But is high school ready for this much insight
into prom perfection? And what about the big
question…is there life after prom? This
monologue is a high energy experience in
hilarity, perfect for classroom or competition.
THE HOLLY VS RANDALL WARS
BY: EDITH WEISS
1 female, 1 either, 1 total, gender flexible •
Comedy • Script: $8.75 • Royalty: $15.00 per
When Holly Hooper's irascible grandfather
moves in with her family, he wants her to call
him Sir and doesn't let her watch Sex and the
City. The ensuing war between her
grandfather, who she calls Randall, and Holly,
who he calls Heidi, ends up improving Holly's
vocabulary, spelling, and leads to a knitting
business and the Scrabble wars.
THE HOMECOMING QUEEN
BY: J.J. JONAS
1 female, 1 total • Dark Comedy • Script: $8.75 •
Revenge smells sweet as a bitter woman
prepares to upstage the former homecoming
queen at her class reunion. But will
unexpected events spoil her chance to be the
new class star?
Laura is a young woman who is working at a
local car dealership answering phones in
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HOW I GOT A RHINOCEROS
*INTO
THE ELEVATOR AT SAKS
BY: KELLY MEADOWS
What could be more ridiculous than a
rhinoceros in an elevator? Well, try getting it
through the china department and women’s
wear first. This freewheeling tale pits zoology
against modern theater, as an experimental
director has given the rhino a part in the play.
This is one ride with a rhino you won’t soon
forget.
HOW I GOT MY SUPERPOWERS
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
In hilarious and dramatic comic book style,
our hero encounters lethal playground foes,
poised to tease and taunt. Thrill with
excitement as our challenger confronts the
"Cold Shoulder Crew" and defeats evil with
exaggerated superpowers.
HOW TO BE THE PERFECT
PARENT
BY: LAUREN D. YEE
What makes a perfect parent? Olivia finds out
when she vows to mold her spirited daughter
Emily into the perfect child. But Olivia's quest
takes more than just determination, as Emily's
less-than-perfect childhood seems to flash
before our eyes. A humorous and heartwarming tale of motherhood.
I GOT A BALLOON ANIMAL
FROM A CLOWN AT A FAST
FOOD RESTAURANT...NOW
WHAT?
*
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
You go to a fast food restaurant. There is a
clown, he offers you a balloon animal. You
accept, not anticipating the balloon animal will
change your perception of the world…forever.
I HATE PIGEONS!
BY: ANNE HUGHES
everywhere! When the constant company of
pigeons threatens our hero's sanity, there's
nothing left but to do away with them all. A
comedy about getting what we deserve.
abandoned by her mother and losing her
father to cancer, finds herself in an abusive
relationship. This powerful monologue
explores family relationships and how they
are passed on to the next generation.
I KNEW A BOY
BY: ALAN HAEHNEL
I'M NOT OKAY
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
The storykeeper knows her duty: she must
spin comforting tales to help her people forget
their hardships. She must transport them with
her words. She must preserve the culture of
her tribe through her stories. As she tries to
do this for her assembled audience, the
storykeeper struggles against the terrible
reality of her own life - the death of her son. In
the end, the story she must tell is his.
* I MIGHT BE DANGEROUS
BY: ALAN HAEHNEL
Chris recognizes that her excuse for cutting
off her friend’s hair is completely lame: She
was bored. What if boredom hits her again?
And what if it coincides with some opportunity
much more dire than a sleeping friend and a
pair of scissors?! Her frantic energy comes
from the suspicion that, given the right
circumstances, she could be one extremely
dangerous individual.
I WON A GIANT INFLATABLE
BANANA AT THE STATE
FAIR...NOW WHAT?
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
competition)
You visit the state fair. You see people who
have won giant inflatable prizes shaped like
food. You become jealous and overcome with
the urge to prove to the world that you too are
a superior being worthy of acquiring and
wielding giant inflatable food. After many
games and trips to the ATM, you are
successful. Now it is time to experience the
rest of the fair as you carry around a giant
inflatable banana that is almost as big as you.
I'LL ALWAYS KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE
BY: MARIAH OLSON
1 female, 1 total • Drama, Mature Theme •
competition)
Oh, those lovely pigeons. They coo softly, eat
from your hand, and...leave their mark
This solo piece follows a young woman who,
devastated in her childhood by being
competition)
Three weeks before graduation, two of
Jackie's classmates carried guns into school
and killed nineteen people. Jackie knew what
they were planning but never told a soul. In
the five years since, the secret has all but
destroyed her. Forcing herself to attend her
first class reunion, she struggles to
understand why she kept silent, while
searching for the strength to finally confess
the truth.
I'M STUCK IN A ROUND OF
SERIOUS DRAMATIC
INTERPRETATION AND I
REALLY HAVE TO PEE
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
competition)
What if you drank three large sodas while you
were competing in a forensics tournament?
What would it be like to sit through a heartwrenching round of serious dramatic
interpretation as your bladder got fuller by the
minute? Worst of all…what if you were the
last person in the room to perform? Could you
funnel your anguish into your performance
and win the round?
ICE CREAM FOR DINNER
As a gossiping, boy-crazy, rock music-loving
teenage girl, Carolyn's entire world takes a
giant twist when she discovers she is dying. A
touching monologue about adding spice to
your life.
INFOMERCIAL
An American tradition since cable television
arrived, the world of infomercials is a happy
place where every cheap piece of plastic
really works! Just imagine a completely new
infomercial...where you could market yourself!
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(Performance royalty for forensics competition)
IT'S COLD OUT THERE, MAN
KNIGHTS ARE ALWAYS BETTER
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
What do you do when you visit your
roommates family for Thanksgiving, only to
discover that theyre a bunch of scary
rednecks, and the bitter cold outside prevents
any chance of escape if they decide to eat
you? What do you say when they send you
and grandpa to the convenience store in a
snowstorm to buy milk for the cheese dogs?
How much are you willing to pay for a gallon
of milk when you're convinced the clerk has a
loaded shotgun right behind the counter? And
why on Earth do they even need milk for the
cheese dogs, anyway?
Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White
never had it so good. In this delightful
comedy, Jennifer discovers that the modern
day Prince Charming does exist and that
dreams do come true.
JACOB MARLEY'S LAMENT
BY: BOBBY KENISTON
We all know that Jacob Marley played a large
part in bringing about the redemption of
Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' classic
A Christmas Carol. Now hear how the poor
dead man feels to still be walking the Earth
shackled in chains while Scrooge is alive and
well, raking in karma points in a bid for
Heaven!
JOGGING CAN BE MURDER: A
TEN MINUTE CRIME DRAMA
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
Want a part in a TV crime drama? How about
all of them? This monologue runs through an
entire crime show in ten minutes – no
commercials! The actress gets to play all the
parts: the jogger who discovers the body, the
grieving survivors, the tough cops, the
annoying lawyer, and a variety of suspects
from all walks of life. It’s a great opportunity
for a talented performer to experiment with a
lot of characterizations! Full of humor and
twists – you’ll never guess who did it!
JOGGING WITH MY WIFE
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
competition)
THE LANGUAGE OF A DREAM
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
Everyone knows you can’t rewrite history, but
can you re-dream it? Harold is obsessing over
a history paper, so much that it’s seeping into
his sleep. During the day he’s a struggling
student, but at night he’s the king of a people
about to head into a decisive and fateful
battle. Even his instructor is boggled by his
interest in history as Harold suddenly realizes
he can live the dream and win the battle that
was lost irrevocably so long ago. But
something’s changing! Why is he alive in the
14th century, and why is he dreaming what
was so recently his modern reality?
LAST OF THE LOTTO LAITY
BY: J.J. JONAS
1 female, 1 total • Drama, Comedy • Script:
competition)
Heroes are alive and well in the modern
world, or so discerns a woman whose primary
mission is to purchase a lottery ticket for the
first time, granting her daughter's solitary
Christmas wish.
THE LAST PROMISE
BY: MIA KARR
Nora has grown up with her father's broken
promises to change from an abusive monster
to a loving dad. When his actions finally send
her over the edge, Nora decides to make a
change for herself and her sister, Lucy.
However, her plan ends in disaster and Nora
becomes obsessed with honoring the final
promise she made to Lucy, while struggling
with the terrible question: did her choices
cause Lucy’s death?
Your wife suddenly decides to train for a 5K.
She wants you to help her. You love your
wife, so you don’t tell her that she’s out of her
mind. Instead, you go jogging with her. You
are a good husband. And also, probably, you
are an idiot.
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LIFE AND DEATH OF MEGAFEM
9000
BY: ALAN HAEHNEL
The
Megafem
9000
programmable
mannequin can do it all: speak in any
language, model the latest fashions, even
perform an intricate dance. This versatile
machine reaches beyond any intended
programming, though, when a virus invades
her system, moving her from "limited
simulated autonomy" to "complete actual
autonomy." She's alive! Just as the Megafem
begins to revel in all of her newfound
sensations and possibilities, a safeguard in
her system engages. Moment by moment,
limb by limb, her brief life ebbs away in this
challenging monologue.
LIFESCRIPTS
BY: J.J. JONAS
Nathaniel, living with his mom and sisters, is
going stark raving mad in a world of females.
When he finally gets some alone time with his
father, Dad's new wife and stepdaughters
show up and steal center stage . . . and all of
Dad's attention. A monologue of despair,
frustration and triumph.
LILY
BY: MATT BUCHANAN
Lily, a mannequin in a dress-shop window,
forms a special friendship with the lonely old
woman who stares through the window at her
every day. We see the old woman's uneasy
relationship with her driven daughter, but in
the end, we see some of Lily's spirit in her
young granddaughter. A gentle story that can
be a real showcase for honest emotion, with
just enough humor to balance the sweetness.
LONG TITLES ARE GREAT, BUT
HOW AM I GOING TO
REMEMBER IT FOR THE
FORENSICS TOURNAMENT?
OR IN SHORT-RED
BY: KELLY MEADOWS
A good title is important in getting you to look
at a play—but what happens to the performer
when the title is longer than the play itself?
Our speaker is bucking the trend of plays with
longer and longer titles by picking a speech
* = New Title
for competition with the shortest title he can
find: Red. Along with finding a rhinoceros in
the elevator, an elephant in the room, and
reciting the jingle for Bunny Bread, you’ll find
a great opportunity for a talented actor to
portray many different voices and make an
audience laugh out loud.
MADHOUSE
BY: SHIRLEY BARRIE
THE MALE SECRETARY
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
He’s the rarest of rare breeds. A specimen so
shocking, so stunning, that he causes fits of
extreme discomfort in anymore forced to
confront the reality of his existence. He’s a
male secretary, and he’s going out to lunch—
with dozens of female secretaries who really
wish he wasn’t there.
approaching young boy who won't heed
orders to turn around. Is the boy hungry, or is
this a trap? And how much longer can he wait
to find out?
MEAT AND POTATOES
BY: KATHLEEN NELSON
One character, male or female, describes to
the audience his or her passion for keeping
things short and to the point with very little
extra information - ironically, he or she says
all of this in a ten minute monologue that
gives snippets of the character's history.
MEETING WITH A MEGASTAR
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
Sometimes living our dream can wake us up
to a harsh reality. A high school girl wins a
contest to have some “alone time” with Jesse
Bratburn, the latest and hottest teen idol!
They’ll fall in love, get married, and all her
issues about school, homework, and selfworth will vanish in a sea of money,
mansions, and Hawaii! When their private
date turns into a camera crew, news
reporters, mom as a chaperone, and a bored
superstar, Lauren has to rethink her dream,
and fast.
MATERNITY MAYHEM
BY: KELLY MEADOWS
You have to see it to believe it! A woman
entrusted to the maternity ward develops a
most peculiar pastime...while her co-workers
are distracted by their favorite soap, she takes
it upon herself to switch the identities of her
newborn charges. By the year's end, over 700
children have gone home with the wrong set
of parents. To add to the trouble, when the
issue comes to light, all the kids want to be
part of the richest family in town.
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
Travis didn't ask for any of it. Well, okay, he
did. He joined the army to get away from the
folks, and now he's been sent to war. The
hassles of home don't seem quite so bad now
that everything is a life or death situation. In a
place where you don't know who carries a
gun, who's your friend and who's your enemy,
Travis finds himself face-to-face with an
MOM TOOK MY PHONE
*AWAY
AND I'M GOING CRAZY!
BY: KELLY MEADOWS
1 female, 1 total • Comedy, Forensics, Speech
Raquel crumbles slowly right before your very
eyes. This is the horrific story of a young lady
being forced to live without her smart phone,
paying the penalty for texting during family
dinner. You’ll watch helplessly as she
regresses to 1965 while all her friends are
gossiping on the latest social media. Will she
actually read a book? Do her homework?
Worst of all, she’s forced to speak to people–
face to face. This comedy is NOT for the
squeamish! And remember–unlike Raquel,
you can use your smart phone to order this
play!
MOUSE THAT SAVED THE
WORLD
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
competition)
A rowdy American tourist from Brooklyn visits
a London subway and is despondent over not
making any friends on the trip. But when a
tiny mouse on the railway platform struggles
to climb to safety, people rally together in
support of their fuzzy friend.
MISS WONDERLING'S HISTORY
CLASS
MR. WHISKERS
BY: FRANCESCA SANDERS
competition)
Can you keep a stiff upper lip? Miss
Wonderling tries valiantly as she teaches
unruly pupils at a British girls' school.
MISSISSIPPI MIRROR
BY: ALAN HAEHNEL
Carmen tries to maintain a sarcastic mask
during her therapy session. She tells her
therapist about all of the previous advicegivers she has dealt with in her life, putting on
various accents and attitudes to impersonate
her father, her guidance counselor, and her
previous therapists. As the monologue
proceeds, Carmen's vulnerability shows
through as she describes what her ideal
therapist would be—a man who looked like
her father, but actually loved her.
The narrator's cat says he's Einstein. He
needs a New York Times crossword and a
Beatles record to complete experimentation
on his new Theory of Irrelativity. Is the
narrator cracking up, or has Einstein returned,
ready to solve nature's most pressing
mysteries?
MULTIPLE PERSONALITY
MURDER
Sometimes the culprit is also the victim. When
tough girl Pat is arrested, her two other
personalities reveal themselves to her
psychiatrist. Discover the secret abuse that
drove Pat, Kaileigh, and Leesha to murder.
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Stephanie begrudgingly helps with the family
business...running a funeral home! From
scaring away potential boyfriends to having
her hair cut with the same clippers used on
the dead, it seems her "life of weirdom" will
never end. A humorous look at a not-sonormal teenage life.
MY FORENSICS COACH IS NOT
A JELLYBEAN
MY NAME ISN'T BRO
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
competition)
The forensics coach used to dress in black.
But one day, that changed. One day, the
forensics coach began to wear color. Bright
colors. Assorted colors. Like jellybeans. And
one of his students can't get the thought out
of her head. In fact, the thought is so
overwhelming that today, she cant even
practice her original oratory speech because
all she can think about is sinking her teeth into
her coach's bright red shirt. She suspects that
things are going to end badly. She is probably
right.
MY LAST MONOLOGUE
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
Jake lisps and Reena stutters, yet they're the
coolest duo in town. Jake is pierced and
tattooed and wears weird hairstyles. Funny,
he can't hold a job. But when Jake decides
you're cool, you're definitely cool! Jake's best
friend tells the story of what happens to a guy
who can't fit in with the crowd, so instead sets
himself up as the leader. But a life designed
around being the center of attention starts to
fall apart—Jake's family breaks up, and the
novelty of his decorated body begins to wear
off. What's left for a young man who's got a
map of Arizona permanently tattooed on his
thigh? A monologue about the value of
friendship and being sensitive to people who
are "different."
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
After brutally lampooning the performances of
her peers, an actress realizes that just about
every contest play she's heard is about a
spoiled teenager telling a family member, "I
hope I never see you again," whereupon said
family member is . . .well . . .never seen
again. Suddenly she figures out . . .her
family's going to have to give in to her every
whim, or she can wish them off the planet!
MY TRIP TO THE STATE PEN
BY: MONICA BAUER
BY: LAUREN D. YEE
Gretchen, a precocious kindergarten student,
wants to please her teacher with the very best
Show and Tell story in history. What she
comes up with is the surprising, true story of
her trip to visit her older brother Billy in the
state pen. The monologue contains both wild
comedy and moments of heartbreaking
disclosure, as a five year old confronts her
status as an adopted child in the world's
weirdest family.
* NEVER CALL ME A LADY
MY LIFE AS AN INFOMERCIAL
Try the new Sauté Chef: it steams, it boils, it
solves every single nasty problem in your life!
At least, that's what the box claims. But after
many years of infomercial gigs instead of
acting jobs, Lucy wonders if her life as the
infomercial girl is what she really wants.
MY MOTHER'S TOUCH
BY: LAUREN D. YEE
Told from her cell in the mental ward, a girl
envelopes us in her life of pain and madness
as she yearns for the love of her soul-less
mother, aching for the precious warmth of her
mother's touch. A tragic tale of sweet insanity.
BY: RUSTY HARDING
1 female, 1 total • Drama, Forensics, Speech
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones recounts her life
as a pioneering labor activist. She was
instrumental in improving the working
conditions for children, women, steel workers,
and coal miners throughout the early 20th
century. She would ultimately become one of
the principal founders of the Industrial
Workers of the World, and would work
tirelessly for the labor movement until her
death at 93.
A NEW DRESS
BY: JULIE RIGGS
Toni is perplexed by a recent dream about her
long-deceased father, with whom she had a
troubled childhood relationship. As she talks it
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through to try to discover its meaning, she
learns something new about herself and the
redemptive power of forgiveness.
THE NEW MAN
Masquerade
parties
are
only
for
Halloween...or so you thought. As Nina plays
the dating game, she finds herself wanting to
shed her costume and be herself, but it's so
much easier just to conform. An obsessivecompulsive comedy favorite.
NO MORE MR. FUNNY GUY
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
You know the story: girls love him like a
"brother." He's nice and he's funny, but he
can't get a date. Well, now Mr. Funny Guy is
putting his foot down: no one laughs until he's
taken seriously. But when he realizes the girl
he's with thinks funny guys are fascinating,
the serious act goes up in smoke.
NOBODY
BY: DENNIS BUSH
A community service project for school brings
17-year-old Georgia face toface with the
father who walked out on her and her mom
four years earlier.Struggling with memories
that weigh her down and make her feel
unworthyof a relationship with her wealthy
boyfriend, Georgia is overwhelmed by herpast
on a collision course with her present.
NORMALCY
BY: BOBBY KENISTON
How do you recover from an unfathomable
tragedy? Shana has been sent to a
psychiatrist by her father in order to "get back
to some sense of normalcy," after her
mother's violent murder. Though she wishes
she could remain silent, her bottled up
emotions come pouring out as she battles
with her feelings of anger, grief, and an
honest bewilderment. How can she possibly
feel normal in any way when she loves her
mother's murderer? This thought-provoking
dramatic monologue is perfect for a
challenging forensic competition piece.
* = New Title
NOT READY!
THE OTHER ANIMAL RIGHT
POCKET WATCH
BY: KELLY MEADOWS
BY: MARLA CROWE
What's the worst thing a guy can hear when
he goes to pick up his date? How about
"She's not ready yet!"? Preston's invitation to
sit with the family forces him to bear the
taunts of her overfed younger brother and to
try to impress the girl's father, all while they're
grooving to a brutal rerun of America's
Funniest Home Videos. Will she ever be
ready, or will he have to spend an eternity
being polite in the face of adversity? When
he's finally had enough, things take an
unexpected—and humorous—turn.
Breezy Summer defends the other animal
right: their right to be fashionable. Is it so
wrong to dye fur lavender, braid a lion's mane,
or clothe an orangutan in order to maintain
the dignity of zoo animals?
A dramatic monologue that shows the
intensity of the family bond, a bond that
survives, even after death. A Russian militaryissue pocketwatch bought at an auction ties
the present with the past. Sometimes we give
coincidence credit for circumstances we don't
understand. Yet, is it possible that
coincidence is really just destiny?
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
1 either, 1 total • Comedy, Forensics, Speech
My parents say that auto-tune is ruining
today’s music! They won’t let me go to the
Kracked Kookaburra concert – not because
it’s too wild, but because the music isn’t good
enough. After begging and pleading, they
finally make a deal: Go see their old favorite
band (with hit songs such as “My Toyota is
Still Running and Your Ford is in the Shop”)
and listen to Ooo Ooo Oooooooo Baby La La
Yeah. When the old starts to edge out the
new, things get wild for me after all!
ORDERS
BY: SANDRA DEMPSEY
He is sent to keep peace where none exists.
The locale is one of those forgotten, politically
unappealing places. The order is sure to be
horrific, but is it worse to give it or to follow it?
One soldier's dilemma.
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
You’re minding your business in the hall at
school when you hear someone say that the
forensics team is getting new unicorns. You
never realized that unicorns were real, or that
the school had a forensics team. You love
unicorns, so you decide to join the forensics
team as soon as you figure out the meaning
of forensics. As you ask around, you learn
about forensic science, become convinced
that the unicorns are for dissection, and
conclude that it’s up to you to save them!
Someone finally suggests you misunderstood
—that the forensics team is actually getting
new uniforms—but you’re too smart to fall for
that.
As Christine, a young recipient of a heart
transplant, is able to resume her normal
activities, she becomes aware of a special,
almost life-like connection with her unknown
organ donor. This dramatic monologue gives
the opportunity to play two different
characters, Christine and the organ donor
herself.
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
competition)
There's nothing worse at an open mike night
than having to sit through other people's
material while waiting to read your own.
Nothing—except having someone heckle you.
If the audience isn't bad enough, the
cappuccino machine goes off at the worst
possible moments. Is it mean-spirited, or is it
actually revenge? Do some poets need to
rewrite? Do others need to go home and stay
there? See for yourself, as we pursue "poetic
justice."
POST-MORTEM
PEE PIPE
BY: SANDRA DEMPSEY
You're learning to fly, training to fight for your
country. But at 1000 feet, ya' gotta go! What's
a flyboy to do? Bail out? Make a cumulus pit
stop? Nope. They never dealt with this
problem in flight school. Look out below! A
hilarious dilemma in the sky.
PIERRE LA
BY: SANDRA DEMPSEY
ORGAN DONOR
POETIC INJUSTICE
He's a looker, he's a smooth, suave talker.
And he's French!?! Oo-la-la! How the women
will flock to him! He'll sweep them off their
feet; he'll drive them all wild! And what is the
secret to his success? But of course . . . a
great accent! A real tour de farce.
royalty waived for forenscis competition)
After her grandmother passes away, Sarah
works through her grief in a dangerous
manner. Following an accident, it is her
grandmother who saves Sarah from death.
PSYCHIC HOTLINE
BY: KELLY MEADOWS
When a young girl takes a job at a psychic
hotline, her supervisor gives her one piece of
advice: "Make something up." But when her
callers start confiding their deepest fears, she
finds they all stem from the same problem—
spending too much time calling the psychic
hotline! Filled with many eccentric characters,
this monologue provides a strong acting
challenge.
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OOO OOO OOOOOOOO
*BABY
LA LA YEAH
OUR FORENSICS TEAM IS
*GETTING
NEW UNICORNS
QUEEN OF THE WORLD
Forget about the normal New Year's
resolutions. A young woman decides to go for
broke and become...Queen of the World! Will
there be some changes? You bet!
REMOTELY RELATED
REVENGE OF THE COACH'S
DAUGHTER
BY: J.J. JONAS
Revenge turns to insightful revelation in a
comedic conspiracy involving the daughter of
a football coach who plots and schemes
outrageously to thwart the annual television
football marathon on New Year's Day.
BY: ALAN HAEHNEL
competition)
A normal teen is traumatized when her
grandfather visits for a week and discovers . .
. the remote control! As Gramps frantically
switches from channel to channel both night
and day, our heroine begins to think, speak,
and live in the world of television movies,
sitcoms, and commercials. As the fast-paced
world of remote controlled television invades
her mind, will she lose all grasp of reality?
Stay tuned.
RESPONSIBLE
BY: DENNIS BUSH
A 14-year-old boy explains what he had to do
to be responsible in this challenging solo
piece for a young actor.
THE REVENGE OF RAINBOW
SHEEP
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
1 either, 1 total, gender flexible • Comedy, Dark
Comedy • Script: $8.75 • Royalty: $15.00 per
Rainbow Sheep just wants to be loved. And
famous, too. Rich, if possible. But everyone
thinks he’s a freak because of his brightlycolored wool. Talk show hosts mock him.
Movie directors don’t want him. Even the
scientist conducting unethical experiments in
an abandoned bowling alley in Rhode Island
hates him. But when Rainbow Sheep is
changed forever as the result of a lab
accident, his destiny hangs in the balance.
Will he become a force for good, or will years
of rejection lead his polychromatic wooly
brightness down a darker path?
REVIVAL
BY: SANDRA DE HELEN
RUN AWAY
competition)
Having a dog can be a wonderful thing, but
what happens if one day, the dog decided to
run? Ever wonder what goes through their
minds as they wander down the streets
alone? A glimpse into the day when the family
dog runs away.
RUNNING ON EMPTY
Singing...praying...shouting to the Lord. As
Diana May looks back to her happy childhood
days and the old-time revivals, she realizes
that a better world has slipped away.
BY: J.J. JONAS
REWRITTEN
It is the night before Christmas Eve, and Jen
is caught on the road, short of cash and low
on fuel after dropping off her daughter with
her ex-husband. A stranger appears, and a
string of coincidences unfold in this humorous
and tender tale of serendipity.
A girl is horrified to learn her one true love of
the past has recently died...in exactly the
manner she wrote of seven years earlier!
ROSA'S LAMENT
BY: SANDRA DEMPSEY
Rosa has endured a lifetime of abuse and
hatred at the hands of her husband. Her soul
is gentle and her heart is kind, and the tale of
her sad life's journey leaves a lump in the
throat of her audience.
ROSIE, THE TEDDY BEAR
BY: STEVEN BERGMAN
While lying discarded on the side of the road,
Rosie tells the poignant story of her owner, a
little girl with an abusive mother. Rosie was
the little girl's teddy bear, and even though the
girl will never return, Rosie loyally waits for
her.
ROY BOB TUTTLE'S SERMON
FOR SUCCESS
BY: JIM GUSTAFSON
You, my friends and neighbors, can turn your
lives around. Let the words of Honest Roy
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Bob Tuttle enlighten you and make you the
person you always dreamed of becoming.
What'll it cost? Only as much as you've got.
A SALUTATORIAN'S
GRATITUDE
BY: BOBBY KENISTON
competition)
After four years of hard work, graduation is
finally here, and Jamie is about to give a
Salutatorian speech that no one will ever
forget! After discussing the importance of
gratitude to his fellow graduates, he quickly
begins to drop the facade and let his true
feelings come out, including jabs at the
Valedictorian (who happens to be the
Headmaster's son), his own father (who would
have bought him a car had he been number
one in his class), and about the "dinosaur"
teachers who he feels should have retired
long ago. Shakespeare once wrote "How
sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a
thankless child." Well, Jamie is going to show
the world that a serpent's tooth ain't got
nothin' on him!
SASSY AND THE BOSS
When Fiona's boss assaults her at work, she
finds herself in a "he said, she said" situation.
Ironically, her saving witness is the very girl
Fiona has most demeaned.
* = New Title
SAUCY MAMASITA
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
This standup comic-style piece is delivered by
Maria, a gutsy Hispanic-American woman
who finally comes to grips with the fact that
she's just too darned lazy to get herself out of
a dangerous domestic situation. Why leave
her abusive husband when she can sit home
and watch court TV? There's always
tomorrow to go to the shelter. Things change
for Maria when she realizes it's not only her,
but also her children's safety at stake.
SCHMALTZ
It is not until after Mrs. Levy dies that Whitney
understands her teacher worked her so hard
because she cared. Now Whitney faces a
deluge of rejection, guilt, and motivation.
A SENSE OF URGENCY
BY: ALLEN AMUNDSEN
What if you were to lose all five senses, one
by one? Emily is faced with such a dilemma,
and time is running out. With the help of her
free-spirited aunt, she breaks free from an
oncology clinic in order to bask in the sights,
scents, flavors, and feelings of life before
they're all gone.
SERIAL STAR
about everything. It’s easy for small, good
things to get lost in the shuffle. But they
matter. Because you don’t have to rescue a
child from a burning building or cure a disease
to have a positive impact on someone’s life.
All it takes is A Small, Simple Kindness.
SMITTY AT THE BAT
He's a veteran ballplayer who's been
benched. His manager wants to waive him
from the club. And now he's been called to
pinch-hit with the game on the line . . . prove
himself or be gone. Move the runner along,
like the manager wants, or swing for the
fences and make ESPN Sports Center
highlights. It all comes down to one pitch.
SNIFF
BY: JULES TASCA
Raymond's entire life has been ruined by a
mysterious odor he contracted. Does he really
smell that bad, or has he come up with a
convenient excuse to mask his personality
flaws? In this brisk comedy, you certainly
won't be holding your nose.
In this hysterical comic monologue, Child
Protective Services is called to school when
the nurse becomes suspicious of Brianna’s
mysterious bruises, crutches, and stitches.
She is forced to admit that the mishaps are all
a result of her obsession with a new reality
television show called Serial Star.
* A SMALL, SIMPLE KINDNESS
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
Every day, we’re surrounded by negativity.
News headlines scream for our attention with
ugly stories about terrible things, and social
networking enables everyone to complain
STARS
BY: LAUREN D. YEE
Amanda's mother was always a shooting star
—brilliant and beautiful—but all from a
distance. Amanda reflects on the years after
her mother left the family to find her own star
on Hollywood Boulevard. This haunting
monologue explores a mother-daughter
relationship as distant and ethereal as the
stars themselves.
STEALING SAXOPHONES FROM
HOMELESS PEOPLE
BY: JONATHAN DORF
1 either, 1 total, gender flexible • Dark Comedy
• Script: $7.75 • Royalty: $15.00 per
"You're going to end up stealing saxophones
from homeless people." When Jake's mother
tells him at the tender age of three that this is
his fate, what can he do? Can the now
teenage Jake prove his mother wrong, or is
he destined for a life of crime?
TAKING BACK THE WORDS
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
SOFT NOISE, HARD LESSON
BY: JOHN BARTIMOLE
In this dramatic piece, a teen learns that
sexual harassment is no laughing matter and
that the psychological cost can be quite high.
when the Queen asks him if she is more
beautiful than the dawn.
SOY ANSWER
waived for forensics competiton)
We all say things we wish we hadn't said, but
sometimes one incident can seal your fate in
a once-in-a-lifetime relationship. Examining
the power of words and their effect on those
we love, this dramatic monologue is a multileveled emotional powerhouse.
BY: CAROLYN WEST
THE TALENT SHOW
competition)
BY: LAVINIA ROBERTS
Fellow creatures of the night, that incessant
blood craving can be cured virtually overnight.
There's a fresh alternative that's actually
healthy for you and your entire family of
vamps. A selection you'll crave.
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER THE MIRROR'S TALE
BY: EDITH WEISS
The Mirror from Snow White, realizing that
soon the Queen won't be the fairest in the
land, has a bit of a meltdown that accelerates
competition)
Gail Keebler is the newly appointed arts and
entertainment reporter for her high school
newspaper. An aspiring journalist, she is
disgruntled by the everyday and mundane
nature of her assignments. She describes and
reenacts the contestants of her school's
upcoming talent show. First, there are the
math nerds whose talents include converting
numbers to scientific notations. Next, there is
the cheerleader who created a cheer to the
Beatles classic "Let it Be." Finally, there is the
goth queen and the school's most dramatic
thespian reenacting every death scene in
Shakespeare. While Gail's opinion of her
classmates' talents is scathing, she realizes
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how amazing it is to have such a diverse
group of students all pulling together for a
single purpose.
THE TEXT ON THE DRIVE
HOME
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BY: BRADLEY WALTON
The school musical opens tomorrow, and the
lead performer is driving home from her final
dress rehearsal. Anticipating acceptance at a
prestigious arts college in New York, her
future seems bright. That is until The Text on
the Drive Home.
THANKS FOR NOTHING, ANNE
RICE
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
What's worse than a giraffe with a sore neck?
How about a vampire with bad teeth? A guy
could literally starve to death! The situation
certainly heats up when he tries to explain his
problem to a dentist, who, without a doubt,
wants to file down those fangs! Anyone want
to stick their neck out to help this guy?
THEY'RE REWRITING MY
LIFE
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BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
1 male, 1 total • Drama, Forensics, Speech and
Debate • Script: $8.75 • Royalty: $15.00 per
If you’re a fictional character, you pretty much
live the same story over and over. But what
happens when the author tries to rewrite it?
What if he “writes out” your girlfriend or takes
away some important parts of your life on the
grounds that they’re no longer relevant to your
story? On the plus side, maybe in the rewrite,
mom won’t be so distant. Maybe he can finally
find out “what happens next.” An unusual ride
as the character Tom starts to wonder what of
his life will be saved, changed or deleted.
THIRTY-ONE WORDS
BY: PAUL DILELLA
competition)
Sgt. 1st Class Myers visits a high school to
recruit graduating seniors. During the Pledge
of Allegiance, he observes that students lack
the proper respect and understanding. Myers
delays a recruiting pitch to instruct students in
the history and meaning of this important rite.
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TORRENT
BY: LAURA HENRY
New York City has often been referred to as
"the loneliest city on earth." For Torrent, this
isolation in the midst of people is too much to
bear. She calls the phone company and
reaches voice mail. The machine doesn't shut
off,
so
Torrent
keeps
talking...and
talking...and talking...
TRAPPED BY A STROKE
Marcy discovers that her estranged birth
mother has taken her own life, and that the
only living relative who can explain Marcy's
secret past is her grandmother, unable to
speak after a stroke. The actress plays both
granddaughter and grandmother.
TRUCK STOP INCIDENT
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
competition)
Put together a toothless waitress, a rowdy
trucker, and a young child who won't stop
singing "I Just Can't Wait To Be King," and
what do you get? Chaos! When Dad takes his
family to dinner at a truck stop in the mythical
Oxphalia, Mississippi, little does he know it's
an evening of old eggplant, obnoxious
children, and practically the downfall of
Southern civilization! With characterizations
including kids, parents, a grizzled old
waitress, and a burly trucker, this challenging
piece will "keep ‘em truckin!"
TWO THOUSAND ROSES
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
As a young victim of a tyrannical regime lies
on a prison cot, fantasies of freedom take him
beyond his cell to a world of love and a good
life. When his mother is imprisoned and
brought before him, he must talk to save her.
VOCAB GUY
regular cornucopia of comic and conniving
conversation.
WATCH IT BURN
BY: BOBBY KENISTON
competition)
Joey has just confessed to burning down the
deserted old elementary school building. To
explain such an action, he must go back and
tell the story of his very first time setting a fire.
This chilling monologue, perfect for forensics
competitions, gives us a glimpse into the
disturbed mind of a teenage arsonist, and
may be performed by either a male or female
actor.
A WAVE IN THE OCEAN
BY: DENNIS BUSH
Feeling left behind by her boyfriend as he
goes off to college, Chloe turnsto her memory
box – and the collection of doll body parts it
contains – forguidance, inspiration, and a way
to keep her head above water.
WELCOME TO OUR FESTIVAL
BY: LEON KAYE
When a ten-minute play festival begins, the
master of ceremonies always comes on stage
and speaks about the festival. Why not make
the speech fun and off the wall? Why not tell
the audience they should run to the exits if
there is a fire because only a few of them will
survive? The emcee speaks the unspeakable
and your audience will be quite concerned,
disturbed - and having a ball!
WHEN MATH STUDENTS GO
BAD
BY: KELLY MEADOWS
Dorabella hates math, but loves her math
tutor! Now her problem becomes - what if she
learns it? Then she’ll have to stop seeing her
tutor! Find out what happens when good math
students go horribly, horribly wrong.
BY: JOHN C. HAVENS
Our hero loves words. Big ones, little ones,
rhymes and metaphors. But on his first blind
date, he finds that words can get in the way. A
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WHITE ELEPHANT
THE WORLD IS FLAT
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
Fantasy • Script: $8.75 • Royalty: $15.00 per
The leading lady ascends to her role by
incapacitating several other actors, which
prompts the cast of this high school play to
take brutal revenge on the Queen of England!
WILLIAM HENRY
BARTHOLOMEW SMITH,
CONSUMER ADVOCATE VS.
LOW-QUALITY PAPER TOWEL
PERFORATIONS IN AMERICA
Looking up at the world from his back, a
young man recovering from an injury has to
depend on an International cast of doctors,
nurses and techies, which gives him pause to
think about what it means to be an American
—and gives actors a chance to show off a
variety of accents. When things hurt that
badly, everything suddenly becomes more
important...and twice as funny.
AL LITERATION, PRIVATE EYE
BY: FORREST MUSSELMAN
competition)
1-2 either, 1-2 total • Comedy, Mystery • Script:
competition)
William Henry Bartholomew Smith knows a
thing or two about value. Why have a dentist
fix a chipped tooth if you can do it yourself
with super glue? But when you can't wipe
away the excess glue because your paper
towels won't tear right, you've got yourself a
serious problem. (Really, who in their right
mind would want to put an asymmetrical piece
of paper towel in their mouth?) But after
confrontations at the retail and corporate
levels don't work out as planned, William
Henry Bartholomew Smith is forced to
propose a truly drastic measure, one so illconsidered that it will leave your audience
laughing in disbelief.
Follow private detective, Al Literation, as he
solves the case of Sally’s missing seashells in
this tough tongue twister that works well as a
comic monologue or fun duet.
