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I have written a number of plays for play festivals, as well as read through hundreds of plays on the internet, and I realized there is gap in the publishing industry where good authors struggle to get their plays published. So I have created an online play publishing company that will publish and sell plays!

full length drama script

TODD – FULL LENGTH DRAMA SCRIPT BASED ON ‘SWEENEY TODD’

“Todd” is based on the infamous character, ‘Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’, yet this story has a more humane approach and the author has depicted Sweeney Todd as a victim of circumstance and of his own vengeance.

It is 18th century England and Todd, a man who used to be known as Pope is sentenced to be transported to Botany Bay, Australia after spending 4 years in prison. He escapes and returns to London, seeking the whereabouts of his daughter Claire whom he has not seen since before his prison sentence. Whilst plotting his revenge, on the Judge who passed his extended prison sentence, Todd sets up as a Barber in Fleet Street, having acquired barber and surgeon skills during his adventures on the high seas. His passion for revenge affects him deeply and he changes into a bitter, cold hearted murderer. He finds his daughter in surprising circumstances, with the help of his lawyer friend, Jonathan, who is unaware of Todd’s change in personality. As for his quest – revenge is far from sweet for Sweeney Todd.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Mount Isa Theatrical Society, Queensland, Australia – 2018
The Understudies, Radboud Universiteit, Netherlands – 2018
Studio East Training for the Performing Arts, WA, USA – 2021
Kew House School, United Kingdom – 2022
Phoenix Players, Southsea, United Kingdom – 2022

More about playwright Keith Passmore. Other dramas by Keith Passmore.

Author: Keith Passmore

Genre: Full length drama script

Type: Two-act full length drama playwright

Length: Two hours

Cast: 20-28 actors 21M 7F (double casting is achievable as are some females playing male parts)

Ages of the actors: Adult

Suitable for: PG 13 violence

Set: Minimal stage furniture and props can be used. Scene changes could be made by lighting different parts of the stage, particularly with spots, a number of which are stated in the script.

Level of Difficulty: 8/10 – a drama with a large cast.

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Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about Todd

© October 2014 Keith Passmore and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? More full length dramas for large casts

A contemporary Christmas Carol – modern Scrooge story
Enter Love – modern romantic musicals
The Scepter has departed – modern Jewish play script

Action, Comedies, Plays in 2 acts, Teens

The Robber Baron and the Baker Thief – Teen adventure play

September 28, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

THE ROBBER BARON AND THE BAKER THIEF – TEEN ADVENTURE PLAY

The Robber Baron and the Baker Thief follows the story of young Hans, the son of a Baker and Maria, the daughter of a miller. Hans and Maria are in love with each other but are afraid to tell the other how they feel. Hans also has a secret; he travels the countryside as the notorious highwayman known as Black Jack. A chance encounter in the forest where Hans as Black Jack rescues Maria from a band of robbers exposes his secret to the black-hearted villain Baron Blackheart who falls for Maria’s beauty and decides to make her his bride. At this point the play follows a series of events as the Baron plots to win the hand of Maria and rid himself of Black Jack once and for all…

Production History:

SPAG BOL Productions – Ferny Grove State School, Queensland, Australia – 2016

See the promo video of the 2016 production by Ferny Grove school, Australia.

Author: David Schmidt

Genre: Teen adventure romance

Type: Two act play

Cast: 19 5F, 8F and the rest either gender.

Ages of the actors: Suitable for teens

Suitable for: The whole family

Length: 90 minutes

Set: The sets for this show can also be as simple or as elaborate as you want. Descriptions for each set can be found in the script. When first performed trees for the forest were made out of cardboard and a single banquet table was used for the baker shop, the bar at Joe’s Forest hideaway and the barons castle. Smaller tables were used for Joe’s forest hideaway and the kitchen table in Maria’s home. This made for easy scene changes

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 a fun and easy teen play ideal for drama camp

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Cost is $6 for this drama camp workshopped play

Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about The Robber Baron and the Baker Thief

© September 2014 David Schmidt and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other teen adventure plays

Aladdin comedy script
Peter’s dream – three act teen adventure
The Dragons of Spring – short two act medieval teen comedy
The Wandering Bard’s tale – medieval teen comedy

Comedies, Plays in 2 acts, Thrillers/Horrors

Mister Hislop’s Dating Agency – funny ghost story script

September 25, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

MISTER HISLOP’S DATING AGENCY – FUNNY GHOST STORY SCRIPT

Four people (two men and two women) meet in a room with an eerie atmosphere, which is part of a derelict house. They were previously unknown to each other, and are there as a result of a meeting arranged by the Hislop Dating Agency. Their uneasiness in being there is suddenly compounded into stark terror! They try to get out of the house, but find that they are locked in. They are confronted by the truth – The Hislop dating Agency is for DEAD PEOPLE ONLY. Any hopeful doubts they had over being ghosts are eventually toppled when they get involved with a BBC producer and his assistant, who are searching for a ghost-like property for an episode of the Doctor Who series.

What happens next?

Production History

Seaton High School, Australia, 2016

Author: Tom Baines

Genre: Funny ghost story script

Type: Two act play

Cast: Nine 5M 4F

Ages of the actors: Adult – mid twenties to forties

Suitable for: All ages

Length: 80-90 minutes

Set: A sparsely furnished room that includes a long full-length mirror (in a swing frame or wall mounted) – also, a plain light upright chair. … The room requires to have a slight eerie aspect about it – perhaps brought about by the décor and lighting.

Level of Difficulty: 8/10 mixing ghost story tension with comedic build up

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Cost is $9.00 for this Editor’s Choice script. Just Click Shakespeare!

Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about Mister Hislop’s dating agency

© September 2014 Tom Baines and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? See some other ghost and horror plays we stock:

The price of a Ghost – dramatic 2 act ghost story
A Contemporary Christmas Carol

Comedies, Musicals, One act plays

Madrababes – fun filled one act musicals

September 20, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

MADRABABES – FUN FILLED ONE ACT MUSICALS

ONE ACT MUSICALS

one act musicals

A fun filled one act musical for six actors, 3F and, er, 2 other F dressed up as men and at least one real man with a real beard. Madrababes was staged in June 2013 in Swindon, as part of Madam Renards Mini Fringe to great reviews!

A REVIEW OF MADRABABES AS PART OF MADAM RENARDS FRINGE

‘One of the main words that popped into my head when I first started watching Madrababes was ‘fun.’ A one act musical made up entirely of madrigals, a form of early music pop music. Please be advised to leave your serious hats at the door for an hour of entertaining quips and silliness, a story of 6 friends finding love through jokes and song. We meet John and Tom, two stylish elegant ‘men’ lamenting their lack of luck with their lady friends Phyllis and Philomela, could it possibly be because they are far more worried about what they’re wearing than displays of manliness?

The ladies are equally lamenting about the lack of decent men in the area when in walks Amyntas, a tall man with a real, not drawn on, beard and a deep voice. Naturally fighting ensues and much harmonised singing. ‘

by Abby Sparrow

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Read a sample of the sheet music for one of the songs, Whither Away

Cost is $7 for the digital script of this successfully produced stage play

Cost is $7 for the sheet music for the show

Contact Off the Wall Plays with any queries about Madrababes

© September 2014 Matt Fox and Jessie Thompson Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other musicals that we stock:

Enter Love – contemporary musicals

And all his songs were sad – play about the life and works of Sean mcCarthy

Twenty first century stomp – A rap drama in two acts

Comedies, One act plays, Skits

Call of the Riled – short skit for Thanksgiving

September 14, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

CALL OF THE RILED – SHORT SKIT FOR THANKSGIVING

SKIT FOR THANKSGIVING

A short skit for thanksgiving for 2-3 people for people who can’t cook! Set in the kitchen where the turkey is burning away, a caller calls 9-1-1 for advice. Featuring a smoke filled kitchen, a 9-1-1 call and a gravy making hotline.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Mayflower Mosaic Radio Theater Live, OH, USA – 2019

Author: Lois and Kelly Corcoran

Genre: Comedy skit for Thanksgiving

Type: Short one act play

Length: Three to four minutes

Cast: 1-3 people any sex.

