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I have written a number of plays for play festivals, as well as read through hundreds of plays on the internet, and I realized there is gap in the publishing industry where good authors struggle to get their plays published. So I have created an online play publishing company that will publish and sell plays!

STIRRED, NOT SHAKEN – DARK COMEDY ONE ACT PLAYS

James Band brings his new fiance home to meet his parents for the very first time. James is desperate to make a good impression on the very conservatively reared Mary. Unfortunately, the dead body in the kitchen rather complicates matters…. A prizewinning dark comedy about getting rid of dead bodies, kidnapping and martini’s!

‘Stirred, not Shaken’ won best play, best original script, best director as well as best actress, best newcomer and best cameo in the 2010 Franklin Players Festival of One Act Plays. Read more about Claire Demmer and other dark comedy one act plays.

Other Production History

Kirkwood High School, MO, USA – 2017
Highlands High School, KY, USA – 2017
Omaha Northwest High School, NE, USA – 2017
Masq Kids, Irvine, CA, USA – 2017
Infinite Imagination, AB, Canada – 2017
Waynesville High School, MO, USA – 2017
Diman Reg Voc Tech High School, MA, USA – 2022
University of Northern Colorado School of Theatre Arts & Dance, CO, USA – 2023

Author: Claire Linda Demmer

Cast: 3M, 2F

Genre: Dark Comedy + Farce

Ages of Performers: Mid twenties and up

Suitable for: All Ages

Set: Simple – the main body of the play is set in the living room of an ordinary house. A sofa, two armchairs, a coffee table and a bar with bottles and glasses are all that is needed. Easy and inexpensive to put on. A small staircase to ‘lead upstairs’ in optional.

Length of Play: 33 minutesLevel of Difficulty: 7/10 (Pacing with farce aspects)

View a sample of the script

Cost $11 for this Award Winning Play

Contact us with any queries about stirred, not shaken

Like this play? Other dark comedies in stock:

God Help us – dark religious comedy script
Foulweather friend – two act dark comedy about bringing your audience back from the dead
Moose tracks – dark comedy script about a girl whose boyfriends keep on mysteriously vanishing

Children's, Comedies, Musicals, Pantomimes or Fairytales, Plays in 2 acts, Teens

SHRIEK! – the Fairytale – pantomime scripts

September 15, 2010 Demmer Dewan 1 Comment

SHRIEK , THE FAIRYTALE – PANTOMIME SCRIPTS

Once upon a time in a land far, far away there lived a beautiful Princess. The time: Today. Unbeknownst to her (but beknownst to us), a wicked witch with a beast of a sidekick plans to take over the Kingdom at the Royal Ball held in the Princess’s honor to celebrate her sixteenth birthday. Unbeknownst to the wicked witch (but beknownst to us, of course), THE wickeder witchplans to also take over the magical kingdom at the Royal Ball, using only a magic mirror and a bottle of tomato sauce (ketchup.)

Performance History:

2009 – The Franklin Players, Roosevelt Park
Cornwall, UK – 2015
Abbotts College, Northcliff, South Africa – 2017
John Paul I High School, QC, Canada
Moreton Bay Theatre Company, ACT, Australia – 2021
Royal West Academy, Quebec, Canada – 2022

Author: Claire Linda Demmer

Cast: 10 F 11 M

Genre: Musical+Comedy+ Fairytale+ Pantomime, pantomime scripts

Ages of Performers: 14 years and up

Suitable for: Children from aged 2 to 92. Will appeal to all age groups.

Length of Play: 90 minutes

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 (Crowd Control)

Please note: The songs written in the script are taken from popular music of the last 30 years. Royalties payed for this play do not include the songs – they are merely suggestions and other songs may be substituted. Royalties for each song will have to be paid to the music publishers.

Read a Sample of the Script

Cost is $10.00 for this well produced digital script. Just Click Shakespeare!

Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about Shriek

Copyright September 2010 Claire Linda Demmer Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other plays for the holidays and panto’s

Trolls Stole the North Pole – musical Christmas play
Sleeping Beauty – modern day Pantomime
Aladdin, comedy script

Action, Biography, Children's, Comedies, Crime, Dramas, Musicals, One act plays, Pantomimes or Fairytales, Plays in 2 acts, Plays in three acts, Romance, Sci-Fi, Screenplays, Teens, Thrillers/Horrors

NEED HELP WITH EDITING YOUR PLAY? Online play script editing service

August 18, 2010 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

ONLINE PLAY SCRIPT EDITING

Has your play been rejected by editors or sent back because of spelling and grammar?
Our online play script editing service can help. From just 40 cents a page, we can edit your play to the layout you require, fix any typos, spelling mistakes and grammar. It’s a service we offer our valued playwrights. But you don’t need to publish with us to make use of this service. It’s up to you.

Once we have edited your script, we will return it to you in both PDF and word formats. (Due to the number of different word programs on the market, we cannot guarantee that your word program won’t alter the appearance of the document slightly. But the PDF format will be an exact replica.)

We always advise that you check your play thoroughly once you receive it to ensure you are happy with the changes we have made. Also please be aware that this service is only available in English, for now. Please let us know if you want your play in UK or American English as spelling and grammar differ slightly.

Once you have submitted your script, we will check it over and let you know the cost of editing it. We don’t charge for header and footer pages, only the body of the script. We don’t alter the original meaning of the script, only the English is corrected. This online play script editing service is run by Off The Wall Plays but is open to anyone who needs to use it.

Please attach your manuscript to this e mail link here for a free editing quote

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International Copyright Laws and Disclaimer

July 17, 2010 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

COPYRIGHT LAWS AND DISCLAIMER BY OFF THE WALL PLAYS

Copyright USA

Please note that we only accept plays that have not been published and/or copyrighted by another publishing house. If your play has already been published, it is not suitable for publishing on this site without permission from the publishing house concerned. Attempts to have your play published by more than one publishing house, without permission from all the publishing houses concerned, constitutes fraud and may make you liable for prosecution. Please note that Off The Wall Plays relies on the honesty and discretion of the authors in this regard and cannot be held liable or responsible by any other publishing house if the author of the play has attempted to have his/her play published illegally. If the play is unknowingly published by more than one publishing house, then the house the published the play at an earlier date has the rights to the play, unless the rights have been legally ceded to the alternative publishing house by both the author and the original publisher of the play.

International Copyright Laws state (in countries other than the United States of America) that once a play is published, it is considered to be copyrighted by the author and/or the publishing house and no other person may attempt to publish the work under another author’s name unless copyright has expired on the material or permission from both the author and the publishing house has been given. If the author is a resident of the United States of America, then the play must also be registered with the appropriate body in the USA in order for copyright to hold. The play remains the property of both the author and Off The Wall Plays and any changes to the script once published, or change of publishing house, must be authorized by both parties involved.