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Big Dog/Norman Maine Publishing, LLC
P.O. Box 1401
Rapid City, SD 57709
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Baby TalkBaby Talk by Clint Snyder NEW!
Cast: 3M, 6 F (With doubling: 1 M, 4 F)
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 33 pgs
COLLECTION. The characters in this madcap collection of short plays have quite a bit of growing up to do! In “Baby Talk,” Dilly shows up at a childbirth class ready to show “sexist Stone Age women” ... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Baby TalkBaby Talk by Clint Snyder NEW!
Cast: 1 M, 4 F
Time: Approximately 10 minutes, 9 pgs
FARCE. Dilly shows up at a childbirth class ready to show “sexist Stone Age women” that a man can do anything a woman can do. Included in the play collection “Baby Talk.”... READ MORE | BUY NOW
BuffooneryBuffoonery by R. Eugene Jackson NEW!
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
CheckmateCheckmate by Kamron Klitgaard NEW!
Cast: 3 M
Time: Approximately 10 minutes, 7 pgs
COMEDY. A college kid becomes obsessed with beating an old man at chess. Included in the play collection “When Clowns Attack!”... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Cinderella ReduxCinderella Redux by Mike Noland NEW!
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
Coffee Buzz, TheCoffee Buzz, The by Christian Kiley NEW!
Cast: 1 M, 3 F, 15 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 1 M, 3 F, 13 flexible)
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 35 pgs
FARCE/SATIRE. When a big city coffee chain arrives bearing free samples of coffee topped with whipped cream and sprinkles, the tranquil citizens of Tepid Town are transformed into crazed coffee drink... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Diaries of Adam and Eve, TheDiaries of Adam and Eve, The by Clint Snyder NEW!
Cast: 2 M, 1 F (With doubling: 1 M, 1 F)
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 26 pgs
CLASSIC/SATIRE. Adapted from Mark Twain’s comical short stories “Eve’s Diary” and “Extracts from Adam’s Diary.” In this hilarious retelling of the story of Adam and Eve, the new couple finds that do... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Ella AfterElla After by Rob Wiedell NEW!
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
Five Little Peppers and How They GrewFive Little Peppers and How They Grew by Doug Goheen NEW!
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
Grateful Beasts, TheGrateful Beasts, The by Lavinia Roberts NEW!
Cast: 4 M, 4 F, 17 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 3 M, 2 F, 17 flexible)
Time: Approximately 45-60 minutes, 49 pgs
COMEDY. Inspired by the story “Stone Soup.” In this play within a play, a crafty traveler with a flair for storytelling arrives at a village and has to persuade some stubborn farmers to contribute a... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Grown-UpsGrown-Ups by Clint Snyder NEW!
Cast: 1 M, 1 F
Time: Approximately 10 minutes, 6 pgs
FARCE. A job seeker who sucks her thumb interviews for a job with a business owner who wears adult diapers. Included in the play collection “Baby Talk.”... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Healin' HomeHealin' Home by Kari Catton NEW!
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
High School Tail of Terror, AHigh School Tail of Terror, A by Craig Sodaro NEW!
Cast: 7 M, 11 F, opt. extras
Time: Approximately 60 minutes, 55 pgs
COMEDY. Intrepid student detective Sam Archer has just solved his most recent case—locating a lost term paper. Now Sam has been called on to solve the case of “Operation Tall Tail.” After a cold-he... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Importance of Being Earnest, TheImportance of Being Earnest, The by Tracy Wells NEW!
Cast: 4 M, 4 F, 3 flexible (With doubling: 4 M, 4 F, 2 flexible)
Time: Approximately 60 minutes, 55 pgs
CLASSIC. This 60-minute adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s uproarious play is easy to stage and perfect for young actors. Jack has fallen in love with Gwendolen, the cousin of his best friend, Algernon. M... READ MORE | BUY NOW
It's a Calamity, Jane!It's a Calamity, Jane! by Geff Moyer NEW!
Cast: 5 M, 3 F
Time: Approximately 45-60 minutes, 42 pgs
COMEDY/WESTERN. Wild Bill Hickok knows he’s gotta cure his hiccups before the Doolin clan gits to town for a shootout. Knowin’ Wild Bill won’t be able to shoot straight with the hiccups, Calamity Ja... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Mad Tea Party, TheMad Tea Party, The by Clint Snyder NEW!
Cast: 1 F, 3 flexible
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 27 pgs
FARCE. Audiences will love this witty, modern sequel to the Mad Hatter’s tea party in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Like the infamous Alice, Allie follows the White Rabbit down a rabbit h... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Marvellous Land of Snergs, TheMarvellous Land of Snergs, The by C. Edward Wheaton NEW!
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
Midterm Eve's Phantasm, AMidterm Eve's Phantasm, A by Tracy Krauss NEW!
Cast: 9 M, 13 F, 2 flexible (Doubling possible.)
Time: Approximately 60 minutes, 59 pgs
COMEDY. Audiences will love this madcap, modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Denny, the captain of the football team, has his sights set on taking Mia to Stratford High Sch... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Pants on Fire!Pants on Fire! by R. Eugene Jackson NEW!
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
Patchwork Girl of Oz, thePatchwork Girl of Oz, the by John I. Baker III NEW!
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
Phantom of the Soap Opera, ThePhantom of the Soap Opera, The by Carol Costa NEW!
