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4 in a Loo
1. 4 in a Loo by Len Cuthbert
Cast: 5 M, 1 F, 5 flexible OR 1 M, 5 F, 5 flex (4 M or 4 F with doubling)
Time: Approximately 40-60 minutes, 41 pgs.

COLLECTION. Twists and turns abound in this collection of four short plays, which features a hodgepodge of delightfully mixed-up characters. In “Jack’s Dilemma,” Jack arrives at a local diner and tr... READ MORE | BUY NOW

4 in a Loo
2. 4 in a Loo by Len Cuthbert
Cast: 4 M or 4 F
Time: Approximately 10 minutes, 8 pgs

COMEDY. Four desperate college students fight for the use of a small, cramped bathroom. Semi-finalist, Theatre Oxford, 2006. Included in the short play collection "4 in a Loo."... READ MORE | BUY NOW

A Crust of Bread!
3. A Crust of Bread! by Heather Lynn
Cast: 5 M, 2 F
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 27 pgs.

COMEDY. Adapted from the play Make Believe by A. A. Milne. The King and Queen are eager to decide who will marry their daughter since her suitors, who have rather hearty appetites, are eating them o... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Above the Bitter Café
4. 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

Academy Grimm
5. 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

Academy School for Gifted, Malevolently Impressive, Nefariously Awesome…Girls
6. Academy School for Gifted, Malevolently Impressive, Nefariously Awesome…Girls by J. Patrick Moss
Cast: 3 M, 12 F, 1 flexible
Time: Approximately 60-75 minutes, 62 pgs

FARCE. Due to budget cuts, the School for Impressively Awesome Girls must merge with the Academy of Gifted, Malevolent, and Nefarious Girls. Combining good students with evil students in a school wh... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Ace of Diamonds
7. 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

Adapted, Adapted Version of "As You Like It," The
8. Adapted, Adapted Version of "As You Like It," The by Emilio Regina
Cast: 6 M, 4 F, 1 flexible, opt. extras
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 33 pgs.

FARCE. When a dimwitted professional wrestler mistakenly ends up at a community theatre instead of a wrestling arena, he is mistaken as an understudy and quickly finds himself on stage performing the... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Addicted to Outrage
9. Addicted to Outrage by Kamron Klitgaard NEW!
Cast: 2 M, 3 F, 10 flexible
Time: Approximately 100-120 minutes, 90 pgs

COMEDY. WARNING: Outrage may cause addiction to chanting, protesting, and uncontrollable fits of laughter. Outragers Anonymous is a support group for angry individuals who enjoy being outraged. Eac... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Addicts Anonymous
10. Addicts Anonymous by Kory Howard
Cast: 6 flexible
Time: Approximately 15 mins, 14 pgs.

COMEDY. In “Addicts Anonymous,” five people attend an Addicts Anonymous meeting but it’s not for drug or alcohol abuse―it’s for technology junkies! Included in the short play collection, "Bathroom B... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Admirable Crichton, The
11. 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

Adorabelle and the Silly Seven
12. Adorabelle and the Silly Seven by Murray J. Rivette
Cast: 2 M, 2 F, 8 flexible
Time: Approximately 60 minutes, 58 pgs.

CHILDREN’S COMEDY. In this wacky adaptation of “Snow White,” a villainously vain Queen tries to kill her lovely stepdaughter, Adorabelle, with a poisonous hair scrunchie. But when the Silly Seven fo... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Adventures of Reddy Fox and the Green Forest Folks, The
13. Adventures of Reddy Fox and the Green Forest Folks, The by C. Edward Wheaton
Cast: 1 M, 7 F, 10 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 1 M, 6 F, 6 flexible)
Time: Approximately 45-60 minutes, 48 pgs.

COMEDY. Adapted from the stories by Thornton Burgess. Reddy Fox thinks he’s the smartest creature in the Green Forest, but he meets his match when a cunning, fast-talking, hungry coyote arrives look... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The
14. 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

After the Battle
15. After the Battle by Denis Emorine
Cast: 4 flexible, extras
Time: Approximately 20-30 minutes, 21 pgs

DRAMA. After a major battle, only three soldiers survive. To pass the time, one soldier proposes that they play “The Last Survivor Game” in which they all draw straws, and the one with the shortest ... READ MORE | BUY NOW

After We Went to Our First REAL Play
16. 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

Agatha Christie's The Case of the Egyptian Curse
17. Agatha Christie's The Case of the Egyptian Curse by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 6 M, 1 F, 1 flexible
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 32 pgs

MURDER-MYSTERY. Adapted from the story by Agatha Christie. The famous Egyptologist Sir John Willard has died unexpectedly in Egypt while excavating the tomb of the pharaoh Men-her-Ra. When other me... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Case of the Family Curse
18. Agatha Christie's The Case of the Family Curse by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 6 M, 3 F, 2 boys
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 29 pgs

