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A Blind Date – a short one act romantic comedy

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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Like this play? Other one act comedies for two actors in a similar vein:

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

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

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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

Read more about playwright Ashley Nader.  Other plays by Ashley Nader

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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Like this play? Other hilarious one act comedy scripts:

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

Naked – a One Act Romantic Comedy Play about the Pitfalls of Internet Dating

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NAKED – One act romantic comedy Play about the Pitfalls of Internet Dating!

Once upon a time two people met on the internet. Only… they really wanted to impress each other…and so…they embellished… a little. And then they met at a coffee shop. This is the play about meeting that special someone you haven’t quite told the whole truth to.  A nice two-hander, one act festival play for stage.

‘Naked’ won best runner up play in the Franklin Players festival of one act plays in April 2012 as well as best actor and best set.

Production History

Franklin and Friends Festival, Roosevelt Park, South Africa 2012
EADS festival, Edenvale, South Africa, 2012
Pine Tree Players, Canmore, Alberta, Canada, 2016
Sturgis Area Arts Council, SD, USA – 2017
Black Box Theater, Las Positas College, CA, USA – 2018
Village Green theatre co, Queensland, Australia – 2018
River Valley Players Association, AB, Canada – 2019
Dew Drop Inn, Little Theatre, Co. Kildare, Ireland – 2019
TC Williams High School, VA, USA – 2019

Author: Morley Shulman

Characters: 1M, 1F

Genre: One act Romantic Comedy play

Suitable For: PG 14

Ages of Actors: Late 20’s up

Type: One Act Festival Play

Length: 20 Minutes

Set: Simple – a coffee shop

Read more about playwright Morley Shulman. Other full length comedies by Morley Shulman. Other one act dramas by Morley Shulman.

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Like this play?  Have a look at some of our other one act comedies:

A Blind Date – a best selling one act comedy about two misfits who go on a blind date
My Middle Name is ‘Angry’ – a two-hander one act comedy for two women
Stirred, not shaken – an award winning one act black comedy
The Window – a one act play about marriage (and windows)

101 Ways to Dump Someone in Five Minutes – five minute comedy skit

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101 Ways to Dump Someone in Five Minutes – five minute comedy skit

When you want to break up with someone, and they just don’t get it, how do you do it? A short skit for everyone who has ever dumped or been dumped by that idiot they once liked. A five minute comedy skit.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

St. Joseph High School, ALBERTA, CANADA – 2018
Earlham High School, IA, USA – 2019

Read about playwright Damien Darr

Author: Damien Darr

Characters: 1M, 1F

Length: 5 minutes

Genre: Comedy

Suitable for: All Ages

Ages of Performers: Teens to early twenties

Level of Difficulty: 5/10

Type: Comedy Skit – One Act

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Copyright © August 2011 Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this sketch? Other funny sketches for you to enjoy:

A Famed life – a servant leaves her very needy famous employer in the lurch
Sketches – a collection of comedic and dramatic monologues for teens
The Call centre – short comedy sketch about a call centre

Ralph – a funny film noir play

comedy maskfilm noir playRALPH – A FUNNY FILM NOIR PLAY

 

Meet Ralph Spade, trying to make a living as a Private Eye  in his cheap downtown office. When Sam Malone comes to Ralph, to investigate the disappearance of  his girlfriend, Ralph takes the case.  Ralph, the detective is a colourful character whose brain is a sharp as a knife, but has also been muddled by years of alcohol. When it turns out that the parrot is also dead in this tongue in cheek film noir play, things take a bizarre twist in this off the wall Monty Python meets Film Noir style comedy.

Performance History:

Franklin and Friends festival of one act plays – 2010
Pleasant Valley High School – 2015
Somersworth High School, NH, USA – 2020

Author: Dewan Demmer

Cast: Cast Two M

Genre: Film Noir + Comedy + Crime

Difficulty: 6/10 (Achieving the Film Noir Feel)

Suitable for: Suitable for all ages

Ages of Performers: Teen and Adult

Length: 20 minutes

Set: Simple –  the crummy downtown office of a private eye with a untidy desk with drawers and a coat rack. There is a chair for a client to sit on and a telephone on the desk.

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Copyright © September 2010 Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other whodunits for you to enjoy:

Murder and other fun things – a full length off the wall black comedy and whodunit
Mascot Masquerade – a whodunit set at a costume party
Parlor City Noir – classic film noir whodunit