Short in Collection
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Michael Weller, based on a short story by Anton ChekhovDescription
A spoof fairy tale about a boy and his talking dog, Chatter, who go on a magical journey to recover his lost talent... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 11 total (3 female, 8 male)
Short Comedy (about 25 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
David MametDescription
A sketch included in David Mamet's VERMONT SKETCHES.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (2 male)
Short Drama (about 10 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Tony KushnerDescription
Dr Arnold Hutschnecker, psychotherapist of record to one Mr Richard Milhous Nixon, undergoes his own psychotherapy session … a year after his death in Paradise.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Short Drama (about 15 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Sherry KramerDescription
One day, after years of longing and doing without, Mandy buys the house in the woods she had always dreamed of... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male, flexible casting)
Short Comedy (about 45 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesMaría Irene Fornés, based on a short story by Anton ChekhovDescription
A surrealist playlet in which a man performs suicides for a fee.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (3 male)
Short Drama (about 15 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Adele Edling ShankDescription
The story behind a fatal fire.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Short Drama (about 10 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesTony KushnerDescription
The play concerns an elaborate New York tax-evasion scheme involving public employees.
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Short Drama (about 25 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
Two very different old friends, one a British novelist, the other an American novelist, meet for an uninhibited lunch where they bare the raw emotional content behind their latest publications.
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male, multiple bit parts)
Short Drama (about 45 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Kermit FrazierDescription
In the frightening, chaotic early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Black mother and daughter come together both to grieve and to search for reconciliation.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (2 female)
Short Drama (about 15 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Edwin SánchezDescription
Tonight Ernesto the Failure will become Ernesto the Magnificent.
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Short Comedy (about 10 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Greg LamDescription
During a pandemic lockdown in 2020, Sunny and Jay's quiet apartment is disrupted when two men from an alternative reality appear... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (1 female, 3 male, flexible casting)
Short Dark Comedy (about 10 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesEdwin SánchezDescription
Ethan's going to be a millionaire by the time's he twenty-one.
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Short Comedy (about 10 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Louis PhillipsDescription
A totalitarian future where food is so scarce that people pay to watch others eat.
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (1 female, 3 male)
Short Drama (about 15 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesSamm-Art Williams, based on a short story by Anton ChekhovDescription
Set in Baton Rouge in 1919, the defendant of a criminal trial meets the judge who, unbeknownst to him, is to try him the following day... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (4 female, 3 male)
Short Drama (about 30 minutes)
Single Set
Period CostumesKermit FrazierDescription
An elderly white woman strives to survive through memory, hope, and strange visitations in a seemingly contentious urban landscape.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Short (about 35 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes