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Funny or humorous plays

THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS – THREE ACT COMEDY PLAYS

three act comedy plays

The Last Time I saw Paris – the alternative history – How the horse of Troy thing really went down! Complete with Greek Gods that are actually Scottish, and many, many puns, this teen parody on the Trojan wars in the style of the ‘Carry On films’ will have the cast giggling away , and the audience too. Featuring: Helen of Sparta, Paris, Hector, Achilles and a host of other mythical characters and complete with two songs and incidental music. It is a great play for a large cast, such as a secondary or high school or community theatre group.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, IN, USA – 2023

Read about author Keith Passmore. Other plays by Keith Passmore.

Author: Keith Passmore

Genre: Historical parody

Type: Three act comedy play

Number of actors: Forty seven parts but may be doubled up

Ages of the actors: Teen to adult

Suitable for: Teens to adults

Length: 2-2.5 hours

Set: Various – various palaces, a wedding reception, palace grounds

Level of Difficulty: 8/10 crowd control

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© July 2014 Keith Passmore and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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Aladdin – the comedy!
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Children's, Comedies, One act plays, Teens

Aladdin comedy script

June 25, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

ALADDIN COMEDY SCRIPT

Aladdin comedy script

The wicked wizard Abanazaar seeks ultimate power to rule the world. But unfortunately, the power is only given to those who are worthy. Despite his assurances that he will use it to fix the hole in the ozone layer, he is not deemed worthy. But there is one who is. His name is Aladdin, and he is currently pretending he is royalty (but hiding out as a peasant), so that he doesn’t get executed for staring at the local Princess. Aladdin is being hunted by the fierce Gung Ho, and fears for his life.

When Abanazaar arrives in Peking, he seeks Aladdin out and pretends to be a long lost relative. When he promises that he has a ‘get rich quick’ scheme up his sleeve, Aladdin sees his chance to prove he is worthy of the Princess by getting load of money, and so agrees to enter a magical cave and retrieve a lamp for Abanazaar to do so. But things get even better when Aladdin rubs the lamp himself, unleashing the secret agent Genie inside and his sidekick, Miss FunnyPenny. This suits Aladdin perfectly, until Abanazaar steals the lamp back from him….and tries to kill him….

Author: Bradley Coffey

Genre: Comic version of traditional tale

Type: One act play

Length: One hour

Cast: Thirteen to Twenty, 8M, 4F and rest either M/F

Suitable for: Ages 10 to 15. Suitable for younger teens

Ages of the actors: Ages 10 and up, can be played by either adults of younger teens and older children.

Set: 9 scene changes but most can be accomplished with flats and some in front of the curtain.

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 – slightly long for younger children.

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Copyright June 2014 Bradley Coffey and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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A Manger Carol – nativity play for teens and kids
The Wandering Bard’s Tale – fairytale in one act
Shriek, the fairytale

Comedies, One act plays

Art Talk – comedy skits for three actors

June 22, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

ART TALK – COMEDY SKITS FOR THREE ACTORS

comedy skits for three

Two pretentious art aficionados meet in a gallery that is exhibiting monochrome paintings by a famous Spanish artist. Naturally they try to impress each other with their art knowledge, smug in the knowledge that they know exactly what to say to impress each other. They are interrupted by “Smith,” an ordinary Joe, who points out that the painting is actually painted with red paint, but that he likes them anyway and that the the red painting is nicer than the green and blue ones. What to do when your pretentious bubble is burst…

Art Talk is one of a series of short plays collectively known as “Ugly Art.”

ENGLAND – Mouthpiece Theatre
Ugly Art 2005
Ugly Art as Red Wine & Canvas 2008

Drama West, LOS ANGELES, USA
Deer Park High School, NY, USA – 2017
East Central University, OK, USA – 2018
The Old Nick theatre, Gainsborough, UK – 2019
Nirak Films, Warwichshire, UK – 2020
Running Reel, Jakarta, Indonesia – 2021
Micro Theatre on Broadway, PA, USA – 2023

Read about playwright Terry Roeche. Award winning comedy plays by Terry Roeche.

REVIEWS:

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…

Author: Terry Roeche

Type: One act plays – comedy skit

Genre: Comedy skits for three actors

Cast: Three 2M 1F

Ages of the actors: Adult, any age as long as they can be pretentious

Suitable for: All ages

Length: 7 minutes

Set: Black box set, 1 single red painting

Level of difficulty: 6/10 – very tongue in cheek – verbose

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Comedies, One act plays

Odin visits Christ – Short comedy skits for two actors

June 2, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

ODIN VISITS CHRIST – SHORT COMEDY SKITS FOR TWO ACTORS

WARNING: CONTAINS OFFENSIVE RELIGIOUS CONTENT

A short skit for two actors in which Odin pops round to Christ’s house for a visit (and possibly a bit on the side.) Odin is a bit down because of his lack of followers lately, other than the occasional nutter in a caftan. Christ helpfully points out that Odin’s followers slaughtering all his potential converts in battle could potentially be the source of the problem? They lament that state of religion nowadays (Even Satan has opened a club (with air conditioning) in Soho.) and generally have a good old natter about the state of the world and what Odin’s wife wants for Christmas this year.

Author: S Rob

Genre: Comedy, theological debate (broadly speaking)

Type: Short comedy skits

Length: Ten minutes

Number of actors: Two 1M 1F

Ages of the actors: Adult

Suitable for: PG 16 – blasphemy, sex toys

Set: Simple – anywhere as long as there is an implied front door

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – a conversation so may become static.

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Copyright June 2014 S Rob and Off the Wall Play Publishers

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Comedies, Crime, Plays in three acts

Guilty Party – Whodunit Three Act Farce

May 27, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

GUILTY PARTY – WHODUNIT THREE ACT FARCE

You are cordially invited to a murder at Dr. Phil Fein’s early retirement party. There will be juicy gossip, backbiting insults, personal threats and a corpse.

In this comedic 3-act farce, five guests hide deadly secrets. One of them hides a murder weapon. Who is guilty? Could it be Joe, the social climbing public relations director or Sal Monella, director of food services? There’s Royalty too and she’s acting suspiciously. How about the nurse’s aid, who’s just a little too stupid? Or the cardiac surgeon who isn’t as clever as she thinks she is? A funny whodunit three act farce script for five people.

Read about playwright Scott Doss.

Production History

Mount Cotton Drama Group, Queensland, Australia – 2016
St Columba College, Southern Australia, Australia – 2019
Beadle County Players – SD, USA – 2020
Department of Foreign languages and literature in National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan – 2020
El Reno Community Theatre, OK, USA – 2021
Coventry High School, CT, USA – 2022

Author: Scott Doss

Genre: Comedy, Murder Mystery

Type: Three-act farce

Number of Actors: 1M, 4F

Ages of the actors: All adult

Length: 1-1½ hours with 2 intermissions

Suitable for: All ages

Set: The hospitality room of a medical emergency center.

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – a fast-paced mystery farce that revolves around a murder. (For comic effect, male actors may portray all the characters.)

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Copyright May 2014 Scott Doss and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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Murder and a Show – a whodunit comedy
Parlor City Noir – film noir script
Clown Car – a whodunit play. With clowns

Comedies, One act plays

Waiting – two hander one act plays

May 22, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

WAITING – TWO HANDER ONE ACT PLAYS

two hander one act plays

A short snappy comedy set in the queue where two people, a slightly nerdy guy and a prim, but ordinary woman are waiting to go to the toilet in a crowded shopping mall. Why do woman take so long to go to the loo? What are they really doing inside the cubicles? A dry comedy that takes the battle of the sexes to infinity and beyond.

Performance History

Waiting – a two hander one act comedy was staged by the Crouch End Players as part of the annual Crouch End arts festival in North London in June 2014.

Flagler University – 2016

Read more about award winning playwright Claire Linda Demmer. Other plays by Claire Linda Demmer.

Author: Claire Linda Demmer

Genre: Comedy

Type: Two hander one act plays

Length: Twenty-Twenty five minutes, 20-25 mins

Number of actors: Two, 1M 1F any age

Suitable for: PG 10 – mild language

Set: Simple – can be a black box set, possibly with a toilet sign

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – not allowing the play to become static as it is simply a conversation between two people in a queue.

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Copyright May 2014 Claire Demmer and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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A Blind Date – short one act comedy
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Two cats. No dogs – comedy about meeting that special someone for the first time

Biography, Comedies, One act plays

A Beatle’s Story – play about the Beatles

May 15, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

A BEATLE’S STORY – PLAY ABOUT THE BEATLES AND HOW THEY FORMED

play about the beatles

This play about the Beatles is basically a conversation between John Lennon and Paul McCartney about replacing their Bass player, Stu, and who on earth they are going to get to replace him. Stu has decided to stay behind in Hamburg after their tour in Germany and get married….and he didn’t like Paul taking the piss out of him all the time. A fast paced funny play by best selling playwright Morley Shulman, with snappy lines in the style of the classic Beatles films such as ‘ A Hard Day’s Night.’

