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Plays scripts dealing with love and romance

DINNER AT DARIO’S – ROMANTIC COMEDIES

In this romantic comedy-drama, Frank, a surgeon and Mark, an operatic baritone are preparing to meet at their local restaurant, Dario’s for a final farewell dinner after their relationship fell apart and they broke up. Their dinner plans are complicated by the arrival of David, Frank’s new fling, who is supposed to be coming to dinner as well, but who is too nervous and backs out of it as well as Harold, Frank’s other new fling, complete with Tofu and health food shakes.

Dinner at Dario’s was runner up in the Mark Twain Masquer’s Playwriting Competition in Hartford, CT.

Author: A. Giovanni Affinito

Genre: Romantic comedies, gay comedy play script

Type: One act play

Length: 35-40 minutes

Cast: 4M

Ages of the actors: Late twenties

Suitable for: PG 10 – occasional sexual innuendos

Set: Frank’s apartment in Greenwich CT. The living room

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – characterization

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Copyright © April 2015 A. Giovanni Affinito and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this romantic play? Other similar plays that we stock:

Madrababes – fun filled one act romantic musical
Yvette – period romance set in France
Uncovered – couple romantic drama script

Comedies, One act plays, plays 10-25 minutes, plays for four actors, Romance

Love in the Time of Tourette’s – one act romantic comedy

January 4, 2015 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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LOVE IN THE TIME OF TOURETTE’S – ONE ACT ROMANTIC COMEDY SCRIPT

One act romantic comedy for a cast of four, 2M 2F. Celeste’s parents are desperate to get her married off as soon as possible because of her Tourette’s syndrome. Much against her will, they have invited over a young man to meet her in the hopes they they will hit it off. Will he turn out to be Mr Right, or Mr POOPY!!!!?

Read more about playwright Morley Shulman. Other comedies by Morley.

Author: Morley Shulman

Type: One act play

Genre: One act romantic comedy

Cast: 4 2M 2F

Length: 15 minutes

Ages of the actors: 2 middles aged, two early twenties

Suitable for: All ages. The worst word used is ‘bugger.’

Set: A typical suburban living room with a table for biscuits

Level of difficulty: 6/10 – a character piece

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Copyright ©January 2015 Morley Shulman and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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An ordinary man – a comedy about a guy who is rather tired of being a werewolf
Death of a gerbil – dark comedy about waking up dead, and not knowing how you got there
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One act plays, Romance

Ugly art – One Act Romantic plays

December 11, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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UGLY ART – ONE ACT ROMANTIC PLAYS

Set in an art gallery, ‘Ugly Art” explores the relationship between a man and a woman. When an ex boyfriend of Rebecca’s calls out of the blue and leaves a message to meet him at an art exhibition, her curiosity is piqued and she goes along, taking her husband, Michael with her. The painting of a dancing woman and her revelations about her previous relationship bring into context how Michael and Rebecca feel about each other and where their relationship is going.

Read about award winning playwright Terry Roeche. Other two handers by Terry Roeche

Reviews

Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Canada

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Edmonton Fringe Festival 2009
Produced by Dreamscape Theatre, UK
Melfort Amateur Dramatics – SK, Canada – 2018
Nirak Films, UK – 2020

5 out of 5 Stars

“Art is a subjective creature. One gallery patron sees a monochromatic masterpiece; another sees nothing more than red paint… Back and forth goes the dialogue like a piping hot potato, keeping our attention for the full 75 minutes… It’s a hoot, but perhaps it’s because we catch a glimpse of ourselves in each couple that Red Wine & Canvas resonates so strongly.

The State Newspaper names Ugly Art Best of 2001 in South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Produced by Chapin Community Theatre 2001

“It ran for only three says, but “Ugly Art,” at Chapin Community Theatre, was a thought-provoking, moving, and occasionally funny series of playlets set in an art gallery filled with monochromatic paintings… “

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 he 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…

Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina
Produced by BareBones Theatre 2000

“What a surprise to walk into “Ugly Art” the season-closer by the Barebones Theatre Group, and find it fresh and funny… One-acts plus monologue last a crisp 90 minutes…

ENGLAND – Mouthpiece Theatre
Ugly Art 2005
Ugly Art as Red Wine & Canvas 2008

CROATIA – Dreamscape Theatre (UK)
CANADA – Dreamscape Theatre (UK)
LOS ANGELES – Drama West
The Old Nick theatre, Gainsborough, UK – 2019

Author: Terry Roeche

Genre: One act romantic plays

Type: One act play

Cast: 1M 1F

Ages of the actors: Adult any age

Suitable for: All ages

Length: 15 – 20 minutes

Set: Black box theatre. A square red painting on an easel or on the wall.

