One Act Plays

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Addict Cast: Flexible cast of 11 or more Set/Time: Simple unit set /About 70 minutes This is a frightening portrayal of the horrors of drug and alcohol abuse. If you are looking for a riveting anti-drug message, the addicts in this tragedy sadly speak for themselves. More...

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Admissions Cast: 3F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Eleanor must climb an emotional ladder in order to accept her fate. The chance to relive one moment allows her to close the door on her own life, and face, with serenity, whatever comes next. More...

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Alias Smedley Pewtree or... The Villain of Glitter Gulch Cast: 4M, 5F Set/Time: One interior set /About 30 minutes Smedley Pewtree is forcing families out of Glitter Gulch. During a fierce blizzard, the town's populace crowds into a former gambling palace reputedly haunted by the spirits of long-departed miners. More...

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Alice's Wonderland Cast: 2M, 3F, plus 5 that can be either Set/Time: Interior set /About 40 minutes This frightening piece is more timely than ever. Alice's trip through Wonderland doesn't have tea parties and croquet games. It has horror, for Alice's "trip" is one induced by LSD. More...

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Alky Cast: Flexible cast of 6M, 7F, plus optional extras Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Rob is throwing a party and everyone's out for a good time. But before the party's over, someone's good time will come to an end... forever. More...

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Amelia, Once More Cast: 2M, 2F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes This gripping play examines the tension between an actress and the character she portrays. This show is ideal for a woman to showcase a broad range of acting talents. More...

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Amy Goes Army Cast: Flexible cast of 12, extras (may be all women) Set/Time: One interior set /About 30 minutes On a tour of Ft. Benedict Arnold, Amy meets her old friend, Carol. Carol, who's in basic training and still salutes with both hands, persuades scatterbrained Amy to take her place. More...

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And The Fullness Thereof Cast: 4F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 25 minutes The story concerns a mother who has given ten percent of her income to the Lord down through the years, which creates a good deal of consternation for the IRS. More...

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Angel In the Clearing Cast: 2M, 2F Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 30 minutes An angel is assigned to Earth to help people in desperate difficulties. In the closing seconds of the play it is revealed that Saint Peter is also on an earthly jaunt. More...

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Angels With Paper Wings Cast: Flexible cast of 5 Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 20 minutes The Spirits of Christmas Pageants help all realize that personal problems will disappear with the joy of sharing. More...

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Archie of the Amazon Cast: Flexible cast of 20 (roughly 8M, 12F), optional extras Set/Time: Minimal exterior set /About 40 minutes A film producer is desperately searching for an unknown to portray the lead in his next film. He's about to give up when he learns of a wild jungle man living deep within the Amazon rainforest. More...

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Attack of the Giant Grasshoppers or... Leaf Me Alone Cast: Flexible cast of 21 (roughly 6M, 15F), optional extras Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes A face cream has grasshoppers as a prime ingredient. Anyone who slaps on the goop becomes... no, it's too horrible to report! More...

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The Audition Cast: 3M, 2F Set/Time: Bare stage /About 45 minutes A dark, brooding study in obsession and revenge is carefully revealed through the device of an audition. More...

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Baby Talk Cast: 6M, 5F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 45 minutes You think baby talk is just jabber? Nine graduating high school seniors flash back in time to when they were one-year-olds at daycare. More...

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The Baddest Angel Band Cast: Flexible cast of 4 major characters, plus an ensemble of 10 to 24 extras Set/Time: Simple area settings /About 30 minutes Three teen angels are about to be expelled from Angel School. They have only one chance to redeem themselves: they must find something worth saving on the More...

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Bang! Bang! You're Dead or... What I Learned From Watching Television Cast: Flexible cast of 16 (any combination) Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 25 minutes On a bizarre TV game show, contestants get to view the tombstones and a coroner's pass on a teenage handgun victim. The message that handguns can kill is dealt with in clever fashion. More...

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Bayou Cast: 3M, 4F, plus flexible chorus of 4 or more Set/Time: Simple exterior sets /About 45 minutes Many legends persist in the bayou, but none strikes an icy chill of fear like the mention of "Le Serpent!" In this mystical play, chorus members have the opportunity to create a special atmosphere. More...

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Beast of the Baskervilles Cast: 5M, 7F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Young Sir Henry is next in line to be murdered by the hideous beast that has taken up residence in his hallway. Based on "The Hound of the Baskervilles, " this play is filled with action and jokes. More...

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The Beautiful Princess Sasha Cast: 4M, 4F, plus chorus Set/Time: No set requirements /About 45 minutes In the style of classic Japanese theatre, this is a stunning parable on the danger of beauty. More...

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Bedbugs Cast: Flexible cast of 4M, 6F, plus 5 that can be either Set/Time: Simple area staging /About 45 minutes Marie is a little girl who likes to jump on her bed, but to the bedbugs being squished underfoot, she is the wicked witch who causes earthquakes, among other natural disasters. More...

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The Beggar and the Wolf Cast: 4M, 7F, plus 5 that can be either, optional extras Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 45 minutes Based on the popular 13th century legend of St. Francis and the wolf of Gubbio, this easy-to-stage comedy is loaded with outrageous puns, slapstick humor and quirky characters. More...

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Belle of Bisbee or... Expel All Wicked Ways Cast: 4M, 7F, extras Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 1 hour Belle, the schoolmarm, is losing her home. Our hero, Tom Good, plans to win the rock-drilling contest and rescue Belle. The prize is thirty dollars and a washtub of guacamole. More...

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Bigfoot's Revenge Cast: 3M, 4F (and Bigfoot) Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 45 minutes A dishonest judge disguises his henchman as Bigfoot to scare of a widowed store owner. More...

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Bigger Than Life Cast: Flexible cast of 5-11 (minimum 1M, 4F) Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 45 minutes When P.T. Barnum arrives in town with his traveling troupe, the mayor isn't so sure Barnum's on the level. What follows is fun, as some of the best-loved characters in American folklore come to life. More...

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The Board Cast: 3M, 2F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 20 minutes In this futuristic comedy, members of a "board" attempt to deal with the complex problem of a worker with a sore toe. More...

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Briar Rose Based on the Brothers Grimm story Cast: Flexible cast of 11 (about 4M, 4F, plus 3 roles that can be either), optional extras, doubling Set/Time: Basic representational sets /About 40 minutes This clever and charming adaptation of the classic fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty is a wild, comic romp. More...

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The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky Cast: 9M, 4F Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 20 minutes When Jack Potter comes to town with his new bride, he discovers that Scratchy Wilson has been "eating bear meat" and is terrorizing the town. More...

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Cafe Murder Cast: Flexible cast of 9 (about 2M, 5F, plus 2 that can be either), extras Set/Time: One interior set /About 40 minutes Rosemary Saint-John is an annoying hypochondriac convinced she is allergic to water. When she disappears and is presumed murdered, the only objective witnesses are the audience members. More...

