Comedy
10 minutes
1 male, 1 female, 1 either, gender flexible cast
Three people enter an elevator. The elevator stops between floors. One passenger, his/her name a mystery, takes this opportunity to hilarously torture the other passenger with a bizarre guessing game. Tensions rise as the elevator refuses to. Will everyone make it out alive? This is a perfect 10-minute one-act for festivals or competitions.Click to read a sample or order a copy!
Comedy
Short, 45-50 minutes
4 males, 4 females, more with less doubling
The identical twins Timothy and Jimothy Scrubb aren’t the smartest brothers in Virginia City – in fact they won the ‘Dumbest Twins in the Montana Territory’ contest. But when Victor Horrible (that’s ‘Horr-EE-blay’) swoops into town and begins killing off the shareholders of the Opera House in a plot to replace it with a new development, The Scrubb Brothers must use their collective smarts to save the theater and Miss Mary Sarah Sue Laura’s reputation! Click to read a sample or order a copy!
Comedy
Short, 30-45 minutes
Rose Red has just turned thirteen, and the pressure is on — what will she do to get famous like her sister, Snow White? Everyone in the kingdom, from her parents to her close friend Miss Muffet, is pressuring her to get discovered. But Rose Red doesn’t want to constantly be on the front page of the Grimm Times, even if Bo Peep, Cinderella, and Goldilocks eat up the attention. In her struggle to choose between doing what everyone else wants and forging her own path, Rose Red can’t help wondering if a girl who wants to be “just normal” can live happily ever after. Click to read a sample or order a copy!
Comedy
One-act collection, 10-60 minutes
3-13 males, 5-14 females, 9 either (36 roles, less with doubling)
Dr. Scientist hosts an evening of “What would happen if…?” experiments like “What if Cinderella was a vampire?” (Cinderella: Bloodsucker), “What if Peanut Butter never met Jelly?” (Pantry Tales: A Matter of Flavor), “What if the Three Stooges were rational people?” (Stooge Upgrade), “What if the Queen of England was a robot?” (Queen Elizabeth: The World’s Only Robot Queen!), “What if Cleopatra hosted a talk show?” (Cleopatra’s Ancient Egyptian Awesome Talk Show!) and “What if all the bicycles in Britain had square wheels?” (The Square-Wheeled Bicycles of London, England). This is a great evening of theater, OR you can break out each one-act for drama festivals and competitions! Click here to read a sample, order a copy or license the rights!!
Holiday Comedy
Full length two-act, 90 minutes
4 females, 5 males, 11-24 either, 20-33 total cast
In this hilarious holiday satire set in the near future, Sprawl-Mart, a gigantic corporation, has purchased all merchandising rights to Christmas – even Santa Claus! Determined to rebrand the holiday to ‘Spendmas,’ evil Sprawl-Mart CEO Mr. Reed must battle the young and idealistic Ann Turner, who has had enough of holidays without sentiment. But can she enlist a happily retired Santa and a bunch of disgruntled elves in her cause? With dozens of big, colorful characters of all ages, and laughs for both the kids and adults, We Wish You a Merry Spendmas! is the perfect large cast holiday comedy. Click here to read a sample, order a copy or license the rights!!
Murder Mystery Comedy
Short, 50 minutes
4-5 males, 4 females
Edgar Allan Poe’s famous short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher,” gets turned upside down in this sequel … of sorts! Far from the Gothic mood of the original story, this is a broad comedy-mystery with a little bit of the macabre thrown in for fun. Some characters from the original story, as well as a few new ones, are now trapped in a different mansion. They’ve been called together on this dark and stormy night by a mysterious host for a reading by Poe. The guests are unknown to each other, yet there must be a connection because one by one they disappear. It’s all deliciously spooky as lightning flashes, pendulums, and poisoned tea raise the play’s tension and dark humor. Actors are encouraged to break character and the fourth wall, as well as add physical bits if inspired to do so. The characters are aware that they are in a play, and can engage the audience socially when appropriate. Click to read a sample or order a copy!
Dark Comedy
Short, 45 minutes
15 cast, very gender flexible
Ray Murphy, student at Capital High School, has died. As the news sweeps across campus, suddenly the kid that no one remembers has a school full of best friends grieving his passing. THE MOST POPULAR KID IN SCHOOL examines the issues of popularity, and our tendencies toward “I knew him!” when it will benefit us the most. Click to read a sample or order a copy!
Comedy
Running Time: 50 minutes
8 females, 7 males, 1 either, 16 total cast
HORROR HIGH takes all of those horror film icons of long ago – Frankenstein, the Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon, etc. – and transforms them into high school teenagers in their senior year at Horror High School. Will Georgia the Zombie stop eating brains long enough to realize her Bigfoot boyfriend is unhappy on the football team? Will Blair the Witch be able to convince Victor Frankenstein that his monster isn’t just a bunch of used parts? Will Nosferata the Vegetarian Vampire and Larry the Wolf ever be able to convince their parents a “mixed” relationship is okay? And will Miss Medusa, the computer teacher, be able to keep her sunglasses on without turning the entire student body to stone? Sixteen classic monsters make up the faculty and student body of HORROR HIGH! Click to read a sample or order a copy!
Drama
45 minutes
11 cast, either male or female
(extras possible)
Eleven people find themselves in a room with no visible exit – no windows, no door. They have no memory of how they got there. The lights flash. One of them disappears. Why? As their numbers grow smaller, one occupant of the room rallies the group around the concept of “faith.” But faith in what? Questions mount as the numbers dwindle. Finally, a door opens. But is the end of the journey for the remaining occupants of the room…or the beginning? Click to read a sample or order a copy!
Comedy
10-Minute play collection (can be performed together as one evening of theater)
One or Two Act, 10 – 80 minutes
1-14 females, 3-18 males, 2 either
(5-30 total possible)
Was Charles Dickens really a frustrated stand-up comic? Did Rumpelstiltskin really demand a young woman’s baby as payment? Was Robin Hood really so generous with all the cash he robbed from the rich? What if Mr. Hyde was really Miss Hyde? And how did Peter Pan really feel about Wendy? These tales and more can be found in EXPOSED! EIGHT 10-MINUTE TALES ABOUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED! Written as a collection of 10-minute scenes, EXPOSED! can be performed as one evening of entertainment, or broken out into scenes perfect for drama competitions. Click to read a sample or order a copy!
“My grade 10 class had a great time producing and presenting the play, Exposed! Eight 10-Minute Scenes About What Really Happened. The flexible casting was ideal for a large class. The 10 minute scene made the rehearsal process easy to manage, and enabled each group to take responsibility for their scene. Most of the roles were reasonably challenging, with a lesser number of roles for weaker students. Overall, this was a teacher and student friendly play to produce. Our audience enjoyed it as well.
By Mary Templin, Teacher, Dr. Denison Secondary School – Newmarket, ON, Canada
