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Government Inspector, The51. Government Inspector, The by Jack Skeeter Dennis
Cast: 8 M, 7 F, 14 flexible, extras (Doubling possible.)
Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 80 pgs
CLASSIC FARCE. Audiences will love all the twists and turns, mistaken identities, and absurd situations in this timeless, side-splitting farce adapted from the play by Nikolai Gogol. The mayor of a ... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Great Expectations52. Great Expectations by Tracy Wells
Cast: 17 M, 13 F, 1 flexible (With doubling: 13 M, 10 F, 1 flexible)
Time: Approximately 120-150 mins, 100 pgs
CLASSIC. Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens. Pip, a young orphan, lives with his abusive sister and her husband Joe Gargery, a blacksmith. While visiting the graves of his parents, Pip encou... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Green Carnation, The53. Green Carnation, The by C. Edward Wheaton
Cast: 3 M, 3 F
Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 64 pgs.
SATIRE. This play is adapted from the scandalous novel by Robert Hichens (1894), which satirizes fashionable London society and figures associated with the Aesthetic Movement, most notably Oscar Wild... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Guess Who's Coming to Supper54. Guess Who's Coming to Supper by Eddie McPherson
Cast: 6 M, 5 F, 1 flexible, opt. extras
Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes, 95 pgs
COMEDY. Ally is afraid to introduce her boyfriend, Kevin, to her parents. Even though Kevin is good looking, a law school graduate, and has a wonderful job, he has one major flaw and Ally is terrifi... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Hamalot55. Hamalot by Nicholas Conti
Cast: 7 M, 8 F, extras
Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, depending upon length of royal festival, 62 pgs.
FARCE. After Princess Opheliac encounters the ghost of Sir Gawain, she learns that he is doomed to walk the grounds of Elsenomore Castle in Hamalot, Denmark forever until he brings the Holy Grail bac... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Hamlet Goes Hollywood56. Hamlet Goes Hollywood by Dwayne Yancey
Cast: 9 M, 4 F, 8 flexible, extras (With doubling: 8 M, 4 F, 5 flexible)
Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 69 pgs.
INTERACTIVE FARCE. Determined to make Hamlet a Hollywood blockbuster, a director elicits the help of Shakespeare to make a few “minor” changes to the script. Thinking the original script is trite an... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Harmony Romances57. Harmony Romances by Ron Hill
Cast: 3 M, 5 F
Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 55 pgs.
ROMANTIC COMEDY. The hilarious church ladies who make up Harmony Church’s funeral committee are back in this side-splitting sequel to The Ladies of Harmony. This time, the church ladies are in charg... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Healin' Home58. Healin' Home by Kari Catton
Cast: 4 M, 5 F
Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 89 pgs
DRAMA. This heartwarming sequel to The Track Home tells the story of three runaway orphans, Andalusia, Casey, and Bit, as they struggle to uphold their dying mother’s wish…to stay together as a famil... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Heidi59. Heidi by Tracy Wells
Cast: 9 M, 13 F, 3 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 7 M, 10 F, 2 flexible)
Time: Approximately 100-120 minutes, 89 pgs.
CLASSIC. Adapted from the novel by Johanna Spyri. After her parents die, Heidi is taken by her aunt to live with her reclusive grandfather in the Swiss Alps. At first, Heidi’s grandfather resents h... READ MORE | BUY NOW
House of the Seven Gables, The60. House of the Seven Gables, The by David John Preece
Cast: 9 M, 9 F, 6 flexible, opt. extras (Doubling possible.)
Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 89 pgs.
CLASSIC. Adapted from the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. After refusing to sell his land to rich landowner Colonel Pyncheon, Matthew Maule is hanged for witchcraft and places a curse on Colonel Pynch... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Hunchback of Notre-Dame, The61. Hunchback of Notre-Dame, The by Tracy Wells
Cast: 14 M, 20 F, 20 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 13 M, 18 F, 16 flexible)
Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 102 pgs
CLASSIC. Adapted from the novel by Victor Hugo. In the towers of Notre-Dame lives Quasimodo, a deformed bell ringer. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, Quasimodo falls in love with the beautifu... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Interruptions62. Interruptions by Burton Bumgarner
Cast: 3 M, 5 F, 2 flexible
Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 71 pgs.
COMEDY. Former high school teacher, Howard Weems, has hit it big writing a series of successful romance novels under the pen name of Ariana Dupre LaRoche. However, while writing his latest novel, “T... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Is There a Martian in the House?63. Is There a Martian in the House? by Kamron Klitgaard
Cast: 4 M, 6 F, 3 flexible, opt. extras
Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 47 pgs.