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Can Mrs. Claus Save Christmas? Cast: Flexible cast of 15 to 30 (3M, 4F plus 8 to 15 that can be either) Set/Time: Simple area set /About 40 minutes When villain Gil Bates, a multi-millionaire video game manufacturer, lures Santa to Hawaii, supposedly to check out a new video game, he underestimates the determination of Mrs. Claus. More...

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A Case of Cleanser Cast: 4M, 9F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Two sisters hope to solve the mystery of their grandfather's death through the use of a medium. Two bumbling mediums manage to raise not only grandfather, but also an assortment of other spirits. More...

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The Cat Princess Cast: Flexible cast of 6 Set/Time: Simple exterior sets /About 1 hour The greedy Princess Elaine wants the Witch's cat because she believes it is magic. More...

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Child Of Air Cast: 3M, 3F Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 45 minutes When the City Council decides to thin out the duck population in the local pond, three elderly persons make a sincere effort to save the ducks. More...

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A Child Went Forth Cast: 2M Set/Time: No set requirements /About 30 minutes This beautifully written play has a powerful impact. A boy understands that the scorn of an old man is a mere cover-up for the love and dependence the man feels for him. More...

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Choices Cast: 7M, 6F, extras Set/Time: Simple area staging /About 45 minutes When a girl has a difficult time dealing with her parents' divorce, a boy offers solace through his alcohol and drugs. This piece truly draws attention to the decisions facing teenagers today. More...

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The Christmas Gazebo Cast: 8M, 11F Set/Time: One exterior set/About 45 minutes One simple gesture gives Delia a change of heart as she discovers the true spirit of Christmas. More...

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Christmas Tea Cast: 1M, 2F, off-stage voice Set/Time: One simple set /About 15 minutes You're invited to a most unusual tea party. The guests are two dolls and a teddy bear. A difference of opinion almost ruins the occasion till Santa turns up and straightens things out. More...

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Cleft For Me Cast: 8M, 5F Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 30 minutes A man hears a tapping from behind a huge rock and summons help to rescue the More...

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The Clocks Cast: Flexible cast of 5 Set/Time: No set required /About 20 minutes A narrator introduces four "clocks" and records their actions from their first conformative "Tick, Tocks" to the gradual breakdown of all inhibitions in a most "clock-eyed" manner. More...

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The Clown Prince Cast: 3M, 3F Set/Time: Simple settings /About 45 minutes A prince and princess are to be married in order to save their kingdoms. To test her love, the prince takes a vow of silence to be broken only when the princess says he's the best clown in the world. More...

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Comic Book Artist Cast: Flexible cast of 15-35, optional doubling, extras Set/Time: Minimal representational sets /About 1 hour Bring the incredibly popular comic-book genre to life with this hilarious action-packed superhero saga! More...

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The Cry of Crows Cast: 3M, 4F Set/Time: Bare stage, one chair, three spotlights /About 25 minutes A young girl's life is destroyed by vicious gossip. Though there is no way for her to halt the More...

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Death at the Crossroads Cast: 4M 7F Set/Time: Simple area staging /About 30 minutes Dr. Van Helsing and Jonathan Harker follow Mina Harker, trying desperately to discover Dracula's whereabouts. A night of terror begins in which all nearly lose their lives and their souls. More...

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Diary of Adam And Eve Cast: 1M, 1F Set/Time: Minimal requirements /About 30 minutes Adam and Eve discover each other in the Garden of Eden and record their experiences on stone tablets. This play, drawn from More...

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The Diligent Daughter or... Lips That Touch Wine Cast: 3M, 3F, extras Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 45 minutes Peter With the aid of Peter Princely, Nellie and Naomi Nice find their father and the villain is foiled. Peter and Nellie fall in love and Naomi miraculously regains her sight. More...

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Double Take at Beatrice's Boardin' House or... Things Ain't Always What They Seem Cast: 3M, 4F, optional extras Set/Time: Single interior set /About 45 minutes A young, beautiful owner of a boarding house is in distress. If business doesn't pick up soon, the honorable establishment will have to close its doors forever. More...

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Cast: 3M, 4F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 40 minutes The kindly Dr. Jekyll turns himself into the hideous Mr. Hyde. Jekyll's friends cannot understand his mysterious actions until this transformation takes place before their very eyes. More...

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The Empty Chair Cast: Flexible cast of 8 (any combination) Set/Time: Simple area staging /About 30 minutes The setting is a counseling center for teenagers recovering from substance abuse. A student has just died. Accident or suicide? This work has an emotionally strong anti-drug message. More...

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Escape From Dracula's Castle Cast: 2M, 5F Set/Time: Simple area staging /About 30 minutes Jonathan Harker has been warned by Dr. Van Helsing to be wary of his trip to Transylvania to close a deal with Count Dracula. But Harker discards the warning, which nearly sends him to his death. More...

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The Eskimos Have Landed Cast: 5F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 20 minutes A group of stuffy ladies are busily discussing their concern over the arrival of a foreign car with a mysterious bumper sticker... plus the fact that Eskimos could invade them at any time. More...

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Except For John Leland Cast: Flexible cast of 12 or less Set/Time: Bare stage /About 45 minutes A crisis of 1788 becomes a current crisis as history is relived in this powerful play that has tremendous relevance to our present quest for freedom. More...

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Fairest Flower of the South or... To Know Her Is To Love Her Cast: 3M, 6F Set/Time: One interior set /About 45 minutes The disoriented Col. Culpepper fights on for the Confederacy. Meanwhile, the colonel's daughter, Aura Lee, must come up with the cash to replant the cotton crop. More...

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The Fast Runner Cast: 2M, 2F Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 20 minutes This compelling morality play projects a strong message about life and death in a most unique way. More...

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Fast Train to the Poorhouse or... Villains Have Loco Motives Cast: 4M, 9F, plus extras Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 45 minutes If only there was a way Pansy could help her friends. Our hero just may be able to save the day and win Pansy's heart... until he is found giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Candy Samples. More...

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The Fiendish Firebug Strikes Again or... There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight Cast: Flexible cast of 14 (roughly 7M, 6F, plus one dog that can be either), optional extras Set/Time: Simple set /About 1 hour Villainous, greedy Neville Ashe buys the Uneeda Shirt Factory with intentions of burning it to the ground for insurance money. However, Mr. Ashe underestimates our hero, Fire Chief Pat O'Hara. More...

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Flora, the Fur Trader's Daughter or... She Had Nothing to Hide Cast: 4M, 4F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 45 minutes Flora Walker helps her father, Jake, who operates a fur trading post in the Great Plains. All is going well until the villainous Quigley Quagmire turns up. More...