Production History:

Shelby County Players, Evansville, USA – 2016
Griffith Public Schools, IN, USA – 2023
New Trier High School, IL, USA – 2023

More about author Morley Shulman. Other plays by Morley.

Author: Morley Shulman

Genre: Comedy, biography

Type: One act play

Length: Twenty to Twenty five minutes 20-25 min

Number of actors: Three M, three men – all are in their late teens to early twenties and should resemble the Beatles

Ages of the actors: All in their late teens to early twenties and should resemble the Beatles.

Suitable for: All ages

Set: They are sitting round a table drinking tea

Level of difficulty: 6/10 – a simple funny conversation.

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Copyright May 2014 Morley Shulman and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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And All his songs were sad – play about Sean McCarthy
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Comedies, One act plays, Thrillers/Horrors

Don’t Knock – a comedy thriller script

April 30, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

DON’T KNOCK – A COMEDY THRILLER SCRIPT

South african comedy scripts comedy thriller script

In this cmedy thriller script, a group of friends get together to play their regular poker game. But one of the group of friends who lives in the same apartment block is mysteriously missing. The group is quite worried about him as he lost his wife recently and since then he seems to be suffering from a lot of anger and depression. They are naturally concerned that something may have happened to him, but they would never have imagined that at that very moment he was holding a burglar hostage in his apartment…

Don’t knock has been staged by The Franklin Players as part of their annual one act play festival, and by The Durban University of Technology in 2015.

FURTHER PRODUCTION HISTORY

Private performance, New Delhi, India – 2019

Read more about award winning playwright Ashley Nader. Other plays by Ashley Nader

Author: Ashley Nader

Genre: Comedy thriller script

Type: One act play

Length: 25 minutes

Number of actors: 4M 1F

Ages of the actors: Twenties to thirties

Suitable for: 16 up – strong language

Set: There are two sets – the living room of the apartment where the friends are gathered for poker and the living room of the other apartment. There is a broken lamp in the second apartment.

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – combining comedy with thriller can be tricky!

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Copyright April 2014 Ashley Nader and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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Comedies, One act plays

Joined at the hip – South African comedy scripts

April 23, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

JOINED AT THE HIP – SOUTH AFRICAN COMEDY SCRIPTS

South african comedy scripts

When Siamese twins Jack and Jill’s car breaks down in the middle of a one horse town in the South African Cape countryside, they try to rent a room in the town’s only hotel. Tensions and comedy run high when the dimwitted receptionist insists that they won’t be allowed to share a room because of them being a man and a woman because that sort of thing is simply not heard of. When the manager is called and she is found to share a similar view, Jack and Jill can hardly believe it. Joined at The Hip is a comedic view of people in small towns who have deep seated traditional values but who, at the heart of it all, have the best intentions.

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Copyright April 2014 Dave Morgan and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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Comedies, One act plays, Sci-Fi

Goddle – Sci-fi comedy script

April 13, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

GODDLE – SCI-FI COMEDY SCRIPT

In the not too distant future two earthlings crash land on a planet remarkably similar to Earth. They learn from two natives that the planet, Goddle, is inhabited by a race similar to humans but more developed due to the existence of a substance called Goddlemite. Goddlemite allows the inhabitants of Goddle to communicate telepathically by channelling their thoughts. The unwelcome intrusion by the Goddlians into the minds of the Earthlings leads to much confusion and romantic innuendo, eventually leading to animosity between the Earthlings and Goddlians.

However, the Earthlings learn that Goddlemite can also be used as a power source for their crashed space ship and they hatch a plan to steal Goddlemite so they can return to Earth. Without the power of Goddlemite to read each other’s mind the Goddlians struggle with the need to speak to each other but eventually manage to make their feelings known. When the Goddlians confront the Earthlings about the theft of the Goddlemite, they come to realise that they don’t need the power to read each others’ minds. The Earthlings are able to depart with the power source they need and the Goddlians must learn to cope with the new communication method that involves talking.

Read about playwright Revelly Robinson. Other plays by Revelly Robinson.

Author: Revelly Robinson

Genre: Sci-fi comedy script

Type: One act play

Length: Forty Minutes, 40 min

Number of actors: Four, 4, 2M 2F

Ages of the actors: 20s-40s

Suitable for: All ages

Set: The crash site of a spaceship. The door of the spaceship should open and it should be jungle where it crashed. A second scene takes place in which there is a raised black podium.