Suitable for: All ages

Set: Simple – a telephone and kitchen utensils

Level of difficulty: 6/10 – nice skit for girl guides, scouts, Christian groups as well as comedy groups for the holidays. Skit for Thanksgiving.

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Cost is $5.50 for this best selling skit. Just click Shakespeare!

Contact Off the Wall Plays with any queries about Call of the Riled

© September 2014 Lois and Kelly Corcoran and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this skit? More comedy skits and short plays:

Bob – 5 minute comedy skits
Art Talk – comedy skits for three actors
101 ways to dump someone in five minutes

Dramas

The Associate – short drama scripts for two actors

September 10, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

short drama scripts for two actors

THE ASSOCIATE – SHORT DRAMA SCRIPTS FOR TWO ACTORS

In this drama piece for two adult actors, 1M 1F, set at the opening of an exhibition of a painting at an art gallery, a couple discuss their relationship and how easily infidelity can happen. Their relationship is likened to the red painting that is being exhibited behind the actors.

Watch the play, The Associate produced by Nirak Films, based in the UK

Read about playwright Terry Roeche. Other short plays by Terry.

REVIEWS

The associate is one of the pieces from a series collectively known as Ugly Art.

Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Canada
Edmonton Fringe Festival 2009
Produced by Dreamscape Theatre, UK
Melfort Amateur Dramatics, SK, Canada – 2018
The Old Nick theatre, Gainsborough, UK – 2019
Nirak Films, Warwichshire, UK – 2020

5 out of 5 Stars
“Art is a subjective creature. One gallery patron sees a monochromatic masterpiece; another sees nothing more than red paint… Back and forth goes the dialogue like a piping hot potato, keeping our attention for the full 75 minutes… It’s a hoot, but perhaps it’s because we catch a glimpse of ourselves in each couple that Red Wine & Canvas resonates so strongly.

Redditch Advertiser, Worcesterhire, England
Produced by Mouthpiece Theatre, Worcestershire, England 2004

“Putting on a theatre performance is always a risky business. You don’t know whether the audience will turn off he telly and risk the chance of a waster evening. Mouthpiece Productions remedies this by taking theatre to the people. And if has certainly deliver the goods with its latest festival offering – Ugly Art… The show was a treat – a performance of this quality is worth traveling to watch. The show was light accessible and above all, very entertaining.

Sumter Item, Sumter, South Carolina
Produced by Urban Theater of Sumter 2004

“Three large canvases (blue, yellow and green) one bench and a small table displaying several wine glasses set the stage for “Ugly Art,” written by last year’s South Carolina playwright’s winner Terry Roueche… The play itself is sophisticated dialogue, evoking laughter through seven vignettes that explore a variety of topics – marriage, control, snobbery, fidelity and artistic talk…

AWARDS

UGLY ART
… was selected for the 1998 Theatre Charlotte (Charlotte, NC) One-Act Series.
… was a third place winner in the 1997 Porter Fleming Writing Competition sponsored by the Greater Augusta (GA) Arts Council.
… was selected for the 1996 New Play Festival at Converse College, Spartanburg, SC.

Author: Terry Roeche

Genre: short drama scripts for two

Type: Short One act play, duologue

Length: 7-10 minutes

Cast: Two adults, 1m 1F. She’s attractive

Ages of the actors: 30’s to middle age

Suitable for: All ages

Set: Simple. Black box theatre or 1 red painting

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – conversational style script but holding audience’s attention as they talk to them.

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Cost is $7 for this award winning play script

Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about The Associate

© September 2014 Terry Roeche and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this script? Other plays for two actors:

In the Drink – melodrama for two
My Child – drama about an unwanted teen pregnancy
Two brothers – drama about family Alzheimers

Comedies, Plays in 2 acts

Try Psychology – melodramatic comedy in two acts

September 7, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

melodramatic comedy in two acts

TRY PSYCHOLOGY – MELODRAMATIC COMEDY IN TWO ACTS

It’s The “Castle’ Inn, a once elegant inn in a rustic setting, now a room and board establishment presided over by the buxom Margery and now unfortunately, badly in debt.

