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A Fighting Chance – screenplay about Spanish Civil War

Screenplay about Spanish Civil War

A FIGHTING CHANCE – A SCREENPLAY ABOUT THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR

A Fighting Chance relates a British soldier’s coming of age through his experiences fighting with the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. After witnessing both cruelty and kindness in his interactions with Republican and Nationalist supporters, Jim comes to realize that war and politics are far more complicated than he had ever imagined. The effects of combat upon his best friend and his friendship with a Nationalist widow force him to reevaluate his view of the world and his place in it.

Read more about playwright Lauren Ennis. Full length dramas by Lauren.

Author: Lauren Ennis.

Genre: Screenplay about Spanish Civil war – historical drama

Type: Screenplay

Cast: 5 main M 7 main F and many smaller parts

Ages of the actors: All adult

Length: 90 minutes

Suitable for: PG 8 (war violence)

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – some special effects needed – war.

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Copyright © February 2015 Lauren Ennis and Off The Wall Play Publishers

 

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2093 – sci fi action based screenplay

Once a Pirate – an Action Filled Period Screenplay

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Eric, a young nobleman vows to avenge his father’s death at the hand of pirates………by becoming a pirate himself.  Eric and his lifelong friend, Mariah take to the high seas with a cutthroat crew in order to expose the pirates who murdered his father and rid the world of them once and for all.

Author: Mike Maxwell

Length: Two hours

Genre: Action, Period Piece

Type: Screenplay

Characters: Varied, 1 lead M 1 lead F

Ages of Actors: All ages. Main actors are in their twenties

Suitable for : PG needed (some violence)

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 – ships on the seas require a fair budget on the part of the producer.

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Copyright 2003 Michael Maxwell Off The Wall Plays

 

Anna, alone – a one act drama script about a girl dealing with multiple personality disorder

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ANNA ALONE –  a one act drama script about a girl dealing with multiple personality disorder

Set in a psychologist’s office, Anna alone is a drama about a girl who has multiple personality disorder caused by physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her mother. The play deals with her confronting the issue of her mother’s death so that she can come to terms with who she is.

All the different ‘sides’ of Anna’s personality can be played by various different actresses – the interplay between them is the fascinating part of this one act drama script.

Anna alone performance history:

The Roial players, USA, 2016
Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland,2016
Cedar Falls High School, USA, 2017
The Gregory School, AZ, USA, 2017
Lakewood High School, FL, USA, 2017
Pearland High School, TX, USA – 2018
Holy Rosary School, Edenvale, South Africa – 2018
Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa – 2018
Independent Production, Victoria, Australia – 2018
John Hopkins Middle School, FL, USA – 2018
LA Matheson Secondary, British Columbia, Canada – 2018
Wilson High School, PA, USA – 2019
Santa Barbara City College Theatre Arts Dept., CA, USA – 2019
West Delaware Schools, IA, USA – 2020
Westville Theatre, KZN, South Africa – 2020
Alabama State University, AL, USA – 2020
St Francis de Sales College, South Australia, Australia – 2020
Crystal River High School, FL, USA – 2020
Cabaret Theatre at Rutgers University, NJ, USA – 2021
Erie High School, CO, USA – 2022
Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts Theatre Department, LA, USA – 2022
Friends University, KS, USA – 2022
St. Roch Catholic Secondary School, ON, Canada – 2022
H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, VA, USA – 2022
Oct14entertainment.com, PA, USA – 2023

 

Author: Cat Coxon

Genre: Drama

Type: One 1 act play

Length of Play: Twenty to twenty five minutes

Characters: 4F 1M

Ages of actors: 1 middle aged M, 2 young (teens to twenties), 2 any age.

Suitable for: 12 up

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – keeping the tension

Set: Simple – a psychologist’s office with a couch big enough for 3 people and a desk and chair for the doctor.

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Copyright Cat Coxon Off The Wall Plays April 2012

Like this play? Other plays like it:

Someone to Remember – teen one act about dealing with suicide
Friends and Family – about the friendship between two pairs of teenage siblings who have had a lot to deal with growing up
Finding my root – South African monologue about a young women growing up in the townships

A Wolf by the Ears – Irish comedy script in one act

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A WOLF BY THE EARS – IRISH COMEDY SCRIPT

When someone sets fire to Dinny Gallagher’s hay, Sergeant Marty McAteer needs to find a convenient culprit to blame. (Because, although it was an accident, Dinny Gallagher has always been “good” to the police) He decides to arrest the local Poet Hughie Doherty, because Doherty has always rubbed him up the wrong way, with his fancy rhymes that poke fun at people, and he needs to be taken down a peg or two. But it turns out that some real criminals are at large in the district….

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Author: Mattie Lennon

Genre: Irish comedy script

Type: One act play

Cast: 5M, 1F

Ages of actors: 20s to early forties

Length: 30 minutes

Suitable for: All Ages

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – maintaining the feel and humor of the play

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Cost: $7.50 for this digital play script

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Copyright Mattie Lennon 2005 Off The Wall Plays

Like this play? Other one act comedies that we carry and YOU might like!

