| 1. Above the Bitter Café by Greg Elsasser Cast: 8 M, 5 F, 3 flexible Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 95 pgs. |
FARCE. Mrs. Ananias and her drama students have arrived in New York City on a much anticipated fieldtrip, but it doesn’t take long before there’s more drama than they can take! When the group encoun... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 2. Academy Grimm by Dean L. Dyer Cast: 8 M, 17 F Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 89 pgs |
COMEDY. A group of students on their way to a drama festival get lost in an enchanted forest where they encounter some fairytale characters who escort the students to Academy Grimm. At Academy Grimm... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 3. Ace of Diamonds by T. James Belich Cast: 3 M, 3 F Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 61 pgs. |
MYSTERY. Six strangers invited to a remote manor discover they are all connected to the theft of the priceless Bloodstone ruby. All past owners of the cursed gem have either been murdered or met wit... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 4. Admirable Crichton, The by Heather Lynn Cast: 11 M, 11 F, 2 flexible, extras Time: Approximately 100-120 minutes, 97 pgs |
CLASSIC COMEDY. Adapted from the play by J.M. Barrie. Witty, smart, and hilarious, the laughs never end in this side-splitting comedy! Lord Loam arranges tea parties where he forces his servants to... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 5. Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The by Doug Goheen Cast: 15 M, 12 F, 2 flexible, opt. extras (Doubling possible.) Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 91 pgs |
CLASSIC. Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain. Tom Sawyer, a mischievous boy, lives with his Aunt Polly in a Mississippi River town and spends most of his time getting in and out of trouble. After ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 6. After We Went to Our First REAL Play by Heather Lynn Cast: 3 M, 6 F Time: Approximately 75 minutes |
FARCE/SPOOF. Adapted from the play “Alice Sit-by-the-Fire” by J.M. Barry. Amy, a dramatic, naïve teenager, has learned the ways of the world by regularly going to the theater, where she has learned ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 7. Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Doug Goheen Cast: 6 M, 5 F Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 84 pgs |
MYSTERY. This play is adapted from Agatha Christie’s first published novel and features the debut of one of Christie’s most famous characters, the cunning Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. At an iso... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 8. Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Simple Set) by Doug Goheen Cast: 6 M, 5 F Time: Approximately 90 mins, 81 pgs. |
MYSTERY. This play is adapted from Agatha Christie’s first published novel and features the debut of one of Christie’s most famous characters, the cunning Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. At an iso... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 9. Agatha Christie's The Secret Adversary by Tracy Wells Cast: 6 M, 6 F, 13 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 3 M, 4 F, 13 flexible) Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 108 pgs |
MYSTERY. Adapted from the novel by Agatha Christie. WWI has ended and Tommy, a former soldier, and Tuppence, a former Army nurse, are out of work and money. The two decide to hire themselves out as... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 10. Alice in Wonderland by John I. Baker III Cast: 9 M, 5 F, 40 flexible, extras (With Doubling: 9 M, 5 F, 30 flexible. Tripling possible.) Time: Approximately 120 mins, 104 pgs. |
CLASSIC. Adapted from the Lewis Carroll novels Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Alice spies a white rabbit with a pocket watch and follows him down a rabbit hole into ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 11. All's Well in Rosewell by Burton Bumgarner Cast: 7 M, 6 F, 13 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 7 M, 6 F, 7 flexible) Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 87 pgs |
FARCE. After the treasurer steals the town of Rosewell’s money, the mayor gathers the citizens together and gives them two options: A.) Raise taxes by 10,000% or B.) Come up with another plan to rai... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 12. All's Will That Ends Well by Craig Sodaro Cast: 5 M, 12 F, 1 flexible (With doubling: 4 M, 10 F, 1 flexible) Time: Approximately 75 mins, 69 pgs. |
FARCE. In this sequel to My Friend Will, Shakespeare is still on the lam after poaching a rabbit, but this time Titania the witch sends Shakespeare to a Renaissance faire, where he suddenly finds him... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 13. Anne of Green Gables by Tracy Wells Cast: 9 M, 14 F, opt. extras (With doubling: 5 M, 9 F) Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 94 pgs |
CLASSIC. Adapted from the novel by L.M. Montgomery. Matthew Cuthbert and his sister, Marilla, are getting older and decide to adopt a boy from an orphanage to help out on their farm, Green Gables. ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 14. Arts or Crafts by Rob Roznowski Cast: Flexible cast 20+ (With doubling: 3 M, 6 F, 11 flexible, opt. extras) Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 68 pgs. Flexible, depending upon the number of skits/monologues performed. |
SKIT/MONOLOGUE COLLECTION. This fast-paced, interactive show takes a comical look at the thin line that often separates “art” from “craft.” From Greek architecture to nail art, a host of entertainin... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 15. Authors Anonymous by Carl L. Williams Cast: 3 M, 4 F Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 68 pgs.. |
COMEDY. When four authors meet at the country home of a reclusive heiress to compete for a $100,000 grant, it becomes painfully clear that it’s going to be tough choice—that is to find an author wort... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 16. Beautiful, Crazy by J. Patrick Moss Cast: 3 M, 5 F, 3 flexible Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 71 pgs |
COMEDY. To woo Alicia, Jim tells her that he is a director and can get her the lead role in an upcoming play. Jim convinces his roommate to stage his “play” in the psychiatric wing of the hospital, ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 17. Beneath the Moon by Eugene Shear Cast: 3 M, 4 F, 1 flexible Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 69 pgs. |
COMEDY. All three of Mrs. Davis’ children have become recently engaged and arrive at her home to introduce their fiancés to their mother for the first time. When the fiancés finally meet their futur... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 18. Bermuda Triangle Getaway by Donna Van Oss Cast: 7 M, 13 F, 7 flexible Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 92 pgs. |
FARCE. When a plane headed for Hawaii crash-lands on an island in the Bermuda Triangle, it isn’t long before pandemonium breaks out as the wacky passengers and crew make themselves at home. There’s ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 19. Blithering Heights by Sarah C. James Cast: 8 M, 4 F, 3 flexible, opt. extras (Doubling possible) Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 82 pgs. |
SPOOF. There are mysterious circumstances, arduous quests, improbable events, exaggerated emotions, melodramatic blithering, high adventure, doom and gloom, and even a ghost—and that’s just the origi... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 20. Blue Hotel, The by Arthur Reel Cast: 9 M, 2 F Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 66 pgs. |
DRAMA. Winner of the National Endowment for the Arts Award. Adapted from the short story by Stephen Crane. Three strangers arrive at the railroad town of Romper, Nebraska, and seek out a room at a ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 21. Bram Stoker's Dracula by Doug Goheen Cast: 7 M, 5 F, 1 girl Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 76 pgs. |
GOTHIC HORROR. Sick of those cheesy Hollywood versions of Dracula with stock characters and silly plots? This adaptation of the Bram Stoker classic preserves the psychological terror and complex cha... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 22. Bright, Thoughtless, and Merry by Heather Lynn Cast: 8 M, 10 F, 1 flexible, extras (With doubling: 6 M, 8 F) Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 77 pgs |
COMEDY. As the years go by, Phoebe tires of being a dowdy schoolmistress, so she gives herself a makeover and poses as the young, flirtatious “Miss Livvy,” her imaginary niece. When Captain Brown re... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 23. Buffoonery by R. Eugene Jackson Cast: 4 M, 8 F, 11 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 4 M, 7 F, 8 flexible) Time: Approximately 100-120 minutes, 100 pgs |
FARCE. There are nonstop laughs and endless opportunities for cast members to showcase physical humor in this fun circus extravaganza. When Mrs. Hatchet, an animal activist, and her rent-a-judge and... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 24. Cactus Rustlers, The by Dwayne Yancey NEW! Cast: 3 M, 8 F, 2 flexible Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 92 pgs |
COMEDY. In this sequel to "Rhonda’s High-Class Roadkill Chili," Rhonda, Fonda, and Dronda are busy organizing an alien festival to attract more visitors to Hurleyburg. To make things more “festive,”... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 25. Cajun Confusion by Donna Van Oss Cast: 7 M, 12 F Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 97 pgs. |
FARCE. While on their way to New Orleans, a high school show choir from Texas takes a wrong turn and finds themselves lost in the Cajun countryside. Hungry and tired, the group finds lodging at Thib... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 26. Cajun Poker by James Brady Cast: 3 M, 1 F Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 85 pgs. |
DRAMA. Set in New Orleans, the land of voodoo queens and slot machines, this unique American tragedy tells the story of Rufus Theriot, a lonely landlord who has dedicated his life to caring for his o... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 27. Camp Soap by Dan Eden Cast: 11 M, 13 F, 6 flexible, extras (Doubling possible.) Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 122 pgs. |
FARCE. A group of wannabe actors converge at Camp Soap to hone their acting skills under the tutelage of washed-up soap opera star Dirk Svenson. The actors include a man with an enormous amount of t... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 28. Candide by Arthur Reel Cast: 15 M, 10 F, extras (Flexible cast 50+. Doubling possible.) Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 90 pgs. |
FARCE/SATIRE. Wickedly funny, this adaptation of the classic novel by Voltaire traces the exploits of Candide as he travels through Europe and the New World. The story begins as Candide is banished ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 29. Canterbury Tales, The by R. Eugene Jackson Cast: 14 M, 19 F, 7 flexible, extras (Doubling, tripling possible. Flexible cast 59+) Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 91 pgs. |
CLASSIC COMEDY. This family-friendly adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales contains five of his most famous tales, additional roles for females, and all the hilarity that made the ori... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 30. Career Day by Art Shulman Cast: 5 M, 3 F, 6 flexible, opt. extras Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 39 pgs. |
FARCE. Hilarity abounds when ten wacky guest speakers arrive at Greenwood High’s Career Day to educate students about the “thrilling” job opportunities that await them. There’s a plastic surgeon, a g... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 31. Case of the Missing Time by Daniel O'Donnell Cast: 4 M, 10 F Time: Approximately 80 minutes, 86 pgs. |
MYSTERY/FARCE. Big Tex is extremely enamored with his Fanny—his wife, that is. So when his Fanny’s jewels and artwork go missing, Big Tex hires the great-niece of Sherlock Holmes and the great-grand... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 32. Cast, The by J. Patrick Moss Cast: 2 M, 6 F, 1 flexible Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 62 pgs |
