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STREET THEATRE – TEN MINUTE COMEDY FOR THREE ACTORS

Picture it: A cafe and a typical couple sitting at a table waiting to be served. A beleaguered and bored waitress who wants to take their order. Sounds pretty normal, right? Well – she’s (the female half of the couple) just been to improv theater class and the cafe is about to become her new stage, much to the astonishment of the other diners, the embarrassment of her partner and the confusion of the waitress in this ten minute comedy.

Read about playwright Morley Shulman. Other best selling comedies (Naked – one act comedy about the pitfalls of internet dating) by Morley.

Production History

Seattle Pacific University, USA – 2016
Menomonie High School, WI, USA – 2016
Gnosall Players, Staffordshire, UK – 2017
Bethel University, TN, USA – 2017
North Carolina Central University, NC, USA – 2021
Dudley College, United Kingdom – 2022
Nicolet High School, WI, USA – 2023

Type: Ten minute comedy

Genre: Comedy

Cast: 1M 2F

Ages of the actors: The couple is in their late twenties, the waitress can be of any age.

Suitable for: All ages

Length: Ten minutes

Set: A typical cafe with a table and chairs for two and menus

Level of difficulty: 6/10 – a fun easy ten minute play that audiences will enjoy

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ART TALK – COMEDY SKITS FOR THREE ACTORS

comedy skits for three

Two pretentious art aficionados meet in a gallery that is exhibiting monochrome paintings by a famous Spanish artist. Naturally they try to impress each other with their art knowledge, smug in the knowledge that they know exactly what to say to impress each other. They are interrupted by “Smith,” an ordinary Joe, who points out that the painting is actually painted with red paint, but that he likes them anyway and that the the red painting is nicer than the green and blue ones. What to do when your pretentious bubble is burst…

Art Talk is one of a series of short plays collectively known as “Ugly Art.”

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

Drama West, LOS ANGELES, USA
Deer Park High School, NY, USA – 2017
East Central University, OK, USA – 2018
The Old Nick theatre, Gainsborough, UK – 2019
Nirak Films, Warwichshire, UK – 2020
Running Reel, Jakarta, Indonesia – 2021
Micro Theatre on Broadway, PA, USA – 2023

Read about playwright Terry Roeche. Award winning comedy plays by Terry Roeche.

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 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…

Author: Terry Roeche

Type: One act plays – comedy skit

Genre: Comedy skits for three actors

Cast: Three 2M 1F

Ages of the actors: Adult, any age as long as they can be pretentious

Suitable for: All ages

Length: 7 minutes

Set: Black box set, 1 single red painting

Level of difficulty: 6/10 – very tongue in cheek – verbose