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SHORT ROMANTIC PLAY

WAITING… TEN MINUTE SHORT ROMANTIC PLAY

He’s going on a blind date. To the library of all places? She’s told him very little about herself, just that she’s interested in art, books, museums, and classical music. He has no idea what she looks like at all. So when he tentatively approaches a woman reading and mentions that he is on a blind date and waiting for someone, they get into a conversation. She helpfully points out that although he thinks he’s good looking, he really could dress better to impress this girl. He replies he just wants a girl without a nose ring he could take home to meet his mother. Various women entering the library are examined to see if they could be the woman he is waiting for. In the end – who does it turn out to be?

Waiting… was chosen for the Northern Arizona Playwriting Showcase September 2017.

Author: Jean Blasiar

Type: Ten minute play, one act

Genre: Romantic comedy

Cast: 1M, 1F

Ages of the actors: Adult young to young middle aged

Suitable for: Teens up to perform and all ages to watch

Length: Ten minutes

Set: A desk at the local library

Level of difficulty: 6/10 – lines flow well, easy conversation. Staging and movement.

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Cost is $8.00 for this showcase play. Just click Shakespeare!

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Like this play? Other romantic plays for you to enjoy:

A Blind Date – one act comedy about two misfits trying to go on a blind date
Chatter – one act comedy about a case of mistaken identity
Down by the River – short romantic comedy. With twins!

collection of ten minute plays

THE MIRROR – A COLLECTION OF TEN MINUTE PLAYS

Intended as an evening of dinner theatre or for a charity performance, this collection of ten minute plays combines six stories which are linked by a common theme: A mirror. Old, tarnished and apparently priceless. We follow the journey of the mirror through the evening. From the burglary where the burglar steals it for his wife, to the thrift shop where the wife (who never really liked it anyway) dumped it, to the purchase of the mirror by a rich old lady, certain of its value and antiquity. The old lady passes away and then the mirror gets bought from her estate by a young girl. We then see the mirror in the girl’s apartment, in a shop front window at a travel agent and finally getting sold by two homeless people who are convinced they’ve just pulled off the biggest scam of their lives.

Bar the short introductory piece, each play stands well on its own. rare collection by best selling and award winning American playwright Jean Blasiar. This play is available both in digital and printed format.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Johnson High School, TX, USA – 2022 – THE PLAY ‘MOVING ON’

Read about playwright Jean Blasiar. Other plays by Jean – Sticky – ten minute farcical comedy about a cheating spouse

Author: Jean Blasiar

Type: Collection of ten minute plays

Genre: Comedy

Length: In total around sixty minutes. The introduction is about 4-5 minutes long and the remainder of the plays are approximately ten minute each.

Cast:

Robbery: 2M
Thrift Store: 2F (1M non speaking)
Moving On: 1M 1F
Am I Good: 2F 1M
Read about it: 3M 2F
The Intruder: 1M 2F

Ages of the actors:

Robbery: Adult
Thrift store: 2 middle aged, 1 middle aged to older
Moving On: 1 young F, 1 young M
Am I Good: 1 middle aged, 1 young woman, 1 teenage boy
Read about it: 2 older M and F, 1 younger M and F, 1 older M
The intruder: 1 young F, 2 older M and F

Suitable for: All ages

Set: There are small scene changes between each play. The sets are a follows: The interior of a house at night, a thrift store, an apartment (empty), an apartment (normal), outside a travel agents and the deck of a ship, anywhere outside.

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – the plays are fun and easy to perform and are well written. Take care not to over complicate sets or scene changes could make the evening longer.