COMEDY. When the teacher who writes and directs the school play suddenly quits, the drama students are left to figure out how to save drama. With no play to perform, the club’s prima donna locks eve... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 33. Cinderella Redux by Mike Noland Cast: 11 M, 13 F, 7 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 9 M, 11 F, 2 flexible) Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 73 pgs |
COMEDY/SPOOF. Audiences of all ages will love this off-kilter, madcap version of “Cinderella.” With the bad economy and no job skills, Prince Wigglesworth needs to find a bride so he can become king... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 34. Cloak and Dagger by Craig Sodaro Cast: 5 M, 6 F, extras Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 71 pgs. |
SPOOF. In this spoof of “Casablanca,” the “usual” suspects appear—a fortune hunter, a crook, and a spy—but in this case, they take the form of a Texas cowgirl, a mysterious damsel in distress, and a ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 35. Cock-a-doodle-doo! by Heather Lynn Cast: 13 M, 11 F, 27 flexible (With doubling: 12 M, 10 F, 21 flexible. Tripling possible. Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 93 pgs |
COMEDY. Adapted from the play by Edmond Rostand. When Chantecler, a barnyard rooster, attends the Guinea Hen’s soirée, he isn’t intimidated by the fancy roosters in attendance. While they may have ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 36. Cookies and Crime by Craig Sodaro Cast: 5 M, 13 F, opt. extras
(With doubling: 5 M, 10F) Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 66 pgs. |
FARCE/MURDER-MYSTERY. When the cookie money goes missing and the museum curator is found dead, bake-sale volunteers at the Houtini House Museum immediately suspect foul play. But with the police chi... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 37. Courage Untold by Susan B. Katz NEW! Cast: 7 M, 12 F, extras (With doubling: 5 M, 11 F) Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 91 pgs |
HISTORICAL DRAMA/THRILLER. This play is based on the true story of a courageous Jewish woman, Roza Robota, who led a small group of female prisoners in a plot to blow up a crematorium at the Auschwit... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 38. Dapple Gray by Dwight Watson Cast: 1 M, 2 F Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 76 pgs. |
COMEDY. Selected play, American Theatre of Actors Director’s Festival, 2002. Winner, Actor and Playwrights’ Initiative Playfest, 1994. After numerous therapy sessions, Catherine and Charles have fi... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 39. Days of Our Roadsboro by Forrest Musselman Cast: 6 M, 6 F, 3 flexible (With doubling: 4 M, 4 F, 3 flexible) Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 71 pgs. |
FARCE. The townspeople of Roadsboro have always treated Dracoola, a 17-year resident and local bed-and-breakfast owner, as an outcast because he’s evil, only comes out at night, and happens to be…a v... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 40. Doctor Dolittle by C. Edward Wheaton Cast: 6 M, 6 F, 17 flexible, opt. extras (With doubing: 4 M, 4 F, 10 flexible. Tripling possible.) Time: Approximately 60-75 minutes, 67 pgs. |
CHILDREN’S CLASSIC. Adapted from The Story of Doctor Dolittle and The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting. There are rabbits in the pantry, hedgehogs in the cellar, and even a crocodile under... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 41. Don Juan or the Stone Guest (Full-length) by Stella Chester Cast: 9 M, 6 F, 5 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 4 M, 3 F, 4 flexible) Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 68 pgs |
CLASSIC FARCE. Adapted from the play by Molière. Notorious scoundrel and ladies’ man, Don Juan, seduces Donna Elvira, luring her from a convent, and then abandons her. Enraged, Elvira’s brothers ar... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 42. Ella After by Rob Wiedell Cast: 4 M, 5 F, 5 flexible (With doubling: 4 M, 5 F, 3 flexible) Time: Approximately 60-75 minutes, 66 pgs |
COMEDY. Audiences of all ages will enjoy this humorous sequel to “Cinderella.” The ball is over and the Prince discovers who left the glass slipper behind…a beautiful, charming maiden named “Cinder”... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 43. Emma, Jane Austen's by Tracy Wells Cast: 8 M, 14 F, 3 flexible (With doubling: 7 M, 13 F) Time: Approximately 120 mins, 94 pgs. |
CLASSIC/ROMANTIC COMEDY. Adapted from Jane Austen’s novel. In this humorous romantic comedy, the wealthy, mischievous Emma Woodhouse has a penchant for meddling in the love lives of others and delig... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 44. Epic Play…That Was Never Written, The by Kory Howard NEW! Cast: 4 M, 8 F, 10 flexible, extras (With doubling: 4 M, 5 F, 4 flexible) Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 70 pgs |
FARCE. Two actors must write an “epic play” on the spot after the playwright suffers writer’s block. To make the play as “epic” as possible, the writers include plenty of action, adventure, mystery,... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 45. Feast of Epiphany, The by Bryan Starchman Cast: 4 M, 8 F, optional extras (With doubling 3 M, 5 F) Time: Approximately 100 minutes, 96 pgs. |
COMEDY. Colin McKinney, a successful romance novelist, wants to keep his profession a secret from his ultra-Catholic parents, especially his overbearing, neurotic mother. Colin writes under the pseu... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 46. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Doug Goheen Cast: 8 M, 5 F (With doubling: 7 M, 4 F) Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 79 pgs |
CLASSIC. Audiences of all ages will enjoy this wholesome, heartfelt classic. Since the death of her husband three years ago, Mamsie Pepper struggles to provide for her five children by mending coats... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 47. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley's by Doug Goheen Cast: 4 M, 3 F Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 81 pgs. |
CLASSIC HORROR. Adapted from the novel by Mary Shelley. Victor Frankenstein is obsessed with discovering the secret of life, so he spends several months fashioning a man out of dead body parts. Whe... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 48. Get Off My Cabbage! by L. Don Swartz Cast: 2 M, 2 F Time: Approximately 60-75 mins, |