BY: SANDRA DEMPSEY
AL LITERATION, PRIVATE EYE:
THE CASE OF BLUE BOY
BY: FORREST MUSSELMAN
1-2 either, 1-2 total, doubling possible, gender
flexible • Comedy, Mystery • Script: $8.75 •
Lips still limber? This great sequel to Al
Literation, Private Eye delves deeper into the
detective's deeds as he decodes the case of
the disappearing Boy Blue. This tough tongue
twister works well as a comic monologue or
duet in this fun, forensic folly.
TAKE A NUMBER
A bad aircraft fire has left your face horribly
disfigured, and the Air Force thinks the very
sight of you would be bad for morale. But just
when you're at your lowest, a remarkable
chance encounter rekindles your heart.
1-9 males, 0-1 either, 1-10 total, doubling
possible, gender flexible • Comedy • Script:
competition)
WISPY BOY
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
She calls him "wispy boy" because it looks
like the slightest wind would knock him over.
He's deaf, so they communicate by sitting
together and typing on a laptop. As these two
lonely high schoolers explore love and
togetherness, she slowly comes to realize that
at home, he's a victim of abuse. If she says
nothing, he'll live in a home that mistreats him.
If she speaks up, she risks losing the boy she
loves.
BY: BRADLEY WALTON
A WING AND A PRAYER
family’s snarkiness shakes him into rethinking
his reality. Maybe by commenting on others’
behavior, he can face the hard truth about
himself. This dramatic piece contains many
comedic elements plus a wide variety of
characterizations.
BY: EUGENE FERTELMEYSTER
Revel in this multiple-character speed dating
comedy, where eight not-so-average guys
face the challenge of getting a date. A
semifinalist in the Blank Theatre Company's
National Young Playwrights Festival.
* YOUTUBE CELEBRITY
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
1 male, 1 total • Drama, Comedy, Forensics,
Speech and Debate • Script: $8.75 • Royalty:
Fans! Followers! Comments! Jeb doesn’t
want much, he just wants to be a YouTube
Celebrity. As his story unfolds, the loneliness
behind his commentary starts to show plus his
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RACHEL AND RUTHIE
THE LITTLE WITCH OF WICHITA
BY: KAREN SOKOLOF JAVITCH
BY: BETH MARTIN BROWN, KEVIN KAUFMAN, SANDY SHERMAN
ALL • 3 females, 3 total, 1-2 extras, doubling possible, gender flexible • 20
minutes • Comedy, Drama • Script: $5.50 • Piano Score: $10.00 (includes
vocal lines) • Production/Rehearsal CD Combo: $15.00 • Royalty: $20.00
per performance
Do family bonds transcend time? Is there a special connection that
bridges generations? Rachel and Ruthie answer these questions as
they reveal the powerful and touching nature of the relationship
between granddaughter and grandmother. An unexpected
juxtaposition in time conveys a story that is heart-warming yet funny
and surreal yet grounded. This short musical is easily produced with
one set, two characters, and a very memorable song. Production
grants available for this musical. Call 1-800-950-7529 for more
information.
(ALMOST) GOT IT MADE
BY: MAUREEN KANE BERG, THOMAS C. BERG
Script: $16.75 • Director's Score: $50.00 (full
script, production notes, piano score) • Vocal/
Choral Score: $20.00 (photocopying allowed
for production) • Piano Score: $30.00 •
Orchestral Score: $30.00 (bass guitar, drums,
synthesizer; photocopying allowed) •
Production CD: $30.00 • Rehearsal CD:
$30.00 • Production/Rehearsal CD Combo:
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This one-act musical comedy is a
condensed version of the full-length musical
Got It Made for groups seeking a shorter,
65-minute piece with a smaller cast (seven
cast members; chorus optional). This is the story of Molly’s fearless
fight to the top of the real estate world! With her assistant Freddy at
her side and her best friend Chloe in her corner, Molly squares off
against bosses, cops, and robbers in the condos and kitty litter
warehouses of Minneapolis. A musical send-up of office politics,
corporate scandal, and modern romance, which all leads to fun,
surprises, and the requisite happy ending.
(Almost) Got It Made had its world premiere with The Flower Shop
Project (FSP) at the Bryant Lake Bowl Theater (MN).
A WOLF'S TALE
BY: CHRIS PERKINS
MS HS • 2 females, 2 males, 3-10 either, 7-14 total, doubling possible,
gender flexible • 70 minutes • Comedy, Educational • Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script: $16.75 • Piano Score: $40.00 (Includes Vocal Score
with rights to photocopy for cast) • Production CD: $30.00 • Rehearsal
CD: $30.00 • Production/Rehearsal CD Combo: $50.00 • Royalty: $90.00
per performance
As we all do, Bob Wolf dreams of being accepted. After being
stereotyped in so many fairy tales, Bob begins a journey of selfdiscovery and truth. He meets up with Troll, who has also been
stereotyped but accepts his new identity without question. Together,
they revisit a few of your favorite fairy tales, showing what really
happened and how Bob is not really the bad guy everyone says he is he's just always been at the wrong place at the wrong time. Bob, Troll,
and their friends show that sometimes we're good at heart - just
misunderstood. Interactive and fun, this musical is sure to please
audiences of all ages.
0-20 extras, doubling possible, gender flexible
• 60 minutes • Holiday, Educational, Fantasy •
Audience CD: $8.00 (Fundraising opportunity see below.) • Script: $7.50 • Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Vocal/Choral Score: $20.00
(photocopying allowed for production) • Piano
Score: $30.00 • Production CD: $30.00 •
Rehearsal CD: $30.00 • Production/Rehearsal
CD Combo: $50.00 • Royalty: $90.00 per
performance
Combine a Halloween Happening attended
by witches and warlocks stirring a cauldron
of deliciously horrible brew with positively delightful music and an
innocent little witch, Katrina, and one has the perfect setting to convey
important lessons about endangered species, environmental
protection, responsible choices and respect.
The story begins at Oakwitch Gardens and the annual Halloween
Happening, where Queen Witch Hazel has assigned each witch/
warlock with finding very rare ingredients for her traditional Halloween
brew. How rare? So rare that the environment will never be the same.
When Katrina, the Little Witch of Wichita, arrives without her assigned
ingredient, Eastwitch and Westwitch, the Keepers of the Cauldron,
trick her into venturing into the Enchanted Forest in order to gather her
ingredient along with their forgotten ingredients. Promises of a new
computerized digital broom with internet access, along with a desire of
respect from her peers, tempt Katrina into the woods; however, she is
trailed by Witch Hazel's bratty son, Butch, who is intent on stealing the
ingredients and claiming the broom for himself. On her journey, Katrina
encounters Armando (an endangered Majorcan Mambo Mouse), the
Peek-a-Boo Tree (who preserves and renews the cycle of life), and the
Very Old Man, who is as wise as he is old. Katrina returns to the
Halloween Happening with a new understanding and respect for
endangered species, the environment and herself, as well as new
ingredients for the brew. Katrina looks to be in a lot of hot water, until
Witch Hazel tastes the new brew and wisely proclaims Katrina the
Keeper of the Cauldron in appreciation for her new recipe and the
lessons she's learned and shared. A memorable musical experience
with audio clips available online at www.heuerpub.com.
GOT IT MADE
BY: THOMAS C. BERG, MAUREEN KANE BERG
HS CT • 4 females, 5 males, 9 total, 5-20
extras, gender flexible • 120 minutes •
$16.75 • Director's Score: $50.00 (full script,
production notes, piano score, vocal score) •
Vocal/Choral Score: $20.00 (photocopying
allowed for production) • Piano Score: $30.00
• Orchestral Score: $30.00 (bass guitar,
drums, synthesizer; photocopying allowed) •
Your audience will leave the theater
whistling after seeing this musical comedy
with its witty lyrics and catchy melodies. Got
it Made recalls the classic American musical, but it also updates the
genre by using a wide variety of music (from Broadway to reggae) and
by telling a thoroughly modern story.
Molly is a twenty- or thirty-something, hoping to make her mark in the
real estate development business. Her assistant, Freddy, is a loyal
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employee and friend, but romantically challenged. Her friend, Chloe, is
a glamorous, high-powered fashion photographer who has just
returned from Milan to learn her identity has been stolen.
LINT! THE MUSICAL
BY: WILLIAM ARNOLD, SCOTT AUDEN
Comedy, Mature Theme, Adult Language •
Script: $7.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75 • Vocal
/Choral Score: $20.00 (photocopying allowed;
includes vocal backing) • Piano Score: $30.00
• Orchestral Score: $20.00 (includes guitar,
bass, drums) • Production CD: $30.00 •
Rehearsal CD: $30.00 (audio clips available
online) • Production/Rehearsal CD Combo:
Molly talks Freddy and Chloe into doing a “stakeout” to catch the
identity thief. While Freddy and Chloe find a perfectly shallow kind of
love, Molly’s investigation leads her back to her own company. It all
gives rise to fun, surprises, and the requisite happy ending in this
send-up of office politics, corporate scandal and modern romance.
DEADPAN, by Kevin Kelleher, Willow Ridge Restaurant (IA)
DEADPAN
HS CT • 3 females, 3 males, 4 either, 9 total, gender flexible • 90 minutes
• Mystery, Comedy • Script: $7.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75 • Vocal/
Choral Score: $10.00 (photocopying allowed for production) • Piano
Score: $20.00 • Production CD: $20.00 • Rehearsal CD: $20.00 •
Production/Rehearsal CD Combo: $30.00 • Royalty: $75.00 per
performance
It's 1936, and hit songwriter Stanley Cordell has come to the "Il
Toscana" nightclub to propose to his fiancee but instead discovers
she's been having an affair behind his back. When she promptly dies,
Stanley (along with everyone else) gets implicated in a murder
investigation that's sure to uncover some unsettling, unforeseen, and
downright unusual truths about the club's patrons. With four songs of
cabaret-style music and comedy, this show delivers murder, dinner
club chaos and fantastic memories!
Deadpan had its world premiere at Willow Ridge Restaurant (IA) with
eight sold-out performances.
"[DEADPAN] will make you laugh until you awkwardly bang the table a
little too loud, topple the saltshaker, and draw the fleeting ire of your
tablemates. I was unashamed. Kelleher and his crew had me wrapped
around their collective finger...Oh did I mention? The band killed it. I
was chair dancing. Do you know how embarrassing it is for someone
to chair dance? At a table full of strangers? My insecurities were wiped
clean and replaced with utter enjoyment." - Parker Quail, Writer/Critic
Phoebe's got a problem . . . no matter where
she goes, no matter what she does, she
constantly finds herself in a musical. While
this wouldn't be a problem to some folks,
Phoebe tries to escape by taking a job in a
laundromat. Everything is fine until one day Phoebe looks up and sees
the audience, the lights, everything. Three muses: Biz, Fab, and
Cheer, rise up out of the washers and explain to Phoebe that there is
no escaping this musical until she finishes the show and follows the
rules to get there. Reluctantly, and with more than a little sarcasm,
Phoebe enlists the help of Gary, a pathetic cuckold who was just
minding his own business. Jack and Jill enter and the race to finish the
musical begins. Along the way, they encounter Heinrich von Baddie,
Phoebe's boss and the representation of villainy in the play. Faced with
impending doom (and marriage), Phoebe and her new friends sing
themselves through many different emotions and stories, culminating
in the classic confrontation of good and evil: a landlord wearing
leiderhosen and a government agent wearing a jet-pack.
Featuring the witty repartee of Scott Auden's dialogue and Bill Arnold's
music, Lint! The Musical takes the audience through the musical
experience. If you didn't know the rules going into it, you'll certainly
know them afterwards. So really, this show is a public service for
people who find themselves stuck in a musical and don't know what to
do. One final tip from the Lint! creative team: Clean your lint trap often.
It saves energy, and you'll get more lint to have fun with! Lint! The
Musical premiered at Hole in the Wall Theater in New Britain,
Connecticut in 2003 and was work-shopped by the same company in
2002.
THE MADRIGAL DINNER
BY: KEVIN KELLEHER
MS HS • 9 either, 9 total, 8 extras, gender flexible • 35 minutes • Comedy,
Farce • Script: $7.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75 • Piano Score: $30.00
(photocopying allowed for production) • Royalty: $60.00 per performance
Join the royal court of Queen Isabelle CMXLII for a night of frolic and
fancy you won't soon forget! A host of wacky characters spreads the
fun around thickly as your audience, playing the part of esteemed
Renaissance dinner guests, experience non-stop mirth and music in
this laugh-out-loud comedy for all ages. Sight gags, slapstick, and
mind-wrenching word humor will have you choking on your Boar's
Head.
This incredibly versatile show includes original songs as well as
arrangements of standards written for keyboard and/or brass quartet. It
is also written for SATB with many opportunities for soloists and every
part in the show can be played either male or female, giving you
unprecedented casting flexibility!
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THE RELUCTANT DRAGON
PATTY'S AESOP ADVENTURE
BY: MARK BARON, GARY COHEN
BY: JULIANNA WRIGHT, BRIAN C. BILLINGS
extras • 90 minutes • Fantasy, Classics • Script
: $7.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75 • Vocal/
Choral Score: $20.00 (photocopying allowed) •
Piano Score: $30.00 • Production CD: $30.00 •
performance
Set in the medieval fairytale village of Tea ‘N’
Crumpet, The Reluctant Dragon tells the tale
of a young man, Joey Bisfick, whose love for
dragons and inquisitive nature force him to venture off in search of a
dragon that has reportedly been terrorizing the countryside, much to
the chagrin of his worrying parents. What he finds instead is a sweet
old dragon (named Dennis D. Dragon) and three baby all-singing, alldancing dragonettes, who he quickly befriends. Things seem idyllic
until the Mayoress of the village hires a dragon-slaying knight to hunt
down Dennis – then it’s up to Joey to secure a "happy ending." This
family musical is loosely adapted from the children's book, The
Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame. It includes several original
musical selections, some highlights of which are: "Gonna Find That
Dragon," "A Fabulous Day," "The Dragon Stomp," and "The Mayoress
Rap."
With show-stopping numbers and tongue-in-cheek lyrics and dialogue,
this show is great fun for the entire family, carrying a message of
tolerance and friendship. Audio clips available online at heuerpub.com.
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BURGERTOWN
BY: CHRISTINE JONES, KEN JONES, JAMEY STRAWN
$16.75 • Vocal/Choral Score: $20.00
Score: $30.00 • Orchestral Score: $30.00
(includes guitar, bass, drums, flute/alto
saxophone; photocopying allowed) •
Orchestral Score: Includes guitar, bass,
drums, flute/alto saxophone.
BurgerTown is a delicious musical comedy set in the Windy City. This
is the story of Dan O'Reilly, a timid fry cook who accidentally invents
the hottest new craze in the fast-food world, the Triangle Burger. With
the mysterious death of BurgerTown's cranky owner, Dan takes the
humble BurgerTown restaurant from its lowly place beneath the tracks
of the Fullerton train station to soaring new heights, leaving his humble
origins behind. In this fun and kooky new musical, our shy hero
encounters bad guys, temptation, big business, and burgers. He
struggles to hold onto his sanity as he chases his dreams of success in
the fast-food industry and romance with BurgerTown's former waitress,
Jan. The show is laced with lively characters and a heart-warming
message of the triumph of love over greed.
MS HS • 2 females, 4 males, 4 either, 10 total, 4-10 extras, gender
flexible • 60 minutes • Educational, Fantasy • Script: $7.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 • Vocal/Choral Score: $20.00 (photocopying allowed for
production) • Piano Score: $30.00 • Production CD: $30.00 • Rehearsal
CD: $30.00 (audio clips available online) • Production/Rehearsal CD
Combo: $50.00 • Royalty: $90.00 per performance
Rediscover Aesop's classic tales with a musical trip to market. Patty
the Milkmaid bumps into some of Aesop's most famous animals,
including the racing tortoise, the country mouse, the city mouse, and a
group of dancing monkeys. She blames the animals for spilling all of
her milk, but eventually realizes that the only person truly at fault was
herself. The monkeys celebrate her epiphany with a rousing bout of
"Monkey Bop" shenanigans and then retreat to Patty's house for an
afternoon snack.
IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND
BY: ETHAN SCHLESSER
MS HS • 6-12 females, 4 males, 0-7 either, 10-23 total, 0-10 extras,
doubling possible, gender flexible • 75 minutes • Fantasy, Educational •
Script: $7.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75 • Director's Score: $50.00 (full
script, production notes, piano score, vocal score) • Vocal/Choral Score:
$20.00 (photocopying allowed for production) • Piano Score: $30.00 •
Production CD: $30.00 • Rehearsal CD: $30.00 (audio clips available
online) • Production/Rehearsal CD Combo: $50.00 • Royalty: $90.00 per
performance
The fantastical adventure of Jenna, a teenage drama queen, who can't
win for losing. When Jenna's younger sister’s birthday party prevents
her from spending time with her friends, she embarks on a musical
journey within the turmoil of her own mind. With the help of the
hilariously funny MC (played by her therapist dad), Jenna comes to
terms with her confusing emotions and navigates the pitfalls of
adolescence.
CLEOPATRA AND THE SLAVE GIRLS OF VENUS
BY: SCOTT FREIHEIT
HS CT • 4 females, 7 males, 11 total • 90 minutes • Comedy, Adult
Language • Script: $7.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75 • Vocal/Choral Score:
$20.00 (photocopying allowed for production) • Piano Score: $30.00 •
Production CD: $30.00 • Rehearsal CD: $30.00 • Production/Rehearsal
CD Combo: $50.00 • Royalty: $90.00 per performance • Digital Video DVD: $20.00 ("Movie Trailers" for use in-between scenes)
It's the 1960s, and Stupendous Pictures is producing one cheesy
movie (from "The Weasel that Ate Pomona" to "The Incredible
Creature from Planet Zaatar") after another. When the producer has a
change of heart and wants to produce Shakespeare, unexpected
events grind things to a halt. Enter aspiring writer Allen Franklin who,
along with the current headwriter Jill Montgomery, has to figure out
how to combine shlock with classic to save the day! (You'll even have
fun between scenes showing your audience a special DVD that
features hilarious trailers from other fictional films by Stupendous
Pictures!)
BurgerTown was first produced at Northern Kentucky University, then
played at Theatre Building Chicago's South Theatre. Audio clips
available online at heuerpub.com.
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LOVE! AT THE CAFE!
THE LITTLE MERMAID
BY: KAREN SOKOLOF JAVITCH, JAMES SPICER CONANT
BY: MATT THOMPSON, THOMAS HODGES
ALL • 6 females, 7 males, 13 total, 5-20 extras
• 90 minutes • Comedy • Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script: $16.75 • Vocal/Choral Score:
$20.00 (photocopying allowed for production) •
Piano Score: $30.00 • Production CD: $30.00
• Rehearsal CD: $30.00 • Production/
Rehearsal CD Combo: $50.00 • Royalty:
Set against the backdrop of Bonnie's Cafe,
two love triangles collide in the never-had-itso-good times of the 1950s. This rousing
musical by the brilliant Javitch-Conant duo
will leave a smile on your face and love in
your heart with the sheerly original 16-song
suite that includes the timelessly titillating "Kissing in Multiples." A
romantic comedy with big 1950's song and dance numbers.
Production grants available for this musical. Call 1-800-950-7529
for more information.
ALL • 8 females, 2 males, 4-14 either, 14-24 total, doubling possible,
gender flexible • 75 minutes • Fantasy, Comedy • Script: $7.50 • Notebook
production) • Piano Score: $30.00 • Production CD: $30.00 • Rehearsal
CD: $30.00 • Production/Rehearsal CD Combo: $50.00 • Royalty: $90.00
per performance
Based on the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale of the same name,
we follow Coral, The Little Mermaid, in her quest to become human.
Curious ambition and a wondering heartleads our mermaid to the
surface of her world, above the ocean blue. She rescues Evan, a
sailor, who is later revealed to be a prince among men. In the name of
love, Coral is willing to part from her family, defy her father King
Neptune, and even traverse the murky Benthic Underworld of the Sea
Witch, all in the name of her heart. This is the classic tale about
sacrifice, friendship, love and the ultimate fish out of water.
HAPPILY EVER AFTER... (MUSICAL)
BY: ALLEN KOEPKE
GINA AND THE PRINCE OF MINTZ
BY: STEVE LIEBMAN, CHARLES KONDEK, NANCY PATZ
ALL • 2 females, 6 males, 5-10 either, 13-18 total, 5-20 extras, doubling
possible, gender flexible • 90 minutes • Fantasy, Comedy • Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script: $16.75 • Vocal/Choral Score: $20.00 (photocopying
allowed for production) • Piano Score: $30.00 • Production CD: $30.00 •
Rehearsal CD: Free (Free perusal. Return to Heuer within 30 days of
production) • Royalty: $90.00 per performance
A sparkling musical fairy tale with contemporary sensibilities . . . Gina,
a strong-willed young girl who is a superlative baker of pies, is
determined to go out in the world "to make my way as I bake my pies
and wake each day to a new surprise." Gina, eager to travel the world,
joins a troupe of Traveling Players and finds herself in the village of
Mintz, which is ruled by a handsome but grumpy Prince. The laws of
Mintz prohibit any negative utterances and mumblings, but Gina, quite
independent and free-spirited to say the least, dares an emphatic "No!"
when the Prince demands that she stay in Mintz and bake pies
exclusively for him. Delightful complications ensue, including the
slaying of a giant green dragon with horrible breath, before Gina and
the Traveling Players continue on their bumpy but adventurous way to
exciting new lands.
Gina and the Prince of Mintz is one of the most flexible musicals
that you will find. With 18 speaking parts that can be doubled down
to 8 actors (4 women, 4 men), the show can be produced with a
flexible cast of 8-28 actors with significant roles for extras. The
townspeople, traveling players, acrobats and dancers all have choral
possibilities.
"Deliciously good fun...a delightful new musical with a bright and quite
funny script." Times Union, Albany, New York
"A perfect blend of fun and music...the show, with a heroine who's
cousin to the plucky Alice in Wonderland and Dorothy in Oz, is a
delightful outing for all." The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, New York
A fabulous fractured musical perfect for upper elementary and middle
school students. Nationally-renowned composer Allen Koepke
magnificently entwines the characters and story-lines of "Little Red
Riding Hood," "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," and "The Three Little
Pigs" and traverses an array of musical styles to create this musical
family treasure. Through a series of misadventures and story-twisting,
various fairy tale characters learn the importance of friendship, trust
and tolerance.
PIRATE ISLAND-THE MUSICAL
BY: MARTIN FOLLOSE, CAROL HALL
minutes • Comedy • Script: $7.50 • Vocal/
Choral Score: $20.00 (photocopying allowed
for production) • Piano Score: $20.00 •
Production/Rehearsal CD Combo: $30.00 •
Captain Peach and his not-so-merry band of
pirates are roaming a deserted island in
search of Bluebeard’s treasure. Barbara and
her not-so-eager castaways get stranded on
this same island with little except two
cameras, 37 rolls of film, a mirror, 30 cents,
gum, and Barbara’s trunk. With jewels in
their eyes, the pirates think Barbara’s trunk
is the lost treasure, but before they can steal the chest, two natives
dance off with it and the chase is on. The pirates are after the natives,
the natives are after the castaways, the castaways are after the
natives, and this not-so-deserted island is a treasure trove of fun!
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MUSICALS
Children's Book: $13.95 (Hardcover)
MS • 9 females, 5 males, 1 either, 15 total, 0-25 extras • 60 minutes •
Fantasy, Classics • Script: $7.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75 • Director's
Score: $45.00 (full script, production notes, piano score, vocal score) •
Vocal/Choral Score: $20.00 (photocopying allowed for production) •
Production CD: $25.00 • Rehearsal CD: $25.00 (audio clips available
online) • Production/Rehearsal CD Combo: $40.00 • Royalty: $75.00 per
performance
MUSICALS
17-30 CAST MEMBERS
HORROR HIGH - THE MUSICAL
BRAVE BUCKAROO
BY: SEAN ABLEY, RYAN O'CONNELL, AMY SEELEY
BY: RENEE CLARK
Notebook Script: $16.75 • Vocal/Choral Score:
$20.00 (photocopying allowed for production) •
Piano Score: $30.00 • Orchestral Score:
$20.00 (includes Bass Guitar and Drums) •
Everyone was a teenager once. Even
vampires, zombies and werewolves. So,
where can you find all of these classic movie
monsters in all their teenage glory? Horror
High School! Join Bigfoot, Blair the Witch
and Larry the Wolf among many others, as
they battle the pitfalls of high school: romance, peer pressure, body
image and popularity - all with a B-movie twist! Georgia the Zombie
can’t stop eating brains, Nosferata the Vampire is experimenting with
Vegetarianism, and Victor Frankenstein might be taking science class
a little too far. There’s campy fun for all in this ode to classic horror
movies of yesteryear, with plenty of modern appeal to keep your
audiences screaming...with laughter, of course!
VIRGIL'S WEDDING - THE MUSICAL
BY: ALLEN KOEPKE, EDDIE MCPHERSON
MUSICALS
Script: $16.75 • Vocal/Choral Score: $20.00
Score: $30.00 • Production CD: $30.00 •
performance
Stand aside Abner Yokum and Daisy Mae
for Virgil and Margaret from Lickskillit will
steal your heart and have you rolling in the
aisle.
You're invited to the social clash of the century as Ms. Delanie, a highend wedding planner, is hired to direct a simple ceremony for two of
Lickskillit's favorite lovebirds. The mayhem begins the moment the
bride thinks she's promised her love to the wrong man and doesn't
stop until the nuptials are exchanged. Your toes will tap and your funny
bone will collapse when Virgil and his friends take the stage.
MS • 15 females, 11 males, 26 total • 90 minutes • Comedy, Melodrama •
production) • Piano Score: $20.00 (includes drum and bass parts) •
Production/Rehearsal CD Combo: $30.00 (audio clips available online) •
A two act musical melodrama perfect for middle school productions.
Hook and Ratface Ragoo are greedy varmints. Dirtbag Scuzz and the
Casadeech Gang are bottom of the bucket scum. As luck would have
it, they all meet in the little Western town of Nowhere, Arizona. Now it
just so happens that the folks of Nowhere are planning a talent show to
raise money for the hospital. Hook and Ratface, scheming with Dirtbag
and the Casadeech Gang, plot to heist the show. Enter Wendell
Wishbone, alias Brave Buckaroo, who fearlessly tracks down the
bandits, rescues the hostage, and recovers the money. Crowdpleasing comedy and toe-tapping tunes will have your audience going
Nowhere fast!
PRINCESS DIANA
BY: KAREN SOKOLOF JAVITCH, ELAINE JABENIS
HS CT • 13 females, 12 males, 5 either, 30 total, 5-50 extras, gender
flexible • 120 minutes • Drama, Comedy • Script: $7.50 • Vocal/Choral
Score: $20.00 (photocopying allowed for production) • Piano Score:
$30.00 • Production CD: $30.00 • Rehearsal CD: $30.00 (audio clips
available online) • Production/Rehearsal CD Combo: $50.00 • Royalty:
This lovely musical tells Charles and Diana's story, focusing on their
courtship, their marriage, and Diana's relationship with her children
and the rest of the royal family. It portrays the evolution of the young
Diana into the intelligent, mature woman who championed social
causes and captured our hearts. This celebration of Princess Diana's
life includes over 30 songs, which will leave audiences humming
"Hope in My Heart," for that is truly what Diana gave to us. Small cast
(11+) available online
MY SON THE ROCK - MUSICAL
BY: MARTIN FOLLOSE, CAROL HALL
MS HS • 18 females, 7 males, 25 total • 90 minutes • Comedy • Script:
$7.50 • Vocal/Choral Score: $20.00 (photocopying allowed for production)
• Piano Score: $20.00 • Production/Rehearsal CD Combo: $30.00 (audio
clips available online) • Royalty: $90.00 per performance
Once upon a medieval time there lived a chivalrous king and his weakkneed son, Prince Plucky, in a most contemporaneous castle: they
discuss women's rights, unemployment, and counting calories right
along with treason, dungeons, and sword-fighting. King Norom is
turning 60 and would like to bequeath the kingdom to his son, but he is
worried about Plucky’s leadership qualities. In addition, the witch and
Mr. Steelson, a close and trusted adviser, are plotting to overthrow the
king and take over the country. The evil duo kidnaps the prince and
locks him in the dungeon with Princess Alaina. Luckily, Plucky and
Alaina break out of the dungeon, fall in love, foil the evil plot, and live
happily ever after in a kingdom near you.
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THE BRIDGE WATCHER
3-9 CAST MEMBERS
SOCIAL SCENE
Man (a drug dealer).
descent into madness - and death.
A FUNNY WAY OF SHOWING IT
FRIED DOUGH GIRL
BY: JERRY RABUSHKA
BY: ROBERT WING
HS • 7 females, 1 male, 8 total • 45 minutes •
Social Scene, Drama, Educational • Script:
BY: MIKE WILLIS
male, 3 total, gender
Drama, Social Scene •
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$30.00 per
performance
Being a young person in today’s world is no
easy task. Tragically, many young people feel
they are not able to cope and become
desperate to take their own lives. Suicide is
not something that happens to other people. It
can be a reality in any family. This awardwinning drama creates an awareness in the
minds of the audience regarding the everincreasing problem of teen suicide and the
suffering felt by those who survive a loved
one’s suicide. Could be produced with any
combination of men or women.
SOMEBODY'S BABY
BY: DAVID-MATTHEW BARNES
• Drama, Social Scene • Script: $6.50 •
performance
THROUGH THE MIRROR
AFTERMATH
A modern adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice
in Wonderland,” this is an exploration of the
drug problem prevalent among youth today.
The majority of the play is Aly’s first, and last,
drug trip; the play is her drug-induced
hallucination personified by characters from
Carroll’s novel, including Bunnyman (one of
the band members), Tommy and Timmy (the
band’s managers), Mr. H.D. Chips (the tour
promoter), Cat (a ticket scalper), and the Hat
WALTZ OF THE RED
MOONBEAM
BY: MICHAEL BLEVINS
HS • 7 females, 1
male, 8 total • 40
minutes • Drama,
Social Scene • Script:
$5.50 • Notebook
Script: $12.75 •
Royalty: $30.00 per
performance
minutes • Drama, Social Scene, Adult
Language • Script: $5.50 • Notebook Script:
Penned by award-winning playwright, Michael
Blevins, and originally produced by New
York's Group Theatre Too, aftermath
chronicles the lives of seven young people as
they face daily choices about substance
abuse, promiscuity, diet, other social issues
and the inevitable consequences of the
choices they make. Follow Brody and his
friends in this well-crafted story of discovery
and respect for your body. Knowledge is
power – arm your students with the power of
positive choices.
minutes • Drama,
$5.50 • Notebook
Script: $12.75 •
Royalty: $30.00 per
performance
The story of Dawn, a plus-sized high school
student from the Rainbow Court Trailer Park
who, after years of mistreatment by
classmates, takes a stand on the night of her
senior prom. Fireworks fly in the girls’
bathroom as Dawn confronts Becca, a
childhood friend who turned her back on
Dawn when they entered high school. Fried
Dough Girl pulls no punches in its
examination of the brutal treatment that plussized high school girls often experience. It
was written to provoke both thought and
discussion and inspire any young woman who
has been made to feel less than because she
is more than.
RACHAEL CORY
BY: ROBERT WING
total, gender flexible • 45 minutes • Drama,
Educational • Script: $5.50 • Notebook Script:
Rachael Cory has it all - or so she is told.
Beautiful, smart, loving and responsible, she's
everything we want to be, or is she? As
Rachael replays the events of her high school
graduation party, the audience learns that she
has been betrayed by her best friend, dumped
by her boyfriend, berated by her sister, used
as a marriage counselor by her parents, and
hero-worshipped by a young wannabe.
Confessions and lamentations and abuse
swirl around in her head, hastening her
After a volleyball
competition,
seven
girls wait in a school
parking lot to be
driven home by one
of the team managers, who, unbeknownst to
them, is behind the school getting drunk with
his buddies. The girls gossip about the boys
they like, how their parents embarrass them,
sing ABBA songs, and, out of frustration, get
into fights. Great empathy is created for the
girls, heightening the inevitable devastating
ending and driving home that familiar but
often forgotten saying, “Don’t drink and drive.”
DRIFT
BY: DENNIS BUSH
performance
Among the shadows of the bright lights of
New York City's theatre district, nine
homeless people search for hope and
meaning. They're not movers and shakers,
they just get moved and shaken. In a world
that's been turned upside down, they find
poetry and pain, with no pity and no shame.
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SOCIAL SCENE
Winner of the Sacramento Regional Theater
Alliance's Elly Award for "Best Original Script,"
this riveting teen drama takes place on a rainy
Friday night in Chicago. Escaping a near
date-rape situation, 16-year-old Tabitha
stumbles into a coffee shop where she meets
William, a young man dying of AIDS who has
been abandoned by everyone he loved. Both
young lives are deeply affected by a waitress
named Milvia who has a story and a dream of
her own. Somebody's Baby is a powerful
drama for young actors that explores a very
important and timely subject.
Michelle won't admit she's a victim of teen
dating violence. How could she—and lose
Ryan, the star player on the football team? He
loves her; he's just got a funny way of
showing it. It's attention, at any rate, and from
a really cool guy. Ryan's got to play "alpha
male"—impress the guys and keep the girls in
line. Nothing wrong with it–all the guys do it.
His friend Steve makes the mistake of trying
to talk sense into him, so Ryan has to do the
sensible thing—walk away. Michelle says it's
her fault for making him mad, and Ryan's
coach tells everyone to stop making waves so
he can play in the big game. Do the needs of
one "insignificant" girl trump Ryan's chance to
lead his team to the championship? Told with
humor, poignancy and taste, this play opens
doors to discussing a difficult topic.
SOCIAL SCENE
9-16 CAST MEMBERS
HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN
TEENAGE QUILT
BY: TOM AKERS
HS • 4 females, 5
minutes • Drama,
$5.50 • Notebook
Script: $12.75 •
Royalty: $30.00 per
performance
With few casting restrictions, this drama could
be performed by over 50 actors. This play
journals teen life as a continuous diary so that
each scene follows a different teenager with
different experiences. It provides audiences
with a glimpse into the joys, frustrations, and
challenges of the adolescent experience and
sends them an important message about the
teens in their lives. This drama qualified for
the 1998 Illinois High School Group
Interpretation Competition.
SEPARATE LIVES
BY: ROBERT FRANKEL
SOCIAL SCENE
performance
Divorce. A difficult subject, but a prevalent
one. Separate Lives takes a touching look at
the lives of the children of divorce. Without
being maudlin, it walks through the lives of
eight different teenagers impacted by divorce.
The whole gamut of emotions is explored,
from anger to anxiety, denial to innocence,
blame to acceptance. In the end, Separate
Lives will leave your audience with a better
understanding of divorce - and a feeling of
hopefulness in the resilience of children.
fight their way to freedom. This play offers an
opportunity for ensemble work and provides
strong monologues. It also has opportunities
for movement, creativity, and film work, if
desired.
BY: RICHARD DAVIS, JR.
minutes • Drama,
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
BY: TOM AKERS
performance
This drama starts with seven students
entering a mock classroom to discuss
tolerance. The phrase, “Yes, it occurs. Yes, it
should be stopped. However, stopping it
should not interfere with my daily life,”
rumbles through the auditorium. A guest
speaker instructs the class to switch roles.
Thus, the jock becomes a band member, the
student becomes a teacher, the boyfriend
becomes the girlfriend. When roles are
reversed, respect is born.
WORST SPELLER
BY: CAROLINE JANOVER
minutes • Comedy, Social Scene • Script: $5.50
performance
Katie Kelso, a feisty 7th grader, is determined
to become a P.K. (popular kid), but she faces
real challenges. An intelligent student with a
learning disability, she hesitates to join the
literary magazine because she can’t spell.
Katie’s social life is further complicated by her
mother’s illness and the responsibility of
babysitting her younger brothers. Attracting
the amorous attention of Scuba, a “cool jock,”
and Brian, a brilliant introvert, Katie is forced
to rethink the meaning of “popularity.”
BY: ANGELA HILL
A WALK IN MY SHOES
BY: DORIS ANDERSON
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LOSING IT
MY DAILY LIFE
FIGHTING DEMONS
"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a
thousand battles...then the victory is yours. It
cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by
demons." ~ Buddha ~ Ten teenagers find
themselves trapped and fighting their own
demons. Cindy is hiding a tragic secret, Milton
is fighting OCD, and Cyrus is fighting
addiction. Alice and Lilah are battling bulimia
and cancer, Tabitha has an abusive
boyfriend, and Arnold is dealing with abuse
from bullies. Will is struggling with his parent's
divorce, and Jezz is struggling with thoughts
of suicide, while Eli is trying to save everyone
in a desperate attempt to redeem himself. In
the end, they must choose to stay trapped or
performance
A group of high school students is struggling
to deal with violence: from home, from friends,
and from bullies. They confront diversity, they
question values, they solve conflict with
violence and loss. Twenty young performers
act out sequential scenes leading up to an
explosive but tragic conclusion. Originally
produced by the drama troupe at San
Andreas High School in San Andreas,
California, this play was inspired by the
deaths of 16 students at San Andreas High
from 1987-1999.
Meet the kids of
Losing It . . . Fifteen
year-old
Rasheem
dreams
of
rock
stardom, but thanks
to crack cocaine, his dream is rapidly fading.