Level of difficulty: A conversational piece with movement 6/10

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Cost $10 for this award winning previously produced play

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Copyright © December 2014 Terry Roeche and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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The Window – one act about marriage – and a window
Aracanum – one act play about friends and love

Dramas, One act plays, Romance

Yvette – a period drama romance script

November 12, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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YVETTE – PERIOD DRAMA ROMANCE SCRIPT

Yvette is eighteen, and she is a mystery. Nobody can make out whether she is a charming youngster or a wretched jade. She belongs through her mother, a high-class courtesan, as well as through her manners and her customs, to the vortex of the most rapid life of 19th-century Paris. Yet, she lives in that atmosphere of infamy with a calm and triumphing ease as if she suspects absolutely nothing of her mother’s profession, which is either wonderfully profligate or entirely artless. She allures and excites men and at the same time acts like an impeccable virgin. If she is not the most complete monster of astuteness and perversity, she certainly is the most marvelous phenomenon of innocence that can be imagined. Only, this young lady belongs neither to society, nor to the tradesmen’s class, nor to the common people, and she can never enter any of these ranks by marriage. She has only one possible career, a life of pleasure, and she cannot escape her fate.

Author: B. K. de Fabris

Type: One act play

Genre: Period piece, period drama romance

Cast: 13 – 10m 3F, 12 dancers

Ages of the actors: Late teens to middle aged

Length: 80 minutes with scene changes

Suitable for: All ages

Set: Various locations on Paris, both indoors and outdoors.

Level of difficulty: 8/10 – scene changes

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Copyright © November 2014 B.K. de Fabris and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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Dramas, One act plays, Romance

Uncovered – romantic drama script

October 29, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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UNCOVERED – ROMANTIC DRAMA SCRIPT

A man and woman have been living together in a small Chicago apartment. She has been working to pay the bills while he works on a novel, but he’s developed writer’s block, and it’s been eating away at his confidence, and lessening her attraction to him. The rift has gotten to the point where she’s been spending most of her time at a friend’s place.
He goes to see her at work and watches her in a different light as she floats around her restaurant interacting with the customers. Then they go out for drinks, and their passion is rekindling.

We hear them as they ascend the stairs to their apartment, bumping against the walls as they release from each other’s embrace long enough to unlock the door.

Inside we watch as they work out their relationship, one that began with a mutual love of books, one helped to be put back together – and almost taken further apart – by the books in their life.

Performance History

Winthrop University, SC, USA – 2017
Alphabetti theatre, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK – 2019

Author: Greg Urbaitis

Genre: Romantic drama script

Type: One act play

Cast: 1M 1F

Ages of the actors: Late twenties to mid forties

Suitable for: PG 14 language

Length: 25-30 minutes

Set: Set in an apartment’s bedroom in Chicago, at dusk. The sun is going down and the street lights are coming on. There is a window at the back of the apartment, and one can see city streets through it

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – Two handers are always challenging but the conversation between the two actors is light and interesting to follow

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© October 2014 Greg Urbaitis and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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Dramas, Romance

Used Hearts – romantic drama script

August 24, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

USED HEARTS – ROMANTIC DRAMA SCRIPT

Used hearts is a story of two people who were young together meeting up again and finding that they really loved each other all along. Ted and Virginia knew each other in high school and meet and fall in love online. When Ted is diagnosed with cancer, they make a decision to find a way to be together once and for all.

Read more about playwright Tony Broadwick.

Author: Tony Broadwick

Type: One act play

Genre: Romantic drama script

Number of actors: 3 2M 1F 2 adults 1 child

Ages of the actors: 2 adult 1 child(M)

Suitable for: All ages

Length: 30 minutes, half an hour

Set: The stage is bare except for two chairs. One is placed stage-left and another, stage-right.
The wall in the background is white. This will be used as a film screen.
There is a stack of papers, an IPhone, a small laptop sits on the floor near the left chair. A stack of papers is placed by the foot of the chair on the right side. A laptop, a tall glass and a bottle of Vodka are placed nearthe stack of papers.

