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Melodramas

We are proudly known as The House of Melodrama!  And it is no wonder why our company is considered the best resource of melodrama plays in the world!  The list below not only has melodrama scripts that are ideal for schools, community theaters and churches, but also professional theatres.  These entertaining playscripts are fun not only for audiences, but also for the producing groups.  Also included in the list are melodramas that are ideal for Christmas.  Of course, melodrama texts and aids are also offered to help you put on your show.  Your audiences will not only be cheering the hero, but they will also be applauding your choice of one of our plays!

Pioneer Drama Service is pleased to offer 118 melodramas.
 
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Cover of The Paper Bag Bandit Rides Again The Paper Bag Bandit Rides Again
Cast:  5M, 14F, plus 1 role that can be any, optional extras
Set/Time:  Interior hotel lobby 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.  More...
 

Cover of Dogsbreath Devereaux  —  The Dastardly Doctor Dogsbreath Devereaux — The Dastardly Doctor
or...  Nurses!  Foiled Again
Cast:  Flexible cast of 16 (4M, 6F, plus 6 roles that can be any), optional doubling
Set/Time:  Interior hospital set / About 60 minutes
Our villain plots to wed and do away with a wealthy widow so he can inherit her fortune and her late husband’s clinic.  This melodrama will leave your audience in stitches.   More...
 

Cover of Pony Expresso Pony Expresso
or...  The Villain Came to a Grinding Halt
Cast:  4M, 7F
Set/Time:  Interior restaurant 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...
 

Cover of How the West Was Dun How the West Was Dun
or...  Left High and Dry in Low Humidity Chasm
Cast:  Flexible cast of 23 (8M, 10F, plus 5 roles that can be any), optional extras
Set/Time:  Simple interior and exterior sets / About 90 minutes
Slick and wealthy Richard Coldheart must marry Polly Wanda Cracker to control the Cracker property.  Meanwhile, our hero, Sheriff Wayne John, has his hands full surviving the antics of Deputy Doowrong.  More...
 

Cover of The Villain Wore a Dirty Shirt The Villain Wore a Dirty Shirt
or...  Always Wash Your Long Johns ’Cause It Makes a Lotta Cents
Cast:  4M, 7F, optional extras
Set/Time:  Interior laundrette set / About 60 minutes
Phineas Flatworm discovers Olympia Klenz has become rich rinsing gold flecks from miners’ laundry.  The highlight is a laundry fight where the evildoer is brought to the soap-bar of justice.   More...
 

Cover of Someone Save My Baby, Ruth!  Someone Save My Baby, Ruth! 
or...  Foil That Villain! 
Cast:  5M, 8F, optional extras
Set/Time:  Interior candy shop set / About 60 minutes
You’ll have the audience eating out of your hands...  literally...  with this tasty theatrical treat.  More...
 

Cover of Rollin’ in Dough in Mistletoe Rollin’ in Dough in Mistletoe
or...  Don’t Crack Jingle Bell Rock
Cast:  3M, 4F
Set/Time:  Interior toy shop set / About 20 minutes
It’s Christmas Eve in Mistletoe, but everyone is far from “Holly Jolly.”   More...
 

Cover of Blazing Guns at Roaring Gulch Blazing Guns at Roaring Gulch
or...  The Perfumed Badge
Cast:  4M, 5F
Set/Time:  Interior hotel lobby set / About 60 minutes
Our hero, Harry Heartstone, is in hot pursuit of the villain, Snipe Vermin.  Here the story takes an unusual turn because the villain and hero are twin brothers (played by the same actor.)   More...
 

Cover of Heaven Help the Po’ Taters Heaven Help the Po’ Taters
or...  I’d-a-hoe the Potatoes But They Just Won’t Grow
Cast:  Flexible cast of 21 (about 9M, 12F), extras
Set/Time:  Simple interior and exterior sets / About 60 minutes
There’s trouble in Tatertown!  The Idaho community is desperate for rain lest their potato crops dry up in the fields.  Especially hard hit are Irish Tater, his wife Etta Tater and the Tater tots.   More...
 

Cover of The Treasure of Shiver River The Treasure of Shiver River
or...  It’s Hard To Drive Cattle When Their Horns Are Frozen
Cast:  6M, 6F
Set/Time:  Interior hotel lobby set / About 55 minutes
This is the freshest old-fashioned mellerdramer we’ve seen, and it’s laugh out loud funny, to boot!   More...
 

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