COMEDY. In this hilarious sequel to Regrets Only, cranky curmudgeons Lottie and Bernice are back and they are grumpier than ever! This time they are lounging on Lottie’s front porch selling cabbages... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 49. Ghost of a Chance, A by George Hosker-Bouley NEW! Cast: 3 M, 2 F, 1 flexible, extras Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 61 pgs |
COMEDY. Eager to sell a posh penthouse that has been on the market for 10 years, a real estate agent thinks he’s in luck when he meets a mob boss and his wife who are keen on purchasing the apartment... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 50. Glance at New York, A by Arthur Reel Cast: 9 M, 7 F, 7 flexible, extras (Doubling possible) Time: Approximately 60-75 minutes, 54 pgs. |
COMEDY WITH SONG. A hit in its day, A Glance at New York (1848) was one of the first plays to portray working-class life and speech, providing a snapshot of what life was like for those living in New... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 51. 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 |
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| 52. 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 |
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| 53. 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 |
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| 54. 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 |
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| 55. 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 |
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| 56. 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 |
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| 57. 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 |
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| 58. 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 |
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| 59. 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 |
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| 60. 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 |
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| 61. 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 |
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| 62. 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 65. 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 |
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| 66. 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 |
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| 67. 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 |
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| 68. 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 |
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| 69. 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 |
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| 70. 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 |
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| 71. 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 |
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| 72. 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 |
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| 73. 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 |
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| 74. 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 76. 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 |
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| 77. 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 |
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| 78. 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 |
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| 79. 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 |
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| 80. 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 |
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| 81. 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 |
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| 82. 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 |
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| 83. 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 |
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| 84. 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 |
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| 85. 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 |
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| 86. 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 |
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| 87. 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 |
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| 88. 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 |
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| 89. 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 91. 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 |
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| 92. 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 |
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| 93. 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 |
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| 94. 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 96. 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 |
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| 97. 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 |
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| 98. 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 |
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| 99. 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 |
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| 100. 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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| 101. Over Realm'd by J. Patrick Moss Cast: 6 M, 7 F, 2 flexible, opt. extras Time: Approximately 75-90 mins, 73 pgs. |
FARCE/FANTASY. When some friends gather to play their weekly role-playing game, Realm, a wish goes awry, a portal opens, and they find themselves falling through a void to the lush grasses of a dista... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 102. Pants on Fire! by R. Eugene Jackson Cast: 6 M, 7 F, 6 flexible Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 85 pgs |