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Frankenstein Slept Here Cast: 5M, 7F Set/Time: One interior set /About 45 minutes Baroness Frankenstein has opened her castle to all those who can't cope with the outside world, including the Mummy, Invisible Man and a descendant of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. More...

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The Frog Princess Cast: Flexible cast of 13 (5M, 5F, plus 3 roles that can be either) Set/Time: Simple area staging /About 45 minutes A queen wants to turn over the throne to one of her sons. When she sends them off to find wives, one son is lead to a brave warrior. Another finds a vain woman. However, one son finds a frog! More...

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The Ghost of Christmas Presents Cast: 7M, 13F, plus optional extras (doubling possible) Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes In this sweet and warm-hearted holiday yarn, a disgruntled employee in the exchange department at a department store learns about the wonder and joy of the yuletide season. More...

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Gift of the Magi Based On The Short Story By O. Henry Cast: 1M, 1F Set/Time: One simple set /About 35 minutes Based on the short story by O. Henry, when hard times come and Christmas approaches, a couple ends up selling their most valuable possessions in order to buy the other's Christmas present. More...

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The Gift Cast: Flexible cast of 1 to 5F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Five women, in turn, come into possession of an ornately carved wooden box. How the box travels from owner to owner makes this a stunning holiday piece. More...

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The Great Denver Railroad Scam or... If Aunt May Leaves, Who'll Weed the 'Tunias? Cast: Flexible cast of 11 Set/Time: Two simple interior sets /About 1 hour Horace Horsefat attempts to play out an evil scam to steal away Mary's House of Widows, which stands on a valuable strip of land wanted by a wealthy railroad company. More...

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The Great Ice Cream Scheme or... Robin Baskins to the Rescue Cast: 6M, 5F, optional extras Set/Time: Simple sets /About 1 hour Everyone knows Pop Sicle's Ice Cream Parlor serves the best ice cream in town. When that cold-hearted villain, I.C. Custard, decides to steal Pop's recipe, things get a little sticky. More...

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Ha-Ha House Cast: 4M, 6F Set/Time: One interior set /About 40 minutes Four teenage girls are petrified when they stumble into a house in search of a phone. Take the gruesome fun of a haunted house and transform it into a play and you get Ha-Ha House! More...

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Hansel And Gretel From the classic story by The Brothers Grimm Cast: Extremely flexible cast of 18, can be more or less Set/Time: Several simple sets /About 1 hour Hansel and Gretel encounter a nasty (and hilarious) witch. Hansel is locked in a cage and fed nothing but cake. Gretel outwits the crone and sets free all children who have been turned into cookies! More...

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Happily Never After Cast: 4M, 7F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes When Sleeping Beauty will do nothing but nap and the Frog Prince refuses to give up his amphibian ways, a marriage counselor has no choice but to rewrite the endings of famous fairy tales. More...

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Hark! Harold the Angel Sings Cast: Flexible cast of 4 major characters plus an ensemble of 4 to 20 extras Set/Time: Simple area settings /About 25 minutes Bosheep, Woolworth and Lambster are three lambs with a mission: find Christmas. Harold, an angel who is trying to make a new name for herself, aids the three lost sheep in their quest. More...

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Hauncho the Hamster Cast: Flexible cast of 7 or more Set/Time: Single set /About 1 hour Young Kendall Kip, with his pet hamster, Hauncho, sets off to find his parents on a journey through the labyrinth of tunnels in Hauncho's unique habitrail. More...

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He Lured Her To The Primrose Path (But He Was Nipped in the Bud) Cast: 4M, 3F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Wiley Sidney Shift uses profits from fraudulent dealings with the cavalry to live grandly at the White Hotel in Muddy Gap where he pursues the heroine, Alice White. More...

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The Headless Horseman Rides Again Adapted from Washington Irving's classic story Cast: 5M, 6F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes This adaptation of the classic story of Washington Irving's is a charming comedy for all ages. More...

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Her Heart Belongs To Heartburn or... Unsteady Times at the Stagger Inn Cast: 2M, 4F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 15 minutes Our heroine has inherited a valuable inn. Just as the evil sheriff is preparing to force her into an unwanted marriage, she is saved by the timely arrival of Harry Heartburn. More...

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High School Dropouts from Outer Space Cast: Flexible cast of 18 (roughly 6M, 12F), optional extras Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 40 minutes Strange things are happening at the Audubon Academy. Aliens from a different planet who look like slimy caterpillars assume human pods... the bodies of teenagers! More...

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HIV Positive Cast: 4M, 5F plus 1 who can be either Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 40 minutes This one act play serves as an excellent vehicle to initiate discussion about AIDS and about living with the consequences of our actions. More...

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Ho, Ho, Tyranny Cast: Flexible cast of 4M, 6F Set/Time: Simple interior sets /About 30 minutes This play is ideal for Senior Centers or for any group wanting a light-hearted look at the trials of aging. More...

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame Goes West or... 'Oh, Bury Me Not In Old Paree' Cast: Extremely flexible cast of 21 (about 6M, 15F), optional extras Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes A drama contest is coming up and a director plans to win with his adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. More...

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I Saw Your Picture In The Paper And I Had To Call Cast: 2M, 1F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 40 minutes Craig is successful in his career. Art is depressed and cynical. When a desperate young woman needs help, Craig's true character is revealed in a dramatic confrontation. More...

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If the Shoe Fits Cast: 12M, 15F Set/Time: Single interior set /About 1 hour A prince is depressed. He's ready to go to college and study computers. (His kingdom doesn't even have a webpage.) But the tradition is that he attend a ball and choose a bride. More...

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I'll Be Cloned for Christmas Cast: Flexible cast of 8, plus an ensemble of 5 to 24, creating a variety of smaller roles Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 30 minutes Three space/time travelers experience a host of holiday adventures and come back with plans to celebrate Christmas on their own planet when they return. More...

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Illinois Jane and the Pyramid of Peril Cast: Flexible cast of 8 (about 3M, 1F plus 4 that can be either) Set/Time: Representational sets/50-60 minutes When a map to a long-lost pyramid is discovered, only the greatest adventure hero of all time can unlock its mysteries—Illinois Jane, cartographer extraordinaire! More...

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In Memoriam Cast: 4M, 2F Set/Time: Simple interior set/About 30 minutes Inspired by Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians, this fast moving murder mystery will send a chill down your spine. More...

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The Incredible Bulk at Bikini Beach Cast: 6M, 11F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes When a young man tries to make hot chocolate out of mud and 7-Up, the mixture has a weird effect. Whenever he's enraged he turns into a giant green monster. More...

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Inspector Detector and the Precious Treasure Cast: Flexible cast of 9 (4M, 5F) Set/Time: Simple interior set with small side set /About 45 minutes Filled with a parade of fun-filled characters and hearty action, audiences and actors will love helping Inspector Detector put all of the pieces together to find a precious treasure. More...

