TEN MINUTE PLAYS
Ten minute plays are growing in popularity and are great for short play festivals, as well as comedy and drama evenings and dinner theatre. They require minimal set and usually focus on characterization as well as witty lines to deliver their message.
COMEDIES
5 eggs left – a Comedy about Menopause
A House of Dolls – script about a crazy man obsessed family
A Matter of Who – he’s convinced she’s cheating as she’s just too damn happy!
A Smart Alec and Two Idiots walk into a Closet – short one act comedy script
A Sordid Affair – an off the wall comedy. With a Mime
All a Twitter – comedy about people on their phones
Alma – ten minute comedic character piece for a female actor
Barfly – ten minute romantic comedy about a blind date
Benny and Boris – ten minute poignant comedy for two mature actors
Better safe than sorry – ten minute comedy script
Blind Date: The Aftermath. When the date’s over, is it really?
By the Way – comedy about renting a room
Calpurnia’s Misfortune – Ten minute Quirky Comedy
Cashless – comedy about paying with cash and the millenial who doesn’t understand it
Cheeky – short one act comedy about a butt that’s damn cheeky
Confession Air. A ten minute comedy set on a crashing plane
Covidiots – play about the idiots amongst us out in the Corona Virus Pandemic
Cuckold – ten minute period play
Don’t Tell – a comedy about newlyweds
Down by the River – romantic comedy script
ESPN, B.C. – teen action comedy script
First Play – comedy about 2 unscrupulous Hollywood producers and a little old lady
Frederick J. Prescott – one act funeral home comedy
God’s visit – funny script about when you say ‘Oh God,’ and she appears!
Gray Matters – funny monologue about the guy who runs your brain
Ham and Eggs – ten minute melodrama
He Delivered – comedy about a taxi driver delivering a baby!
Hell Froze over – comedy script about sports taken a BIT too far
Holiday shorts – collection of short plays for the holidays
Hossback – a satire with cowboys in the old west
Husband’s anonymous – comedy about a support group for wives with annoying husbands
Insurance on the line – ten minute comedy plays
It’s a Good Fang – ten minute dark comedy
Kate the Ultimate and Jane the Invincible:Earth’s Last Inhabitants – Short Superhero Comedy
Learning to Fly – comedy about an unconventional grandma
Lemonade Gurus – comedy about two down and out clowns setting up a lemonade stand
Life of a Salesman – funny play for a cast of 5
Lost Property – comedy about Superman, who has lost his clothes
Man Con. A comedy about Men. Real Men
Matter Matters – ten minute comedy for two actors
Merman on the Brink – dark comedy about having a mental breakdown
Mom! A comedy about when a mother in law moves in
Mom’s Kitchen – comedy set in a restaurant where they treat you like your mother does
More Pasta – ten minute comedy about veganism
Mother – a comedy about being politically (in)correct
Odin and Christ – short comedy for the non religious
One Fine Day at the Car Dealership – comedy sketch about people who think they own the road
Out on a date – short romantic comedy
Passing – poignant comedy about growing old together
Ratboy – failed superhero comedy script
Read about it – comedy when two middle aged widowed people meet at the bus stop
Road Rage – a tongue in cheek short comedy
Shall we Dance?Award winning short comedy about learning to dance
Sticky – short farcical comedy about a cheating husband
Street Theatre – short comedy for three actors set in an ordinary diner
Tea for Terror – dark comedy about the very real terrors of tea addiction
Temp Work – ten minute comedy about a sleazy boss
The Appointment – A Comedy about Counseling
The Appointment – ten minute comedy about customer service
The Audition – 10 minute comedy
The Cost of Love is not Immune to Inflation – a Snowman Comedy
The Dane – ten minute comedy script about an audition for Hamlet
The Duel – ten minute knightly comedy for two actors
The End of Class – comedy sci-fi script for teens
The fence – ten minute comedy about relationships
The Intruder – script about two homeless people who outwit a young journalist
The Invisible Creature – a Macabre Comedy Monologue
The Lie – short comedy about lying and then some for two actors
The Little Things – A Small Comedy about the human penis
The Makeover – comedy about seeing an old flame again
The Mirror – a collection of ten minute plays by an award winning author
The Owl and the Pussycat – short play for younger children
The Real Housewives of Cape Coral – comedy about suspecting your spouse is cheating
The Real Lost Boys – ten minute comedy for teens about two stupid bullies
The Right Approach – Ten Minute Comedy about a Brothel
The Storyteller – a play about forgetting your anniversary!
The Surprise – a short comedy play about a botched proposal
The Summoning – audience participation comedy horror
The Wingman – a ten minute comedy script for three actors
Two Cats, no Dogs – award winning ten minute comedy for two actors
Waiting – short romantic comedy about a blind date
What was That? A Comedy about Camping
Who’s There? A Short play about dementia
Yellow Roses – ten minute romantic comedy script for two actors
Yoo Hoo, Mister Solomon – ten minute comedy scripts
DRAMAS
A Gift – ten minute drama play for two male actors
A Soldier’s Tale – tragic monologue about being a soldier
Believe – ten minute play script about precognition
Believe – a play about believing in Elvis
Becoming Disappeared – short eerie sci fi script for 2M
Bench Buddies – play script for four mature actors
Cold War – American one act drama about the war on fraud by ordinary people
Exquisite Anxieties – Seven Slivers of Suspense – A Collection of Bone Chilling Short Scripts (Scripts vary from 10-30 minutes)
Family exercise – a short one act drama
Holiday shorts – collection of short plays for the holidays
Jars – drama about love between two women
Jason and Ali – play about dating a high school girl with a bad reputation
Listen – monologue about post traumatic stress disorder
Mask of Thorns – teen drama about the effect of divorce on kids
Maya from Madurai – a drama about drugs
On Holiday – a Play about Blame and Covid
Parkside – Short Gay drama for two actors
Party – a play that celebrates life and death
Questions – ten minute murderous drama for three actresses
Rhetorical – one act couple drama
Survivors include – one act teen drama about teen suicide
The associate – short drama script about the effects of infidelity in a marriage for two actors
The Big Solar Storm – children’s play about the solar system
The book of souls – teen drama about bringing loved ones back from the dead
The Bowl of Soup – a play about her. She’s leaving him and he’s eating a bowl of soup. Award winner
The Chair – a short one act drama about an unexpected heirloom
The happy Hornbill – play script about spousal abuse
The Investigation – ten minute award winning drama script
The Read Through – Ten Minute Ghostly Horror Script
The Ship has sailed – ten minute drama about asking her out, way too late
The Witch’s Cackle – one act ghost story for Halloween
Two cousins and a Pizza – Italian American ten minute comedy play
Under the Floorboards – An Adaptation of Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe
Undressed – monologue about being a stripper