Odin and Christ – short comedy script for the non religious
Two cats, no dogs – award winning two hander comedy script
God’s visit – skit about when you say, ‘Oh God, and she appears

The Devil Dances – a drama in one act

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When old men are victimized by young women, the Devil dances. The story follows the twisted sexual relationship between a doctor and a dying cancer patient. But in the end, who is using who?

Author:  Jack Moskovitz

Characters:   2 F thirties to forties, 1 M older

Type: 1,one act

Length:  48 minutes (1 act)

Genre:    Drama

Suitable for:  Adults

Difficulty:  8/10 Hard-hitting, fast paced, demanding set.

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Copyright Febuary 2012 Jack Moskovitz Off The Wall Play Publishers

My Middle Name is Angry – an award winning comedy script in one act

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award winning comedy script

MY MIDDLE NAME IS ANGRY – AN AWARD WINNING COMEDY SCRIPT

In this award winning comedy script, Alice and Janet, two sisters are thrown together to share an apartment. They are very different. Through out their lives they have shared similar struggles and day to day issues (work, love, parents, death etc). Yet each one shows it in a different way. Alice tries to help Janet with her anger and frustrations ending in hilarious outcomes that make Janet question her soul and who she is.

Awards:

My middle name is angry won Best play and best supporting actress at the Franklin and Friends festival in 2012. 

Performance History:

Franklin and Friends Festival, Roosevelt Park – 2012
Edinboro University’s Diebold Center for the Performing Arts – 2015
Rushen Players – Isle of Man – 2016
Clonaghadoo Drama Group, County Laois, Ireland – 2019
Squid Inc Theatre, Tasmania, Australia – 2023

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Author: Ashley Nader

Genre: Comedy, Award winning comedy script

Type: One act (1 act) Play

Characters: 2 F

Ages of actors: Twenties Up

Length: 20 Minutes

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 – achieving the humor in the lines

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Copyright Jan 2012 Ashley Nader Off The Wall Play Publishers

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A Blind date – short one act comedy scripts
But I’m French – award winning ten minute comedy scripts

You do love me, don’t you? A Scary Psycho Thriller in One Act – scary plays

 

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“YOU DO LOVE ME, DON’T YOU?” – A DARK COMEDY CUM SCARY PSYCHO THRILLER IN ONE ACT – scary plays

Peta-Ann brings the love of her life, Leon home to meet her family for the first time.   Her parents, Robert and Glenda are naturally skeptical about a boy Peta swears is “the one” when she has only known Leon for a few short weeks. Leon is everything a girl would dream of in a guy – polite, attentive and extremely loving towards Peta. So loving, in fact, that he doesn’t want anything to get in the way of their happiness…..

A new scary psycho thriller play by our award winning author, Claire Linda Demmer, about really getting to know the man you love…………..before taking him home. The play starts off as a comedy, then depending on how it is directed, abruptly transitions into a psycho thriller or alternatively, a dark comedy.

Production History

The Franklin Players one act play festival, Roosevelt Park – 2012
Texas A & M University, TX, USA – 2016
Toele High School, Utah,USA – 2016
Miami, Florida, USA – 2016
Windham High School, Maine, USA – 2016
National University of Singapore, Singapore – 2016
Theatre 370, MA, USA – 2017
St. Peter the Apostle school, Alberta, Canada – 2017
Lincoln High School, NE, USA – 2017
Durban University of Technology, KZN, South Africa – 2017
Southridge School, BC, Canada – 2017
Bullis School, MD, USA – 2017
Stratford Secondary School, ON, Canada – 2018
Regina Little Theatre Society, SK, Canada – 2018
Winthrop University Theatre and Dance, SC, USA – 2018
Holy Redeemer Catholic Jr/Sr High School, Alberta, Canada – 2019
Westville Theatre, Durban, South Africa – 2019
Eagle Point High School, OR, USA – 2019
Spotlight Drama Group, Galashiels, United Kingdom – 2019
Del Sol Academy – Las Vegas, NV, USA – 2019
Hastings College, NE, USA – 2020
Indian Springs School, AL, USA – 2021

Central College – IA, USA – 2023

 

Author: Claire Linda Demmer

Characters: 5, (2M, 3F)

Ages of Actors: 2 middle aged, 2 twenties, 1 teen

Length: 35 minutes

Genre: Thriller,Dark Comedy, SCARY PLAYS

Type: One Act Play

Level of Difficulty: 8/10 – achieving, building and maintaining tension through the play

Suitable for: PG 12

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Copyright December 2011 Claire Demmer Off The Wall Play Publishers

 

2093 – An action packed sci-fi screenplay

 

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Psy, an assassin with specially amplified mind powers, is hired to take out the leader of a giant Japanese corporation, Cyber Technologies Corporation. When he gets there, Kyosuke Yamatora is already dead and the police are hot on his trail…

An action packed sci-fi script set in a world not too far removed from our own.

Author: Michael Maxwell

Characters: 3M, 2F main

Genre: Sci Fi, Action

Type: Screenplay

Length: 2 hours

Suitable For: All Ages

Ages of Actors: Twenties up

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Price: $30

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Copyright August 2011 Off The Wall Play Publishers