Category Archives: One act plays

plays in one act usually between 25-35 minutes long

DREIDEL – JEWISH CHILDREN’S PLAYS

jewish children's plays

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.

Production History:

Neighborhood Playhouse, Decatur GA – 2005
OnStage Atlanta, Decatur, GA – 2011
Westwood High School, TX, USA – 2017

National Public Radio selected “Dreidel” to be broadcast as part of NPR’s annual “Hanukkah Lights” program in December 2017

Among the stations carrying it:

Iowa Public Radio: Ames/Des Moines WOI 104.7 FM
Northern Public Radio: WNIU 90.5
KSTX – San Antonio: 89.1

WABE Atlanta – 90.1: https://www.npr.org/series/hanukkah-lights/ and as a podcast, via https://www.npr.org/2017/12/06/566900064/hanukkah-lights-2017?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=storiesfromnpr

And on WBAA 105.9FM, also via podcast: http://wbaa.org/post/hanukkah-lights-2017#stream/0

Read more about award winning playwright Evan Guilford-Blake. Other plays by Evan Guilford-Blake.

Author: Evan Guilford-Blake

Genre: Jewish Children’s Play

Type: Short one act play

Length: 15 minutes

Number of actors: Five, 2M 2F 1M/F

Ages of the actors: Two older(or made up) one middle aged(or made up) and two children

Suitable for: Children round eight years old

Set: Simple. Just a chair and possibly other decorations in a room

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – getting the characters right

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Cost is $6 for the digital script

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Copyright © 2005, 2008 as an unpublished dramatic work by

Guilford-Blake Corp

Like this play? Read some of our other children’s plays:

A fairly tall adventure – full length children’s adventure story

Adevntures of Mojoe and Snowy in Lochloosa – short children’s play

A manger Carol – nativity play for kids

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

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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

Like this play ? Read some of our other biographical plays and Beatles based scripts:

And All his songs were sad – play about Sean McCarthy
Lies you can’t make up – drama script about JFK

Action, Dramas, One act plays

The Box – one act drama script

May 7, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

THE BOX – ONE ACT DRAMA SCRIPT

In this one act drama script, a large box becomes the centre of attention at a bus stop. Who owns it? What is inside? The curiosity of the people waiting at the bus stop unfortunately leads to the death of an unbalanced man, who has threatened the two other characters in the play. The Box is a challenging play for the performers and an intriguing one for audiences.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Noble High School, ME, USA – 2019
North Catholic HS, PA, USA – 2022

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

Author: Keith Passmore

Genre: Drama

Type: One act drama script

Number of actors: 4M

Ages of the actors: 20’s-50’s

Length: 35- 40 minutes

Suitable for: PG 14 violence

Set: Simple – a bus stop and a large box.

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Cost is $10.50 for this digital one act drama script. Just Click Shakespeare!

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Copyright May 2014 Keith Passmore and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Read some of our other one act drama scripts:

You do love me, don’t you? A scary but funny one act thriller
Someone to remember – one act teen drama

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

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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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Cost is $9.00 for this previously staged digital script. Just click Shakespeare!

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Copyright April 2014 Ashley Nader and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? See some of our other dark comedies and comedy thrillers?

You do love me, don’t you? A comedy thriller about bringing that ‘nice’ boy home for the first time
The Basement – one act comedy thriller
Foulweather friend – a dark comedy about filling the seats at your show and bringing your audience back from the dead to do it

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

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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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Cost is $10 for this award winning play

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Copyright April 2014 Dave Morgan and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other South African comedy scripts:

Santa’s holiday-South-African-Christmas-play
Stirred, not shaken – James Bond style award winning dark comedy
My Middle name is Angry – award winning on act comedy

Dramas, One act plays

A Deep Rural Tract – court case drama script

April 21, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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A DEEP RURAL TRACT – COURT CASE DRAMA SCRIPT

A DEEP RURAL TRACT is a full-length drama about a Mississippi family, the McMillans.

Mississippi Cotton farmer, Wilbur McMillan stands accused in the death of his wife, Lurene. A controversial 1979 trial takes place in a Townsey, Mississippi courthouse. The court has to decide if Lurene McMillan died accidentally or if Wilbur McMillan willfully shot his wife of many years.

Willis McMillan blames the father for the death of their mother. His outspoken accusations cause tension to be thick within the McMillan family. Bo, second oldest of the five siblings handles the situation quite differently from Willis. No one knew of his uncertainty concerning what occurred that day on the farm when the mother died as a result of gunshot but to get to the truth he conducted a secret investigation into his mother’s death.

Read about playwright Loretta Moore. Other plays by Loretta Moore.

Author: Viney Loretta Moore

Genre: Court case drama script

Type: One act play

Length: One hour

Number of actors: Eight, 5M 3F

Ages of the actors: Adult 30’s to old age

Set: There are two sets – the courtroom and the family farm kitchen

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – accents which must be maintained.

