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African comedy script about marriage

SINGLES FOREVER – AFRICAN COMEDY SCRIPT ABOUT MARRIAGE

A wedding is nothing but the union of two people: body and spirit. For Omotola, the fiancée of Kantanka, she wants his bank account, his time, his independence… Simply put: all that he owns he believes should remain his own, regardless of him being married. The boys agree that Kantanka should continue to be true to himself, in fact, they can hardly believe he’s defied their rule of brotherhood, to get married. In Singles Forever, an African comedy script, the time before a soon-to-be-bride and soon-to-be-husband get married, is put into focus and is as raw as ever. This comedy with three acts, shows us what happens when a firecracker (Omotola) partners with an aging lion (Kantanka) and if the forces around them (the boys, a lawyer, an ex-girlfriend family, etc.) can influence them enough to change their minds. You do know marriage is for ‘good,’ right?

Although written for an African cast, this play has international appeal and could easily be performed in any country.

Author: Paul Ajayi

Type: Three act play

Genre: African comedy script

Cast: Mains: 1M 1F, total cast: 5F 6M

Ages of the actors: Adult – young to middle aged

Suitable for: All ages to watch and older teens to adults to perform

Length: 135 minutes

Set: Omotala’s room, Kantaka’s bedroom, Kantanka’s living room and The Mustang Pub, Law chambers, Speed dating event, church entrance

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – characterization and dialogue.

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Cost is $5.50 for this digital play script

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Copyright © August 2017 Paul Ajayi and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Others like it:

The Pen – South African play about a writer, his girlfriend and the fantasy woman in his books that becomes too real
The Royal blood cannot be mixed – Angolan play (traditional form) about true love
The Chronicles of Jack -a coming of age story for a young man in a hard crime filled Johannesburg

Comedies, One act plays

Better safe than sorry – ten minute comedy for 3 actors

April 21, 2018 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

ten minute comedy for three actors

BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY – TEN MINUTE COMEDY FOR 3 ACTORS

Jack still thinks he’s dating Lorrie. Lorrie thinks he isn’t as she clearly dumped him last week. So when Jack pitches up at her house with candy (which she hates to be honest) it couldn’t have come at a more inconvenient moment. The truth is that she’s getting ready for her hot date with Melvin, the local hottie in this ten minute comedy for three actors.

Jack decides to let both Lorrie and Melvin know, once and for all, that she’s his girl. He answers the door with all the bravado in the world and then make a quick about turn as he realizes Melvin is the biggest man he has ever met. It’s clear he won’t be able to fight him for her. So he comes up with a new tactic. A deadly disease. Genetic – and Lorrie is a sufferer.

But will Melvin buy this crock of cow poo?

PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Hillcrest High School Drama, ID, USA – 2019
Tesoro High School, CA, USA – 2019
American School of Dubai, UAE – 2021
Deep Run High School, VA,USA – 2022

Read about author George Freek.
Other comedies – Don’t Bank on it by George.

Author: George Freek

Type: Ten minute play script, one act plays

Genre: Ten minute comedy for 3 actors

Cast: 2M 1F

Ages of the actors: Adult

Suitable for: All ages to watch and perform

Length: Ten minutes

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – character driven and situational comedy

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Cost is $9.00 for this new digital play script

Contact Off The wall Plays with any queries about Better Safe than Sorry

Copyright © April 2018 George Freek and Off the Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other Ten minute comedies for you to enjoy:

Matter Matters – comedy set on a biplane
Sticky – farcical comedy about a cheating husband
Mother – a comedy about being politically incorrect

Comedies, One act plays, Screenplays

The chase – one act period romantic comedy

March 25, 2017 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

THE CHASE – ONE ACT PERIOD ROMANTIC COMEDY

one acy period romantic comedy

How does a bit of gossip sound? Meet Barry. Barry sees Carrie, spills wine on her and is immediately struck by Cupid’s arrow. Barry proceeds to have Sally, his assistant, deliver a message to Carrie, with a date proposition. Carrie is only convinced by her assistant, Larry, who charmingly seconds Sally’s notion that Carrie has nothing to lose from a night of free dinner and wine, with Barry in this one act period romantic comedy. Carrie agrees to the date. But Carrie has Harry (he does business in America) and let us not forget Hallie, also thrown into the mix for some odd reason. Hallie is a wedding planner, she may or may not be vital to this comedy and she’s an American (interestingly enough). Barry, Carrie, Sally, Larry, Harry and Hallie are all pleased to be a part of London’s finest and The Chase. They bring the ‘50’s to life in a case of the best and worst of times!