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – interactions between characters

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Copyright April 2014 Revelly Robinson and Off The Wall Plays Publishers

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Comedies, One act plays, Romance

Two Cats, No Dogs! Ten minute romantic plays

April 2, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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TWO CATS, NO DOGS! TEN MINUTE ROMANTIC PLAYS

In this award winning romantic comedy script, a man and a woman find themselves at an art gallery, viewing a red (very red) painting. They get chatting to each other and, superimposed on their ‘chit chat’ are their thoughts – that they really and truly like each other and wish that the other would like them back. Their personal thoughts also intrude on what they’re trying to say to each other which leads to the sort of stuttering that happens when people are trying to impress each other. A lovely, funny two-hander script for one man and one woman of any age.

Read more about award winning playwright Terry Roeuche. Read But I’m French – also by the same author.

TWO CATS, NO DOGS

…was produced in the United Kingdom in 2016
… won second place in the 2003 Porter Fleming Writing Competition sponsored by the Greater Augusta (GA) Arts Council.
… selected for the 2002 Second Annual Pregnant Chad New Plays Festival, Stormy Weather Players in New Windsor, NY.
… was selected for the 2001 StageRight Production’s Off-Off Broadway one-act play festival.
… awarded “Best Play” in the 1999 Turnip Theatre Company 15-Minute Play Competition, New York City.
… was selected for the 1999 Theatre Charlotte (Charlotte, NC) One-Act Series.
… was selected for the 1999 New Play Festival at Converse College, Spartanburg, SC.
The Old Nick theatre, Gainsborough, UK – 2019
American School of Dubai – Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 2020
Nirak Films, Warwichshire, UK – 2020
Micro Theatre on Broadway, PA, USA – 2023

Two Cat, No Dogs! is one of a series of short plays collectively known as “Ugly Art.”

REVIEWS:

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 the 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.

Author: Terry Roueche

Genre: Ten minute romantic plays, romantic comedy

Type: Short one act plays

Length: Ten minutes

Number of actors: Two, 2, 1M 1F.

Ages of the actors: Any adult age

Suitable for: All ages

Set: Simple black box set with a single red painting

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – a nice two hander play for 1F 1M

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Comedies, Crime, One act plays

Murder and a show – whodunit comedy

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MURDER AND A SHOW – WHODUNIT COMEDY

Murder and a Show is the story of Eric, who is married to Aubrey, who is dumb as bricks, and Tom, who is married to Trixie, who thinks she knows everything about everything. These two neighbors have devised a plan to have both wives killed at Aubrey’s birthday party. Eric has hired a theater troupe to come perform a murder mystery dinner theater at their apartment, only what Aubrey and Trixie don’t know is that one of the actors is really an assassin there to kill them. Everything goes south when one of the actors turns out to be Eric’s mistress and one of the other actors winds up dead instead of the two wives. While the actors try to figure out who killed Jay, Eric and Tom try to figure out who didn’t kill their wives and why. And to make matters worse a nervous police officer shows up because of report of gunfire in the area. Tensions mount as everyone at the party scrambles to find the murderer while trying to convince the police that nothing is wrong.

This whodunit comedy show was produced and performed at Theatre 29 in Twentynine Palms, California in 2001 and was presented as a dinner theater experience. Read more about best selling playwright Mike Maxwell.

FURTHER PRODUCTION HISTORY

On Deck Players, Yuma, AZ, USA – 2017
Chugiak-Eagle River Senior Center, AK, USA – 2018
Woodbine High school, IA, USA – 2022
Diva LasVegas, NV, USA – 2022

Author: Mike Maxwell

Genre: Whodunit comedy

Type: One act play

Length: Sixty minutes

Number of Actors: Nine actors 9 (10) 5F, 4M

Ages of the actors: All adult, ages 20-60

Suitable for: All ages

Set: The William’s apartment. The front door is located stage left. There is a closet stage right. There are two bedrooms. One is upstage right and one is upstage left. There is a couch center stage. There is a counter and a mini-fridge located stage right, upstage of the closet. There is a phone on the counter.

