Title: 12:21 PM in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 10th series / COL Author: Hartland, F. J. Publisher: Samuel French 1985
Description:
roy comedy - weddings three characters two male; one female one act
A hilarious situation is created when a groom goes looking for his best man. The wedding was to begin at noon and it is now 21 minutes after. The best man is sloshed, but the groom refuses to give up on him despite pleas from his annoyed sister to leave the guy to his vodka and come back for the wedding.
Title: 21A in - 20/20 ... / COL Author: Kling, Kevin Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1995
Description:
roy comedy - monologues all male cast; nine characters one male (doubling) one act
One actor portrays driver and passengers on Minneapolis bus.
Title: 27 Ways I Didn't Say "Hi" to Laurence Fishburne in - Humana Festival 2013 / COL Author: Josephson, Jonathan Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2014
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
One of playwright Jonathan Josephson's favorite movie stars is sitting right across the room, blithely eating a sandwich. There are a million things he'd like to say, but every attempt to make contact is more hopelessly awkward than the last. A hilarious meta-theatrical romp based on actual events (sort of). Title: 2B (or not 2B) in - Things Between Us / COL Author: Reingold, Jacquelyn Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2005
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
suggested for high school.
What happens when Franny, heart broken and single, is seduced by a giant Bee who needs a Queen?
Title: 2B (or not 2B) in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Reingold, Jacquelyn Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
suggested for high school.
What happens when Franny, heart broken and single, is seduced by a giant Bee who needs a Queen?
Title: 2B (or not 2B) Part 2 in - Things Between Us / COL Author: Reingold, Jacquelyn Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2005
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
suggested for high school.
What happens when Franny, now a Queen Bee, goes to her ex's wedding, hoping to sting him to death, but ends up under the gift table with the piano player? Title: 4000 Miles in - 4000 Miles / After the Revolution / COL Author: Herzog, Amy Publisher: Theatre Communications Group 2013
Description:
roy dramatic comedy four characters one male; three female one act (ten scenes)
After suffering a major loss while he was on a cross-country bike trip, 21 year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91 year-old grandmother Vera in her West Village apartment. Over the course of a single month, these unlikely roommates infuriate, bewilder, and ultimately reach each other. 4000 MILES looks at how two outsiders find their way in today's world.
Finalist! 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Winner! 2012 Obie Award, Best New Play; Winner! 2012
Title: 508 in - The Best American Short Plays 2008-2009 / COL Author: Herzog, Amy Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers
Description:
roy dramatic comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
Two ex-lovers meet in the apartment they once shared on what would be their fifth anniversary for a settling of accounts. What could be a simple, five-minute exchange quickly dissolves into barbs and recriminations. Bridget and Leo know how to get at each other, and they cant resist the pleasure and pain that comes from one last reckoning.
Title: Abandon All Hope in - Shel's Shorts / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2003
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one scene
'All and Benny stand before a giant portal. A sign above the portal reads "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here". Benny is more than a little frightened, but Al has no intention of abandoning his hope, as the two debate the precise meaning of the sign.' Title: Acrobats in - Acrobats and Line / COL Author: Horovitz, Israel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1970
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
open stage.
'Husband and wife acrobatic team feud, threatening to end their dependancy - while they perform.'
Title: Adam and Eve on a Ferry in - Mister Paradise and Other One-Act Plays / COL Author: Williams, Tennessee Publisher: New Directions 2005
Description:
roy comedy - American - 20th century - short play three characters one male; two female one act
1 exterior set.
"A comic portrait of D.H. Lawrence as someone who functions as an analyst for repressed women. Embroidering on his porch, Lawrence is visited by Miss Peabody. Adopting a Sherlock-Holmesian intuition, Lawrence divines that spinsterish Miss Peabody was propositioned by a man aboard a ferry, but in her passionate excitement she forgot his name and where they were to meet.
Title: Affection in Time in - Israel Horovitz's New Shorts / COL Author: Horovitz, Israel Publisher: Samuel French 2009
Description:
roy monologue - women - dramatic comedy all female cast; one character one female one act
Introduction to a being not of our time. Title: Ah! But it Sings, But It Sings, Luveena or: Blood Orange in - Rhubarb-o-rama! / CCO Author: Boutillier, Fabian Publisher: Blizzard Publishing 1998
Description:
roy comedy - farce - sketch three characters three male one act
Three odd gentlemen get carried away.
Title: Alan, Betty and Riva in - Bedrooms: Five Comedies / COL Author: Taylor, Renee Bologna, Joseph Publisher: Samuel French 1986
Description:
roy comedy - sex - relationships - suicide three characters one male; two female one act (two scenes)
Alan gets his mistress Betty to agree to join him in a menage a trois with Riva, a hooker who calls herself a sex therapist. Betty gets cold feet and acquiesces only when Alan convinces her it will help him make the decision to finally leave his wife. Afterward, Betty is depressed and, when she realizes Alan still isn't going to leave his wife, she threatens suicide.
Title: Alien Mice in - John Lazarus Shorts / CCO Author: Lazarus, John Publisher: Playwrights Guild of Canada
Description:
roy comedy two characters two male or female one act
A deranged lecturer, armed with a bomb, holds the audience hostage while explaining his UFO conspiracy theory connecting the fountains at Versailles with Mickey Mouse. Title: All Cotton in - Shel's Shorts / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2003
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one scene
'Jill is furious because the guaranteed not-to-shrink blouse she has bought shrunk six sizes in the wash, and Rachel, the store clerk, won't give her a cash refund. But Jill, it seems, is a witch, and when she does not get satisfaction, she casts a spell on the store and everything in it.'
Title: All in Little Pieces in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (29th series) / COL Author: Yearly, John Publisher: Samuel French 2005
Description:
roy dramatic comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
Molly's trying to sell a house to Mary, but it soon becomes apparent that Mary not there to buy. The play becomes very engaging as the women talk and get to know each other. It almost seems as if they're made for each other, but the action twists and suddenly Molly realizes that Mary is perhaps not as stable as she seems, in fact, that she's actually rather frightening.
Title: Almost, Again in - Out on a Limb / CCO Author: Brown, Briana Publisher: Signature Editions 2011
Description:
roy comedy - relationships - romance - Canadian two characters one male; one female one act (five scenes)
" 'Almost, Again' centers on Jack and Ginger, two coworkers at a large, chain bookstore whose shyness, awkwardness and penchant for delightful bursts of earnest nerdiness, immediately draws them together while also creating a sexual tension that both are too hesitant and neurotic to confront. When their first date goes awry, Ginger convinces Jack to erase the encounter entirely from their personal history, to wipe their romantic slate clean and to try the first date again. As the pressure to have the perfect date, create their perfect mood and capture the perfect moment Title: Alt-Visions, Kiss Before Clouding in - The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014 / COL Author: Levin, Daniel F. Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2015
Description:
roy comedy - solo performance all male cast; one character one male one act
Man in binary coded relationship.
Title: Altar Boy Talks to God, An in - Naomi in the Living Room / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1998
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male sketch
"Robert, a young man, talks in a friendly way about his days as an altar boy. He then recalls when his nephew got AIDS early in the epidemic and how fundamentalists claimed it was God's punishment. Robert decides to go to heaven and ask God about this. Once there, God seems mean and ornery indeed, and professes to give AIDS to homosexuals, hemophiliacs, and Haitians in a bizarrely unfocused rage. Leaving heaven, Robert feels that whom he met wasn't God but an impostor. Adapted from the 'AIDS Speech' in "Laughing Wild", and rewritten to be performed by 2
Title: Amelia Earhart Was Not a Spy in - Triple Play / CCO Author: Curran, Colleen Publisher: NuAge Editions 1990
Description:
roy romantic comedy three characters two male; one female one act
'Hilary and Kevin, her homosexual roommate have been living together for five years, but this evening Hilary has invited someone to dinner - her new fiance.' Title: American Century, The in - 20/20 ... / COL Author: Guyer, Murphy Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1995
Description:
roy absurdist comedy three characters two male; one female one act
1 interior.
Absurdist comedy about son who travels back in time to visit his yet childless parents and inform them of unexpected disasters ahead.
Title: American Sunset, An in - Stuffings and An American Sunset: Two Plays / COL Author: Prideaux, James Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1973
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
1 interior set.
"A deflation of the silly snobberies of the 'country club' set".
Title: American Way, The in - One-Act Plays for Acting Students / COL Author: Mueller, Lavonne Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1987
Description:
roy satire - political - U.S.A - marital relations three characters one male; two female one act
The First Lady is having a yard sale of most everything in the White House. Originally, she told her husband, the President, that she would sell only a few meaningless items that belonged to them. Instead she ransacked the whole house and left their bedroom empty, while the President was mumbling to himself. Title: American Welcome in - The Best Short Plays 1981 / COL Author: Friel, Brian Publisher: Chilton Book Company 1981
Description:
roy satire - theatre all male cast; two characters two male one act
1 interior set.
"Satirical sketch. Overbearing American theatrical director explains to speechless European playwright how his new script is going to be changed 'to communicate with American audiences'."
Title: Amici, Ascoltate in - Dark, No Sugar / COL Author: Leight, Warren Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2007
Description:
roy satire five characters two male; one female (doubling) one act
A son's imminent departure for Iraq prompts his father to examine the fate of men in his family when sent to war.
Title: Amouresque in - The Best American Short Plays 2006-2007 / COL Author: Gluck, Victor Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2010
Description:
roy comedy - courtship three characters one male; two female one act
AMORESQUE and ARABESQUE are both comedies of courtship that take place during the same weekend at Margaret Hudson's country house not far from Cambridge, Massachusetts. In AMORESQUE, a young girl has fallen in love with an absent minded philosophy professor who teaches at a men's college ad who is too involved in his studies to notice her. She attempts to awaken his interest by offering him a philosophical proposition to solve Typical of his thinking, he deals with it just as he would one of his classroom cases. Title: Ancient History in - Polish Joke and Other Plays / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Grove Press 2004
Description:
roy comedy - relationships - marriage two characters one male; one female one act
Ruth and Jack, both in their mid-thirties, believe themselves perfectly suited to each other. But when Ruth suddenly mentions marriage, a subtle but ominous change is felt in their relationship. At first the mood is light-hearted and filled with brightly humorous lines. Later, no holds are barred, and the irreconcilable differences that were largely sublimated in the beginning now burst forth in full fury, leading to a monumental explosion.
Title: Angel at My Door in - The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014 / COL Author: Franceschini, John Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2015
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
A young woman shows up at a bookstore to prevent the unsuspecting owner's suicide in an unusual way.
Title: Angela in - Revue Unique / COL Author: Crowder, David Lloyd Publisher: Samuel French 1964
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
interior.
"Two husbands of the same woman describe their late wife in diametrically opposite terms." Title: Animal in - Picture Animal Crisscross / COL Author: Hailey, Oliver Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1970
Description:
roy monologue - comedy all female cast; one character one female one act
"This humorous, touching and revealing monologue is concerned with an exasperated mother who attempts to entice her 12-year-old daughter (unseen) out of the tree (imaginary) in which she has taken refuge. In the course of her brief recital the woman, her daughter, her late husband (who fell to his death climbing a tree) and the very nature of their lives together are revealed with startling and affecting clarity and compassion."
Title: Appearances in - Plays for Actresses / COL Author: Howe, Tina Publisher: Vintage Books 1997
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
suitable for high school performances.
Grace, the ladies fitting room guardian, shows temper when Ivy brings in an excessive number of garments to try on. After a rocky start, the two women gradually start to collaborate on choosing the right dress in which to be seen by a special man. They increasingly resemble each other as both try on dresses. The search reaches a fever pitch when they choose a white dress. Ivy kisses
Title: Appearances in - Shrinking Violets and Towering Tiger Lillies / COL Author: Howe, Tina Publisher: Samuel French 2009
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
suitable for High School performances.
Grace, the ladies fitting room guardian, shows temper when Ivy brings in an excessive number of garments to try on. After a rocky start, the two women gradually start to collaborate on choosing the right dress in which to be seen by a special man. They increasingly resemble each other as both try on dresses. The search reaches a fever pitch when they choose a white dress. Ivy kisses Title: Approaching Lavender in - The Best Short Plays 1985 / COL Author: Crutcher, Julie Beckett Publisher: Chilton Book Company 1985
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; three characters three female one act
'Comedy with dramatic overtones. Tensions mount as two sisters and their soon to be step-sister allow feelings towards parents remarriage to surface.'
Title: Arabian Nights in - Humana Festival 2000 / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2000
Description:
roy comedy - romance - short play three character; flexible casting one male; two female or two female; one male one act
"What happens when an interpreter in a far away Arabian country has some fun with a tourist and a local? It may just lead to a relationship that transcends language barriers. ARABIAN NIGHTS is a wild ride through language and love, sparked with touches of magic and packed with good laughs."
Title: Arabian Nights in - Lives of the Saints / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2000
Description:
roy comedy - romance - short play three character; flexible casting one male; two female or two female; one male one act
"What happens when an interpreter in a far away Arabian country has some fun with a tourist and a local? It may just lead to a relationship that transcends language barriers. ARABIAN NIGHTS is a wild ride through language and love, sparked with touches of magic and packed with good laughs." Title: Arabian Nights in - Time Flies and other short plays / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Grove Press 2001
Description:
roy comedy - romance three characters; flexible casting one male; two female or two female; one male one act
"What happens when an interpreter in a far away Arabian country has some fun with a tourist and a local? It may just lead to a relationship that transcends language barriers. ARABIAN NIGHTS is a wild ride through language and love, sparked with touches of magic and packed with good laughs."
Title: Are You Ready? in - Fifth Planet and Other Plays / COL Author: Auburn, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2002
Description:
roy comedy - romance - relationships⌦three characters two male; one female one act
The fates of three people drawn to the same restaurant are altered in an instant.
Title: Art of Dating, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 20th series / COL Author: Elwell, Jeffrey Scott Publisher: Samuel French 1996
Description:
roy romantic comedy three characters two male; one female one act
'Two lawyers meeting for lunch to discuss their respective clients begin to take interest in each other.' Title: At War with the Mongols in - New American Plays Volume 4 / COL Author: Heide, Robert Publisher: Hill and Wang 1971
Description:
roy farce - tragedy two characters one male; one female one act (six scenes)
1 interior set; music.
"Tragic farce. Couple subsist in room, avoiding Mongol invaders and come to terms with life".
Title: Audition Play, The in - Israel Horovitz's New Shorts / COL Author: Horovitz, Israel Publisher: Samuel French 2009
Description:
roy dramatic comedy two characters one male; one female one act
A woman auditions for a play.
Title: Auld Lang Syne or, I'll Bet You Think This Play Is About You in - One-Act Plays for Acting Students / COL Author: Creasey, Beverly Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1987
Description:
roy comedy - recollection two characters one male; one female one act
Two people meet on a street corner only to recognize each other as former friends/acquaintances. They begin to recollect on their past, remembering other friends and catching up on their present situations and niche in the world. Title: Aunt Dan Meets the Madwoman of Chaillot in - Naomi in the Living Room / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1998
Description:
roy comedy - parody two characters one male; one female; or two female sketch
Aunt Dan, the title character of Wallace Shawn's 'Aunt Dan and Lemon', has a discussion with Giradoux' 'Madwoman of Chaillot'. They discuss it all."
Title: Author's Voice, The in - Telling Tales / COL Author: Greenberg, Richard Publisher: Penguin Books 1993
Description:
roy comedy - romance three characters two male; one female one act
"Smitten with her latest protege, a handsome young writer with a "special voice," a pretty editor accompanies him to his apartment - the better to see from whence his inspiration springs, and also to toast their new creative partnership. But while she is captivated by the writer's good looks and laid-back, low key manner, she begins, increasingly, to wonder (to the audience) at the emptiness - even banality - of his conversation. In fact the only time he isn't boring is when he is quoting poetic passages from his novel in progress."
Title: Autograph Hound, The in - Lemonade and The Autograph Hound / COL Author: Prideaux, James Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1969
Description:
roy comedy - drama three characters one male; two female one act
"The play bases its humor on human and domestic foibles. The wife in this play is a full-blown eccentric who stands for hours outside every possible celebrity gathering place to get autographs. One night when she's out, standing in the snow, her husband tears up the treasured collection housed in three living room filing cabinets, bests her in a strangling contest when she gets home, sends their daughter out to find her own apartment, and declares a turning point. But what way will they turn? She's the one, after alll, with the 'thrill of the chase' as she expresses it. Title: Awkward Silence in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Nineteenth Series / COL Author: Reiss, Jay Publisher: Samuel French 1995
Description:
roy comedy - romance three characters two male; one female one act
'Comedic account of blind date.'
Title: Ayravana Flies; or, A Pretty Dish in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 33rd series / COL Author: Callaghan, Sheila Publisher: Samuel French 2008
Description:
roy comedy - American two characters one male; one female one act
Frazzled cook Olivia has an idea for a delicious dish, and only a fearful Elephant from an exotic land can appreciate it—and her.