INTERACTIVE FARCE/MYSTERY. Two FBI agents, Mold and Skull, have tracked a Martian to a café where seven wacky customers are stranded due to a recent avalanche. Thinking the Martian has taken on a hu... READ MORE | BUY NOW
It Was…The Butler!64. It Was…The Butler! by Bryan Starchman
Cast: 9 M, 7 F, 12 flexible (With Doubling: 9 M, 5 F, 7 flexible. Tripling possible.)
Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 68 pgs.
FARCE/MYSTERY. A murder-mystery series premiered on TV and would go down in history as the worst murder-mystery series of all time. It was entitled “It Was…The Butler!” And after an hour of murder,... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Jigger65. Jigger by Jerry Berning
Cast: 11 M, 8 F (With doubling 5 M, 4 F)
Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 89 pgs.
COMEDY/MURDER MYSTERY. The WWII era comes alive in this hilarious down-home murder-mystery. It’s 1943, and with most of the able-bodied men drafted and the women working in factories, there aren’t m... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Joe Carbone's Job66. Joe Carbone's Job by Art Shulman
Cast: 7 M, 6 F, 2 flexible, optional extras
Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 59 pgs.
COMEDY. Everything seems to be going just fine for Joe Carbone, the owner of a poultry plant, until one day, he finds that he just doesn’t have the stomach to kill chickens anymore. Joe keeps his pr... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Jukebox Diner, The67. Jukebox Diner, The by Eddie McPherson
Cast: 5 M, 10 F, 2 flexible, opt. ext. (With doubling: 5 M, 9 F)
Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 75 pgs.
COMEDY. The one-liners and puns never end in this hilarious comedy! Everyone in town is eager for Shelby, a big-time country-music star, to arrive from Nashville to attend Uncle Roy’s memorial servi... READ MORE | BUY NOW
King William Travels the World68. King William Travels the World by Tracy Krauss
Cast: 4 M, 6 F, 14 flexible, extras (With doubling: 4 M, 4 F, 7 flexible. Tripling possible.)
Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 58 pgs.
FARCE. The laughs never end in this zany Monty Python-esque farce. The pompous, narcissistic King William II has decided to travel the world accompanied by a snarky liege, a ridiculous yes-man with ... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Kiss for Cinderella, A69. Kiss for Cinderella, A by Heather Lynn
Cast: 8 M, 23 F, 3 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 6 M, 19 F, 1 flexible)
Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 80 pgs
CLASSIC. Adapted from the play by J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan and Wendy. In this retelling of “Cinderella,” Miss Thing, a penniless London girl in WWI London takes in four starving refugee orp... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Ladies of Harmony, The70. Ladies of Harmony, The by Ron Hill
Cast: 6 F or 6 M
Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 84 pgs.
COMEDY. The laughter is nonstop in this hilarious comedy. Six church ladies arrive at Harmony Church’s fellowship hall to plan a small funeral dinner for a man they despised. While eating doughnuts... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Last Resort, The71. Last Resort, The by Eddie McPherson
Cast: 7 M, 11 F, opt. extras
Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 90 pgs.
FARCE. Grab yourself a can of Aqua Net hairspray! There’s a hot new beauty craze that’s driving the men of Lost Creek mad. It’s the beehive hairdo, and the higher the hair, the better. Dixie, a be... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Law and Disorder72. Law and Disorder by Will Radford
Cast: 2 M, 3 F
Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 75 pgs.
COMEDY. Winner, 2006 McLaren Memorial Playwriting Competition. Eager to earn Brownie points at her law firm, Kate, an ambitious attorney, agrees to escort her boss’s nephew, Scott, around town and s... READ MORE | BUY NOW
League of Youth, The73. League of Youth, The by Arthur Reel
Cast: 10 M, 3 F
Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 90 pgs.
FARCE/SATIRE. This streamlined adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s The League of Youth (1869), cuts the original play by a third, allowing for Ibsen’s humor and wit to be showcased. The storyline focuses o... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Les Misèrables74. Les Misèrables by Tracy Wells
Cast: 26 M, 20 F, 1 flexible (With Doubling: 18 M, 14 F, 1 flexible)
Time: Approximately 120 mins, 96 pgs.
CLASSIC. Adapted from the novel by Victor Hugo. Convict Jean Valjean is released from a French prison after serving 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread. No one is willing to give him food or shel... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Let's Have Sex!75. Let's Have Sex! by Valentin Krasnogorov
Cast: 2 M, 3 F
Time: Approximately 120 minutes
THEATRE OF THE ABSURD. Five people search for love, self-affirmation, and happiness, all of which prove illusive in this strange, humorous play. A wife tries to talk to her husband about sex, but he... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Little Mermaid, The76. Little Mermaid, The by Tracy Wells
Cast: 7 M, 15 F, 4 flexible (With Doubling: 6 M, 13 F, 4 flexible)
Time: Approximately 90 mins, 89 pgs.