COMEDY/MYSTERY. The “Beacon of Fire” newspaper is hanging by a thread, the reporters may be out of work soon, and the last editor jumped out the window. The newspaper’s downward spiral began when th... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 103. Patchwork Girl of Oz, The by John I. Baker III Cast: 7 M, 4 F, 14 flexible, extras (With doubling: 5 M, 3 F, 14 flexible) Time: Approximately 100-120 minutes, 103 pgs |
CLASSIC. With only two loaves of bread left on their bread tree, two Munchkins, Ojo and Unc Nunkie, must leave their home and travel to Munchkin Country. On the way, they stop at the house of Margol... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 104. Peter Pan and Wendy (Full-length) by Tracy Wells Cast: 14 M, 14 F, 3 flexible, opt. extras. (With doubling: 13 M, 10 F) Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 95 pgs |
CLASSIC. Adapted from the 1911 novel by J.M. Barrie. When Peter Pan is spotted at the open window of the Darling nursery, he tries to escape but loses his shadow. Wendy, the eldest of the Darling c... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 105. Phantom of the Opera, The by Tracy Wells Cast: 12 M, 17 F, 1 flexible (Doubling possible) Time: Approximately 100-120 minutes, 96 pgs. |
CLASSIC HORROR. Adapted from the novel by Gaston Leroux. Christine Daaè, an opera singer at the Paris Opera House, attracts the attention of the Phantom of the Opera, who falls madly in love with he... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 106. Picture of Dorian Gray, The by David John Preece NEW! Cast: 6 M, 4 F, 2 flexible, extras Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 96 pgs |
CLASSIC/HORROR. In a Faustian pact, the young, handsome Dorian Gray trades his soul in exchange for eternal youth and beauty. Pursuing beauty and pleasure above all else, Dorian descends into a life... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 107. Pride and Prejudice by Tracy Wells Cast: 9 M, 17 F (With doubling: 8 M, 13 F) Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 103 pgs |
CLASSIC/ROMANTIC COMEDY. Adapted from the 1813 novel by Jane Austen. When Charles Bingley, a wealthy bachelor, moves into a nearby house, Mrs. Bennet is overjoyed because she and her husband have fi... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 108. Queen Zixi of Ix by John I. Baker III Cast: 8 M, 21 F, 39 flexible, extras (With doubling: 6 M, 17 F, 25 flexible. Tripling possible.) Time: Approximately 100-120 mins, 88 pgs. |
CLASSIC. Adapted from the novel by L. Frank Baum. This fantastical adventure will charm your audiences with its wit and whimsy. When the Queen of the fairies grows tired of merrymaking, she has her... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 109. Ransom of Red Chief, The by R. Eugene Jackson Cast: 5 M, 8 F, 2 flexible, opt. extras Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 67 pgs. |
COMEDY/CLASSIC. Adapted from the 1910 short story by O. Henry. Two bumbling con artists, Samantha and Bill, stop off in Summit, Alabama, to scam $2,000 from unsuspecting townsfolk. But when they fa... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 110. Real Housewives of Loony County, The by Craig Sodaro Cast: 5 M, 12 F, 5 flexible (With Doubling: 5 M, 12 F, 3 flexible) Time: Approximately 75-90 mins, 71 pgs. |
SPOOF/FARCE. Socialite Snippy Whipshaw snags her own reality-TV series, “The Real Housewives of Loony County,” which causes sparks to fly as the housewives of Loony County unleash a flurry of shenani... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 111. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Tracy Wells Cast: 8 M, 18 F, extras (With doubling: 6 M, 12 F) Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 95 pgs. |
CLASSIC. Adapted from the novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin. With Rebecca’s family barely scraping by after the death of her father, she is sent to live with her two aunts, Miranda and Jane, to help with... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 112. Rednecks Bite Back, The by R. Eugene Jackson Cast: 3 M, 5 F, 9 flexible Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 90 pgs. |
FARCE. After winning the lottery, a redneck, Heyweed Throttlebottom, moves into a mansion and becomes an insufferable snob who speaks with a fake British accent. To protect himself from “undesirable... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 113. Rednecks Git Hitched…Agin, The by R. Eugene Jackson Cast: 6 M, 8 F, 6 flexible, opt. extras Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 90 pgs. |
FARCE. When Bubba Man runs out of money and bets his wife Bubba Gal in a karaoke sangin’ contest, he loses her to Billy John Jimmy Joe, who is so ugly the sheriff thinks he’s a swamp devil. Even tho... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 114. Regrets Only! by L. Don Swartz Cast: 4 M, 4 F, 1 flexible, extras Time: Approximately 60-75 minutes, 51 pgs. |
COMEDY. The laughs never end when Lottie and Bernice, two cantankerous grannies, crash the wedding reception of an unsuspecting bride and groom so they can eat free food and steal rolls of toilet pap... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 115. Resurrection of Rocky Ricochet, The by Bryan Starchman Cast: 11 M, 5 F, 3 flexible, optional extras (Doubling possible) Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 82 pgs. |
FARCE. Our story takes place in the small town of Minnewawa, California, population 300. On this tragic night, Rocky Ricochet’s fabulous girlfriend, Athena, dumps him, and across town, an invalid di... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 116. Return of the Wicked Queen, The by Craig Sodaro NEW! Cast: 4 M, 8 F, 5 flexible (With doubling: 4 M, 6 F, 3 flexible) Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 71 pgs |
COMEDY. In this sequel to “Snow White” it’s 20 years later, and the Magic Mirror reveals that the Wicked Queen is still alive but is powerless without her book of spells. Getting on in years, the vi... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 117. Return to Oz by C. Edward Wheaton Cast: 8 M, 8 F, 18 flexible, extras (With doubling: 7 M, 5 F, 15 flexible) Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 70 pgs. |