Title: Babel Rap in - Six Canadian Plays / CCO Author: Lazarus, John Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1972
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - high school all male cast; two characters two male one act
1 exterior set.
An industrious worker and a contemplative smoker are at work on the Tower of Babel. They argue about why they're doing it and what will happen when it's finished. Title: Babel Rap in - Playing the Pacific Province / CCO Author: Lazarus, John Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2001
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - high school all male cast; two characters two male one act
1 exterior set.
An industrious worker and a contemplative smoker are at work on the Tower of Babel. They argue about why they're doing it and what will happen when it's finished.
Title: Baby in - The Best Short Plays 1985 / COL Author: Kearsley, Julia Publisher: Chilton Book Company 1984
Description:
roy comedy - family relations three characters one male; two female one act
'Comedy-drama exploring young English girl's reactions to the onset of puberty and strained family relations.'
Title: Bachelor Holiday in - Five One-Act Plays / COL Author: Ball, Alan Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1994
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; three characters three male one act
suggested for high school.
In BACHELOR HOLIDAY a mouse, caught in a glue trap, causes three roommates to discuss the meaning of life, death, yuppiedom, karma and the harsh reality of their place on the food chain. Title: Back Story: A Dramatic Anthology in - Humana Festival 2000 / COL Author: Ackermann, Joan Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
running time: 90 min.
"Based on characters created by Joan Ackermann. BACK STORY is a 2-character play written in 19 scenes by 18 playwrights. Set in the Berkshires, BACK STORY illuminates various episodes in the young lives of Ainsley and Ethan Belcher. When Ethan is born during the worst blizzard of the century, his 2-year-old sister Ainsley nearly sacrifices a toe trying to clear a path for the baby's
Title: Backstreets in - Vittorio Rossi: Two Plays / CCO Author: Rossi, Vittorio Publisher: NuAge Editions 1988
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian all male cast; three characters three male one act
Description not available.
Title: Bad Boating in - Funny Girls Coping with Boys / COL Author: Evans, Annie Publisher: Miscellaneous 2006
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
A girl and boy go on a date in a sailboat off the coast of Nantucket…and then the fog rolls in… Title: Bad Dates in - Theresa Rebeck: Complete Full-Length Plays v. 2 / COL Author: Rebeck, Theresa Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2007
Description:
roy comedy - romance - relationships all female cast; one character one female five scenes
"Haley has been single-handedly raising a kid and running a restaurant for five years; it's time to go out on a date. A hilarious one-woman show that answers the age-old question "Do men and women really need each other?" with a resounding yes."
Title: Bake Off in - Humana Festival 2002 / COL Author: Wilner, Sheri Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2002
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
"Last year, the largest cash prize in Bake Off history was awarded to a man; this year, one female contestant will make sure that the male entrants get their just desserts..."
Title: Bakersfield Mist in - New Playwrights: The Best Plays 2012 / COL Author: Sachs, Stephen Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2012
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
An unemployed bartender living in a trailer park believes the painting she bought at a thrift store for $3 is really a Jackson Pollock worth millions. Title: Ballad of 423 and 424, The in - Dramatics (January 2013) / PER Author: Pappas, Nicholas C. Publisher: Miscellaneous 2012
Description:
roy comedy - romance two characters one male; one female one act
A ten minute play based on Shakespeare's 23rd sonnet.
Title: Ballad of 423 and 424, The in - Humana Festival 2012 / COL Author: Pappas, Nicholas C. Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2013
Description:
roy comedy - American - short play - romance two characters one male; one female one act (seventeen scenes)
running time: 10 min.
When reclusive writer Roderick’s routine is interrupted by the arrival of a new neighbor, Ellen, the opportunity to change his ritual presents itself for the first time. Will he find the strength to walk through that door?
Title: Baltimore Waltz, The in - The Baltimore Waltz and Other Plays / COL Author: Vogel, Paula Publisher: Theatre Communications Group 1996
Description:
roy dramatic comedy three characters two male; one female one act
"Dramatic comedy set in Baltimore, Maryland hospital. Imaginary trip to Europe shared by sister and brother vehicle for comments on attitudes towards AIDS." Title: Banana Man in - Banana Man & Other Plays / COL Author: Nigro, Don Publisher: Samuel French 2005
Description:
roy comedy - biographical three characters two male; one female one act
A table and some chairs. In New York, in the summer of 1964, Buster Keaton appeared in a short experimental film written by Samuel Beckett. In this play, set in an Italian restaurant in Greenwich Village that summer, two gentlemen named Sam and Buster attempt to communicate with each other, with the unlikely help of a chattery young waitress with theatrical ambitions, who mistakes Buster for Moe from the Three Stooges and Sam for his agent. A funny and moving play about the quiet, absurd heroism of two apparently very different but very great artists.
Title: Bar Mitzvah Boy in - Great Short Comedies: Volume 1 / COL Author: Siskind, Samara Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2007
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
bare stage.
Thirteen-year-old Samuel Rosenbaum is finally a man. It's the day of his Bar Mitzvah and he's survived reading the Torah, ballroom dancing, and crazy relatives...but will he be able to get the girl?
Title: Barbarian in Love, A in - Twain Plus Plain / COL Author: Sabath, Bernard Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1984
Description:
roy biographical - comedy - Samuel Clemens - Mark Twain three characters two male; one female one act
Third in a series of Sam Clemens one acts.
The third play finds Sam in Elmira, New York (several years later) and smitten by his best friend's sister. Proposing marriage, he finds that he must first win over her strait-laced and rather pompous father—a task which calls on the full resources of his earthy wit and wisdom. Title: Barefoot Woman in a Red Dress in - Jane Martin: Collected plays - Vol. 2 / COL Author: Martin, Jane Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2001
Description:
roy comedy - monologues - women all female cast; one character one female one scene
Description not available.
Title: Barry, Betty and Bill in - The Best American Short Plays 1993 -1994 / COL Author: Taylor, Renee Bologna, Joseph Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1995
Description:
roy comedy - marital relations three characters two male; one female one act
'Estranged husband interrupts wife's date.'
Title: Basement, The in - Five One Act Plays / COL Author: Schisgal, Murray Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1965
Description:
roy drama - comedy three characters two male; one female one act
1 set.
"A serio-comedy study of a man who has estranged himself from his family, and given up all hope for children, career or money, to pursue the 'noble' (and rather strange) scientific research which, in sad truth, has yielded only frustration and unhappiness". Title: Batbrains in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 5th series / COL Author: Daniel, Barbara Publisher: Samuel French 1981
Description:
roy comedy - American all female cast; two characters two female one act
Jane Batts is an up and coming fashion designer who lives in a loft with her husband Rico, a successful artist. Until now, Rico has been paying most of the bills - but Jane has a strong chance to break out on her own with a series of bat shaped dress designs. First, she must contend with her old college roommate, a self proclaimed psychic who has arrived in New York to teach "telepathic lovemaking" - and plans to crash with Jane for awhile. Two fine roles for actresses in their 20's.
Title: Battling Brinkmires, The in - The Square Root of Love / COL Author: Meltzer, Daniel Publisher: Samuel French 1979
Description:
roy romantic comedy two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior set.
"Things are not always what they seem in this play about middle-aged couple in Haiti for divorce".
Title: Bear (a tragedy), The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 35th series / COL Author: Calvert, E.J.C. Publisher: Samuel French 2011
Description:
roy farce three characters two male; one female one act
interior.
In The Bear (A Tragedy), Diane and Everett Feld must negotiate their marriage after the unexpected result of Everett’s secret hunting excursions comes to light. Title: Bear, The in - Chekhov Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Publisher: Penguin Books 1980
Description:
roy farce three characters two male; one female one act
Same as 'The Boor' and The 'Brute'.
'Landowner tries to collect debt from neighbour in Czarist Russia, but collects young widow instead.'
Title: Bear, The in - A Tragic Man Despite Himself: The Complete Short Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich translated by George Malko Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy comedy - relationships three characters two male; one female one act
A joke in one act, revolving around love.
Title: Bear, The in - Adapt or Die / CCO Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Sherman, Jason Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2006
Description:
roy Canadian - farce - relationships - romance three characters two male; one female one act
running time: 35 min.; adapted by Jason Sherman
A new version of the vaudeville by Chekhov. "Sherman’s adaptation uses modern language to re-imagine a classic battle of the sexes between a recent widow and a pugnacious creditor. With Elena Popova mourning for her philandering husband, affecting a theatrical grief that is more posthumous defiance than genuine suffering, Grigory Smirnoff arrives to collect on a debt owed Title: Beauty in - Jane Martin: Collected plays - Vol. 2 / COL Author: Martin, Jane Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2001
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
Model and her brainy best friend switch bodies when friend finds magic lamp on a beach.
Title: Beaver Effect, The in - Hot Thespian Action! / CCO Author: Stubbings, Mark Publisher: AU Press 2008
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
Two hapless 'Ed Wood' filmmakers try to get a obtain Canadian funding to produce their science fiction film. The challenge: to convince Denise at the Canadian Film Society to fund the movie, even though it does not fall under her Canadian content guidelines: "Prairie, Prairie, Prairie, or a small fishing community of some kind"; "The more wheat farmers and girls in frilly dresses the better."
Title: Because I Wanted to Say in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 22nd series / COL Author: O'Donnell, Sean Publisher: Samuel French 1996
Description:
roy comedy - recollection, AIDS two characters one male; one female one act
'Woman recalls happy and fond memories of her best friend who dies of AIDS.' Title: Becoming America in - Snapshot / COL Author: Nottage, Lynn Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2003
Description:
roy monologue - men all male cast; one character one male one scene
An instructor teaches emergency response operators to speak American.
Title: Bedfellows in - Off-Off Broadway Plays - 36th Series / COL Author: Peltzman, Adam Publisher: Samuel French 2012
Description:
roy comedy - historical - parody all male cast; two characters two male one act
Bedfellows is a short comedy that peeks in on an awkward moment in U.S. history: a night in 1776 when John Adams and Benjamin Franklin were forced to share a bed in a crowded inn. Adams, cranky and battling a cold, must contend with the free-spirited and ever-knowledgeable Franklin, who can't seem to stop inventing things. From debating the cause of the common cold to enforcing the rules of sharing a tiny bed, Adams tries to endure the challenges of snuggling up with the world's most accomplished man.
Title: Bedtime in - Plays for Actresses / COL Author: Gallagher, Mary Publisher: Vintage Books 1997
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female; or two girls one act
suitable for high school performances.
Bedtime tells the story of two young girls coming to terms with several universal issues. It deals with religion, God, and what forever means. Title: Before the Eclipse in - A Tragic Man Despite Himself: The Complete Short Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich translated by George Malko Publisher: Green Integer 140 2005
Description:
roy comedy two characters two male or female one act
The sun and the moon sit above the horizon, drinking beer, discussing an eclipse.
Title: Before You Go in - Dramatics (November 2013) / PER Author: Saleh, Erica Publisher: Miscellaneous 2013
Description:
roy comedy - coming of age two characters one male; one female one act
Soon-to-be college freshman Lydia and soon-to-be high school senior Ben clash and bond in this brand new play by Erica Saleh.
Title: Best Daddy, The in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
Presents a darkly comic encounter between a girl and her father, whose sense of humor borders on the sadistic. Title: Betrothal, A in - Best Short Plays 1987 / COL Author: Wilson, Lanford Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1986
Description:
roy comedy - romance two characters one male; one female one act
'A romantic tale of two lonely and frustrated flower breeders, whose disappointment and annoyance at having their creations rudely passed over at a flower show, is alleviated by the momentous realization that the cross-breeding of their two would-be champions should produce an unbeatable new strain which will surely rock the horticultural world!!'
Title: Bette and Me in - Seven One-Act Plays (Wasserstein) / COL Author: Wasserstein, Wendy Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2000
Description:
roy comedy all female cast two female one act
"A musical fantasy in seven scenes. In BETTE AND ME, the author and the legendary Bette Midler get their hair done, try on make-up, and row a boat on the Hudson River. They finally end up at Radio City Music Hall, where Wendy rises from the orchestra pit on a half-shell with a blonde wig and six-foot eyelashes."
Title: Bible in - Something in the Basement and Other Plays / COL Author: Nigro, Don Publisher: Samuel French 1989
Description:
roy comedy-dark three characters one male; two female one act
set: a park bench.
"In this Victorian children's primer gone berserk, Papa is a Christian censor, and Mama has taken Annabel and Harry to the park to read them passages from the Bible, and although the steamy Old Testament story of lust, incest and murder she stumbles upon is not exactly what Mama had in mind, it gradually begins to hold them all spellbound. This play will infuriate people like Papa, Title: Big Momma 'n 'Em in - Black Comedy: 9 Plays / COL Author: Stickney, Phyllis Yvonne Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1997
Description:
roy monologues - women all female cast; one character one female one act
'One actress portrays five different African American Women.'
Title: Black and Silver in - The Two of Us / COL Author: Frayn, Michael Publisher: Samuel French 1970
Description:
roy comedy - marital relations two characters one male; one female one act
interior set.
"A somewhat short but very affecting scene of a husband and wife awakened in the middle of the night by the baby, and the stumbling efforts to pacify it. They are so out of it that once the husband panics because he cannot hear the baby breathing in the cradle, which is only reasonable because the wife has removed it to their double bed. Both likeable and laughable."
Title: Black Cloud Morning New York in - Sally's Shorts / COL Author: Nemeth, Sally Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1995
Description:
roy monologue - women - comedy all female cast; one character one female one scene
The day from hell takes a turn for the better with the discovery of what a jeans pocket holds. Title: Blueberry Hill Accord, The in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Watson, Daryl Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy - friendship all female cast; two characters two female one act
The conclusion of a friendship by two teenaged girls takes on the dimensions of the Geneva Convention.
Title: Bohemians in - Fancy Footwork / COL Author: Gallagher, Miriam Publisher: Society of Irish Playwrights 1997
Description:
roy comedy - music - Irish - historical three characters; pianist two male; one female one act
no set.
"Theatrical/musical interlude celebrating Michael W. Balfe (1808-1870) and William V. Wallace (1812-1865). Both composers are conjured up by "Zigeunerin", a hopeful soprano. Highly comic and colourful joust."
Title: Bolero in - Time Flies and Other Short Plays / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Grove Press 2001
Description:
roy comedy - short play two characters; voice one male; one female one act
A woman's world threatens to come apart in the middle of the night, when she and her husband hear strange sounds and voices coming through their bedroom wall. Title: Bolero in - Outstanding Short Plays / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2012
Description:
roy comedy - short play two characters; voice one male; one female one act
A woman's world threatens to come apart in the middle of the night, when she and her husband hear strange sounds and voices coming through their bedroom wall.
Title: Bomb Squad in - Snapshot / COL Author: Wright, Craig Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2003
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one scene
A man comes to diffuse the bomb that is Mt. Rushmore.
Title: Bookshop Skit in - In Character / CCO Author: Cleese, John Chapman, Graham Publisher: Nelson Canada 1992
Description:
roy comedy - Monty Python's Flying Circus two characters two male or female skit
"An example of nonsense and exaggeration (two basic ingredients of comedy). It's about a character every store clerk knows only too well - the unreasonable customer who is always right. And a character every customer knows - the smug, know-it-all salesperson. John Cleese and Graham Chapman wrote this now-classic skit in the late 1960s. They were members of the legendary British comedy troupe, Monty Python's Flying Circus." Title: Boor, The in - Thirty Famous One Act Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich translated by Hilmar Baukhage Publisher: Random House 1943
Description:
nonroy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
Same as 'The Bear' and 'The Brute'.
Russian landowner in financial straits visits nobleman's widow to demand repayment of loan. She refuses to pay him and he refuses to leave until she does. He then challenges her to a duel and finally proposes marriage to her. A very funny piece with wild shifts of emotion.
Title: Boor, The in - Take Ten / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Publisher: Gage Educational Publishing 1981
Description:
nonroy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
Same as 'The Bear' and 'The Brute'.
Russian landowner in financial straits visits nobleman's widow to demand repayment of loan. She refuses to pay him and he refuses to leave until she does. He then challenges her to a duel and finally proposes marriage to her. A very funny piece with wild shifts of emotion.
Title: Botticelli in - Apple Pie / COL Author: McNally, Terrence Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1968
Description:
roy satire - Vietnam War all male cast; two characters; one extra two male one act
1 simple set.
"Two American soldiers in the wilds of Vietman (or any battle area) are playing an intellectual guessing game while waiting for a trapped enemy soldier to show himself. They smoke, reminisce, play their game - and wait. When the enemy soldier appears they coolly shoot him down and then go on reciting the great names of literature, philosophy and music; their total lack Title: Botticelli in - New Theatre for Now / COL Author: McNally, Terrence Publisher: Dell Publishing Company 1971
Description:
roy satire - Vietnam War all male cast; two characters; one extra two male one act
1 simple set.