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The Inventor's Daughter Or… The Villain Made a Grab for the Lab Cast: 3M, 3F Set/Time: Single interior set /About 30 minutes A lovelorn widow is stuck with a cluttered workshop after the death of her husband, an unsuccessful inventor who left her nothing but a “talker box”—later to become the profitable walkie-talkie. More...

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The Invisible Man Cast: 6M, 9F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes In this comical spoof, a mad scientist has made himself invisible with a secret chemical and plans to conquer and rule the world. More...

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It Hardly Matters Now Cast: 1M, 2F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 20 minutes Years after two college chums make a pact that a coin flip would decide who would marry Herb, he finds out that the old story that was always joked about actually did take place. More...

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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Chickenman! Cast: 1M, 2F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 20 minutes A woman becomes frazzled when her husband, a television writer, is "living his script." He has become Chickenman, a feathered character dedicated to defeating evil in Chickencoop City. More...

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It's Bigfoot Cast: Flexible cast of 17 Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Bigfoot has come out of the wilderness to look for a mate, and he's causing havoc at the More...

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Jason's Gift Cast: 4M, 2F, (may be 3M, 3F) Set/Time: One simple set /About 30 minutes A man whose wife is about to give birth seeks shelter. Through a boy' insistence, his father allows the couple to stay in their barn where one miracle leads to another. More...

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Jessica and Jolene Cast: 3M, 7F Set/Time: Simple area staging /About 30 minutes In a last desperate and futile moment, two sisters try to save each other as they realize how tightly linked their destinies truly are. More...

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Jill and Ted's Biblical Adventures Cast: Flexible cast of 7 (5M, 2F, doubling and cross-casting possible) Set/Time: Bare stage with minimal props or simple platform s /About 30 minutes Two favorite Bible stories are given a new spin when seen through the totally awesome eyes of two More...

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The Jingle Bell Mystery Cast: 5M, 5F, 1 child Set/Time: One interior set/About 50 minutes With a message that echoes Jesus Christ’s teachings about love, peace and charity, this charming Christmas mystery is perfect for church or school functions. More...

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Jingle Bells Jury Cast: Flexible cast of about 30 (can be smaller), optional extras Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Jim has called Christmas spirit More...

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Jolly Roger Cast: 4M, 3F Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 45 minutes For years, Captain Cleverly has evaded the dreaded pirate Jolly Roger by sailing behind him. But now Jolly Roger is coming aboard Cleverly's ship. Or is it really Nate the First Mate? More...

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The Jungle Book Based on the Rudyard Kipling story Cast: Flexible cast of 5 Set/Time: No set requirements /About 40 minutes Based on the famous stories of Rudyard Kipling, this participation show will have your audience acting as silly as monkeys! More...

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Just Like Us Cast: Flexible cast of 16 Set/Time: No set requirements /About 30 minutes This play teaches about prejudice. On one side of a park live the Greens. On the other side of the park the Blues reside. Sadly, there is nothing but fear and hatred between the Greens and the Blues. More...

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Kangaroo Cast: 5M, 1F Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 30 minutes Two old duffers in Australia are much concerned over rumors of an invasion of politically motivated kangaroos, whom they blame not only for the shortage of caddies, but also for a murder. More...

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Keep the Home Fires Burning Cast: 5M, 5F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes It's a Christmas melodrama! Santa saves the day as he gives an elderly woman needed mortgage money, and the villain winds up enveloped in Reynolds Wrap... More...

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The Keeping Place Cast: 3F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 20 minutes As chilling winds and a brooding storm tear at a lonely summer cottage, the audience is asked to ponder a question... can the dead return to haunt the living? More...

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King Midas and the Golden Touch Cast: Flexible cast of 4 Set/Time: Minimal set requirements /About 30 minutes Your young audiences will help King Midas learn a valuable lesson... that gold alone isn't enough to make you happy. More...

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The Knights of the Rad Table Cast: Flexible cast of 15 to 30 Set/Time: Bare stage set /About 50 minutes Gwen's reading a book and Artie's riding around on a skateboard. Just typical American teenagers... until Merlin wakes up from a snooze to whisk them away to the days of chivalry! More...

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Laffin' School Cast: Flexible cast of 12 (approximately 4M, 7F, plus 1 or more additional characters) Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes A young substitute teacher turns up at the Little Red Schoolhouse and finds her class is comprised of the funniest pupils found anywhere. More...

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Laffin' School Reunion Cast: Flexible cast of 11 (roughly 4M,7F), plus extras Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Those hysterically funny kids we met in the enormously popular LAFFIN' SCHOOL are back. And you're invited to the reunion in this hilarious sequel. More...

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A Lass Unparalleled Adapted from Anton Chekov's Swan Song Cast: 2F Set/Time: Bare stage /About 20 minutes Adapted from Anton Chekov's Swan Song. More...

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The Last Leaf From O. Henry's short story Cast: 2M, 2F Set/Time: Single interior set /About 20 minutes From O. Henry's short story, a young artist has lost her will to live. However, a friend provides the ultimate gift and, in doing so, saves her life. More...

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Last Will and Testament Cast: 1M, 1F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 20 minutes Though unconventional, a grandfather chooses to communicate his never-spoken endearment to his only child through his last will and testament. More...

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The Least of These Cast: Flexible cast of 3 major characters Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 30 minutes Three young people experience a Christmas miracle. Their kind actions have been illustrated by the Scriptural passage, More...

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Lifeguards Cast: 3M, 2F Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 30 minutes Two young men have been given political jobs as "lifeguards" on a public beach. The tremendous impact of this play lies in the simple, penetrating comment it makes on today's political system. More...

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Lights... Camera... Christmas Cast: Flexible cast of 12 Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 20 minutes J.D. is making a Christmas film, but his performers don't understand it. When the studio boss decides to close down the film, the actors discover what J.D. has been trying to say and save the picture. More...

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The Love Life of Herbert Parkenstacker Cast: 2M, 2F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes From O. Henry's "While the Auto Waits," poor Herbert tries to persuade a rich young girl, bored by wealth and luxuries, to marry him. More...

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Lover's Leap Cast: 4M, 3F, offstage voices Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 45 minutes Janet is at the top of Lovers' Leap contemplating jumping. No one cares about her until a man arrives to show her that life can be beautiful if two "invisible" people will only notice each other. More...

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A Mall and the Night Visitor Cast: Flexible cast of 18, extras Set/Time: One simple set /About 45 minutes In a mall, " Santa"suggests disenchanted students create a special tree which will make Christmas special. More...

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Man Of The House Cast: 5M, 5F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 45 minutes When a slick, stylish safecracker breaks into the house of the vacationing Mason family, he confronts problems he never had to deal with. More...