Alan, a few years older, will deal drugs to
anybody. High school senior Robbie is an
expert at denial and refuses to face the truth
about himself, and Melissa, a cute and
impressionable girl, realizes all too late that
she sacrificed her life for one moment of
satisfaction. There are those who have beat
demons, like Janice and tough sixteen yearold Hector, who actually wins his struggle,
only to face a more terrifying opponent. Here,
too, are the people who love them, who try to
help them, and even those who hate them. It's
easy to get involved with these characters;
they are sometimes tragic, often comic, and
ever so familiar. You’ll find your audience
captivated and students inspired. Opportunity
for
group
discussions
and
outreach
performances on substance abuse and
prevention.
BROWNSTONE 213
BY: ANN CERV
minutes • Drama, Social Scene • Script: $5.50 •
performance
Francis stands at the edge of the Brownstone
Building rooftop late at night, heart pounding
and contemplating suicide. Keb Krat, who
died jumping from that very building 60 years
ago, introduces Francis to his fate if he takes
this determined leap. Keb has until dawn to
change the mind of this young man so eager
to take his own life. He proceeds to entertain
and divert Francis’ attention with 60 years of
Brownstone history.
* = New Title
19-21 CAST MEMBERS
SOCIAL SCENE
FREAK
BY: ANGELA HILL
males, 4 either, 19
total, 0-5 extras,
minutes • Drama,
$5.50 • Notebook
Script: $12.75 •
Royalty: $30.00 per
performance
I've already been to
high school, that's
like the biggest freak
show of all. Monique
dreads school. The constant torment makes
her feel like an outcast and a freak. She
wishes she could just disappear - and she
does. Monique finds herself in a side show wondering how she got there, why she is
there, and how will she get back. This play
deals with the issues of bullying and suicide. It
focuses on choices and consequences.
Though sometimes dark, Freak emphasizes
that there is always hope. Freak offers many
opportunities for acting and creative input
from both the cast and crew.
AND THE GIANTS FELL
BY: TODD FORD
25 minutes • Drama • Script: $5.25 • Notebook
performance
SOCIAL SCENE
And the Giants Fell examines the events
leading up to the September 11th tragedy and
our reaction to the events. Through four
sections, we examine the thoughts and
reactions of the participants and victims of the
historic event. In the first section, And the
Giants Fell, we examine two families and how
their lives were touched by this tragic event.
In the second section, Reason, we examine
how this event affected a woman who has lost
her spouse. In the third section, Broken, the
ten commandments are used as a template to
show how this unexpected tragedy deprived
many of its victims the chance of repentance.
The final section, From Fear to Hope, shows
how this event brought four individuals from
the darkness of fear to the light of hope.
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YOUTH THEATRE
THE TOWER
BY: GAYANN TRUELOVE
ALL • 1 female, 1 male, 2 total • 25 minutes •
This interactive adventure story is sure to
delight young audiences everywhere. Told by
a couple of swashbuckling swordfighters - a
man and a woman - who can't stop bickering,
this duet provides ample opportunity for the
audience to get in on the fun, acting as the
wind, a storm, the forest, and several other
entities mentioned in the play. Two children
even get to spend time on stage as the prince
and princess in the swordfighters' fanciful tale
of The Tower!
ROSARIO AND THE BULL
BY: CASEY MRAZ, DAVID MRAZ
Comedy, Educational • Script: $6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 • Vocal/Choral Score: $10.00
Score: $20.00 • Royalty: $65.00 per
performance
Rosario's family thinks he's nothing more than
a lazy, good-for-nothing dreamer until Rosario
follows his dreams to Santa Fé in this
bilingual musical set in colonial New Mexico.
On his thrilling journey, Rosario learns
valuable lessons about life, friendship and the
sport of bullfighting. Fun, comic interplay
between two bickering narrators infuse this
radiant story with a unique comedic
dimension.
YOUTH THEATRE
Rosario and the Bull toured elementary
schools in Albuquerque, NM and was
produced at the University of New Mexico
through a joint Albuquerque Public Schools/
UNM outreach program (2008).
2-7 CAST MEMBERS
THE MARVELOUS
MISADVENTURES OF BABA
YAGA
BY: PATRICK DORN
ALL • 4 females, 2 males, 6 total, gender
performance
Russian folklore’s funny and fearsome wicked
witch, Baba Yaga, takes a terrible tumble
when her chicken-legged walking hut slips on
a banana peel! Characters from Baba Yaga’s
most beloved stories gather for a “funtastic
funeral,” reenacting their hilarious adventures
outwitting the comical witch at each and every
turn. With the help of an audience full of
“enchanted toads,” spirited young Vasilisa
and her nurturing nesting doll, Matryoshka,
along with her father, a cat, and a dog,
perform seemingly impossible tasks: acting
like trees, playing leapfrog, and folding
laundry! With an extremely simple, tourfriendly set, outlandish characters, slapstick
humor, clever dialogue, and non-stop action,
audiences will shed tears of laughter when
they become active participants in The
Marvelous Misadventures of Baba Yaga.
THE TRUE STORIES OF THE
SO-CALLED BIG BAD WOLVES
BY: RICHARD GREMEL
performance
Little Red Riding Hood, The Boy who Cried
Wolf, and the Three Little Pigs had it wrong
when they accused the wolves of being bad.
And now the wolves have gone on strike until
they can tell their side of the story. See these
classic tales retold in a new and comical way.
HEIDI
BY: DAN NEIDERMYER
CINDERGIRL
Drama, Classics • Script: $6.50 • Notebook
performance
BY: STEPHEN HOTCHNER
Johanna
Spyri’s
classic
story
from
Switzerland has intrigued readers since 1880.
Adapted for the stage, this is the story of a
young orphan sent to live with her grumpy
grandfather in the Swiss Alps. In time, Heidi
learns how to live happily and finds new
friends. She is ripped away from it all to tend
to Clara in the city and gets into all kinds of
mischief before she eventually returns to
mountain life. Heidi’s tale of strength and
survival will delight and inspire audiences of
all ages.
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performance
Cinderella, called "cindergirl" by her
stepsisters, is on the adventure of her life with
Penny, her fairy godmother, whose feisty
temper wreaks havoc on her spells. (She just
turned one of the stepsisters into a heap of
vegetables, don't say we didn't warn you!) It's
up to the audience to comfort and soothe
Penny's bruised ego, all while trying to get
Cinderella to the ball. The rest is fairy tale
legend and history, well, almost. The
stepmother, a masterful nightmare of a
person, and her daughters pursue Cinderella
as Penny asks the audience to make the
sound of the horse's hooves so that
Cinderella can make it home before midnight.
This play is a wild ride through comic fantasy
and fairy tale lore. With the help of a
participatory audience (audience members
play the mice, the attendants, and the trumpet
and violin players), Penny makes it through
each and every entangled spell and magically
saves the day!
MYE AND THE SANDPEOPLE
males, 7 total, 5
• 75 minutes •
Comedy, Fantasy •
Script: $6.50 •
Notebook Script:
$16.75 • Royalty:
$55.00 per
performance
Mye of Tantamee, a young storyteller in
search of inspiration, wanders into the wacky
land of Yarbankian and the fun begins. In no
time, with the help of the Sandpeople, Mungo
the Music Maker, and the audience, Mye is
caught up in a quest to help the beautiful deaf
Empress Imperia recover her happiness
(which was stored in a magic egg and
subsequently stolen by the mysterious Bork).
From the opening scene to the dance
marathon at the end, audience members of all
ages are swept along by magic, music, and
mayhem. With the exception of two strong
female roles, the cast is gender-flexible. It
could be produced with an all-female cast or
any combination with a minimum of two
women. This is a fantastical original fairy tale
that brings the magic of theatre to an underserved audience by incorporating sign into the
show. A tribute to Lewis Carroll, it reaches out
to both deaf and hearing children.
"There is magic and fantastical creatures in
this play as the characters weave a spell of
fantasy to capture the imaginations of children
of all ages, well up into middle school.
Audiences can expect not only to be
entertained, but to participate in the play as
well. This is a really magical experience." Celeste Bonfanti, Playwright
ROBYN HOOD AND HER
MERRY WOMEN
flexible • 30 minutes • Comedy, Classics • Script
In this fast-paced and funny one-act, we meet
the thoroughly modern Lady Robyn of
Locksley?the infamous Robyn Hood?and her
merry band of women: Little Jane, Sister Tuck
* = New Title
and the like. Nothing the evil Sheriff of
Nottingham can do seems to dissuade Robyn
and the gang from their own particular brand
of justice, the redistribution of wealth in favor
of the poor and downtrodden at the expense
of the rich and powerful. With the help of
Robyn’s charming love interest, Master
Marvin, audiences will delight in watching the
Sheriff get his just deserts. There is plenty of
direct interaction with the audience and
endless opportunity for flexible casting in this
21st-century feminist update of the classic
legend.
ALADDIN
8-15 CAST MEMBERS
cart him off to the circus. With a little help
from a friendly clown, Pinocchio outsmarts the
rapscallions just in time to find himself alone,
afraid, and friendless on the streets at night
with a group of bullies approaching. Pinocchio
very quickly learns that running away from
Gepetto to explore the world was very
dangerous, and when the Blue Fairy saves
Pinocchio from being chopped into firewood,
Pinocchio vows to return to Gepetto and stay
in school. Simply sparkling, this play is easily
produced on a bare stage with minimal props
and costumes. Production notes also include
suggestions for spontaneous audience
participation.
BY: DAN NEIDERMYER
performance
This classic tale begins on the streets of
Arabia, where the Grand Sultan’s bungling
guards try to catch Aladdin for allegedly
kidnapping Princess Adora. He outmaneuvers
them, only to meet the calculating and allpowerful Court Magician, who tricks him into
fetching an old lamp. When Aladdin refuses,
the Magician seals the exit, trapping poor
Aladdin. Full of sheer delight, Aladdin offers
several fun, small roles with fast-paced
dialogue, magical intrigue, and unique area
staging.
THE VELVETEEN RABBIT
BY: IRENE L. PYNN
MS HS • 2 females, 1 male, 5 either, 8 total,
gender flexible • 30 minutes • Classics, Fantasy
PINOCCHIO
BY: DAN NEIDERMYER
• Fantasy, Classics • Script: $6.50 • Notebook
performance
A new take on the old classic, Pinocchio talks,
walks, looks for adventure, and ends up
getting into big trouble when two foppish
scallywags, Candlewyck and Sterling, latch
onto the stringless, thrill-seeking puppet and
BY: PATRICK DORN
Fantasy, Educational • Script: $6.50 • Notebook
performance
Things are heating up just south of the North
Pole, as a group of revelers spill out of their
sleigh bus and into a snow drift. Keeping their
spirits high and lower extremities warm, the
intrepid partygoers await rescue by acting out
a slap-happy, no-holds-barred fractured fairy
tale about a beauty who goes to extreme
lengths to win her beast, who just happens to
be an enchanted prince. In her quest to live
happily ever after, Christiana encounters a
wild and crazy ensemble of characters,
including not-quite-identical crone triplets, the
Four Windbags, the tyrannical Troll Queen,
Princess Carrot Toes, and her hopping-mad
suitor Benny O’Hare. The comedy is fast and
physical, the dialogue snappy and sly. At just
about an hour, this play is ideal for touring or
contests. Teen actors will feel like stars
among the Northern Lights when they present
the brightest and hottest show ever to come
down from the Arctic Circle.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
BY: DAN NEIDERMYER
Fantasy • Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script:
This is the legend of Beauty and the Beast,
and the timeless story about a beautiful young
maiden who finds truth, beauty, and even love
within an individual that everyone else
considers - a BEAST! This retelling of the
familiar story unveils several important
lessons in its own way: "Beauty is only skin
deep!" "Spending time to get to know
someone just might yield a treasure trove of
friendship!" and "Look again - that hairy, ugly
beast just might be a handsome and dashing
young prince!"
JACK AND BELLA, FROM
BEANSTALK TO BROADWAY
BY: BOB MAY, KAREN OWINGS, CHAD
BRADFORD
gender flexible • 45 minutes • Comedy, Classics
• Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75 • Vocal
/Choral Score: $10.00 (photocopying allowed
for production) • Piano Score: $20.00 • Royalty:
Jack and his cow, Bella, have a show biz act
and want to be famous. But Jack has to sell
his cow, and that's where the traditional tale
sort of takes over. As Jack takes his cow
through the forest to market, he runs into the
Beanman and other children in the forest,
Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretal,
Alice, Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Oz.
They all play a part in helping Jack with the
Giant and eventually making Jack and Bella
singing stars.
The premiere of Jack and Bella, From
Beanstalk to Broadway was presented by
Children’s Theatre To Go, Inc. at Reynolds
Performance Hall (AR).
HOORAY FOR JUSTICE!
BY: RENEE CLARK
GROOVE-A-RELLA
MS • 4-9 females, 6-7 males, 3-6 either, 13-22
flexible • 65 minutes • Comedy, Fantasy • Script
BY: TONIANN GUADAGNOLI
A fun courtroom parody that includes some of
your favorite fairy tale characters. Wolf is
accused of pushing Humpty Dumpty off a
wall, and the audience is the jury in the case
of La-La Land vs. Percival S. Wolf. Humpty's
witnesses include one of the King’s Men,
Dorky Pig, and the flaky Fairy Godmother,
Wanda. Wolf calls two of the dwarfs to the
stand, Sneezy and Doc, as well as Goldie
Goose, who gave birth to Humpty. The trial
builds to a fantastic finish that turns all these
fairy tales upside down.
total, 0-8 extras,
minutes • Comedy,
Fantasy, Classics •
Script: $5.50 •
Notebook Script:
$12.75 • Royalty:
$35.00 per
performance
Lace up your go-go
boots and get ready
for a new twist on a
classic! Rock and roll singer Johnny Rocket
needs a date to a big awards show, and his
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YOUTH THEATRE
This is the classic story of the Velveteen
Rabbit and how toys become real. It is a
heartwarming, interactive play for children.
This show was first produced by Attic Players
in Tallahassee, Florida in 1999. While some
roles clearly must be either male or female
(Boy, Mother), others (Doctor, Velveteen
Rabbit, etc.) may be played by either sex. Old
Horse plays the main narrator and does the
most interacting with the audience. Fairy also
interacts with the kids.
THE POLAR BEAR PRINCE
YOUTH THEATRE
YOUTH THEATRE
17-22 CAST MEMBERS
manager, Max Slick, books him a gig on the
Dating Game TV show to find the lucky girl.
The contestants? The insufferable Rella
sisters, Prunella and Stella, and their shy
stepsister, Cindy. Too bad Mrs. Rella, Cindy’s
stepmother, doesn’t want her going on the
show and leaves her at home to wax the floor!
With some help from a Groovy Godmother
and her backup singers, Cindy gets a fab
makeover and new boots made for walking!
But will the hunky Johnny Rocket choose to
take her to the awards show? Full of twists,
turns and a surprise ending that will keep ‘em
guessing, this show is full of rock ‘n' roll fun!
Jerry, and Alfy, her three chatty mouse
friends, Ella is able to maintain a positive and
gracious attitude. The stepmother's fat cat,
Damion, tries but never succeeds in catching
Ben, Jerry, or Alfy, who, with the funny Fairy
Godmother, succeed in sending Ella (now
Cinderella) to the Royal Ball, where she
instantly catches the Prince’s eye. As the
clock strikes midnight, Cinderella races from
the castle, but loses her slipper. With the
slipper as his guide, the Prince searches for
Cinderella and eventually finds and proposes
to her. The stepmother and stepsisters...well,
they are invited to the castle...as servants!
SLEEPING BEAUTY AND THE
BEAST
IF THE SLIPPER FITS
BY: WADE BRADFORD
YOUTH THEATRE
minutes • Fantasy,
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
Looking
for
big
laughs
and
big
adventure
in
a
kingdom
far,
far
away? Then look no
further than the hysterically astounding bestselling play, Sleeping Beauty and the Beast.
Both timely and timeless, this easy-to-stage
comedy follows the valiant quest of the
bumbling but good-hearted Prince Charmless
as he attempts with all his might to save
Princess Rose from the Wicked Faerie and
her sleep-induced curse. Along the way,
Prince Charmless meets and befriends an
adventurous Puss ‘N’ Boots, a snarling Snow
White, the helpful Headless Horseman, and a
very lonely Beast. In the ever-entertaining
tradition of the Broadway musical, Into the
Woods, and the smash hit movie, Shrek,
Sleeping Beauty and the Beast turns fairy
tales upside down and the result is a lively,
furiously funny show with a lot of great roles
for your whole ensemble and great times for
your entire audience.
BY: DAN NEIDERMYER
minutes • Fantasy,
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
Four bumbling Court
Advisors decide it’s
time the Prince finds
a princess. They
warn the King that
without an heir to the throne, rebellion could
break out at any time. They order the King to
command the Prince to find a princess.
Disgruntled, but following the King’s orders,
the Prince attends the Royal Ball and instantly
falls for the beautiful Cinderella, who has
been given one magical chance to attend the
Royal Ball. When the clock strikes midnight,
Cinderella rushes home, and the Prince is left
with a glass slipper. The Prince searches the
kingdom for his one true love, but ends up
crossing paths with six selfish stepsisters and
a very bitter stepmother. This fresh new take
on the classic Cinderella tale will delight your
audiences and give your students a chance to
act out one of the world's most beloved
stories.
THE PRINCESS AND THE
PIRATES
CINDERELLA
BY: CRAIG W. STUMP
• Comedy, Fantasy, Classics • Script: $6.50 •
performance
This charming tale is narrated by Thelma and
Louise, two old ladies from the swamps of
Louisiana. And true to the original, with a little
Cajun twist, beautiful Ella is forced into
domestic servitude by her jealous stepmother
and ugly stepsisters. However, with the help
of Brutus, the lovable family dog, and Ben,
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45 minutes • Comedy, Fantasy, Educational •
Margaret would rather play video games than
do her homework, so her Poppa tells her the
story of Princess Margaret, whose family is
kidnapped by pirates. The only way for her to
save them is to use the Pythagorean
Theorem to help the mermaids find the pirate
ship, but did she pay enough attention when
her tutor, Professor Archimedes, was trying to
teach it to her? The Princess and the Pirates
is a comic homage to the classic movie, The
Princess Bride, but with a purpose: to remind
children that there are real-life applications for
math. An excellent play to present in the
weeks before state-mandated, standardized
testing!
THE TWELVE DANCING
PRINCESSES
BY: CLAUDIA HAAS
6-7 males, 20-26 total,
minutes • Comedy,
Fantasy • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $45.00 per
performance
King Oakley returns
from
a
summit
meeting to find that
conditions
in
his
castle have grown lax. With the assistance of
his diabolical servant, Fiorello, King Oakley
devises a strict regimen for his daughters and
no longer allows them to leave the castle
grounds. In an effort to break from these
harsh rules, the princesses fall prey to the
desires of Fiorello, who is orchestrating a
deceitful takeover of the castle. With the help
of their magical nanny, the princesses find
hope in the Land of the Muses.
CHAOS IN CAMELOT!
BY: DONNA RICE, CHRISTY FREDRICKSON
performance
Take a witch, a monster, noble knights and
fair ladies, sprinkle them with magic and what
do you have? Magical, merry mayhem! In the
kingdom of Camelot, Morgan Le Fay and her
bumbling assistants are plotting to get rid of
King Arthur. But their efforts are thwarted by a
crazy ogre named Goric, who is demanding to
know what women really want, and
threatening to eat everyone in the kingdom
until he finds out! Queen Guinevere, trying to
help, makes everything worse by giving a
magic potion to Lancelot. Will Arthur find the
answer to the ogre’s question? Will Lancelot
run off with Guinevere? And who will stop
Morgan - the sword-happy knights, the mancrazy ladies, the minstrel who can’t sing, or
perhaps Merlin? Find out in this magical romp
with easy-to-stage special effects!
* = New Title
ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY
MEN
BY: RICHARD GREMEL
MS HS • 13-18 females, 8 males, 2-12 either,
Prince John has decreed that the citizens of
Nottingham pay weekly taxes or face the
penalty of death. His decrees are enforced by
the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. The citizens
think that all hope is lost until they hear word
of a noble hero, Robin Hood of Locksley.
Robin Hood, with the help of his merry men
(which are mostly girls) rob from the rich, give
to the poor, and save the fair Maid Marian.
This comic retelling of the story includes
thumb wars, missed cues, and a slow motion
fight.
Robin Hood and His Merry Men had its
world premiere at Empire High School in
Tucson, Arizona.
23 CAST MEMBERS
YOUTH THEATRE
CHASING CHARMING
BY: ALASKA REECE VANCE
total, 0-30 extras,
minutes • Comedy,
Fantasy • Script:
$6.50 • Notebook
Script: $16.75 •
Royalty: $55.00 per
performance
Chaos and comedy
ensue
when
a
blundering
young
narrator
discovers
that Prince Charming has been kidnapped by
the evil witch Hagragard. The narrator
struggles to save her family honor while her
well-meaning Fairy Godmother mistakenly
sends not one, but six fairytale princesses
(and Goldilocks) to the rescue. Will a needy
dragon, a score of evil minions and big
princess personalities keep this unlikely team
from becoming heroes? A great comedy the
whole family will enjoy.
THE ADVENTURES OF ALICE IN
WONDERLAND
BY: GAYANN TRUELOVE, TAMMY BARTON
performance
YOUTH THEATRE
A whimsical romp down the rabbit hole! Join
Alice as she discovers a magical land full of
color, zany characters and lots of fun. Along
the way, Alice meets the mysterious Cheshire
Cat who is forever changing colors and the
rhyming Caterpillar who loves to blow his
bubble pipe and say strange things. She goes
to a very MAD un-birthday party with the
outrageous Mad Hatter and befriends a
paranoid Egg along her journey to find the
illusive White Rabbit. Wonderland is run by
the hilarious Queen and King of Hearts who
challenge Alice to an unusual game of
croquet with two blind moles, Maude and
Marty, as unlikely score keepers. Throw in a
zany group of dancing cards and a pair of
bumbling brothers, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle
Dum, who can't agree on anything, and you
can see why Alice finds this place so
confusing. With her faithful cat, Dinah, Alice
finally learns the way back home, but she will
never
forget
her
adventures
in
Wonderland...and neither will the audience!
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1-3 CAST MEMBERS
HOW I MET YOUR SANTA
THE HOLIDAY ICON MONOLOGUES, PART II
BY: DANIEL GUYTON
BY: MATT THOMPSON
HS CT • 1 female, 1 total • Holiday, Comedy • Ten Minute Play Pack:
$30.00 (Includes 2 scripts and rights for 1 year at 1 venue) • Classroom
ALL • 3 males, 3 total • Comedy, Holiday • Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00
(Includes 4 scripts and rights for 1 year at 1 venue) • Classroom Script:
$4.00 (Minimum order of 10)
Mrs. Claus explains how she and Santa first met in this one-woman
monologue.
Your favorite holiday icons are back to share some of their most
memorable stories! First, Frosty the Snowman is the ultimate TV
pitchman as he sells the all-purpose Kitchen Companion! Next up is a
stout little Irish man who wants to be an actor, as he recites a
monologue from the world's most famous play: Leprechaun and Juliet.
Shakespeare is combined with Irish sensibilities in this hilarious parody
on auditioning. And finally, we spend some time with the Tooth Fairy,
who happens to be from New York. This former sanitation worker, now
Tooth Fairy, explains the ins and outs of cuspids and incisors in this
very "filling" monologue!
"You will find yourself believing every word of the future Mrs. Claus'
account of the Christmas she encountered the jolly elf in her childhood
home. It is no surprise that this piece earns the Gotta Go "Favorite of
the Evening" award. Guyton brings tender, real moments to the stage
without slipping down the too-much slope." - Elizabeth J. Musgrave,
Gotta Go! Newsletter
"Simply amazing!" - Alison Becker, Phoenix Theatre (2011)
DEATH OF A SNOWMAN
Winner of "Best New Comedy Short" at North Coast Repertory OneAct Festival (2009).
BY: DANIEL GUYTON
ALL • 1 female, 1 male, 2 total • Drama, Holiday • Ten Minute Play Pack:
A young girl and her snowman discuss the afterlife in this existential
winter drama.
"I felt as if my face were leaking, I cried so much during this piece, but I
just let the tears fall and wiped them away as needed...Death of a
Snowman is probably my favorite..." - Hope Baugh, Indy Theatre Habit
HO HO HO
* LAST OF THE TANNENBAUMS
BY: DANIEL GUYTON
ALL • 3 either, 3 total • Holiday, Dark Comedy • Ten Minute Play Pack:
Eddie the Evergreen desperately wants to be a Christmas tree, until a
little bird tells him what REALLY happens to Christmas trees.
Last of the Tannenbaums had its world premiere at the Lighting of
the Malverne Ceremony in Malverne, NY (2013). It was subsequently
produced by Mostly Harmless Productions in Schenectady, NY (2014).
HS CT • 2 males, 2 total • Comedy, Holiday • Ten Minute Play Pack:
On Christmas Day, two actors dressed in Santa and elf costumes hit
the streets hoping to beg enough money for a hot meal. As they
continually scare away potential donors, their conversation ranges
from the weather to how best to serve cat (baked or fried). In the end,
only a minor miracle saves them from a hungry Christmas.
THE HOLIDAY ICON MONOLOGUES, PART I
BY: MATT THOMPSON
HOLIDAY PLAYS
ALL • 3 males, 3 total • Comedy, Holiday • Ten Minute Play Pack: $30.00
(Includes 4 scripts and rights for 1 year at 1 venue) • Classroom Script:
$4.00 (Minimum order of 10)
In three comical monologues, we learn a little more about the heart
and soul of our favorite holiday icons. The Easter Bunny gives a
commencement speech at Kosher College during which he shares
with the graduating class that he is renouncing his iconic status and
shall now be known as the Passover Rabbi! In our second monologue,
Mr. Turkey gives a harrowing narration to Vegetarian Monthly
Magazine about his escape from the Thanksgiving dinner table. Our
third monologue finds Sergeant Elf speaking to the crowd of new Elfin
recruits as they prepare for the Holiday Season. This ten-minute short
is sure to have your audience rolling in the aisles any time of the year.
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MY FEDEX CHRISTMAS REQUEST
BY: JEFF LOVETT
ALL • 2 females, 1 male, 3 total • Comedy, Holiday • Ten Minute Play
Pack: $30.00 (Includes 4 scripts and rights for 1 year at 1 venue) •
Nicky is flat-out naughty. In fact, Nicky is naughty every year, so
instead of getting toys under his Christmas tree, Nicky gets coal. Well,
Nicky is tired of being on the Naughty List and decides to ship himself
to the North Pole to plead his case to Santa, but first, he has to get
past Libby, the head elf.
REBEL WITHOUT A CLAUS
BY: DANIEL GUYTON
HS CT • 1 female, 2 males, 3 total • Comedy, Holiday • Ten Minute Play
Mrs. Claus reveals how she almost married Arthur Kringle, Santa's
rebellious brother, in this fun Christmas comedy.
Rebel Without a Claus premiered at Onstage Atlanta as part of their
Merry Little Holiday Shorts Festival (GA). "I absolutely love this
piece...I truly think REBEL is one of the strongest and most memorable
shows of the evening." Sylvia Veith, Onstage Atlanta
* = New Title
4-7 CAST MEMBERS
HOLIDAY PLAYS
ROSIE, THE RETIRED ROCKETTE
MUGGSY'S MERRY CHRISTMAS
BY: DANIEL GUYTON
BY: DONALD PAYTON
HS CT • 4 females, 4 total • Holiday, Dark Comedy • Ten Minute Play
Classroom Script: $4.00
MS HS • 2 females, 4 males, 6 total • 30 minutes • Comedy, Holiday •
Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script: $12.75 • Royalty: $30.00 per performance
Rosie is 86 and confined to a nursing home, but that doesn't stop her
from living the life of a fabulous Rockette! When her slightly
dysfunctional family shows up for Christmas dinner, they realize just
how dedicated to her old life Rosie can be. A black comedy treat for
anyone who ever wanted to hold onto the best of life!
'I love it. It's just a lovely piece of black humor, yet heartwarming, and
real. It's edgy, and sweet and funny... and a bit warped.' (CJ Ehrlich,
Playwrights' Binge, 2011)
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
BY: DAN NEIDERMYER
ALL • 2 females, 3 males, 5 total • 15 minutes • Classics, Holiday • Script:
$5.50 • Notebook Script: $12.75 • Royalty: $25.00 per performance
Based on the classic short story by O. Henry, The Gift of The Magi
tells the poignant story of two young, impoverished newlyweds, Jim
and Della Dillingham of New York City in the early 1900s, who find
themselves on their first Christmas Eve together with little money and
no gifts. What Jim and Della do on Christmas Eve to acquire the
money they need to buy each other presents, shows the true meaning
of Christmas.
The holiday season is not complete without a visit from the Maxwells.
Lucas and Courtney are anxious to open their Christmas presents, but
their dad says they have to wait for cousin Arthur, who just got out of
the hospital. Mr. Maxwell is intent on giving him the merriest Christmas
imaginable. The Maxwells mistake one of two bumbling burglars, who
have broken in to steal presents, for cousin Arthur, and the result is a
complete three-ring circus of howls, laughter, and Christmas fun!
PUMPKIN STUFFERS
BY: GEFF MOYER
ALL • 4-12 females, 2-5 males, 0-23 either, 6-40 total, doubling possible,
gender flexible • 60 minutes • Comedy • Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script:
All the fun of a marathon trick-or-treating session is packed into this
Halloween comedy in thirteen short scenes. Looking for witches,
zombies, Dracula, Frankenstein, werewolves and ghosts? You’ll find
them here, along with other hilarious and spooky characters!
O. Henry, a master at writing short stories depicting American life,
culture, and ethos, used as his example for Jim and Della’s giving the
magi of ancient times. Within his bittersweet story of gift-giving, O.
Henry explained that the magi invented the art of giving Christmas gifts
and ever since those ancient times, people have expressed their
sincere love by giving gifts during the holiday season.
In The Potion, four witches attempt to brew a potion that will allow
them to fly without brooms - without much luck. A Frank Surprise gives
us a hilarious take on the TV show “This is Your Life” - with
Frankenstein as the subject. In The Fortuneteller, the Wolf Man
confides his transformation issues in a gypsy fortuneteller, while
Dracula tries to sneak out for a night with the guys in The Family Spat.
Dr. Frankenstein has difficulty telling his servants, Igor, Egor and Agor
apart in A Servant Problem, and Anne Ricepaddy interviews famous
Wolf Man, Lon Chaney, in Interview with a Werewolf. Easy sets,
flexible casting and familiar faces make this Halloween comedy highly
memorable!
A CHRISTMAS CHAOS - TEN MINUTE PLAY
A HILLBILLY CHRISTMAS CAROL
BY: MICHAEL WEHRLI
BY: LE ROMA GRETH
ALL • 2 females, 2 males, 2 either, 6 total • Holiday, Farce • Ten Minute
Play Pack: $35.00 (Includes 7 scripts and rights for 1 year at 1 venue) •
MS HS • 4 females, 3 males, 7 total • 30 minutes • Holiday, Hillbilly •
Script: $6.95 • Royalty: Free per performance (Non-royalty play)
A fast and frenetic comedy that takes the audience on a roller coaster
ride through Charles Dickens’ classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. Our
intrepid band of hearty actors bravely attempt to present the entire
story in ten minutes! Wild and hilarious, this short play manages to
satirize the classic story and theatrical backstage mayhem at the same
time.
BY: DAN NEIDERMYER
It’s Christmas time again, and someone is not very happy about that.
In this one-act, bare stage dramatic comedy, a grumbling old codger
starts complaining about everything from the weather to winter
vacation plans to spoiled children to Christmas carols, all without ever
taking a single breath. Nothing is safe from the cold winds of the winter
of this man's discontent. May be presented as a short one-act play or
Readers’ Theatre piece.
NO CHHH-ANUKAH IN CHHH-ELM
BY: STEVEN SCHUTZMAN
ALL • 7 either, 7 total, 0-10 extras, gender flexible • 45 minutes • Holiday,
Farce • Script: $5.50 • Notebook Script: $12.75 • Royalty: $30.00 per
performance
As Chanukah approaches, the poverty-stricken Fools of Chelm decide
to capture the moon and charge admission to see it in order to have a
proper Chanukah celebration.
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IT'S CHRISTMAS, AGAIN
The Christmas season has come to the Ozarks. It is Christmas Eve,
and Widow Hinkly is doing her best to close in on Joshua Frunheiser, a
lazy, bad-tempered, and ill-humored mountaineer. She brings him a
bedraggled Christmas tree in hopes of softening him up, but Joshua
hates Christmas. His relatives all agree that, “He’s just like Scrooge in
that thar story.” This hilarious one-act, one-set play is sure to brighten
up the holiday season for your whole audience.
HOLIDAY PLAYS
7-9 CAST MEMBERS
SELLING CHRISTMAS
THE FRUITCAKE
BY: JEFF LOVETT
BY: DWAYNE YANCEY
MS HS • 3 females, 3 males, 1 either, 7 total, gender flexible • 40 minutes
• Holiday, Comedy • Script: $5.50 • Notebook Script: $12.75 • Royalty:
ALL • 4 females, 2 males, 3 either, 9 total, gender flexible • 35 minutes •
Comedy • Script: $5.25 • Notebook Script: $12.75 • Royalty: $35.00 per
performance
The North Pole is in such a financial crisis that Santa may have no
other choice but to cancel Christmas. His only hope may be in
securing a corporate sponsorship for the beloved holiday. One of
Santa’s new elves suggests selling sponsorship of Christmas to the
huge retail conglomerate called StoreMart International, but in order to
cut costs and start making Christmas profitable again, StoreMart will
have do away with some Christmas traditions—including the outdated
reindeer, milk and cookies, and Santa’s Workshop. Will Santa accept
the drastic changes so he can save Christmas? This fast and funny
play is full of fun characters and laced with commentary on the evergrowing commercialization of Christmas. Written to be performed
without a set and with very few costume and props, Selling Christmas
is sure to strike a chord with everyone who has ever wondered about
the true spirit of the holiday.
An extended—and quite dysfunctional—family gathers for a Christmas
season tradition: Aunt Hazel's historically inedible fruitcake. But before
she can bring it out, some of the relatives steal the thing and make a
bet on whether they can destroy it. Chaos ensues. Characters include
a goth-punk teen, a science nerd, a tough-talking ex-Peace Corps
worker, and a near-sighted aunt.
ALL IS CALM
BY: DONALD PAYTON
MS HS • 5 females, 3 males, 8 total • 30 minutes • Comedy, Holiday,
Drama • Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script: $12.75 • Royalty: $30.00 per
performance
Christmas has disappointed Lucas Maxwell again. All year, he talked
about wanting a sled, but on Christmas morning, no sled. He can’t
figure it out. He hinted all year long; it just doesn't seem fair. While
Lucas gripes, Mrs. Brown and her children visit the Maxwells, and
Lucas learns that they're completely happy without getting a thing for
Christmas. The Browns make Lucas rethink the meaning of Christmas
in this down-to-earth Christmas play with laughs and a telling
message.
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A PARTRIDGE IN A PALM TREE
BY: MEGAN ORR
It's Christmas Eve and the Partridge family can't wait to fly south for
the holidays...that is, until they find themselves snowed in at the
airport! Poor Jenny Partridge is forced to endure more than the usual
family torture: a mother who can't cook to save her life, an
embarrassing dad who thinks he's James Bond, and an incredibly
annoying little brother whose sole goal in life is to drive people crazy.
Now she has to deal with love-struck Kevin Schneider, the boy who's
been writing her love poems since kindergarten; an overzealous but
lovable security guard with an itchy trigger finger; a grouchy old airline
manager, ironically named Mr. Smiley; and (horror of all horrors)
Kevin's dictatorial mother, who is determined to Martha Stewart-ize the
entire airport - and everyone in it! But somewhere amidst the "Tannenbomb" threats, poisonous strudel, marriage proposals, and full-body
tackles, Jenny discovers that Christmas isn't about where you are; it's
about the people you're with.
THE REGIFTERS
BY: ROBERT LYNN
performance
BY: GEFF MOYER
ALL • 4 females, 2 males, 2 either, 8 total, 1-10 extras, doubling possible,
gender flexible • 45 minutes • Holiday, Comedy • Script: $5.50 • Notebook
HOLIDAY PLAYS
This fast-paced, witty play blends zany animal characters with a boy
who is fearful that Santa will not be able to find him. The laughs will
keep rolling as we join a small group of hungry forest animals in a
desperate search for food on Christmas Eve. In the midst of their
search, distant bells are heard and a wind-up soldier (mime role)
plummets from the sky. Albert, the wise owl, concludes the strange
object is a human toy and should be taken to the human burrow. Only
the bravest (and perhaps most foolhardy) of the animals are willing to
take the risk of a very dangerous trek to the human’s burrow.
Meanwhile, a city family is spending a couple of nights in an old, rustic
cabin built by Father's great grandfather. There is no TV, no Play
Station, and no neighbors. Joey is very discontent. Furthermore, he is
concerned that Santa Claus will not be able to find him in this snowcovered wilderness. Join the adventure as the forest animals, and
Joey, learn a lesson about the comforts of tradition and the meaning of
Christmas.
When a couple "regifts" a not-so-great
Christmas present, then finds out it's worth a
fortune, they will stop at nothing to get it
back. But they're not the only ones who
rewrapped it… In the mad pursuit to reclaim
the gift, everyone who gave it away learns
about friendship, real wealth, and the value
of a gift truly given.
TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS AND CHRISTMAS
DECORATIONS
BY: MATTHEW CARLIN
CT • 7 females, 2 males, 9 total, doubling possible • 100 minutes •
Comedy, Drama • Script: $7.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75 • Royalty:
Kim's widowed dad, John, is a grinch, and she's decided enough is
enough. She hatches a plan to break him out of his rut this Christmas
and invites several unwanted guests, including John's first love, Leslie,
who he hasn't seen in 30 years, Leslie's elderly mother and her tenyear-old niece, who seem to want to give him nothing but grief. Add
Kim's husband, Dennis, who John has never accepted, and her
friends, Laney and Julie, a couple of over-the-top Christmas fanatics,
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and you've got a “Christmas to end all Christmases!” When they all get
iced in together, seasonal madness ensues, and it's a Christmas John
will never forget!
STOCKING STUFFERS
BY: GEFF MOYER
ALL • 4-18 females, 4-16 males, 2-19 either,
10-53 total, doubling possible, gender flexible
• 60 minutes • Comedy, Holiday • Script: $7.50
• Notebook Script: $16.75 • Royalty: $65.00
per performance
Trials, Tribulations and Christmas Decorations had its world
premiere at United Players (TX), November 2011.
Hello, Holidays! Heuer Publishing is pleased
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approximately 80 minutes. Playwright Geff
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scenes to some of your seasonal faves to
create an updated and extended version.
SANTA'S LETTERS - FULL LENGTH
BY: EMMETT LOVERDE
HS CT • 5 females, 5 males, 10 total • 110 minutes • Comedy, Holiday •
Ten-year-old Edward Krieger doesn’t want Santa Claus to stop by this
year. Why not? Because there’s too much yelling at his house. Claus
himself writes back: "Ed, you threw Santa Claus for a loop. The last
time somebody told me not to come, the guy’s name was Scrooge."
Thus begins an innocent correspondence. But Mr. Claus is a busy
man, and Edward is busy himself growing up and beginning to notice a
certain Miss Shannon Lunt...and helping his family through a rough
time. Through his letters, Santa inspires Eddie to bring Christmas to
his family and friends all year long, and of course, Santa picks up a
few pointers along the way from his young protégé. But as Eddie’s
family continues to struggle with loss and new hopes, Eddie asks for a
real Christmas miracle from Santa. Original cast recording DVD
available: $20.00.
SANTA'S LETTERS - ONE ACT
HOLIDAY PLAYS
A total of fifteen short scenes with the same
silly characters in familiar and brand new situations make up an entire
evening of family fun. Act One features eight scenes ranging from
Uncle Sam, Easter Bunny, Cupid, Ezekiel the Pilgrim, and Hagatha the
Witch plotting how to steal the attention from Santa and his holiday
and bring more attention to theirs, to two female elves discussing their
future goals and testing a variety of water guns straight out at the
audience. Act Two offers seven scenes ranging from a fast-talking
Little Matchgirl selling her wares in downtown New York, to a trial of
the two reindeers who “ran over grandma” and a surprise appearance
by Santa himself. When all of these scenes come together, audiences
will experience Christmas like never before.
BY: EMMETT LOVERDE
HS CT • 5 females, 5 males, 10 total • 30 minutes • Comedy, Holiday •
Ten-year-old Edward Krieger doesn’t want Santa Claus to stop by this
year. Why not? Because there’s too much yelling at his house. Claus
himself writes back: "Ed, you threw Santa Claus for a loop. The last
time somebody told me not to come, the guy’s name was Scrooge. I
had to send out three of my best people to work him over.” Thus
begins an innocent correspondence. But Mr. Claus is a busy man, and
Edward is busy himself growing up and beginning to notice a certain
Miss Shannon Lunt…and helping his family through a rough time.
Through his letters, Santa inspires Eddie to bring Christmas to his
family and friends all year long...even when that means telling his big
sister that he loves her. As Eddie’s family continues to struggle with
loss and new hopes, Eddie asks Santa for a real Christmas miracle.
Full length version also available.
SO MUCH SNOW
BY: EMMETT LOVERDE
A MOSTLY MINNESOTA CHRISTMAS
BY: BRIAN MITCHELL
‘Tis the season to be merry…and annoyed
by your family. As Bill and Abby prepare for
Christmas in frigid northern Minnesota, longestranged relatives start showing up on their
doorstep to heal old wounds and reconcile
irreconcilable differences. Besides the
surprise relatives, Abby is busy producing
and directing the Christmas Pageant at her
church and let’s face it, bringing together
one’s family to celebrate Christmas never
goes quite as planned. With a sharp tongue and a soft heart, this
rollicking comedy is a reminder of how Christmas and family go handin-hand, no matter what happens.
HOLIDAY PLAYS
ALL • 4 females, 4 males, 2 either, 10 total, gender flexible • 25 minutes •
Fantasy, Holiday • Script: $5.50 • Notebook Script: $12.75 • Royalty:
An intriguing group of magical characters gathers in a wintry expanse
to solve the mystery of where they came from . . . and what's coming
for them. They turn out to be toys that are about to be given as gifts to
a family of poor children. A wonderful holiday fantasy featuring a wide
range of roles for all ages. Emmett Loverde is a native of Chicago,
Illinois and received a degree in theater from UCLA. He has written
extensively for stage, screen, television, and radio.
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A CHRISTMAS CHAOS - ONE ACT
in steps Santa Claus.
BY: MICHAEL WEHRLI
ALL • 5 females, 4 males, 4 either, 13 total, 0-6 extras, gender flexible •
45 minutes • Comedy, Farce, Holiday • Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script:
When a professional theatre company gets stranded across the
country, it's up to a rag-tag group of local theatre people to throw
together their own version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol.The stage
manager comes out at the beginning to gently tell the audience that
after only one day’s preparation, that the show must go on! During the
show we meet the pretentious narrator, the “professional” actor playing
Scrooge, and a myriad of other “theatrical types” that theatre
companies and audiences will recognize and adore immediately. It
quickly becomes apparent that this group is far from ready to put on a
show, let alone A Christmas Carol. There are two child actors vying for
the role of Tiny Tim; there’s an extremely flighty and confused crew
member who believes she is in the cast; two cast members are very
unhappy with each other; one actor who plays both Bob and Mrs.
Cratchit at the same time; and others who are struggling to make the
best of a terribly funny situation. Everything that can go wrong does,
but the show ends with the actors pleased, the crew proud, and the
audience wonderfully entertained!
VIRGIL'S CHRISTMAS CATCH
BY: EDDIE MCPHERSON
minutes • Comedy, Holiday, Hillbilly • Script:
Virgil Sludge is a simple country boy working
a temporary job for extra Christmas money.
As custodian at a leading ad agency, Virgil
and his best friend Ellard, having a little
harmless fun, play around with one of their
own advertising ideas while taking a break in
an executive’s office. By mistake, the
storyboard with a catchphrase about fishing lures is taken to the
printers and published as the new campaign slogan. To everyone’s
surprise, the slogan is a hit and the company’s profits go through the
roof. So Virgil and a few of their backwoods friends are invited to the
company’s Christmas party where Virgil is to be recognized for his
creativity and result-driven campaign. But these country folk have
never attended such a fancy affair and they fit in about as well as a
barrel of oil fits in with a bucket of water. A great fish-out-of-water
Christmas story begging for hilarious confusion.
HOLIDAY PLAYS
FIRST ANNUAL BOUGHS OF HOLLY COUNTRY
CLUB CHRISTMAS
BY: PAT COOK
ALL • 10 females, 5 males, 15 total • 60 minutes • Comedy, Holiday •
While Deborah tries to impress the Boughs of Holly Country Club
board with a new Christmas show, the country club's president,
Jocelyn, tries to impress Gertrude Webb, the club's loan officer, to
secure a loan to refurbish the club, as Gertrude keeps approving loans
so that she is entered to win a trip to Hawaii. There's only one thing
missing from this Christmas show - Christmas! And if it weren't for
Josh, who manages the country club, there'd probably be no
Christmas show. Deborah soon realizes that the only way for the
theatre group to impress the board is to cast several board members in
their show, and what follows is a riotous seasonal romp of yuletide fun.
Hilarious situations and oddball characters race in and out as opening
night draws near, and just when everything seems to be falling apart,
A PLACE CALLED CHRISTMAS
BY: WHITNEY RYAN GARRITY
ALL • 6 females, 4 males, 5 either, 15 total, doubling possible, gender
flexible • 60 minutes • Comedy, Holiday • Script: $6.50 • Notebook Script:
The Holiday Toy Store closes its doors on Christmas Eve leaving five
toys behind. The four older toys befriend the freshly painted puppet,
Woody. Woody learns about Christmas and Santa Claus from the
others and the toys embark on an adventure to find Christmas,
believing it to be a real place. (The Toy Maker's been saying that
Christmas is just around the corner since Thanksgiving!) With the help
of two quarreling elves and a flighty Good Fairy, Woody and the toys
discover the true meaning of Christmas.
SCROOGE'S CHRISTMAS
BY: KEN JONES
ALL • 6 females, 9 males, 15 total • 60 minutes • Holiday, Classics • Script
: $6.50 • Notebook Script: $16.75 • Royalty: $55.00 per performance
In Ken Jones' adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, A Christmas
Carol, a group of actors portray all the characters of this Christmas
tradition. The ensemble provides the songs and sounds as the miserly
Ebenezer Scrooge is confronted by the Spirits of Past, Present, and
Future. This unique telling can play to an audience in an intimate or
large setting using nothing but costumes and a few props. This
remarkable adaptation is perfect for schools and community theatres,
and running at just an hour, it is the perfect version for family
audiences. Scrooge's Christmas premiered at the University of Virginia
in the Helm’s Theatre. After five more full productions at various
colleges, the play was reworked and produced at the University of
Notre Dame. It has since become a seasonal favorite with universities
and high schools across the country.
A CHRISTMAS CHAOS - FULL LENGTH
BY: MICHAEL WEHRLI
gender flexible • 85 minutes • Comedy, Farce,
Holiday • Script: $7.50 • Notebook Script:
Gadzooks!
The
Royal
Shakespeare
Company hasn’t arrived as promised to
perform their stirring rendition of "A
Christmas Carol." So our intrepid band of
hapless actors and technicians must put
together their own production in only seven
hours! What a pity that they are not quite up
to the task, even though they give it their all.
Have you ever experienced backstage
mayhem? Well, you haven’t seen anything
yet! The play focuses on these poor but dedicated thespians doing
their best while chaos is all around them: two kids fighting over who
gets to play Tiny Tim, a confused actor who thinks she’s in another
show, a haughty lead actor, one actor playing both Bob and Mrs.
Cratchit, an out-of-control director, thrown together props and
costumes, ridiculous scenery, and tons of flubs and confusion. Most of
the actors in the show play multiple roles in this extremely fast-paced
and physical comedy. Even the light and sound board operators are
characters in the show! The play is a hilarious backstage comedy that
pokes fun at the classic novel and everything that can go wrong with a
theatrical production.
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HORROR HIGH
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
BY: SEAN ABLEY
BY: GAYANN TRUELOVE, TAMMY BARTON
MS HS • 8 females, 7 males, 1 either, 16 total, 1-10 extras, doubling
possible, gender flexible • 50 minutes • Comedy, Holiday, Fantasy • Script
: $5.25 • Notebook Script: $12.75 • Royalty: $40.00 per performance
Everyone was a teenager once. Even vampires, zombies and
werewolves. So, where can you find all of these classic movie
monsters in all their teenage glory? Horror High! Join Bigfoot, Blair the
Witch and Larry the Wolf among many others, as they battle the pitfalls
of high school: romance, peer pressure, body image and popularity all with a hysterical twist! Georgia the Zombie can’t stop eating brains,
Nosferata the Vampire is experimenting with Vegetarianism, and Victor
Frankenstein might be taking science class a little too far. Lots of fun
for all in this ode to classic horror movies of yesteryear, with plenty of
modern appeal to keep your audiences screaming...with laughter!
A NEVERLAND CHRISTMAS CAROL
BY: SHERI FLANNERY VERRILLI
75 minutes • Holiday, Classics • Script: $7.50 •
performance
From the moment Peter Pan eavesdrops at
the Darling’s nursery window and overhears
Mrs. Darling reading "A Christmas Carol" to
her children, Christmas becomes more
spirited than ever before! Come along on
this grand holiday adventure as Wendy and
her brothers accompany Peter back to
Neverland to share the story of Scrooge and
teach the Lost Boys the traditions of
Christmas. But if you think this sounds like a merry little celebration,
well, to paraphrase Ebenezer, “bah humbug!” For while the everjealous Tinkerbell sulks at Wendy’s presence, wicked Captain Hook
and his zany band of pirates concoct an evil scheme to sabotage the
children’s festivities. Now, it’s up to Peter Pan, the Lost Boys, the
Darlings, and a comical, Dickens-inspired reenactment to show Hook
the error of his ways and ultimately save Christmas in Neverland.
PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT, EBENEZER (OR,
YOU'LL SOON BE SINGIN' A CHRISTMAS CAROL)
BY: ROD HEARN, CATHERINE COOK
• Holiday, Comedy, Western • Script: $6.50 •
performance
Holiday, Classics • Script: $6.50 • Notebook
performance
A two-act retelling of Dickens' classic that
has received wide critical acclaim for its light
humor and strong emotional images. A truly
fresh adaptation of the classic yuletide story
of Ebenezer Scrooge and his journey from
an evil miser to a loving and forgiving man.
Guaranteed to touch the hearts of all who
see it, this play is a wonderful holiday crowdpleaser that will bring audiences to tears and
laughter with is gripping message and timeless appeal. Easy to stage,
requiring only one unit set, and written with an emphasis on female
roles; this show offers wonderful opportunities for holiday carols and
dance numbers to make it a truly festive production.
THE TWELVE DAZE OF CHRISTMAS
BY: JEFF LOVETT
MS HS • 11 females, 10 males, 6 either, 27
flexible • 60 minutes • Comedy, Holiday •
It's Christmas-time, and all Alice wants to do
is sing one of her favorite holiday songs,
"The Twelve Days of Christmas." But after
just a few words, Alice realizes that when
she sings, the characters in the popular
song begin to come to life. Alice's boyfriend
has decided to surprise her by sending her
all of the twelve gifts mentioned in the
traditional carol. With each verse, Alice
unleashes a wacky stream of characters that are far from what most
people envision when singing "The Twelve Days of Christmas." From
Turtle and Dove, two attorneys who try to convince Alice to sue Santa
Claus for invasion of privacy, to milkmaids who have created a union
and are on strike because of poor working conditions, the play turns
the traditional holiday song into a fast-paced zany collection of
characters. Perfect for middle schools and high schools with large
drama classes.
HOLIDAY PLAYS
A Christmas Carol has never been so wild,
woolly and dangerously fun! Join us for a
wild west adaptation of Charles Dickens'
most famous story featuring a gun-slinging,
red long underwear-clad Scrooge digging in
his cowboy boots as he gradually learns the
true meaning of Christmas. This fun, pastpaced tale is wild with adventure and packed
full of memorable Christmas ditties and
dancing.
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three-year course presented in just one
volume? Investigating both well established
and newer thoughts on analyzing texts and
creating characters – and providing numerous
practical exercises to develop as a performer
- The Acting Book is an essential tool for
aspiring actors, professionals, and educators.
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YOU TAKE IT FROM HERE
MAKE YOUR SHOW A SUCCESS
Book: $18.95 | BY BRADLEY WALTON, CHRIS
STILES, BOBBY KENISTON, GEFF MOYER,
JERRY RABUSHKA
Improvisation: Actors
spontaneously
creating something
from nothing. Some
performers find it
liberating.
Others,
particularly
beginners,
are
paralyzed by the
freedom and need a
starting
point.
A
completely
new
approach
to
improvisational exercises, this text is
designed to help theatre students feel more
comfortable and confident when asked to
perform Improv. Students are given a short
set-up scene and 1-2 minutes of hilarious twoperson dialogue, but one with enough
ingredients to keep the scene flowing and
expanding, and allow them to “take it from
here.” The twist is that all the characters in
each of the scenarios are products of
personification
(“attributing
human
characteristics to abstract ideas”). The
scenarios, provided by five different authors,
are for two actors and cover such fun and
absurd topics as The Moth & the Camp Fire,
The Zit & the Nose Hair, Two Bats on a Blind
Date, TheTongue Stud & the Earring, and
over a hundred more for your middle and high
school students to select from and make
improvisation an activity your actors will relish.
Book: $21.95 | BY NICHOLAS GIBBS
From audition to
show promotion to
fundraising
and
copywright—an
essential guide to
community theater.
Covering both the
acting side and the
production elements,
this guide ranges
from tips on coping
with first-night nerves
—including personal
case studies, a full section on health and
safety for both the theater group and the
audience, and details of funding and taxation.
It offers details of the international festival
scene, getting charitable status, fundraising,
and more. Illustrated with handy guides to
lighting and staging, this book will enable
anyone to have a successful show.
DIRECTING
BIG SHOW, TINY BUDGET
(CAREER DEVELOPMENT
SERIES)
Book: $14.95 | BY SEAN MARTIN
See the design process in action as awardwinning stage designer Sean Martin walks
you through the decisions, both creative and
practical, that made each production an
artistic and fiscal success.
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
PLAY DIRECTOR'S SURVIVAL
KIT
Book: $32.95 | BY JAMES W. RODGERS,
WANDA C. RODGERS
A complete step-bystep
guide
to
producing theater in
any
school
or
community
setting.
This
expansive
theatrical
guide
covers the where,
when, and how for
every step of school
play
production,
including
play
selection and adaptation, holding auditions,
casting roles, budgeting, coaching actors,
setting up a production team, the rehearsal
process, publicity, and promotion. If you are
thinking of putting on a play in an educational
setting, this is the book you need!
STAGING AN INTERACTIVE
MYSTERY PLAY
Book: $23.95 | BY MARY ANN KELLEY,
JUSTINE JONES
Young drama students are highly creative,
imaginative, and uninhibited with their ideas.
And they love puzzles! That's why they are
intrigued by murder mysteries. This book
invites the interaction of the whole class in the
process of creating mystery plays. It includes
everything you need to teach basic dramatic
skills by creating and staging an interactive
murder mystery play. It's a six-week long,
step-by-step program. In weeks one and two,
students brainstorm ideas; refine the theme;
and create the characters, plots, means,
motives, scenes, and more. Weeks three and
four include games to strengthen writing and
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acting skills, to develop the plot and
characters, and for students to think on their
feet. The final two weeks focus on rehearsal
and performance. Like the authors' previous
book, Drama Games and Improvs, this guide
helps teach drama skills holistically. Students
are unaware they are learning new skills with
every game and activity.
PLAYWRITING
NEW PLAYWRIGHTS: THE BEST
PLAYS 2013
Book: $24.95 | BY LAWRENCE HARBISON
The best plays by new playwrights this
season.
THE PLAYWRIGHT'S
WORKBOOK
Book: $19.99 | BY JEAN-CLAUDE VAN ITALIE
A series of 13 written
workshops covering:
conflict
and
character:
the
dominant
image:
Tennessee Williams
and Arthur Miller Overheard
voices:
Ibsen
and
Shakespeare - The
solo
performance
piece: listening for
stories - Terror and
vulnerability: Ionesco - The point of absurdity:
creating without possessing: Pinter and
Beckett - and much more.
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS 101
Book: $19.95 | BY JONATHAN DORF
This is a theatre reference book that will guide
you through the ins and outs of the playwriting
process, from initial idea and first drafts, to
revisions and feedback, all the way through to
submission for contests and publication. This
book was created with young playwrights and
playwriting instructors in mind. As such, it’s a
complete course, organized in easy-to-follow
lesson plans, and filled with practical
exercises designed to hone your playwriting
skills and help you write better plays in a
shorter amount of time. But you definitely do
not have to be a student or drama teacher to
benefit from Young Playwrights 101. No
matter what age you might be or the level of
experience you have under your belt, if you’re
looking for detailed, no-nonsense advice
about the craft and business of playwriting,
Young Playwrights 101 is a theatre resource
book that should absolutely be a part of your
collection.
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TECHNICAL THEATRE
BACKSTAGE FORMS
Book: $16.50 | BY PAUL CARTER
This book carries
over one hundred
examples
of
backstage paperwork
ready to be copied
and distributed. Save
yourself hours of
formatting
and
guesswork by using
our pre-made forms
for everything from
hanging schedules and costume-fitting sheets
to lighting circuit schedules, prop pre-set lists
and sound cues. Directing theatre productions
is hard enough without the busywork, let us
do it for you with these helpful Backstage
Forms.
BACKSTAGE HANDBOOK
Book: $22.00 | BY PAUL CARTER
Illustrated by George
Chiang. Updated with
new
terms
and
materials, Backstage
Handbook
has
chapters on Tools,
Hardware, Materials,
Electrics, Shop Math,
Architecture
and
Theatre. There are
hundreds
of
illustrations, tables,
and charts covering
everything from stock sizes and specs of
wood screws, to safe working loads for
several kinds of rope, to illustrations of
twenty-two types of standard lamp bases.
BROADWAY COSTUMES ON A
BUDGET
Broadway show needs this book.
COSTUMES, ACCESSORIES,
PROPS, AND STAGE ILLUSIONS
MADE EASY
Book: $22.95 | BY BARB ROGERS
Transform common
people
into
superheroes, movie
stars,
knights,
witches -- whatever
illusion you want to
create.
Creative
costuming is all in the
details. One garment
can take on many
totally different looks
depending on how you accessorize it. Over
the years Barb Rogers has learned all the
tricks about how anyone can turn leftover
clothing into fabulous costumes. This theatre
costume book's numerous drawings explain in
detail the costuming process of "turning straw
into gold." It shows you how to design
illusions that you never thought possible. Yes,
you can easily do all this -- and at a minimum
expense! This is another Barb Rogers "must
have" book for your library of costume ideas.
THE HANDBOOK OF SET
DESIGN
Book: $39.95 | BY COLIN WINSLOW
This
is
a
comprehensive guide
to designing scenery
of all kinds for a wide
variety of stages,
large
and
small.
From concept to final
dress rehearsal and
performance, it takes
you
through
the
practical process of
turning initial ideas and sketches into final
sets
that
enhance
the
audience’s
understanding of the play as well as providing
a memorable experience in their own right.
Many photographs of stage sets designed by
the author are included, together with
explanatory
illustrations,
stage
plans,
technical drawings, models, and color
renderings for a wide range of productions.
THE HANDBOOK OF STAGE
LIGHTING
Book: $39.95 | BY NEIL FRASER, SIMON
BENNISON
This is a journey of
exploration into the
heart
of
the
fascinating world that
paints pictures and
tells stories with the
most basic of all
materials—light.
In
this comprehensive
guide, authors Neil
Fraser and Simon
Bennison bring to a
clear and persuasive text a shared expertise
and an inspirational joy in their subject.
HOW TO PRODUCE THE PLAY
Book: $12.95 | BY JOHN WRAY YOUNG,
MARGARET MARY YOUNG
Do you want to make a twelve hundred dollar
set for one hundred dollars? This handbook
will show you how to produce quality theatre
at a fraction of the price. The authors have
produced over two hundred plays, probably
more than any other couple in American
history. This book contains the benefits of
their many years of experience. Learn how to
organize backstage, how to design the set,
how to costume the play, how to light the play
and more.
INTRODUCTION TO STAGE
LIGHTING
Book: $19.95 | BY CHARLES I. SWIFT
Everything
you
always wanted to
know about theatrical
stage lighting but
were too afraid to
ask! All the basics
are here in this
comprehensive
stagecraft text for
students of all ages.
All of the latest
lighting instruments
and
technical
information are described in easy-tounderstand and well-defined terms. The
fundamentals of manipulating the key
(source) light and shadow, intensity and
balance, changing focus and mood, and more
are explained in detail with illustrations. The
creative process of expressing emotion, pace,
and intent, as well as following cues, plots,
and schedules are also covered along with
the production process of working with
directors in rehearsal and performance. A
valuable resource for anyone working with
theatrical productions. 40 illustrations and
photos.
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Book: $17.95 | BY JANET LITHERLAND, SUE
MCANALLY
Big-time ideas for
amateur producers!
High
schools,
colleges,
and
community theatres
can have all the glitz,
glitter, and pizazz of
old
New
York.
Highlighting
100
famous
musicals
listed by costume
style,
this
book
creates a system
where costumes from one show can be
altered to fit any other show in the same
category. "How to" suggestions are given for
basic costume designs and for specific show
adaptations. Every theatre staging a
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MAKING STAGE PROPS
Book: $36.95 | BY ANDY WILSON
Prop makers everywhere now have available
to them a broader range of products and
processes than every before. Making Stage
Props is a book for anyone involved in prop
making who wishes to explore the wealth of
materials and techniques open to them. This
highly illustrated guide covers planning,
costing, and scheduling; tools and safety;
working with wood, steel, and clay; making
and repairing furniture; painting and finishing;
and more. Andy Wilson has worked with
theatrical companies throughout Britain,
including the Royal Shakespeare Company.
He currently teaches propmaking at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
SOUND AND MUSIC FOR THE
THEATRE
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
Book: $36.95 (6 x 9/Third Edition) | BY DEENA
KAYE, JAMES LEBRECHT
Sound and Music for
the Theatre traces
the entire process of
sound design from
initial
concept
through closing night.
The book discusses
the early evolution of
a sound design that
supports the play,
from
researching
sources for music
and
effects
to
negotiating a contract. It shows how to
organize the construction of the sound design
elements, how the designer functions in a
rehearsal, and how to set up and train an
operator to run sound equipment for a
theatrical
production.
This
instructive
information is interspersed with "war stories"
describing real-life problems with solutions
that sound designers and composers can
apply in their own work. The new third edition
still retains its focus on aesthetics,
techniques, and process. However, it goes
beyond to offer a brand new forum on sound
reinforcement,
unique
information
on
computer-assisted playback systems, and a
comprehensive
perspective
on
using
technology to build and execute shows.
SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS
FOR STAGE AND SCREEN
Book/CD Combo: $49.95 | BY TODD
DEBRECENI
In the world of film
and
theatre,
character
transformation takes
a lot of work, skill,
and
creativity.
Dedicated solely to
SFX, this book will
show you tips and
techniques from a
seasoned
SFX
makeup artist with years of film, TV, and
theatrical experience. This book takes you
through the many genres that need a special
effects makeup artist, like horror, fantasy, and
sci-fi, and also tells you about the tools you
will need, how to maintain your toolkit, how to
take care of the actor's skin, how to airbrush
properly when HD is involved, and all about
the exclusive tricks of the trade. Step-by-step
DVD tutorials included. More details online.
STAGECRAFT 1
Book: $19.95 | BY WILLIAM H. LORD
The what, when, and
why of stagecraft There are nineteen
chapters
in
this
drama text that go
about detailing all the
fundamental
necessities
of
backstage work in a
clear and concise
manner. This book
outlines all the required tools and gives
theatre operators a common language to work
with that applies to any and all theatre
operations. This stagecraft text is loaded with
photographs, illustrations, and diagrams of
the text material.
STAGECRAFT 1 (STUDENT
WORKBOOK)
A saddle-stitched 8½ x 11" book drilled for
insertion into a three-hold notebook binder.
Includes 68 pages for structured note-taking.
Worksheets contain 23 crossword puzzles
and illustrations.
This workbook for use with Stagecraft 1 which
outlines all the required tools and gives
theatre operators a common language to work
with which applies to any and all theatre
operations. Used in conjunction with the text
you will have no trouble teaching the what,
when, and why of stagecraft.
STAGECRAFT 1 (TEACHER'S
GUIDE TO STUDENT
WORKBOOK)
Stagecraft 1 (Teacher's Guide To Student
Handbook) includes all the student workbook
pages with the general answers filled in and
answers to all of the crossword puzzles in
Stagecraft 1 (Student Workbook). Also
included in this edition is the copyright
approval to make overhead transparencies for
classroom use along with a CD-ROM with
quizzes, tests, exam and student workbook
information. With this text you can outline all
the required tools and give students a
common vocabulary to work with which
applies to any and all theatre operations. This
set is the perfect teaching tool to give
students the necessary background to pursue
theatre. (Paperback)
STOCK SCENERY
CONSTRUCTION HANDBOOK
Book: $22.00 | BY BILL RAOUL
Second Edition Widely adopted as a
college
textbook,
Stock
Scenery
Construction
Handbook is one of
the easiest to use
and most complete
manuals on scenery
construction. It has
over 180 full-page
drawings
showing
techniques for every kind of stock scenery
piece from flats, platforms, and step units to
all kinds of soft goods like curtains and drops.
Author Bill Raoul has added a new chapter on
paint and new illustrations to the second
edition.
TECHNICAL THEATER FOR
NONTECHNICAL PEOPLE
Book: $19.95 | BY DREW CAMPBELL
Updated to reflect state-of-the-art standards in
today’s fast-changing theater technology, this
book, designed for non-technicians in the
field, helps actors, dancers, playwrights, and
directors grasp every aspect of a digitally
supported backstage environment. All facets
of production are explained in jargon-free
prose, and unfamiliar terms are defined in an
appended glossary. Written with clarity and
humor, this is the definitive user’s guide to
developing the vocabulary and technical skills
crucial to working with technicians and
technical equipment in a timely, efficient
manner.
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THE ULTIMATE LIVE SOUND
OPERATOR'S HANDBOOK - 2ND
EDITION
Book/CD Combo: $39.99 | BY BILL GIBSON
The second edition of The Ultimate Live
Sound Operator's Handbook is updated with
new text, photos, illustrations, and video
examples to specifically address the
important, cutting-edge concerns faced by
modern sound operators of all types. Highquality audio is increasingly imperative,
whether you're running sound for a rock,
country, punk, or jazz band performing in
clubs, arenas, or outdoor parks. With the
advent and implementation of large-budget
multimedia presentations, along with highresolution multichannel audio for movies,
television, and downloads, any live act must
sound great to be well received by today's
increasingly savvy audience members.
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2013: THE BEST MEN'S STAGE
MONOLOGUES
AMERICAN THEATRE BOOK OF
MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN
Here you will find a rich and varied selection
of monologues for men from plays which were
produced and/or published in the 2012-2013
theatrical season. Most are for young
performers (teens through 30s) but there are
some excellent pieces for older men as well.
All represent the best in contemporary
playwriting.
Book: $12.95 | BY STEPHANIE COEN
This selection of
monologue material
for
actors
was
selected from plays
published
in
American
Theatre
magazine over the
last
15
years,
including works by
Tony
Kushner,
Edward Albee, Sam
Shephard,
Steve
Martin, Paula Vogel,
Rita Dove, Wendy
Wasserstein, Christopher Durang, Craig
Lucas, Donald Margulies, Eric Bogosian and
others. Ms. Coen is the publications director
at the Intiman Theatre in Seattle. She is the
former managing editor of American Theatre
magazine.
2013: THE BEST TEN-MINUTE
PLAYS
In this volume you'll find fifty terrific new 10minute plays.
2013: THE BEST WOMEN'S
STAGE MONOLOGUES
This revised handbook focuses on each
aspect of live sound in a way that is
straightforward and easy to understand,
breaking the process down into principles and
practices that assist the modern sound tech in
everything from planning and budgeting to
mixing and recording the live show.
Here you will find a rich and varied selection
of monologues for women from plays which
were produced and/or published in the
2012-2013 theatrical season. Most are for
young performers (teens through 30s) but
there are some excellent pieces for older
women as well. All represent the best in
contemporary playwriting.
FORENSICS, SPEECH AND
DEBATE
AMERICAN THEATRE BOOK OF
MONOLOGUES FOR MEN
100 DUET SCENES FOR TEENS
Book: $19.99 | BY BOB SHUMAN, JOYCE E.
HENRY, REBECCA DUNN JAROFF
The Best Scenes for
Two for the 21st
Century
Culled from the work
of
over
100
playwrights
and
encompassing
the
seminal issues of our
time, this follow-up
compendium is by
turns
comic
and
serious but always
intensely
human.
Pieces include scenes from August: Osage
County, George & Martha, Intimate Apparel,
Take Me Out, and Water Music.
THE FLIP SIDE
Book: $15.95 | BY HEATHER H. HENDERSON
Sixty-four
monologues
for
teens.
Short, breezy, and
provocative,
these
monologues
are
superb for acting
exercises,
speech,
and drama contests
or for auditions. Each
monologue
characterization
focuses on a topic of
interest to middle school students or high
school teens. The resource book is divided
into three sections: The Guys, The Girls, and
Both Together. Within each section, the
monologues are paired to permit a
presentation of different opinions on the same
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BOOKS AND RESOURCES
Book: $17.95 | BY MICHAEL MOORE
This unique collection of one-minute scenes
covers a wide variety of subjects, both comic
and dramatic. Each scene is complete, with a
definite beginning, middle, and end. The short
length of these scenes makes it easy for
students to memorize their lines and bring the
characters to life. Each one explores a
particular personality trait, emotion, or
situation. The book is divided into four
sections: Gender Neutral, Male and Female
Duets, Male Only Duets, and Female Only
Duets. Notes about performing the scenes are
also included. Subjects range from silly to
poignant and include dating, babysitting, Boy
Scouts, cell phones, crushes, driver training,
kissing, sports, abuse, disability, New Year's
resolutions, sibling rivalry, plus many more.
Excellent for contests and comedy revue
shows.
Book: $12.95 | BY STEPHANIE COEN
This rich selection of
fantastic monologue
material for actors
was selected from
plays published in
American
Theatre
magazine over the
last fifteen years.
This book contains
works by nationally
recognized
and
award
winning
authors
Tony
Kushner,
Edward
Albee, Sam Shephard, Steve Martin, Paula
Vogel, and many others. Ms. Coen is the
publications director at the Intiman Theatre in
Seattle. She is the former managing editor of
American Theatre magazine.
DUO!
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topic. The two-minute length of most of these
monologues makes memorization easy.
FUNNY BUSINESS
Book: $19.95 | BY MARSH GARY CASSADY
A great introduction
to comedy. For big
laughs,
comedy
relies
on
exaggeration,
incongruity,
automatism,
character
inconsistency,
surprise,
and
derision. Now a book
defines
and
demonstrates each of
these devices with twenty-two short sketches
and one-act plays. This unique overview of
high and low comedy defines all comedy
genres: absurdism, tragicomedy, farce, and
melodrama. The different types of comedy are
compared to show the differences of each
form with a discussion of comic devices
preceding each type of comedy and notes for
production preparation following. User-friendly
for teaching, acting practice and live
presentations.
GET IN THE ACT!
Book: $15.95 | BY SHIRLEY ULLOM
Sixty monologs, dialogs, and skits for teens.
Laughter is the most effective technique for
teenage
survival.
These
monologues,
dialogues, and short skits give teenage
performers a chance to laugh at the system,
their teachers, their parents, and most
importantly, themselves! These are scripts for
laughter and pathos. They create an
awareness of the perils of drinking and
driving, teenage parties, smoking, alcoholic
parents, and much more. This volume
includes sixty superb short scripts that are
ideal for speech contests, acting exercises,
auditions, variety shows, and classroom use.
No special settings, props, or costumes are
required for performance.
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"Just for the fun of it, 'Get in the Act!' and
some teen problems and attitudes may come
into focus." --Shirley Hilderbrand, Eclectic
Book Reviews
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ONE
ACT COMEDIES
Book: $7.50 | BY RUTH KELSEY, ANN
COULTER MARTENS, JEWELL BOTHWELL
TULL
The White Elephant Comes Home (5W)
One of Sally’s birthday presents is a horrible
picture. Sally gets rid of it, but it returns.
Midge Goes to the Movies (5M, 4W) Nobody
wants to take care of the nuisance kid sister
who wants to go to the movies. Selma Goes
Psychic (3M, 3W) Selma fancies herself a
medium but neglects the future. Yellow
Tulips (2M, 4W) Judy loves her new hat, but
sacrifices it for a pot of yellow tulips. The
Case of the Glass Slipper (6M, 5W, Extras)
In this amusing mock trial, there is much
excitement over who stole the family glass
slipper. All non-royalty plays.
MORE TEN-MINUTE PLAYS FOR
MIDDLE SCHOOL
PERFORMERS
Book: $17.95 | BY REBECCA YOUNG
This is a collection of short plays for speech
and drama classrooms, forensic competitions,
or variety shows. It includes scripts for girls,
boys, and mixed casts.
SPEAKING OUT: AN
INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC
SPEAKING
Book: $19.95 | BY MICHAEL GALLAGHER
Students need to
understand
that
public speaking is a
life skill that will
improve their career
and relationships with
others. The book is
divided
into
four
sections:
Getting
Started, The Basics,
The
Competitive
Speaking
Events,
Honing Your Skills
with Assignments & Activities. In these four
sections are 31 chapters that cover all the
basics of public speaking, from the vocabulary
of speech and debate to how so develop
listening skills. It includes learning games,
information about group dynamics, visual
aids, non-verbal communication, readers
theatre, and choral reading. It covers
competitive speaking events such as original
oratory, extemporaneous speaking, policy
debate, and the Lincoln-Douglas debate with
exercises and activities for preparation. Also
includes a section with notes for the teacher.
TEN-MINUTE PLAYS FOR
MIDDLE SCHOOL
PERFORMERS
The plays in this
book give teenage
performers
the
chance to reveal the
unique identities and
motivations
of
students their own
age. These brief
plays may be used
for
speech
and
drama
classes,
forensic competitions
or variety shows.
They
are
easily
staged with no sets or costumes. Topics
include: how to be popular, jealousy,
shoplifting, pranks and more. Included are
scripts for girls only, scripts for boys only and
scripts for mixed casts. The dialogue in all the
plays is believable and easy to perform.
TOUGH ACTS TO FOLLOW
Book: $15.95 | BY SHIRLEY ULLOM
Award-winning writer
Shirley Ullom shows
us why teens give us
hope for the future. A
collection of seventyfive short, perceptive
monologues reveal
the
humor
and
strength of teens as
they deal with a wide
range of situations
and dilemmas both
poignant and funny.