"Two American soldiers in the wilds of Vietman (or any battle area) are playing an intellectual guessing game while waiting for a trapped enemy soldier to show himself. They smoke, reminisce, play their game - and wait. When the enemy soldier appears they coolly shoot him down and then go on reciting the great names of literature, philosophy and music; their total lack
Title: Brimful of Asha, A in - Love, Loss, and Longing / CCO Author: Jain, Asha Jain, Ravi Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2015
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - Indian culture - cultural differences two characters one male; one female one act
In 2007 Ravi Jain had just completed school and was itching to get his feet wet in the theatre scene. With plans to begin his own company, Ravi has put off marriage for a few years, much to the disappointment of his mother, Asha, who was getting impatient with Ravi’s non-traditional approach to life. In this autobiographical story of the Jain family, Ravi recalls a trip to India with his parents in tow, where they ambushed him with a series of prospective wives at every turn. Conveyed through storytelling, "A Brimful of Asha" is a comedic and heartwarming tale of a family
Title: Brothers in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 22nd series / COL Author: Gadea, William Publisher: Samuel French 1996
Description:
roy comedy - relationships three characters two male; one female one act
'Comedy about man who meets woman through personals, but takes her home to date his brother.' Title: Brussels Sprouts in - The Factory Lab Anthology / CCO Author: Kardish, Larry Publisher: Talonbooks 1974
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - sex three characters two male; one female one act
An easy-to-take, naturalistic sex comedy about a charming menage-a-trois.
Title: Brute, The in - The Brute and Other Farces / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Bentley, Eric Publisher: Samuel French 1956
Description:
roy comedy - romance three characters; extras two male; one female one act
Same as 'The Boor' and 'The Bear'.
'Landowner tries to collect debt from neighbour in Czarist Russia, but collects young widow instead.'
Title: Bug Swatter in - One-Act Plays for Acting Students / COL Author: Selmeier, Joel Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1987
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
The couple are outside and are being annoyed and bitten by mosquitos. They then go on to compete with each other on stupid little things. At various points they ignore each other as they are each talking about themselves at the same time. Title: By a Thread in - Singular Voices / COL Author: Flacks, Diane Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1994
Description:
roy comedy - monologues - women all female cast; one character one female one act
'Astro-projecting', bluesy grandmothers, irrational fears, and flying paint - welcome to Rose's way out.
Title: Camberwell House in - Outstanding Short Plays - volume 2 / COL Author: Roper, Amelia Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc. 2015
Description:
roy comedy - aging - seniors - solo performance all female cast; one character one female one act
Elderly neighbors Annie and Olive have been friends since they were children. At twenty, they agreed to "knock each other off" if they were still alive at seventy-five. Now they are seventy-five and one of them has changed her mind. A tale of old age, murder, and ginger nut biscuits.
Title: Canadian Fact, The in - Hot Thespian Action! / CCO Author: Watson, Wilfred Publisher: AU Press 2008
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian theatre all male cast or all female cast; two characters two male or two female one act
A Canadian playwright (who no longer writes plays) and a Canadian director (who has never directed a Canadian play) conspire to produce a "Canadian" play about "the American bombardment of a lunatic asylum in Hanoi [Vietnam] while Peter Brook was directing a Canadian telephone directory there." The play deals with themes of nationalism and the theatre while commenting humorously on playwrights who are too literary and directors who ignore the text. Title: Cancun in - Perfectly Abnormal / CCO Author: Kearney, Greg Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2006
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian⌦all female cast; three characters three female one act
The play concerns two irritable travel agents who try to kill and/or drive each other insane.
Title: Canker Sore and Other Distractions in - Christopher Durang - 27 Short Plays / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1995
Description:
roy comedy - marital relations three characters one male; two female sketch
"A man and a woman, previously married, try to reconcile over dinner, but a canker sore and a talkative waitress ruin everything."
Title: Canker Sore and Other Distractions in - Naomi in the Living Room / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1998
Description:
roy comedy - marital relations three characters one male; two female sketch
"A man and a woman, previously married, try to reconcile over dinner, but a canker sore and a talkative waitress ruin everything." Title: Caracal, The in - A Touch of the Dutch / COL Author: Herzberg, Judith translated by Rina Vergano Publisher: Aurora Metro Press 1997
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; one character one female one act
A comic one-woman play about a teacher whose complicated love life is revealed through a series of fragmentary telephone conversations.
Title: Cardinal O'Connor in - Naomi in the Living Room / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1998
Description:
roy monologue - comedy all male cast; one character one male sketch
"Cardinal O'Connor comes to explain briefly why birth control is always, always, always wrong."
Title: Carolan's Cap in - Fancy Footwork / COL Author: Gallagher, Miriam Publisher: Society of Irish Playwrights 1997
Description:
roy music all male cast; one character; musicians one male one act
no set.
"Interlude celebrating Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), the great Irish Harper Composer. Carolan entertains with wit, laughter and conviviality, through all of which flows the genius of his music." Title: Carpetbagger's Children, The in - The Carpetbagger's Children & The Actor / COL Author: Foote, Horton Publisher: Overlook Press 2003
Description:
roy dramatic comedy - family relationships - women - monologues all female cast; three characters three female one act
In funny, moving, engaging monologues, three sisters spin the tale of their family and an era. Their father, the eponymous carpetbagger, was a former Union soldier who used his post as county treasurer and tax collector to amass a Texas plantation of twenty thousand acres. Preserving that plantation through the vicissitudes of their lives becomes a central issue for his daughters, Cornelia, Grace Anne and Sissie. With echoes of The Three Sisters and King Lear, THE CARPETBAGGER'S CHILDREN explores the bonds of a family to the land that has shaped their
Title: Cat-Lady in - Israel Horovitz's New Shorts / COL Author: Horovitz, Israel Publisher: Samuel French 2009
Description:
roy monologues - women all female cast; one character one female one act
A woman describes her human relationships while looking for an injured cat.
Title: Cha-Cha-Cha in - Dating Games / COL Author: Wingfield, Garth Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2006
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
A man and woman meet up at a high school reunion... and connect for the first time after twenty years apart. Title: Chance Meeting, A in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays, 15th / COL Author: Stroppel, Frederick Publisher: Samuel French 1991
Description:
roy American - comedy - marital relations three characters two male; one female one act
Woman and man liven up their marriage by acting out their fantasies.
Title: Changing Bodies in - Ilsa, Queen of the Nazi Love Camp and Other Plays / CCO Author: Brooker, Blake Publisher: Red Deer College Press 1993
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - monologues - men all male cast; one character one male one act
A surreal and humorous performance that examines personal change.
Title: Charlie Blake's Boat in - The Best of American Short Plays 2004-2005 / COL Author: Gillis, Graeme Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2008
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
Man's ex-girlfriend tries to keep him from sailing to Scotland in a boat he built himself. Title: Charlie the Chicken in - The Best Short Plays 1983 / COL Author: Levy, Jonathan Publisher: Chilton Book Company 1975
Description:
roy tragicomedy - vaudeville three characters two male; one female one act
one set.
"Vaudeville act featuring woebegone vaudevillian and trained chicken vehicle for comment on nature of master-slave relationship".
Title: Charming and Rose: True Love in - Prerogatives / CCO Author: Burke, Kelley-Jo Publisher: Blizzard Publishing 1998
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian, fringe three characters one male; two female one act
'Rose, a princess raised by wolves, discusses how she came to murder Prince Charming with her fairy godmother. The marriage is re-examined through magic, and the willing cooperation of the defunct prince.'
Title: Charming and Rose: True Love in - Amazing Plays / CCO Author: Burke, Kelley-Jo Publisher: Blizzard Publishing 1992
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - fringe three characters one male; two female one act
'Rose, a princess raised by wolves, discusses how she came to murder Prince Charming with her fairy godmother. The marriage is re-examined through magic, and the willing cooperation of the defunct prince.' Title: Checkers in - One-Act Plays for Acting Students / COL Author: Doerman, Dale Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1987
Description:
roy comedy - conversation - marital relations two characters one male; one female one act
An elderly couple are playing checkers in a park and are talking about the past. Both are forgetful but not senile. Humorous conversation.
Title: Chee-Chee in - Pirandello's One-Act Plays / COL Author: Pirandello, Luigi translated by William Murray Publisher: Samuel French 1970
Description:
roy comedy - Italian three characters two male; one female one act
1 interior.
Philanderer elaborately tricks prostitute to avoid paying her.
Title: Cherry Blend with Vanilla in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Nineteenth Series / COL Author: Wilhelm, Le Publisher: Samuel French 1995
Description:
roy comedy - domestic relatons three characters one male; two female one act
'Confession from husband's ghost helps widow over prolonged bereavement.' Title: Chinamen in - The Two of Us / COL Author: Frayn, Michael Publisher: Samuel French 1970
Description:
roy farce five characters one male; one female (doubling) one act
interior set.
"She has invited a woman and her new hippy boyfriend for dinner with some other guests on the very night he has invited the woman's deserted husband for dinner. The object is not to let the estranged husband and wife meet; how to dine in two different rooms alternately in such a way the either husband or wife is in one or the other room at all times."
Title: Chocolate in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Stroppel, Frederick Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy - murder two characters one male; one female one act
Presents encounters with a policeman investigating a murder and a suspect who has some very creative explanations for what seem to be obvious clues.
Title: Chocolate Cake in - Win/Lose/Draw / COL Author: Gallagher, Mary Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1981
Description:
roy comedy - women all female cast; two characters two female one act
unit set; suggested for high school
"The play is about two secret gorgers who meet in a hotel room while attending a women's conference. One is a simple, country mouse, married to a mechanic; the other a brassy city dweller whose husband is a wealthy businessman. Inevitably their conversation gets around the their favorite topic - food - but the funnier their exchanges become the more we are made Title: Chug in - The Best Short Plays 1984 / COL Author: Jenkins, Ken Publisher: Chilton Book Company 1981
Description:
roy comedy - monologue all male cast; one character one male one act
"Humorous monologue about will to perserve by man in business of raising frogs".
Title: Citizen Pochsy: Head Movements of a Long-haired Girl in - The Pochsy Plays / CCO Author: Hines, Karen Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2004
Description:
roy satire, monologues - women all female cast; one character one female one act
'In (this play), our little muse is in the waiting room at an audit from hell.'
Title: Civilization and its Malcontents in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 14th series / COL Author: Taikeff, Stanley Publisher: Samuel French 1989
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
A woman studying nutrition desperately needs help in a music course she is also taking. She visits the class whiz guy, arms laden with books, hoping to cram with him. She finds that she knows too little; she can remember Mozart's dates of birth and death, but is totally dumb about his feelings toward the oboe and clarinet. He, on the other hand, has prepared a small supper for them and gotten it all wrong, knowing nothing about nutrition. Their confrontations are dramatically spell binding and cannily illuminating about art and comestibles. Title: Clair De Lune in - Pops / COL Author: Linney, Romulus Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1987
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
"Clair de Lune finds an older, retired couple basking in the solitude of Florida, while reminiscing, with some regret, about their chronically hell-raising children."
Title: Class Conflict in - Life is Short / COL Author: Pospisil, Craig Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2005
Description:
roy comedy - relationships - children two characters one male; one female one act
suggested for high school.
Billy is a shy, sweet six-year old, nervous about his first day of school. His new classmate Megan Devenaux is a pint-sized lawyer, who considers herself an adult already, and is ready to take her case to the Supreme Court and then cash in.
Title: Classyass in - Humana Festival 2002 / COL Author: Jennings, Caleen Sinnette Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2002
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
"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."
Co-winner of the 2002 Heideman Award. Title: Click in - Shel's Shorts / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2003
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one scene
'Valerie is trying to relax by reading a magazine in the bathtub as Leonard irritatingly sits on the toilet seat playing Russian roulette. He tells her the bullet he put in might be a blank. She tells him she switched his bullet with another that may be real. She insists that he finish his game.'
Title: Closet Madness in - The Best Short Plays 1985 / COL Author: Schisgal, Murray Publisher: Chilton Book Company 1984
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
'Unsuccessful playwright decides pretending to be gay is key to success.'
Title: Closet, The in - Outstanding Short Plays - volume 2 / COL Author: Stratford, Aoise Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc. 2015
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female (flexible casting) one act
Kevin's dad has thrown his favorite toy, Bart Sponge, into the back of a closet. There, Bart meets a toy dinosaur and another toy he can't even begin to identify. Does a supposedly gay toy have a chance of making it out of the closet? Title: Closing Costs in - Outstanding Short Plays - volume 2 / COL Author: Hutton, Arlene Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc. 2015
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
After viewing four hundred apartments, has Harris finally found the right co-op, or simply the right real estate agent—Alice? Harris must decide if it's time to trade in his artificial fish—and finally grow up.
Title: Coach Kingston Tells It Like It Is in - High Sticking / CCO Author: Brownell, Mark Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2006
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - hockey all male cast; two characters two characters one act
running time: 15 mins.
A crazed coach of a peewee hockey team delivers a pep talk to the mild-mannered father of one of his players.
Title: Come Again, Another Day in - The Best American Short Plays 2011-2012 / COL Author: Pepper, Cary Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2013
Description:
roy dark comedy - American - short play all male cast; two characters two male one act
"Come Again, Another Day" has an eerie Pinteresque quality about it, refusing to move very far from between the walls of the room on the stage. A very unusual encounter in that room leads to personal assessments of two lives, which Pepper announces, "became a meditation on life, death, and dying, and how often our lives (and well-being) hang by that precarious, mercurial thread that can be snapped, cut, or unraveled - or not - at any moment, in so many different ways". Security, stability, and personal control are perhaps the greatest of our personal delusions, Title: Comedy of Errs in - Dramatics v. 81, no. 1 / PER Author: Leonard, Jim Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy comedy all male cast or all female cast; two characters two male or two female one act
No description available.
Title: Comings and Goings in - Viet Rock and Other Plays / COL Author: Terry, Megan Publisher: Simon and Schuster 1967
Description:
roy comedy - theatre game two characters; extras one male; one female one act
"Comedy. A theatre game, set in cafe wherein actors involve the audience. The theme is male-female love relationships. Singing."
Title: Common Cause in - Funny Girls Coping with Boys / COL Author: Evans, Annie Publisher: Miscellaneous 2006
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
Owen and Sandy banter and battle over whether or not they're meant for each other. Title: Conquest of Everest, The in - The Day the Whores Came Out to Play Tennis and Other Plays / COL Author: Kopit, Arthur Publisher: Hill and Wang 1965
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
1 exterior set.
"Couple blithefully scale Mount Everest with neither the proper equipment nor the technical skills".
Title: Constantinople Smith in - New American Plays Volume One / COL Author: Mee, Charles L. Publisher: Hill and Wang 1962
Description:
roy farce three characters two male; one female one act
1 exterior set.
"Short plotless farce about roles, symbolism, censorship, reality versus illusion, and the antihero play in today's theatre".
Title: Constituent, The in - Answers / COL Author: Thompson, Ernest Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1980
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
1 simple interior set.
"A tough-minded, foul-mouthed old Marine curmudgeon, who is given to writing abusive letters to his Senator, suddenly finds himself face-to-face with his nemesis. The two men, oddly enough, find much in common - but then the fur begins to fly again, with hilarious results". Title: Contract With Jackie in - Humana Festival '96 / COL Author: Breslin, Jimmy Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1996
Description:
roy satire - political two characters one male; one female one act
"Short satirical piece on politics and politicians. Congressman visits wife in Atlanta hospital, 1980."
Title: Contract, The in - Theresa Rebeck: Collected Plays v. 1, 1989 - 1998 / COL Author: Rebeck, Theresa Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1999
Description:
roy comedy - American all male cast; two characters two male one act
"An actor wins over an agent only when he convinces him that he doesn't care about a contract."
Title: Contractions in - Plays: 1 / COL Author: Bartlett, Mike Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2011
Description:
roy comedy - British two characters one male; one female one act (fourteen scenes) " 'Contractions' is an ink-black comedy about work and play: Emma's been seeing Darren. She thinks she's in love. Her boss thinks she's in breach of contract. The situation needs to be resolved." - Publisher Title: Contribution in - Contributions / COL Author: Shine, Ted Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1970
Description:
roy family relations - racism - discrimination three characters one male; two female one act
1 interior.
A black grandmother sends her nervous grandson off to join a sit-in. At first it appears that she is a quiet and aloof black woman who does not meddle with rebellious activities and demonstrations - but the hilarious, and arresting climax of the play reveals that she has her own method of helping in the struggle for her people's rights.
Title: Contribution in - Black Drama: An Anthology / COL Author: Shine, Ted Publisher: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company 1970
Description:
roy black play three characters one male; two female one act
1 interior set.
"Black grandmother in Southern town helps grandson integrate drug stores, in most unorthodox, indirect way".