Margery’s famous cooking is doing its part in keeping the paying clientele away, and today, only one guest is reluctantly eating his way through the aforementioned cooking. He’s called Stanley and he’s got his fingers in more than one pie. He was previously engaged to the Maid at “The Castle Inn,” Lola, who has unceremoniously dumped him for his many flirtations, which include an aspiring actress, Rhoda, who he promised to put on stage (but now he unfortunately can’t because he has run out of money) and the buxom Margery (without her knowledge he has purchased the Castle Inn – hence his lack of money).

Margery and Percy’s marriage is on the rocks, as he has tolerated her cooking long enough. Today Percy’s leaving her to run his hot-dog stand in peace.

Author: George Freek

Genre: Melodramatic comedy

Type: Two-act play

Cast: Seven actors, 4M 3F

Ages of the actors: Adult – Twenties to Fifties

Suitable for: All ages

Length: Ninety minutes

Set: The All-purpose room of ‘The Castle’ Inn. At the right is a dining table and
door to the kitchen. An entrance door is center, rear. At left, down, is a piano
up from it doors, presumably to rooms. There is a sofa by the piano.

Level of Difficulty: 8/10 – achieving the mix of melodrama, dry wit and slapstick that is this lovely piece, er, without going overboard.

Read a sample of the script

Cost is $5.50 for this digital play script

Contact Off The Wall Plays with any questions about Try Psychology

© September 2014 George Freek and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other two act comedies:

Explain the Handcuffs – a time travel adventure script
Clown car – a whodunit play script
Don’t say you’re Harry – a two act farce script

Dramas, One act plays

Choice – Hard hitting British drama scripts

September 3, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

British drama scriptS

CHOICE – HARD HITTING BRITISH DRAMA SCRIPTS

Choice is a hard hitting British drama script involving a woman, a man and a small boy. It takes the audience on a journey from what appears to be a man’s sexual fantasy, to a child’s disappointment at his dad not being home to a far more sinister conclusion involving both sex and violence.

Choice has been performed in Swindon and London and is about to embark on a short tour.
It is a very hard hitting piece that deals with events that come from an Operation Yewtree like event. It has so far been compared to good old fashioned “in yer face” theatre and the likes of Sarah Kane.

Review: “It’s the quick, yet so natural switch that Peter Hynds makes between the icy killer and the innocent little boy that sends us back to the beginning and makes us wonder if we’d made the right assumptions. An infectious purity prevents the play from following a predictable path and it’s from such small, well observed details that it springs from: the way the little boy wears his jacket, half-hanging on his shoulders, the way he struggles to put his gloves on, the quiet disappointment in his face as his dad fails to make it at home again. And a mother who, as time passes, loses her patient affection towards him.

But before you have time to make up your mind, you find yourself in a deja-vu moment, as the beginning rolls before your eyes once more. Yet … it’s not the same. It’s the true version of what turns out to be an unfulfilled wish, a dream that had been agonizing in that cold silence.

You finally understand. And you feel utterly ashamed of making the wrong suppositions earlier.”

Playwright: Peter Hynds

Genre: British drama scripts

Type: One act play

Length: Thirty minutes

Number of actors: Three, 2M 1F

Ages of the actors: 2 adult, 1 child

Suitable for: Adults only

Set: Scene 1+5: A grubby looking room. There is a TV behind her. One chair is in the centre of the room. Scene 2-4 – there should be toys on the floor and a phone, otherwise at the director’s discretion.

Level of Difficulty: 8/10 – repeating the same scene over again but altering it subtly can be challenging

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Cost is $6 for this previously produced stage play

Contact Off The Wall Plays with any questions about Choice

© September 2014 Peter Hynds and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other British drama scripts:

Stag – British drama script about a stag night that allows 2 guys to relive their past
My Child – drama about an unwanted teen pregnancy and the woman who wants a child

Dramas, One act plays

My Child – one act drama about a baby

August 31, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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MY CHILD – ONE ACT DRAMA ABOUT A BABY

A short drama script that deals with both the anguish of being a woman who is unable to have her own child, as well as the emotional turmoil surrounding a teenage girl when she finds out that she is pregnant. A beautifully written short one act for two female actors that would be a great festival play and black box theatre play script.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Creekview High School, GA, USA – 2018
Glenville-Emmons Schools, MN, USA – 2021

Read more about young British playwright Kat Ravlic.