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Mark Twain in the Garden of Eden Cast: Flexible cast of 15 Set/Time: No set required /About 30 minutes Adapted from miscellaneous Twain writings, a young Mark Twain returns to the Garden of Eden to refresh his memory on a few points. More...

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A Marriage Proposal--Western Style From Anton Chekov's Comedy Classic Cast: 1M, 2F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Adapted from Anton Chekov's short comic play, A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL, an excitable young rancher, riddled with imaginary ailments, decides it's time to marry. More...

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Marsha Based on the short novel by Chekhov Cast: 2M, 4F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 20 minutes Adapted from the novel by Anton Chekov, a young, impoverished noblewoman prefers dreams to reality. More...

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May I Have Your Attention, Please? Cast: 4M, 3F, optional extras (up to 7) Set/Time: One interior set /About 30 minutes A disturbed boy speaks to his family via videotape. When he puts a gun to his head in a highly climatic ending, the play ends, allowing discussion about teen suicide. More...

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A Memo From Jupiter Cast: 3M, 5F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Venus, Minerva and Mars have been summoned by Jupiter to discuss a crisis of Olympian proportions... Cupid wants to resign! More...

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Memorial Cast: 2M, 3F Set/Time: Bare stage /About 25 minutes In this patriotic play, a family gathers to remember Billy, who died in a war years ago. When their memories bring Billy back, it is the fallen soldier who realizes he cannot stay. More...

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A Memory Of Harold Cast: 6M, 5F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Sometimes a simple prank turns into a cruel incident. A young man, recalling his high school years, remembers a "joke" that illustrates how insensitivity can affect those around us. More...

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Metrics Can Be Fun Cast: Flexible cast of 4 Set/Time: Simple area staging /About 45 minutes This dynamic piece of theatre truly entertains while it introduces its audience to the world of metric measurement. It combines solid metric education with familiar tales and fables. More...

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The Miner's Daughter or... Evil Reaps Its Just Reward Cast: 3M, 3F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 20 minutes Sheriff Harold Strongheart is called to a gold mine to investigate a crime. With our heroine, the miner's daughter, they unearth the evidence that pins the crime on the villain. More...

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Mischief in the Magnolias or... Weed 'Em and Reap Cast: Flexible cast of 6 (4M, 2F or 3M, 3F), optional extras Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 45 minutes The ownership of a magnolia-shrouded domicile is in danger unless regularly monthly mortgage payments are resumed within twenty-four hours. This melodrama is truly a Southern (sigh)t for sore eyes! More...

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Miss Twiddle and the Devil Cast: 4M, 5F Set/Time: One interior set /About 40 minutes Miss Twiddle, an obstinate and cantankerous woman, falls in love with Lucifer. Rather than put up with her for eternity, the devil turns Miss Twiddle into a sweet, lovable person. More...

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The Missing Jesus Cast: 4M, 6F, plus 1 girl Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 25 minutes A manger scene is being set up for Christmas. Everything is finished except that the Christ child is missing. In the end, however, everyone realizes that Jesus is never really missing. More...

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A Modern Christmas Carol Cast: Flexible cast of 6-8M, 15F Set/Time: Basic area staging /About 45 minutes This heartwarming story puts a modern twist on the Dickens' traditional Christmas Carol tale, making it perfect for a young, contemporary cast. More...

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Monster Soup Cast: 3M, 5F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes The Ghoul sisters, a trio of weirdoes who believe they're ravishing beauties, are about to be evicted by the meanest man in Graveyard Corners. More...

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The Mouse And The Raven Cast: 5F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 20 minutes Three clubwomen discover that obituaries are often compiled before demise. They descend on the local newspaper office to see what's been written about them. More...

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Murder at the Banquet Cast: 4M, 4F, extras Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 40 minutes The International Association of Mystery Solvers is hosting an awards banquet for the "world's greatest detectives." When the lights go out, the banquet's host is dead. More...

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My Gypsy Robe Cast: 7F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes The Gypsy Robe, a Broadway tradition that dictates that a costume from a previous show that has been successful is passed on to a girl making her debut. More...

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My Sister, The Dragon Cast: Flexible cast of 16 Set/Time: Several simple sets /About 40 minutes When Marguerite has been transformed into a dragon, her brother must figure out what to do about his sister. More...

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The Mystery Guest Cast: 5M, 6F, 2 extras Set/Time: Simple interior sets /About 30 minutes As a woman awaits the identification of a "mystery guest," it is discovered that often "Mr. Wrong" is "Mr. Right." More...

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Next Move Cast: 2M, 3F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 20 minutes A young woman, married to an elderly deaf man, falls in love with someone else. In the end, greed and individual shortcomings destroy them all. More...

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Nobody Heard Me Cry Cast: 6M, 6F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 40 minutes A teenage boy caught in a downward spiral of depression. When an offstage gunshot traumatically concludes the play, we realize that if we hesitate before reaching out, we might be too late. More...

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Not Far from the Gioconda Tree Cast: 7F Set/Time: One simple exterior set /About 20 minutes Noblewomen from Russia have remained in Jerusalem for years, hoping that they may some day return. Years pass into decades and still a handful of women remain waiting. More...

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Not My Cup of Tea Cast: 3F Set/Time: One interior set /About 30 minutes A comedy in which every member of the cast gets murdered! A domineering woman persuades her silly sister to join her in a plot to murder their mother and what a time they have doing it! More...

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Not on this Night Cast: 2M, 1F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 40 minutes Alone on Christmas Eve, 18 year old Jacqueline is startled by the sudden appearance of two lost soldiers who confront each other in her farmhouse kitchen. More...

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Nothing Beats A Royal Flush Cast: 2M, 9F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes A king and queen are about to lose their lands to an unscrupulous arch-duke and baroness who know the castle is practically floating on a huge oil deposit. More...

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The Octogenerian Cast: 7M, 7F Set/Time: One interior set /About 45 minutes This play has a most unusual dramatic impact, in that it is written in the finest avant-garde style of today, yet makes use of the Greek chorus technique of 2,500 years ago. More...

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Oggaline and the Time Machine Cast: 2M, 9F, plus extras Set/Time: One interior set /About 30 minutes Students are transported by a time machine to the year One Million B.C. and return to the modern world bringing with them a cave girl. More...

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The Old Cookie Shop Cast: 3M, 4F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Sweet Nellie is about to lose her cookie shop to the evil banker. It's love at first sight when Harry first casts his eyes on the lovely Nellie. The cookie shop is saved and love triumphs over evil. More...

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An Orphan Betrayed Cast: 2M, 3F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Alan Regent, assistant manager of a hotel (and a psychology student), sees through a fraud and rescues Mary Morrison from life in an institution and places her within his heart. More...

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Out of the Kitchen, Mrs. Claus Cast: Flexible cast of 11 Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes When Santa throws his back out More...