Title: Contribution in - Black Comedy: 9 Plays / COL Author: Shine, Ted Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1997
Description:
roy family relations - racism - discrimination three characters one male; two female one act
1 interior.
A black grandmother sends her nervous grandson off to join a sit-in. At first it appears that she is a quiet and aloof black woman who does not meddle with rebellious activities and demonstrations - but the hilarious, and arresting climax of the play reveals that she has her own method of helping in the struggle for her people's rights. Title: Cop-Out in - Cop-Out and Home Fires / COL Author: Guare, John Publisher: Samuel French 1968
Description:
roy satire - power - American - Avant Garde large cast one male; one female (doubling) one act
'Satire on police power and the way it works.'
Title: Cop-Out in - The War Against the Kitchen Sink / COL Author: Guare, John Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1996
Description:
roy satire - power - American - Avant Garde large cast one male; one female (doubling) one act
'Satire on police power and the way it works.'
Title: Cop-Out in - The Great American Life Show / COL Author: Guare, John Publisher: Bantam Books 1974
Description:
roy satire - power - American - Avant Garde large cast one male; one female (doubling) one act
"Satire on police power and the way it works." Title: Cornered in - Robert Patrick's Cheep Theatricks / COL Author: Patrick, Robert Publisher: Winter House 1972
Description:
roy sketches - skits - comedy two characters one male; one female one scene
1 interior.
"Domestic comedy. Banter between husband and wife leads up to announcing her pregnancy."
Title: Cosmetic Perjury in - The Messy Adventures of Dick Piston, Hotel Detective / COL Author: Goode, Jeff Publisher: Baker's Plays 2002
Description:
roy American - comedy - murder - mystery three characters one male; two female seven episodes
running time: 70 minutes.
The 'Dick Piston' plays are short comic murder-mysteries suitable for late-night theatre. Each play is written in 10-minute 'episodes', and each episode has a cliff-hanger ending.
"It's convention season at the Lakeview Hotel and Dick Piston goes after killer clones and topless
Title: Counting the Ways in - Counting the Ways and Listening / COL Author: Albee, Edward Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1976
Description:
roy comedy - vaudeville two characters one male; one female one act
"In a series of blackout sketches, 'HE' and 'SHE' probe into the nature of their love for one another. Long married, but aware that time has wroght changes in their relationship, the two spar and thrust at each other in exchanges and reminiscences which are sometimes lighthearted, sometimes poignant, sometimes almost brutal. In the end a mosaic of experience is constructed, illuminating the nature of human love and pointing up the gathering indifference which can beset those who have been perhaps too long and too closely aligned in the sharing of years". Title: Cowboy Mouth in - Fool for Love and Other Plays / COL Author: Shepard, Sam Publisher: Bantam Books 1984
Description:
roy comedy - satire three characters two male; one female one act
"Satirical comedy. Cayale kidnaps Slim with the hope of making him a great rock and roll star who will meet a tragic end. Ironically the speechless Lobster Man fulfills her dream. Music, singing, dancing."
Title: Cowboy Mouth in - Fool for Love and Other Plays / COL Author: Shepard, Sam Publisher: Dial Press 2006
Description:
roy comedy - satire three characters two male; one female one act
music, singing, dancing.
"Satirical comedy. Cayale kidnaps Slim with the hope of making him a great rock and roll star who will meet a tragic end. Ironically the speechless Lobster Man fulfills her dream."
Title: Cowboys, Indians and Waitresses in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 17th series / COL Author: Shurtz, Raymond King Publisher: Samuel French 1993
Description:
roy dramatic comedy three characters; extra two male; one female one act
'Comic-drama about nature of war. Vietnam vet challanges Navajo Indian to drunken slug-fest.' Title: Coyote Strategem, The in - The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011 / COL Author: Flores, G. Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2012
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one scene
The title refers to the tactics of Wile E. Coyote in the Earner Bros. Roadrunner cartoons. The play warmly documents a specific instance of immature behavior that - if we really think about it - is manifest in many of even the most healthy relationships. A critique of our childlike reaction to adult problems.
Title: Crab Cakes in - The Best American Short Plays 2005-2006 / COL Author: Lipkin, Joan Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2008
Description:
roy comedy - relationships three characters one male; one female; one male or female one act
Franklin feels so bad about his role in firing people that he wants to be punished. His choice of punishment? A little bondage, with his wife using her shoe, as long as she doesn't break the skin (or her heel). As with all things relational, Franklin's work circumstances affect his wife. This deceptively light comedy asks what happens when the needs of one half of a long-term partnership shift? Can the other understand? Can they adapt? and are there any mutual advantages to these adaptation and change? The play is simultaneously about the challenges of the economy,
Title: Crazy Eights in - Three One Acts / COL Author: Lindsay-Abaire, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2006
Description:
roy dramatic comedy - relationships three characters two male; one female one act
When Connie comes home late one night, she finds her parole officer waiting in her apartment with a torte and a long list of questions. The interrogation/courting dance that follows is complicated by the after-hours arrival of Connie’s charming card-playing buddy. Title: Crazy Eights in - The Best American Short Plays 2004-2005 / COL Author: Lindsay-Abaire, David Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2008
Description:
roy dramatic comedy - relationships three characters two male; one female one act
When Connie comes home late one night, she finds her parole officer waiting in her apartment with a torte and a long list of questions. The interrogation/courting dance that follows is complicated by the after-hours arrival of Connie’s charming card-playing buddy.
Title: Crazy Love in - Out on a Limb / CCO Author: Sklar, David Publisher: Signature Editions 2011
Description:
roy dark comedy - Canadian - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
Leo has just been freed from a rocky relationship and is set to restart his life with his new love. That is until his ex, Rebecca, shows up unannounced to reveal that she is pregnant with their “love” child. Tension ensues, past grudges are rehashed and both parties stop at nothing to win back their life, even at the expense of their furniture. Both are forced to take a deep and honest look into each other’s hearts. Dead baby jokes included!
Title: Creative Developement in - The Best American Short Plays 1997-1998 / COL Author: Reingold, Jacquelyn Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2000
Description:
roy satire two characters; extras one male; one female one act
1 interior.
Goddess poses as playwright and confronts creative director of film company. Title: Creative Developement in - Things Between Us / COL Author: Reingold, Jacquelyn Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2005
Description:
roy satire two characters; extras one male; one female one act
1 interior.
Goddess poses as playwright and confronts creative director of film company.
Title: Creatures in - The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011 / COL Author: Allard, Janet Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2012
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one scene
A secret has just been revealed - what happens next? The comic incongruities that result - a werewolf is a central character - remind us of the compelling and essential nature of secrets even among those we love.
Title: Creditors in - Strindberg's One Act Plays / COL Author: Strindberg, August translated by Arvid Paulson Publisher: Washington Square Press 1969
Description:
roy tragicomedy three characters two male; one female one act
'Psychological analysis of feminine parasitism, and of a first husband's revenge, who by implications influences the second husbands attitude towards the wife.' Title: Creditors in - The Plays of Strindberg Vol. 1 / COL Author: Strindberg, August translated by Michael Meyer Publisher: Vintage Books 1964
Description:
roy tragicomedy three characters two male; one female one act
'Psychological analysis of feminine parasitism, and of a first husband's revenge, who by implications influences the second husbands attitude towards the wife.'
Title: Crisscross in - Picture Animal Crisscross / COL Author: Hailey, Oliver Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1970
Description:
roy comedy - Passion Play all male cast; two characters two male one act
"Described by the author as 'a passion play in 5 minutes', this brilliant short play depicts the confrontation between a 'Carpenter' and his hippie-like son 'Santa' whose 'thing' is to carry an empty sack on his back, hoping to fill it and then give everything away. The father tries to understand his son but he cannot; and the son, in turn, is unable to condone his father's work of building crucifixes-on one of which he must then impale his own son. If only, he muses, the boy could have been a carpenter, like his father. It would have been so much simpler for everyone!"
Title: Crossing the Bar in - God's Spies and Crossing the Bar / COL Author: Nigro, Don Publisher: Samuel French 1985
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
'Two old ladies in funeral home react unexpectedly when corpse of male friend comes to life.' Title: Dalmatian in - One-Act Plays for Acting Students / COL Author: Bishop, Conrad Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1987
Description:
roy comedy - farce, high school all female cast; two characters one female; one girl one act
There is a conversation between an assistant principal and a high school student. It is a very funny farce on the way in which a principal conducts his or her self.
Title: Dance Lessons in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 35th series / COL Author: Koenigsberg, Josh Publisher: Samuel French 2011
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
In Dance Lessons, diner employees Sue and Norm get ready for another dreary day of dreary work in a dreary world — until Norm reveals that he’s secretly been taking dance lessons.
Title: Dance With Me in - Women Playwrights the Best Plays of 1995 / COL Author: Reynolds, Jean Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1996
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
Comedy about adultery and love triangles. Title: Daniel on a Thursday in - Dating Games / COL Author: Wingfield, Garth Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2006
Description:
roy comedy - drama all male cast; two characters two male one act
A guy approaches Daniel in a bar and the games begin... whether Daniel is ready or not.
Title: Darling Family, The in - 7 Canons / CCO Author: Griffiths, Linda Publisher: Blizzard Publishing 1991
Description:
roy drama - comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
"As they face the dilemma of a unplanned pregnancy, this one couple's decision to search beyond their trivial self-definitions, to face every thought, every option, becomes a path to healing, courage and growth."
Title: Date, The in - The Best American Short Plays 2009-2010 / COL Author: Lipkin, Joan Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2010
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
Two gay men, Pun and Zac, at the end of their first date. Title: David and Nancy in - Bedrooms: Five Comedies / COL Author: Taylor, Renee Bologna, Joseph Publisher: Samuel French 1986
Description:
roy comedy - family relations - weddings two characters one male; one female one act
David wakes up with a panic attack. He rushes to his daughter's bedroom and tells her there is an intruder in the house. She looks and assures him there is not. David then goes through all the reasons she should not get married to Martin in the morning.
Title: Dawsey Nadgett in - Dramatics (May 2013) / PER Author: GeBauer, Judy Publisher: Miscellaneous 2013
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
Charles Dickens and his wife entertain Hans Christian Andersen as a house guest.
Title: Day for Surprises, A in - Kissing Sweet and A Day for Surprises / COL Author: Guare, John Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1971
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
"Zany and absurdist in style, this hilarious short play deals with the surprising day on which one of the stone lions in front of New York's Public Library left its perch long enough to devour one of the lady librarians. The victim was also the fiancee of a fellow worker-whose grief leads to an enormously funny recounting of their brief liaison. But, as the satiated lion resumes his customary perch, consolation is at hand in the form of another lady librarian, and we are aware that still more surprises are likely to come as life goes on its upredictable way". Title: Dead Dad Dog in - Scot-Free / COL Author: McKay, John Publisher: Nick Hern Books 1990
Description:
roy comedy - Scottish - supernatural all male cast; two characters two male sixteen scenes
'A short, witty, comic nightmare in which an unemployed, trendy young Scottish man is dogged by his deceased father, who was a Hoover salesman in his prime. An offbeat comedy with a political edge.'
Title: Dead Right in - Humana Festival 2008 / COL Author: Jarvik, Elaine Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2009
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one scene
Concerns a minor crisis in a well-worn relationship when one of the wife's acquaintances not only dies, but is also given a terrible obituary - a slight that launches a spousal argument about morality, memory and proper proofreading.
Title: Dear Kenneth Blake in - Things Between Us / COL Author: Reingold, Jacquelyn Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2005
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
A Cambodian woman writes to a homeless man who has been sent to a farm in rural New York, where he plants tomatoes, breathes "fresh organic air" and gives vent to his hostilities. "Maybe someday we can meet," the woman says, reading her words out loud. Suddenly, she appears at the man's barbed-wire fence, having walked 10 miles to the bus stop, bearing offerings of comfort -- shoes, food for him and the rabbit he sleeps with -- and proposing marriage. Title: Death in - Four Plays By Larry Fineberg / CCO Author: Fineberg, Larry Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1972
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy three characters two male; one female one act
Max, dying, determines to make his daughter confront reality. The 16 year old boy taking care of him watches and evaluates ways to live.
Title: Death Amid the Rich and Famous in - Three Dark Comedies / COL Author: Beim, Norman Publisher: Newconcept Press 2007
Description:
roy dark comedy - suicide all female cast; two characters two female one act
Part of "It Tolls for Thee", a one act trilogy.
A journalist must face up to the suicide of her daughter.
Title: Death of a Mouth in - Rhubarb-o-rama! / CCO Author: Wynne-Jones, Tim Publisher: Blizzard Publishing 1998
Description:
roy comedy - sketches two characters one male; one female one act
A janitor and a teacher discuss memory and imagination. Title: Decadence in - Steven Berkoff: Volume 2: The Collected Plays / COL Author: Berkoff, Steven Publisher: Faber and Faber 1989
Description:
roy satire four characters one male; one female (doubling) fourteen scenes
Satirical portrayal of decadent life-styles of the British upper classes.
Title: Defacing Patriotic Property in - Snapshot / COL Author: Barfield, Tanya Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2003
Description:
roy monologues - male all male cast; one character one male one scene
A man considers plastic surgery to look like one of the presidents on Mount Rushmore.
Title: Delivery in - Instant Applause: Volume Two / CCO Author: Shore, Talia Publisher: Blizzard Publishing 1996
Description:
roy contemporary - comedy two characters one male; one female one act
The birth of a couple's first child does not go as perfectly as planned. Title: Devil and Billy Markham, The in - The Best American Short Plays 1991-1992 / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1991
Description:
roy comedy in verse - monologues - men all male cast; one character one male one scene
'Tall tale of a man who loses bet with Devil but who ultimately outsmarts Satan himself.'
Title: Devil and Billy Markham, The in - Oh, Hell! / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Samuel French 1991
Description:
roy comedy in verse - monologues - male all male cast; one character one male one scene
'Tall tale of a man who loses bet with Devil but who ultimately outsmarts Satan himself.'
Title: Devil is in the Details; The in - The Best of American Short Plays 2004-2005 / COL Author: Hughes, Jill Elaine Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2008
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
The play opens with the gang assassin and his sculptor girlfriend guarding a body in an abandoned warehouse used by L.A. gangs to dump dead bodies after gang killings. As the play progresses, though, it becomes clear that the warehouse isn't really a warehouse anymore, and the dead body the two lead characters dragged in isn't really dead either. Title: Devil, The in - Something in the Basement and Other Plays / COL Author: Nigro, Don Publisher: Samuel French 1989
Description:
roy comedy - dark three characters one male; two female one act
interior.
"An old woman is hired to sit with a peasant's dying mother, agreeing to take a lump sum and stay as long as the mother lives. But the mother perversely refuses to die, until the old woman, losing money by the minute, is forced to employ a strategy to help her along to heaven. Suggested by Guy de Maupasant's dark and immensely funny story, this earthy little parable about
Title: Devil's Parole, The in - Off-off Broadway Festival Plays - 27th Series / COL Author: Giancoli, Eric Publisher: Samuel French 2003
Description:
roy comedy two characters two male or female one scene
Simple set or bare stage.
Once every millennium the Devil has a parole hearing with God to see if he will be released from imprisonment in Hell. This time around the Devil believes he's found a loophole.
Title: Devotees in the Garden of Love in - The American Play and Other Works / COL Author: Parks, Suzan-Lori Publisher: Theatre Communications Group 1991
Description:
roy American - drama - satire all female cast; three characters three female one act
'Satiric look at courtship, love and marriage.' Title: Devotees in the Garden of Love in - 20/20 ... / COL Author: Parks, Suzan-Lori Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1995
Description:
roy American - drama - satire all female cast; three characters three female one act
'Satiric look at courtship, love and marriage.'
Title: Dewey Decimal System, The in - Dramatics (Oct 2002) / PER Author: Bowden, Sarah Publisher: Miscellaneous 2002
Description:
roy relationships - comedy three characters one male; two female one act
'Relationships are discussed and discovered in a college library.'
Title: Dicks, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Ninth Series / COL Author: Feiler, Jules Publisher: Samuel French 1984
Description:
roy comedy - detectives all male cast; two characters two male one act
"Two-time Obie Award-winner Kevin O'Connor starred in New York in this hilarious comedy about two "house dicks" - slang for hotel detectives. Ed, the older one, is exasperated with his new rookie partner. The kid has no interest in doing what Ed feels is the correct job - peeping through keyholes, creeping out on the fire escape to take polaroids of the guests (unbeknownst to them of course) and generally talking the correct lingo (women are "dames" - unless they are "dolls"). Will Ed succeed in straightening out this mixed up kid?" Title: Dimwit, or the Retired Captain, The in - A Tragic Man Despite Himself: The Complete Short Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich translated by George Malko Publisher: Green Integer 140 2005
Description:
roy vaudeville - sketch two characters one male; one female one scene
A scenelet from a non-existent vaudeville sketch. The two discuss what the Captain wants in a wife.