CLASSIC. Adapted from the Oz novels by L. Frank Baum. Dorothy is back in Kansas, but it doesn’t take long before she inadvertently winds up in Oz once again. This time, Dorothy and her friend Milli... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 118. Rhonda's High-Class Roadkill Chili by Dwayne Yancey Cast: 2 M, 5 F, 2 flexible Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 83 pgs |
COMEDY. Rhonda has a nice doublewide trailer that smells faintly of a dead skunk and a husband obsessed with Christmas lights. Rhonda knows she’s blessed, but there’s just one thing she’s sore about... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 119. Rogues Along the River by John Donald O'Shea EDITOR’S PICK Cast: 5 M, 4 F Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 75 pgs. |
MELODRAMA. Phineas Fourberie, the villainous banker of Polecat Point, has hatched a plot to wed the virtuous Mary Goodperson so that he can reclaim his safe, which was washed downriver in a flood and... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 120. Romeo and Juliet Extravaganza! by Kory Howard Cast: 10 M, 5 F, 8 flexible, opt. extras Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 62 pgs |
INTERACTIVE FARCE. Audience members get in on the fun in this interactive version of Romeo and Juliet as they are randomly cast as Capulets or Montagues and are prompted by two feuding narrators to c... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 121. Romey Odel & Julietta May by Gary Ray Stapp Cast: 10 M, 14 F (With doubling: 9 M, 11 F) Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 95 pgs. |
FARCE. When Julietta May carves her initials into the Hitchin’ Rock along with Romey Odel’s initials, their nuptials are set in stone due to hillbilly superstition and because there ain’t no way to u... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 122. Sandora's Box by Greg Elsasser Cast: 6 M, 7 F Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 86 pgs. |
FARCE. Dr. Kenneth Sandora hopes that he will become the most promising and successful psychotherapist in the field once word gets out about his new invention—a box that can cure mentally ill people ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 123. Scandal at Hampton Estate by Donna Van Oss Cast: 6 M, 18 F, 4 flexible, opt. extras Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 89 pgs. |
FARCE/MURDER-MYSTERY. To impress her snobby friends and to celebrate her new appointment as the city’s Social Calendar Chairperson, Ivana Hampton has planned a fabulous costume ball and has invited a... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 124. Scarlet Letter, The by David John Preece Cast: 7 M, 6 F, 1 flexible, extras Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 85 pgs |
CLASSIC. Adapted from the 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. After having an affair with Rev. Dimmesdale and giving birth to his daughter, Hester Prynne is led to the town scaffold where she is publ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 125. School Spirits by Daniel O'Donnell Cast: 8 M, 6 F, opt. extras Time: Approximately 90 mins, 90 pgs. |
FARCE. Mr. Smite, a greedy school principal, has hatched a plan to get rich by cutting back on school expenses, pocketing the savings, and using the money to buy land to sell to the school district a... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 126. Secret Garden, The by C. Edward Wheaton Cast: 6 M, 7 F, 1 flexible (With doubling: 5 M, 5 F) Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 104 pgs |
CLASSIC. Adapted from the 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. After her parents die of cholera in India, Mary Lennox is sent to live with her rich uncle, Archibald Craven, at his sprawling estate... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 127. Sex is Good for You! by Art Shulman Cast: 3 M, 2 F Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes |
COMEDY. Al is terrified to have sex with his wife, Sheila, because he’s afraid he’ll have another heart attack. Even though Sheila assures Al that sex is good for him, Al is determined to avoid his ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 128. Snow Queen, The by Tracy Wells Cast: 2 M, 17 F, 9 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 2 M, 12 F, 9 flexible) Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 97 pgs |
COMEDY. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen.” To defeat Mother Nature and cover the world with ice and snow for all eternity, the Snow Queen kidnaps Kay and holds her prisoner at h... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 129. SOS at Richmond Theater by Donna Van Oss Cast: 7 M, 7 F, 4 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 7 M, 7 F, 3 flexible) Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 97 pgs. |
COMEDY. In order to save the Richmond Theater from being torn down, the summer production of Romeo and Juliet needs to be a huge financial success. A wacky, Diet Coke-addicted director who just prod... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 130. Stealing Shakespeare by Michael Vukadinovich Cast: 4 M, 3 F, optional extras Time: Approximately 60-75 minutes, 60 pgs. |
FARCE. Finalist, Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Contest 2005. Will, a regular Casanova-type, steals Shakespeare’s sonnets and recites them as his own in order to woo unwitting coeds. All seems to b... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 131. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The by Doug Goheen Cast: 6 M, 4 F, 1 flexible (With doubling: 5 M, 3 F) (Ensemble actors: 3 M, 3 F) Time: Approximately 60-75 minutes, 64 pgs. |
CLASSIC HORROR/MYSTERY. Adapted from the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson. The respectable Dr. Henry Jekyll creates a serum that transforms him into the sinister, depraved Mr. Hyde, who sets about ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 132. Strings Attached by Christian Kiley Cast: 9 M, 14 F, 9 flexible, opt. extras (Doubling possible.) Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 74 pgs. |
FARCE/SATIRE. A lonely inventor thinks he is on the verge of creating the greatest toy craze in history...life-sized dolls that can talk. Toyco, the world’s largest toy company, buys the prototype, ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 133. Supershrink by Dan Eden EDITOR’S PICK Cast: 4 M, 3 F, 5 flexible, opt. extras Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 107 pgs. |