MYSTERY. Mrs. Lemesurier’s eldest son, Ronald, has narrowly escaped death three times in the past six months and seems destined to become the next victim of the Lemesurier family curse. The medieval... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Case of the King of Clubs
19. Agatha Christie's The Case of the King of Clubs by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 5 M, 4 F, 2 flexible (With doubling: 5 M, 3 F, 2 flexible)
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 29 pgs

MURDER-MYSTERY. Adapted from the short story by Agatha Christie. One evening, famed dancer Valerie Saintclair staggers into the Oglanders’ drawing room with blood on her dress and manages to murmur,... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Case of the Missing Cook
20. Agatha Christie's The Case of the Missing Cook by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 4 M, 3 F
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 27 pgs

MYSTERY. Eager to tend to his personal affairs like trimming his mustache and removing a grease spot from his suit, famed detective Hercule Poirot vows to take time off from solving crimes. Instead,... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Case of the Missing Will
21. Agatha Christie's The Case of the Missing Will by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 4 M, 2 F
Time: Approximately 20-30 minutes, 24 pgs

MYSTERY. Upon his death, Andrew Marsh left instructions allowing his niece, Violet, to live at Crabtree Manor for one year to “prove her wits” or all his worldly goods will go to charitable instituti... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Chocolate Box
22. Agatha Christie's The Chocolate Box by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 3 M, 3 F, 2 flexible
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 28 pgs

MURDER-MYSTERY. Adapted from the short story by Agatha Christie. Famed detective Hercule Poirot discretely recounts to his friend Arthur Hastings the shocking story of the one and only time he faile... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Cornish Mystery
23. Agatha Christie's The Cornish Mystery by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 4 M, 3 F
Time: Approximately 20-30 minutes, 30 pgs

MURDER-MYSTERY. Adapted from the short story by Agatha Christie. Mrs. Pengelley confides to detective Hercule Poirot that she fears her husband is trying to poison her. Mrs. Pengelley has no proof t... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
24. Agatha Christie's The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 3 M
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 29 pgs

MYSTERY. Adapted from the story by Agatha Christie. When a well-known banker mysteriously disappears, famed detective Hercule Poirot bets Inspector Japp from Scotland Yard that he can solve the myst... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Disappearance of the Western Star
25. Agatha Christie's The Disappearance of the Western Star by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 5 M, 3 F, 2 flexible (With doubling: 5 M, 3 F)
Time: Approximately 30-40 minutes, 38 pgs

MYSTERY. Adapted from the story by Agatha Christie. American film star Mary Marvell has received three threatening letters warning that her diamond, the “Western Star,” will be stolen on “the night ... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Double Clue
26. Agatha Christie's The Double Clue by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 2 M, 4 F
Time: Approximately 20-30 minutes, 24 pgs

MYSTERY. Adapted from the story by Agatha Christie. Mrs. Hardman, a wealthy collector, summons famed detective Hercule Poirot to recover her jewels that were stolen at a tea party, which was attende... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan Hotel
27. Agatha Christie's The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan Hotel by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 5 M, 4 F, 1 flexible, extras
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 33 pgs

MYSTERY. Adapted from the short story by Agatha Christie. While vacationing at the Grand Metropolitan Hotel in Brighton, famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is called upon by a rich American coup... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Kidnapping at Waverly Court
28. Agatha Christie's The Kidnapping at Waverly Court by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 4 M, 3 F
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 27 pgs

MYSTERY. Adapted from the short story by Agatha Christie. Country Squire Marcus Waverly and his wife receive a mysterious note from a kidnapper who threatens to abduct their three-year-old son if th... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Man in the Brown Suit
29. Agatha Christie's The Man in the Brown Suit by Tracy Wells NEW!
Cast: 10 M, 7 F, 13 flexible, extras (With doubling: 8 M, 6 F, 8 flexible, extras. Tripling possible.)
Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 98 pgs

MYSTERY/THRILLER. Adapted from the novel by Agatha Christie. After her father dies, Anne Beddingfeld heads for London in search of adventure but soon finds herself drawn into a world of secret agent... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
30. Agatha Christie's The Million Dollar Bond Robbery by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 5 M, 2 F, 2 flexible (With doubling: 5 M, 2 F)
Time: Approximately 20-30 minutes, 23 pgs

MYSTERY. Philip Ridgway was entrusted by the London and Scottish Bank to transport one million dollars of bonds from London to a bank in New York. The bonds were counted in Mr. Ridgeway’s presence i... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Murder at the Victory Ball
31. Agatha Christie's The Murder at the Victory Ball by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 7 M, 3 F, 6 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 7 M, 3 F, 5 flexible)
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 29 pgs

MURDER-MYSTERY. Adapted from the story by Agatha Christie. At a high-society costume ball, Lord Cronshaw is found stabbed in the heart with a kitchen knife, and his fiancée is mysteriously found dea... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles
32. 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

Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Simple Set)
33. 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

Agatha Christie's The Mystery at Hunter's Lodge
34. Agatha Christie's The Mystery at Hunter's Lodge by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 4 M, 2 F
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 29 pgs