Title: Dinner Party, The in - Two Hands Clapping / CCO Author: Cullis, Rose Publisher: Signature Editions 2006
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
The dinner party is a comedy abut the tragic necessity of loss when we make choices in our lives. Two women in a common-law relationship grapple with lost opportunitys and have an identity crisis, while waiting for their guests to arrive for a dinner party. Can love matter enough in the shadow of regret?
Title: Ditch in - Staging the North / CCO Author: Kavanagh, Geoff Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1999
Description:
roy drama - comedy all male cast; three characters three male one act
"Deals with the Franklin expedition of 1845 from the perspective of two sailors left in a ditch to make their peace with their culture, their sexuality and each other. The result is a work of tremendous contemporary resonance, emotional power, and humour." Title: Divine Fallacy, The in - Shrinking Violets and Towering Tiger Lillies / COL Author: Howe, Tina Publisher: Samuel French 2009
Description:
roy religious - comedy two characters one male; one female one act
"A sister of a model comes to have her picture taken for her new book cover. She has stigmata, which implies she is Jesus Christ."
Title: DMV Tyrant in - Christopher Durang - 27 Short Plays / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1995
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female sketch
"A man goes to a woman clerk at the Division of Motor Vehicles and tries to get his license renewed with infuriating results."
Title: DMV Tyrant in - Naomi in the Living Room / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1998
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female sketch
"A man goes to a woman clerk at the Division of Motor Vehicles and tries to get his license renewed with infuriating results." Title: Do Not Feed the Animal in - Shel's Shorts / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2003
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one scene
'Ann sits next to Vern on a park bench and notices his tiny box with a sign that reads "Do not feed the animal". She suddenly becomes irate while wondering what is so special about this mystery animal to deny her permission to feed it. As she stuffs a croissant in the box, she painfully finds out.'
Title: Do Over in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 14th series / COL Author: Stroppel, Frederick Publisher: Samuel French 1989
Description:
roy comedy - romance two character one male; one female one act
A young lady is preparing for a date. A young man awakens on her living room floor-- and frightens her half to death. It is her date, but he's twenty minutes early, and how did he get in, anyway? To tell the truth he's not really there; he's miles and years away. He has appeared from the future to ask her not to keep their date. He knows that their love affair will not work out and wants to stop it before it begins. The woman disbelieves him but he tells her things that would otherwise be impossible for him to know. This is a contemporary love story with a marvelous
Title: Does This Woman Have A Name? in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays, 15th / COL Author: Rebeck, Theresa Publisher: Samuel French 1991
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act (seven scenes)
"Mel writes the dialogue for Sarah's sex chat-line. Mel hopes one day to become a published writer and her scripts become more literary but this is not what Sarah's customers want to hear." Title: Does This Woman Have A Name? in - Theresa Rebeck: Collected Plays v. 1, 1989 - 1998 / COL Author: Rebeck, Theresa Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1999
Description:
roy comedy - American three characters two male; one female one act (eight scenes)
"Mel writes the dialogue for Sarah's sex chat-line. Mel hopes one day to become a published writer and her scripts become more literary but this is not what Sarah's customers want to hear."
Title: Domestic Violence in - Single and Proud and Other Plays / COL Author: Stroppel, Frederick Publisher: Samuel French 1993
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
'Perfect wife drives husband away.'
Title: Don't Encourage Him in - Best Student One Acts Volume 5 / COL Author: Taylor, Jason Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 2000
Description:
roy comedy - monologue all male cast; one character one male one act
'A hilarious autobiographical one-man show that tells the tale of growing up on a farm in Iowa with brotherly rivalry to spare.' Title: Door must be kept Open or Shut, A in - Alfred de Musset / COL Author: de Musset, Alfred translated by Peter Meyer Publisher: Hill and Wang 1962
Description:
roy French - romantic comedy two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior; setting - Paris, 1845.
"Nobleman who comes to pay lady a social call ends by proposing marriage to her."
Title: Dora Goes to a Funeral in - Three Dark Comedies / COL Author: Beim, Norman Publisher: Newconcept Press 2007
Description:
roy dark comedy - death all female cast; two characters two female one act
Part of "It Tolls for Thee" - a one act trilogy.
A woman visits a funeral home on the pretense of visiting the deceased.
Title: Dottie and Richie in - Things Between Us / COL Author: Reingold, Jacquelyn Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2005
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
At Henny Youngman's funeral, Richie claims he's fallen for Dottie, but Dottie claims she killed Henny Youngman. Title: Double Murder in - The Best American Short Plays 2006-2007 / COL Author: Klavan, Scott Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2010
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
A couple is trying to poison each other but the fundamental parts of their characters get in the way. The man's diffidence, the woman's assertiveness stops them just at the point of fatal success. The reason their marriage doesn't work is the reason they can't end it. At sea, in need, they shift roles and personality traits. The confident woman gets support, the inept man gains confidence. The result is a congenial atmosphere, a brief emergence of affection. But in celebrating, drinking their health, they kill themselves.
Title: Dough: The Politics of Martha Stewart in - Dough: The Politics of Martha Stewart & The Vajayjay Monologues / CCO Author: Burns, Lindsay Publisher: B house 2008
Description:
roy comedy - monologues - women - Canadian all female cast; nine characters one female (doubling) one act
DOUGH: THE POLITICS OF MARTHA STEWART exposes the lives of nine different female characters as they serve up their recipe for modern “living.”
Title: Dr. Fritz in - Mere Mortals / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1998
Description:
roy comedy - vaudeville two characters one male; one female one act
Vaudeville reigns as an American tourist in pain seeks medical help from a wacky souvenir seller named Maria who channels an even wackier German surgeon named Dr. Fritz. The comedy steps up when the doctor recommends an operation. Title: Dr. Fritz, or: The Forces of Light in - Time Flies and other short plays / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Grove Press 2001
Description:
roy comedy - vaudeville two characters one male; one female one act
Vaudeville reigns as an American tourist in pain seeks medical help from a wacky souvenir seller named Maria who channels an even wackier German surgeon named Dr. Fritz. The comedy steps up when the doctor recommends an operation.
Title: Dreamers in - Shel's Shorts / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2003
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one scene
'Nick and Ritchie are plumbers trying to unclog a drain, but Ritchie's worried about a dream he had where he slept with another man. Nick tries to calm his fears. "It's symbolic," he tells Ritchie, just like the dreams Nick had of sleeping with his wife and daughter.'
Title: Dreamkeeper in - Fancy Footwork / COL Author: Gallagher, Miriam Publisher: Society of Irish Playwrights 1997
Description:
roy fantasy two characters one male; one female one act
no set.
"A girl's world is changed by a hermit who carries the dreams of the world in a sack. Dreamkeeper is a surrealist two hander, offering the actors a huge challenge. The play operates on two levels at the same time: the interior world of the human psyche with its expectations of an ideal world and the physical level where uninvited intrusions can shatter dreams." Title: Dreams of a Drunken Quaker in - Dreams of a Drunken Quaker / CCO Author: Green, Michael Publisher: AB collector publishing 1992
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian all male cast; two characters two male three parts
Absurdist comedy with surrealist version of apocalypse and debauchery.
Title: Drop in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 34th series / COL Author: DeAngelis, J. Michael Barry, Pete Publisher: Samuel French 2010
Description:
roy comedy - friendship all male cast; three characters three male one act
Trapped at the top of a roller coaster, two old friends ponder their existence while they await their fate.
Title: Drowning Girls, The in - The Drowning Girls / Comrades / CCO Author: Graham, Beth Vlaskalic, Daniela Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2008
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - Alberta playwright all female cast; many characters three female (doubling) one act
Bessie, Alice, and Margaret have two things in common: they are married to George Joseph Smith, and they are dead. Surfacing from the bathtubs they were drowned in, the three breathless brides gather evidence against their womanizing, murderous husband by reliving the shocking events leading up to their deaths. Reflecting on the misconceptions of love, married life, and the not-so-happily ever after, The Drowning Girls is both a breathtaking fantasia and a social critique, full of rich images, a myriad of characters, and lyrical language. Title: Duck in - Shel's Shorts / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2003
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one scene
'Burt warns Morgan before entering a low doorway to 'duck' - as the sign says. Little does Morgan know that there are actual ducks waiting to bite him on the other side.'
Title: Duck Variations, The in - Sexual Perversity in Chicago and the Duck Variations / COL Author: Mamet, David Publisher: Samuel French 1977
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
"This play dramatizes the old adage that people who talk the most with authority about something are the ones most likely to know the least about it. Two old men discuss the ways of ducks and life, making observations that are profoundly hilarious. "
Title: Dumb Wife, The in - Farces, Italian Style / COL Author: Dezeuze, Francois Publisher: Persona Products 1978
Description:
non-roy for educational and social service organizations roy for other farce - Italian play three characters two male; one female one act
No abstract available. Title: Dumpster Dan in - Dramatics Vol. 76, No. 3 / PER Author: Wall, Christopher Publisher: Miscellaneous 2004
Description:
roy comedy - family relations - life change - men - mourning all male cast; two characters two male one act
"Sometimes you reach a point when you got to make a change. For Dan's father, it means getting rid of his possessions and living off the land. Too bad he lives in a city... What's Dan going to do? Mom's gone. He's got no friends. So he holds his nose and dives in. It's family life. In an alley." Winner of SlamBoston! 10-Minute Play Competition, 2004.
Title: Dying Breed, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 33rd series / COL Author: Higgins, Thomas Publisher: Samuel French 2008
Description:
roy American - comedy two characters one male; one female one act
Mark and Paula have had a rather morbid history with pets—the pedigree is long and there are no survivors—but when it’s revealed exactly why they’ve been so intent on owning an animal and what happened to their most recent one, they learn something about their own breed that may be too painful to bear.
Title: Early Worm Club, The in - Voices of the Land / CCO Author: Koller, Katherine Publisher: AU Press 2012
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - Alberta playwright - Alberta three characters two male; one female two scenes
The land and those who live in intimate terms with it are the focus of Koller's plays. In "The Early Worm Club" Millie realizes a deep sense of belonging to the Alberta parkland and its birds while searching for her mate. Title: Eat in - A Touch of the Dutch / COL Author: Van Veldhuizen, Matin translated by Rina Vergano Publisher: Aurora Metro Press 1997
Description:
roy comedy-black all female cast; three characters three female one act
"A darkly humorous foray into food, sex and families seen through the eyes of three sisters who come together to celebrate the anniversary of their mother's death."
Title: Eat Cake in - Seven Short and Very Short Plays / COL Author: Van Itallie, Jean-Claude Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1973
Description:
roy satire two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior set.
"A biting satire in which an unkempt housewife, absorbed in her TV, is visited by an eccentric rapist - whose demands are somewhat different from what might be anticipated".
Title: El Clavadista in - Triple Play / CCO Author: Curran, Colleen Publisher: NuAge Editions 1990
Description:
roy dark comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
'Two school teachers on vacation in Mexico await the latest tourist attraction - el clavadista (the cliff diver) - and discuss Elvis and life. A Fringe favourite.' Title: Eleanor in - High Sticking / CCO Author: Brownell, Mark Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2006
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - sports all female cast; one character one female one act
running time: 15 mins.
A teenage field hockey player confesses her sins while waiting out a series penalties on the sidelines.
Title: Eleanor's Passing in - The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011 / COL Author: Bray, John Patrick Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2012
Description:
roy comedy - relationships all male cast; three characters three male one act
A subtle look at three friends who decide to stick together until the end, whenever that may be. It is a reflection upon life and living made by a new-made widower and his aging friends.
Title: Election Year in - Election Year and So When You Get Married... / COL Author: Byron, Ellen Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1989
Description:
roy comedy - friendship - politics three characters one male; two female five scenes
"A series of lunchtime get-togethers between two young, unattached 'yuppies' during the final months of the Reagan-Mondale presidential campaign. Rachel, in her mid-30s and apparently more concerned with food than romance, is both a sharp-tongued cynic and a confirmed liberal; while her friend Wendy, an incurable romantic recovering from a painful breakup, is desperate to find another meaningful relationship. Looking for something to do, Wendy offers her services to the Mondale campaign, whereas Rachel, the supposedly committed Democrat, finds herself Title: Electric Gunfighters in - Blitzkrieg and Other Plays / CCO Author: Wade, Bryan Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1979
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roy Canadian - comedy - men all male cast; two characters two male one act
"Pete and Bob enact Western movie cliches with a TV set's white noise in the background. High camp comedy about the effect of media on our lives."
Title: Elephant Wake in - Ethnicities: Plays from the New West / CCO Author: Tremblay, Joey Christenson, Jonathon Publisher: NeWest Press 1999
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roy Canadian - comedy - French - monologue - Saskatchewan all male cast; one character one male one act
"Surrounded by empty beer bottles and a zoo of papier-mache animals, the village idiot of a French-Canadian hamlet in Saskatchewan recounts the history of his community's vanishing."
Title: Emer's Health in - Romantic Friction and other plays / COL Author: Read, Michelle Publisher: Miscellaneous n.d.
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roy monologue - comedy - women - health all female cast; one character one female one act
A comedy about the health issues delivered from the point of view of Emer Fitzwilliam, a woman with more money than sense, who has recently become aware of some of the harsher truths of life. Title: Empire of the Son
Author: Shigematsu, Tetsuro Publisher: Talonbooks 2016
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roy comedy - biography - family relationships - Canadian playwright - monologues all male cast; eleven characters one male (doubling) one act
Empire of the Son is an original one-hander that blurs the boundaries between artistic disciplines and continents. It is a unique theatrical hybrid that combines cinematography with the raw immediacy of a performance piece intimately connected to real life in real time. Through a series of audio interviews, playwright Tetsuro Shigetmatsu discovers vast worlds contained within his emotionally remote father – from the ashes of World War II and Hiroshima to swinging London in the 1960s and work in broadcasting at the BBC. As the playwright learns about how his own father
Title: Empty Coffee Shop, An in - Funny Girls Coping with Boys / COL Author: Evans, Annie Publisher: Miscellaneous 2006
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roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one scene
Sally hates Valentine's Day and takes refuge from the hearts and flowers in a Mom and Pop coffee shop.
Title: Enchanted Mesa, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Ninth Series / COL Author: Maguire, George Publisher: Samuel French 1984
Description:
roy comedy - drama - marital relations two characters one male; one female one act
"Michael and Helen, a married couple in their mid-thirties, have climbed to the top of a mesa outside Albuquerque to admire the view, camp out, picnic - and discuss their impending divorce. Former 60's free spirits, Michael still wants to live a life free from the hassle of the workaday world, while Helen, a professional working woman who is supporting them, is proud of the fact that she has "grown up" - and embarrassed at the aging flower child she is married to. The couple still love each other; they just can't live together anymore. Co-winner of the 9th Annual Off Off Title: End of I, The in - Sex and Death / COL Author: Amsterdam, Diana Publisher: Lillenas Drama Resource 1988
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
Description not available.
Title: End of the Beginning, The in - Five One Act Plays / COL Author: O'Casey, Sean Publisher: St. Martin's Press 1958
Description:
roy farce - family relations - Irish play three characters two male; one female one act
1 interior set; includes song with musical score.
"Domestic farce. Irish life".
Title: English Made Simple in - The Land of Cockaigne and English Made Simple / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1995
Description:
roy comedy - romance three characters one male; one female; one male or female one act
"A young man and woman meet at a party, and their immediate romantic attraction is translated into comically unromantic grammar lessons as they struggle to free themselves from the banal constrictions of party talk. Title: English Made Simple in - All in the Timing (Fourteen plays) / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Vintage Books 1995
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roy comedy - romance - relationships three characters one male; one female; one male or female one act
"A young man and woman meet at a party, and their immediate romantic attraction is translated into comically unromantic grammar lessons as they struggle to free themselves from the banal constrictions of party talk.
Title: Escapologist, The in - Are You Normal, Mr. Norman and Other Short Plays / COL Author: Wilson, David Henry Publisher: Samuel French 1984
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roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
"A world-renowned escapologist cajoles a man from Bethlehem into binding him in chains only to discover that he can't escape alone - or can he?"
Title: Ex, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (30th series) / COL Author: Scheer, Geoffrey Publisher: Samuel French 2006
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roy comedy - relationships all male cast; two characters two male one scene
It’s bad enough when a girlfriend comes between two old pals…but an ex-girlfriend? See what happens when Will and Adam’s trip to Atlantic City gets thrown off by the impending arrival of Adam’s former love interest in this new comedy by playwright Geoffrey Scheer. This piece examines the nature of friendship as couched in the language of typical male arrested development. Will Adam choose lust over friendship? Can Will stop browbeating his friend long enough to get to the heart of the dilemma? And will anyone be able to survive the arrival of The Title: Examination of the Whole Playwright/Actor Relationship Presented as Some.... in - Humana Festival 2010 / COL Author: Kotis, Greg Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2010
Description:
full title: An Examination of the Whole Playwright/Actor Relationship Presented as Some Kind of Cop Show Parody
roy comedy - actors - playwrights all male cast; three characters three male one act
The play comedically explores the conflict between a playwright, who has written a terrible play, and the play’s actors.