Author: Kat Ravlic

Genre: Family drama about a baby

Type: Short one act play

Number of actors: Two F, 2 women

Ages of the actors: One mid teen, one thirties

Length: Seven minutes

Set: Black box theatre, simple set

Suitable for: PG 10 odd reference to sex.

Level of difficulty: 6/10 – nice play with heartfelt emotions in everyday language

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Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about My Child

© August 2014 Kat Ravlic and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other short one act dramas:

Family exercise – short one act drama about a family falling apart due to infidelity
Holiday shorts – collection of short dramas for the Holidays
The Investigation – short drama script about a murder

Dramas, Romance

Used Hearts – romantic drama script

August 24, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

USED HEARTS – ROMANTIC DRAMA SCRIPT

Used hearts is a story of two people who were young together meeting up again and finding that they really loved each other all along. Ted and Virginia knew each other in high school and meet and fall in love online. When Ted is diagnosed with cancer, they make a decision to find a way to be together once and for all.

Read more about playwright Tony Broadwick.

Author: Tony Broadwick

Type: One act play

Genre: Romantic drama script

Number of actors: 3 2M 1F 2 adults 1 child

Ages of the actors: 2 adult 1 child(M)

Suitable for: All ages

Length: 30 minutes, half an hour

Set: The stage is bare except for two chairs. One is placed stage-left and another, stage-right.
The wall in the background is white. This will be used as a film screen.
There is a stack of papers, an IPhone, a small laptop sits on the floor near the left chair. A stack of papers is placed by the foot of the chair on the right side. A laptop, a tall glass and a bottle of Vodka are placed nearthe stack of papers.

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – technical due to characters writing on computers

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Cost is $5.50 for this new digital script

Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about Used Hearts

©August 2014 Tony Broadwick and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other romantic drama plays

Taylor – four act play about losing a love and finding love again
Aldous remembers – romantic drama plays
Great Land – two act dram romance about two people on a journey to find ‘The King’

Dramas, Plays in three acts

Royal Blood Cannot Be Mixed – Traditional African Plays

August 20, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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ROYAL BLOOD CANNOT BE MIXED – TRADITIONAL AFRICAN PLAYS

During the mid-sixteenth century, the king, his daughter, his brother and some civil servants admire the work of a young artist in the kingdom of Kongo. The artist has sculpted a stunning likeness of the princess’s face. The king is so pleased with the artist’s work that he promises to give him anything he would like in return. The artist, in love with the king’s daughter, asks to marry the princess. Will the king honour the artist’s request?

Read about playwright John Tshiama Nambombe.

Author: John Tshiama Nambombe

Genre: Traditional African Plays

Type: Three act plays

Cast: Minimum of ten 8M 2F with at least ten smaller parts.

Ages of the actors: Young adult to old age. 2 teen small parts.

Suitable for: All ages

Length: Two hours

Set: The palace, the artist’s studio, the forest

Level of difficulty: 8/10 full scale production with traditional dancing.

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Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about Royal Blood Cannot be Mixed

Like this play? Other Traditional Epic plays

A House Divided – civil war play in four acts
Return to Vardia – three act adventure play for a large cast
The Faun – fictional play about Michelangelo as a boy

Dramas, One act plays

Prelude to Macbeth – modern Shakespeare plays

August 14, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

PRELUDE TO MACBETH – MODERN SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

This award winning one act play is a prequel to Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The story of how Macbeth becomes Thane of Glamis and how he meets Lorna Stewart who becomes his wife – Lady Macbeth. The play is written in blank verse – the style fashionable with playwrights of Shakespeare’s era.

Macbeth’s first wife has just died. Battle weary and devastated by his loss he decides to give up being a soldier. Duncan doesn’t want to lose Macbeth. He offers him the title of Thane of Glamis if he will agree to continue as his general. Macbeth knows he will either have to accept the offer – or flee into exile. Duncan won’t take no for an answer.

