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You’re going to love these shows, tried, tested and enjoyed in numerous productions. Click on the playwright’s name for more single plays:
NEW! 10 minute comedy Clyde is a hard-core womanizer and three-time loser in the marital sweepstakes. His journeys take him to Las Vegas for some R & R and perhaps a new conquest because he is still on the prowl. He is delighted to discover that the Red Hatters are holding their annual convention in the hotel where he's staying and the pickings look prime. What Clyde doesn't know is that his three ex-wives are all in town for the convention. None of them know or have even heard of each other, just one of several details of his life that Clyde neglected to mention. All of that changes during the course of a few hectic moments and Clyde is suddenly up to his ogling eye-balls in angry ex-spouses. This unexpected "family reunion" is a lot of laughs as Clyde uses all of his charms to try to explain the unexplainable. Very funny! Royalties: $15 per performance NEW! 25 minute comedy Wry-witted, with rapid fire screwball comedy dialogue, Love and Other Investments centers on Agnes as she tries to finish her taxes. Her meddlesome neighbor, demanding mother, and ex-husband all interfere with a peaceful night to remind Agnes that there’s more to life than double-blind investments and paperwork. E-script $15
NEW! 10 minute comedy Maisie & Grover have come to the theatre using anniversary-present tickets from their children. She loves the idea; he hates it. As the colorful couple enters from the rear of the theatre, they bicker and jostle, break up and make up. This quick, fun, easy show is designed to stand alone or be combined in a program with other plays. Such fun! Royalty: $10
NEW! 10-15 minute mystery Vivian takes care of Anna, who she refers to as “Sister.” When Vivian asks if Anna remembers Patricia, Anna berates her for mentioning the daughter who ran away to get married and broke her heart. Outside, the flower garden Patricia planted is a constant reminder. Sound confusing? That’s the point of this mysterious, alluring play. Well-drawn characters in a tight show, this will be a favorite that your audience will remember. Royalty: $10 per performance
NEW! 30 minute comedy Sally’s birthday is a month away. Her husband Stan has planned a surprise birthday trip that includes an annual vacation they always take with their very conservative, best friends, Peter and Penelope Page. Everyone is excited about the trip. Sally learns by accident that they are going to Plain & Simple, a nudist colony where she and her husband were members fifteen years ago! It's a trip--the audience will anticipate the ending, but the actors will surprise them. A funny, well written show that flows well and…there’s no nudity! Royalty: $25 per performance
NEW! 10 minute comedy In this humorous phone conversation, the caller only wants to find out how to make a casserole. Instead she finds herself embroiled in a conversation that takes off in all directions…everywhere, except in the direction of the recipe! This delightful comedy is simple to produce with a format that allows you to hide scripts, if necessary. The play is easy, light, fun and sure to be a hit with your audiences! Click here for a FreeView Royalty $10
NEW! 10 minute comedy Edearl is a good husband but sometimes his wife Merle could just wring his neck especially when uptight church lady Maevelyn comes to call. Can love triumph over a broken toilet flapper, a lost cell phone, and a bloody nose or is Merle really just an “enabler” of her sweet husband’s incompetence? This fun, physical comedy is a southern fried delight. Easy to stage and a pleasure to perform, this play won the Down Home Play Festival in Rock Hill, SC and was performed as part of the 9 X 9 series at Theatre Charlotte in Charlotte, SC. It was voted “Audience Favorite” and was performed to sold out audiences. Laura Pfizenmayer is my favorite playwright! I love directing Laura’s work because her plays are so much fun, for actors and audiences alike. Annie Laurie Wheat, Theatre Professor, Winthrop University Royalty: $15 per performance
ROSES TO PLAN 1 man, 1 woman 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. The limits of their love are tested. They pass with flying colors and more than a few laughs. Touching and kind, winner of many awards. E-script $15.00
A play in rhyme and rhythm. Annie is a faded, fluttery woman who has not lost her dream of the stage; Mattie, an unimaginative soul with a toneless voice; Hallie, loud, robust, energetic; and Bessie, tall and dignified -- sole admirer of her own voice. Annie proposes they entertain themselves while they eat their midnight snack and rest from their scrubbing of the bare stage. So Bessie sings, Hallie dances, Mattie plays a piano number and Annie gives a melodramatic reading. When, after a disagreement, all four perform simultaneously ...well, it has to be seen to be appreciated. Non-royalty
5 women Retired sisters Maryln and Betty get together with their three friends, Cora, Peggy and Alice for Coffee and a recipe exchange. They discover, to their amazement and chagrin, that they have all been cooking for the same lovely man! The resolution to the dilemma is clever and charming. $10.00
1 man, 6 women The ladies meet at Suzie’s home for a game of poker--which they know little if anything about. Suzie’s husband sticks his 2-cents in and the game disintegrates into a sharing of makeup and poker-bridge. As usual, men are a part of the discussion! $8.50
2 men, full length Mr. Green, a retired dry cleaner, wanders into traffic and is almost hit by a car driven by a 29-year-old corporate executive. The young man is charged with reckless driving, and is given a community service sentence of helping the recently widowed Mr. Green. The play follows the two men’s growing and changing relationship in what begins as a comedy and turns into a gripping and moving drama as the two men come to know and care about each other. $8.50 Click on the playwright’s name for more single plays: |
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VISITING MR. GREEN |
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