Title: Exquisite Hour, The in - The Alberta Advantage / CCO Author: Lemoine, Stewart Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2008
Description:
roy comedy - relationships - Canadian - Alberta playwright two characters one male; one female one act
A couple form a relationship on a porch in the summer of 1962.
Title: Extensions in - The Best American Short Plays 1991-1992 / COL Author: Schisgal, Murray Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1991
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior set.
'Show business couple's life revolves around telephone.' Title: Extra Curricular Activity in - What If? / COL Author: Hanagan, Jay D. Publisher: Samuel French 2006
Description:
roy comedy - satire - aliens two characters one male; one female one act
All Jenn wants, is to be left alone with her lunch and her book. So the last thing that this apparent Earthling needs is to have some alien, Xenon from the planet Argon, ask to be taken to her leader, because he has warnings of galactic importance or some other nonsense! Why does this kind of thing always happen to her?!
Title: Eye of the Beholder, The in - 20/20 ... / COL Author: Broadhurst, Kent Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1995
Description:
roy comedy all male or all female cast, three characters three male or three female one act
suggested for high school.
"The scene is an artist's studio, where two painters, James and Barney, are working from a semi-nude model, Leon. As the two artists are quite different in temperament and style, it is inevitable that their interpretations also differ - resulting in a progressively more heated (and funny) debate about the meaning of art and the superiority of one approach over another. Leon
Title: F*cking Art in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 33rd series / COL Author: Brunstetter, Bekah Publisher: Samuel French 2008
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roy comedy - American two characters one male; one female one act
interior set.
A pretty cheerleader who has her heart set on goodness visits a cancer ridden classmate, determined to take his virginity. Title: Failing the Improv in - Great Short Comedies: Volume 1 / COL Author: Trieschmann, Werner Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2007
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roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
A failed TV writer returns to his rural Southern home to teach improvisation at the Delta Arts Center. In his first awkward class, the teacher gets a few life lessons from his two quirky students.
Title: Failure, The in - Three Dark Comedies / COL Author: Beim, Norman Publisher: Newconcept Press 2007
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
Despite all odds a middle aged writer still peruses his goals.
Title: Fairies Are Thirsty (Les Fées ont soif), The in - Anthology of Quebec Women's Plays in English Translation / CCO Author: Boucher, Denise translated by Alan Brown Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2006
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roy comedy - Canadian - French - social issues - women all female cast; three characters three female one act
Three women - a housewife, a whore, and the Virgin Mary - fight to break out of the stereotypes in which they've been imprisoned for years. Title: Fam and Yam in - The American Dream and Other Plays / COL Author: Albee, Edward Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1959
Description:
roy satire all male cast; two characters two male one scene
1 interior set.
''Attack on modern American theatre in the form of interview between a young and a famous playwright."
Title: Family Names in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Nineteenth Series / COL Author: Pelonero, Edna Publisher: Samuel French 1995
Description:
roy farce all female cast; two characters two female one act
'Receptionist encounters husband's mistress.'
Title: Fast Women in - Many Happy Returns and Fast Women / COL Author: Reale, Willie Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1983
Description:
roy comedy - romance three characters two male; one female one act
"A deft and very funny study of "sexual politics" among three young collegiate athletes." Title: Fat Guy Gets the Girl, The in - Israel Horovitz's New Shorts / COL Author: Horovitz, Israel Publisher: Samuel French 2009
Description:
roy dramatic comedy two characters; voices one male; one female one act
Two hotel employees 'get a room'.
Title: Father Clock, The in - Best Student One Acts Volume 4 / COL Author: Wykes, Walter Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 2000
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roy comedy - theatre three characters two male; one female one act
'Two actors and a stage manager are abandoned by their aging director. Now, as the auditorium begins to fill and the lights dim, they desperately attempt to pull the show together with the help of two items the director left behind: a prompt book that is cryptic and vague and a grandfather clock without hands.'
Title: Fathers and Sons in - Shoreline / CCO Author: Hannah, Don Publisher: Simon and Pierre Publishing 1999
Description:
roy comedy - family relations three characters two male; one female four scenes
A tender and funny evocation of one lifelong relationship captured in four movements. Title: February 14th in - Special Days / COL Author: Kramer, Seth Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2004
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
this play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection Special Days.
Valentine's Day sucks, especially when you've lost your spouse or are waiting for divorce papers. Lois and Gannon, friends since kindergarten, decide to spend the day together only to discover that they have more between them than shared misfortune.
Title: Feet of Clay in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (29th series) / COL Author: Caudle, David Publisher: Samuel French 2005
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roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one scene
Two men sit out a rainy day in a remote mountain cabin while their wives shop in the town. Vaughan has been a welcome benefactor to the down-on-his-luck Clay since their recent meeting at a public pool. But Vaughan's benevolence is motivated by something beyond his desire to help his fellow man, and he just can't keep it a secret a moment longer. Will Clay have the same desire? If not, will he at least have a price? And if so, can Vaughan afford to pay it?
Title: Ferry, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (28th series) / COL Author: Hill, Ryan Publisher: Samuel French 2004
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one scene
A pick-up line ("Are you from Staten Island?") turns metaphysical as a woman from Iowa tries to explain how the world works to an insulated Staten Island native. As she speaks, she reveals her prejudices while he, though limited in perception and worldliness, displays the ability to accept what he sees and meet others on equal footing. The Ferry was commissioned by a benefit for families of busboys, dishwashers and other non-salaried restaurant workers in the World Trade Center. Title: Few Last Words, A in - Revue Unique / COL Author: Crowder, David Lloyd Publisher: Samuel French 1964
Description:
roy duologue two characters one male; one female one act
Title: Fighting Fear at the Bus Stop in - John Lazarus Shorts / CCO Author: Lazarus, John Publisher: Playwrights Guild of Canada
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roy comedy three characters; voice two male; one female one act
A street scene about sexual misunderstanding between strangers.
Title: Final Interrogation of Ceausescu's Dog, The in - Dark, No Sugar / COL Author: Leight, Warren Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2007
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roy satire all male cast, two characters two male one act
Ceausescu's dog is interrogated shortly after the Romanian revolution. Title: Finals, Touchdowns, and Barrel Kicks in - Plays for Two / COL Author: Lawton, Jacqueline E. Publisher: Vintage Books 2014
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roy comedy - sports - football⌦all male cast; two characters⌦two male one act
Evan, a football player, tries to convince his tutor Bobby to write his paper for him.
Title: Fine Coloured Easter Egg, A in - The Collected Plays of Gwen Pharis Ringwood / CCO Author: Pharis Ringwood, Gwen Publisher: Borealis Press 1982
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roy comedy - domestic relations - Alberta playwright three characters two male; one female one act
1 set.
'Domestic comedy set in 1950's Alberta. Ukrainian pretends suicide and hides at cousin's house. When his wife arrives, husband must explain actions.'
Title: Finger food in - Telling Tales / COL Author: Shengold, Nina Publisher: Penguin Books 1993
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior.
Encounter between food photographer and hand model. Title: Flatulist, The in - The Pushcart Peddlars, The Flatulist & Other Plays / COL Author: Schisgal, Murray Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1980
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roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
"The 'Flatulist' is a black comedy gem in which Gregory, the son of a once famous comedian, confronts his father's longtime agent, and pleads for a chance to demonstrate the rather bizarre 'act' which he has perfected. As the two parry and thrust, the deep-seated antagonism which Gregory feels fo his father's exploiter is revealed, and then, in the surprising finale, suitably avenged."
Title: For Anne in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays, 15th / COL Author: Gruen, Peter Publisher: Samuel French 1991
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roy comedy - marital relations two characters one male; one female one act
'While cleaning out their attic elderly couple discover things neither wanted the other to know about.'
Title: For-Everett in - Things Between Us / COL Author: Reingold, Jacquelyn Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2005
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
A bittersweet love story. Two relationships -- in twelve minutes. On a beach. Title: Forthcoming Wedding in - West Coast Plays / CCO Author: Angel, Leonard Publisher: New Play Centre with Fineglow Plays 1975
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roy black comedy - Canadian three characters two male; one female one act
"A young woman is about to be married; her father is jealous of her fiance and threatens him. In retaliation, Rose turns a gun on Papa. A misunderstanding, nothing more, and they exit to the movies" - Doollee.com
Title: Foul Territory in - Dramatics Vol. 76, No. 8 / PER Author: Wright, Craig Publisher: Miscellaneous 2005
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roy sports - baseball two characters one male; one female one scene
"Commissioned by Mile Square Theatre of Hoboken, New Jersey for "Seventh Inning Stretch: Seven Ten-Minute Plays About Baseball", where it received its first performance in August 2003."
Title: Foul Territory in - Humana Festival 2004 / COL Author: Wright, Craig Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2005
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roy sports - baseball two characters one male; one female one scene
A man gets hit in several ways while attending a baseball game with a woman. Title: Frank Amends in - Plays for Two / COL Author: Feiffer, Halley Publisher: Vintage Books 2014
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roy comedy - parody - spoof⌦all male cast; two characters⌦two male one act
"Frank Amends" is about the fateful night when Frankenstein returns, after a long and very painful separation, to the home of the doctor who created him, with the intention of making his formal Ninth Step Amends as part of his recovery program in Alcoholics Anonymous. - aszym.blogspot.ca
Title: Freefalling in - Outstanding Short Plays - volume 2 / COL Author: Squire, Aurin Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc. 2015
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
Two passengers and a stewardess on a falling plane give their moment-by-moment account of what happens when tomorrow is no longer certain.
Title: Frisky and the Panda Man in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 38th series / COL Author: Howard, Ross Publisher: Samuel French 2014
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roy dark comedy - social issues - environment - animals three characters one male; two female one act
A conservationist struggles to rationalise his feelings for the last female panda on earth. Title: Fruit Salad in - The New Underground Theatre / COL Author: Duay, Grant Publisher: Bantam Books 1968
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; three characters three male one act
"Men love and die between commercials in a television war".
Title: Funeral Parlor in - Christopher Durang - 27 Short Plays / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1995
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female sketch
"A widow is accosted at her husband's funeral by a very inappropriate guest."
Title: Funeral Parlor in - Naomi in the Living Room / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1998
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female sketch
"A widow is accosted at her husband's funeral by a very inappropriate guest." Title: G.I. Joe Jared, Based On One Really Bad Date in - Plays and Playwrights 2011 / COL Author: Witting, Amy E. Publisher: The New York Theatre Experience, Inc. 2011
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roy comedy - relationships three characters one male; two female one act
Two women realize the importance of friendship through a random blind date, G.I. Joe tarot cards, and a couple of vodka sodas.
Title: Gallows Monologue from Sidney Ryan's: "Gunpowder and Blood", The in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Berger, Glen Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
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roy comedy - monologues - male all male cast; one character one male one scene
An assistant stage manager, stricken with stage fright, is thrust into the spotlight to deliver a ghastly tale of disembowelment and worse.
Title: Garbage Bags in - Shel's Shorts / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2003
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roy comedy - monologue - women all female cast; one character one female one scene
'In this monologue, Sarah sits between monstrous stacks of garbage bags, grocery bags and cardboard boxes. As she recites her poem of refusing to take out the garbage, the bags move closer and closer, until she disappears.' Title: George Johnson is a Son-of-a-Bitch in - The Art of Communication / CCO Author: Smiley, George Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1976
Description:
roy Canadian - high school - comedy three characters two male; one female one act
"A battle of wits develops when a high school teacher is confronted by a student."
Title: Give Me Shelter in - Woman Playwrights: The Best Plays of 1998 / COL Author: Weiner, Wendy Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2000
Description:
roy comedy - monologue all female cast; one character one female one act
'Chronicles young woman's desperate, hilarious search for a livable New York apartment.'
Title: Give Us a Kiss and Show Us Your Knickers in - Glamorgan and Other Plays / COL Author: Nigro, Don Publisher: Samuel French 1996
Description:
roy dark comedy three characters one male; two female one act
'Young woman entertains her roommate's new boyfriend.' Title: God's Spies in - God's Spies and Crossing the Bar / COL Author: Nigro, Don Publisher: Samuel French 1985
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
'Testimonials given on live Christian television program are not quite what interviewer expected.'
Title: Gold and Silver Waltz in - Pops / COL Author: Linney, Romulus Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1987
Description:
roy comedy - monologue all male cast; one character one male one act
"A touching monologue about boyhood and first love in which the sole character is the author himself."
Title: Gone to Take a ... in - Shel's Shorts / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2003
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one scene
'B.J. is enraged when her employee, Arthur, leaves an explicit sign informing patrons he has gone to take a ... Well, B.J. can't even say the word - until Arthur pushes his boss to the limit.' Title: Good Business in - Best Student One Acts Volume 4 / COL Author: Gannon, Tom Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 2000
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roy comedy - crime all male cast; two characters two male one act
'Set in Detroit, (the play) is a delightful comedy about crime gone wrong.'
Title: Good Neighbors in - The Best Short Plays 1981 / COL Author: Tucker, John Bartholomew Publisher: Chilton Book Company 1981
Description:
roy satire - soap opera two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior set.
"Satirical look at television soap operas focuses on adulterous rendezvous planned by soap opera actress and her director".
Title: Good Time For a Change, A in - The Square Root of Love / COL Author: Meltzer, Daniel Publisher: Samuel French 1979
Description:
roy romantic comedy two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior set.
"About an executive and her male secretary". Title: Good Time, A in - Answers / COL Author: Thompson, Ernest Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1980
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
1 simple interior set.
"A slightly kooky New York career girl is unexpectedly visited by the California highway patrolman who had stopped her for speeding several years earlier. In return for not giving her a ticket she had promised him a 'good time' if he ever came to New York - and he is here to collect. However, things don't turn out quite as she fears".
Title: Gorgons in - Gorgons and Other Plays / COL Author: Nigro, Don Publisher: Samuel French 2009
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roy comedy - actors - relationships all female cast; two characters two female seven scenes
Ruth and Mildred are aging movie stars in the 1960s. They have in their time (the thirties and forties) been goddesses of the screen, but now both are on the skids and desperate for work. Mildred is doing obscure theatre under spartan conditions when Ruth comes to her with a film script she wants them to star in. It's a horror movie called Gorgons, about two insane and homicidal sisters. Ruth needs another big name like Mildred to get the funding. They have always been bitter rivals who've fought over roles and men. Ruth has slept her way to the top, while
Title: Grave Encounter, A in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 13th series / COL Author: Ruffini, Gene Publisher: Samuel French 1989
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
A young Italian American visits her father's grave every Father's Day to fill Papa in on what's been happening with the family. This year she is interrupted by Pasquale on his daily visit to his father's grave. His papa died four years ago and for the past two he has been talking back to Pasquale, showing particular interest in soap operas plots. Marianna is annoyed that her papa doesn't talk to her, but she accepts that these things take time. She also takes a close look at the timid baker and sees that she has finally found a man with whom she has something in common. Title: Grave, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 33rd series / COL Author: McKinley, Gabe Publisher: Samuel French 2008
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roy comedy - American all male cast; two characters two male one act
Forced to dig his own grave, a man must come to terms with his place in this world and beyond before he finishes the job.
Title: Great to see You in - Theresa Rebeck: Collected Plays v. 1, 1989 - 1998 / COL Author: Rebeck, Theresa Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1999
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roy comedy - American - relationships three characters one male; two female one act
"A high-profile career woman visits her supposedly happily married former lover and his “ding-dong” of a wife after receiving his postcard."
Title: Green Hill, The in - Time Flies and Other Short Plays / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Grove Press 2001
Description:
roy comedy - short play twelve characters; voice one male; one female; extras one act
A whimsical piece about obsession and what really matters. Whenever Jake closes his eyes, he can see himself standing atop a hill that he has never visited before in his life, but for some reason, he knows it must exist. And here's the twist- it actually does. The surreal story of one man's quest to find his place of happiness. Title: Green Hill, The in - Outstanding Short Plays / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2012
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roy comedy - short play twelve characters; voice one male; one female; extras one act
A whimsical piece about obsession and what really matters. Whenever Jake closes his eyes, he can see himself standing atop a hill that he has never visited before in his life, but for some reason, he knows it must exist. And here's the twist- it actually does. The surreal story of one man's quest to find his place of happiness.
Title: Greenwich Mean in - The General of Hot Desire and Other Plays / COL Author: Guare, John Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1999
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one scene
unit set
A and B are moving in together. As they unpack, their conversation reveals an excitement and a lover's trust in the future and in each other. But when an earthquake hits and A grabs onto boxes instead of B, new light is shed on the relationship. How long can it now last?