FARCE. The great superhero, Nuclear Man, is slipping. He’s gained weight, he keeps forgetting to bring the bad-guy net, and he’s obsessed with getting new rims for the Nukemobile. Worried, Atom Boy... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 134. Sureluck Holmes, Private Eye by Craig Sodaro EDITOR’S PICK Cast: 5 M, 8 F Time: Approximately 60-75 minutes, 66 pgs. |
FARCE/MURDER-MYSTERY. Sureluck Holmes has decided to quit his job as a private eye and become the manager of a linoleum store. In an effort to rekindle Sureluck’s sleuthing skills, Joni Watson, his ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 135. Surrender, Dorothy! by Craig Sodaro Cast: 3 M, 8 F, 4 flexible (With doubling: 3 M, 7 F, 3 flexible) Time: Approximately 75-90 mins, 76 pgs |
FARCE. In this sequel to The Wicked Witch of Oz, the real Wicked Witch of the West and her flying money Niko are magically transported to Kansas, where they have been summoned to save a farm. Doroth... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 136. Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls by Doug Goheen Cast: 8 M, 7 F, 4 flexible, extras Time: Approximately 100-120 minutes, 89 pgs. |
CLASSIC HORROR. Adapted from the 1846-47 serialized penny dreadful, The String of Pearls: A Romance. Last seen at Sweeney Todd’s barbershop on Fleet Street, Lieutenant Thornhill has mysteriously go... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 137. These Actors of Mine by Greg Elsasser and Jacquie Emerson Cast: 6 M, 6 F Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 83 pgs. |
COMEDY. In this hysterically zany play within a play, a cast of community theatre actors rehearse and perform a “unique” version of “Romeo and Juliet”—one that resembles a soap opera more than a Shak... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 138. These Days by Greg Elsasser Cast: 3 M, 8 F, 5 flexible, opt. extras Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 89 pgs. |
COMEDY. The Wilder kids’ home is fairly ordinary except for one thing—they have no parents. Their mother has abandoned them and run off with her boyfriend to start a new life in Pakistan, and they d... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 139. Thumbs Up! by Wade Bradford Cast: 7 M, 7 F, 7 flexible, extras (With doubling 4 M, 5 F, 6 flexible) Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 64 pgs. |
FARCE. Two movie critics, Edward Nickel and Michael Gilbert, attend a film festival auction in hope of buying the white disco suit John Travolta wore in Saturday Night Fever. Nickel outbids Gilbert ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 140. Till Death Do Them Part by Tricia-Rae Parent, Caleb Riggins, Matt Steele, Mike Steele Cast: 4 M, 7 F, 7 flexible, extras Time: Approximately 100-120 minutes, 88 pgs. |
INTERACTIVE MYSTERY/FARCE. No doubt about it…this is definitely the worst wedding day in the history of mankind. There are feuding relatives, a dropped wedding cake, a few earthquakes…and then the b... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 141. Track Home, The by Kari Catton Cast: 22 M, 18 F, opt. extras (With doubling: 15 M, 13 F. Tripling possible.) Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 78 pgs |
DRAMA. Audiences will love this gripping play based on the stories of real Orphan Train survivors. It’s 1910, and in an effort to clean the streets of abandoned children in New York City, agents with... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 142. Tut, Tut, Tutsy by Craig Sodaro Cast: 4 M, 8 F Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 65 pgs. |
FARCE/MURDER-MYSTERY. The mummy of King Tut is on the loose and he wants his liver back! After business tycoon Mortimer Tutley purchases an urn containing King Tut’s liver, he receives a threatening... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 143. Uff-da! An Amazing Viking Adventure with Utopians, Gunslingers, Merry Men, Amazonians, TV Actors, and Evil Minions! by Kamron Klitgaard Cast: 23 M, 28 F, 18 flexible, extras (Flexible cast 69+. Doubling, tripling possible.) Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 91 pgs. |
FARCE. The laughs never end in this side-splitting farce! In the Viking village of Solvang, Kirsten is tired of staying home and sweeping up filth while the men venture forth on exciting voyages pil... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 144. Under a Cowboy Moon by Carl L. Williams Cast: 6 M, 4 F, opt. extras Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 70 pgs. |
COMEDY. Winner of the Hill Country Playwriting Festival Peoples’ Choice Award 2007. Winner of the Backdoor Theatre New Play Award 2003. There ain’t much in Spitwhistle, TX, except some cowboys, som... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 145. Up, Up, Up! by Eugene Shear Cast: 5 M, 4 F (With doubling: 3 M, 4 F) Time: Approximately 60-75 minutes, 58 pgs |
ROMANTIC COMEDY. The laughs never end in this raucous sequel to “The Matchmakers.” It’s one year later and the three Miller brothers and Delacroix sisters meet up again, but this time it’s to get ma... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 146. Urning It by Ed Vela Cast: 2 M, 3 F, 7 flexible, optional extras (With doubling 2 M, 3 F, 1 flexible) Time: Approximatley 90 minutes, 78 pgs. |
COMEDY. Winner of the Jewel Box Theatre “Best Play of the Year” Award. Ward Hammacher has just discovered that his extremely rich aunt has died. To honor her last request, he packs up his family an... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 147. Vampires on Vacation, The by R. Eugene Jackson Cast: 4 M, 8 F, 14 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 4 M, 8 F, 12 flexible) Time: Approximately 100-120 minutes, 100 pgs |
COMEDY. In this biting comedy, Demonica and her fellow vampires need a relaxing vacation. In the past, they’ve hung out in Kentucky at Mammoth Cave, toured haunted cemeteries in New Orleans, and eve... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 148. Vampyre vs. Faeries by J. Patrick Moss Cast: 2 M, 2 F, 8 flexible Time: Approximately 75 mins, 67 pgs. |