CLASSIC. Adapted from the fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen. Melody, a teen mermaid, lives in the undersea kingdom of Undinia with her father, grandmother, older sisters, and her albatross, seaho... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Little Off the Top, A77. Little Off the Top, A by Carl L. Williams
Cast: 4 M, 3 F
Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 75 pgs.
COMEDY. With the help of a toupee salesman, Steve and Jerry, two lonely balding bachelors, find a perfect toupee with which to attract women. The only problem is that they don’t have enough money to... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Little Princess, A78. Little Princess, A by Tracy Wells
Cast: 6 M, 16 F, 1 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 3 M, 14 F, 1 flexible)
Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 96 pgs
CLASSIC. Adapted from the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Sara Crewe is sent to live at an upscale boarding school run by Miss Minchin, a greedy and domineering head mistress. Sara’s wealthy fath... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Lottie and Bernice, Livin' Large79. Lottie and Bernice, Livin' Large by L. Don Swartz
Cast: 6 M, 12 F, 8 flexible, 2 boys, 2 girls, extras (With doubling: 9 M, 5 F, 5 flexible. Tripling possible.)
Time: Approximately 90-120 mins, 87 pgs.
COMEDY. There are plenty of polkas, pierogies, and dog poo as we follow grumpy grannies Lottie and Bernice on new adventures in this side-splitting sequel to "Regrets Only!" and "Get Off My Cabbage!... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women80. Louisa May Alcott's Little Women by Doug Goheen
Cast: 5 M, 7 F
Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 96 pgs.
DRAMA. This adaptation remains true to the original novel and contains all the major events that made Little Women (1868) an American classic for both children and adults. The play opens on Christma... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Marvellous Land of Snergs, The81. Marvellous Land of Snergs, The by C. Edward Wheaton
Cast: 9 M, 7 F, 12 flexible, extras (With doubling: 9 M, 3 F, 9 flexible. Tripling possible.)
Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 102 pgs
CLASSIC. Adapted from the 1927 novel by E. A. Wyke-Smith, audiences of all ages will be enthralled with this delightful tale, which inspired J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Joe and Sylvia run away from... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Matchmakers, The82. Matchmakers, The by Eugene Shear
Cast: 3 M, 3 F
Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 75 pgs.
ROMANTIC COMEDY. Three single brothers—a firefighter, a mailman, and an accountant who carries around his dead wife’s ashes—arrive at a time-share for a relaxing weekend getaway and think they are in... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Metamorphosis, The83. Metamorphosis, The by Thor Hopper
Cast: 2 M, 4 F, 4 flexible
Time: Approximately 60-75 minutes, 53 pgs.
CLASSIC. Adapted from the novella by Franz Kafka. Absurd, surreal, nightmarish, complex, illogical, humorous…this play defines “Kafkaesque.” Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, wakes up one morning... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Midsummer Eve, A84. Midsummer Eve, A by Heather Lynn
Cast: 4 M, 6 F
Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes
CLASSIC COMEDY/FANTASY. Adapted from the play "Dear Brutus" by J.M. Barrie. A man of mystery has invited guests to his country home for a Midsummer Eve excursion into the woods. As the guests disap... READ MORE | BUY NOW
MINDCON85. MINDCON by Paul DiLella
Cast: 3 M, 2 F, 13 flexible, extras (Flexible cast. Doubling possible.)
Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 61 pgs.
SATIRE. Unique, fresh, relevant…this play will amuse audiences with its wicked wit! As part of a routine employment background check, Jeremy shows up at the MINDCON laboratory, where he inadvertentl... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Moms' Murder Club86. Moms' Murder Club by Craig Sodaro
Cast: 3 M, 8F
Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 75 pgs.
COMEDY/MURDER-MYSTERY. The monthly meeting of the Moms’ Murder Club, a mystery book club, has added an item to its agenda…murder! Discussion of the latest mystery novel is derailed when the group’s ... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Most Lamentable and Excruciating Romeo and Juliet, A87. Most Lamentable and Excruciating Romeo and Juliet, A by Daniel A. Kelin II
Cast: 3 M, 7 F
Time: Approximately 75-90 mins, 56 pgs.
FARCE. “For never was a story of more woe…” A student production of Romeo and Juliet opens in just two days and the drama group is desperately trying to complete rehearsals. Friar Lawrence recites ... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Murder at Club Fishnet88. Murder at Club Fishnet by Kevin T. Baldwin
Cast: 3 M, 8 F, male extras
Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes
FARCE/MURDER MYSTERY. When several severed body parts are discovered at Club Fishnet, a small-town brothel, the madam hires gumshoe detective Connie Vesper to investigate. But when Connie must go un... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Murder by Farce89. Murder by Farce by Kory Howard
Cast: 5 M, 5 F, 1 flexible
Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 78 pgs.