Death, divorce, dating, and dieting are all
touched on in this book. Great for classroom
or contests, auditions or monologues, and for
performers of all types.
CREATE YOUR OWN CUSTOM
ANTHOLOGY
Create, design and print your own custom
anthology. Browse and select from over 500
ten-minute plays and monologues and then
design your own book cover. If you're not sure
where to start, we've provided Starter Packs
which include plays organized by genre and
theme. It’s cool...it’s really cool! Read more
about CREATE AN ANTHOLOGY online at
heuerpub.com!
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THE ULTIMATE AUDITION BOOK
SERIES
Volume One: $19.95 (222 Monologues, 2
Minutes & Under) • Volume Two: $19.95 (222
Monologues, 2 Minutes & Under from
Literature) • Volume Four: $19.95 (222 Comedy
Monologues, 2 Minutes & Under) | BY
JOCELYN A. BEARD, JOHN CAPECCI,
LAURIE WALKER, IRENE ZEIGLER
Volumes One, Two
and Four - Get a leg
up on the competition
with
these
outstanding
monologues. Taken
from the works of
some of literature's
finest scribes, these
pieces are sure to
impress. Included are
monologues for both
men and women
ranging in age from
seven to one hundred.
WINNING MONOLOGS FOR
YOUNG ACTORS
Book: $16.95 | BY PEG KEHRET
This book contains
honest-to-life
characterizations to
delight actors and
audiences. For use in
speech
contests,
acting
exercises,
auditions,
or
as
audience
entertainment in a
stage review, these
monologs
are
to
theatre
what
Art
Buchwald is to journalism - warm, funny, and
best of all, real! The book contains sixty-five
characterizations for girls, boys, and both
together. Any young person will relate to the
topics in these scripts, and they will love them
as performance material that is entirely
“scare-free.”
TEACHING TOOLS
THE COMPLETE VOICE AND
SPEECH WORKOUT: 75
EXERCISES FOR CLASSROOM
AND STUDIO USE
Book/CD Combo: $32.99 | BY EDITED BY
JANET RODGERS
Potent
and
empowering
voice
exercises by the
master teachers who
devised them! One of
the constants that
any actor, director or
theatre
teacher
needs is a strong
vocal warmup. This
valuable, first-of-itskind resource contains 75 exercises for both
solo and group work, contributed by some of
the best professionals in the world. There is a
brief description of the history and purpose of
each exercise followed by the exercise itself.
The Voice & Speech Workout comes with a
training CD that will be especially helpful to
the student or theatre professional working
alone. Here master teachers run through each
exercise in real time (leaving enough time for
response). Among the contributors are such
important voice teachers as: Frankie
Armstrong, Mary Corrigan, Marian Hampton
and Dorothy Runk Mennen. The exercises are
divided into nine different areas: Getting to
Know Your Voice; Stretching, Centering,
Releasing,
Aligning;
Breathing
and
Supporting; Making Sound (Resonance and
Articulation); Exploring Pitch; Projecting and
Calling; Integrating Voice, Breath and Text;
Integrating Voice and Movement; Exploring
Character Voices and Dialects.Editor Janet
Rodgers is past president of the Voice and
Speech Trainers Association and an
associate professor of theatre at Virginia
Commonwealth University.
DO'S AND DON'TS OF DRAMA
Sixteen chapters of
middle school drama
projects
provide
alternative ways to
develop theatre skills.
EVERYTHING ABOUT THEATRE
(TEACHER'S GUIDE)
Book: $22.95 | BY ROBERT L. LEE
A
convenient
teacher's guide that
parallels the original
text.
This
book
features quizzes for
all major units and
keys that provide
answers and detailed
descriptions
for
evaluating
essay
responses.
Also
included
are
illustrations
and
diagrams that simplify concepts and define
specifics. Plus every quiz and worksheet is
'camera-ready' for copying. And every unit is
indexed by page number on the contents
page.
EVERYTHING ABOUT THEATRE!
Book: $19.95 | BY ROBERT L. LEE
It's all here in one
drama book - a
complete overview of
all aspects of theatre!
The
history,
the
crafts, and the art of
the
stage
are
presented in eighteen
easy-to-learn units.
Theatre history in
four parts gives the
text
an
orderly
structure.
Between
each part are bite-sized sections on acting,
improvisation, makeup, lighting, props,
costumes, and more. Each craft is described,
with exercises where appropriate. A
comprehensive theatre arts reference book.
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BOOKS AND RESOURCES
Book: $7.50 | BY JEAN LEE LATHAM
This collection contains more than five
hundred brief, practical suggestions for both
actor and producer. It covers the entire field of
drama, from collecting stage properties to
planning stage movements. Do's and Don'ts
of Drama is a book that has been adopted as
required reading in many colleges and
university drama courses and has won the
praise of many thespians of all levels of
expertise and experience. All people
interested in theatre will benefit from this
book!
DRAMA PROJECTS FOR THE
MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOM
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
IMPROVISATIONS IN CREATIVE
DRAMA
A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR
MUSICAL THEATRE
Book: $15.95 | BY BETTY KELLER
For beginning actors
of all ages. Students
will
learn
both
improvisational and
structured
drama
using the sequential
workshops and plays
included in the lesson
plans of this book.
Improvisations
in
Creative Drama is a
two-part work with
fourteen
dramatic
sketches that can be done in the classroom or
as performance pieces. A perfect basic text
for any acting class.
Book: $39.95 (Comb bound for easy use) | BY
LARRY MITCHELL
After 40 years of
producing musicals
for
high
school,
university, and semiprofessional theatres,
Larry Mitchell's A
Practical Handbook
for Musical Theatre
(Fifth Edition) is the
leading how-to book
in the field. Chapters
include
"Choosing
the Musical"; "101 Musicals from Which to
Choose," containing recommended musicals
of all difficulty levels; "Duties of the Stage
Director"; and "Auditioning and Casting the
Musical." Used by colleges and universities
and musical educators throughout the United
States, A Practical Handbook for Musical
Theatre's practicality and effectiveness have
made it the “standard of the field.”
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
ART OF THEATRE
Book: $26.95 | BY MARSH CASSADY
This is a readable, workable text that deals
with everything about theatre and the artists
who make theatre possible. Styles of drama,
staging, production, directing and acting,
along with all backstage functions are defined
in detail. Theatre history and the business of
theatre are covered fully for the use of both
students and instructors.
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
ART OF THEATRE TEACHER'S
GUIDE
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
Book: $19.95 | BY MARSH CASSADY
A readable, workable theatre text that deals
with everything about theatre and the artists
who make theatre possible. Styles of drama,
staging, production, directing, and acting,
along with all backstage functions, are defined
in detail. Theatre history and the business of
theatre are covered fully for the use of both
students and instructors. The book is divided
into three sections: Part I - Theatre, Drama,
and Place; Part II - The Production; Part III Theatre History. At the end of each chapter is
a summary and questions for in-class
discussion. This theatre text has been
classroom tested and updated to be fully
adaptable to any teaching requirement. The
Teacher's Guide includes suggestions for
further reading, in-class discussion topics,
and sample exam questions.
SHORT AND SWEET SKITS FOR
STUDENT ACTORS
Book: $17.95 | BY MAGGIE SCRIVEN
These short skits with
casts of two to six
players cover a wide
variety of topics and
drama styles. Some
skits are comic for
learning
comedy
technique. Others are
situations
for
students to learn
more
about
themselves
and
others. The dialogue
is crisp and easy to
perform. Very little planning and memorization
is required to stage these skits. Many may be
staged readers theatre style. They work well
in a classroom and they may also be used in
a theatrical setting. Sample titles include:
Funny Isn't Always Funny, Gossip Among
Friends, The Principal's Office and The Band
and Party Girls. They can be staged and
directed by the students themselves. It is
excellent for competition or comedy revue
shows.
SPEAK WITH DISTINCTION: THE
CLASSIC SKINNER METHOD TO
SPEECH ON THE STAGE
Book: $39.99 | BY EDITH SKINNER
Widely recognized as the most complete and
rigorous text of its kind since it was first
published in 1942, Speak With Distinction is
an invaluable resource. It presents a
comprehensive study of the sounds of
Spoken English in their most important
phonetic environments. This most recent
revision also adds much material for
comparisons of speech sounds; suggestions
for accurate, efficient and conversational
ways of combining the sounds into connected
utterance; indications that foster a working
knowledge of two dialects of speech (General
American and what Mrs. Skinner called Good
Speech for classic and elevated texts); and
beginning material to show application of the
principles of Good Speech to well-written
texts.Some important additions to the book
are the extensive Glossary and Index,
abundant guides to pronunciations, new
sections featuring such details as the
complete “Ask-List” of words, a program for
the elimination of glottal attacks of vowel and
dipthong sounds, greatly expanded practice
material of phrases and sentences, and an
updated Chart showing several levels of
phonetic transcription and spelling equivalents
in current usage.Speak With Distinction can
be used in several ways: as a primary
educational textbook for both the beginning
and advanced actor; as a supplementary
textbook for teachers and students who have
their own methods and agenda for study; and
as a reference book for teachers, speech
coaches and directors.
STAGING MUSICALS FOR
YOUNG PERFORMERS
Book: $19.95 | BY MARIA C. NOVELLY,
ADELE FIRTH
This book can show
anyone how to stage
any musical on any
budget. It is a stepby-step guidebook for
producing successful
musical shows for
young performers. It
includes information
about
teaching
theatrical
basics,
casting, rehearsals,
preparing
scenes,
costumes, makeup, scenery, props, lighting,
sound, publicity, and much more. This text is
useful for both novice and experienced
directors of musical and non-musical play
productions.
* = New Title
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
TEACHING THE ACTOR CRAFT
Book: $19.95 | BY JON JORY
The Actor Craft is the
delivery system for
mind and heart. It
deals with the tricks
of the trade that have
been passed from
actor to actor for
hundreds of years.
The book breaks the
subject
into
fifty
categories
with
scripted
exercises
coaching tips for the
teacher, and advice to the actor in training. It
can lay out both beginning and advanced
class work in the subject- all in an easily
absorbed manner. Teachers of acting on
every level will find this work useful because it
can refresh and extend their ideas and
classroom methods.
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF
COMEDY
ACTING IN SHAKESPEARE
Book: $16.95 | BY ROBERT COHEN
Acting
in
Shakespeare helps
actors at all levels
develop the skills
they need to perform
in
Shakespearean
plays.
Lessons
proceed in carefully
graduated steps from
simple, single lines to
short speeches to
more
difficult,
sophisticated scenes.
A wealth of historical
information and insightful descriptions of
Shakespearean times and players bring
Shakespeare’s work within the actor’s reach.
MORE SCENES FROM
SHAKESPEARE
Book: $14.95 | BY MICHAEL WILSON
Contains
twenty
cuttings from some of
Shakespeare's most
recognizable
plays
for
acting
and
directing
practice.
Written by an expert a drama instructor More Scenes from
Shakespeare
provides a great way
to
get
students
excited
about
Shakespeare. By breaking Shakespeare’s
plays into small, workable scenes, the book
improves students’ interest, enthusiasm, and
performance.
SHAKESPEARE ALIVE!
Book: $21.95 | BY RICK HAMILTON, FREDI
OLSTER
Two-minute monologues for study, audition,
and performance by Fredi Olster and Rick
Hamilton. Each monologue is presented in
both the original and a reworded modern
version. Verses are grouped by thought,
rather than poetic line. This unique format
helps
the
actor
fully
understand
Shakespeare’s meaning and led Stephen
Peithman to say Shakespeare Alive! is “one of
the best books of its kind.”
SHAKESPEARE FOR AMERICAN
ACTORS AND DIRECTORS
Book: $14.99 | BY AARON FRANKEL
Fear
grips
many
American actors and
directors faced with
the opportunity to
perform Shakespeare
live. The challenges
of Elizabethan British
speech patterns, the
thought
of
using
verse for hours, the
debate over staging a
period piece versus
"updating" the Bard of Avon-all can cause
psychogenic trauma on this side of the
Atlantic.
In Shakespeare for American Actors and
Directors, Aaron Frankel defines and asserts
the acting tools by which American actors
may freshly and truly illuminate Shakespeare.
He applies these tools to example scenes,
discusses director choices, as well as the
execution of those choices. He even
addresses myths about what accents are
most
appropriate
for
Shakespearean
characters. Finally, he plunges readers into
the meaning of scenes, so that they can
experiment with their roles to best convey
those meanings.
Frankel's thirty years leading a professional
Shakespeare workshop at Uta Hagen-Herbert
Berghof (HB) Studio in New York City gives
him a distinct advantage when addressing
how directors work with actors doing
Shakespeare. A practical tool for actors and
directors wishing to learn Bard-based
performance.
SHAKESPEARE IN 30 MINUTES
Book: $9.95 | BY MIKE WILLIS
This
unique
compilation
includes
A
Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of
the Shrew, Macbeth, and Othello, giving
audiences the chance to enjoy the poetry of
the original language. The royalty fees on
these works are $30.00 per performance of
each adaptation. You may order copies of the
individual plays by title in the Short Plays
section.
SHAKESPEARE MONOLOGUES
FOR YOUNG MEN
Book: $18.95 | BY LUKE DIXON
Fifty
fresh
speeches
from
William
Shakespeare's plays, hand-picked for young
people and prefaced with easy-to-use guides
that explain who is speaking; where, when,
and to whom; what has just happened in the
play; and what the character's objectives are
—everything actors need to know!
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BOOKS AND RESOURCES
Book: $14.95 | BY GENE PERRET
Beginning
comedy
writers
and
performers may think
funny can't be taught,
but
legendary
comedy writer Gene
Perret, winner of
three Emmy Awards,
tells otherwise in this
guide to what makes
a good joke work.
Outlining
the
10
commandments
of
comedy, the unbreakable rules that every gag
must follow in order to be funny, this book
liberates readers and allows them to
immediately begin writing better and funnier
comedy material. By following Perret’s
commandments,
readers
will
better
understand how to write jokes that connect
with
audiences
and
discover
why
unsuccessful material isn’t working and how it
can be fixed. From the First Commandment
(“Thou Shalt Surprise”) to the Tenth (“Thou
Shalt Be Clever”), this work stands as a fast
guide to the essentials of humor that is perfect
for
business
presenters,
after-dinner
speakers, professional comedians, and
anyone who wants to be funny.
SHAKESPEARE AND THE
CLASSICS
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
SHAKESPEARE MONOLOGUES
FOR YOUNG WOMEN
30 TEN MINUTE PLAYS FOR 4,
5, AND 6 ACTORS
Book: $18.95 | BY LUKE DIXON
Fifty
fresh
speeches
from
William
Shakespeare's plays, hand-picked for young
women and prefaced with easy-to-use guides.
Drawing on his experience as an acting and
audition coach, Luke Dixon has selected fifty
monologues for young women drawn from
across the Shakespeare canon.
Book: $19.95 | BY MICHAEL DIXON, TANYA
PALMER, BRENDAN HEALY
This volume features 30 outstanding tenminute plays for four, five, and six actors,
culled from thousands submitted to the Actors
Theatre of Louisville's National Ten-Minute
Play Contest. It illustrates the dramatic power
of the ten-minute play format and provides
teachers, directors, and actors with a
cornucopia of characters, themes, and styles.
ANTHOLOGIES
*
12 PLAYS OF CHRISTMAS
Book: $15.95 | BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
A very merry collection of ten-minute
Christmas plays wrapped in holiday cheer! A
full collection of dramatic and comedic titles
with a wide variety of holiday themes
including Santa, snowmen, Christmas trees,
and even a Rockette! 'Tis the season for
theater so bake your fruitcake, pour your
cocoa, and have a holly jolly time with 12
Plays of Christmas.
30 TEN MINUTE PLAYS FOR 2
ACTORS
Book: $19.95 | BY MICHAEL DIXON, AMY
WEGENER, KAREN PETRUSKA
This volume features
30 outstanding tenminute plays for two
actors, culled from
thousands submitted
to the Actors Theatre
of
Louisville's
National Ten-Minute
Play
Contest.
It
illustrates
the
dramatic power of the
ten-minute play and
provides
teachers,
directors, and actors
with a cornucopia of characters, themes, and
styles organized by gender and cast size.
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
33 SHORT COMEDY PLAYS FOR
TEENS
Book: $17.95 | BY LAURIE ALLEN
These thirty-three short plays give teenage
performers a chance to portray the drama of
their everyday lives. They may push
boundaries, act crazy, and even discover
themselves in the many true-to-life scenes
and characterizations offered here. These
plays permit student actors to show off their
talents by creating outrageous characters in
the context of situations they know so well.
Sample titles include: Grounded Until Further
Notice, Crazy Hairy Day, Breaking Up Is Hard
to Do, Prom Date, Confessions, and A Fine
Line between Love and Hate. Inexperienced
actors will come alive as performers because
these plays offer natural dialog and believable
situations. Excellent for contest use.
ACT AND REACT
Book: $8.95 (Saddle Stitch) | BY MIKE WILLIS,
JENNIFER SWAN, WILLIAM T. MCKINLAY,
TIMOTHY BRENNAN
A collection of six short one acts. Cast sizes
vary. These expressive one acts reveal teen
culture with humor, insight, and poignancy.
Plays offer real-life experiences about teens.
Titles include: The Truth Lies in Mirrors by
Jennifer Swan, Uninvited Guest by William T.
McKinlay, The ABC’s by Timothy Brennan,
Test Positive, Life in The Shadows, and Last
Puff by Mike Willis. No royalties required.
ACTORS
BEIN' CRAZY: A COLLECTION
OF TEN-MINUTE MONOLOGUES
Book: $21.95 | BY MICHAEL DIXON, AMY
WEGENER, KAREN PETRUSKA
This volume features 30 outstanding tenminute plays for three actors, culled from
thousands submitted to the Actors Theatre of
Louisville's National Ten-Minute Play Contest.
It illustrates the dramatic power of the tenminute play and provides teachers, directors,
and actors with a cornucopia of characters,
themes, and styles organized by gender and
cast size.
Book: $13.95 (Perfect Bound Book) | BY
VARIOUS AUTHORS
“’That’s crazy,’ I told
him.
‘Plum
crazy!’...‘Then we in
the right place!’” –
Bein’ Crazy, Marc
Bagwell
eccentric dialect coach in Accents, Inc. to the
“good boy” chronicling the exploits of nonconformist Jake in My Name Isn’t Bro, this
collection of monologues is sure to have
something for everyone. Wait in agony with a
luckless fellow as he survives the perils of his
date’s parents when he’s told she is not
ready! Is the narrator of Mr. Whiskers going
insane, or is he Einstein reincarnated? (His
cat certainly thinks so!) And can Ted, the
manic mental patient, find what it really
means when you’re Bein’ Crazy? A wonderful
collection of monologues.
THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT
PLAYS 2008-2009
Book: $18.99 | BY BARBARA PARISI
From its inception, The Best American Short
Plays has identified new, cutting-edge
playwrights who have gone on to establish
award-winning careers, including Tennessee
Williams, Edward Albee, Wendy Wasserstein,
Terrence McNally, and David Mamet. The
complex and diverse plays that make up this
collection reflect both personal concerns and
social issues. The 2008-2009 edition includes
A Second of Pleasure, by Neil LaBute; St.
Francis Preaches to the Birds, by David Ives;
The Stormy Waters, The Long Way Home, by
Carey Lovelace; Early Morning, by Eric Lane;
Sisters, by Adam Kraar, Maria Filimon, and
Tasnim Mansur; Little Duck, by Billy Aronson;
A Portrait of the Woman as a Young Artist, by
Meg Miroshnik; Slapped Actress, by Emily
Conbere; The Last Artist in NYC, by Polly
Frost and Ray Sawhill; THE TRUE AUTHOR
of the plays formerly attributed to Mister
William Shakespeare REVEALED to the world
for the first time by Miss Delia Bacon, by
James Armstrong; The Lovers and Others of
Eugene O'Neill, by Marla Del Collins; III, by
Joe Salvatore; Pete & Joe at the Dew Drop
Inn, by Lewis Gardner; This Is Your Lifetime,
by Jill Elaine Hughes; Decades Apart, by Rick
Pulos; Never Spoke Again, by Barbara ParisiPasternack; 508, by Amy Herzog; Ella, by
Dano Madden; and Naked Old Man, by
Murray Schisgal.
Twenty
ten-minute
monologues
celebrating
the
everyday
strangeness,
the
weird of the familiar,
and the just plain crazy! From the snooty,
* = New Title
THE BIG BOOK OF AUDITION
MONOLOGUES
Do you need an
audition monologue?
Survive your next
audition and nail the
role with this large
collection of audition
monologues written
by a myriad of awardwinning playwrights.
This book includes
144
monologues
drawn
from
characters
in
published plays that are organized by
monologues for males, females or either
gender. A perfect collection for anyone
seeking audition material with big character.
THE BITE-SIZED BARD: A
COLLECTION OF
SHAKESPEARE-THEMED TENMINUTE PLAYS
Shakespeare
has
never been so easy
to
handle!
This
collection
of
12
original shorts based
on the works of
William Shakespeare
pokes fun at the Bard
of
Stratford-uponAvon. Why is it that
you never say the
Scottish play? What
happens when the
actor playing the
“Ghost” gets a bad case of stage fright and
performs a very hopeless Hamlet? When
Shakespeare gets an M.F.A., will it end up
ruining his immortal works? Can love survive
as Juliet contends with her ill-costumed
Romeo? Find out what happens when the two
best actors of this generation face off in a duel
to determine who is the greatest in The Battle
of Brown and Whitmore! Perfect for
collections,
competitions,
and
one-act
festivals, The Bite-Sized Bard is a funny, zany
take on the world’s most famous playwright.
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
BLUE FOOD
JANICE FRONCZAK
A hot collection of 66
monologues and 16
scenes for acting
exercises!
This
cornucopia of fresh,
but
tried-and-true
monologues
and
contentless scenes is
for actors of all ages,
types and skills. It is
dotted with Janice’s
anecdotes about how
she
came
about
writing a certain character and gentle tips on
how to play a role. This unique monologue
book is almost an autobiographical log of
Janice’s many varied life journeys. She has
lived many lives and met numerous colorful
and memorable characters along the way.
Sparkling characters result from 50% real life
and 50% imagination. Each character is
someone you have either met, imagined or
wished you had met. Actors will take to these
funny, sad, frustrated and in some cases,
bizarre characters; directors will be drawn to
the challenge of how to bring them to life and
to the distinctive formless scenes.
When you have a monologue collection that
includes a pirate in therapy as well as the
maid in Lady Diana’s kitchen sharing her
deep fears, one gets an idea of the variety
within Blue Food. Many of the monologues
have already won actors local and regional
jobs.
CHEW ON THIS: A COLLECTION
OF TEN-MINUTE DUETS
* FAIRLY TOLD TALES
Book: $12.95 | BY MICHAEL SOETAERT
FAIRLY
TOLD
TALES:
A
COLLECTION OF 8
TEN
MINUTE
PLAYS
For years parents
have tucked their
children into bed with
tales of Brothers
Grimm and fables
from
Aesop.
No
wonder so many kids
wake up screaming from nightmares.
Seriously, what was wrong with those guys?
Witches eating children, rotten parents
making deals with old crones, monsters and
worse! It’s about time someone set the record
straight. This collection of 8 ten minute plays
does just that and more!
ONCE UPON A TIME: A
*COLLECTION
OF FRACTURED
FAIRY TALES
Let the adventure begin with these 10
fractured ten minute plays with hip new twists
and anything but classic plots! Throw in a fairy
godfather with no intention of granting wishes,
a princess who suffers from post-traumatic
apple anxiety, an eighth dwarf who knows too
much, and your stage becomes a world full of
fun fairy tales!
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
FAMOUS LAST WORDS: 12 TEN-MINUTE
PLAYS ABOUT THE INEVITABLE
It's impossible to cheat death, but we can
have a little fun as we shuffle off this mortal
coil. Sometimes you just need a sense of
humor and other times, you need a hand to
hold. Famous Last Words explores the effects
of death, dying, grieving and resilience in 12
ten-minute masterpieces. The plays included
in this anthology use grace, hope and every
once in a while, a cruel sense of humor to
achieve brilliance. Written by well-known
playwrights such as Bradley Hayward, Carl L.
Williams and Scott Icenhower, these plays are
perfect
for
contest,
classroom
and
performance.
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BOOKS AND RESOURCES
VARIOUS AUTHORS
Perfect for forensics
and
speech
and
debate competitions
or just a night of
duets,
these
24
hilarious
and
poignant ten-minute
scenes
are
conveniently
collected
in
one
place! A sensitive
playwright confronts
an acerbic theatre
critic in A Quick Review. A writer is stuck in
both his writing and his life, but are his works
really good writing, or are they just Scribbles?
In Somebody Please, a man can't stop
thinking about a sign he saw on the street,
and he feels compelled to do something...but
what? Relationships are full of ups and
downs, especially when one person simplymaybe-possibly makes A Suggestion. In
Crowded Heart, Frank is being enticed by the
latest candy bar craze, but can willpower win
in the end? Suitable for all actors of all ages,
Chew On This is chock full of great twoperson scenes.
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
GRAPPLING WITH GRAMMAR: A
COLLECTION OF TEN-MINUTE
PLAYS
Book: $16.95 (Perfect-bound collection of all 11
plays from the series) • Book/CD Combo:
$28.95 • CD: $15.95 | BY DONNA LATHAM
It would be folly, of
course,
to
start
another
unit
on
sentence
structure
without
this
innovative collection
of ten-minute plays to
help you effectively
teach
adjectives,
idioms, pronouns and
many other sentence
parts to a group of
students who would
rather throw grammar (and quite possibly, the
English teacher) out the window. Instead, toss
that "drill and kill" method out the window and
explore these ten-minute grammar plays
which blend English with the performing arts
in the classroom.
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
HE SAID, SHE SAID: TENMINUTE PLAYS FOR FOUR,
FIVE AND SIX ACTORS
VARIOUS AUTHORS
A collection of 11
completely
original
ten-minute plays! In
Untitled, a painting is
liberated from his art
gallery by Julia, who
recognizes
the
sensitive
canvas
heart
beating
beneath
Untitled's
colorful oils. Untitled
lives a fugitive's life
until he bumps into
Julia again and they
both learn, too late, what it truly means to
be...Untitled. Break the ‘fifth wall’ with Parasol
Universes, as three people confront sci-fi
twists and turns as they deal with the things
they dread the most – themselves! And
there’s trouble on Mount Olympus when Hera
wants to split from Zeus in My Big Fat Greek
Divorce. From epic divorce to true love in the
making (maybe) comes He Said, She Said.
Sally is thrilled by her brief interaction with
Dave, and Dave, to his credit, remembers that
there was an interaction. He just doesn’t quite
remember what happened. Luckily, each has
a trusty friend to guide them through the date
they will always remember...probably. These
plays, and many more, make He Said, She
Said: A Collection of Ten Minute Plays a great
addition to any library, collection, or
repertoire!plays, and many more, make He
Said, She Said: A Collection of Ten Minute
Plays a great addition
collection, or repertoire!
to
any
library,
HEAD OVER HEELS
HEAD OVER HEELS: 12 PLAYS ABOUT
LOVE IN ALL ITS FORMS
Ah, love. There is nothing in the world as
simultaneously
exhilarating,
terrifying,
comforting, frustrating and wonderful as love
and all if its variations. Head Over Heels
explores every incarnation of love from the
comfortably married elderly couple to the
nervous brand-new lovebirds. These 12 tenminute plays will make you laugh, sigh, and
long for that special someone. Written by wellknown authors such as Matt Thompson,
Patrick Gabridge and Jim Gustafson, these
plays are perfect for your contest, classroom
and performance needs.
IT JUST GOT REAL
IT JUST GOT REAL: 12 SOCIALLYRELEVANT TEN-MINUTE PLAYS
Ready for a challenge? This brand-new
collection of ten-minute plays is just what
you’re looking for! These 12 titles address a
myriad of current social issues ranging from
drug use to immigration and racism to teen
suicide and more! Sample titles include Grace
by Celeste Bonfanti, Anti-Depressants by Jeff
Weisman and The Frying Pan by Kelly
Meadows. The plays included in this
anthology are perfect for the director looking
to start relevant conversations. It Just Got
Real is a perfect introduction to sociallyrelevant theatre.
MASTERING MATH: A
COLLECTION OF 5 TEN-MINUTE
MATH PLAYS
Book: $12.95 | BY ROBERT FRANKEL
Join Alberto and his
friends on his quest
to become a master!
Consisting of five tenminute plays, this
anthology takes an
in-depth look at five
different
mathematical
concepts through the
magic of theatre!
Learn how concepts
like
quadratic
equations, the Pythagorean theorem and
significant digits can be used in everyday life!
Learning math doesn't have to be a
nightmare! You’ll be a master of math by the
time Alberto is done!
MORE ONE-ACT PLAYS FOR
ACTING STUDENTS
Book: $19.95 | BY NORMAN A. BERT, DEB
BERT
The success of One-Act Plays for Acting
Students prompted this follow-up theatre book
of 25 contemporary short dramas by
nationally-known playwrights. Each play has a
production time of ten to fifteen minutes, yet
each script is a complete work, no cuttings.
Twenty-three playwrights are represented.
NEW ONE-ACT PLAYS FOR
ACTING STUDENTS
Book: $19.95 | BY DEB BERT, NORMAN A.
BERT
A new anthology of
complete
one-act
plays for one, two, or
three actors. This
latest volume in a
series of short play
anthologies provides
roles for almost any
mix of students in an
acting class. Ranging
in mood from serious
to farcical, this book
includes 15 scripts
for two actors, five
monologues and five three-character plays.
Excellent
for
classes
and
festival
competitions, this book not only includes
scripts, but also contains information on
securing rights and holding rehearsals.
ONE-ACT PLAYS FOR ACTING
STUDENTS
Book: $19.95 | BY NORMAN A. BERT
The plays in this
book are complete
works, not cuttings,
with balanced roles
written by nationally
known
playwrights
including: Tim Kelly,
Megan Terry, and
Stephen
Grecco.
Excellent
for
secondary
and
university
level
forensic
competitions, we've included sections on
rehearsal techniques and procedures, as well
as a section on other plays by the playwrights
whose work is featured in this book. This
anthology offers a variety of performance
rights options and is recommended as an
exceptional text for playwriting, acting, and
general theatre classes. Norman A. Bert has
a Ph.D specializing in dramatic theory and
criticism from the University of Indiana and
currently chairs the theatre department at
Texas Tech University where he teaches
beginning and advanced playwriting.
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PLAY WITH SHAKESPEARE
Book: $19.95 | BY LINDA BURSON
Four
assembly-length
adaptations
of
Shakespearean plays, 13 short scenes,
synopses of nine plays, with questions for
discussion, plus comprehensive chapters on
warmups, improvisations, directing and
performing. The quest for good material for
young performers sooner or later leads to
Shakespeare—wonderful material, full of
challenging characters, absorbing themes,
exciting plots and eloquent language. Play
with Shakespeare provides a complete design
for working with Shakespearean scenes and
plays. For the plays most often taught in
middle and high school, Linda Burson has
written a scenario of the complete play,
chosen short scenes (four to eleven minutes
long) that challenge young people's interest,
and has suggested improvisations and
discussion questions that lead to greater
understanding. Then, for times when you
want a real production that fits into a 25- to
45-minute time allotment, she has developed
four "showcase" scripts: The Three Caskets
from The Merchant of Venice; Spotlight on
Brutus from Julius Caesar; The Players' Play
from Hamlet; and The Witches' Tale from
Macbeth.
COLLECTION
*
Book: $15.95
Hola amigos! Don’t be intimidated by this
grande collection of 10 plays in Spanish and
English. Whether they’re serving androgynous
aliens, disgruntled neighbors, or even an
adventurous chicken, these plays are sure to
entertain your students. The centerpiece of
this collection are the study questions. If
you've never included drama in your Spanish
class, this is a fun, creative and effective way
to immerse your students in the language.
¡Diviértate!
TEN CONTEMPORARY
AFRICAN AMERICAN DRAMAS
Book: $35.00 (Includes 10 saddle stitch scriptsperformance rights for one year at one venue) |
BY MARY SATCHELL
Price includes ten scripts and performance
rights for one year at one venue.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Wilma Rudolph, Alex
Haley, Marian Anderson, Lorraine Hansberry,
Thurgood Marshall, Althea Gibson, Charles
Richard Drew, Mary McLeod Bethune, and
Jackie Robinson.
TEN CONTEMPORARY
HISPANIC AMERICAN DRAMAS
Book: $35.00 (Includes 10 saddle stitch scriptsperformance rights for one year at one venue) |
BY MARY SATCHELL
Price includes ten scripts and performance
rights for one year at one venue.
These short dramas are based on the lives of
ten Hispanic Americans who have made
significant contributions to this nation, usually
in spite of tremendous odds. The plays are
based on historical research and the primary
objective of each script is to enlighten,
motivate, encourage, and inspire young
people. Each piece is prefaced by a short
biography. Casts vary from 7 to 12.
Jaime Escalante, Evelyn Cisneros, Roberto
Clemente, Cesar Chavez, Roberto Goizueta,
Graciela
Olivarez,
Richard
"Pancho"
Gonzales, Lydia Cabrera, Dennis Chavez,
and Adelina Otero-Warren.
THEATRE ALIVE!
Book: $49.95 | BY NORMAN A. BERT
This anthology of
world drama from
many
cultures
contains 16 famous
plays
by
leading
international
playwrights. All major
periods of theatre
from
classical
to
contemporary
twentieth century are
included. A wellresearched
introduction precedes each script offering an
historical orientation. 848 pages
THIRTY SHORT COMEDY
PLAYS FOR TEENS
Plays for a variety of
cast sizes, anywhere
from two to six
actors. Suitable for all
ages, these 30 short
contemporary plays
give teen performers
a chance to portray
the drama of their
everyday lives. They
may act crazy, push
boundaries,
and
discover themselves,
as the plays permit them to show off their
talents. The actors can create outrageous
characters in the context of situations they
know so well. Inexperienced actors will come
alive as performers because these plays offer
natural dialogue and believable situations.
The plays require few props, making staging
quite simple.
TWENTY 10-MINUTE PLAYS
FOR TEENS
Volume One: $16.95 (By Kristen Dabrowski) •
Volume Two: $16.95 (By Debbie Lamedman) •
Volume Three: $16.95 (Teen written; edited by
Debbie Lamedman) | BY KRISTEN
DABROWSKI, DEBBIE LAMEDMAN
These
volumes
reflect the interests,
issues, and speech
patterns of today’s
teens. They provide
humor, drama, and a
wide
variety
of
characters
and
situations.
Volume
One’s selections vary
from four to twentytwo characters, from
gritty
drama
to
farcical comedy. The
plays can even interlock to create a longer
piece if desired. Volume Two’s cast sizes
range from three to eight actors. Included in
Volume Two is a fascinating foreword by Earl
D. Weaver, Assistant Professor of Theater,
University of Central Florida. Volume Three's
casts run from two to eleven actors, all teen
written. Twenty Ten-Minute Plays for Teens,
Volumes One, Two, and Three are musthaves for teachers and students looking for
juicy material for teens.
UNLEASHED: TEN-MINUTE
PLAYS FOR THREE ACTORS
VARIOUS AUTHORS
A collection of 12
award-winning
and
delightful ten-minute
trios! A small-town
judge presides over a
case,
but
as
defendant
and
accuser
squabble
before the folksy
judge, their longsuppressed feelings
for
each
other
become Unleashed.
Relationships can be
dangerous – just ask Stan as he deals with
Love & Lightning. In The Doctor Will See You
Now, what happens when an emergency visit
to the doctor's office turns into a bureaucratic
nightmare? An ailing poet proves that the
moment right before dying is The Worst
Possible Time for Writer’s Block. When fate
throws jaded exes, Anne and Bill, into the
same Study Group, the estranged couple
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These short dramas are based on the lives of
African Americans who have made significant
contributions to this nation, usually in spite of
tremendous odds. The plays are based on
historical research. The primary objective of
each script is to enlighten, motivate,
encourage, and inspire young people. Casts
vary from six to sixteen, with opportunities for
extras in each piece.
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BOOKS AND RESOURCES
takes a crash course in romantic chemistry. At
the firm of Gimble, Gamble and Gumble, our
Secret of Success is ..."If We Can't Beat ‘Em,
You Bet We'll Cheat ‘Em!" This collection of
ten-minute plays is a great choice for nights of
one acts, scene studies, and competitions! It
may only take two to tango, but it takes three
to make a scene!
COLLECTED OBSESSIONS
Book: $10.95 (Perfect-bound) • Script: $8.50
(Saddle-stitched) • Notebook Script: $16.75 •
First Performance Royalty: $65.00 | BY
PATRICK GABRIDGE
This evening of short
plays
by
awardwinning
playwright
Patrick
Gabridge
presents
a
captivating mix of
comedy and drama.
Each of the eight
short plays features
an array of lovable
lunatics
whose
fixations
include
numbers, the rapture,
a co-worker, lovers,
spiders, silence, an extinct bird, and the act of
writing. Whether their journeys end in laughter
or tears, these characters pursue their desires
with singular focus and intensity.
With a flexible cast size ranging from 4-20
and offering fun roles with a variety of
challenges, this collection of obsessive scripts
can satisfy the needs of almost any theatre
group. An absolute delight for audiences.
Titles include: Insomnia, Crowded Heart, The
Sky is Falling, Quiet, Den of Iniquity, The
Invisible Husband, Confirmed Sighting, and
Measuring Matthew.