Prelude to Macbeth won the 2010 Seahorse Award for best stage play at the Moondance Film Festival in America. At the Wilmslow Guild Drama Festival 2010 it received the Adjudicators Award for the most original piece of theatre.

It was also awarded the trophies for highest directing mark and overall winner at the SCDA Caithness District festival of one act plays in Scotland in 2016.

FURTHER PRODUCTION HISTORY

Artist’s Playground – Quezon, Philippines – 2016
Second round performances Artist’s Playground – Quezon, Philippines
Wauwatosa East High School – Tosa East Players, WI, USA – 2022
Smoky Hill High School, CO, USA – 2022

Read about playwright James Chalmers.

Author: James Chalmers

Genre: Shakespearean tragedy, modern Shakespeare plays

Type: One act play

Length: Forty minutes

Number of actors: Eight, 4M 4F

Ages of the actors: Teenage to elderly

Suitable for: All ages

Set: A simple stage set is suggested – for example free standing flats (1m wide x 2m high) in an arc across the playing area – painted a neutral colour such as grey. Entrances and exits can be between the flats or in front of them. The flats suggest rocks like Stonehenge or castle battlements.

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – this play is written in the same style as Shakespeare wrote, achieving the right flow of the words is paramount.

Read a Sample of the Script

Cost is $10 for this award winning script

Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about Prelude to Macbeth

Like this play? Other classic type plays:

The Scepter has departed – play about how modern day Israel was made
Lies You can’t make up – play about JFK

Comedies, One act plays

In the drink – one act plays 1M 1F

August 10, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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IN THE DRINK – ONE ACT PLAYS 1M 1F

A melodramatic comedy about the founder of a new brand of cherry cola and his not so charming wife who are living the life of the rich and famous. This, despite the fact that their new cherry cola has caused a public stir by setting the tongues of people who drink it on fire. But…. in doing that it has brought in a lot of new business for the local dentists and doctors. The investors are therefore very happy, so they are too. So they’ll carry on drinking their absinthe and gin. Just not their cola.

In the Drink was originally performed at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s 24/7 Play Festival.

FURTHER PRODUCTION HISTORY

Oregon State University, OR, USA – 2018

Read more about playwright Timothy Starnes. Other off beat comedies by Timothy Starnes.

A dedication to the original cast: ‘As Lord Cynhardt would say, you can put anything into a drink. Peppermint, butterscotch extract, cigarette ashes, tears of orphans, brown sugar, medical waste and even bits of your enemies. However, you cannot simply mix in any and everything for a theatrical production that won’t get you run out of town. This script is dedicated to the original Lord and Lady Cynhardt, Hoke Pittman and Piper Parks, along with director Ryan Fay, who all worked tirelessly in a timespan of not long enough to host and clean up a dinner party in order to shape the version you see today.’

Author: Timothy Starnes

Genre: Comedy, melodrama

Type: One act plays 1M 1F

Number of actors: Two 1M 1F

Ages of the actors: 30’s up

Suitable for: All ages

Set: Living room of an upmarket home.

Level of difficulty: 8/10 – achieving the melodramatic tones without going overboard.

Read a Sample of the Script

Cost is $6 for this digital script

Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about In The Drink

Royalty information for In the Drink

Like this play? Other one act comedies for two actors:

A Blind date – best selling one act comedy
But I’m French – one act comedy for two actors
Insurance on the line – ten minute satires

Action, Children's, Comedies, One act plays, Teens

ESPN, B.C. – Teen scripts about sports

August 6, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

ESPN – TEEN SCRIPTS ABOUT SPORTS

A fun play for teens and older children about caveman teens and how they developed all the popular sports we play today. It’s all done with actions and no words so there’s loads of room for a director’s creativity. A short play that’s less than ten minutes in length.

Read about playwright Jean Blasiar.

Author: Jean Blasiar

Genre: Teen scripts

Type: One act play

Length: 5-10 minutes

Number of actors: 7, 1 man 5 boys and 1 woman

Suitable for: All ages

Ages of the actors: 5 teen 2 teen to adult

Set: Simple – a cave with some “rocks” that the boys throw around and a basket of apples with twigs

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – doing all the actions without words.