FARCE. A reclusive billionaire has invited a gold digger, a business teacher, a personal secretary, an underwear inspector, and a bratty teenager to his mansion to solve a murder―his own! Shortly af... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Murdered Again!90. Murdered Again! by Kory Howard
Cast: 4 M, 3 F, 4 flexible
Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 77 pgs
FARCE. In this sequel to Murder by Farce, the usual suspects are now on trial for the “murder” of reclusive billionaire Tony Franstein. But just when the Butler admits to killing Tony Franstein, the... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Murder-Mystery Weekend of Doom:  A Love Story91. Murder-Mystery Weekend of Doom: A Love Story by Steven Stack
Cast: 2 M, 9 F, 1 flexible
Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 82 pgs
FARCE. At this murder-mystery weekend, guests have a chance to win a “priceless treasure” if they can solve a fake murder. The guests include an eccentric millionaire who carries around a dead cat, ... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Mutiny on Mount Olympus92. Mutiny on Mount Olympus by Tracy Krauss
Cast: 11 M, 13 F, opt. extras
Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 85 pgs
FARCE. Poor Hades! Being the god of the underworld stinks! Hades is lonely, but the girls aren’t exactly dying to go out with him. After all, it’s difficult to find a girl who likes to live in dam... READ MORE | BUY NOW
My Fair Redneck93. My Fair Redneck by R. Eugene Jackson
Cast: 3 M, 6 F, 5 flexible
Time: Approximately 75-90 mins, 79 pgs.
SPOOF/FARCE. Inspired by George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion. Elizabeth hasn’t been in a movie for more than a year, so her agent, Freddie-Eddie, urges her to audition for the leading role of a red... READ MORE | BUY NOW
My Friend Will94. My Friend Will by Craig Sodaro
Cast: 5 M, 11 F, 3 flexible (With doubing: 5 M, 11 F)
Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 74 pgs.
FARCE. After poaching a rabbit, young William Shakespeare seeks the help of a witch to escape a mob of angry villagers. The witch finds Will the perfect place to hide…the future. Will suddenly find... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Natalie's Super-Humongous Freak-Out!95. Natalie's Super-Humongous Freak-Out! by R. Eugene Jackson
Cast: 4 M, 6 F, 5 flexible
Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 81 pgs.
COMEDY. The day doesn’t start off too well for Natalie, the editor of the school newspaper. When Natalie arrives at school, she discovers she is still wearing her pajamas. Then when she meets with ... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Night Titus Barnaby Muttered "Macbeth," The96. Night Titus Barnaby Muttered "Macbeth," The by Kristian Kissel
Cast: 11 M, 17 F, 4 flexible
Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 86 pgs.
FARCE/MYSTERY. Several actors converge at a country inn to rehearse A Midsummer Night’s Dream for their annual Countryside Shakespeare performance. They meet their new cast member, a shoe store owne... READ MORE | BUY NOW
No Man's Aisle Land97. No Man's Aisle Land by J. Patrick Moss
Cast: 11 F
Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 66 pgs.
FARCE. Lisa’s bossy future mother-in-law has canceled Lisa’s bachelorette party and arranged instead for a bridal dinner cruise in which she has invited the groom’s ex-girlfriend, his two teen sister... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Nosferatu:  A Vampire Symphony of Horror98. Nosferatu: A Vampire Symphony of Horror by Kamron Klitgaard
Cast: 17 M, 9 F, 18 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 12 M, 8 F, 11 flexible)
Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 72 pgs.
CLASSIC/HORROR. Inspired by the 1922 silent film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. Thomas Hutter travels to Transylvania to deliver papers to the mysterious Count Orlok, who wishes to purchase a hom... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Not-So-Grand Hotel, The99. Not-So-Grand Hotel, The by Carl L. Williams and Eddie Cope
Cast: 5 M, 7 F
Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 64 pgs.
FARCE. With the front entrance still blocked from the last mudslide, business has been a bit slow for the dilapidated Hotel Horace. But as luck would have it, the town of Swampy Corners suffers anot... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Ogre Princess, The100. Ogre Princess, The by Lavinia Roberts
Cast: 4 M, 13 F, 3 flexible (With doubling: 4 M, 12 F, 3 flexible)
Time: Approximately 60-90 minutes, depending on the length of the fashion show, 55 pgs
COMEDY. Princess Camilla, an annoying fashion snob, continually criticizes her classmates’ fashion choices at Fairy Godmother’s Finishing School for Charming Princes and Princesses. Tired of Princes... READ MORE | BUY NOW

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