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| Reconstructing Julie is a short play about an intelligent young woman who receives an unorthodox diagnosis from her therapist, resulting in a lively, humorous debate about the nature of existence. This 15-minute play requires minimal staging and two actors.
Among other productions, Reconstructing Julie was presented in New York as part of the Algonquin Theater’s 2008 One Act Festival. CAST: 1 M, 1 F More information and download... Buried in the Bahamas is the story of Nikki, a charmingly unstable young lady who finds winter more exhilarating than life. This short, darkly comedic play requires minimal staging and three actors. It was most recently performed by the Close Theatre Company of St. Albans in Washington, D.C. CAST: 2 F, 1 M More information and download... Dead Cat's Bounce is about a father, home from the hospital with a supply of morphine, who has just enough time to cautiously interact with a family on the edge. This one-act play requires minimal staging and four actors. Winner, Heartland Theatre Company’s Emerging Illinois Playwrights Project, March 2008. CAST: 2 F, 2 M More information and download... The Trouble With Brandon is a short play about a middle-aged couple pondering why their young nephew, Brandon, has stopped attending family events. This 10-minute play requires minimal staging and two actors. Presented in 2008 by New York's NativeAliens Theatre Collective, as part of Short Stories 9, Queer Prime. CAST 2 M More information and download... Choice, Lies, Bleeding, the story of a young woman who makes a difficult choice, is a five-minute monologue addressing the politically volatile topic of abortion. Room 124 is about a young couple, Manprasad and Madhuri, who experience a difficult night in a roadside motel. This one-act play requires minimal staging and two actors. CAST: 1 M, 1 F Download Play (Adobe PDF) The Rose Merchant visits a disharmonious couple wrestling with the nature of their maturing relationship after a night out. This very short 7-minute play requires minimal staging and three actors. CAST: 2 M, 1F Download Play (Adobe PDF) 2 + 2 = 5, a lighthearted play about the complexity of ambiguity, requires four actors, 10 minutes and minimal staging. CAST: 1 M, 1 F, 2 M or F Download Play (Adobe PDF) Summer’s Lease, short in duration, is the story of three friends’ parting under the weight of secrets kept, leveraged and revealed. This 10-minute play requires three actors and simple staging. CAST: 2 M, 1 F Download Play (Adobe PDF) The Everlasting God Stopper, a humorous one-act play about the absurdities of modern-day health care, requires four actors and approximately 10 minutes. Moderate staging is needed. CAST: 2 F, 2 M Download Play (Adobe PDF) The Clairvoyant Wife visits a couple wrestling with the here, the hereafter and what lies between. This 10-minute play requires two actors and minimal staging. CAST: 1 F, 1 M Download Play (Adobe PDF) Glad Tidings and High Waters is a lighthearted play about hard economic times, gay marriage and two best friends who've always had each other's back. This short play requires 10 minutes, minimal staging and three actors. CAST: 3 M Download Play (Adobe PDF) Vitamin World is a bawdy farce about a misfit crew of independent filmmakers struggling to get just one scene right. This one act play requires minimal staging and four versatile actors. CAST: 3 M, 1 F Download Play (Adobe PDF) The Fitting is a humorous, intergenerational battle of the sexes requiring ten minutes, four actors and minimal staging. CAST: 2 F, 2 M Download Play (Adobe PDF) |
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