Read a Sample of the script

Cost is $9.00 for this digital play script

Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about ESPN, B. C.

Royalty information for ESPN, B.C.

Other short plays for Teens:

Rebecca, the child – short play about peer pressure
Someone to remember – short one act teen drama
Family exercise – short one act drama

Children's, Dramas, One act plays

Holiday Shorts- collection of plays for the holidays

July 26, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

HOLIDAY SHORTS – A COLLECTION OF PLAYS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Christmas plays

plays for the holidays

Seven short plays for both children and adults written around various festivals and the holidays such as Chanukah, the Chinese New year and Christmas. The entire evening of Holiday Shorts may be done in approximately 60 minutes, or one or several plays may be performed individually. Together, there are about 35 roles. No play calls for more than seven actors. The use of puppets is encouraged.

Anansi and his children: An African folk tale about how the fantastic children of Anansi save him when he is swallowed by a giant fish.

Dreidel: A lovely Jewish children’s play set around the festival of Chanukah. A grandparent tells his young granddaughter, Rachel the story of a miracle, that occurred when he was just eight years old. It tells how he accidentally broke his Dreidel that he had carefully made for Chaunkah, and how he was unable to get clay to make another. Until a miracle happened.

First Christmas: A married couple spends their first Christmas together and, despite various setbacks, they discover that their love for each other is all that they need to make Christmas special.

Gifts of the Magi: an adaption of the famous O.Henry tale. A beautiful story about how a poor young couple give up their prized possession to be able to buy each other the perfect Christmas gift.

The Nian: set at the Chinese New Year, a folk tale that tells of how the terrible Nian was banished forever from China by a clever couple that arrive unexpectedly at a terrified village and how the Chinese New year is celebrated every year because of this.

O, Tannenbaum: – a young boy finds his voice at summer camp which brings him closer to his taciturn grandfather.

Yes, Virginia: a young girl isn’t sure that Santa Claus exists anymore.

Performance History:

December 2015 – The Overseas American Army as part of their Christmas plays
Howard S. Billings High School, Quebec, Canada – 2018
Department of Theater Lafayette College, PA, USA – 2019

Read more about playwright Evan Guilford Blake. Other plays by Evan.

Recently, Evan’ story My Father’s Robe was published online in Wisdom Crieth Without. This is a traditional story, a very gentle piece that I think will appeal, especially, to those who have aging parents.

Author: Evan Guilford-Blake

Genre: Christmas, festival and plays for the holidays for both adults and children. Includes plays to celebrate the African Kwanzaa and the Chinese new year.

Type: Collection of short one act plays

Length: The entire evening of Holiday Shorts may be done in approximately 60 minutes, or one or several plays may be performed individually.

Anansi and his Children – nine minutes
Dreidel -Twelve minutes
First Christmas – Six minutes
Gifts of the Magi – Twelve minutes
The Nian – Eight minutes
O, Tannenbaum – Eleven minutes
Yes, Virginia – Eight minutes

Number and ages of actors: Together, there are about 35 roles. No play calls for more than seven actors. The use of puppets is encouraged.

Anansi and his Children: 2w (any age), 2m (1 20-50, 1 any age), 1 either (any age), 2 children (1 girl, 1 boy)
Dreidel: (1m (80), 1w (45-50), 1 either (50+), 2 children (girl, 8; boy, 8)
First Christmas: 1m (54); 1w (37)
Gifts of the Magi: 2w (early 20s, 30+), 1m (25), 3 either
The Nian: ( 1m (30+), 3 either (2 any age, 1 40+), 2 children (1girl, 1 boy)
O, Tannenbaum: 3w (30s, 60s, 30-65), 2m (35-50, 60s), 1 child (boy, 10)
Yes, Virginia: 1m (28-35), 3 either (any ages), 1 child (girl, 8)

Suitable for: All ages

Set: Simple – staging with a few simple furnishings can easily be achieved

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – crowd control if the entire show is performed