Bodhisattva by Lagoon
A gay community responds to the death of a young gay man.
- Product Code: BB5000
- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 2m., 2w., Alternate option, 1m.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Synopsis
This exciting collection explores the complex worlds inhabited by amusing, passionate, quirky, obsessive, fallible and sometimes frightening characters. Featuring roles for 80 talented actors, the plays range in style from farce to tragedy, from lighthearted romance to the darker dimensions of the human heart. Audiences and performers will find the plays compelling and intriguing. Teachers will find this volume especially useful in their acting, directing and playwriting classes.
Notes
Digital Script Available
Click here to visit the digital script product page.This play contains strong language and sexual references.
Details
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Status
In stock
- Type of Show Collection
- Product Code TF4000
- Pages 400
- Min. Royalty Rate $15/perf
- Cost $30.95
Categories
- Target Audience High School | College and Adult
- Performing Group High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre
- Genre Comedy | Drama
- ISBN(13) 9781583422830
Included Titles
Playtime
A single mother and her precocious runaway daughter meet at midnight to see how much they still love each other.
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- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 2w.
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- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Defrosting
Two long-time friends, one recently divorced, gather to eat all the food in a defrosting refrigerator.
- Product Code: D85000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m.
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- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Chiaroscuro
A mother and daughter, both intelligent and inquisitive, deal with the mother's diminished mental capacities.
- Product Code: CC4000
- Genre: Comedy|Drama
- Cast Size: 2w.
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- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Film Noir
A comic send up of lust and intrigue set against a shadowy film noir backdrop of lamp posts and sultry looks.
- Product Code: F90000
- Genre: Comedy|Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
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- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Stuffed
Two emotionally stunted people, one a teenage girl, the other an older man, share unusual and disturbing secrets.
- Product Code: SJ7000
- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Converting
Their perceptions of aging influence the relationship between two older men.
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- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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4-1-1
A desperate caller seeks the telephone number of a psychiatrist and a less-than-helpful operator assists him.
- Product Code: F91000
- Genre: Comedy|Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
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Stairway to Heaven
A sister and her brother consider the life they'll lead after the recent death of their father.
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- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Rumple Schmumple
An eager queen is more than willing to give up her child to the fiendish Rumpelstiltskin.
- Product Code: R77000
- Genre: Comedy|Farce
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
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- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Partial Post
An obsessed married man is compelled to write letters to a former lover in front of his wife.
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- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Let Me Count the Ways
Two young lovers let the anticipation build as they prepare to kiss.
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- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w. (male voice.)
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Cheating Death
A woman thinks she is getting the better deal when bargaining with Death.
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- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m., 1w.
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Classyass
A naive college DJ gets more than he bargains for when Big B arrives from the downtown women's shelter to discuss the complexities of classical music and social responsibility.
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- Genre: Comedy|Drama
- Cast Size: 2m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Double Mandible
Two sisters come to terms with the pressures of competing in the daunting world of synchronized swimming.
- Product Code: D86000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Ma in Her Kerchief
A strong willed mother-in-law, suffering from cancer, works out the territorial implications of living in her daughter-in-law's household.
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- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 2w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Grunions
A couple struggles to invigorate a marriage that has lost its sense of adventure.
- Product Code: G81000
- Genre: Comedy|Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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18 Holes
Two men discuss their lives and wives while strolling through 18 holes of golf.
- Product Code: E47000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Phoning It In
Life and love in the interrupting world of cell-phoning.
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- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Lillian Goes to the Mirror
A young woman's experience with breast cancer enriches the life and poetry for her and her husband.
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- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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The Late Afternoon (Around 3:45 or So) Before Christmas
A man seeking an audience with Santa Clause definitely knows whether he has been naughty or nice.
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- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m.
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A Change of Pace
A husband and wife, married a considerable number of years, confess one night in bed that they have been unfaithful. Or have they?
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- Genre: Comedy|Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Jumpers and Spinners
Two laborers on lunch break contemplate the forces of nature and the foibles of man while discussing the habits of killer spiders
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- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m.
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- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Creche
Two teenage girls find a newborn baby placed in a papier-mach
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- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 2w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Buying a Brassiere
A woman seeks to buy a prosthesis to accommodate her special situation.
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- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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I'll Fly Away
A loving granddaughter and her confused grandfather wait in a valley for the arrival of aliens from outer space.
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- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Trio
Two soldiers and a prisoner of war are locked in a timeless battle of life and death.
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- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 3m.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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An Earthquake
An earthquake in Hollywood, California shakes up the lives of prospective lovers.
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- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Short-Term Affairs
A man goes to the Bureau of Short-Term Affairs and gets exactly what he needs.
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- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass)
Two hit men, long-time business associates, meet under a bridge to settle the score.
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- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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The Sasmann Aesthetic
A male patient and his female psychiatrist navigate the titillating waters of fetishism and romance.
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- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
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Coffee Break
An older painter and his single-mother assistant come to terms with aging and its impact on their working relationship.
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- Genre: Comedy|Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Dumpster Dan
A father and son, living in dumpsters in the alley behind their home, come to terms with a death in their family.
- Product Code: D88000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Rocks in the Bed
An estranged son and his half-brother visit the home of their deceased father and learn of the influence he had on the lives of total strangers.
- Product Code: R78000
- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 2m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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A Mustache and A Mattress
A woman seeking a mattress—a man who wants to sell a mattress—what might happen next?
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- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 minutes
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Media Reviews
Audio/Video
Productions
| Location | City | State | Opens | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Creek High School | Greenwood Village | Colorado | 12/1/2024 | 12/1/2024 |
| Winthrop University | Rock Hill | South Carolina | 11/15/2024 | 11/17/2024 |
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