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Out the Window Cast: 1M, 2F Set/Time: One simple interior set /About 20 minutes A man, wife and mother-in-law either fall, jump or are pushed out of the window. If this sounds unusual, it is. It's also a funny piece of avant-garde comedy. More...

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The Paper Bag Bandit Rides Again or... Behind the Cheap Mask Cast: Flexible cast of 20 (roughly 6M, 14F or 5M, 15F), optional extras Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes What seems to be the question on everyone's lips in the desert town of Cooked Goose? Is it, "Who is that 'Masked Man?'" Well... uh... no. It's "Who in the world is in that paper bag?! More...

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Payment For Billy Travers Cast: 7M, 2F Set/Time: Unit set /About 45 minutes The twist of fate that brought the son of a riverboat captain to assume the name of a notorious outlaw makes this play a chilling and unique experience. More...

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Peanutman A Visit From George Washington Carver Cast: Flexible cast of 3 to 5 (2M [1 african-american], 1-3F) Set/Time: No set requirement /About 45 minutes This entertaining biography emphasizes George Washington Carver's determination and curiosity while utilizing outstanding audience participation. More...

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The Perfect Night Cast: 3M, 4F Set/Time: Simple area staging /About 35 minutes This play employs flashbacks in which actors perform poignant monologues to relate past events and to describe the feelings that accompany the complex issue of teen sex. More...

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Pickin' Cast: 5M, 9F, plus 3 roles that can be either, extras Set/Time: Basic representational sets /About 30 minutes When the cheerleading squad at a high school performs a cheer that ridicules a fellow student. The student snaps under the pressure, resulting in a tragedy no one will ever forget. More...

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Plantation Malady or... Is There a Doctor in the South? Cast: 3M, 4F Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 20 minutes It's just after the Civil War. Uriah Creep (the cad) plans to take over the Follingsbee Plantation with juice from the deadly Voodoo Berry added to the Colonel's daily morning Julep. More...

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The Plight Before Christmas A Melodrama With Music Based on Characters from Dickens' Christmas Carol Cast: 4M, 3F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 1 hour This Christmas Melodrama based on the Dickens' classic story will have your audience rolling with laughter. More...

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The Plot to Assassinate the Chase Manhattan Bank Cast: 2M, 2F Set/Time: One simple interior set /About 15 minutes A poor befuddled little man enters the bank determined to hold up the bank. But how can you hold up the Chase Manhattan when everyone is a friend--and they are all trying to give you the money! More...

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Pony Expresso Or... The Villain Came to a Grinding Halt Cast: 4M, 7F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 45 minutes The Pony Expresso, a friendly establishment run by Star Bright and Aunt Dee Caff, is struggling. Their customers are buying their coffee at a lower price from the scheming Mo Cabana. More...

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The Possession of Lucy Wenstrom Cast: 3M, 4F Set/Time: Simple area staging /About 30 minutes Harker's escape from Dracula's clutches has released the greatest horror the world has ever known. Dracula goes to England, possessing the knowledge of who his next victim will be. More...

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Poultry in Motion Cast: 4M, 7F Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 35 minutes This fractured fable scrambles the stories of Chicken Little, who believes the sky is falling, and the Little Red Hen, who tries to get her friends to stop loafing around and bake some bread. More...

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The Practical Aspects of Making a President Cast: 4M, 2F Set/Time: One interior /About 45 minutes A power-outage causes panic at the White House when the President, who has been safely stored in the freezer for years, begins to defrost. More...

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The Ransom of Emily Jane Based on O. Henry's Short Story Cast: 2M, 6F Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 45 minutes Based on O. Henry's short story, Ransom of Red Chief, a town learns that rambunctious little Emily Jane Dorset has been kidnaped. They then go on to rejoice in the quiet her absence brings. More...

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Rapunzel Cast: Flexible cast of 13 to 19, optional extras Set/Time: Representational set /About 45 minutes Can Prince Llewellyn persevere over the powers of evil? Will the sages Parsley, Rosemary and Thyme be able to help? And can Rapunzel convince the witch that it's okay to be unique? More...

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Reunion On Gallows Hill Cast: 11F Set/Time: One interior set /About 30 minutes Six girls decide to spend the night on the slopes of Gallows Hill in Salem, Massachusetts, the site where nineteen condemned "witches" were hanged in the seventeenth century. More...

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Round the World Tales Adapted from Japanese, Swedish and Nicaraguan Folk Tales Cast: Flexible cast of 3-13 Set/Time: Bare stage with props /About 55 minutes Adapted from Japanese, Swedish and Nicaraguan folk tales, this entertaining cycle of three 20-minute plays from folklores around the world focuses on the important themes of generosity and greed. More...

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Rumpelstiltskin Cast: Flexible cast of 5 Set/Time: Minimal set requirements /About 40 minutes When the children enter and the show begins, they are not only entertained as an audience, but also become personally involved as they play out their various roles in this classic tale. More...

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Run to the Roundhouse, Nellie Cast: 2M, 3F Set/Time: One exterior set /About 30 minutes Just as a train comes thundering down on helpless Nellie, Sterling Worth appears, defeats the villain and saves the day. Our hero and Nellie then join in a warm embrace. More...

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The Runaway Merry-Go-Round Cast: Flexible cast of 13 Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 45 minutes When an old merry-go-round suddenly wrenches itself from the ground and takes off into the blue, its passengers find themselves in the friendly company of a lion, mouse, ostrich and a poodle. More...

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Santa and the Wicked Wazoo Cast: Flexible cast of 12 (may be 2M, 10F), plus extras Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Santa has a lot to worry about. A witch plans to turn the territory into a kingdom for the More...

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Santa Sees a Shrink Cast: 5M, 8F Set/Time: One simple set /About 45 minutes The demands of Santa's job have driven him to the point of nervous collapse. After Santa takes a More...

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Saved by the Serendipity Circus or... She Was Trapped with Ease Cast: Flexible cast of 12, optional extras Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Miss Priscilla Purity, owner of a wee orphanage, has become entangled within the wrongdoings of the evil Victor Vornado. The land the orphanage is on has a layer of black gunk on it. More...

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The Second Trojan Cast: 3M, 2F Set/Time: One exterior /About 45 minutes The unique encounter between a Greek soldier, Helen of Troy, her husband Menelaus and the Prince of Troy becomes a hilarious footnote in history, as we know it. More...

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The Selfish Giant Cast: Flexible cast of 10 (3M, 3F, plus 4 that can be either), extras (at least 7) Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 55 minutes Adapted from Oscar Wilde's classic children's story, this joyous play touches on themes of friendship and heart-changing faith. More...

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Seven Wives For Dracula Cast: 5M, 7F Set/Time: One interior set /About 30 minutes This hilarious spoof brings to stage an unusual assortment of entertaining characters. More...

