PLAY SEARCH
Author
Plays by all the authors featured on this website.
-
Dreams of Glass
$12.95 – $29.95Price range: $12.95 through $29.95A one-woman short play with comedic and dramatic elements. Daisi Dickie, a young woman with dreams of becoming a clairvoyant and a changer of lives discovers her power to influence her own life. -
DropOut
$13.70 – $145.00Price range: $13.70 through $145.00DropOut, a one-act comedy for teens, puts Norman Tubbs, a guidance counselor in charge of keeping high school kids in school, especially those that don't want to be there. The characters in the play find school a challenge for a variety of reasons-the impact of a divorce, clowning to deflect emotion and commitment, learning difficulties, and peer pressure.
Great for high school, community theaters, and talk-backs after the show. -
Drowning Ophelia
$13.70 – $95.00Price range: $13.70 through $95.00The set of this one-act comedy for four actors is Jane's bathtub. She finds it inhabited by a strange, Shakespearean woman whose enigmatic commentary intrudes on Jane's thoughts and her new romantic relationship. This dark comedy is about the long-term consequences of childhood abuse and a love letter to those who have suffered. There is always hope. -
ElderPair: Four Senior Courtship Comedies
$13.70 – $60.00Price range: $13.70 through $60.00Four one-act comedy plays for seniors by Pat Montley, for the young-at-heart senior community, these plays dramatize a variety of romantic relationships among characters who are determined to live their lives to the fullest. They may be performed as a complete program for the evening or separately as short plays. Running time is about 10 - 15 minutes apiece. Great for senior or retirement communities. Downloadable, printable PDF available. -
Employee of the Month
$9.97 – $50.00Price range: $9.97 through $50.00Randy works at a large department store but is very creative in generating sales. Just when he thinks that he'll win "Employee of the Month" for the 2nd time in a row (and impress Mary in the process), he learns that his winning would not fit with the company goals. -
Eveline
$11.97 – $45.00Price range: $11.97 through $45.00A one-act play by David. H. Klein, "Eveline" adapts the story from Dubliners by James Joyce. Eveline is a young woman trapped by society and manipulated by her father and brother. Like too many women, she believes her higher purpose is in service to her family, a belief her father and brother foster--until she meets Frank! Perfect for high schools, colleges and universities, women's groups, and community theaters. Downloadable PDF available -
EveryKid
$11.97 – $55.00Price range: $11.97 through $55.00With roots in the morality play, EVERYMAN, this fun participatory play for children by Gillettte Elvgren, depicts the adventures of two contemporary kids, Everygirl and Everyboy as they explore some of the temptations of our American culture. The kids decide they don't need each other and take off separately into the adult worlds of Moneyland, Beautyland, Factland and Success City. Can be performed for and by children. -
Fanny & Manny Tie The Knot
$11.00 – $100.00Price range: $11.00 through $100.00This play is a full-length interactive fundraiser. It’s a spoof wedding between a Virginia Pig Farmer family and a socialite Jewish family from the City. The bride and groom are very much in love, but, oh, when those families clash! The Emcee and Wedding Coordinator are members of the cast, but the caterers are real, of course. -
Far from the Tree
$9.97 – $50.00Price range: $9.97 through $50.00A father should be proud to witness his ambitious son strive to fulfill his career goals, except if the father is a narcissistic dad whose failures come to light by his son’s successes. In "Far from the Tree", a comedy short play within "Legacy of a Father" series by playwright Monique Franz, the main character has to overcome his father’s tactics of sabotage to stay focused on his future.