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Copyright April 2104 Loretta Moore and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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Trailer Trash – drama for four actors
Early liberty – two act drama plays
Great land – a journey of discovery. And Elvis

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

Like this play? More sci-fi scripts

Explain the handcuffs – a time travelling adventure
2093 – action filled sci-fi screenplay
An ordinary man – a comedy about being a werewolf

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.

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 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

Read a Sample of the Script

Cost is $10.50 for this award winning digital script

Cost is $15 for the printed script. Reduced costs with multiple copies, please inquire.

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Copyright April 2014 Terry Roeche and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other ten minute comedy scripts

Insurance on the line – ten minute cynical comedy script
The Wingman – ten minute comedy scripts
Road Rage – a tense sharp comedy script

Dramas, One act plays

Waiting for Nelson – South African plays

March 30, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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WAITING FOR NELSON – SOUTH AFRICAN PLAYS

“Sometimes, life isn’t simply black and white.”

It has been 40 years since the 1976 Soweto Uprisings. Set in post apartheid South Africa, 21 years after the first ever democratic elections, the production centres on a couple who are faced with issues directly associated with issues that have historically, that currently and will probably affect future South Africans: RACE.

This play places a magnifying glass on a topic that still dominates societal discourse in this day & age – the colour of the next person’s skin. The aura and significance of the year 1994 came with many promises – many of which haven’t been fulfilled. The ‘race issue’, however, is one that every human being is capable of contributing towards solving, through simply undergoing a change in ways of thought – we just haven’t realized this yet. Waiting for Nelson is an important production that delivers a fresh avenue to be explored in the quest of achieving the sacred idea of a ‘rainbow nation’, through planting a seed of confrontation, change and redefinition.
When the theatre confronts us with brutal situations where ‘the life mask cracks and falls away’ it can expose an ‘intimate layer’ which returns us to common human truths.

After having its debut at the Roodepoort Theatre as part of the 2014 Youth Arts Festival (where the show won best drama of the festival), it went on to be performed at The South African State Theatre as part of the annual Youth Arts Festival, on the Fringe Programme. The show then went on to be performed to a sold out audience at The Market Laboratory later that same year. It was also read at the 2015 ASSITEJ/IATA annual Youth Theatre and Dance Festival at Artscape. After being performed at the first ever East London Arts Festival and being invited to the DUT’s Courtyard Theatre in 2016 as well as being selected to be a part of the SA Shorts II: #2MINUTE NOODLES, an initiative by UJ Arts and Culture, supported by Wordfest and the National Arts Festival where a 2 minute version of the show was read at the 2017 National Arts Festival, this provocative in your face production is ready to entertain you beyond your wildest imagination! This show is not a mirror of society, but rather a hammer with which to shape it.

FURTHER PRODUCTION HISTORY

Brescia House School, Johannesburg, South Africa – 2019

Read more about playwright Mbasa Tsetsana

Author: Mbsasa Tsetsana

Genre: Political drama script, South African plays

Type: Full length one act play

Number of actors: Eight, 8

Ages of the actors: Young adults 20’s-30’s

Suitable for: PG 14 – language

Set: Simple – Stage with a table and chairs

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – the energy involved in this type of play is always very high.

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Cost is $8 for this award winning script.

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Copyright March 2014 Mbasa Tsetsana and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other topical South African and African American Plays

Faith – an abused woman’s story in one act
The Pen – South African play script about love, reality and fantasy
The Pump Room – a post apartheid play

Dramas, One act plays

Trailer Trash – drama for four actors

March 23, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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TRAILER TRASH – DRAMA FOR FOUR ACTORS

Trailer Trash – a drama for four actors revolves around the complicated relationship between two long term residents of a trailer park, five times divorced Roxanne and prim Doris, who lost everything in a fire the previous year and who has been forced to live in an old school bus because she has nowhere else to go.

When the landlord announces that he is going to evict Doris from her bus, Doris turns to Roxanne for help. This drama builds on the evolving relationship between the two women and shows that it is when times get tough that people find out who their real friends are and who to turn to.

An excerpt from ‘Trailer Trash’has been published by Brooklyn Publishers under the title of “A Temporary Haven”. The play also received a production at the American Theatre of Actors in New York City.

FURTHER PRODUCTION HISTORY

The Forst Inn, WI, USA – 2023

Author: Laurie Allen

Genre: Drama

Type: One Act Play

Length: One Hour

Number of actors: Four, 3F 1M

Ages of the actors: Late thirties up to eighty years old but this play could very well be tackled by a mature cast with ease.

Set:
The living room and kitchen area of ROXANNE’S mobile home in a small West Texas town. It’s cluttered with clothes, beer cans, trash, etc. It appears that nothing has been put in its proper place for months. There’s a ragged couch, scratched coffee table and a mismatched chair. In the kitchen there’s a dirty refrigerator, stove and a small kitchen table.

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – a drama revolving primarily round two main female actresses.

