Short in Collection

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  • Guesswork
    Robert Auletta

    Description

    A man in the wilderness comes upon an audience that forces him to confront the terror and the pain of the past that haunts him... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 1 total (1 male)
    Short Drama (about 20 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
  • The Guest Lecturer
    A R Gurney

    Description

    Mona runs a financially strapped regional theatre and takes "diabolical steps" to keep the venue going.

    Production Info

    Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male, Piano Player)
    Short Drama (about 60 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Guilt
    Billy Aronson

    Description

    Someone is guilty of something.

    Production Info

    Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
    Short Comedy (about 10 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Haiti (A Dream)
    Karen Sunde

    Description

    The plight of a Haitian family aboard a rickety boat seeking their dream of America.

    Production Info

    Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
    Short Drama (about 30 minutes)
    Single Set
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Halfway
    Roma Greth

    Description

    There is a question as to who is the inmate and who is the attendant in this halfway house for mental patients.

    Production Info

    Cast: 2 total (2 female)
    Short Drama (about 25 minutes)
    Single Set
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Helen Melon at the Sideshow
    Katy Dierlam

    Description

    The carnival "Fat Lady" delivers a monologue.

    Production Info

    Cast: 1 total (1 female)
    Short Drama (about 10 minutes)
    Single Set
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Hold
    Robert Chesley

    Description

    Dog reminisces with Lad, his lover, as he undresses him, but Lad, who has died of AIDS, exists now only in Dog's imagination... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 2 total (2 male)
    Short Drama (about 30 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Hold for Three
    Sherry Kramer

    Description

    This play has had over a hundred productions worldwide. Three teenagers — Scottie, Bartey, and Ed — meet on a beach on a beautiful evening to watch the full moon come up... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male, or 3 female)
    Short Comedy (about 10 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
  • If Only We Knew
    Aishah Rahman

    Description

    An African immigrant in New York describes how he was shot by police.

    Production Info

    Cast: 3 total (3 male, plus 1 Musician)
    Short Drama (about 15 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Impact
    José Rivera

    Description

    Production Info

    Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
    Short Drama (about 10 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
  • In the Beginning
    Rebecca Ritchie

    Description

    Lilith shares with Eve a few eye-opening tidbits about Adam.

    Production Info

    Cast: 3 total (3 female)
    Short Comedy (about 25 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
  • In the Middle of the Night
    Billy Aronson

    Description

    What begins as a romantic rendezvous between two college students turns into something else entirely when the boy's mother visits, and a terrible truth is revealed.

    Production Info

    Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
    Short Comedy (about 15 minutes)
    Single Set
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Interventions
    Greg Lam

    Description

    While hiking, Ariel and Lil's relationship is disrupted by time travelers claiming to be their future daughters, each trying to alter the moment of a marriage proposal... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 3 total (3 female, flexible casting)
    Short Dark Comedy (about 10 minutes)
    Single Set
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Iphigenia in Orem
    Neil LaBute

    Description

    A Utah businessman confides in a stranger in a Las Vegas hotel room, confessing a most chilling crime... [read more]

    Production Info

    Cast: 1 total (1 male)
    Short Drama (about 30 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
  • It Happens Tomorrow
    Franca Rame and Dario Fo, adapted by Estelle Parsons

    Description

    A woman relates her story of torture as a political prisoner.

    Production Info

    Cast: 1 total (1 female)
    Short Drama (about 45 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes