Full Length Plays

Defamation

Product Code: DH1000

Drama
Middle School | High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 2m., 3w., 1 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

Defamation is a riveting courtroom drama that illuminates our common perceptions about race, religion and class. In this case, the plaintiff is Ms. Wade, a professional black woman from the South Side of Chicago. The defendant is Mr. Golden, a successful North Shore businessman who is Jewish. Following testimony from each side, the judge reveals that the audience will be the jury. Defamation challenges our preconceived notions about race, class, religion and even the law.

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The May Queen

By Molly Smith Metzler.

Product Code: MR1000

Comedy
High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 2m., 3w.
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

For Jen Nash, being crowned the May Queen of Kingston High School was traumatizing, and she left her hometown shortly thereafter. When she returns under mysterious circumstances 15 years later, Jen takes a temp job at a discount insurance company, and gossip spreads. In this fun, dark and surprising office comedy, Jen fights to be released from the prison of her small town’s expectations, abdicate the throne and disclose once and for all who she really is. Learn More

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Stage Black

By Lydia R. Diamond.

Product Code: SN1000

Comedy
High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 3m., 7 to 10w.
Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

A respected but obscure African-American playwright attempts to write the perfect, producible black play. Her inclination toward truth and honesty in art conflicts with her desire for commercial viability. Her characters rebel, and she is killed. Monica (the pretty little sister) will begin a play of truth and honesty. Or can she? Learn More

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Theory of Mind

By Ken LaZebnik.

Product Code: TP6000

Comedy | Drama
Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 1m., 1w., 1 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 50 min.

Autism makes social interactions challenging. Imagine, then, a high-school senior on the autism spectrum who desperately wants a girlfriend—and misreads just about every social cue she gives him. This is Bill's journey as he takes Hilo out on a date with hilarious, touching and profound insights about identity, what it means to be on the autism spectrum and love.

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Mary

By Thomas Bradshaw.

Product Code: MN8000

Comedy | Drama
College and Adult
Cast Size: 4m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

At the height of what TIME magazine dubbed "AIDS hysteria" in 1983, college student David invites his boyfriend home to his parents' house in Maryland where nothing has changed since the 1800s—including the slave quarters. This play confronts hypocrisy and oppression with exhilarating wit.

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Job

By Thomas Bradshaw.

Product Code: J67000

Comedy | Tragedy
College and Adult
Cast Size: 5m., 3w.
Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

Meet Job, the wise and powerful judge of an ancient Israelite tribe. Satan bets God that he can make Job blaspheme God through ever-escalating violence and loss. Will Job question God's promise to reward the righteous, even when his prayers for mercy go unanswered? In this dark, twisted comedy, Bradshaw brings us an honest, uncynical adaptation of the book of Job. Learn More

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Cherokee Family Reunion

By Larissa FastHorse. Inspired by the memoirs of Henry S. Timberlake.

Product Code: CP7000

Comedy | Drama
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Senior Adults | Praise Groups
Cast Size: 11 to 19m., 8 to 9w., several minor roles either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 75 min.

This modern-day Brady Bunch blends two nearly grown families when a Cherokee man and a white woman get married. They plan a family reunion, complete with a historical reenactment, hoping it will help the kids realize what it is like to fit into a foreign world. Instead, cultures clash, young love blooms and history threatens to repeat itself. Through music, dance and some wild fights, everyone learns what it really means to be a family. Learn More

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Reunion

By Gregory S. Moss.

Product Code: RD6000

Comedy | Drama
College and Adult
Cast Size: 3m.
Approx. Run Time: 110 min.

Twenty-five years ago, Mitch, Peter and Max were best friends. After a harrowing graduation night, they grew up and grew apart. But tonight is their 25th high-school reunion, and the gang is back together to celebrate and recreate the wildness of their teenage years with a night of exhilarating intoxication and risky behavior. A darkly comic drama, Reunion explores the risks and pleasures of revisiting the past, examines the precariousness of male identity and reveals the fraught and dangerous aspects of male bonding. Learn More

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Miss Holmes

By Christopher M. Walsh. Based on characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Product Code: MQ5000

Drama
High School | College and Adult | Senior Adults
Cast Size: 5 to 10m., 4 to 8w.
Approx. Run Time: 135 min.

When an anonymous note sends a newlywed wife looking for help, Miss Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Dorothy Watson work to uncover the secrets of a corrupt police inspector whose wives have a habit of turning up dead. In a time when gender roles are rigidly defined, these unconventional women challenge societal norms. This play explores the added obstacles faced by these two iconic characters if they were women. Learn More

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Spoon Lake Blues

By Josh Tobiessen.

Product Code: S2M000

Comedy
College and Adult
Cast Size: 2m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 85 min.

In the mountain town of Spoon Lake, brothers Denis and Brady are struggling to save their house from the bank. When doing jobs for the summer residents isn’t enough, they start robbing their wealthy neighbors. Things are going better than you might think, until Brady falls in love with Caitlin, the daughter of an African-American family they’ve just robbed, and brings her back to their home. When things start getting complicated, Caitlin begins to sympathize with the brothers’ and helps hatch a new plot. Learn More

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