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – technical due to characters writing on computers

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©August 2014 Tony Broadwick and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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Taylor – four act play about losing a love and finding love again
Aldous remembers – romantic drama plays
Great Land – two act dram romance about two people on a journey to find ‘The King’

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

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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

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The Wingman – ten minute comedy scripts
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Dramas, Plays in 2 acts, Romance

Great Land – a journey of discovery – a two act drama romance

January 15, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

GREAT LAND – A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY – a two act drama romance

It’s the summer of 1977 in Chicago, USA. Renata, who works at the local bar, coerces one of the regulars, Nicky into taking Danny, a disabled kid who works at the local bar as well and who is a die hard Elvis fan, to Graceland to meet the King himself. The play follows their journey from Chicago down to Graceland and their subsequent discovery that Elvis has recently passed away before Danny could meet him. They find that, although they did not get to meet The King, they have learned a lot more about themselves and each other along the way.

There is some text-based workshopping of the script allowed. Any changes need to be approved by the author and no one – at any time – can claim authorship or ownership of the work.

Author: Paul Barile

Genre: Epic, drama romance

Type: Two act play

Length: 90-100 minutes

Number of Actors: Eleven, 11. 6-8M (two doubles) 3F

Ages of the actors: Late twenties to early sixties. 20’s-60’s. The three main characters are in their 20’s-30’s

Set: The set is a collection of large gray wooden boxes that are moved into place to fit the scene. There are three barstools that can be placed as needed as well. There is a large easel upstage left. Whenever a character enters to begin a new scene, the sign on the easel denotes where they are.

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – Because of few scene changes and the conversational style of the play, keeping the interest of the audience is paramount.

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Copyright January 2014 Paul Barile and Off The Wall Plays

Like this play? Have a look at some of our other romantic dramas we have in store:

Taylor – a four act play about losing love and finding it again

Aldous remembers – a romantic drama about losing your memory of the person you love.

Comedies, One act plays, Romance

But I’m French – one act romantic comedy plays

January 7, 2014 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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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.

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Like this play? try our other Romantic Comedies:

A Blind Date – a short one act romantic comedy
Aldous Remembers – a play about bringing the romance back into a marriage
Guy meets girls – a comedic monologue
Arcanum – a one act comedy about friends and love

Dramas, Plays in 2 acts, Romance

The Laughing Cow – a two act drama script

October 23, 2013 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

THE LAUGHING COW – A TWO ACT DRAMA SCRIPT

This two act drama script lets the audience into the lives of people working for, associated with and affected by Gurnsey TV, the company whose logo is ‘The Laughing Cow.’ From the lowly assistant working for one of the top executives who just wants to get somewhere, to the guy who believes that they stole his idea and used it to make a successful series, to the fading actress who has an affair to get a part, everyone is part of the wheel that turns Gurnsey TV. But the golden cow that is Gurnsey TV is a very hungry cow, that needs feeding….

‘The Laughing Cow’ premiered in Los Angeles at the Meta Theatre in May, 2012 and received LA Weekly’s Pick of the Week.

Read more about playwright Jessica Abrams.

Author: Jessica Abrams

Genre: Drama

Type: two-act play, two act drama script

Number of Actors: Sixteen, 16, 8M 8F

Ages of the actors: Early twenties to any age

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – building a dramatic climax

Set: The sets are extremely spare, and should be movable by either the
actors themselves or outside help with minimal effort and without losing the rhythm of the play. For example, the offices should have one element that sets one apart from the other.

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Cost is $10 for this ‘pick of the week’ play

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Copyright October 2013 Jessica Abrams Off The Wall Play Publishers

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A Contemporary Christmas Carol – a modern day Scrooge set in a Los Angeles Talent agendy
Aldous Remembers – a love story about remembering the person you are in love with
Why Affairs Happen – a Bollywood style stage play set in a hospital

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Action, Children's, Comedies, Plays in 2 acts, Romance, Teens

The Dragons of Spring – two-act comedy script for teenagers

July 9, 2013 Demmer Dewan 2 Comments

THE DRAGONS OF SPRING – A TWO-ACT COMEDY SCRIPT FOR TEENAGERS

In this two-act comedy script for teenagers, King Bob is informed by the ‘Queen for a day,’ his wife, that it is high time that their daughter, Clementine was married, being at the ripe of age of fifteen. Clementine, however is, desperately in love with Claudius, the castle plumber. In an effort to ensure that she marries someone of noble blood, the King and Queen issue a Royal Decree stating that anyone who kills the local dragon will win 5000 pounds. (And in small print,”Marry the Princess Clementine.”)

two-act play script for teenagers

When the Princess Clementine hears about this, she is determined that her true love, Claudius, the plumber shall be the one to slay the dragon and so she drags the unwilling Claudius and her maidservant to the forest to slay the dragon. However, her younger sister is determined that Clementine shall be married, to whoever, so that she can get her Clementine’s bedroom. So she drags her maidservant off to the forest to slay the dragon, and to pin it on one of the local elderly knights sent by the King to perform this errand.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Home School Academy Drama Club, USA – 2022
Dramatic Repertory Association for Music and Arts, MS, USA – 2023

Author:Richard Van Den Akker

Genre: Adventure fairytale for younger teens

Type: Two-act play

Length: One hour and ten minutes

Number of actors: 16-20, sixteen to twenty 12M, 5F, rest anything

Level of difficulty: 7/10 Easy script and quite funny. There are special effects but how to make them is well described by the playwright in a separate document

Set: There are four scenes and three sets – the throne room, the village green and the woods. these can easily be accomplished with backdrops and minimal furnishings.

Read more about playwright Richard Van Den Akker.

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Comedies, One act plays, Romance

A Blind Date – a short one act romantic comedy

January 2, 2013 Demmer Dewan 1 Comment

ONE ACT ROMANTIC COMEDY

ROMANTIC COMEDY

A BLIND DATE – ONE ACT ROMANTIC COMEDY

In this one act romantic comedy, two ungainly misfits meet on a blind date. Each are “turned off” by each other’s appearance and odd behaviors. By chance, Skip, reads a line from Yeats and when Eileen completes it, they discover that they have much in common.

” A Blind Date” – a short one act romantic comedy, was performed at the 13th St. Repertory Theatre in NYC, The Mountain Stage Company in Hendersonville, NC. and it was a finalist at the Boston Playhouse Marathon, Boston, MA. Read more about Elliot Baker

The author will allow workshopping of this play.

Production History:

2016 – Sterling, VA, USA
Paper Mill Players, NC, USA – 2018
Mehlville High School, MO, USA – 2019
Harding University, AZ, USA – 2020
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK – 2021

Author: Elliot Baker

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Type: Short One Act Play

Length: Eighteen 18 minutes

Number of actors: Two – a 2 hander, two hander 1M, 1F

Ages of actors: 20s to 30s, 20-30

Suitable for: All ages

Set: A messy living room

A beaten-down brown sofa with an assortment of pillows, a coffee table with a few poetry books, a waste paper basket and a portable CD player with CDS piled next to it. Scattered on the floor are newspapers and magazines. On the wall, is a print of abstract art which is off-center.

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Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries regarding A Blind Date

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Naked – comedy about internet dating
Out on a Date – short romantic comedy about social media and dating
Down by the River – comedy about dating a mistaken identity

Dramas, One act plays, Romance

Aldous Remembers – romantic drama plays

October 10, 2012 Demmer Dewan 1 Comment

Aldous Remembers – Romantic drama Plays

Aldous Bentley has a problem: he is prone to dangerous sleep walking and forgetfulness. His memory often eludes him; he can’t remember his wedding day, or precious moments he’s accumulated in his life. Now, after one year of marriage to his beloved wife Wanda, he often fails to remember anything that involves their time together.

One night during a small gathering at the home of their longtime friend’s Vance and Lisa Shante’ Aldous confesses to Vance in the kitchen that because of his inability to remember significant moments with Wanda, he feels he may not be in love with her, and that she is the wrong woman.

Meanwhile in the living room Wanda confides in Lisa that she too is not sure she married the right man, and that his fleeting memory and odd sleep walking has smothered the fiery passion she once had for Aldous. With lost memories from Aldous and growing frustration from Wanda, will the Bentley’s love survive this early test in their marriage?

Lovers of fine wine, the Shante’s and Bentley’s soon discover the complications involved in matrimony. Only time and the partaking of fine libations bought from their meeting place of Ithaca, New York, a place for which both couples share fond memories, will tell in this touching drama as each come upon revelations in their marriages.

Aldous remembers, a drama layered with humor and honesty examines the connection of love and memories, and how we deal with the potential realities of losing people we cherish in our lives and the moments we spend with them.

More about Paul Hood and romantic drama plays. Paul Hood will allow workshopping of this play.

Author: Paul Hood

Genre: Romance, Drama

Type: One act play

Cast: 2M 2F

Ages of Actors: Married couple late twenties to middle aged

Length: Eighty minutes

Level of Difficulty: 7/10. Maintaining pace and audience attention as in this play it’s more words, less action.

Set: A house – the living room, kitchen, porch and bedroom are shown in different scenes.

Instructions and Recommendations: The author would like to play to be produced as written, without alterations. Due to the length of the play and it being written as a one act play, an interval could easily be set between scenes without altering the play at all.

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Comedies, One act plays, Romance

The love of Cheesecake – Comedy One act play for Adults

July 7, 2012 Demmer Dewan 2 Comments

THE LOVE OF CHEESECAKE – COMEDY AND ONE ACT PLAY FOR ADULTS

In this one act play for adults, Molly, a slightly tubby housewife is rather desperate because she feels that the spark has gone out of her marriage to the very predictable Arthur and she doesn’t know what to do about it. She feels that her relationship has become loveless and all the frustration she has built up comes pouring out. She ends up pouring her soul out to her best friend and neighbour, Fran. Fran comes up with an idea to help Molly and Arthur out and reignite the flame and passion in Molly and Arthur’s staid relationship. She sends her to a therapist who sets them tasks for each other. This includes everything from body food (which goes well) to a stripper pole (which doesn’t) ending with side splitting consequences in this hilarious adult comedy.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

University of Pretoria Department of UP Art, Pretoria, South Africa – 2018

The author will allow work shopping of this on act play for adults. Ashley Nader is a small play festival award winning playwright. The Love of Cheesecake won best play, best original script, best actress and best supporting actress in the Franklin players festival of one act plays which is a national play festival held annually in South Africa. Ashley’s play My Middle Name is Angry is another award winning play featured on “Off The Wall Plays.” Read more about playwright, Ashley Nader in our About the Authors section.

Author: Ashley Nader

Genre: Adult comedy

Type: One act festival play

Length: 20 (twenty minutes)

Number of Actors: 2 F (female) 1M (male)

Ages of the actors: Any age from thirties till seventies

Set: Simple – kitchen come lounge – a single sofa, and a table with fruit and juice.

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – an easy script with a conversational feel. Maintaining the humor throughout is the only challenge.

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Action, Comedies, Dramas, One act plays, Romance

Why affairs happen – a Bollywood hospital drama script in one act

June 27, 2012 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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WHY AFFAIRS HAPPEN – a Bollywood Hospital Drama script for stage

A typical Bollywood style hospital drama script for stage, set in the emergency room of a remote island hospital, with all the epic genres of comedy, drama and romance, rolled into one. The play follows the lives of various doctors as well as their families and loved ones, set in the emergency room of the hospital. When a well known German specialist visits and subsequently helps out at the hospital, it seems to be fate, as he intervenes and saves the life of a young boy with severe head injuries.

When the handsome Doctor Basheer meets the provocative and lovely Noor Jahan, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, she falls instantly in love with him and wants to marry him. The marriage goes ahead as her father promises him money if he marries her. But Doctor Basheer has a secret – he is already married to another woman on the mainland and they have a child – a small boy together. The wedding goes ahead as planned as all seems as if it is well, until his wife decides to visit him!

This hospital drama script will appeal to and is aimed at community and mainstream theatre groups from India and the surrounding countries. It could also possibly be adapted for television.

Author: Jayaprakash Raghavan Pillai

Genre: Hospital Drama script

Type: One, 1 act play

Length: One and a half hours

Ages of actors: All ages, large cast, main actors 20s to 60s.

Number of main actors: 3M, 3F

Set: Emergency room with beds, operating theatre and two offices.

Level of difficulty: 8/10 – complicated set with many changes. But can be simplified by the players if they wish.