800-448-7469 Mon-Fri 8:30am - 5:00pm CST

Welcome to Dramatic Publishing!

Ship times are not guaranteed. Learn More.

Browse

Currently Filtered by:
  1. Remove This Item Genre: Farce
  2. Remove This Item Performing Group: Community Theatre
Filter By
Category
View All
  1. New In Print (2)
  2. Full Length Plays (58)
  3. One Act Plays (2)
  4. UIL Approved Titles (9)
  5. Musicals (16)
  6. Musicals with Accompaniment CDs (8)
  7. Collections (1)
  8. Bilingual Titles (1)
  9. Audience Participation (2)
  10. Livestream Titles (49)

Filter By

Target Audience
  1. Young Audiences (29)
  2. Middle School (47)
  3. High School (65)
  4. College and Adult (62)
  5. Family (all ages) (48)
  6. Senior Adults (26)
  7. Praise Groups (5)
Themes
  1. Crime (5)
  2. Culture (6)
  3. Entertainment (24)
  4. Relationship/Family (33)
  5. Religion (4)
  6. School Issues (3)
  7. Holiday (5)
  8. Illness/Disability (1)
  9. World Issues (3)
Sub-theme
  1. Murder (4)
  2. Stealing (4)
  3. British (2)
  4. Black (1)
  5. Hispanic/Latino (1)
  6. French (1)
  7. Showbiz (12)
  8. Visual Arts (2)
  9. Music (6)
  10. Dance (2)
  11. Marriage & Divorce (13)
  12. Abusive Relationships (3)
  13. Infidelity/Cheating (7)
  14. Dating (11)
  15. Christianity (4)
  16. Judaism (2)
  17. Bullying (2)
  18. Christmas (2)
  19. Halloween (1)
  20. Easter (1)
  21. Fourth of July (2)
  22. Hanukkah (1)
  23. Valentine's Day (1)
  24. Mental Illness (1)
  25. Behavioral Disability (1)
  26. Prejudice (1)
  27. Racial Issues (1)
  28. Women's Issues (1)
  29. Gay Rights (1)
  30. Immigration (1)
  31. Environmental Issues (2)
Show Less Show More
Genre
  1. Comedy (70)
  2. Drama (10)
  3. Farce (78)
  4. Satire (22)
  5. Tragedy (1)
  6. Melodrama (5)
Sub-genre
  1. Fairy Tale (18)
  2. Romantic Comedy (25)
  3. Biographical (3)
  4. Magical Realism (6)
  5. Avant-garde/Experimental (3)
  6. Mystery/Murder Mystery (10)
  7. Historical (14)
  8. Action/Adventure (14)
  9. Fantasy (17)
  10. Fables/Folklore (14)
  11. Romance (20)
  12. Science Fiction (4)
  13. Horror/Gothic (3)
  14. Commedia dell'arte (8)
  15. Mythology (4)
  16. Western (2)
Show Less Show More
Performing Group
  1. Elementary School (24)
  2. Middle School (64)
  3. High School (123)
  4. College Theatre (107)
  5. Community Theatre (78)
  6. Professional Theatre (51)
  7. TYA (18)
  8. Senior Theatre (24)
  9. Touring Group (45)
  10. Praise Group (6)
  11. Dinner Theatre (41)
Approx. Run Time (minutes)
30m 145m 30m to 145m
Total Cast Size
0 100 0 to 100
Female Cast Members
0 75 0 to 75
Male Cast Members
0 75 0 to 75

Items 1 to 10 of 78 total

per page
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

List  Grid 

  1. Never After Happily N94000

    Never After Happily

    By Cindy Marcus.

    Product Code: N94000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • High School | College | Community
    • 4 to 7m., 7 to 10w., 2 any gender.
    • 85 min.
    Welcome to an enchanted kingdom where all your favorite fairy tale characters have come to retell—NOPE! Scratch that, we're not doin’ that! Ella’s tired of the false promises that never come true in the real world, so she’s writing what happens AFTER. Now, the entire kingdom is rocked as these aging ingénues and neurotic princes try to deal with life after that perfect moment. Part farce, part vaudeville, part SNL, a little Rocky Horror and a wild ride that no one ever imagined after “happily ever after.” Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  2. The Bachelorette Party BN4000

    The Bachelorette Party

    By Karen Schaeffer.

    Product Code: BN4000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 5m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Dot, Meg, Carol and Ellie are back in Dot’s Northwoods cabin for Meg’s bachelorette party, but Meg and Sheriff Tom Lane have other ideas—a secret plan to elope at the cabin that night while everyone else is still out for the party. Carol and Ellie make similar secret plans to rendezvous with their respective men, Rick and Bubba, making the cabin a bit more crowded than Meg and Tom had anticipated. Throw in Dot’s stash of “special” cookies, an ex-lover and a B and E, and you have a full-blown night of hilarious chaos. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  3. Red Riding Hood RF1000

    Red Riding Hood

    By Allison Gregory.