Title: Greetings from a Queer Señorita in - Out of the Fringe / COL Author: Palacios, Monica Publisher: Theatre Communications Group 2000
Description:
roy monologues - women - comedy - LGBTQ+ all female cast; one character one female one act
music, singing; 1 setting.
Performance piece combining the author's Latin lezbo comic and Confessions... a sexplosion of tantilizing tales. Depicts world of lesbian comic. Title: Groves of Academe, The in - The Groves of Academe and The Plumber's Apprentice / COL Author: Stein, Mark Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1982
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roy comedy - drama all male cast; two characters two male one act
"A remarkably inventive play which, with humor and rare insight, studies the subtly changing relationship between a brightly precocious young college student and the professor under whom he is taking an honors seminar."
Title: Hail Caesar! in - Plays for Two / COL Author: Mitnick, Michael Publisher: Vintage Books 2014
Description:
roy comedy - relationships⌦two characters one male; one female one act
Will sits alone at an expensive restaurant and gives Tali, his waiter, an earful.
Title: Half-Chinx Taking Over the World in - Canadian Theatre Review No. 110, Spring 2002 / PER Author: del Rio, Bobby Publisher: Miscellaneous 2002
Description:
roy comedy two characters; dancers two male or female one act
"Bobby del Rio's hilarious account of bi-racial role models in the entertainment industry.' Title: Ham and the Ram in - Canadian Theatre Review (154) / PER Author: Nolan, Yvette Publisher: Miscellaneous 2013
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roy Canadian - comedy two characters one male; one male or female one scene
Ram offers to replace Ham's son Isaac as a sacrifice to God.
Title: Hanlon House in - Voices from the Landwash / CCO Author: Thomey, Greg Hennessy, Brian Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1997
Description:
roy comedy - family relations all male cast; two characters two male one act
'This deceptively simple one act play is a modest and unassuming look at a moment in the lives of two very ordinary people, Gary Hanlon and his crabby father, Gus. They spend the entire play dancing around each other, avoiding conflict, trying and failing to communicate with each other.'
Title: Happy in - Outstanding Short Plays / COL Author: Zweibel, Alan Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2012
Description:
roy comedy - short play all male cast; two characters two male one act
Donald travels to Boca Raton to find "Happy" Haliday, a favorite baseball player from his youth, and to get his signature on a baseball. The ball has been signed by every member of the 1962 Mets except for Happy, whose career was cut short. But when Happy learns the ball will be worth $28,000 after he signs, and that it's already been sold, will he still sign? Title: Hard Hat Area in - Shel's Shorts / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2003
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roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one scene
'Pauley and Ed sit on a girder in a construction site. Pauley wears a hard hat, but Ed doesn't. While Ed eats his lunch, Pauley tries to convince him that he should take destiny into his own hands and wear a hard hat so as not to be killed accidently or he should kill himself but not just leave it to chance.'
Title: Harold in - Seven Short and Very Short Plays / COL Author: Van Itallie, Jean-Claude Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1973
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
1 interior set.
"Two doctors examine a patient (played dually by an actor and a dummy) methodically dismembering the dummy to prove that it is in the best of health".
Title: Have a Nice Day in - Shel's Shorts / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2003
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; three characters three male one scene
'Ben, Al and Cyrus try to take the symbols for "Peace" and "Have a nice day" and combine them - believing that both of these ideas can coexist in one symbol. Trying to accomplish this leads to conflict and a lousy day.' Title: Heads and Tails in - Plays for Two / COL Author: Rhodes, Kelly Publisher: Vintage Books 2014
Description:
roy comedy - relationships⌦all female cast; two characters⌦two female one act
Shawna and Lillian are roommates in the midst of an argument. They ask the audience to hear both sides and decide who is the crazy one.
Title: Health Class in - Ontario Playwrights / CCO Author: Craig, David S. Morgan, Robert Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2008
Description:
roy comedy - teachers all male cast; two characters two male one act
Two teachers prepare a sex ed presentation for male high school students. Through their discussions, their own experiences, fears and doubts about sexuality, masculinity and gender come to the fore, engaging the audience and asking us to look at our own opinions and beliefs when it comes to sex.
Title: Hearing Aid in - Plays for Two / COL Author: Barry, Pete Publisher: Vintage Books 2014
Description:
roy comedy - aging - marriage - communication two characters one male; one female one act
"Hearing Aid" is a short two-hander about the woes (and comedic joys) of a nearly deaf elderly married couple whose communication troubles lead to implausible comic misunderstanding. Title: Hello, Ma! in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 5th series / COL Author: Stone, Trude Publisher: Samuel French 1981
Description:
roy comedy - American all female cast; two characters two female one act
The telephone is the umbilical cord that connects a widowed mother and her grown daughter. Ma patiently responds to her daughter's problems with warmth, humor and bite until she is distracted by love and marriage.
Title: Henrik Ibsen: On the Necessity of Producing Norwegian Theatre in - The CTR Anthology / CCO Author: Palmer, John Publisher: University of Toronto Press 1996
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - theatre three characters two male; one female one act
In a frenetic monologue, Ibsen speaks to "The Society for the Encouragement of Norwegian Theatre." A still-timely allegory; the need for Canadian drama is clarified and explained.
Title: Henrik Ibsen: On the Necessity of Producing Norwegian Theatre in - Canadian Theatre Review No.14, Spring 1977 / PER Author: Palmer, John Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1977
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - theatre three characters two male; one female one act
In a frenetic monologue, Ibsen speaks to "The Society for the Encouragement of Norwegian Theatre." A still-timely allegory; the need for Canadian drama is clarified and explained. Title: Her First Screen Test in - Snapshot / COL Author: O'Brien, Dan Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2003
Description:
roy comedy - monologues - women all female cast; one character one female one scene
A vaudeville actress poses for a photograph backstage.
Title: Here we Are in - 24 Favorite One Act Plays / COL Author: Parker, Dorothy Publisher: Doubleday 1958
Description:
roy farce two characters one male; one female one act
Scene: A compartment in a Pullman car.
A married couple is going on their honeymoon and have a funny discussion.
Title: Here We Are in - An Introduction to Modern One-Act Plays / COL Author: Parker, Dorothy Publisher: National Textbook Company 1992
Description:
roy farce two characters one male; one female one act
Scene: A compartment in a Pullman car.
A married couple is going on their honeymoon and have a funny discussion. Title: Heritage, Her-i-tage and Hair-i-tage in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Dawes, Adrienne Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; three characters; one voice three female one act
This play explores the relationship between hairstyle and cultural identity in a young biracial woman.
Title: Heritage, Her-i-tage and Hair-i-tage in - Great Short Comedies: Volume 1 / COL Author: Dawes, Adrienne Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2007
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; three characters; one voice three female one act
This play explores the relationship between hairstyle and cultural identity in a young biracial woman.
Title: Hero, The in - The Day the Whores Came Out to Play Tennis and Other Plays / COL Author: Kopit, Arthur Publisher: Hill and Wang 1965
Description:
roy comedy - pantomime two characters one male; one female one act
1 exterior set.
"Humorous short pantomime with man and woman in desert". Title: History Lesson in - Snapshot / COL Author: Lindsay-Abaire, David Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2003
Description:
roy monologues - women all female cast; one character one female one scene
A tour guide discusses the faces on Mount Rushmore.
Title: Home Section in - The Best American Short Plays 1995-1996 / COL Author: Glowacki, Janusz Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1997
Description:
roy black comedy all male cast; three characters three male one act
1 interior.
Polish immigrants renovate New York apartment.
Title: Homework For Men in - Homework and Curtains / CCO Author: Lazarus, John Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1991
Description:
roy Canadian - drama - comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
Murray Greenspan stumbles upon an essay he wrote as a teenager in the 1960's. Through a series of flashbacks, he reviews his relationship with his father and begins to draw parallels to his relatiohship with his own son. Title: Hot 'n' Soft in - Two-Spirit Acts / CCO Author: Miguel, Muriel Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2013
Description:
roy Canadian - solo performance - Native peoples - LGBTQ+ - Native playwright all female cast; one character one female one act
"Hot 'n' Soft" is a lesbian erotica/trickster story created by Muriel Miguel (Kuna-Rappahannock). After encountering only male trickster stories, Miguel decided to build a piece around a female lesbian coyote trickster (the Coyote often plays the role of trickster and is usually male). Adding erotica to the mix, Miguel bases her tale on taboos not normally spoken of in the Native lesbian community, hair, two-timing, being uncomfortable, and getting older.
Title: Hotel Play, The in - Israel Horovitz's New Shorts / COL Author: Horovitz, Israel Publisher: Samuel French 2009
Description:
roy dramatic comedy three characters two male; one female one act
A married man and a woman have just ended a long affair, when the bellhop comes in to take over.
Title: House in - One Voice / CCO Author: MacIvor, Daniel Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2009
Description:
roy dramatic comedy - monologue - men all male cast; one character one male one act
'House' is stand up sit down one man comedy nightmare about Victor, a man on the edge. Title: House of Glass in - A Three Martini Lunch / CCO Author: Martini, Clem Publisher: Red Deer College Press 2000
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - Alberta playwright four characters one male; two female (doubling) five scenes
"In 'House of Glass' twelve-year-old Ellen must make amends with her obsessive neighbour Beth for stealing condoms from her store."
Title: House of the Holy Moment in - The Best American Short Plays 2007-2008 / COL Author: Pepper, Cary Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2009
Description:
roy comedy - American all male cast; three characters three male one act
A one-act dealing with the issues of what makes a church? Who defines a church? How does it serve us? What is a church’s function? Sound heavy? Not really. This is an irreverent and wickedly funny play, while at the same time thought provoking. Sparse use of street language is integral not gratuitous. ⌦Semifinalist in the 2007 Drury University One-Act Playwriting Competition.
Title: How He Lied to Her Husband in - Seven One Act Plays / COL Author: Shaw, George Bernard Publisher: Penguin Books 1958
Description:
roy marital relations - comedy - farce three characters two male; one female one act
A humorous and human observation about a husband, his wife, and her lover. Title: How Many to Tango? in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Eighteenth Series) / COL Author: Albert, Sandra J. Publisher: Samuel French 1994
Description:
roy romantic comedy two characters one male; one female one act
'Romantic comedy about couple who finally meet after having only talked by phone.'
Title: Human Remains in - Four Plays by Larry Fineberg / CCO Author: Fineberg, Larry Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1976
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian three characters two male; one female one act
Billy, Olive and Jeremy have all loved one another. It has left them confused, lonely and intensely vulnerable. In the aftermath of Billy's failed suicide, they are forced to recognize their mutual needs and individual capacities.
Title: Hunter and the Bird, The in - America Hurrah and other plays / COL Author: Van Itallie, Jean-Claude Publisher: Grove Press Inc. 1978
Description:
roy comedy - absurdist two characters one male; one female one act
no set required.
Humorous, fantastic, and yet telling in its perceptions, this brief but arresting exercise in absurdist style delights and intrigues both by what is said and what is left unsaid. Title: Hygiene in - Humana Festival 2011 / COL Author: Hischak, Gregory Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2012
Description:
roy comedy - American three characters one male; one female; one girl one act
running time: 10 min.
"Wendy has been sent home from school with a parasite growing out of her head. This rhythmic display of family dysfunction proves the old adage: the trouble with normal is that it always gets worse." - Doollee
Title: I am not Batman in - Humana Festival 2007 / COL Author: Ramirez, Marco Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2008
Description:
roy comedy two characters (one is a drummer) one male; one male or female one scene
A street kid with a stomach full of grocery store brand macaroni and cheese fulfills the ultimate Batman fantasy.
Title: I Didn't Want a Mastodon in - The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014 / COL Author: Feiffer, Halley Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2015
Description:
roy dramatic comedy - relationships - monologue two characters one male; one female one act
A couple wrangle over a blown glass mastadon. Title: I'd Kiss You But . . . in - Rhubarb-o-rama! / CCO Author: White, Wendy Ward, Victoria and Diane Flacks Publisher: Blizzard Publishing 1998
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; nine characters three female one act
Various discussions about the opposite sex.
Title: I'll Be Home For Christmas in - You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running / COL Author: Anderson, Robert Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1967
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
interior.
"...maintains the light humour of the first two plays, but at the base it is serious and touching as it shows Mrs. Heckart and Balsam discussing sex education of their almost-adult children, a girl and boy. Balsam is quite moving when he learns in a letter that his son is cutting adrift from the parental harbor."
Title: I'm Herbert in - You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running / COL Author: Anderson, Robert Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1967
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
exterior.
"...about two old , old people sitting on a porch in a pair of rocking chairs and talking. Just talking - and of course they don't know how funny they are. Each has had one or more previous marriages and perhaps a few flings, but they are hazy as to details. In fact, they don't know which one the other one is." Title: I'm Really Here in - The New Underground Theatre / COL Author: Van Itallie, Jean-Claude Publisher: Bantam Books 1968
Description:
roy farce two characters; extras one male; one female one act
1 set.
"Springtime Paris interlude between romantic young American tourist and dashing Latin guide".
Title: IBaby in - The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014 / COL Author: Cunningham, Laura Shaine Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2015
Description:
roy comedy two characters one female; one male or female one act
Woman gives birth to an iphone.
Title: Ichabod Crane Tells All in - The Best American Short Plays 2011-2012 / COL Author: Thelen, Lawrence Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2013
Description:
roy comedy - American - short play - monologue all male cast; one character one male one act
Disturbed by recent onslaughts of campaign advertising, Thelen wondered, "Can someone if they repeat a lie long enough and loudly enough actually convince others it's true?" Expanding that question to a matter of history itself, he asks, "Is history what it is, or only what you say it is?" The play puts the case to its audience, who get to hear Ichabod Crane's masterful spin on an age-old tale, interrupted by the arrival of the Headless Horseman, who ironically represents the appearance of that ever-present force that attempts to keep us on the straight and narrow. Title: Ida Lupino in the Dark in - Banana Man & Other Plays / COL Author: Nigro, Don Publisher: Samuel French 2005
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; three characters three female one act
A sofa in a darkened room. In this very funny ten minute play, Minnie sits in a darkened room, her face illuminated by the eerie glow of snow on an unseen downstage television set, surrounded by junk assembled by her philandering artist husband, creating in her head a bizarre imaginary film, a combination of many old black and white movies with Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and believes that she herself is the film's heroine, Ida Lupino. Minnie's sisters, Sherry and Caitlin, attempting to understand the reasons for Minnie's apparent nervous breakdown, are
Title: Ideal Exam (A Short Answer to All Lengthy Questions), An in - A Tragic Man Despite Himself: The Complete Short Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich translated by George Malko Publisher: Green Integer 140 2005
Description:
roy comedy two characters two male or female one act
"Condition Sine Qua Non: a very intelligent teacher and a very intelligent student. The former is malicious and persistent, the latter is invincible. Just as the ideal fire brigade arrives half an hour prior to the fire, so is the ideal student prepared with his answers half an hour prior to the questions. For the sake of brevity and to avoid a huge commission, I here state the essence in dramatic form."
Title: Ikke, Ikke, Nye, Nye, Nye in - The Great Nebula in Orion and Three Other Plays / COL Author: Wilson, Lanford Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1973
Description:
roy farce two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior set.
"This explosively funny and ingenious farce deals with what might have been a seduction - but while she is all for it (despite her feeble protests) he has eyes only for her telephone. And what he can't say to her face, floods out readily on the phone, with hilarious and devastating results". Title: In Bed With Kafka/Kafka in Bed in - The Best American Short Plays 2001-2002 / COL Author: Beber, Neena Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2007
Description:
roy comedy - farce three characters one male; two male or female one act
Kafka is given 6 months to live.
Title: In Paris You Will Find Many Baguettes But Only One True Love in - Humana Festival 2008 / COL Author: Lew, Michael Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2009
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one scene
Follows the attempt of one brokenhearted woman to be truly happy for a friend who's found the man of her dreams - a man who happens to be a mime.
Title: In the Spring in - A Tragic Man Despite Himself: The Complete Short Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich translated by George Malko Publisher: Green Integer 140 2005
Description:
roy monologue - male - love all male cast; one character one male one act
A tomcat describes his trials in love. Title: In the Yichud Room in - Three on the Boards / CCO Author: Fishbane, Joel Publisher: Signature Editions 2007
Description:
roy Canadian - dark comedy three characters two male; one female five scenes
"A young woman mourned by a grieving father."
Title: Inconsolable in - Israel Horovitz's New Shorts / COL Author: Horovitz, Israel Publisher: Samuel French 2009
Description:
roy dramatic comedy three characters one male; one female; one girl one act
A daughter's life sadly mirrors here suicidal mother's.
Title: Inside Out in - A Collection of Canadian Plays Vol. 2 / CCO Author: Moore, Mavor Publisher: Bastet Books 1973
Description:
roy comedy - relationships - Canadian two characters one male; one female one act
A father comes to rescue his daughter from her lover. Title: Inside Out in - Discovering Mavor Moore / CCO Author: Moore, Mavor Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2013
Description:
roy comedy - relationships - Canadian two characters one male; one female one act
A father comes to rescue his daughter from her lover.