MURDER-MYSTERY. Adapted from the short story by Agatha Christie. Roger Havering calls on famed detective Hercule Poirot to investigate the murder of his wealthy uncle, who has been murdered at an is... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Plymouth Express Murder
35. Agatha Christie's The Plymouth Express Murder by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 4 M, 3 F, 1 flexible (With doubling: 4 M, 2 F)
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 27 pgs

MURDER-MYSTERY. Adapted from the short story by Agatha Christie. A wealthy American steel magnate hires famed detective Hercule Poirot to hunt down the killer of his daughter, Flossie, who was murde... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Puzzle Box
36. Agatha Christie's The Puzzle Box by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 4 M, 1 F (With doubling: 3 M, 1 F)
Time: Approximately 20-30 minutes, 25 pgs

MYSTERY. With no interesting cases of late, famed detective Hercule Poirot declares that the criminals of England have come to fear him: “When the cat is there, the little mice…they come no more to ... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's The Secret Adversary
37. 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

Agatha Christie's The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
38. Agatha Christie's The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 5 M, 2 F, 1 flexible
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 29 pgs

MURDER-MYSTERY. Adapted from the short story by Agatha Christie. On the grounds of Marsdon Manor, Mr. Maltravers is found dead with a small rifle by his side. Since there are no bullet holes in his... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's What Did the Dead Man Have Up His Sleeve?
39. Agatha Christie's What Did the Dead Man Have Up His Sleeve? by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 3 M, 2 F, 2 flexible, extras
Time: Approximately 20-30 minutes, 23 pgs

MURDER-MYSTERY. Adapted from the short story by Agatha Christie. Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard persuades Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings to join him on a weekend getaway to the country town of ... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Agatha Christie's What Move Must the Cat Make Now?
40. Agatha Christie's What Move Must the Cat Make Now? by Heather Lynn NEW!
Cast: 3 M, 5 F (With doubling: 3 M, 4 F)
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 32 pgs

MURDER-MYSTERY. Adapted from the short story by Agatha Christie. Famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot receives a letter from Miss Amelia Barrowby requesting his assistance with a delicate, private... READ MORE | BUY NOW

AIEEE!
41. AIEEE! by Richard Krawiec
Cast: 20 flexible, extras
Time: Approximately 20-25 minutes, 20 pgs.

CHILDREN'S INTERACTIVE COMEDY. A narrator attempts to tell the tale of a farmer, a fisherman, and a weaver, but he keeps getting interrupted by an unruly host of characters. It seems that everyone h... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Aladdin's Magic Lamp
42. Aladdin's Magic Lamp by Murray J. Rivette
Cast: 3 M, 3 F
Time: Approximately 45-60 mins, 43 pgs.

CHILDREN’S COMEDY. Children of all ages will love this wildly wacky version of the story of Aladdin from The Arabian Nights. Times are tough for Aladdin and his mother. They don’t have enough money... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Alice in Wonderland
43. 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

Alice's Looking Glass
44. Alice's Looking Glass by Murray J. Rivette
Cast: 4 M, 3 F, 4 flexible
Time: Approximately 45-60 minutes, 49 pgs

SPOOF. In this spoof of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Alice enters Wonderland through a mirror her mother bought at Goodwill. In Wonderland, Alice m... READ MORE | BUY NOW

Alien Education
45. Alien Education by David Braden
Cast: 2 M, 3 F
Time: Approximately 20 minutes, 20 pgs.

CHILDREN'S COMEDY. To help Jesse earn a good score on her middle-school placement exam, Uncle Ed and Aunt Lilly have decided to hire a tutor, Mr. Small. But Mr. Small turns out to be an alien shape-... READ MORE | BUY NOW

All Through the Houze
46. All Through the Houze by Patrick Bell, Nelah Smith Gabler, Regan Shepherd
Cast: 3 M, 3 F, 7 flexible
Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 28 pgs.

HOLIDAY. It’s Christmas Eve and the Houze kids think they are too old for Christmas and don’t want to watch Christmas specials, sip hot cocoa, or read Dad’s favorite Christmas poem, “’Twas the Night ... READ MORE | BUY NOW

All's Well in Rosewell
47. 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

All's Will That Ends Well
48. 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

Amazon Nation
49. Amazon Nation by Clint Snyder
Cast: 1 M, 5 F
Time: Approximately 10 minutes, 11 pgs

FARCE. A zookeeper shows some visitors a cage containing the last man on earth and teaches them an ancient form of English called “nagging” so that they can communicate with the beast. Included in t... READ MORE | BUY NOW

American Idle
50. American Idle by Bradley Hayward
Cast: 10 M, 8 F, extras (Flexible cast 40+. With doubling: 3 M, 3 F)
Time: Approximately 60 minutes, 57 pgs.

SPOOF. It’s become the latest TV reality show craze! In “American Idle,” contestants vie for the honor of becoming America’s number-one high school slacker. Host Brian Seacrest takes us through rou... READ MORE | BUY NOW

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