    Product Code: RF1000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • High School | College | Community | TYA
    • 1w., 1 any gender. May be expanded to 10 or more with extras.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 70 min.
    Wolfgang, the greatest actor in the world, is interrupted while performing his solo “extravaganza” by a delivery person with a mysterious package. But the show must go on, and the two of them tackle all the roles in this fast, funny and surprising take on the classic story. The wolf may have dinner plans, but this Red is courageous, clever and talented. Like an unexpected package, when you open up a fairy tale, you never know what you’re going to find. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  4. The Café Mocha Murders

    The Café Mocha Murders

    By Deanna Strasse.

    Product Code: CT3000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 5w.
    • 90 min.
    Despite the raging storm outside, it seems like a perfectly normal night for an employee meeting at the local coffee shop, The Bean Shack. That is until the lights go out, and someone winds up dead. In this over-the-top whodunit, it’s all about latte art, caffeine content and the imminent threat of death. Learn More
    View Collection
  5. The Wedding Intern's Farce WL2000

    The Wedding Intern's Farce

    By Jon Jory and Michael Bigelow Dixon.

    Product Code: WL2000

    • Farce
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 5m., 11w., 8 any gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 35 min.
    An intern at a wedding event center makes a terrible scheduling error by booking two weddings at the same time in the same place, and it causes all kinds of chaos. Adding to the ceremonial confusion are the wedding themes—superheroes and the musical Cats—and the fact that the two couples are utterly mismatched. Threatened with exile from the wedding event universe by her overbearing boss, the intern improvises madly—but can she rematch the star-crossed lovers in time to avert complete disaster while making a bold career move? Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  6. Christmas, Virtually

    Christmas, Virtually

    By Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus.

    Product Code: CS7000

    • Comedy | Drama | Farce | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 3 to 10m., 3 to 15w., 1 to 11 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 65 min.
    This online theatrical event is designed to be rehearsed and performed on Zoom. These 12 delightful scenes range in tone from sweet and silly to heartfelt to poignant. Dealing with life during the holidays, everyone can relate to what these characters are going through. From a famous reindeer in therapy because of his nose, to a soldier sending a holiday message home, to Hanukkah struggling to find meaning in the Christmas blitz, this show can be reordered, trimmed, cut and adapted to YOUR audience. Just because we can’t be together doesn’t mean we can’t have Christmas, Virtually. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  7. Writers' Runaround WJ8000

    Writers' Runaround

    By Thomas Hischak.

    Product Code: WJ8000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • High School | College | Community
    • 2 to 9m., 2 to 9w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    The literary world is turned upside down in these comic playlets. Jane Austen, Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy Parker and Oscar Wilde argue about Star Wars and Harry Potter in a sports bar; Homer confronts his agent about his new epic poem; Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson meet through a computer dating service; a contemporary couple encounters literary nonsense in a library; and some historians learn details about Shakespeare’s life by going through his trash. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  8. Stepsisters

    Stepsisters

    Book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. Lyrics by Flip Kobler. Music by Dennis Poore.

    Product Code: S2S000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Community
    • 3 to 23m., 8 to 30w., up to 22 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 95 min.
    When Drew and Beth (who are not wicked, evil and ugly) are thrown into the dungeon for conspiring against the throne, they tell their fellow prisoners what really happened with Cinderella. Drew, Beth and Ella are really the best of friends and—spoiler alert—Drew is actually Ella’s fairy godmother. So bibbity-bobbity-boom! How can two sisters play matchmaker for their tomboy stepsister while trying to out-connive a conniving mother, outwit a sadistic chancellor and make everyone’s dreams come true before the jailer takes their heads? Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  9. US A Teen History

    US A Teen History

    Book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. Lyrics by Flip Kobler. Music by Dennis Poore.

    Product Code: U41000

    • Comedy | Drama | Farce | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Community
    • 8 to 25m., 8 to 25w., expandable, extras as desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    This story theatre-style show is a compilation of pieces about the teens who helped shape America. Did you know that the drummer boys in the Revolutionary War were as young as 11? Or that Caroline Pickersgill helped sew the flag that inspired “The Star-Spangled Banner” at 14? This show is incredibly flexible and adaptable to your space and audience, as we encourage you to write your own pieces about the forgotten teens of America. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More
  10. The Complete History of Theatre (abridged)

    The Complete History of Theatre (abridged)

    By Matt Thompson.

    Product Code: CR5000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 2m., 1w., up to 10 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 85 min.
    Theatrical greats William Shakespeare, Sarah Bernhardt and Constantine Stanislavsky lead a journey through the history of theatre. Explore Greek theatre, Kabuki, mime, the gladiators of Rome and speculation on the real author of Shakespeare’s plays. Finally, the cast realizes that the playwright hasn’t written an ending, and they have to ask the audience to help! This interactive farce keeps the audience in stitches at every turn! Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

    In Stock

    Learn More

Items 1 to 10 of 78 total

per page
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

List  Grid