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Play collections work well because they bring several plays together, all under one cover. They’re cost effective, useful, and a must to have on your bookshelf for that un-anticipated emergency. Take a look at the new collections we’ve created. We think you’ll really enjoy them! NEW! Click here for play info, quotes, and more! Royalty: $15 per play; $45 for all
Chatterton Country Club, a 55+ retirement community, is the setting for these three 15-minute comedies. The intertwining stories explore the crazy cast of characters and themes that make senior communal living so…“Entertaining!” Chatterton Country Club has received both audience and critical acclaim. It’s a sure-fire hit for you! Click here for information about the plays and more! Royalty: $20 per play; $45 for all
The Pie Ladies pick up their rolling pins to make dozens of pies for the church supper. But as they busily bake pies, they decide to create their own country! Unfortunately this happens in front of the pastor, a potential choir director, and a newspaper reporter. It’s treason, isn’t it? And who’ll make the pies? Humor abounds as the situation unfolds. The Pie Ladies has been a hit with church, civic, and senior groups. Each time audiences chuckled, laughed, and asked for more. Royalty: $25 per performance NEW! The cast had such fun performing both of these plays. The audiences were in stitches. I highly recommend these shows…With The Pie Ladies, you never know what will happen next!” Melody Welty, Senior Recreation Coordinator, Oregon Park District/Rock River Center Click here to read a FreeView of the play
The Quibbles Radio Shows is a collection of ten comedy sketches, reminiscent of radio shows of the '40s and '50's, featuring a delightfully quarrelsome couple, Carol and Quentin Quibble, in the hilarious skirmishes of everyday life. Carol is a well-meaning helpmate, eager to improve herself and her husband. Quentin is mostly interested in golf. Their next door neighbor, Madge, is the town busybody. Sketches from The Quibbles Radio Shows are easy to perform with well-drawn characters. Can be fully mounted plays, used in classes, or included in variety shows. Such fun! It is such a pleasure to have an unique theatre experience with humor and fun that beckons back to the days of radio, the audience filling in the spaces with their imaginations. Wynne Weiss, Vista, California Public Library Click here for a FreeView of the sketches Royalty: $10 per sketch
Here it is-Book Two from the author of the first best-selling Age on Stage: Comedies for Readers Theatre. Open to any page in this book and you will find quirky characters in humorous situations, and that's why these short comedies are so much fun for both actors and audiences. For example, we've all had annoying restaurant experiences but none quite like the one Marge encounters in Lunch With Eddie. TV judges are lampooned in the ludicrous Courtroom Capers, and Mother Goose characters turn up in ridiculous roles in Law And Disorder. An amateur theatre group stumbles through a mystery play, airline passengers experience a strangely unusual journey, and a department store Santa Claus gets an unwelcome surprise. These funny adventures and many others are included in this intriguing collection of ten 10-minute comedies. Large Print Read about the plays in this collection Royalty $10 per performance
From chuckles to guffaws, this collection of ten 10-minute comedies is a laugh fest all the way. Sparked with funny characters and humorous situations, lively dialogue, sudden surprises, and just the right touch of charming goofiness, these plays are great fun for audiences and performers alike. This collection is an invitation to laughter! Written for and performed by a Senior Theatre company. Large Print Royalty $10 per performance
This collection of six 10-15 minute plays is an affectionate and frequently funny look at every day relationships with family, friends, and strangers. It includes:
You’re going to enjoy performing these plays! Royalty $10 per performance
Here are 10 wonderful plays and sketches selected from 300 in two nationwide searches. Useful for amateur to professionals. You’ll find plots and characters with a modern, positive image of aging and primarily females roles. Can be used for readers theatre or staged for any audience. Useful and entertaining! Booklist, American Library Association $24.95
Monologues, skits, one-act plays for auditions, women’s clubs, community theatre, and solo performance. Has 14 scripts, mainly for women. They are easy to do, with very clear characters, and all of them are funny. They were a hit when performed by the Sausalito Players. $17.50
Bob Redd is back with his latest book of easy plays for older actors. Here, he's written 31 short 1 man, 1 woman plays that bring to life a middle class couple, Jack and Irma. They'll tickle your funny bone as they struggle with the ups, downs, and transitions of retirement living. The dialogue is based on the format used by performers like George Burns and Gracie Allen, a married couple who grew up on the vaudeville stage and then graduated into radio. Your going to enjoy their unique look at retirement life! Like all of Bob's other plays, the plays are easy to stage and royalty free. Click here to see all of Bob’s 100 short plays!
You’ll want to stage these shows and have the book handy on your library shelves for when you need something special. Complied by the folks at UNLV, it has ten plays, all with dynamic older characters! It includes monologues, ten-minute shows, and one acts. A must-have for Senior Theatre entertainment! 130 pages. Click here to read about the plays $18.95
Here are seven short 10-minute plays with a wide variety of challenging and enticing theatre that feature dynamic, humorous and touching older characters. Check out our favorite, Still 29! Click here to read about the plays. $13.95
SENIORS CENTERSTAGE: Sketches Designed for Seniors Bring seniors on stage with these humorous and thought-provoking sketches for use in drama ministry. They work well in performance, as an activity at weekly meetings, or for eye-opening presentations on issues of aging. Some intergenerational sketches included. All promote empathy, understanding, and unity. Most are 5 to 10 minutes in length. Non-royalty. Click here to read about the plays in this collection. $19.99
So many senior theatre directors recommended this book that we knew you’d want it in the collection. It includes Macbeth, Tartuffe, Hedda Gabler, The Cherry Orchard, Importance of Being Ernest and Lysistrata. It’s an excellent collection of plays specifically adapted for readers theatre. They vary in length and our audiences love them. One senior theatre director who recommended this collection $10.25
Jules returns with another collection of ten short, upbeat plays for readers theatre in large print. Volume I has been so popular that we’re sure your audiences will love these also. Find out more about Jules Abrams $23.95
This popular anthology includes ten short upbeat plays for readers theatre. All have been successfully produced at retirement residences, senior centers, and drama clubs. It features dynamic characters in plots that are sure to interest many older performers. Easy to use and in large print. Find out more about Jules Abrams $23.95
Includes ten amusing one act plays, six skits, and additional information such as coping with stage fright. Themes range from the bittersweet final chapter of a caring waitress to the zany carryings-on of a mountain clan. Most of the playwrights and characters are seniors. All are funny. $19.95
Short plays are popular because they are useful in class, as readers theatre and can be performed for many different kinds of audiences. A delightful collection of comedies and dramas filled with roles that today’s mature performers and audiences will love. $19.95
These ten short plays in large, easy-to-read type offer perspectives on relationships and romance, along with some intergenerational situations. Copy the scripts and use with ease! $10.50
Robert has been working in senior theatre for many years. His group couldn’t find any scripts, so Robert took out his pen! All of his collections contain short plays and skits that have thrilled performers in retirement homes and senior centers. He’s done so well that they have won a National Mature Media Award! They are royalty free so it’s easy to try them on for size! $24.95 |
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