Cast: 6 M, 5 F, 3 flexible (With doubling: 5 M, 5 F, 3 flexible)
Time: Approximately 45-60 minutes, 44 pgs
FARCE. Award-winning “Heartbreak Hollow” is the saddest, most heartbreaking soap opera on TV until Jackson Talbert III sneaks onto the set during a live broadcast and ruins the show by making the aud... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Play god, ThePlay god, The by Kamron Klitgaard NEW!
Cast: 1 M, 2 F, 1 flexible
Time: Approximately 10 minutes, 6 pgs
COMEDY. Characters discuss whether they believe in the existence of their creator, an all-powerful playwright who controls their every move. Included in the play collection “When Clowns Attack!”... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Pride and PrejudicePride and Prejudice by Tracy Wells NEW!
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
Reluctant Dragon, TheReluctant Dragon, The by C. Edward Wheaton NEW!
Cast: 3 M, 5 F, 10 flexible, extras
Time: Approximately 30-45 minutes, 39 pgs
CLASSIC. The Village of Hampton is in a panic after a dragon is discovered lying on the ground peacefully meditating. Since no villager is courageous enough to slay this “ferocious” beast, the villa... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Rumpa-Whosa-Whatsa!Rumpa-Whosa-Whatsa! by Kristi Cunningham NEW!
Cast: 3 M, 6 F, 6 flexible, opt. extras
Time: Approximately 75 minutes, 76 pgs
INTERACTIVE COMEDY. Join “master” storytellers, Miny and Moe, as they explore the classic tale of “Rumpa-whosa-whatsa”―that is, “Rumpelstiltskin”―but with a twist. As Miny narrates the story, Moe ke... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Saving WBORSaving WBOR by Bob Wilkins NEW!
Cast: 3 M, 5 F
Time: Approximately 45-60 minutes, 45 pgs
COMEDY. Winner, McLaren Memorial Comedy Playwriting Competition, One-Acts, 2008.. WBOR is a small family-owned TV station that is having trouble competing with cable and satellite companies. Deeply... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Secret Garden, TheSecret Garden, The by C. Edward Wheaton NEW!
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
Snow White's Miner AdventureSnow White's Miner Adventure by Mike Noland NEW!
Cast: 4 M, 10 F, 19 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 3 M, 5 F, 14 flexible)
Time: Approximately 45-60 minutes, 51 pgs
FARCE/SPOOF. The laughs never end in this side-splitting version of “Snow White.” The King marries an evil makeup-loving queen who quickly sets out to rid herself of her stepdaughter, Snow White. T... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Sparkle Miser, TheSparkle Miser, The by Kari Catton NEW!
Cast: 3 F, 8 flexible, opt. extras
Time: Approximately 60 minutes, 60 pgs
COMEDY/YOUNG AUDIENCES. For millennia, it has been the job of the Sparkle Miser to make stars and place them into the night sky. But making stars is both tedious and time consuming and the Sparkle M... READ MORE | BUY NOW
They Say…They Say… by Bradley Hayward NEW!
Cast: 2 M, 2 F, 1 flexible
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 31 pgs
COMEDY. They say you should never swim on a full stomach. They say you should never talk to strangers. They say you should never say never. Who exactly are “they”? And who do they think they are?... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Track Home, TheTrack Home, The by Kari Catton NEW!
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
Up, Up, Up!Up, Up, Up! by Eugene Shear NEW!
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
Vampires on Vacation, TheVampires on Vacation, The by R. Eugene Jackson NEW!
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
When Clowns Attack!When Clowns Attack! by Kamron Klitgaard NEW!
Cast: 6 M, 4 F, 1 flexible (With doubling: 3 M, 2 F)
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 36 pgs
COLLECTION. In this humorous collection of three short plays, a host of zany characters seek to unravel the meaning of life. In “The Play god,” characters discuss whether they believe in the existen... READ MORE | BUY NOW
When Clowns Attack!When Clowns Attack! by Kamron Klitgaard NEW!
Cast: 2 M, 2 F
Time: Approximately 10 minutes, 8 pgs
FARCE. An overly optimistic father living in denial finds himself repeatedly attacked by a horde of clowns. Included in the play collection “When Clowns Attack!”... READ MORE | BUY NOW
World's Best TeacherWorld's Best Teacher by Clint Snyder NEW!
Cast: 2 M, 4 F, opt. extras
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 27 pgs
COMEDY. It’s the first day of school and rumor has it that the new teacher from Russia, Ms. Porschtov, is a real pushover. But when Ms. Porschtov arrives, the students quickly meet her assistant, Co... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Zombie GunslingersZombie Gunslingers by Geff Moyer NEW!
Cast: 2 M, 4 F, 4 flexible
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 27 pgs
FARCE/WESTERN WITH SONG. It’s as dead as a June bug in January at the Wet Yer Whistle Saloon after the temperance ladies smashed all the bottles of Red Eye, confiscated the bullets, and burned the po... READ MORE | BUY NOW
Zombie in a CoolerZombie in a Cooler by Clint Snyder NEW!
Cast: 1 M, 1 F
Time: Approximately 10 minutes, 5 pgs
FARCE. A frightened baseball player captures a zombie and holds it captive in a large cooler. Included in the play collection “Baby Talk.”... READ MORE | BUY NOW