Virtual Community Theatre Plays
If you can’t bring audiences into your venue, why not take the plays to them?Pioneer Drama Service is proud to publish a wide array of Virtual Theatre plays. These plays are written specifically to be both rehearsed and performed online via a video conferencing platform such as Zoom or Google Meet. It is a new and exciting art form that is just beginning to evolve and reveal its potential. Just a short time ago, no one would have conceived of trying to perform an entire play with every actor isolated in their own home. And yet, it’s happening... with wonderfully positive results.
Most of the plays here are written for the characters to be communicating without face-to-face dialogue, yet still interacting with each other in real time. This unique quality creates the ideal scenario to perform them online. Many virtual plays also lend themselves well to be performed live with social distancing for everyone’s comfort and safety.
All these shows are family-friendly, and we also invite you to explore our children’s and teens’ Virtual Theatre plays.
Pioneer Drama Service is pleased to offer 13 virtual theatre plays perfect for community theatres.
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Virtual Complaint Department and Lemonade
Cast: Flexible cast of 3-15
Set/Time: Interior office set / About 40 minutes A best-seller as a traditional stage play, your favorite complaint department has now gone virtual! This virtual play is written specifically to be rehearsed and performed remotely, with every character in their own home! More... |
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Left to Our Own Devices
A Virtual Play
Cast: Flexible cast of 10-38 (minimum 5M, 5F)
Set/Time: Simple interior sets / About 55 minutes Written specifically to be both rehearsed and performed remotely, you’ll love how the characters in these scenes relate to each other in real time, but from separate locations. More... |
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The Edge of Noir
A virtual play
Cast: 2M, 2F
Set/Time: No set requirements / About 15 minutes This easy-to-produce one-act spoof is full of short monologues and split-screen style phone calls that pays homage to The Maltese Falcon and other 1940s films of the noir genre. More... |
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Christmas Shorts On-Line
Cast: Flexible cast of 12-48
Set/Time: Simple interior and exterior sets / About 45 minutes A large flexible cast invites the opportunity to get a lot of kids on the virtual stage, or a smaller ensemble of young actors can each take on multiple roles. More... |
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A Mystery Murdered
A Virtual Play
Cast: 3M, 3F
Set/Time: Black backgrounds / 20 minutes The simple staging, small cast, and short running time of this popular one-act comedy makes it a simple virtual production that can come together with just a few rehearsals. More... |
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A Virtual Christmas Carol
Cast: Flexible cast of of 14-27 (minimum 8M, 6F)
Set/Time: Simple interior sets / About 40 minutes The modern setting makes costuming and backgrounds a breeze in this timeless tale that your community will love watching from the comfort and safety of their own homes. More... |
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Tragedians Anonymous
Shakespeare’s Tragic Characters in Therapy... Virtually
Cast: 9M, 5F, plus 4 roles that can be any
Set/Time: No set requirements / About 40 minutes This virtual masterpiece is a fantastic comic send-up and tribute to Shakespeare’s tragedies that also re-familiarizes us with the storylines and characters of some of Shakespeare’s greatest works More... |
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The Virtual Family
Cast: 4M, 4F, plus 3 roles that can be any
Set/Time: Simple interior and exterior sets / About 60 minutes Meet the Virtuals — Dad, Mom, Son, Daughter, Grandma, plus a cat named Kitten and a kitten named Cat. Part Griswalds, part Jetsons, they’re just an ordinary family living in extraordinary times. More... |
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Fortunes Read-Virtually Only $1
Cast: 1M, 8F, plus 3 roles that can be any
Set/Time: No set requirements / About 30 minutes This hysterical one-act is highly entertaining as it explores the lengths to which some people will go to hear what they want to hear. More... |
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Nothing Good Happens After Midnight
Cast: 2M, 2F
Set/Time: Simple interior sets / About 15 minutes Your audience will split their sides laughing as they watch first her parents’ then Billy’s reactions to her butchered haircut. More... |
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