Download or read book Random Acts of Comedy written by Jason Pizzarello and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home of the most popular one-act plays for student actors, Playscripts, Inc. presents 15 of their very best short comedies. From a blind dating debacle to a silly Shakespeare spoof, from a fairy tale farce to a self-hating satire, this anthology contains hilarious large-cast plays that have delighted thousands of audiences around the world. Includes the plays The Audition by Don Zolidis, Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit by Jonathan Rand, 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview by Ian McWethy, Darcy's Cinematic Life by Christa Crewdson, The Whole Shebang by Rich Orloff, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Fifth Period by Jason Pizzarello, Small World by Tracey Scott Wilson, The Absolute Most Cliched Elevator Play in the History of the Entire Universe by Werner Trieschmann, The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet by Peter Bloedel, Show and Spell by Julia Brownell, Cut by Ed Monk, Check Please by Jonathan Rand, Aliens vs. Cheerleaders by Qui Nguyen, The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon by Don Zolidis, 15 Reasons Not To Be in a Play by Alan Haehnel

Download or read book The Play That Goes Wrong written by Henry Lewis and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good evening. I'm Inspector Carter. Take my case. This must be Charles Haversham! I'm sorry, this must've given you all a damn shock. After benefitting from a large and sudden inheritance, the inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society embark on producing an ambitious 1920s murder mystery. They are delighted that neither casting issues nor technical hitches currently stand in their way. However, hilarious disaster ensues and the cast start to crack under the pressure, but can they get the production back on track before the final curtain falls? The Play That Goes Wrong is a farcical murder mystery, a play within a play, conceived and performed by award-winning company Theatre Mischief. It was first published as a one-act play and is published in this new edition as a two-act play.

Download or read book The Cast List written by Jason Pizzarello and published by Stage Partners. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ah, the cast list. Oh, the drama. The casting would be simple if it weren't for constant script cuts, actor trade agreements, backstabbing, helicopter parents, hysterical prima donnas, and the Assistant Director could figure out how to incorporate the songs of Grease into Romeo & Juliet without getting sued. This is a show for any student who has ever been cast or miscast in a school play or any teacher who has ever attempted to post a list without serious backlash. Comedy One-act. 30-35 minutes 10-30 actors, gender flexible

Download or read book Mean Girls written by Trisha Sugarek and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-08-04 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is she really stuck up? Or is she just shy? Some teenagers are so painfully shy that they put up a front so everyone thinks that they are unapproachable, cold, and stuck up. Bridgette is beautiful, tall, blonde and a cheerleader. But her shyness keeps her from making any friends and she is quickly getting a bad reputation for being stuck on herself. 3-5f.

Download or read book VIRAL virtual version written by Maria McConville and published by Stage Partners. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brand new version of #VIRAL was created specifically to be performed on a virtual platform. In this ensemble-driven drama featuring an all-female cast, five high school girls recount a cruel locker room bullying incident that is initially cloaked in secrecy, but ultimately goes viral online. What happens next forces the students to question their respective roles in the events that unfolded in that fateful day. Drama One-act. 30-35 minutes 7-20+ actors, all female w/ gender-flexible chorus

Download or read book Radium Girls written by D. W. Gregory and published by Dramatic Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage- until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not only with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but also with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire.

Download or read book Night Train to Bolina written by Nilo Cruz and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: The play is set in Latin America in the mid-eighties, in an unidentified country, during the guerilla warfare. Threatened by starvation and abuse, two children flee their rural village for the city. Dancing on a fine line between innoc

Download or read book Moving Still written by Lindsay Price and published by Theatrefolk. This book was released on 2007 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What Every Girl Should Know written by Monica Byrne and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a Catholic reformatory in 1914, three teenage girls (Anne, Theresa, and Lucy) pass the time with masturbation rituals, though they’re innocent of the “sinful” nature of their act. Then a belligerent new girl, Joan, shows up, bearing illegal contraband: birth control materials distributed by the women’s-rights activist Margaret Sanger. The girls start reading the material and jokingly pretend to venerate Sanger as a saint, but then undergo a profound conversion experience. They begin to follow Sanger’s life in the newspaper, pretending that they’re traveling on their own, assassinating enemies and taking lovers at will. Through their letters to each other, they reveal their pasts, marked by abuse. The girls slide deeper and deeper into their fantasy world, to the extent that objects from their fantasy world start appearing in the real one—including a baby.

Download or read book Ten Minute Play Series written by Lindsay Price and published by Theatrefolk. This book was released on 2010 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Hallelujah Girls written by Jessie Jones and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several feisty females in Eden Falls, Georgia decide to shake up their lives starting with the Spa-Dee-Dah!, the abandoned church-turned-day-spa where they meet every Friday afternoon.

Download or read book Dear Anne From Nina one act version written by Claudia Haas and published by Stage Partners. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February 1940, a young girl in Iowa pulled the name of a pen pal out of a hat. That name was Anne Frank. There was a brief correspondence before the Nazis invaded The Netherlands. The play is a coming-of-age reflection of that time from 1940-1942. While Nina and Jeannie strive to be “citizens of the world” in their tiny town of Danville, Anne and Margot try to live their lives in a world that doesn’t want them. Includes notes for virtual performances. A full-length version is also available. Visit yourstagepartners.com for a free Lesson Plan "Connecting to Character", a list of educational and classroom resources, and a Q&A with playwright Claudia Haas. Drama One-act. 40-45 minutes 7 actors (5f, 2m)

Download or read book TALE OF TWO SPECTATORS written by PETER. MANOS and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Girls We Have Known and Other One Act Plays written by Ralph Pape and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1984 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORIES: The first play, GIRLS WE HAVE KNOWN, was initially presented by Playwrights Horizons, in New York City, and was a finalist in the Great American Play Festival of the Actors Theatre of Louisville. The action centers on two young buddi

Download or read book Acting Duets for Young Women written by Laurie Allen and published by Meriwether Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These scenes for two female actors are divided into two sections: comedy and drama. The comedy scenes will have audiences laughing at the outrageous yet believable scenarios. Comedy scenes include: On-line Love, Dirty Laundry, Marriage Phobia, New Best Friend Forever and more. The dramatic scenes will have the audience and actors thinking about the relevant topics. Dramatic scenes include: The Wishing Well, Night Storm, Broken Promises, The Red Dress and more. All scenes are entertaining and enjoyable. Actors will be challenged by each scene in this collection. Sets and costumes can be elaborate or simple. The length of every scene is perfect for the female dramatic duo competitions sponsored nationally. They may also be used for auditions, acting practice, or an evening of entertainment. Laurie Allen's plays for teens have had great success in productions across the United States. Many of her competition pieces have advanced to national Speech and Forensics competitions.

Download or read book What Part Will I Play written by Mary Hall Surface and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen teen-age girls arrive at a theater to audition for a play, only to learn the director will be late. The girls, confused and anxious, are left to "wait." Each must decide how she will respond to the situation and to one another.

Download or read book NIGHT WITCHES written by RACHEL. BUBLITZ and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: