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at half time best smallerAT HALF TIME
Art Shulman

5 women, 1 man (5 players, 1 coach),
20 minute comedy

The team in the Over 60 Women's Park Basketball league has had a terrible first half. They’re losing to Little Sisters of Mercy--a silent order of nuns who play in long skirts. It’s halftime and the Coach is beside himself because his team of slow moving, slow reacting ladies is losing 59-6. His efforts to motivate his team don’t seem to work. But then he thinks of a solution about how to neutralize the competition. This fast moving play has plenty of action from the well-drawn characters. Lots of fun!

AT HALF TIME recently won the audience vote as best play in the THE WRITER SPEAKS competition in North Hollywood. And the vote wasn't even close.

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E-script $15.00 

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THE CHRISTMAS COFFEE
Ann Pugh

3 women, 1 special walk-on
20-minute comedy

The social committee of a senior center prepares for their annual Christmas Coffee. As bossy chairwoman Ruby fusses, Sandra, an easily intimidated worker and Lucy, a fashionable snob, hastily prepare for a special performance by a madrigal choir. To everyone’s surprise, a hip-hop rapper appears onstage, secretly hired by a vindictive employee. A light, lively, fun holiday script that’s easy to produce. Great for readers theatre. (Available as an e-script on Word, WordPerfect or on Paper)
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E-script $15.00 

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GIN AND TONIC
John Clifford

1 man, 1 woman
10-minute comedy

This laugh-out-loud comedy offers a fresh look at the problems of senior dating. Olive is having a bad day when she is interrupted by Stanley, a brash fellow who seems to have mistaken her office for the nearby Senior Dating Service. As he tries to impress her, the verbal duel becomes increasingly hilarious.
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E-script $15 

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GARDEN OF ENTANGLEMENTS
Lora Lee Ecobelli

1 man, 1 woman
18 minutes.

A married couple finds their way through life’s tangled garden of weeds, plants, blossoms and blessings. Featured in National Short Play Festival and just returned from successful tour to senior audiences in New York. Audience members raved saying, “Thank you for bringing us intelligent theatre.”

E-script $15.00  

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ROSES TO PLAN
Robin Rice Lichtig

1 man, 1 woman
10 minutes.

An older married couple give us a sweet and funny look at love in a long-standing marriage. Sura needs Eli at her side every minute to keep her kleptomania under control. But Eli must go for surgery for a cancerous bump on his nose. The limits of their love are tested. They pass with flying colors and more than a few laughs and tears. Touching and kind, winner of many awards.

E-script $15.00 

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BITSY AND HER FRIENDS
Ludmilla Bollow

6 women,
30 minute light comedy.

Bitsy and her street people friends recycle trash for their ‘art faire’ to be held in the Wyndham Mansion Gardens only to meet opposition from the neighbors. The offbeat character thwart their detractors with a surprise ending. Semi-finalist winner in 2003 Eileen Heckart Drama for Seniors Competition. 

E-script $15.00 

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THE WILD SISTER
John Clifford

3 women
10 minutes

Kate and Joanie arrive at their sister Marilyn’s house to comfort her after her husband’s betrayal and abandonment. They offer support and sympathy, but they are not prepared to find that Marilyn is coping just fine on her own.  This funny and touching play explores how sibling rivalries can last far into adulthood. A popular piece for contests
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E-script $15.00 

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Short Plays by Olga Sanderson

funny stuff cropped smaller 2We’ve combined all 10 of Olga’s short, easy plays into one new book, Funny Stuff. Click here for details.

PREJUDICE MEETS ITS WATERLOO
Olga Sanderson

1 man, 2 women,
10 minute comedy

Retired mortician, Adolph Schlepenheimer, has to see the doctor only to be confronted by some ‘new fangled’ personnel. Light, lively, strong characters. Lots of fun!
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E-script $5.00 

 

THE WRONG CAPTIVE
Olga Sanderson

2 men, 3 women
10 minute comedy

Widowed sisters, Dora and Delia, are faced with a terrible problem skunk that only their ranch hands, Clem and Charlie Bumpstead can fix.

E-script $5.00 

 

STRANGE UFO
Olga Sanderson

1 man, 4 women
10 minute comedy

Attorney Dings and the whole office struggle with a strong wind that blows Sam Pott’s pants onto the flagpole. Offbeat and funny. 

E-script $5.00 

 

THE BUG HUNTER
Olga Sanderson

2 males, 3 women, 10 minutes

Inspectors from the State Board of Health are looking for bugs, supposedly. Instead the crafty sisters, Millie and Maggie, catch the fellows for what they really are, common crooks.

E-script $5.00 

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