First comes love, but just before marriage, here comes dear arrogant, toe-raggedy, uncivilised, clumsy Barry in a weird yet charming carriage!

Author: Nikita Sowan

Genre: One act Period romantic comedy

Type: One act stage play/short screenplay

Cast: Mains 2M 2F. Total cast: 6 3M 3F and a barista.

Ages of the actors: Approximately their 30’s

Length: Twenty minutes

Suitable for: All ages

Suitable for be performed by: Teens up

Set: This play has been adapted from a screenplay and can be produced as a screenplay, or as a stage play. There are short scene changes which would make a black box stage better than a constructed set for this one act period comedy script.

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – easy dialogue but quick scene changes

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Cost is $7.50 for this new digital play script. Just click Shakespeare!

Contact Off the Wall Plays with any queries about The Chase

Copyright © March 2017 Nikita Sowan and Off the Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other period comedies for you to enjoy:

Sarah wants the moon – one act comedy set in Paris
Cuckold – saucy period piece
Agatha the Ugly – period comedy-drama set in the war

Dramas, One act plays, Romance

Out on a date – a short romantic comedy

March 13, 2016 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

OUT ON A DATE – SHORT ROMANTIC COMEDY

That’s the thing about living in this day and age – we’ve become dependent on the technology that we invented. Our lives are now on our devices and social media sites, for everyone to see. So much so, that a simple date night turns into a bit of a fiasco for Jack and Margo, who have been together five years. Thanks for social media and a not too careful boyfriend, Margo has found out that Jack has been cheating on her, with her own boss, and plans her revenge and break up with Jack at a local romantic restaurant. A play that can be played either as a drama or as a comedy depending on how it is directed.

The unwitting Jack is about to find out in this short romantic drama is that revenge is a dish best served socially: #revengeontwitter #revengeonfacebook #dateniterevengeoninstagram #cheatersrevengeontumblr!!!!

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Conifer High School, CO, USA – 2018
St. Charles North High School, IL, USA – 2019

Author: Demarquis Lamar Johnson

Genre: Short romantic drama

Type: One act play

Cast: 2M 2F but can easily be 1M 3F actors

Ages of the actors: Young adult to thirties

Length: 7-10 minutes

Suitable for: All ages

Set: A table at a romantic restaurant

Level of difficulty: 6/10 – easy play that can be either a drama or a comedy depending on how it is played.

Read a Sample of the Script

Cost is $10.00 for this new digital play script. Just click Shakespeare!

Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about Out on a Date

Like this play? Other ten minute romantic plays in stock:

Read about it – comedy where two middle aged people meet at a bus stop
Rhetorical – one act couple drama
The bowl of soup – she’s leaving him and he eats their last meal together

Comedies, One act plays, Romance

But I’m French – one act romantic comedy plays

January 7, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

one act comedy plays

BUT I’M FRENCH – ONE ACT ROMANTIC COMEDY PLAYS

Charles is convinced that he’s actually French – to the extent that he speaks in a French accent, and talks garbled ‘French’ to total strangers that he meets. This annoys his girlfriend, Penelope to no end. When he befriends two confused French girls and talks to them in ‘French,’ Penelope is embarrassed and begs him to stop. But Charles won’t be deterred and thinks he knows a way to convince Penny that he is in fact French.

‘But I’m French’ is the 2009 winner of the Little Fish Theater’s – Pick of the Vine Play Contest. San Pedro, California. It was also selected for Lee Street Theatre’s SIX IN THE CITY 10 Minute Original Play Festival 2009 Salisbury N.C. It won first place in the 2007 Porter Fleming Writing Competition sponsored by the Greater Augusta (GA) Arts Council and was selected for Barestage Theatre’s “Six 15s @ Eight” New Plays Festival 2005.

Further Production History

Parish Episcopal School. Texas, USA – 2016
South Albany High School Theater Arts, Oregon, USA – 2016
Infinite Imagination, Alberta, Canada – 2017
Darien High School, CT, USA – 2018
Mehlville High School, MO, USA – 2019
Nirak Films, Warwichshire, UK – 2020
Jesuit Philelectic Society, Jesuit High School, LA, USA – 2021
South Tama County High School, IA, USA – 2021

Read more about playwright Terry Roueche.

Author: Terry Roueche

Genre: One act romantic comedy plays

Type: One act play, two hander play

Length: Ten to Fifteen minutes

Number of Actors: Two, 1M, 1F

Ages of the actors: 20’s – 30’s.

Set: It can be set anywhere as it is a conversation.

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 – a fun, easy place that will be enjoyed by the audience and actors alike.