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Cost is $7 for this previously produced digital play

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Copyright March 2014 Laurie Allen and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Have a look at similar hour long one act dramas:

The Visit – French Family Drama
Blasphemous Rumours – tongue in cheek drama – set in hell
Riding a Peacock – American family drama

Comedies, Crime, One act plays

Murder and a show – whodunit comedy

March 19, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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

Read a Sample of the Script

Cost is $7.50 for this previously produced digital play. Just click Shakespeare!

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Like this play? Other medium length one act comedies:

Cancelled – award winning 1940’s farce
Internet love story and farce
Missing the Mark – when you’re the conman – and you get conned
The Mistress of Wholesome – a comedy where the mistress takes on the wife

Crime, Dramas, One act plays

The Investigation – Ten Minute Drama Scripts

March 16, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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THE INVESTIGATION – TEN MINUTE DRAMA SCRIPTS

Essalyn Tompkins has been hearing strange noises in her house ever since her husband mysteriously died in a car accident. Out of desperation, Essalyn has come to consult a psychic, bringing her friend Claude with her for moral support. But what will happen when the psychic reveals what actually happened?

The author will allow workshopping of this script. Read more about playwright Evan Guilford Blake.

Production/award history

PRODUCTIONS:

Pleasure Ridge Park High School, Kentucky, USA (2023)
Sir Winston Churchill High School, Alberta, Canada (2019)
North Hawaii Players, Hawaii, USA (2018)
Maret School, Washington, DC, USA (2017)
Dragon Lady Players, Syracuse, NY (2009)
Blacktown City Community Theatre (Seven Hills, NSW, Australia) (2008)
Carrollwood Players, Tampa, FL (2006)
Panoply Arts Festival, Huntsville, AL (2005)
Colonial Playhouse, Aldan, PA (2004)
Lebanon (PA) Community Theatre (2003)

AWARDS:

Winner, 2003 Lebanon (PA) Community Theatre Playwriting Competition
Winner, 2005 Panoply Arts Festival Competition

Author: Evan Guilford-Blake

Genre: Murder mystery

Type: Ten minute drama scripts

Number of Actors: Four 4

Ages of the actors: Late twenties and up

Suitable for: All ages

Set: Simple – a psychics lounge/living room with a table and a deck of cards.

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 – A nice piece for community theatre with an easy build of tension and a surprising twist at the end.

Read a Sample of the Script

Cost is $11.00 for this award winning best selling script

Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about The Investigation

Like this play? Read other crime scripts:

Two Many Witnesses – a courtroom drama script
The Mysterious Death of Christine Wilde – young actres with a promising career murdered
Parlor City Noir – a film noir whodunit

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.

Read a Sample of The Script

Cost is $10.00 for this digital American play script. Just Click Shakespeare!

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

Like this play? Read some other short comedy scripts:

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

Dramas, One act plays

The Any Key – Monologues for Men

February 8, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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THE ANY KEY – MONOLOGUES FOR MEN

Bad things happen to everyone. Sometimes it’s your fault, and sometimes it isn’t. Sometimes you can blame other people for your problems and sometimes you just can’t. People tend to ignore the warning signs in life, and then bad things happen that they should have see coming. But what if there was a magical key that we could push, that would make it all unhappen so we could do it over?

Read about playwright Chris Welzenbach. The author will allow workshopping of the play to accommodate place names and because couriers often use light motorcycles (motos) rather than bicycles.

Author: Chris Welzenbach

Type: One act monologues for men

Genre: One act drama

Length: Seventeen to Twenty Three minutes according to previous performances

Number of actors:One

Suitable for: PG due to language

Set: Single Barstool, black box theatre

Level of Difficulty 6/10 – style is quite conversational

Read a Sample of the Script

Cost is $5.50 for this digital monologue for men

Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about The Any Key

Like this play? Have a look at some of our other monologues:

Guy meets Girl – a one man comedy routine about the pitfalls of dating
In the hut – funny Irish monologue for men

or our other Topical Dramas:

Family exercise – short family dramas – when a family’s life falls apart
Twenty first century stomp – a rap drama in two acts

Comedies, One act plays, Thrillers/Horrors

The Basement – One act comedy thriller

January 12, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

THE BASEMENT – ONE ACT COMEDY THRILLER

Carol and Mark have a problem. Besides the fact that Mark has cheated on Carol, Carol is a raging alcoholic, Mark is wanted by the police, and they now have an even bigger problem – the body in the basement. It’s been about a week and the body is starting to smell. But will they get rid of the body before anyone finds out? A one act comedy thriller for three adults.

Performance History:

Edinboro University’s Diebold Center for the Performing Arts – 2015

Read more about award winning author Ashley Nader. Other adult plays by Ashley Nader.

Author: Ashley Nader

Genre: Thriller with funny lines

Type: One act play

Length: Twenty minutes

Number of actors: Three, 2M, 1F

Ages of actors: Adult, two middle aged, one slightly younger but can be varied

Suitable for: Adults only – graphic language

Set: The living room of an upmarket house

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – easy lines but creating tension and bringing it to a climax makes for an interesting piece.