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FUTURE TRANSMISSIONS:
EIGHT SCI-FI COMEDIES
Book: $9.95 (perfect-bound) • Script: $7.50 •
Notebook Script: $16.75 • First Performance
Royalty: $65.00 | BY MIKE MCCAFFERTY
An evening of eight
science
fiction
comedies
that
combines
the
uniquely weird with
the
incredibly
awesome!
These
character-driven
shorts challenge the
assumptions that scifi is too expensive to
stage and/or all about
“spaceships
and
laser guns.” In Boom!, three scientists try to
deactivate a real “time bomb” that keeps
blowing them up over and over again. In the
wry Fabulous Facesucker, everyone in the
future gets their face sucked off, but no one
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ever asks why. Our Darkest Hour is a chilling
tale of Earth's first contact with aliens with a
unique twist at the end. The comically
touching The Spark Between Us is about
companionship in the distant future. And The
Nacho Effect is an outrageous look at the
choices we make and the nachos we eat. This
collection of short plays uses minimal props
and sets, and focuses on the characters and
their interactions. Beam Future Transmission
up, and bring new worlds to your stage!
SCENES & MONOLOGUES
100 GREAT MONOLOGS
This collection of performance scripts runs the
entire gamut of teenage joys, insecurities and
tragic difficulties. They challenge both the
performer and the audience with situations
that require thinking to resolve. They are
superb
for
classroom
use,
contest
competitions, discussion-starters or audition
scripts. The book is divided into three
sections:
TRIOLOGUES
-separate
monologues for three performers speaking
viewpoints on a single theme; DUOLOGUES
-- monologues for two performers on a theme;
MONOLOGUES -- one-person commentaries
on a wide variety of subjects, happy and sad.
All of the monologues are non-theatrical in
style -- they speak as teenagers live and
move.
101 MONOLOGUES FOR
MIDDLE SCHOOL ACTORS
This theatre book is a
sequel collection of
winning monologues
in the style and
format of 100 Great
Monologs by the
same
author.
Rebecca
Young
knows how middle
schoolers think and
act - and what they
like to talk about!
These monologues,
duologues and triologues may be used for
auditions,
classroom
assignments
or
discussion starters. With such a wide variety
of topics there is a monologue to fit any
student's personality or preference. Star
quality every one!
102 GREAT MONOLOGUES
This is a sequel
collection of winning
monologues in the
style and format of
100 Great Monologs
by the same author.
Rebecca
Young
knows
how
teenagers think and
act - and what they
like to talk about.
These monologues
and duologues may
be used for auditions,
class assignments or contest competitions.
With such a wide variety of topics, there is a
monologue to fit any student's personality. All
of the monologues are non-theatrical in style they speak as teenagers live. Easy to stage.
102 MONOLOGUES FOR
Rebecca Young knows how middle-schoolers
think and act and what they like to talk about!
These monologues may be used for
auditions, class assignments, or discussion
starters. With such a wide variety of topics,
there is a monologue to fit any student's
personality or preference. These characters
speak as teenagers live. Easy to stage.
Sample monologues include: Bieber Fever,
Devil Cat, Ban on Homework, Bed Bugs,
Eighteen = Forever, Holey Moley, Always a
Follower, Negative Nelly, Food Fight Fun,
People Watching, Ban on Soda, The QB with
BO, and many more.
103 MONOLOGUES FOR
Another great collection of monologues in the
style of 102 Monologues for Middle School
Actors by the same author. She knows how
middle schoolers think and act, and she
portrays their character traits in performance.
With such a wide variety of topics, there is a
monologue to fit any student’s personality or
preference. These monologues may be used
for auditions, class assignments, drama
workshops or discussion starters. The
characters speak as middle schoolers live.
Sample titles include: Princess Pampering,
Detention for This?, My Teenage Father, The
End of the World Is Not Coming, My Own
Kind of Makeup, Slumber Party Terror,
Rollerblading Rocks, Banned from TV, Wish
Obsessed, Gurgling Gut and 93 more!
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111 ONE-MINUTE
MONOLOGUES FOR TEENS BY
TEENS
Book: $12.95 | BY DEBBIE LAMEDMAN
Terrific for auditions or the classroom, these
monologues include a wide variety of
characters and situations. Teens writing for
tens help the high school actor find the right
"voice" when choosing age-appropriate
material. Any teen looking for audition
material will love this book. The short
monologues cover a range of genres from
dramatic coming-of-age pieces to sidesplitting comedy. This book provides both
boys and girls with monologues tailored to
their needs and with stories that allow them to
use their acting abilities to the fullest.
50 GREAT MONOLOGS FOR
STUDENT ACTORS
Book: $14.95 | BY BILL MAJESKI
A workbook of comedy characterizations for
students. These are professional-level
comedy monologues of three to five minutes
in length that are easily performed by high
school actors. Most of the characterizations
can be effectively performed by either gender.
The emphasis is on comedy and social satire
- nothing is sacred, yet all monologues are
within the boundaries of good taste. Great
contest material and excellent for classroom
use.
50-50 MONOLOGUES FOR
STUDENT ACTORS
STUDENT ACTORS II
Book: $16.95 | BY MARY DEPNER
A collection of comedic and dramatic
monologues with 50 monologues for boys and
50 monologues for girls.
62 COMEDY DUET SCENES
FOR TEENS
Easily staged scenes with believable teen
characters in a variety of comic situations.
ACTING SCENES AND
MONOLOGUES FOR YOUNG
WOMEN
Book: $15.95 | BY MAYA LEVY
In
this
drama
resource
book,
situations have been
fine-tuned to recreate
the
day-to-day
experiences of young
women.
This
wonderfully
diversified collection
of
monologues,
dialogues, trios, and
quartets, all of which
deal with subjects of
self-discovery, survival in the real world, and
daunting decisions, both tragic and trivial.
These sixty characterizations will make both
performers and audience laugh, cry, and
know themselves better.
ACTOR'S CHOICE: SCENES
FOR TEENS
Book: $14.95 | BY EDITED BY JASON
PIZZARELLO
Looking for the perfect scene? Actor's Choice:
Scenes for Teens is just what you need. From
hilarious comedy to cutting-edge drama, this
collection offers 40 exciting 2-person scenes
with plenty of fascinating characters for young
actors. Unlike other scene books, the source
of every scene is easily accessible -- each
play is available through the Playscripts
website, where you can read nearly the entire
published script online for free. From
classwork to competitions to auditions, this
book has you covered!
AUDITION MONOLOGUES FOR
YOUNG WOMEN
Book: $16.95 | BY EDITED BY GERALD LEE
RATLIFF
All of the auditions in this book are from
recently produced plays by Pulitzer Prizewinning, well-known and emerging new
playwrights. The selections are for actresses
fifteen to thirty years of age. They are suitable
for competitive auditions, acting exercises,
forensics, or class and studio work.
Playwrights include Pulitzer Prize winners
Paula Vogel, Suzan-Lori Parks, Tracy Letts,
John Patrick Shanley, and others. A valuable
resource for any auditioning female actor or
theatre student. Monologues are from: Doubt
by John Patrick Shanley, Phat Girls by Debbie
Lamedman, Waiting for Oprah by Mary Miller,
The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel, Coffee
Klatsch by Dori Appel, Yellow Dishes by
Jolene Goldenthal, Lives of the Great
Waitresses by Nina Shengold, Love-LiesBleeding by Don DeLillo and many more.
AUDITION MONOLOGUES FOR
YOUNG WOMEN NO. 2
RATLIFF
All of the monologues
in this book are from
recently
produced
plays
by
awardwinning, well-known
and emerging new
playwrights.
These
challenging character
studies are suitable
for
competitive
auditions, acting or
literature
classes,
forensic contests and
more. The selections are for actresses from
thirteen to thirty years of age. Individual
chapters are divided into “thematic” ages that
introduce characters at a particular event or
time in their lives. A valuable resource for any
auditioning female actor or theatre student.
BEST MONOLOGUES FROM
BEST AMERICAN SHORT
PLAYS, VOLUME ONE
Book: $19.99 | BY EDITED BY WILLIAM W.
DEMASTES
Best Monologues from Best American Short
Plays, Volume One is a must for actors of all
ages – beginners as well as seasoned
veterans – and belongs in the libraries of all
theater teachers looking for new and exciting
material for their students. The monologues in
this volume are excerpted from the
outstanding series Best American Short
Plays, an archive of works from many of the
best playwrights active today, presenting taut,
engaging single-character pieces that range
from zany comedy to poignant tales of love
and loss. Each monologue includes a short
introduction and a reference identifying where
to locate the entire play, should anyone
choose to pursue production beyond the
monologue. Long or short, serious or not, this
collection is must-have material for anyone
interested in acting. The monologues also
succeed as excellent companions for the
casual reader.
CLASSROOM SCENES AND
MONOLOGUES
Book: $16.95 | BY KENT R. BROWN
Classroom Scenes and Monologues features
over 80 challenging roles for middle-school
and high-school actors. Funny and serious,
diverse in theme and style, this anthology will
motivate actors to create provocative and
intriguing characterizations. The material
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Book: $15.95 | BY MARY DEPNER
100 Monologues for Guys and Girls
This collection of monologues is comprised of
50 monologues for girls and 50 monologues
for guys. Each set of monologues has enough
variety to challenge any skill level. The
different situations, styles, and voices make it
easy for actors to find a monologue they can
relate to. This collection is perfect for
classroom
practice,
auditions,
and
competitions. Titles for girls include: The
Runaway, The Betrayal, Love at First Sight,
Sixteen Candles, A Central Park Moon,
Talking to Myself, Our First Kiss, and more.
Titles for guys include: I Saw Everything,
Double Standard, Paranoia, Self-Fulfilling
Prophecy, The Prom or the Tires, Spring
Break, The Middle Child, and more.
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reflects the authors' intimate appreciation for
the ever-changing and sometimes chaotic
world
inhabited
by
young
minds.
Representative
titles:
Shakespeare
in
Hollywood, The Gretchen Worm, Pirate Girl,
Grilled Cheese, The Makeover, Harley's Art
Farce, Forgiving the Devil, Desert Dreams,
The Pier Group, Brain Freeze, Ripper Girl and
Phebe, Friendship and a Fat Suit. Classroom
Scenes and Monologues is equally useful as
a resource for acting auditions and duet
competitions.
COMEDY SCENES FOR
STUDENT ACTORS
Real-life,
juvenile
dilemmas for kids to
perform.
These
scenes are popular
because the actors
can
portray
characters like those
they see every day.
Sample titles from
this collection of 31
scenes
include:
Picture Day, First
Kiss, 30 Days to a
New Teen, Home Alone, Cookie Dough, Food
Fight, Barbie Girl, Texas Size Zit, Save the
Frogs, and Dreadful Dancing. All situations
are believable and easy for timid and eager
actors to perform.
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FAMOUS FANTASY
CHARACTER MONOLOGS
Starring the Not-SoWicked Witch and
more.
The
Boogeyman is afraid
of the dark! The
Tooth Fairy hates her
job!
The
Wicked
Witch isn't really so
wicked! One hundred
fantasy monologues
reveal
what
characters
like
Cinderella
and
Captain Hook might really say if given the
chance. It's fun, it's cool and it's offbeat to
portray the "other side of the story." Fifty boys
and fifty girls can choose the fantasy
character of their choice. Each monologue is
delightfully preposterous and different.
Sample monologs: Shopping-Compulsive
Cinderella, Desperate Housewife: Mrs.
Clause, The Just-As-Pretty Stepsister, and
Arachnophobic Arachnid Man.
FIFTY PROFESSIONAL SCENES
FOR STUDENT ACTORS
HOW I SURVIVED HIGH
SCHOOL
Book: $15.95 | BY GARRY MICHAEL KLUGER
A collection of short
two-person scenes.
This book is a sequel
to Kluger's Original
Audition Scenes for
Actors. It, too, is
designed
for
professional actors,
but may be used by
student
performers
who wish to work at a
professional
level.
Actors
will
find
several scenes that can superbly showcase
their acting skills. The book is divided into
three categories: Comedy, Drama, and
Monologues. Most scenes are easily
adaptable for use by male or female actors.
Emphasis is on believable characterization.
Book: $5.95 | BY MARK KREUTZER, BRETT
KINCAID, JENNIFER SWAN
Another outstanding collection of four original
monologues that make excellent contest
pieces. ELVIS LIVES by Jennifer Swan. A
humorous monologue about a young woman
with a conspiracy theory about Elvis.
TELEVISION by Brett Kincaid. A lawyer
delivers a closing argument challenging the
statement that “television is the greatest
communicator.” THE DAY I DISCOVERED
WOMEN by Mark Kreutzer. A teenager
searches for a girlfriend but finds only
eccentric girls who all wind up dead. HOW I
SURVIVED HIGH SCHOOL by Mark
Kreutzer. A typical high school senior
convinces his graduating class that he is
dying in a search for popularity.
FRACTURED FAIRY TALES FOR
STUDENT ACTORS
Book: $16.95 | BY PHYLLIS C. JOHNSON
A collection of comedic and dramatic
monologues with 50 monologues for guys and
50 monologues for girls.
Book: $17.95 | BY JAN PETERSON EWIN
A variety of fairy tale and fantasy spoofs in
two sections: short 5-minute scenes for two or
three actors and longer 10-minute scenes for
six to twenty actors.
GREAT GROUP SKITS: 50
CHARACTER-BUILDING
SCENARIOS FOR TEENS
Book: $16.95 | BY LYNN GRASBERG, GINA
OLDENBURG
Created by professionals who teach
improvisational theater, this resource for
educators provides new and creative roleplaying exercises that tackle a wide range of
topics. From small pieces for a few people to
large-scale skits that involve an entire class,
this guidebook helps educators engage with
kids and helps them engage with each other.
Rather than using line-by-line dialogue, the
skits are designed as improvisational
scenarios that give a starting point and let
kids decide where to go, enhancing their
creativity, self-reliance, and analytical skills.
Each skit is designed to be as easy to prepare
as possible and includes an estimated time,
ways to modify the skit for various age
groups, and a list of follow-up questions
designed to reinforce the lessons learned.
Also included is information on how to
facilitate skits, get kids motivated and
energized, and build trust. The skits are
divided
into
categories
that
include
imagination, teamwork, communication skills,
motivation and leadership, peer pressure and
integrity, and conflict resolution.
JUST ME: 100 MONOLOGUES
FOR TEENS
ONE ON ONE - THE BEST
MEN'S MONOLOGUES FOR THE
21ST CENTURY
Covering the best of
Broadway,
OffBroadway, regional,
and
experimental
theatre since 2000,
One
on
One
challenges actors to
explore the inner self,
develop skill and
artistry for auditions,
and
deliver
a
knockout
onstage
performance. These
monologues – sometimes comic, sometimes
serious, and often both – tackle issues
ranging
from
race,
class,
gender,
relationships and romance to coming of age,
mortality, 9/11, and the Iraq war.
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WOMEN'S MONOLOGUES FOR
THE 21ST CENTURY
Three editors, each associated with theatre,
collaborated on this book of monologues for
actresses. What they discovered, besides
bravura pieces for auditions, acting classes,
and study, was the pulse of the millennial
theatrical scene. A follow-up to the popular
previous edition from the 1990s, One on One:
The Best Women's Monologues for the 21st
Century includes the work of over 70
playwrights,
spotlighting
the
best
of
Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional, and
experimental writings since 2000. A special
introduction also explains how to choose,
practice, and perform a speech for auditions.
Comic or serious – or both – the monologues
are written for young, old, and multicultural
actors by famous names and up-and-coming
talent.
ORIGINAL MIDDLE SCHOOL
SCENES AND MONOLOGUES
Book: $14.95 | BY KENT R. BROWN
Original
Middle
School
Scenes
and
Monologues contains more than 90 roles
created especially for middle school actors.
Diverse in theme and style, these challenging
and distinctive pieces will motivate young
actors to create memorable characterizations.
This anthology is equally useful as a resource
for acting auditions and forensic competitions.
Representative titles include: The Big
Breakup, Geek Secrets, Making Up for Lost
Time, Muttface, The Watch Watcher,
Sharctoteachergator!, Don't Wanna Be a
Rock Star, and This Scene Will Destruct in
Five Seconds.
OUTSTANDING STAGE
MONOLOGUES AND SCENES
FROM THE '90S
SCENES KEEP HAPPENING
Book: $15.95 | BY MARY KRELL-OISHI
Forty-eight true-to-life
scenes for guys, girls
and mixed casts of 2
to 4 actors. Written
as teens speak with
the
drama
and
emotions
of
adolescence.
Themes
include
bullying,
dating,
driving,
clothes,
sports, sibling rivalry,
self-esteem, vanity,
jobs, sex, responsibility, drugs and many
more. Some scenes are humorous, others
serious. Excellent for classroom, contest or
stage performance.
SCENES THAT HAPPEN
Book: $15.95 | BY MARY KRELL-OISHI
Snapshot
dramatizations about
life in high school.
Thirty-four real life
scenes for guys and
girls and mixed casts
of two to four actors.
Each is suitable for
classroom or stage
performance.
Excellent
contest
scripts
because
student
actors
portray themselves in both the bearable and
impossible situations of teenage existence.
Themes include dating, growing up,
graduation,
suspension
from
school,
popularity, parents, siblings, and many more –
experiences to laugh and cry about. Scene
lengths vary from four to seven minutes each.
SHORT SCENES AND
MONOLOGUES FOR MIDDLE
SCHOOL ACTORS
Book: $14.95 | BY MARY HALL SURFACE
Eleven to fourteen-year-olds bring unrivaled
energy to the work of theater-making. They
demand dramatic material that speaks directly
to them--that captures their everyday-butgigantically-important struggles with school,
parents, and friends; that explores their
painful wrestlings with the hard knocks and
hard choices of adolescence; and that ignites
their desire to explore other places and times.
This collection of scenes and monologues,
drawn from the author's years of experience
with middle-schoolers, offers exciting and
outstanding short audition pieces that anyone
can enjoy.
SIXTY COMEDY DUET SCENES
FOR TEENS
These scenes take
place in the confines
of school and are
easily staged. The
incredibly believable
teen characters are
daring,
outlandish,
uninhibited
and
creative as they deal
with
situations
exaggerated by their
own
attitudes,
perceptions
and
actions. The scenes in this drama text focus
on subjects they know very well – dating,
appearances, egos, fads, crushes, breaking
rules, broken hearts, failing grades,
embarrassing moments and much more.
These are realistic scenes that help the teen
audience
and
performers
laugh
at
themselves. Perfect for classroom practice or
an evening of entertainment.
THE ULTIMATE MONOLOGUE
BOOK FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
ACTORS
Volume One: $12.95 (111 One-Minute
Monologues) • Volume Three: $12.95 (111
One-Minute Monologues) | BY KRISTEN
DABROWSKI, L. E. MCCULLOUGH
Volume One - Middle
school could not be
more
dramatic!
Everything is both
serious and seriously
funny at the same
time. This is the
guide
for
middle
school actors with all
the clean-your-room,
give-me-your-lunchmoney, he-doesn'tlike-me, you-pukedon-my-math-book
incidents you could hope for. Perfect for
auditions!
Volume Three - Expressly designed for
honing the interpretive skills of young actors,
this volume presents a wide range of
situations,
emotions,
and
characters
expressing the drams, doubts, joys, and
sorrows of modern adolescence. These are
fresh, realistic, and powerful audition pieces
guaranteed to make a memorable impression
at casting calls.
WINNERS COMPETITION
SERIES, VOLUME 3
Book: $14.95 | BY JANET B. MILSTEIN
Award-Winning,
60-Second
Comic
Monologues Ages 13-18
119
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
Book: $15.95 | BY STEVEN H. GALE
Professional
auditions for student
actors
Forty
selections from some
of the most important
contemporary plays
and playwrights of
the 1990's that reflect
actors' and students'
desires for pieces
that are up-to-date
and
exciting
to
perform. Playwrights
include: Albee, Fratti, Kushner, Horowitz,
Wilder, Norman, Dresser, Gurney, Rivera,
Cruz, Friel, and more. Many selections
contain strong language and adult situations
which might be objectionable to some.
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
This new series adds a cool twist to the
monologue process! Every piece was written
for a specific student in a specifically sticky
situation. In a specialized 30-day workshop,
Janet B. Milstein dared the students to laugh
at themselves by turning their anxiety into
hilarity. What it meant for them was
personalized monologues that resulted in
callbacks and awards. What it means for you
is award winning material you can relate to
and perform with confidence. So, when it
comes to choosing your audition pieces, why
settle for less than Winners!
WORDS ON A PAGE:
PERFORMERS
Book: $19.95 | BY CALI ELIZABETH MOORE,
REGINA MOORE
Eighty monologues have been designed and
collected in this book that specifically contains
relatable, current, and interesting content for
younger actors. The monologues are written
for performers between the ages of five and
18 and feature works of different lengths and
subject matter for both males and females.
Each monologue has been thoroughly tested
by young actors and used for every type of
audition from theater to film. Subtle emphasis
and directions are marked to help bring each
piece to life, but enough room is left for actors
to visualize the scene for themselves and
personalize it.
IMPROVISATION
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
DRAMA GAMES AND IMPROVS
Book: $22.95 | BY JUSTINE JONES, MARY
ANN KELLEY
Everything you need
to
teach
basic
dramatic skills using
improv games for a
semester-long
curriculum.
Select
from more than 134
games adaptable for
all ages. Within the
book's 30 units are
74 lessons covering
all elements of drama. The lessons are
structured sequentially with emphasis on
group building. The guide helps you teach
drama skills so that students are unaware
they are being taught new skills with every
lesson. Clearly the most complete and easyto-use improv book available today.
IMPROV IDEAS: A BOOK OF
GAMES AND LISTS
Book: $24.95 | BY JUSTINE JONES
This pack contains a book of games and lists
and a CD-ROM. Generating ideas from your
own improv group is always best, but when
you need a source for memory jogs and new
inspirations to keep things lively, use this
book. It includes more than seventy games
and lists along with a CD-ROM so that you
may print these lists directly onto labels or
pages for student use. Everything is in
alphabetical order for quick reference. It's all
here - the five W's and the big H (how). Three
appendixes include information about the
dramatic uses for games, national theatre
standards and other gimmicks and tools.
IMPROVE WITH IMPROV!
Book: $15.95 | BY BRIE STEWART JONES
A
guide
to
improvisation
and
character
development with a
complete
improv
curriculum
divided
into twenty classlength
workshops.
Each
workshop
contains
carefully
selected
exercises
made
to
help
students focus on
one aspect of a character’s personality.
Students learn how to create characters from
their own imaginations using solo and
ensemble pantomime, physicalization, vocal
techniques, props, and more. Many ensemble
sketches are included, along with a final
improv sketch with enough “roles” for all
members of a large class.
SO YOU THINK YOU'RE
FUNNY?
Book: $17.95 | BY IMM. GRATIFICATION
PLAYERS
Anyone can do improvisational comedy -- all
you need is a sense of humor and a touch of
fearlessness. The Immediate Gratification
Players have been improvising at Harvard
University since 1986, and in this book, they
show you how to do it, too.From honing the
skills of the craft to presenting your comedy
onstage, this book takes you through every
step of the process on your journey from
improv nobody to improv hero. Topics
discussed include mastering an improv scene,
nailing an audition, and, eventually, storming
the stage. You will even learn how to make an
improv troupe from scratch.The Immediate
Gratification Players have created the only
book about improvisational comedy aimed
directly at students -- written from a students'
perspective. The book also features a
foreword by comedian Sarah Haskins and an
afterword by writer/director Nicholas Stoller,
both graduates of the troupe.With a hilarious
outlook and a treasure trove of tips and
techniques, this book will make you laugh as
much as you learn. So give improv a try -- no
experience necessary.
SPONTANEOUS
PERFORMANCE
Book: $15.95 | BY MARSH GARY CASSADY
Over 300 improv exercises and theatre
games to develop creative abilities and acting
skills.
Improvisational
theatre
involves
students immediately without having to
audition or learn lines and blocking. Instead
they learn to watch, listen, and think on their
feet. Improv is also a good way to develop
confidence, to build characters, and to
understand the various aspects of acting and
drama. Many different types of improvs are
presented in this theatre text, ranging from the
serious to the hilarious. All are easily
producible, requiring only simple sets and
props. Includes exercises leading to widely
varied subjects and genres of improvisation,
from scenes dealing with youth problems to
situation comedy.
THE ULTIMATE IMPROV BOOK
Book: $17.95 | BY EDWARD J.
NEVRAUMONT, NICHOLAS P. HANSON,
KURT SMEATON
A complete guide to
comedy
improvisation
showing the who,
what, when, why, and
how
of
comedy
improvisation in four
sections.
The
introduction explains
what improvisation is
and how to create an
improv
team.
Improvisational skills
shows some basic
rules,
physicalization,
characterization,
teamwork, etc. Structuring describes who,
what, and how to make improvisational
structures, and Strategies gives tips for
evaluating a show. Also provides tools to
create new improvisational games.
THEATRE GAMES
112 ACTING GAMES
Book: $19.95 | BY GAVIN LEVY
Compiled and edited
by Gavin Levy. A
comprehensive
workbook of theatre
games. There are
more than a hundred
performance-tested
theatre games in this
unusually
comprehensive
collection, compiled
after
more
than
fifteen
years
of
workshops and study sessions. Included are a
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wide range of proven activities to assist in
teaching specialized acting skills. The book is
divided into twenty sections, including Body
Awareness,
Memorization,
Ensemble,
Improvisation, Action and Reaction, Trust,
Making Choices, and Performance. This is a
flexible workbook designed to help instructors
and participants mold and adapt many ideas
to fit their needs.
175 THEATRE GAMES
Book: $17.95 | BY NANCY HURLEY
The games and exercises in this book are
designed to be used as warm-ups at the
beginning of a drama class. They have been
used successfully with middle school students
and they can easily be adapted for use with
younger children, older teens and adults in
various settings. The games are divided into
13 sections: Easy Reference; Clowning; Cooperation
&
Teamwork;
Focus
&
Concentration; Getting Ready; Improvisation;
Listening; Name Games; Observation;
Pantomime; Stretching & Relaxation; Stage
Movement; Voice. The games have been
adapted from many books, workshops and
standard group activities. This is a
comprehensive collection of tested games
and exercises. A great addition to your library.
275 ACTING GAMES:
CONNECTED
ACTING GAMES FOR
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMERS
is a “doing” book which challenges the actor
with every exercise.
Twenty-one chapters of superb theatre text
that is both functional and inspirational.
DRAMA GAMES AND ACTING
EXERCISES
Book: $17.95 | BY ROD MARTIN
Body movement, gesture, voice and
interaction are all essential parts of this large
selection of games and exercises. Within its
twelve chapters are games for getting
acquainted, over fifty games on how to warm
up the actor’s tools, and over sixty games and
exercises for improvisation and public
speaking. Also included are over forty
monologues and poems for dramatic
presentation together with more than ten
plays and scenes. This total drama book tells
about how to assess dramatic performances
and covers all drama terms and the essentials
about a career in theatre. Each unit can stand
alone. Enough resource material for several
semesters of study. A must resource book for
every drama library.
MIDDLE MANIA!
Book: $19.95 | BY MAUREEN BRADY
JOHNSON
This book is written for middle school
environments, but the ideas could easily be
transformed for high school or elementary
schools as well. The chapters consist of
seven different activities: Bag of Puppets;
Mask Movement; Solving A Mystery: Clan
Drama; Giant Puppet Show; "Musical Chairs";
Rock 'n' Roll Playwriting; and Community
Building Days. Each promote involvement
from all students. Johnson also provides
curriculum summaries, assignment sheets,
and reflections.
MORE THEATRE GAMES FOR
YOUNG PERFORMERS
Book: $17.95 | BY SUZI ZIMMERMAN
By popular demand, we offer this follow-up
book of theatre games specifically written for
teachers and directors who coach adolescent
actors. This delightfully refreshing workbook
tells you how, when, what and why of theatre
games for young performers. Starter scenes
allow first-time performers to ease onto the
stage in baby steps. Spontaneity is
encouraged along with etiquette and basic
acting principles. The concept of pantomime,
improvisation, character development, voice
and body control are all presented in game
format with exercises. Anyone working with
young actors in schools, drama camps or
workshops will find this book extremely
helpful.
THEATRE GAMES AND
ACTIVITIES
Book: $17.95 | BY LYNDA A. TOPPER
How can a teacher without theatrical
experience teach a course in theatre arts?
How can a teacher inspire self-conscious
students to perform before an audience? This
book of activities is designed to build
confidence in each student with nonthreatening evaluations along the way. This
drama text begins with basic group games
and gradually expands to more challenging
exercises. Emphasis on group and individual
activity
build
verbal
and
non-verbal
communication skills.
THEATRE GAMES AND BEYOND
Book: $17.95 | BY AMIEL SCHOTZ
A
teacher’s
handbook of over
140 theatre games
designed to stimulate
creativity in students
of all ages. More than
just games, the book
is bursting with lively
ideas to make a class
or
workshop
a
memorable
experience.
The
games progress from
Orientation (“Face to
Face,” “You and Me”) and Trust (“Catch Me
Falling”) to more advanced games that
develop the senses, coordination, interaction,
sensitivity, communication, and spontaneity. A
section on characters and stories builds
improvisational acting skills. All of the
essential elements of acting and character
development
are
explored.
Sample
workshops provide a guide for using the
games. Twelve units: Group Orientation;
Trust; Warming-up; Developing the Senses;
Coordination and Interaction; Cooperation;
Reality; Sensitivity and Communication;
Transformation; Discovery and Spontaneity;
Characters and Stories; Drawing to Music;
Creative Quotations.
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With
almost
300
performance-tested
acting games, this is
the largest collection
published to date
compiled
from
numerous workshops
and study sessions.
The book includes a
wide
variety
of
proven activities for
learning, acting and
theatre-industry
skills. The book is divided into 33 sections
including: Audition, Concentration and Focus,
Voice, Ensemble, Action and Reaction,
Improvisation, Knowing Your Objective,
Performance, Thinking Outside the Box,
Spatial
Awareness,
Nonverbal
Communication, Making Choices, Releasing
Inhibitions, The Physical Actor and many
more. This is an adaptable workbook
designed to connect the learning of acting
skills with professional auditions and the
theatre industry.
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
A student actor or professional performer will
use this drama book again and again for
exercises designed to enhance acting skills. It
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THEATRE GAMES FOR YOUNG
PERFORMERS
DANCE PRODUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT
INTRODUCTION TO MODERN
DANCE TECHNIQUES
Book: $17.95 | BY MARIA C. NOVELLY
This book was written
especially for those
who
work
with
adolescent
actors
and
young
performers
on
projects theatrical in
nature.
This
delightfully
fresh
workbook tells you
the how, when, what,
and why of theatre
games for young
performers. Anyone working with young
actors in schools, community theatres, or
recreational centers understands all too well
the challenges this presents facilitators. They
will find this book exceptionally helpful.
Included in this text are the basic building
blocks of pantomime, improvisations, voice
control, monologues, and dialogues. And are
all presented in easy and fun game formats
with exercises and worksheets for simplistic
organization. The especially helpful index lists
plays under such categories as "no
preparation," "noisy rehearsal," "beginner
level," and more!
Book: $24.95 | BY HEATHER TROMMERBEARDSLEE
The choreography of
impresarios, revealed
everything from early
conceptual
work
through performance
and
touring
are
covered in this howto book for dance
management.
Dancers will create a
fictional
company
and follow it through
a myriad of steps and
complexities necessary for a successful
production and troupe. After establishing a
mission statement; holding auditions; and
considering the specific needs of music,
sound, lighting, costuming, and make up, the
manual provides would-be dance directors
with basic theater terminology and the skills
needed when planning marketing and public
relations campaigns.
Book: $34.95 | BY JOSHUA LEGG
Bringing together all of the major modern
dance techniques from the last 80 years, this
engaging account is the first of its kind. The
informative discussion starts by mapping the
historical development of modern dance: in
the late 19th century, a new dance emerged
—not yet known as modern dance—that
rejected social strictures and ballet as well.
With insight into the personalities and
purposes of modern dance’s vanguard—
including Martha Graham, Lester Horton,
José Limón, and Merce Cunningham—this
compilation provides a comparative approach
that will enable students to discern which
technique best suits them and dispel the idea
that there is a single, universal modern dance
technique. There are also ideas for
experimentation so that students can begin
developing an aesthetic sense for not only
what is pleasing to their artistic eye, but also
for what technical ideas are exciting while
their own body is in motion. Sample lessons
are included for teachers to incorporate the
text into courses.
STAGE MOVEMENT
CREATIVE MOVEMENT AND
DANCE
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
Book: $19.95 | BY MARIA ELENA GARCIA,
PATRIZIA MACAGNO, MARCIA PLEVIN
An instrumental tool
for both educators
and dancers, this
book
presents
creative movement
as a new dance
discipline that has the
aim
to
develop,
through the means of
improvisation,
the
body's
expressive
and
creative
potentials. The first
two parts of the book analyze the theoretical
and practical fundamentals of the GarcìaPlevin new method as well as the most
important didactic applications. The third
section explains the value of the method and
concerns the training of dancers and
teachers.
This
method
particularly
emphasizes
the
ability
to
reduce
psychological and technical preconditioning of
the students and helps to liberate their
imagination and sensitivity.
GETTING YOUR KICKS!
Digital Video - DVD: $34.95 | BY ANDREA
GIBBS
A Beginner's Guide to Choreography. This
DVD is an incomparable resource for creating
an endless number of choreographic
combinations. It includes an interactive menu
of eight sections: things to consider before
getting started; laying the foundation; jumps,
turns and kicks; advanced steps; fun steps;
figuring our formations and staging; sample
combinations; and adding style. This DVD is a
must have for any budding choreographer or
director about to delve into the musical
theatre scene. Musical theatre actors also
benefit from the easy to follow steps and
choreography workbook included with this
disc. Also included is a glossary of simple
dance terms and steps. The dance steps
included in this set were chosen for flexibility
in regards to style and ability. Andrea Gibbs
has been involved in theatre all over the world
in such shows as Cats, Starlight Express, and
Crazy
for
You,
as
a
performer,
choreographer, writer, and presenter. (DVD/
Workbook Tutorial)
REFERENCE GUIDES
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF
SPEECH COMMUNICATION
Book: $19.95 | BY CAROL MARRS
"Students learn best by doing" is the essence
of this lively theatre textbook of creative
activities. Ten chapters suitable for a full
year's course in speech communication.
Involvement is essential, but these learning
experiences are such great fun that students
will want to participate. Sample activities
include rap, pantomime, charades, a game
show, Readers Theatre, TV news, a mock
trial, talk show improvisation, and dozens
more, including a "grab bag" of extra
activities. Assignment instructions and the
sign-up sheet may be reproduced. Cartoon
illustrations throughout.
THE DRAMA TEACHER'S
SURVIVAL GUIDE
Book: $22.95 | BY MARGARET F. JOHNSON
Drawn from 37 years of drama teaching
experience, this book provides step-by-step
suggestions on directing a school drama
program without mistakes, trouble, or delay.
The nineteen chapters cover everything: play
selection, tryouts, rehearsals, costuming,
props,
lighting,
publicity,
and
final
performance. Reproducible handouts and
forms are also included along with a list of
many
additional
resources.
Seasoned
directors and beginners alike will find this text
to be an invaluable aid. It will banish your
stress and guarantee your success!
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DRAMA TEACHER'S SURVIVAL
GUIDE NO. 2
Book: $19.95 | BY MARGARET F. JOHNSON
Drama teachers everywhere enjoyed Ms.
Johnson's first toolkit for the theatre arts so
much that she wrote another one! While the
first book focuses on everything about a
complete stage production, this one covers
every aspect of classroom theatre arts.
Students
will
learn
group
activities,
improvisation, technical theatre, choral
reading, mime, stage fighting and more. The
book includes a step-by-step 10-day
assignment using monologues for character
development and a unit that teaches students
how to write their own show. Examples are
provided with illustrations, photos, and proven
ideas. Reproducible forms, tests, and
handouts are also provided together with a list
of additional resources. Both beginners and
seasoned drama directors will find this book
to be an invaluable aid. As with the original
book, it will banish your stress and guarantee
your success.
MUSICAL SCENE STUDY GUIDE
- THE MUSICALS OF RODGERS
AND HAMMERSTEIN
Book: $29.99 | BY TOM BRIGGS
This guidebook features both comic and
dramatic scenes and songs from 10 R & H
musicals (Oklahoma!, Carousel, Allegro,
South Pacific, The King and I, Me and Juliet,
Flower Drum Song, The Sound of Music,
State Fair, and Cinderella) for the purpose of
musical scene study work. Each scene
includes: an introduction to the musical from
which it is taken, a description of the
characters, a note about the preceding
dramatic circumstance of the scene, dialogue,
stage directions, and piano/vocal score for the
song(s) included in the scene.
ON SINGING ONSTAGE
SONGWRITING
Book: $19.99 | BY STEPHEN CITRON
A comprehensive course for beginning and
experienced songwriters and a rich source of
new ideas, inspiration, and tricks of the trade
for those who have already achieved
professional standing. This NEW edition not
only contains all of the original volume's
cogent advice on how to write the alwayspopular genres: the country song, the ballad,
and the love song – but has been revised to
include:
- Examples of hard rock, acid, heavy metal,
bubblegum, hip-hop, salsa, rap, gangsta,
reggae, ska, soul, and many other of today's
most recorded styles
- Finding a song concept, distilling the hook,
choosing a form, adding harmony, and
selecting rhythm
- An appendix telling how to copyright,
computerize, notate, record, and sell your
song
- Full glossary of musical and songwriting
terms, an explanation of rap-speak with a
useful section on rhyme for rap songs, many
musical examples of well-known songs, and a
complete index
Unlike other books, Songwriting emphasizes
the art – without being arty – and technique of
creating a song. For the novice, Stephen
Citron goes step-by-step through the writing
of a song presupposing no prior knowledge of
notation, harmony, rhythmic values, or rhyme.