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Sherlock Meets the Phantom Cast: 5M, 9F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 45 minutes An opera house is on the verge of ruin! The sinister "Phantom" has been terrifying the performers. Only one man can solve the bizarre goings-on, the world famous master detective Sherlock Holmes. More...

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Showtime on the Showboat or... Don't Throw Garbage in the River Cast: Flexible cast of 11 (roughly 5M, 6F) Set/Time: One simple set /About 45 minutes Rufus Bilge is angry for not being cast as Romeo on a showboat. He plots to sabotage the show. Luckily, Alex wins the lead, as well as the heroine's heart. More...

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Sir Nose, The Burger Rat Cast: Flexible cast of 17 (7M, 5F, plus 6 either) optional extras, doubling Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 50 minutes Sir Nose, ace detective, helps the bashful Taco Bill woo the lovely Wendy Freiberger by feeding him romantic rhymes from a nearby trashcan. More...

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A Small Wooden Horse Cast: 4M, 7F Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 30 minutes In a future society where young people exist without feelings, a boy's life is suddenly turned upside down when he meets a girl who is rebelling against the system. More...

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The Smartest Woman in the Kingdom Cast: 8M, 7F Set/Time: Simple area staging /About 40 minutes A not-too-bright prince has to marry the smartest woman in the kingdom or the throne reverts to his evil cousin. This comedy is filled with secret passages, bad puns and more. More...

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Snew White Cast: Flexible cast of 19 (about 7M, 5F plus 7 that can be either) Set/Time: Area staging/About 30 minutes Snew When Snew White hides out from the evil queen with an odd assortment of dwarves (Snippy, Sloppy, Spiffy, Twitchy, Nosey, Sticky and Brad the Surfer Dwarf), hilarity ensues. More...

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cast: 1M, 2F Set/Time: No set requirements /About 30 minutes This one act adaptation of the classic story has a small cast and plenty of roles for the children in the audience. More...

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The Soap Opera Life of King Kong Cast: 6M, 7F Set/Time: One representational set /About 30 minutes When King Kong is written into a radio show, the show is a success, until a fickle audience claims that Kong is being victimized. More...

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The Spell of Malatesta Cast: Flexible cast of 9, plus extras Set/Time: Several simple sets /About 30 minutes Even though a witch has the most hideous face, the crookedest nose and the most warts of any witch in her coven, she's also a flop. More...

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Star Trip I Cast: Flexible cast of 5 Set/Time: Minimal set requirements /About 20 minutes Imagine the fun and excitement when the audience joins Captain Cosmic on a trip to Mars. They'll love helping as the crew and taking the role of friendly Martians. More...

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Staying Home Cast: 1M, 5F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes This thought-provoking play concerns the impact of an unplanned baby on the lives of two teens. Told without bias, this story depicts how a single decision can affect a lifetime. More...

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The Stone in the Road Cast: Flexible cast of 7M, 7F plus extras Set/Time: Simple representational set /About 30 minutes A queen puts her subjects to the test: anyone kind enough to move a large boulder from the road will be handsomely rewarded with a job as royal counselor to the queen! More...

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Strangers In Town Cast: 1M, 3F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Two androids take on human appearance to avoid detection. How the two "strangers in town" deal with their life on a new planet becomes a hilarious and often touching story. More...

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Straw Into Gold The Classic Tale of Rumpelstiltskin Cast: Flexible cast of 6 (4M, 2F or 2M, 4F) Set/Time: Simple area staging /About 45 minutes Modern, witty language and hilarious characters spice up this classic adaptation of Rumpelstiltskin. More...

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Street Story Cast: Flexible cast of 16 (roughly 6M, 8F, plus 2 roles that can be either), optional extras Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes This show reveals how lethal gang life truly is and what makes gang membership for some so enticing. Nothing glamorized, no easy solution, but some hope in a show that grabs and doesn't let go. More...

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The Swimmer Cast: Flexible cast of 14 Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 30 minutes A young man is convinced he is drowning though there is no water in the vicinity. When the young man actually dies, his death has no emotional impact upon those around him. More...

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Switched at the Crossroads or... Truth Will Oust Cast: 4M, 5F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 35 minutes The hero turns out to be the villain and the villain is the hero after the story of their being "Switched at the Crossroads" as babies is revealed. More...

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Tales from the Shtetl The Sholom Aleichem Show Cast: Flexible cast of 5 to 20 Set/Time: Simple set /About 1 hour Here's a delightful production of seven skits based on the short stories of Sholom Aleichem, the renowned Yiddish humorist best known for the popular Fiddler on the Roof. More...

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The Taming of LaRue Cast: Flexible cast of 16 (roughly 8M, 4F, 4 either), optional extras Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 30 minutes Have a rip-roaring good time with this western take-off of "The Taming of the Shrew." C'mon, pardner! Take a chance and meet Kate LaRue! More...

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The Termination Cast: 2M, 2F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes A lonely young woman, fed up with romantic disappointments and overwhelming problems, applies to the government's Suicide Center for "termination." More...

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A Thing of Beauty Cast: 3M, 2F, 1 boy Set/Time: One exterior set /About 25 minutes People display their true natures, and in revealing their attitudes toward a piece of driftwood, they draw a fascinating picture of life itself, making this play, indeed, a More...

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This Isn't Exactly How I Expected It Cast: 3M, 4F, one offstage voice Set/Time: One interior set /About 20 minutes Recently deceased, a man finds himself in a most unusual waiting room where his fate "for eternity" is to be decided. More...

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Thistle Blossoms Cast: 2F Set/Time: Minimal set requirements /About 30 minutes A student's sincere belief that death would be better than life and a teacher's unusual approach to dealing with and preventing the student's chilling plans will have your audience captivated. More...

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Three Doors To Death or... The Decision is Yours Cast: Flexible cast of 9 or more (3M, 6F or 4M, 5F) Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes The audience gets to decide, not only who a killer is, but also how the story will end. Will the killer go to jail or be allowed to escape (and what an escape it will be!)? More...

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Thursday Meets the Wolfman Cast: 8M, 8F Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 45 minutes Sergeant Thursday is working the bog watch out of homicide where several bizarre murders have taken place. The suspect is a monster with a hairy face, wild eyes and four oversized teeth. More...

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Tillie the Teller or... The Great Bank Robbery Cast: 4M, 5F Set/Time: Simple set /About 25 minutes Tillie, the teller, loves Peter Strongvault, stalwart guard at the Fidelity National Bank. But Oliver Wheedle, black-hearted president of the bank, has plans for Tillie. More...

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Tongue Twisted A Tongue Twisting Farce Cast: Flexible cast of 27 (roughly 9M, 18F) Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 45 minutes Your audience may not be able to say "Sly Sam slurps Sally's soup," but they will be able to laugh at this comedy spoof. More...