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – a play with fun, over the top characters

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Comedies, One act plays

If God Ate Fried Chicken – Short Comedy Plays

February 26, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

IF GOD ATE FRIED CHICKEN – SHORT COMEDY SCRIPTS

If God Ate Fried Chicken is the story of Father Seacrest and Sister Blanche, secretly out on a date together to a chicken joint. Little do they know that fate has other plans for them, as uninvited outing guests begin showing up one after another, ending in the two of them hiding in the kitchen of the restaurant, and the police being called. By the end of it, all, it’s going to take a little divine intervention to keep things going even further south.

Read about playwright Timothy Starnes.

Dedication: “This script is dedicated to the one-and-only Savanah Jillani, whose winding, farcical stories of her own homeschooling inspire much of the aesthetic of the work. While as far as I know she’s never accidentally held-up a fried chicken restaurant, it all does not seem too far off, however, a bit unlikely though, seeing as she’s a vegetarian.”

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Lake Forest High School, IL, USA – 2017

Author:Timothy Starnes

Genre: Short Comedy Scripts

Type: One Act Plays

Length: Fifteen Minutes, 15 min.

Number of Actors: Eight minimum but more can be used

Ages of the actors: Some teenagers and up.

Suitable for: All ages

Set: A counter at a typical fried chicken outlet

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 – easy script – crowding onstage.

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Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about If God Ate Fried Chicken

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A Blind Date – short romantic comedy script
But I’m French – short black box stage comedy script
Insurance on the line – ten minute comedy scripts
Meeting Meryl – theatre of the absurd
Road rage – a tongue in cheek short comedy

Comedies, Dramas, Plays in 2 acts

Tranquility Disturbed – two act comedy drama scripts

February 21, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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two-act comedy drama scripts

TRANQUILITY DISTURBED – TWO ACT COMEDY DRAMA SCRIPTS

In this interesting script that can be played either as a drama, a comedy or a mixture of both, Barbara, an eighty nine year old woman who is dying, is now living with her daughter, son in law and teenage granddaughter. Barbara is very old and is beginning to show signs of dementia. Stewart has lost his job and is stuck at home having to look after Barbara. Lindsey, his wife is frazzled and frustrated and also desperately worried about her mother.

The family is desperate to find a solution to the huge mountain of debt that they have found themselves in since Stewart lost his job. Tensions run high and having to care for Barbara seems to just make Stewart’s life more stressful than ever.

Author Mark McQuown is a produced award winning screenwriter.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Tarleton State University, USA – 2016

Author: Mark McQuown

Genre: Comedy Drama scripts

Type: Two act play

Ages of the actors: One older F, M and F 40’s-50’s, teenage F.

Suitable for: PG 10 -language

Set: The set is a stylized version of Lindsay and Stewart’s home which mainly consists of a higher, middle platform with a dining room table and chairs and two smaller, lower platforms which are Lindsay’s sewing room and Stewart’s writing room.
Stewart’s writing room has a couch a chair and small computer table with computer.
Lindsay’s sewing room is mainly a mess of costumes and costume pieces on a bed.

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – because the play can be played as either funny, serious or a mix of both, differentiating genres and playing to the audience can be interesting.

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Blasphemous Rumours – a satirical drama. Set in hell
The Condition – one act comedy drama set about a series of mental patients
You do love me, don’t you? A comedy thriller in one act

Comedies, Plays in 2 acts

God Help Us – Dark religious comedy scripts

January 22, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

GOD HELP US – TWO ACT COMEDY

It turns out Nietzsche was wrong: god isn’t dead; he’s just been tied up at a meeting – a cosmically long meeting – at the Galactic Council. Now’s he’s back and bucking harder than ever to George-Jefferson his way out of his middle-manager post in a third-rate galaxy. As god works to polish his Milky-Way resume, one nasty, black smear threatens to doom his ladder-climbing plans: the atrocities perpetrated by the inhabitants of third planet from its sun in a rinky-dink solar system – all with his supposed seal of approval.

As god speeds through Earth’s CliffsNotes from his two-thousand year absence, he decides this planetary stain on his cosmic ledger cannot stand. His solution is simple: eliminate the problem by erasing Earth from his bottom line altogether. One snag in his divine business plan is the obscure DaVinci Clause which states god cannot wipe Earth from his spreadsheet until every inhabitant renounces their faith in him. So, he sets out to disabuse his fans of the myth of his benevolent nature – with extreme prejudice.

“God Help Us” recently received a two-performance staged reading at Fierce Backbone theater in Los Angeles and was also selected as the featured play by the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights for its New Works Lab (Eclectic Company Theater). This “DOGMA” styled religious dark comedy may be offensive to sensitive readers.