For the more experienced songwriter,
Songwriting will serve as a one-stop reference
and as an endless source of fresh ideas.
THE THEATRE AUDITION BOOK
2
RATLIFF
This sequel to the popular The Theatre
Audition Book features over 130 monologues
from classical, Shakespeare, modern, and
contemporary plays and a new chapter on
musical theatre, including commercial and film
auditions. The monologues - some taken from
non-dramatic sources like novels and poems are organized by historical times and provide
an overview of acting styles and audition
expectations for playing each time period. The
collection features well-known playwrights
including Athol Fugard, Christopher Durang,
John Patrick Shanley, Edward Albee, August
Wilson, Beth Henley, Terrence McNally, and
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INDEX BY AUTHOR
ABLEY, SEAN
BRADFORD, CHAD
EDUCATION OF ANGELS ......... 10
POLAR BEAR PRINCE .............. 93
HORROR HIGH ........................ 101
BEANSTALK TO BROADWAY .. 93
LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN ...... 22
DOWNS, WILLIAM MISSOURI
ONCE UPON A PIRATE ............ 41
BRADFORD, WADE
LIGHT BOOTH) ............................ 7
88
AKERS, TOM
CONFLICT .................................. 37
TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS AND
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ... 98
TEENAGE QUILT ....................... 90
CSI - NEVERLAND .................... 18
CERV, ANN
KILLER REVIEWS ...................... 42
CSI - WONDERLAND ................ 25
BROWNSTONE 213 .................. 90
GENRE ....................................... 38
CICCOTELLI, ROBERTO F.
THERE'S A MURDER ................ 11
GREATEST PLAY EVER
WRITTEN ................................... 28
FIFTEEN MINUTE MINIMUM ..... 34
MY DAILY LIFE .......................... 90
ANDERSON, DORIS
WALK IN MY SHOES ................. 90
ARNOLD, WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE IN SHAMBLES 38
DRUCE, MICHAEL
WRITE ME A MURDER ............. 43
THROUGH THE MIRROR .......... 89
DUDLEY, ANTON
WALTZ OF THE RED
MOONBEAM .............................. 89
QUEEN OF POP ........................ 42
LINT! THE MUSICAL .................. 85
BEAST ........................................ 94
ATKINS, GREG
SNOW WHITE IN THE '70S ....... 23
CLARK, RENEE
BECOMING JULIET ................... 32
FLORENCE, DAVID AND ART .. 20
STRANGERS ............................. 41
BRAVE BUCKAROO .................. 88
EMPEROR EXPOSED ............... 28
TWIN DESPERADOS ................ 32
BROWN, BETH MARTIN
HOORAY FOR JUSTICE! .......... 93
THAT SIXTIES PROM ................ 33
AUDEN, SCOTT
LITTLE WITCH OF WICHITA ..... 84
COHEN, GARY
YOUR MURDER? ...................... 28
RELUCTANT DRAGON ............. 86
DYER, DEAN
LINT! THE MUSICAL .................. 85
BRYANT, LAURIE
AUSTIN, MURRAY
CRAMALOT ................................ 30
COLLEARY, R. J.
HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY .... 25
MARTIANS OVER BROOKLYN . 33
CANNIBALS ................................. 8
BUCHANAN, MATT
COLLIN, MARTIN R.
LITTLE WOMEN ......................... 21
GIRL ........................................... 16
BUMGARNER, BURTON
MISTAKE .................................... 34
PARLOR GAMES ......................... 9
ALICE IN WONDERLAND URBAN EDITION ....................... 44
CELLO ........................................ 47
SKIP TRIP SASSY ..................... 36
HIGH SCHOOL ELECTION ....... 28
BARON, MARK
BARTON, TAMMY
ADVENTURES OF ALICE IN
WONDERLAND .......................... 95
CHRISTMAS CAROL ............... 101
GRITS AND GRAVY .................. 29
MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S TEXASSIZE NIGHTMARE ..................... 32
CONANT, JAMES SPICER
LOVE! AT THE CAFE! ................ 87
NO BODY LIKE JIMMY .............. 13
COOK, CATHERINE
EPONINE ................................... 34
TOO ............................................ 50
BERG, MAUREEN KANE
BURRUTO, CHRISTOPHER
(ALMOST) GOT IT MADE .......... 84
PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT,
EBENEZER (OR, YOU'LL
SOON BE SINGIN' A
CHRISTMAS CAROL) .............. 101
DARK AND STORMY KNIGHT .. 26
GOT IT MADE ............................ 84
DAY IN THE LIFE ....................... 24
BELICH, T. JAMES
BERG, THOMAS C.
FLUE SEASON - A COMEDY
OF HORRORS ........................... 27
GOT IT MADE ............................ 84
KNIGHT IN MY LOCKER ........... 18
BEYKE, KATELYN
ZOMBIE LOVE ........................... 25
BIGGS, KELLY
MISS-FORTUNE COOKIE ......... 29
MORIARTY'S REVENGE ........... 26
SCHOOL .................................... 30
FARMER, TAMI
SUNDAY DINNER ...................... 39
FEEHAN, BRIAN
HEAD GAMES ............................ 34
OUT OF GOLD ........................... 34
FERRIER, ABBEY
SLAUGHTERHOUSE JIVE ........ 36
FISHER, WILLIAM D.
ELUSIVE BACHELOR ................ 12
GREAT CAESAR'S GHOST ....... 14
HERE COME THE BRIDES ....... 13
FOLLOSE, MARTIN
COOK, PAT
CAUGHT IN THE ACT ............... 24
HAND ME THE SHOVEL ........... 27
FIRST ANNUAL BOUGHS OF
HOLLY COUNTRY CLUB
CHRISTMAS ............................ 100
HIT THE ROAD, JACK ............... 13
LOST CITY OF THE NUNUS ..... 23
MY SON THE ROCK .................. 31
MY SON THE ROCK - MUSICAL 88
PIRATE ISLAND ......................... 21
PIRATE ISLAND-THE MUSICAL 87
PRINCESS KNIGHT ................... 49
UNDER THE BIG TOP ............... 24
THE WILL ................................... 25
FORD, TODD
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AND THE GIANTS FELL ............ 91
DATING PREDICAMENTS ........ 11
ONCE UPON A FAIRY TALE FULL LENGTH ........................... 29
BILLINGS, BRIAN C.
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COOK, RANDALL DAVID
YELLOW ..................................... 49
OXY-MORONS ........................... 32
THE MUSIC) ............................... 24
FRANKEL, ROBERT
AFTERMATH .............................. 89
LOCKER ..................................... 49
CROSS, STEVE
BOND, LINDA THORSEN
BUSH, DENNIS
HAUNTED HAMLET ................... 46
MISSING .................................... 19
FIVE EX-WIVES IN ICU ............. 39
ASYLUM ..................................... 40
DAVIS, JR., RICHARD
BONFANTI, CELESTE
DRIFT ......................................... 89
LOSING IT .................................. 90
MISSING - ONE ACT ................. 44
MYE AND THE SANDPEOPLE .. 92
CANANN, ALYSSA
DEMOVILLE, KEMUEL
ROBYN HOOD AND HER
MERRY WOMEN ....................... 92
DARLING, YOU SLAY ME! .......... 9
WORST PRODUCTION OF THE
SNOW QUEEN EVER ................ 31
FREDRICKSON, CHRISTY
DORF, JONATHAN
FREEDMAN, COLETTE
SUPERMODELS IN JEOPARDY 36
SERIAL KILLER BARBIE ........... 36
CARLIN, MATTHEW
DORN, PATRICK
FREIHEIT, SCOTT
ADAM'S EVE .............................. 10
MARVELOUS
YAGA .......................................... 92
CLEOPATRA AND THE SLAVE
GIRLS OF VENUS ..................... 86
PATTY'S AESOP ADVENTURE 86
BLEVINS, MICHAEL
BOOTH, ROY C.
GLOVER'S MANGE CURE
CAPER ....................................... 36
ROCKING-HORSE WINNER ..... 43
BOTTRELL, LOUISE
GLOVER'S MANGE CURE
CAPER ....................................... 36
CAPOSERRE, BILL
OF HORRORS ........................... 27
DRACULA'S BOARDING
HOUSE ....................................... 40
FARCE) ...................................... 12
SEPARATE LIVES ..................... 90
CHAOS IN CAMELOT! ............... 94
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FRONCZAK, JANICE
HALE, RUTH/NATHAN
JEFFRIES, JANE
LASSIG, DAVID
AND HUG TOO LITTLE ............. 35
GROOM SAID NO ...................... 13
LOCKED IN ................................ 40
BARELY HEIRS ........................... 8
HALL, CAROL
JEFFRIES, JIM
LEMASTER, DAVID J.
LOCKED IN ................................ 40
DID SOMEONE SAY MURDER? 22
JONES, BRET
HARDEN, VERN
THEE AND THOU ...................... 10
MURDER WITH TOMATO
SAUCE ....................................... 17
DIRTY DREDGE OF
CEDAREDGE ............................. 40
JONES, CHRISTINE
PRIME TIME SOAP OPERA
PLAY .......................................... 26
BURGERTOWN ......................... 86
VAIN AND THE HEARTLESS .... 23
JONES, KEN
LIEBMAN, STEVE
GINA AND THE PRINCE OF
MINTZ ......................................... 87
GARRITY, WHITNEY RYAN
MURDER NEXT DOOR ............. 35
PLACE CALLED CHRISTMAS . 100
GARVER, JULIET
SEVEN CHICKS ......................... 43
GOLDENTHAL, JOLENE
MODEST .................................... 17
BEAUTIFUL TRUTH ................... 37
HARDING, MARIANNE HALES
BURGERTOWN ......................... 86
GOODFELLOW, JENNY
SQUISH ...................................... 35
DEAD TO THE LAST DROP ........ 7
DR. SOONEY'S MEDICINE ....... 45
HARDING, RUSTY
FACULTY MEETING .................. 37
LOVERDE, EMMETT
GORDON, JIM
HOMER ...................................... 19
MIDDLE OF YESTERDAY ........... 8
BEAUTY, BRAINS AND
PERSONALITY ............................ 7
HARTSWICK, NATHAN
JONES, RUSSELL
BEAUTY, BRAINS, AND
PERSONALITY - ONE ACT ....... 34
DEATH BY DESSERT ................ 11
RED HERRING .......................... 39
KILLIST ....................................... 42
GREAT NURSING HOME
ESCAPE ..................................... 40
KAUFMAN, KEVIN
SANTA'S LETTERS - FULL
LENGTH ..................................... 99
SANTA'S LETTERS - ONE ACT 99
KAYE, LEON
SENSITIVITY, U.S.A. - ONE
ACT ............................................ 34
FOG ............................................ 35
GRANT, MARSHA L.
GHOST STORY ......................... 10
GREMEL, RICHARD
MEN ............................................ 95
TRUE STORIES OF THE SOCALLED BIG BAD WOLVES ...... 92
SCROOGE'S CHRISTMAS ...... 100
HAYWARD, BRADLEY
DRAMA GEEKS ......................... 42
LAUGHING STOCK ................... 43
COFFEE HOUSE ....................... 34
OPRAH MADE ME DO IT .......... 35
KELLEHER, KEVIN
DEADPAN .................................. 85
FEUDIN' OVER YONDER .......... 20
TEACHERS ON THE VERGE
OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN 43
FUSSIN' ...................................... 14
VAMP IRE .................................. 37
GREAT SMOKIES ...................... 42
HEARN, ROD
HEADIN' FOR A WEDDIN' ......... 20
HILLBILLY CHRISTMAS CAROL 97
SOON BE SINGIN' A
HILLBILLY WEDDIN' .................. 19
HILL, ANGELA
IT'S COLD IN THEM THAR
HILLS .......................................... 45
FIGHTING DEMONS .................. 90
FREAK ........................................ 91
KING, CHRISTOPHER
OH, BABY! .................................. 38
UNINVITED GHOST .................. 44
UNBEARABLE LITENESS OF
BEING TEEN ................................ 7
MOTHER IN MY HEAD - FULL
LENGTH ....................................... 7
WHO'S FEUDIN' NOW? ............. 43
HISCHAK, THOMAS
MOTHER IN MY HEAD - ONE
ACT ............................................ 35
GUADAGNOLI, TONIANN
LADIES, SIGH NO MORE .......... 12
MOTHER IN MY HEAD II ........... 36
GROOVE-A-RELLA .................... 93
ONCE UPON A GRAPEVINE .... 41
GUSTAFSON, JIM
POPULARITY ............................. 27
HOT DAMES, HOT LEAD .......... 23
HODGES, THOMAS
INVISOMERCIAL ....................... 25
SOUL SWITCHING .................... 38
LITTLE MERMAID ...................... 87
HAAN, SCOTT
HOTCHNER, STEPHEN
MISS HIGH SCHOOL U.S.A.
BEAUTY PAGEANT ................... 32
MIND OVER MATT .................... 13
CINDERGIRL ............................. 92
MIND OVER MATT - ONE ACT . 41
JABENIS, ELAINE
HAAS, CLAUDIA
PRINCESS DIANA ..................... 88
NEXT ACTOR, PLEASE! ........... 43
JACOT, MICHAL
GRETH, LE ROMA
HEADIN' FOR THE HILLS .......... 21
TOTO, TOO ................................ 41
YOU KNOW THE OLD SLAYING 8
TWELVE DANCING
PRINCESSES ............................ 94
JANOVER, CAROLINE
WORST SPELLER ..................... 90
MADRIGAL DINNER .................. 85
SO MUCH SNOW ...................... 99
TILL YOU GET TO BARABOO .. 23
LOVETT, JEFF
FRANK ....................................... 48
KENDALL, JOHN
OUR TEACHER IS AN ALIEN .... 47
FOURTH WISH .......................... 47
SELLING CHRISTMAS .............. 98
KENISTON, BOBBY
TWELVE DAZE OF
CHRISTMAS ............................ 101
GIRL I'M GONNA MARRY ......... 36
KENNEDY, PETER
ALIBIS ........................................ 10
KLITGAARD, KAMRON
CINDERSTEIN ........................... 33
SCRIPT ...................................... 38
WORST PLAY IN THE WORLD . 11
ZOMBIE WEDDING ................... 15
LOWRY, DON
DUDLEY'S DATE ....................... 45
MANIAC MANOR ....................... 45
THAT'S ACUTE BUNNY ............ 41
LYNN, ROBERT
REGIFTERS ............................... 98
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE ...... 9
MACENULTY, PAT
PUCK AND THE MUSHY,
GUSHY LOVE POTION ............. 48
MAKEDONSKY, DIMITRI
WILL ........................................... 15
TEN RULES OF INTERNET
DATING ...................................... 10
KOEPKE, ALLEN
MARTENS, ANNE COULTER
HAPPILY EVER AFTER...
(MUSICAL) ................................. 87
WHODUNIT? .............................. 46
VIRGIL'S WEDDING - THE
MUSICAL .................................... 88
MAURO, ROBERT
KONDEK, CHARLES
MAY, BOB
HOOD, OF SHERWOOD ........... 40
HAEHNEL, ALAN
JAVITCH, KAREN SOKOLOF
MINTZ ......................................... 87
ALL THE BASES ........................ 49
LOVE! AT THE CAFE! ................ 87
BEYOND TOLERANCE ............. 48
KRAY, CHARLES
PRINCESS DIANA ..................... 88
MCCAFFERTY, MIKE
NO SHOW .................................. 48
THING OF BEAUTY ..................... 8
RACHEL AND RUTHIE .............. 84
WHO'S ON ALPHA? .................. 34
LALLIS, JOHN
MCCLELLAND, CLIFF
SECRET PLACE .......................... 9
PRINCESS AND THE PIRATES 94
LARSON, TIM
TEST .......................................... 15
OMNIPOTENCE AND THE
WHEELBARROW MAN .............. 38
JEFFERY, DWAYNE
QUESTIONABLE ........................ 48
PUPPET MASTER ..................... 46
WELL WRITTEN ........................ 39
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TEST - ONE ACT ....................... 40
MUENCH, JONATHAN
REST ASSURED - ONE ACT .... 46
PENNY DREADFULS ................ 33
MCKILLIP, JEFF
JANITOR .................................... 44
SHOCK OF HIS LIFE ................. 38
MUNRO, JAMES A.
STORM ....................................... 37
PENNY DREADFULS - ONE
ACT ............................................ 47
PILL - IBUPROFEN ...................... 7
SUITABLE FOR HANGING ........ 17
OTHER NAME ............................ 24
MCPHERSON, EDDIE
ACTING CAN BE MURDER ....... 18
ALMOST TREASURE ISLAND .. 28
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
(ABRIDGED) .............................. 43
COOKING CAN BE MURDER ... 23
HOW THE OTHER HALF DIES . 22
I WAS A TEENAGE
CHAMELEON ............................. 31
THEY RUN IN OUR FAMILY ...... 26
SHOWTIME FOR OSCAR FULL LENGTH ........................... 29
PECHEY, TIMOTHY
ACT ............................................ 49
ENVELOPE PLEASE ................. 32
SHELTON, TOM
SCHOOL BUS ............................ 39
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN
INTO THE OVEN ........................ 31
NEIDERMYER, DAN
PERKINS, CHRIS
ALADDIN .................................... 93
WOLF'S TALE ............................ 84
MUNRO, JAMIE A.
PILL - IBUPROFEN ...................... 7
MUSSO, JOE
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ........ 93
POWELL, TA
SHERMAN, SANDY
SLISZ, TIM
BLESS ME, FATHER ................. 10
OF HORRORS ........................... 27
PYNN, IRENE L.
SODARO, CRAIG
VELVETEEN RABBIT ................ 93
AIN'T SHE SWEET .................... 28
MUGSY SENT ME! ...................... 9
RABUSHKA, JERRY
DEAD AND BREAKFAST ........... 12
INN ............................................. 21
FULL FRONTAL NUDITY ........... 20
DEATH BY CHOCOLATE .......... 11
FUNNY WAY OF SHOWING IT . 89
FOR BETTER OR WURST ........ 20
LENGTH ..................................... 27
PINOCCHIO ............................... 93
GENIE-OLOGY .......................... 20
HARD LUCK ............................... 29
ROBIN HOOD ............................ 12
LOTTO DATE ............................. 25
I DON'T HAVE A CLUE .............. 26
VIRGIL'S WEDDING - ONE ACT 49
SEASICK .................................... 29
SEEKING ASYLUM .................... 13
I ONLY HAVE FANGS FOR YOU 7
MUSICAL .................................... 88
TREASURE ISLAND .................. 23
TEEMING ACRES ...................... 39
CHALLENGE .............................. 30
O'CONNELL, RYAN
RICE, DONNA
TEA AND ARSENIC ................... 15
CHAOS IN CAMELOT! ............... 94
TEN LITTLE CHIPMUNKS ......... 21
RIDNER, MARCUS
SHOOFLY .................................. 48
GIFT OF THE MAGI ................... 97
ONE THAT GOT AWAY ............. 12
HEIDI .......................................... 92
VIRGIL AND THE CITY
SLICKERS .................................. 19
IF THE SLIPPER FITS ............... 94
VIRGIL WINS THE LOTTERY .... 18
VIRGIL'S CHRISTMAS CATCH 100
VIRGIL'S FAMILY REUNION ..... 24
MCVETTY, JENNIFER
GAME ......................................... 44
MEADOWS, KELLY
COUNTS .................................... 27
MERGELMAN, AUGUST
RAMONA AND JOEL ................. 26
METCALFE, FELICIA
OFF THE TRACK ....................... 16
TAKE YOUR MEDICINE ............ 15
MILLER, GREG
WHO'S YOUR MUMMY? ........... 39
MITCHELL, BRIAN
BIG FIVE-OH ................................ 8
IT'S CHRISTMAS, AGAIN .......... 97
88
OATMAN HIGH, LINDA
UNCLE CHICK'S LAST WISH .... 37
HOMER ...................................... 19
OLIVA, ANN MARIE
RIZZO, JOE
SOETAERT, MICHAEL
THE SEA .................................... 34
ON THE SAME FREQUENCY ... 39
2222: THE ZOMBIE
APOCALYPSE ........................... 28
SCHLESSER, ETHAN
ARLENE'S BEAUTY WORLD .... 14
IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND ............ 86
DEARLY UNDEPARTED ........... 19
STRANDED! ............................... 19
SCHUTZMAN, STEVEN
TALENT-TASTIC ........................ 49
OVERFIELD, RICHARD
NO CHHH-ANUKAH IN CHHHELM ............................................ 97
STACK, STEVEN
ORR, MEGAN
PARTRIDGE IN A PALM TREE . 98
OWINGS, KAREN
SEELEY, AMY
88
SHANAHAN, JOHN
THIS COULD BE MURDER ....... 26
PARTY ........................................ 41
STANCICH, C.P.
HIGHLY THEATRICAL TERMS . 46
MOSTLY MINNESOTA
CHRISTMAS .............................. 99
PATTERSON, JAY W.
BOB'S DATE .............................. 38
DOOM OF DEVILSMOOR ......... 17
SQUIRREL LAKE ......................... 9
MISSING - ONE ACT ................. 44
SHEERS, RAY
SPINSTERS OF BLACKMEAD .. 14
PATZ, NANCY
GOLD - FULL LENGTH .............. 31
MINTZ ......................................... 87
GOLD - ONE ACT ...................... 47
MOTHER KNOWS BEST ........... 46
PAYNE, RAEGAN
PATTERN IS BROKEN .............. 36
ONE TOY FOR CHRISTMAS ..... 98
THINGS UNSAID ....................... 36
BLACK HEARTS AND
BEARDED LADIES .................... 31
PUMPKIN STUFFERS ............... 97
PAYTON, DONALD
BUFFALO IN SHEEP'S
CLOTHING ................................. 45
DADDY'S GIRL .......................... 16
SAGEBRUSH SIDEKICKS ......... 42
ALL IS CALM .............................. 98
SECRET PLACE .......................... 9
BOARDING HOUSE REACH ..... 22
SHERLOCK HOLMES IN
NEVER NEVER LAND ............... 48
DEADLY ERNEST ...................... 18
DATING ...................................... 10
MOYER, GEFF
DRAFT BOARD - ONE ACT ....... 35
STOCKING STUFFERS ............. 99
DESPERATE AMBROSE ........... 14
FINDERS CREEPERS ............... 18
MRAZ, CASEY
FRENCH TOAST ........................ 37
ROSARIO AND THE BULL ........ 92
MUGGSY'S MERRY
CHRISTMAS .............................. 97
MRAZ, DAVID
NEARLY BELOVED ................... 16
REST ASSURED ........................ 16
WATSON'S BODY ..................... 14
STANSEL, IAN
STAPP, GARY RAY
FOR THE LOVE OF LUCY FULL LENGTH ........................... 33
FASHIONABLY LATE ................ 17
FOR THE LOVE OF LUCY ONE ACT .................................... 46
UPS 'N' DOWNS OF ROLLIN'
HILLS .......................................... 22
TOLLS - FULL LENGTH ............. 30
STRAWN, JAMEY
TOLLS - ONE ACT ..................... 44
HOME TO ROOST ..................... 44
HOODWINKED AND
HOODOOED .............................. 25
TROUBLE WITH CATS .............. 15
BURGERTOWN ......................... 86
STUMP, CRAIG W.
CINDERELLA ............................. 94
HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE
DAME ......................................... 30
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THOMPSON, LORRAINE
ORIGINAL CAST ........................ 36
30 MINUTES .............................. 43
THOMPSON, MATT
LITTLE MERMAID ...................... 87
WHO'S ON ALPHA? .................. 34
TISSOT, JOHN
WHEN COWS FLY ..................... 14
TOFFENETTI, LAURA
CLIQUES AND CAFETERIAS .... 50
MYSTERIOUS ART OF
ADVERTISING ........................... 47
SCOTTISH PLAY ....................... 44
SERVICE .................................... 35
TAMING OF THE SHREW SHAKESPEARE IN 30
MINUTES ................................... 48
TOWN COUNCIL ....................... 46
WING, ROBERT
FRIED DOUGH GIRL ................. 89
MIZZY'S DRAMATIC LEAD ........ 41
TEENAGE NIGHTMARE ............ 49
RACHAEL CORY ....................... 89
TONGUE, DONALD
ROMEO AND JULIET - SIX
VERY BUSY DAYS .................... 36
FISHBOWL ................................. 38
SCHOOL PORTRAIT
MONOLOGUES ......................... 37
WOEBBEKING, LAURA
MIND BOGGLING ...................... 30
TRUELOVE, GAYANN
WRIGHT, JULIANNA
WONDERLAND .......................... 95
TOWER ...................................... 92
TUCKER, DAVE
FIGMENT ................................... 35
YANCEY, DWAYNE
FRUITCAKE ............................... 98
ZACHARY, SAUL
GLASS ........................................ 35
VANCE, ALASKA REECE
CHASING CHARMING ............... 95
VERRILLI, SHERI FLANNERY
NEVERLAND CHRISTMAS
CAROL ..................................... 101
VILLA, CHRISTOPHER
VORNHOLT, JOHN
YOUR GUESTS ARE GHOSTS . 24
WALTON, BRADLEY
BLOODY ATTACK OF THE
PUPPET ..................................... 21
HIGHER POWER ....................... 29
HOW TO SURVIVE ACTING IN
A BAD PLAY WITHOUT BEING
TRAUMATIZED FOR LIFE ......... 44
WE'RE NOT MAKING THIS
PLAY UP AS WE GO HONEST! .................................... 40
WEHRLI, MICHAEL
CHRISTMAS CHAOS - FULL
LENGTH ................................... 100
CHRISTMAS CHAOS - ONE
ACT .......................................... 100
WHITE, FRED
CHESS MESS ............................ 48
WILLIAMS, CARL
ACCUSED OF COMEDY ........... 35
WILLIS, MIKE
BRIDGE WATCHER ................... 89
LAST TRIP ................................. 35
30 MINUTES .............................. 47
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
- SHAKESPEARE IN 30
MINUTES ................................... 46
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'TIS NOT ME SHE LOVES ......... 67
ACTING BOOK ......................... 103
ACTING CAN BE MURDER ....... 18
[PG] ............................................ 62
ACTING FOR LIFE ................... 103
AUDITION MONOLOGUES
FOR YOUNG WOMEN NO. 2 .. 117
BRIDGE WATCHER ................... 89
1-800 .......................................... 51
ACTING GAMES FOR
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMERS ... 121
AVALANCHE .............................. 51
BRIEF ARGUMENT OF TIME .... 63
B-I-N-G...OH! .............................. 51
BRIEF PAUSE ............................ 52
BACKSTAGE FORMS .............. 105
BROADWAY COSTUMES ON
A BUDGET ............................... 105
10,000 CIGARETTES ................. 63
100 DUET SCENES FOR
TEENS ...................................... 107
100 GREAT MONOLOGS ........ 116
ACTING IN SHAKESPEARE .... 111
ACTING SCENES AND
WOMEN ................................... 117
AUDITION MONOLOGUES
FOR YOUNG WOMEN ............. 117
BACKSTAGE HANDBOOK ...... 105
BAGEL CLUB ............................. 63
100 GREAT PLAYS FOR
WOMEN ................................... 103
ACTOR'S CHOICE: SCENES
FOR TEENS ............................. 117
BALD AND THE BEAUTIFUL ..... 70
101 MONOLOGUES FOR
MIDDLE SCHOOL ACTORS .... 116
ADAM'S EVE .............................. 10
BANK WITHDRAWAL
SYMPTOMS ............................... 67
102 GREAT MONOLOGUES ... 116
ADDIE AND ME .......................... 69
BARBIE AND KEN ..................... 51
BOY BOOK ................................. 52
BRAVE BUCKAROO .................. 88
BROWNSTONE 213 .................. 90
BUFFALO IN SHEEP'S
CLOTHING ................................. 45
BURGERTOWN ......................... 86
BYTE ME .................................... 52
CALL GIRL OF VASSAR ............ 65
WONDERLAND .......................... 95
BARELY HEIRS ........................... 8
AFTER AFTERLIFE ................... 69
BEAUTIFUL TRUTH ................... 37
AFTERLIFE ................................ 69
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ........ 93
111 ONE-MINUTE
MONOLOGUES FOR TEENS
BY TEENS ................................ 117
AFTERMATH .............................. 89
BEAUTY, BRAINS AND
PERSONALITY ............................ 7
AL LITERATION, PRIVATE EYE 83
BEAUTY, BRAINS, AND
PERSONALITY - ONE ACT ....... 34
CAUGHT IN THE ACT ............... 24
112 ACTING GAMES ............... 120
12 PLAYS OF CHRISTMAS ..... 112
AL LITERATION, PRIVATE EYE:
THE CASE OF BLUE BOY ......... 83
BECAUSE THE WORLD NEEDS
UNICORNS ................................ 59
CEMETERY VANDALISM .......... 70
ALADDIN .................................... 93
BECOMING JULIET ................... 32
ALIBIS ........................................ 10
BEIN' CRAZY ............................. 70
ALICE IN WONDERLAND URBAN EDITION ....................... 44
BEIN' CRAZY: A COLLECTION
OF TEN-MINUTE
MONOLOGUES ....................... 112
102 MONOLOGUES FOR
103 MONOLOGUES FOR
175 THEATRE GAMES ............ 121
1ST FLOOR, 2ND FLOOR ......... 51
2013: THE BEST MEN'S
STAGE MONOLOGUES .......... 107
2013: THE BEST TEN-MINUTE
PLAYS ...................................... 107
AIN'T SHE SWEET .................... 28
ALL IN A DAY'S WORK ............. 63
CAMPAIGN PROMISES ............ 70
CANNIBALS ................................. 8
CASUALTIES ............................. 70
CATHARSIS ............................... 52
CELEBRITY ................................ 67
CHAOS IN CAMELOT! ............... 94
CHASING CHARMING ............... 95
CHEERING MY WAY INTO
COLLEGE ................................... 70
CHEERLEADER MEETS THE
GOTH ......................................... 71
2013: THE BEST WOMEN'S
STAGE MONOLOGUES .......... 107
ALL IS CALM .............................. 98
BEST AMERICAN SHORT
PLAYS 2008-2009 .................... 112
ALL NATURAL ADDICTION ....... 69
BEST ESCAPE ........................... 51
CHESS MESS ............................ 48
2222: THE ZOMBIE
APOCALYPSE ........................... 28
ALL SHE CAN EAT .................... 69
BEST MONOLOGUES FROM
BEST AMERICAN SHORT
PLAYS, VOLUME ONE ............ 117
CHEW ON THIS: A
COLLECTION OF TENMINUTE DUETS ....................... 113
BEST THANKSGIVING EVER ... 70
CHICKEN SCRATCH ................. 52
HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY .... 25
CHOICES ................................... 59
BETTER LIVING THROUGH
REINCARNATION ...................... 52
CHRISTMAS CHAOS - FULL
LENGTH ................................... 100
BEYOND TOLERANCE ............. 48
CHRISTMAS CHAOS - ONE
ACT .......................................... 100
275 ACTING GAMES:
CONNECTED ........................... 121
GOLD - FULL LENGTH .............. 31
3 AM WAKE-UP CALL ............... 59
GOLD - ONE ACT ...................... 47
ACTORS ................................... 112
ALL THE BASES ........................ 49
ACTORS ................................... 112
AMANDA .................................... 69
ALMOST TREASURE ISLAND .. 28
CHEMICAL GIRLS ..................... 71
30 TEN MINUTE PLAYS FOR
4, 5, AND 6 ACTORS ............... 112
AMAZING DORIS MAPLES ....... 69
AMAZING GRACE ..................... 69
BIG BOOK OF AUDITION
MONOLOGUES ....................... 113
33 SHORT COMEDY PLAYS
FOR TEENS ............................. 112
THE MUSIC) ............................... 24
BIG C .......................................... 70
CHRISTMAS CHAOS - TEN
MINUTE PLAY ............................ 97
368 FRIENDS ............................. 69
BIG FIVE-OH ................................ 8
CINDERELLA ............................. 94
AMERICAN THEATRE BOOK
OF MONOLOGUES FOR MEN 107
BIG PICTURE ............................. 70
CINDERGIRL ............................. 92
CINDERSTEIN ........................... 33
42ND ANNUAL PIE-RATING
CONVENTION ............................ 67
50 GREAT MONOLOGS FOR
STUDENT ACTORS ................. 117
AMERICAN THEATRE BOOK
OF MONOLOGUES FOR
WOMEN ................................... 107
BIG SHOW, TINY BUDGET
(CAREER DEVELOPMENT
SERIES) ................................... 104
STUDENT ACTORS ................. 117
AND THE BROOM YOU RODE
IN ON .......................................... 70
STUDENT ACTORS II .............. 117
AND THE GIANTS FELL ............ 91
BITE-SIZED BARD: A
COLLECTION OF
SHAKESPEARE-THEMED
TEN-MINUTE PLAYS ............... 113
62 COMEDY DUET SCENES
FOR TEENS ............................. 117
ANTI-DEPRESSANTS ............... 51
BLACK HEARTS AND
BEARDED LADIES .................... 31
ARE YOU IN EARNEST? ........... 59
BLESS ME, FATHER ................. 10
COASTER OF DOOM ................ 63
ARLENE'S BEAUTY WORLD .... 14
BLIND DATE .............................. 70
COFFEE CRAZED CONFUSION 71
ARMOIRE FROM HELL ............. 51
BLOODY ATTACK OF THE
PUPPET ..................................... 21
COFFEE HOUSE ....................... 34
BLOOM ....................................... 52
COLLEGE APPLICANT FROM
MARS ......................................... 71
88 KEYS ..................................... 69
ABANDONED ............................. 51
ABANDONING TAYLOR ............ 66
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO ........ 51
ACCENTS, INC. ......................... 69
ANSWERING ............................. 69
ART IMITATES LIFE .................. 63
ART OF ACTING...AND HOW
TO MASTER IT ........................ 103
ACCEPTANCE ........................... 69
AS SEEN ON TV ........................ 70
ACCUMULATING CATS ............ 69
ASHES ....................................... 70
ACCUSED OF COMEDY ........... 35
ASSAULT TOAST ...................... 51
ACT AND REACT ..................... 112
ASYLUM ..................................... 40
ACTING - ADVANCED
TECHNIQUES FOR THE
BLUE FOOD ............................. 113
BOARDING HOUSE REACH ..... 22
CLASS WEREWOLF .................. 52
CLASSROOM SCENES AND
MONOLOGUES ....................... 117
CLEARANCE RACK ................... 71
CLEOPATRA AND THE SLAVE
GIRLS OF VENUS ..................... 86
CLIQUES AND CAFETERIAS .... 50
COLLECTED OBSESSIONS ... 116
COLLEGE INTERVIEW .............. 71
BOB'S DATE .............................. 38
COMEDY SCENES FOR
STUDENT ACTORS ................. 118
BOND THEY SHARED ............... 59
COMING ATTRACTIONS .......... 66
BOXED IN .................................. 63
COMMITTEE .............................. 64
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COMPLETE BOOK OF
SPEECH COMMUNICATION ... 122
DIRTY DREDGE OF
CEDAREDGE ............................. 40
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
(ABRIDGED) .............................. 43
DISCORD ................................... 63
COMPLETE VOICE AND
SPEECH WORKOUT: 75
EXERCISES FOR
CLASSROOM AND STUDIO
USE .......................................... 109
DO'S AND DON'TS OF DRAMA
CONFESSIONS OF A
FACEBOOK ADDICT ................. 52
CONFLICT .................................. 37
CONFRONTATION .................... 52
DITZIES ...................................... 52
109
DOGMAN ................................... 72
DON'T BE SO HARD ON YOUR
SHELF ........................................ 53
DON'T PLAY GAMES WITH ME 64
HAND ME THE SHOVEL ........... 27
FACULTY MEETING .................. 37
FRECKLE MUSIC ...................... 53
FAIRLY TOLD TALES .............. 113
FRENCH TOAST ........................ 37
FAIRY TALES AND LIES ........... 73
FRIED DOUGH GIRL ................. 89
FALLING (AND NOT GETTING
UP) ............................................. 73
FROM FINGERS TO
FEATHERS ................................ 73
FAMILY SECRETS ..................... 59
FRUIT SKINS ............................. 64
FAMOUS FANTASY
CHARACTER MONOLOGS ..... 118
FRUITCAKE ............................... 98
FAMOUS LAST WORDS ......... 113
FARE RIDE ................................ 53
FASHIONABLY LATE ................ 17
FULL FRONTAL NUDITY ........... 20
FUNNY BUSINESS .................. 108
FUNNY WAY OF SHOWING IT . 89
FURIOUS ................................... 54
FAT CANS .................................. 53
COOKING CAN BE MURDER ... 23
DOZEN RAW EGGS AT THE
AIRPORT .................................... 59
FELICIA ...................................... 73
FUTURE TRANSMISSIONS:
EIGHT SCI-FI COMEDIES ....... 116
COOKING ON THE STREET ..... 71
FEUDIN' OVER YONDER .......... 20
GARAGE SALE .......................... 65
COSMETOLOGY CLASS ........... 71
DRACULA'S BOARDING
HOUSE ....................................... 40
FUSSIN' ...................................... 14
GARDEN VARIETY .................... 60
DRAFT BOARD .......................... 53
FIFTEEN MINUTE MINIMUM ..... 34
DRAFT BOARD - ONE ACT ....... 35
FIFTY PROFESSIONAL
SCENES FOR STUDENT
ACTORS ................................... 118
COSTUMES, ACCESSORIES,
PROPS, AND STAGE
ILLUSIONS MADE EASY ......... 105
COUNTING TO THREE ............. 71
COYOTE KILLER ....................... 71
DRAMA GAMES AND ACTING
EXERCISES ............................. 121
GEEK FIGHT .............................. 73
GENESIS .................................... 60
GENIE-OLOGY .......................... 20
GENRE ....................................... 38
DRAMA GAMES AND
IMPROVS ................................. 120
FIGHTING DEMONS .................. 90
FIGMENT ................................... 35
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S
HALLUCINATION ....................... 73
DRAMA GEEKS ......................... 42
FINDERS CREEPERS ............... 18
GET IN THE ACT! .................... 108
FINE ART ................................... 53
GET YOUR STUPID ON ............ 74
CREATE YOUR OWN
CUSTOM ANTHOLOGY .......... 108
DRAMA PROJECTS FOR THE
MIDDLE SCHOOL
CLASSROOM ........................... 109
FINISHING SCHOOL ................. 73
GETTING YOUR KICKS! ......... 122
DRAMA TEACHER'S
SURVIVAL GUIDE ................... 122
CRITIC'S CARNIVAL .................. 71
DRAMA TEACHER'S
SURVIVAL GUIDE NO. 2 ......... 123
FIRST ANNUAL BOUGHS OF
HOLLY COUNTRY CLUB
CHRISTMAS ............................ 100
GHOST STORY ......................... 10
CREATIVE MOVEMENT AND
DANCE ..................................... 122
CP I LOVE U .............................. 52
CRACKING WISE WITH BILLY
WISE .......................................... 63
CRAMALOT ................................ 30
CRUNCH TIME .......................... 63
CSI - NEVERLAND .................... 18
CSI - WONDERLAND ................ 25
GIFT OF THE MAGI ................... 97
FIRST IMPRESSIONS ............... 59
MINTZ ......................................... 87
DRIFT ......................................... 89
FISH ........................................... 53
GIRL I'M GONNA MARRY ......... 36
DRINKING DOWN COOL .......... 72
FISHBOWL ................................. 38
GIRLS NIGHT OUT .................... 64
GLASS ........................................ 35
DRIVER'S ED. ............................ 53
FIVE EX-WIVES IN ICU ............. 39
OTHER NAME ............................ 24
DRIVING LESSONS ................... 72
GLOVER'S MANGE CURE
CAPER ....................................... 36
DADDY'S GIRL .......................... 16
DUCK BLIND .............................. 72
FLATTENED FAUNA...STOP
AND EAT .................................... 73
DUDLEY'S DATE ....................... 45
FLIGHT ....................................... 53
GOOD SPORTS ......................... 64
DANCE IN VENICE .................... 52
GOT IT MADE ............................ 84
DANCE PRODUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT ........................ 122
DUELING DOORMEN ................ 72
FLIP SIDE ................................. 107
FLORENCE, DAVID AND ART .. 20
GRACE ....................................... 54
DARK AND STORMY KNIGHT .. 26
DVD COLLECTING ZOMBIE: AN
APOCALYPTIC STORY ............. 72
OF HORRORS ........................... 27
GRADUATION ............................ 74
DATING GAME .......................... 71
DAVID IN GOLIATH ................... 72
DAY IN THE LIFE ....................... 24
DEAD AND BREAKFAST ........... 12
DEAD TO THE LAST DROP ........ 7
DEADLY ERNEST ...................... 18
DEADPAN .................................. 85
DEARLY UNDEPARTED ........... 19
DEATH BY CHOCOLATE .......... 11
DUO! ......................................... 107
FLUTE FANTASTIC ................... 73
GRANDPA JIM IS DEAD ............ 54
EARL'S GAS .............................. 72
FOR BETTER OR WURST ........ 20
GRAPPLING WITH
GRAMMAR: A COLLECTION
OF TEN-MINUTE PLAYS ......... 114
ECSTASY ................................... 72
FOR PETE'S SAKE .................... 53
GRAVESIDE MANNERS ............ 54
EDUCATION OF ANGELS ......... 10
FOR THE LOVE OF LUCY FULL LENGTH ........................... 33
GREAT CAESAR'S GHOST ....... 14
DWARF IN TIGHTS: (FAILED)
HARBINGER OF DOOM ............ 72
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM:
HOW I GOT A DATE WITH THE
ZOOKEEPER’S DAUGHTER ..... 72
ELEVENTH MINUTE .................. 53
ELUSIVE BACHELOR ................ 12
EMPEROR EXPOSED ............... 28
END OF THE LINE ..................... 53
FOG ............................................ 35
FOR THE LOVE OF LUCY ONE ACT .................................... 46
FOR WHO THE BELL, LIKE,
TOLLS ........................................ 73
TOLLS - FULL LENGTH ............. 30
GREAT GROUP SKITS: 50
CHARACTER-BUILDING
SCENARIOS FOR TEENS ....... 118
GREAT IRONY HEIST ............... 60
GREAT NURSING HOME
ESCAPE ..................................... 40
GREAT SMOKIES ...................... 42
TOLLS - ONE ACT ..................... 44
GREATEST PLAY EVER
WRITTEN ................................... 28
EPONINE ................................... 34
FORCE AND JEDI LOATHING
OUTSIDE OF LAS VEGAS ........ 59
GREEN EGGS AND HAMLET ... 68
EVERYTHING ABOUT
THEATRE (TEACHER'S
GUIDE) ..................................... 109
FORENSICS NIGHTMARE ........ 73
FOURTH WISH .......................... 47
DESIGNATED DRIVER .............. 72
EVERYTHING ABOUT
THEATRE! ................................ 109
DESPERATE AMBROSE ........... 14
EVIL WITCH, BIG CITY .............. 73
FRACTURED FAIRY TALES
FOR STUDENT ACTORS ........ 118
DID SOMEONE SAY MURDER? 22
FACTS OF LIFE, A
REAPPRAISAL ........................... 59
FRANK ....................................... 48
GROOVE-A-RELLA .................... 93
FREAK ........................................ 91
GUILT ......................................... 74
DEATH BY DESSERT ................ 11
DEATH OF A SNOWMAN .......... 96
DEBT .......................................... 72
GIRL ........................................... 16
DELPHINIUM MANSION ............ 52
DIRK, THE ANGRY SCOTSMAN 72
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ENVELOPE PLEASE ................. 32
FOREVER, OK ........................... 73
GRIEF STRUCK ......................... 74
GRIME DOESN'T PAY ............... 74
GRIP OF STEEL ........................ 74
GRITS AND GRAVY .................. 29
GROOM SAID NO ...................... 13
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GUMBALL .................................. 74
HABITUAL INSOMNIAC ............. 74
HAMLET WITH EXTRA
CHEESE ..................................... 21
HANDBOOK OF SET DESIGN 105
HANDBOOK OF STAGE
LIGHTING ................................. 105
HOW I GOT MY
SUPERPOWERS ....................... 75
HOW I MET YOUR SANTA ........ 96
HOW I SURVIVED HIGH
SCHOOL .................................. 118
HOW THE OTHER HALF DIES . 22
HOW TO BE THE PERFECT
PARENT ..................................... 75
IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND ............ 86
LUNCH DATE ............................. 55
IT'S CHRISTMAS, AGAIN .......... 97
30 MINUTES .............................. 47
IT'S COLD IN THEM THAR
HILLS .......................................... 45
MACBETH MIXED UP ................ 64
IT'S COLD OUT THERE, MAN ... 76
MADHOUSE ............................... 77
MADRIGAL DINNER .................. 85
JACOB MARLEY'S LAMENT ..... 76
MAKE YOUR SHOW A
SUCCESS ................................ 104
TEENAGE QUILT ....................... 90
JANITOR .................................... 44
MAKING STAGE PROPS ......... 106
HAPPILY EVER AFTER...