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Too Many Doctors Based on Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid Cast: 4M, 5F Set/Time: Interior set /About 45 minutes A hilarious spoof based on Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid. More...

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The Tortoise and the Hare Race Again Cast: Flexible cast of 8, optional extras Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 40 minutes The Hare is sure he could win if they raced again, and with the help of his forest friends, he finally gets Tortoise to agree to a rematch. More...

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Touchy Subjects Cast: Flexible cast of 7-17 (minimum 3M, 4F) Set/Time: Representational set /About 30 minutes Here is an excellent educational tool to help deal with the serious, but often overlooked problem of sexual harassment that young people might be facing. More...

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Turning Points Cast: 4M, 5F Set/Time: Minimal set requirements /About 30 minutes Screeching tires. Twisted metal. Sirens. Silence. Poignant, insightful and thought provoking, this one act drama provides a startling glimpse into teenage alcohol abuse. More...

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The Turret Rose Cast: 1M, 3F Set/Time: Simple area staging /About 15 minutes In this short mood piece, a twelve-year-old crippled girl spends her days in a small turret atop her family's old home. More...

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Twelve Dancing Princesses Cast: 4M, 13F Set/Time: Simple interior sets /About 45 minutes Where do twelve princesses disappear each night and wear out their dancing slippers? When a soldier follows them to a mysterious kingdom, he finds them dancing the night away under a hypnotic spell. More...

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Twinderella Cast: Flexible cast of 31 (about 12M, 10F, plus 9), optional extras, doubling Set/Time: Simple area staging /About 50 minutes Cinderella's cruel stepmother and evil stepsisters make her rotate tires. Bob, her long lost twin brother, is forced by his evil stepfather and cruel stepbrothers to organize their sock drawers. More...

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Under Jekyll's Hyde Cast: 5M, 9F Set/Time: One interior set /About 30 minutes The setting is Jekyll's laboratory, which doubles nicely for Hyde's apartment in Mudpie Lane. An outrageous plot and riotous stage action combine to make this a spoof to remember. More...

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The Uniform Unicorn Cast: 8M, 3F Set/Time: One simple interior set, one exterior set /About 1 hour A young king will lose his throne unless he's married by tomorrow. His beloved Vanessa has vanished. She has been transformed into a unicorn by a wizard. More...

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The Vampire's Bride Cast: Flexible cast of 13 or more Set/Time: Two simple sets /About 30 minutes Hotly pursued by her villainous landlord (and vampire) and his weird helper, Igor, Cinderella flees to the palace in search of employment to raise rent money. More...

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The Veggie Villain Or… He Had a Steak in It Cast: 5M, 11F, optional extras Set/Time: Single exterior set /About 1 hour With all the usual elements, a villain, a hero and a heroine in distress, this Melodrama will have your audience laughing in the aisles. More...

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The Velveteen Rabbit Cast: Flexible cast of 18, extras Set/Time: Interior set /About 1 hour With a late-Victorian flavor, this adaptation creatively and beautifully renders for the stage the miraculous story of a stuffed animal made real by a child's love and a little magic. More...

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Verily Cast: 2M, 4F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 1 hour When two patients in a mental institution take on the identities of Mary and Judas, two interns set up a psychodrama encounter in the chapel of the institution. More...

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Villanelle Cast: 7F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes In the day room of a mental institution, six women are absorbed in card playing, macramé weaving and picture pasting. A nurse enters the room, and inexplicably the women vent all their anger on her. More...

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The Waiting Room Cast: 3M, 3F (or any combination) Set/Time: One simple interior set /About 30 minutes In this eerie story about a group of blind residents of a private hospital, the patients cling to the belief that their sight will be restored. More...

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Wake Up and Love Cast: 3M, 4F Set/Time: One interior set /About 20 minutes Robin Goodfellow, the lovable "Puck" from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is now working for an advertising agency dispensing his love potions from aerosol cans. More...

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Walkin' Home Cast: 3M, 6F, plus one little girl (or offstage child’s voice), extras Set/Time: Single set/About 30 minutes Echoing the lessons of the The Prodigal Son, this one-act brings to life the act of forgiveness. More...

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The Wall Cast: 2M Set/Time: Interior set /About 30 minutes It is shortly before dawn on the morning of the crucifixion. The two thieves of legend, Dimas and Gestas, glimpse through a small hole in the wall at the other person awaiting crucifixion. More...

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Wanted: One Groom Cast: 2M, 3F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes An eligible man is answering an ad to buy an antique statue. Through a hilarious conversation laced with double meanings, the prospective buyer becomes a prospective groom! More...

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War Letters Cast: 3F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 35 minutes The only connection between a man on a peacekeeping mission and the woman he loves is via letters. This drama powerfully depicts not only the sacrifices made by soldiers but also by their families. More...

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The Wayward Clocks Cast: Flexible cast of 9 Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 1 hour A clockmaker's lazy assistant is humiliated when the Royal Princess appears at the shop to choose a clock for her birthday... and the clocks perform outrageous antics in her presence. More...

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What's the Difference? Cast: 4M, 4F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 45 minutes After a student reveals his story about drugs, gang membership, and blood initiations, a rival gang member crashes the meeting. More...

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While Shepherds Watched Cast: Flexible cast of 10 (roughly 5M, 1F plus 4 that can be either) Set/Time: Simple exterior set /About 30 minutes A centurion's childhood memory comes to life. Outside Bethlehem, he finds himself about to play an unexpected role the night an angel announces the birth of the Christ child to the shepherds. More...

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Whodunit Cast: 4M, 3F Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes In this farcical spoof of mysteries, a man and a woman are lured to a desolate mansion. Riotous chaos ensues when a host of weird characters are all out to kill each other. More...

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Womanspeak Cast: 11F Set/Time: Single representational set /About 30 minutes A Contemporary Woman is in search of her roots. Out of the past, Abigail Adams, Sojourner Truth and others show her that she is part of a great tradition of women who contributed to our history. More...

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Wooing Wed Widing Hood Cast: Flexible cast of 21 (about 8M, 10F, plus 3 that can be either) Set/Time: Area staging /About 50 minutes Wise Prince Jason, Strong Prince Justin and ordinary Loud Prince Frank all want to woo Little Red Riding Hood, who has two sisters, Big Green Riding Hood and Medium Purple Riding Hood. More...

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The XYZ Files Cast: Flexible cast of 23 (roughly 8M, 15F) Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 40 minutes Forget The X Files. What you really want to know about are The XYZ Files. These top secret FBI papers are devoted to unexplained phenomena-UFOs, out of body experiences, aliens and unidentified goop. More...

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Yours Truly, Jack Frost Cast: Flexible cast of 11 (roughly 4M, 7F, can be all female), optional extras Set/Time: Simple interior set /About 30 minutes Jack Frost decorates windowpanes during the Christmas season. When an advertising agency tries to steal the More...

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