FARCE. The vampire council punishes Vampyre by exiling him to the heart of the Dark Forest, where he must live with the most horrific creatures known to vampires…faeries! In the Dark Forest, Vampyre... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 149. Ward Six by Arthur Reel Cast: 4 M, 1 F, 3 flexible, opt. extras Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 87 pgs. |
DRAMA. This adaptation of one of Anton Chekhov’s most influential short stories, “Ward Six,” (1892) depicts the horrors of a Russian mental ward. An idealistic new doctor accepts a post at a hospita... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 150. Watchin' Waldo by John D. Smitherman Cast: 2 M, 5 F Time: Approximately 90 mins, 70 pgs. |
COMEDY. After 25 years of wedded “bliss,” Mr. Brendlmeyer has decided to take his wife on a trip to Las Vegas to celebrate their anniversary. John, an eager-to-please employee who has recently been ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 151. Way of the World, The by Lorraine Thompson Cast: 7 M, 10 F, 4 flexible, opt. extras Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 86 pgs. |
COMEDY. This easy-to-stage adaptation of William Congreve’s Restoration masterpiece features a hilarious cast of aristocratic rogues and schemers who are determined to prevent the marriage of two you... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 152. Whining 'n' Dining at the Snack 'n' Yak by R. Eugene Jackson Cast: 4 M, 13 F, 7 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 4 M, 13 F, 2 flexible) Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 82 pgs. |
COMEDY. Mr. Crisper has left Zooey in charge of his diner while he is out of town at an enchilada convention. Zooey soon realizes that keeping the Snack ‘n’ Yak running smoothly isn’t so easy. Not ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 153. Wicked Witch of Oz, The by Craig Sodaro Cast: 4 M, 11 F, 1 flexible Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 70 pgs. |
FARCE. When the real Wicked Witch of the West, Hecubah, suddenly finds herself on the set of a high school production of “The Wizard of Oz,” she and her flying monkey, Nikko, quickly realize they are... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 154. Wild West Variety Show, The by R. Eugene Jackson Cast: 15 M, 12 F, 40 flexible. Flexible cast. (With doubling/tripling: 7 M, 6 F, 10 flexible) Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes |
FARCE. There are scene-stealers for everyone in the cast in this hilarious western-themed variety show that includes scenes, skits, and other funny thangs! The lineup includes a shotgun wedding for ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 155. Willow Parks: The Final Episode by Steven Stack Cast: 4 M, 8 F Time: Approximately 75-90 mins, 76 pgs. |
SPOOF/FARCE. It’s the final episode of “Willow Parks,” the longest-running primetime soap opera in the history of TV, and they’re airing the show live for the first time. All goes smoothly until the... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 156. Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The by Tracy Wells Cast: 9 M, 11 F, 14 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 6 M, 8 F, 7 flexible) Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 106 pgs |
CLASSIC. Adapted from the novel by L. Frank Baum. Introduce your audience to the original story and characters of this timeless classic. After Dorothy’s house falls and accidentally kills the evil ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 157. Wonderland by C. Edward Wheaton Cast: 6 M, 7 F, 24 flexible, opt. extras (Flexible cast. Doubling Possible) Time: Approximately 75-90 minutes, 76 pgs. |
FARCE/SATIRE. This adaptation incorporates not only Lewis Carroll’s two classic novels, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, but some of Carroll’s poems and even his essay “The Two Cloc... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 158. Worst Talent Show…Ever!, The by R. Eugene Jackson Cast: 6 M, 10 F, 15 flexible, opt. extras (Doubling possible.) Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 85 pgs |
COMEDY. After a lengthy stay in rehab for her marshmallow addiction, Persi is trying to make a comeback as the emcee of a new TV talent show, “Shooting for the Stars.” The lineup includes a “singing... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 159. Wowie, Howie! by R. Eugene Jackson Cast: 5 M, 14 F, opt. extras Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 83 pgs. |
FARCE. Howie, a college freshman, has a problem meeting girls—they don’t want to meet him. Howie is so socially inept, his best friend is his pet canary, Larry, and the two even wear matching outfit... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 160. You Can COUNT on Me by Cameron Beall and Donna Van Oss NEW! Cast: 8 M, 16 F, 8 flexible, extras (With doubling: 6 M, 15 F, 6 flexible) Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 82 pgs |
COMEDY. After hiding out from humans for more than 100 years, several old-school monsters discover―to their horror―that modern humans don’t find them scary…at all. The monsters join S.C.R.E.A.M., a ... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 161. Young Davy Crockett by R. Eugene Jackson Cast: 7 M, 8 F, 1 girl, extras Time: Approximately 70-80 minutes, 68 pgs. |
HISTORY/COMEDY. Told with warmth and plenty of down-home humor, this play chronicles Davy Crockett’s early life (1801-1804) in a series of easy-to-stage scenes. The story features Davy’s life at the... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 162. Zombie Movie by Kamron Klitgaard Cast: 6 M, 9 F, 10 flexible, opt. extras Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 57 pgs. |
INTERACTIVE FARCE. A film crew arrives at a rural cemetery to start shooting the zombie movie, “The Return of the Night of the Living Dead Flesh-eaters, Part Two: This Time It’s Personal.” The film... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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| 163. Zombie Tango, The by R. Eugene Jackson Cast: 9 M, 15 F, 1 flexible Time: Approximately 75 mins, 56 pgs. |
FARCE. Everyone at the school dance takes notice when a strange group crashes their party. The newcomers stink, grunt, have no sense of fashion, and look like they took mud baths. Well, it turns ou... READ MORE | BUY NOW |
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