(MUSICAL) ................................. 87
HOW TO PRODUCE THE
PLAY ........................................ 105
JOGGING CAN BE MURDER: A
TEN MINUTE CRIME DRAMA ... 76
MALE SECRETARY ................... 77
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILL ........... 60
HOW TO SURVIVE ACTING IN
A BAD PLAY WITHOUT BEING
TRAUMATIZED FOR LIFE ......... 44
JOGGING WITH MY WIFE ........ 76
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ONE
ACT COMEDIES ...................... 108
MARTIANS OVER BROOKLYN . 33
HAVE A SEAT, PLEASE ............ 66
HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE
DAME ......................................... 30
JUST ME: 100 MONOLOGUES
FOR TEENS ............................. 118
HE LOVES ME ........................... 60
I DON'T HAVE A CLUE .............. 26
MARVELOUS
YAGA .......................................... 92
HE SAID, SHE SAID .................. 64
THE SEA .................................... 34
MARVIN AND JULIUS ................ 55
HE SAID, SHE SAID: TENMINUTE PLAYS FOR FOUR,
FIVE AND SIX ACTORS .......... 114
I GOT A BALLOON ANIMAL
FROM A CLOWN AT A FAST
FOOD RESTAURANT...NOW
WHAT? ....................................... 75
KILLIST ....................................... 42
MASTERING MATH: A
COLLECTION OF 5 TENMINUTE MATH PLAYS ............ 114
HEAD GAMES ............................ 34
I HATE PIGEONS! ...................... 75
KNIGHT IN MY LOCKER ........... 18
MATERNITY MAYHEM .............. 77
HEAD OVER HEELS ................ 114
I KNEW A BOY ........................... 75
MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH 77
HEADIN' FOR A WEDDIN' ......... 20
I LIKE ART .................................. 54
KNIGHTS ARE ALWAYS
BETTER ..................................... 76
HEADIN' FOR THE HILLS .......... 21
I MIGHT BE DANGEROUS ........ 75
LIGHT BOOTH) ............................ 7
I ONLY HAVE FANGS FOR YOU 7
HANG UPS ................................. 74
HANK CINQUE ........................... 67
HARD LUCK ............................... 29
HAUNTED HAMLET ................... 46
HEALTHY GUY .......................... 74
HEIDI .......................................... 92
HERE COME THE BRIDES ....... 13
HIGH SCHOOL ELECTION ....... 28
HIGH-SCHOOLER'S GUIDE TO
THE PERFECT PROM ............... 74
HIGHER POWER ....................... 29
HIGHLY THEATRICAL TERMS . 46
HILLBILLY CHRISTMAS CAROL 97
HILLBILLY WEDDIN' .................. 19
HISTORY OF TELEVISION,
CONDENSED ............................. 54
HIT THE ROAD, JACK ............... 13
HO HO HO ................................. 96
HOLE IN THE WALL .................. 64
HOLIDAY ICON
MONOLOGUES, PART I ............ 96
HOLIDAY ICON
MONOLOGUES, PART II ........... 96
HOLLY VS RANDALL WARS ..... 74
HOME TO ROOST ..................... 44
HOMECOMING QUEEN ............ 74
HOOD, OF SHERWOOD ........... 40
HOODWINKED AND
HOODOOED .............................. 25
HOORAY FOR JUSTICE! .......... 93
HOPELESS HAMLET ................. 67
HORROR HIGH ........................ 101
88
HOT DAMES, HOT LEAD .......... 23
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A
PROBLEM .................................. 66
HOW I GOT A RHINOCEROS
INTO THE ELEVATOR AT SAKS 75
KILLER REVIEWS ...................... 42
LADIES, SIGH NO MORE .......... 12
MANIAC MANOR ....................... 45
MARRIAGE...AFTER DEATH .... 60
MEAT AND POTATOES ............ 77
MEETING WITH A MEGASTAR 77
LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF
KING HENRY THE FIFTH...
WHEEL ....................................... 67
AND HUG TOO LITTLE ............. 35
LANGUAGE OF A DREAM ........ 76
MIDDLE MANIA! ....................... 121
I WON A GIANT INFLATABLE
BANANA AT THE STATE
FAIR...NOW WHAT? .................. 75
LAST OF THE LOTTO LAITY .... 76
MIDDLE OF YESTERDAY ........... 8
LAST OF THE TANNENBAUMS 96
GAME ......................................... 44
I'LL ALWAYS KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE ................................... 75
LAST PROMISE ......................... 76
I'M JUST DIGGING A HOLE IN
THE WOODS AT 2 A.M. NO
REASON. WHY DO YOU ASK? . 54
LAUGHING STOCK ................... 43
LEDGE ....................................... 54
MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S TEXASSIZE NIGHTMARE ..................... 32
I'M NOT OKAY ........................... 75
LESLIE AND THE BOYS ............ 60
MIND BOGGLING ...................... 30
I'M STUCK IN A ROUND OF
SERIOUS DRAMATIC
INTERPRETATION AND I
REALLY HAVE TO PEE ............. 75
THE WILL ................................... 25
MIND OVER MATT .................... 13
I WAS A TEENAGE
CHAMELEON ............................. 31
LAST TRIP ................................. 35
LICKING POLLOCK ................... 54
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
- SHAKESPEARE IN 30
MINUTES ................................... 46
MIND OVER MATT - ONE ACT . 41
MISS HIGH SCHOOL U.S.A.
BEAUTY PAGEANT ................... 32
ICE CREAM FOR DINNER ........ 75
LIFE AND DEATH OF
MEGAFEM 9000 ........................ 76
IF THE SHOE FITS .................... 54
LIFESCRIPTS ............................ 76
IF THE SLIPPER FITS ............... 94
MISS WONDERLING'S
HISTORY CLASS ....................... 77
LILY ............................................ 76
IMPROV IDEAS: A BOOK OF
GAMES AND LISTS ................. 120
MISS-FORTUNE COOKIE ......... 29
LINT! THE MUSICAL .................. 85
MISSISSIPPI MIRROR ............... 77
LITTLE DEATH ........................... 64
MISTAKE .................................... 34
LITTLE MERMAID ...................... 87
MIZZY'S DRAMATIC LEAD ........ 41
LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN ...... 22
MODEL BEHAVIOR ................... 60
IN A NEW YORK MINUTE ......... 66
MODERN ROMANCE ................ 60
INFOMERCIAL ........................... 75
LITTLE WOMEN ......................... 21
INSOMNIA .................................. 54
LOCKED IN ................................ 40
MOM TOOK MY PHONE AWAY
AND I'M GOING CRAZY! ........... 77
INTRODUCTION TO MODERN
DANCE TECHNIQUES ............ 122
FARCE) ...................................... 12
MORE ONE-ACT PLAYS FOR
ACTING STUDENTS ................ 114
INTRODUCTION TO STAGE
LIGHTING ................................. 105
LONG TITLES ARE GREAT,
BUT HOW AM I GOING TO
REMEMBER IT FOR THE
FORENSICS TOURNAMENT?
OR IN SHORT-RED ................... 76
MORE SCENES FROM
SHAKESPEARE ....................... 111
INTRODUCTION TO THE ART
OF THEATRE TEACHER'S
GUIDE ...................................... 110
LOONS ....................................... 55
LOSING IT .................................. 90
MORE THEATRE GAMES FOR
YOUNG PERFORMERS .......... 121
INVISOMERCIAL ....................... 25
LOST CITY OF THE NUNUS ..... 23
MORGUE THE MERRIER .......... 42
ISOLATION BOOTH ................... 54
LOST SATELLITES .................... 60
MORIARTY'S REVENGE ........... 26
IT AIN'T NO HONEYMOON ....... 60
LOTTO DATE ............................. 25
IT JUST GOT REAL ................. 114
LOVE! AT THE CAFE! ................ 87
MOSTLY MINNESOTA
CHRISTMAS .............................. 99
IMPROVE WITH IMPROV! ....... 120
IMPROVISATIONS IN
CREATIVE DRAMA .................. 110
INTRODUCTION TO THE ART
OF THEATRE ........................... 110
MORE TEN-MINUTE PLAYS
FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
PERFORMERS ........................ 108
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MOTHER IN MY HEAD - FULL
LENGTH ....................................... 7
NO IT ISN'T ................................ 55
OXY-MORONS ........................... 32
PURG ......................................... 61
NO MORE MR. FUNNY GUY ..... 78
PARASOL UNIVERSES ............. 66
QUEEN OF POP ........................ 42
MOTHER IN MY HEAD - ONE
ACT ............................................ 35
NO SHOW .................................. 48
QUEEN OF THE WORLD .......... 80
MOTHER IN MY HEAD II ........... 36
NO THANKS, MR.
SHAKESPEARE ......................... 61
PARENTAL GUIDANCE
SUGGESTED ............................. 55
MOTHER KNOWS BEST ........... 46
PARLOR GAMES ......................... 9
NOBODY .................................... 78
PARTRIDGE IN A PALM TREE . 98
MOUSE THAT SAVED THE
WORLD ...................................... 77
NOBODY'S PERFECT ............... 55
PARTY ........................................ 55
MR. WHISKERS ......................... 77
NORMALCY ............................... 78
PARTY OF THREE .................... 65
PARTY ........................................ 41
NOT READY! .............................. 79
PASS THE SALT, PLEASE. ....... 55
OFF HAND ................................. 61
PATTERN IS BROKEN .............. 36
MT. OLYMPUS COFFEE SHOP 60
OFF THE TRACK ....................... 16
SCHOOL .................................... 30
OH, BABY! .................................. 38
PEE PIPE ................................... 79
OMNIPOTENCE AND THE
WHEELBARROW MAN .............. 38
PEE-PEE BUCKET .................... 55
MUGGSY'S MERRY
CHRISTMAS .............................. 97
MUGSY SENT ME! ...................... 9
MULTIPLE PERSONALITY
MURDER .................................... 77
INN ............................................. 21
MURDER MOST FOUL .............. 67
MURDER NEXT DOOR ............. 35
MURDER WITH TOMATO
SAUCE ....................................... 17
MUSICAL SCENE STUDY
GUIDE - THE MUSICALS OF
RODGERS AND
HAMMERSTEIN ....................... 123
MY BIG FAT GREEK DIVORCE 65
MY DAILY LIFE .......................... 90
MY FEDEX CHRISTMAS
REQUEST .................................. 96
MY FIRST ACTING BOOK:
ACTING TECHNIQUES FOR
BEGINNERS ............................ 103
ON SINGING ONSTAGE ......... 123
ON THE SAME FREQUENCY ... 39
ONCE UPON A FAIRY TALE FULL LENGTH ........................... 29
RACHEL AND RUTHIE .............. 84
RAMONA AND JOEL ................. 26
REAPER ..................................... 64
REBEL WITHOUT A CLAUS ...... 96
RED HERRING .......................... 39
REGIFTERS ............................... 98
RELISH ....................................... 56
PENNY DREADFULS - ONE
ACT ............................................ 47
REMOTELY RELATED .............. 80
PERFECT STRANGERS ........... 56
REPLAY ..................................... 56
REPO MAN VS. PANGEA GIRL 56
PIERRE LA ................................. 79
RESEARCH AT THE VIRGINIA
HYSTERICAL SOCIETY ............ 66
ONCE UPON A GRAPEVINE .... 41
PILL - IBUPROFEN ...................... 7
ONCE UPON A PIRATE ............ 41
PINOCCHIO ............................... 93
ONCE UPON A TIME: A
COLLECTION OF
FRACTURED FAIRY TALES .... 113
PIRATE ISLAND ......................... 21
ONE APPLE SHORT OF A FULL
BARREL ..................................... 66
RESPONSIBLE .......................... 80
REST ASSURED ........................ 16
REST ASSURED - ONE ACT .... 46
PIRATTITUDE ............................ 67
RESURRECTION FOR
DUMMIES ................................... 61
PLACE CALLED CHRISTMAS . 100
RETURN TO SENDER ............... 56
MISSING .................................... 19
PLAY DIRECTOR'S SURVIVAL
KIT ............................................ 104
REVENGE OF RAINBOW
SHEEP ....................................... 80
MISSING - ONE ACT ................. 44
PLAY WITH SHAKESPEARE .. 115
REVENGE OF THE COACH'S
DAUGHTER ............................... 80
MEN'S MONOLOGUES FOR
THE 21ST CENTURY .............. 118
MY LAST MONOLOGUE ........... 78
ONE THAT GOT AWAY ............. 12
MY LIFE AS AN INFOMERCIAL 78
ONE TOY FOR CHRISTMAS ..... 98
MY MOTHER'S TOUCH ............. 78
MY NAME ISN'T BRO ................ 78
ONE-ACT PLAYS FOR
ACTING STUDENTS ................ 114
MY SON THE ROCK .................. 31
ONLY VISITING ......................... 55
OOO OOO OOOOOOOO BABY
LA LA YEAH ............................... 79
SOON BE SINGIN' A
REVIVAL .................................... 80
REWRITTEN .............................. 80
PLAYWRIGHT'S NIGHTMARE .. 61
ROBIN HOOD ............................ 12
PLAYWRIGHT'S WORKBOOK 104
MEN ............................................ 95
POCKET WATCH ....................... 79
POETIC INJUSTICE ................... 79
POLAR BEAR PRINCE .............. 93
POLISHED MANICURE ............. 61
POPULAR WITH THE
TOURISTS ................................. 56
POPULARITY ............................. 27
CHALLENGE .............................. 30
ROBYN HOOD AND HER
MERRY WOMEN ....................... 92
ROCKING-HORSE WINNER ..... 43
TOTO, TOO ................................ 41
OPEN TO INTERPRETATION ... 55
POST-MORTEM ......................... 79
ROMEO AND JULIET - SIX
VERY BUSY DAYS .................... 36
OPRAH MADE ME DO IT .......... 35
POSTCARD POINTERS TO
THE PERFORMER .................. 103
ROMEO AND WHAT'S HER
NAME ......................................... 64
PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR
MUSICAL THEATRE ................ 110
ROMEO REVISED ..................... 56
MYSTERIOUS ART OF
ADVERTISING ........................... 47
ORDERS .................................... 79
NEARLY BELOVED ................... 16
ORGAN DONOR ........................ 79
NEVER CALL ME A LADY ......... 78
ORIGINAL CAST ........................ 36
NEVERLAND CHRISTMAS
CAROL ..................................... 101
ORIGINAL MIDDLE SCHOOL
SCENES AND MONOLOGUES 119
NEW DRESS .............................. 78
30 MINUTES .............................. 43
NEW MAN .................................. 78
RACHAEL CORY ....................... 89
PIECES OF LIFE ........................ 61
WOMEN'S MONOLOGUES
FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ...... 119
MYE AND THE SANDPEOPLE .. 92
QUESTIONABLE ........................ 48
ONCE UPON A FAIRY TALE ONE ACT .................................... 49
MY FORENSICS COACH IS
NOT A JELLYBEAN ................... 78
MY TRIP TO THE STATE PEN .. 78
PENNY DREADFULS ................ 33
QUESTION ................................. 65
OTHER ANIMAL RIGHT ............ 79
PREDATOR AND ALIEN VS.
RAMBO AND POWER
RANGERS 3-D, PART IV ........... 56
TOO ............................................ 50
ROPE SWINGS .......................... 56
PRIME TIME ............................... 64
ROSA'S LAMENT ....................... 80
PRIME TIME SOAP OPERA
PLAY .......................................... 26
OUR FORENSICS TEAM IS
GETTING NEW UNICORNS ...... 79
PRINCESS AND THE PIRATES 94
ROSIE, THE RETIRED
ROCKETTE ................................ 97
NEW PLAYWRIGHTS: THE
BEST PLAYS 2013 ................... 104
PRINCESS DIANA ..................... 88
ROSIE, THE TEDDY BEAR ....... 80
OUR TEACHER IS AN ALIEN .... 47
PRINCESS KNIGHT ................... 49
NEXT ACTOR, PLEASE! ........... 43
OUT OF GOLD ........................... 34
PSYCHIC HAIR HOTLINE ......... 65
ROUND TRIP TO MONTE
CARLO ....................................... 61
NEXT NEXT GENERATION ....... 61
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN
INTO THE OVEN ........................ 31
PSYCHIC HOTLINE ................... 79
ROY BOB TUTTLE'S SERMON
FOR SUCCESS .......................... 80
PUCK AND THE MUSHY,
GUSHY LOVE POTION ............. 48
RUN AWAY ................................ 80
NEW ONE-ACT PLAYS FOR
ACTING STUDENTS ................ 114
NEXT STOP! .............................. 55
NO BODY LIKE JIMMY .............. 13
NO CHHH-ANUKAH IN CHHHELM ............................................ 97
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OUT OF TIME ............................ 55
OUTSTANDING STAGE
MONOLOGUES AND SCENES
FROM THE '90S ....................... 119
PUMPKIN STUFFERS ............... 97
PUPPET MASTER ..................... 46
RUNNING ON EMPTY ............... 80
SAGEBRUSH SIDEKICKS ......... 42
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SHOWTIME FOR OSCAR FULL LENGTH ........................... 29
STAGING MUSICALS FOR
ACT ............................................ 49
STARS ........................................ 81
THANKS FOR NOTHING, ANNE
RICE ........................................... 82
STATUS UPDATE ...................... 65
THAT SIXTIES PROM ................ 33
THAT'S ACUTE BUNNY ............ 41
SILENT TREATMENT ................ 61
STEALING SAXOPHONES
FROM HOMELESS PEOPLE ..... 81
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS ........... 65
SIXTY COMEDY DUET
SCENES FOR TEENS ............. 119
STOCK SCENERY
CONSTRUCTION HANDBOOK 106
THEATRE AUDITION BOOK 2 123
SCENES KEEP HAPPENING .. 119
SKIP TRIP SASSY ..................... 36
STOCKING STUFFERS ............. 99
SCENES THAT HAPPEN ......... 119
THEATRE GAMES AND
ACTIVITIES .............................. 121
SLAUGHTERHOUSE JIVE ........ 36
STOP RAIN ................................ 57
SCHMALTZ ................................ 81
BEAST ........................................ 94
STOP REQUESTED .................. 61
SANTA'S LETTERS - FULL
LENGTH ..................................... 99
SANTA'S LETTERS - ONE ACT 99
SASSY AND THE BOSS ............ 80
SAUCY MAMASITA ................... 81
SCHOOL BUS ............................ 39
SILENT DANCER ....................... 57
SCHOOL PORTRAIT
MONOLOGUES ......................... 37
SMALL, SIMPLE KINDNESS ..... 81
SCOTTISH PLAY ....................... 44
SMITTY AT THE BAT ................. 81
SCRIPT ...................................... 38
SMOKE ....................................... 57
SCROOGE'S CHRISTMAS ...... 100
SNIFF ......................................... 81
SEASICK .................................... 29
SNOW WHITE IN THE '70S ....... 23
SECRET PLACE .......................... 9
SMELL OF SUCCESS ............... 57
STORM ....................................... 37
STRANDED! ............................... 19
STRANGERS ............................. 41
STUDY GROUP ......................... 62
SUITABLE FOR HANGING ........ 17
SUMMER EVENING .................. 57
SUNDAY DINNER ...................... 39
TEXT ON THE DRIVE HOME .... 82
THEATRE ALIVE! ..................... 115
THEATRE GAMES AND
BEYOND .................................. 121
THEATRE GAMES FOR
THEE AND THOU ...................... 10
THEORY OF LITTLE MEN ......... 62
LOCKER ..................................... 49
HOMER ...................................... 19
SEVEN CHICKS ......................... 43
SUPERMODELS IN JEOPARDY 36
SEEING IS BELIEVING .............. 61
SO MUCH SNOW ...................... 99
SUPERS ..................................... 62
SEEKING ASYLUM .................... 13
SO YOU THINK YOU'RE
FUNNY? ................................... 120
SURGEON GENERAL'S
WARNING .................................. 62
SOCKS ....................................... 57
COUNTS .................................... 27
THING OF BEAUTY ..................... 8
SWEDISH FISH .......................... 57
THINK TANK .............................. 68
TAKE A NUMBER ...................... 83
TAKE YOUR MEDICINE ............ 15
THIRTY SHORT COMEDY
PLAYS FOR TEENS ................ 115
TAKING BACK THE WORDS .... 81
THIRTY-ONE WORDS ............... 82
TALENT SHOW .......................... 81
SHOOFLY .................................. 48
SECURITY GUARD ................... 56
SELLING CHRISTMAS .............. 98
SENSE OF URGENCY .............. 81
SENSITIVITY, U.S.A. ................. 56
SENSITIVITY, U.S.A. - ONE
ACT ............................................ 34
SOFT NOISE, HARD LESSON .. 81
SOMEBODY'S BABY ................. 89
SON AND HIS FATHER ............. 57
SEPARATE LIVES ..................... 90
SONGWRITING ....................... 123
SERIAL KILLER BARBIE ........... 36
SOUL SWITCHING .................... 38
SERIAL STAR ............................ 81
SOUND AND MUSIC FOR THE
THEATRE ................................. 106
TALENT-TASTIC ........................ 49
SOY ANSWER ........................... 81
TALLEY O'MALLEY, THE
UNLUCKY LEPRECHAUN ......... 62
SERVICE .................................... 35
SHAKESPEARE ALIVE! ........... 111
SHAKESPEARE FOR
AMERICAN ACTORS AND
DIRECTORS ............................ 111
SHAKESPEARE GETS AN
M.F.A. ......................................... 56
SHAKESPEARE IN 30
MINUTES ................................. 111
SHAKESPEARE IN SHAMBLES 38
SHAKESPEARE
MEN .......................................... 111
SHAKESPEARE
WOMEN ................................... 112
MODEST .................................... 17
DOOM OF DEVILSMOOR ......... 17
COLLECTION ........................... 115
SPATS ........................................ 66
TAMING OF THE SHREW SHAKESPEARE IN 30
MINUTES ................................... 48
SPEAK WITH DISTINCTION:
THE CLASSIC SKINNER
METHOD TO SPEECH ON
THE STAGE ............................. 110
TEA AND ARSENIC ................... 15
SPEAKING OUT: AN
INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC
SPEAKING ............................... 108
TEACHING THE ACTOR
CRAFT ...................................... 111
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER
- THE MIRROR'S TALE .............. 81
SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS
FOR STAGE AND SCREEN .... 106
SPIES ......................................... 57
SPONTANEOUS
PERFORMANCE ...................... 120
SPOT .......................................... 57
TEACHERS ON THE VERGE
OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN 43
THEY DOESN'T SPEAK GOOD
ENGLISH .................................... 62
THEY RUN IN OUR FAMILY ...... 26
THEY'RE REWRITING MY LIFE 82
THINGS UNSAID ....................... 36
THIS COULD BE MURDER ....... 26
THROUGH THE MIRROR .......... 89
TICKET RIPPERS ...................... 66
TILL YOU GET TO BARABOO .. 23
TODD AND BECKY .................... 58
TOLLBOOTH .............................. 66
TORRENT .................................. 82
TOUCH IT ................................... 62
TOUGH ACTS TO FOLLOW .... 108
TECHNICAL THEATER FOR
NONTECHNICAL PEOPLE ...... 106
TOUGH AS NAILS ..................... 62
TEEMING ACRES ...................... 39
TOWER ...................................... 92
TEENAGE NIGHTMARE ............ 49
TOWN COUNCIL ....................... 46
TEMPORARY HEROES ............. 12
TOWN MEETING ....................... 41
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF
COMEDY .................................. 111
TRAPPED ................................... 58
TEN CONTEMPORARY
AFRICAN AMERICAN
DRAMAS .................................. 115
TRASH TALK ............................. 58
TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS AND
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ... 98
TRAPPED BY A STROKE .......... 82
TREASURE ISLAND .................. 23
SPINSTERS OF BLACKMEAD .. 14
SPRING ...................................... 57
SHERLOCK HOLMES IN
NEVER NEVER LAND ............... 48
SQUIRREL LAKE ......................... 9
TEN CONTEMPORARY
HISPANIC AMERICAN
DRAMAS .................................. 115
SQUISH ...................................... 35
TEN LITTLE CHIPMUNKS ......... 21
TRUCK STOP INCIDENT .......... 82
STAGE ACTING
TECHNIQUES: A PRACTICAL
GUIDE ...................................... 103
TEN MINUTES OF THE
CHEESY ACTION SHOW .......... 67
TRUE LOVE - A FARCE ............ 66
WATSON'S BODY ..................... 14
SHOCK OF HIS LIFE ................. 38
SPYING ON A BUDGET ............ 68
SHOPPING FOR MY WIFE ........ 57
STAGECRAFT 1 ...................... 106
DATING ...................................... 10
SHORT AND SWEET SKITS
FOR STUDENT ACTORS ........ 110
STAGECRAFT 1 (STUDENT
WORKBOOK) ........................... 106
SHORT HISTORY OF DATING . 64
STAGECRAFT 1 (TEACHER'S
GUIDE TO STUDENT
WORKBOOK) ........................... 106
TEN-MINUTE PLAYS FOR
MIDDLE SCHOOL
PERFORMERS ........................ 108
SHORT SCENES AND
MONOLOGUES FOR MIDDLE
SCHOOL ACTORS .................. 119
STAGING AN INTERACTIVE
MYSTERY PLAY .............................
104
TEST .......................................... 15
TEST - ONE ACT ....................... 40
TROUBLE WITH CATS .............. 15
TRUE STORIES OF THE SOCALLED BIG BAD WOLVES ...... 92
TWELVE DANCING
PRINCESSES ............................ 94
TWELVE DAZE OF
CHRISTMAS ............................ 101
TWENTY 10-MINUTE PLAYS
FOR TEENS ............................. 115
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INDEX BY TITLE
WHO'S YOUR MUMMY? ........... 39
TWO GUYS AND A BENCH ...... 58
WHODUNIT? .............................. 46
TWO THOUSAND ROSES ........ 82
WILL ........................................... 15
ULTIMATE AUDITION BOOK
SERIES .................................... 109
WILLIAM HENRY
BARTHOLOMEW SMITH,
CONSUMER ADVOCATE VS.
LOW-QUALITY PAPER TOWEL
PERFORATIONS IN AMERICA . 83
ULTIMATE IMPROV BOOK ..... 120
ULTIMATE LIVE SOUND
OPERATOR'S HANDBOOK 2ND EDITION ........................... 107
ULTIMATE MONOLOGUE
BOOK FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
ACTORS ................................... 119
UNBEARABLE LITENESS OF
BEING TEEN ................................ 7
WING AND A PRAYER .............. 83
WINNERS COMPETITION
SERIES, VOLUME 3 ................ 119
WINNING MONOLOGS FOR
YOUNG ACTORS .................... 109
WISE MEN MAKE PROVERBS . 62
UNCLE CHICK'S LAST WISH .... 37
WISPY BOY ............................... 83
UNDER THE BIG TOP ............... 24
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE ...... 9
UNINVITED GHOST .................. 44
WOLF'S TALE ............................ 84
UNLEASHED: TEN-MINUTE
PLAYS FOR THREE ACTORS 115
WORDS ON A PAGE:
PERFORMERS ........................ 120
UNPLANNED ............................. 58
UPPIES AND DOWNIES ............ 58
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH
ORANGE .................................... 68
UPS 'N' DOWNS OF ROLLIN'
HILLS .......................................... 22
WORK SUCKS ........................... 67
VAIN AND THE HEARTLESS .... 23
VAMP IRE .................................. 37
VELVETEEN RABBIT ................ 93
WORLD IS FLAT ........................ 83
WORST DATE EVER ................. 58
WORST PLAY IN THE WORLD . 11
VENT BUTTON .......................... 58
WORST POSSIBLE TIME FOR
WRITER'S BLOCK ..................... 62
VIRGIL AND THE CITY
SLICKERS .................................. 19
WORST PRODUCTION OF THE
SNOW QUEEN EVER ................ 31
VIRGIL WINS THE LOTTERY .... 18
WORST SPELLER ..................... 90
VIRGIL'S CHRISTMAS CATCH 100
YOUR MURDER? ...................... 28
VIRGIL'S FAMILY REUNION ..... 24
LENGTH ..................................... 27
WRITE ME A MURDER ............. 43
VIRGIL'S WEDDING - ONE ACT 49
YELLOW ..................................... 49
MUSICAL .................................... 88
YELLOW MARROW ................... 58
VOCAB GUY .............................. 82
CELLO ........................................ 47
VOID ........................................... 62
WRITER'S BLOCK ..................... 65
WAITING IN LINE TO SEE THE
VIRGIN MARY ............................ 58
YOU HAVE TO WEAR GREEN
ON TUESDAYS...AND OTHER
BITS OF TEENAGE WISDOM ... 45
WALK IN MY SHOES ................. 90
YOU KNOW THE OLD SLAYING 8
WALTZ OF THE RED
MOONBEAM .............................. 89
YOU NEVER SAY THE
SCOTTISH PLAY ....................... 65
WASHINGTON'S AXE ................ 58
YOU TAKE IT FROM HERE ..... 104
WATCH IT BURN ....................... 82
YOU'RE CRAZY, TAJ SAYS SO 59
WAVE IN THE OCEAN .............. 82
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS 101 .. 104
WE'RE NOT MAKING THIS
PLAY UP AS WE GO HONEST! .................................... 40
YOUR GUESTS ARE GHOSTS . 24
WELCOME TO OUR FESTIVAL 82
WELL WRITTEN ........................ 39
WHAT'S IN THE BOX? ............... 58
YOUTUBE CELEBRITY ............. 83
ZOMBIE FAMILY PICNIC ........... 65
ZOMBIE LOVE ........................... 25
ZOMBIE WEDDING ................... 15
WHEN COWS FLY ..................... 14
WHEN MATH STUDENTS GO
BAD ............................................ 82
THERE'S A MURDER ................ 11
WHITE ELEPHANT .................... 83
WHO GETS CHARLIE? ............. 62
WHO'S FEUDIN' NOW? ............. 43
WHO'S ON ALPHA? .................. 34
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