Title: International Stud in - The Torch Song Trilogy / COL Author: Fierstein, Harvey Publisher: Gay Presses of New York 1979
Description:
roy comedy - LGBTQ+ three characters two male; one female one act
platform set; cyclorama and wings.
No abstract available.
Title: Interview, An in - Death Defying Acts / COL Author: Mamet, David Publisher: Samuel French 1995
Description:
roy comedy two characters two male or female one act
An oblique, mystifying interrogation. A sleazy lawyer is forced to answer difficult questions and to admit the truth about his life and career. The why and where of the interrogation provide a surprise ending to this brilliant twenty minute comedy. Part of Death Defying Acts. Title: Irish Stew in - The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014 / COL Author: Pepper, Cary Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2015
Description:
roy comedy - aging - memory - seniors two characters one male; one female one act
An elderly couple have adventures looking for their "Irish Stew", which in reality is an Irish sweater.
Title: It's a ... Baby! in - The Best American Short Plays 2005-2006 / COL Author: Restaino, Cara Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2008
Description:
roy comedy - monologue all female cast; many characters one female one act
Having a baby without knowing you're pregnant isn't just a blessed event, it's a miracle.
Title: It's Called the Sugar Plum in - First Season / COL Author: Horovitz, Israel Publisher: Vintage Books 1968
Description:
roy farce - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
Zuckerman, a college student, has ran over and killed a young man riding a skate board. As the play opens he is in his room pasting newspaper clippings into a scrapbook, humming contentedly, as he listens to a report of the accident on the radio. There is a knock at the door. Joanna, the fiancee of the dead man, enters in tears of accusation. After her initial tirade it's not long before they end up in each other's arms and in bed, quarreling over the amount of space devoted to each of them in the newspaper's report of the accident. Zuckerman's outrage during the Title: It's Okay, Honey in - Off-Off-Broadway Festival Plays - 23rd Series / COL Author: Brown, Bertha Publisher: Samuel French 1999
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
'Clueless mother attempts to have a heart-to-heart talk with her daughter about sexual preferences.'
Title: It's Only a Minute a Guy in - The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011 / COL Author: Franceschini, John Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2012
Description:
roy comedy - dating - romance seven characters one male; one female (doubling) one act
This play takes on the anxieties of a recently divorced woman and her reluctant adventure with speed dating.
Title: Jails, Hospitals and Hip Hop in - American Theatre (July 98) / PER Author: Hoch, Danny Publisher: Miscellaneous 1998
Description:
roy comedy - monologues - men all male cast; one character one male one act
'Series of monologues lampooning individual vanities, stereotypes and hypocrisy.' Title: Jane's Thumb in - Two Hands Clapping / CCO Author: Burke, Kelley-Jo Publisher: Signature Editions 2006
Description:
roy comedy - pregnancy all female cast; many characters two female (doubling) one act
A pregnant librarian addicted to metaphor, has a conversation with her unborn child.
Title: Jiley Nance and Lednerg in - Things Between Us / COL Author: Reingold, Jacquelyn Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2005
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
A frustrated actress literally fights her darkest demon during a hospital stay in this uproarious comedy about the power of the mind.
Title: Joe and Stew's Theatre of Brotherly Love and Financial Success in - The Best American Short Plays 1999-2000 / COL Author: Reingold, Jacquelyn Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2001
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; three characters two male; one voice one scene
Joe and Stew await the second act of a show in a community theater, only to find they've survived an atomic bomb explosion and must now decide exactly what to do with their new world. Title: Joe and Stew's Theatre of Brotherly Love and Financial Success in - Things Between Us / COL Author: Reingold, Jacquelyn Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2001
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; three characters two male; one voice one scene
Joe and Stew await the second act of a show in a community theater, only to find they've survived an atomic bomb explosion and must now decide exactly what to do with their new world.
Title: Johan Johan in - Medieval Mysteries, Moralities and Interludes / COL Author: Heywood, John Publisher: Barron's Educational Series 1962
Description:
non-roy farce - verse play - relationships - interlude three characters two male; one female one act
1 setting.
Tudor interlude in verse. Farcical triangle involving henpecked husband, shrewish wife, and roguish priest. Modernized spelling of speech.
Title: John and Beatrice in - Carole Frechette: Two Plays / CCO Author: Frechette, Carole translated by John Murrell Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2007
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - love - romance two characters one male; one female one act
"High above the city, Beatrice sits on the 33rd floor of an office tower waiting for the right man to respond to her ad. When John appears, the games begin. But if he wins, what then? A play about the difficulty of connection and the meaning of love." Title: Joshua Consumed an Unfortunate Pear in - Humana Festival 2015 / COL Author: Yockey, Steve Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2016
Description:
roy comedy three characters; chorus one male; two female one act
A man has procured and is eating an pear that brings immortality, to the consternation of his partner, and death.
Title: Just Knots in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 34th series / COL Author: Gorman, Christina Publisher: Samuel French 2010
Description:
roy dramatic comedy two characters one male; one female one act
An awkward store clerk who sells ‘just knots’ finds his skills—and his principles—put to the test by a disarming young woman in a ladybug scarf.
Title: Just Thinking in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Eighteenth Series) / COL Author: Kravitz, Alan H. Publisher: Samuel French 1994
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
'Jewish boy, not quite bar mitzvahed, fantasizes about his sexual orientation.' Title: Kerry and Angie in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (30th series) / COL Author: Sheridan, Gerry Publisher: Samuel French 2006
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one scene
A two character comedic play of the depressed helping the depressed…Angie is outrageously inappropriate while Kerry hides her embarrassment at her friend’s behavior. This play delivers relentless laughs as two long time friends try to lend each other a helping hand.
Title: King of the Pekinese Yellowtail in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Sixteenth Series) / COL Author: Brown, Sarah Publisher: Samuel French 1996
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters; extras two male one act
'Duck hunter begins to believe wild tale of his own invention.'
Title: Kiss, The in - Plays for Two / COL Author: Levine, Mark Harvey Publisher: Vintage Books 2014
Description:
roy comedy - relationships - romance⌦two characters one male; one female one act
Dennis asks his best friend Allison to judge his kissing skills. Can he help it if she has to kiss him to do it? Title: Kissing Christine in - Humana Festival '96 / COL Author: Shanley, John Patrick Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1996
Description:
roy comedy - romance two characters one male; one female one act
'Woman recovering from horrific accident and man in troubled marriage meet for unusual first date.'
Title: Kissing Christine in - Missing / Kissing / COL Author: Shanley, John Patrick Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc. 1997
Description:
roy comedy - relationships three characters one male; two female one act
Larry and Christine meet at a Thai restaurant for dinner. It's a first date, and they know nothing about each other. In the course of conversation, it quickly becomes clear that this is no ordinary couple. Christine is a reconfigured person. A couple of years before she fell through an open trapdoor in a store and landed on her head. As a result of this accident, her face had to be reconstructed. So she looks different. Pretty, but a different pretty. Even more significantly, she received a severe concussion which, among other things, changed her personality. She has
Title: Kreskinned - a one act hypnotism comedy in - The Road to Hell / CCO Author: Healey, Michael Lynch, Kate Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1999
Description:
roy comedy - marital relations - Canadian two characters one male; one female one act
" 'Kreskinned' is a one act comedy asking the important question, what if you could hypnotize your partner into forgetting every time you've done something wrong?" Title: Kyotopolis in - Beyond the Pale / CCO Author: Moses, Daniel David Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1996
Description:
roy Canadian - dark comedy - monologue - Native peoples all female cast; one character one female one scene
'Who was that woman we saw riding the space shuttle last night, riding it into orbit - and the obituaries? An Indian Princess? A New Age Shamaness? Or just little Babe Fisher? Even her family isn't sure anymore. A darkly comic fantasia about the ways we communicate and the future of Native identity in the Global Village. Ricky Raccoon is just one of the characters she encounters."
Title: Ladies' Man in - Feydeau, First to Last / COL Author: Feydeau, Georges Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2001
Description:
roy farce all female cast; two characters two female one act
'Young woman gives advice about men to another young woman.'
Title: Lady Grey (in ever-lower light) in - Thom Pain (based on nothing) / COL Author: Eno, Will Publisher: Theatre Communications Group 2005
Description:
roy monologues - women all female cast; multiple characters one female one act (two monologues)
running time: 30 min.
"Do you like vocal chords? Do you enjoy trembling? Do you have time for a story or two? Some vivid images of waving wheat fields, quiet violence, and a version of love?' Welcome to the extraordinary and mind-expanding world of playwright Will Eno, one compounded in equal measure of love, loss and whip-lash humour. The thoughts of an ordinary young woman are Title: Lady of Larkspur Lotion, The in - 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays / COL Author: Williams, Tennessee Publisher: New Directions 1953
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
1 interior
"Comedy. Two lodgers, facing eviction from rooming house in New Orleans describe their imaginary wealth and success."
Title: Last Artist in New York City, The in - The Best American Short Plays 2008-2009 / COL Author: Frost, Polly Sawhill, Ray Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers
Description:
roy comedy - monologues - women all female cast; one character one female one act
Set only slightly in the future, the play concerns a woman artist who finds herself increasingly alone in New York City. She finally gets her dream email from the New York Times saying they want to profile her. Have her struggles and sacrifices finally paid off? Or has the real arts action perhaps gone elsewhere, leaving her behind.
Title: Last Dance, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 22nd series / COL Author: Tattersall, Clare Publisher: Samuel French 1996
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
'Comedy about woman who places classified ad for a dance partner.' Title: Last December, The in - Life is Short / COL Author: Pospisil, Craig Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2005
Description:
roy comedy - relationships - seniors two characters one male; one female one act
suggested for high school.
An elderly couple sit at home on a cold winter's night. The old man wants to finish watching his football game, but his wife is trying to get him ready to go out on some errand. The man is angry and bitter, and he clearly doesn't want to go. His patient wife listens but gently prods. But there's more to the old man than meets the eye, and the play ends with surprising sweetness and love.
Title: Last Exit Before Toll in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Eighteenth Series) / COL Author: Goldstein, Carrie Publisher: Samuel French 1994
Description:
roy monologue - woman - comedy all female cast; one character one female one act
'Woman, unable to pay toll, leaves baby at toll booth as collateral.'
Title: Last Laugh in - What If? / COL Author: Hanagan, Jay D. Publisher: Samuel French 2006
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
See Patty. Patty is a hot date who likes funny men. Go Patty go. See Gordon. Gordon is a not so hot date, but he is funny! Go Gordon go! See Patty and Gordon make their way back to Gordon's apartment, even though it's only their first date. Way to go Gordon. Way to go Patty. You see, there's something about Gordon that Patty just can't seem to resist... he's just so gosh darn FUNNY! See Patty laugh. Laugh Patty, laugh! Title: Last Straw in - The Last Straw and Sociability Two Short Plays / COL Author: Dizenzo, Charles Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1970
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
"This antic and perceptive comedy deals with the encounter between a zany psychiatrist and the uneasy young man who comes to him for help".
Title: Laundry and Lies in - The Best American Short Plays 2007-2008 / COL Author: Kraar, Adam Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2009
Description:
roy comedy - American two characters one male; one female one act
A man obsessed with the truth encounters a woman who is unable to tell the bald truth. Patsy doesn't lie out of maliciousness or laziness; she lies in order to overcome the sad circumstances of her existence. George's need to get at the truth so consumes him that is almost drives him crazy. The manic sparring of these two people leads each of them to a better understanding of how to reconcile their obsessions with their need for a hug.
Title: Leavin' Cheyenne in - Forbidden Copy; Leanvin' Cheyenne; and Working Her Way Down / COL Author: Granger, Percy Publisher: Samuel French 1982
Description:
roy comedy - western all male cast; two characters two male one act
1 exterior set.
"This insightful comedy is sort of a country/western 'Waiting for Godot'. The play is set around a campfire out in the desert, where an old trailhand cook and a young cowboy in his first year with the herd are talking and eating. Granger skillfully contrasts the tired old man who can't find anything to believe in anymore with the rambunctious kid who believes there is honor in the Title: Lemonade in - Lemonade and The Autograph Hound / COL Author: Prideaux, James Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1969
Description:
roy comedy - drama all female cast; two characters two female one act
'Two middle-aged women, seeking respite from doldrums, sell spiked lemonade on well-travelled highway, and exchange illusions and fantasies to brighten their dull lives.'
Title: Lena's Car in - Hippies and Bolsheviks and Other Plays / CCO Author: Gladstone, Amiel Publisher: Coach House Press 2007
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - marriage - monologue - women all female cast; one character one female one act
A woman whose marriage is on the verge of collapse reflects on how it got to that point, harkening back to a youth when things were both more simple and more complicated.
Awarded the Sydney Risk Award for Outstanding Original Script at the Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards.
Title: Lesson, The in - Four Plays by Eugene Ionesco / COL Author: Ionesco, Eugene Publisher: Grove Press 1958
Description:
roy comedy three characters; extras one male; two female one act
"Bizarre lesson ends with elderly teacher murdering his young student." Title: Lesson, The in - Bald Soprano, The and The Lesson / COL Author: Ionesco, Eugene translated by Tina Howe Publisher: Grove Press 2006
Description:
roy comedy - absurdist three characters; extras one male; two female one act
"Bizarre lesson ends with elderly teacher murdering his young student."
Title: Lesson, The in - The Bald Soprano and Other Plays / COL Author: Ionesco, Eugene Publisher: Grove Press 1958
Description:
roy comedy three characters; extras one male; two female one act
"Bizarre lesson ends with elderly teacher murdering his young student."
Title: Let There be Farce in - Best Short Plays of 1955-1956 / COL Author: Walsh, Norman Publisher: Beacon 1956
Description:
roy farce three characters one male; two female one act
1 exterior.
"Two women and a thief in the slums." Title: Life After Hockey in - Five from the Fringe / CCO Author: Brown, Kenneth Publisher: NeWest Press 1986
Description:
roy comedy - monologue - men - Canadian - Alberta playwright all male cast; one character one male one act
No abstract available.
Title: Life Comes to the Old Maid in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 20th series / COL Author: Wilhelm, Le Publisher: Samuel French 1996
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters one female; one girl one act
'Reclusive old woman visited by young girl with startling memories.'
Title: Life History of the African Elephant in - Escape Acts / CCO Author: Martini, Clem Publisher: NuAge Editions 1989
Description:
roy Canadian - black comedy - Alberta playwright three characters two male; one female one act
'Depressed elephant keeper and accident-prone woman discover connection between their tragic pasts.' Title: Life History of the African Elephant in - Martini with a Twist / CCO Author: Martini, Clem Publisher: NeWest Press 2012
Description:
roy Canadian - black comedy - Alberta playwright three characters two male; one female one act
'Depressed elephant keeper and accident-prone woman discover connection between their tragic pasts.'
Title: Life Without Gretzky (A Tragedy) in - High Sticking / CCO Author: Brownell, Mark Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2006
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - hockey all male cast; one character one male one act
running time: 20 mins.
A theatrical meditation on the selling of Wayne Gretzky.
Title: Light in - The Best American Short Plays 2007-2008 / COL Author: Mahoney, Jeni Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2009
Description:
roy comedy - American all female cast; two characters two female one act
A spiritual rebirth, under the guidance of a mysterious, self-proclaimed guru, is Helena's motivation for re-connecting with her childhood friend, and recent divorcee, Abby. But the joyous reunion is short-lived when Abby discovers that Helena's new path requires her to forget her past - including Abby. Title: Lights in - Robert Patrick's Cheep Theatricks / COL Author: Patrick, Robert Publisher: Winter House 1972
Description:
roy sketches, skits-comedy two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior.
"Conversation between artist and woman from gallery. Woman seeks deeper meaning in lightworks than artist considered."
Title: Limonade Tous Les Jours in - Humana Festival 2002 / COL Author: Mee, Charles L. Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2002
Description:
roy comedy - romance three characters two male; one female one act
"An odd couple? Maybe not. Both Ya Ya, a French woman who hates surprises, and Andrew, an American who craves them, are in "recovery." Each has recently ended a relationship: Ya Ya with an older, controlling man; Andrew divorced his wife. They meet at a Parisian cafe. They talk, among other things, about being "damaged goods". They deny a growing attraction for each other (due mostly to their ages: she's early spring, he, midwinter). The more they argue against it, the more they fall for each other."
Title: Lingerie in - Sex and Death / COL Author: Amsterdam, Diana Publisher: Samuel French 1990
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
Description not available. Title: Listeners in - Humana Festival 2006 / COL Author: Martin, Jane Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2007
Description:
roy comedy - political three characters two male; one female one act
"A dark and jarringly comic imagining of the Bush Administration’s domestic spying program taken to its limits as two government agents in suits and ties invade the home of Eleanor Leftwich after technology has identified her as "a valued citizen who just might be a little cranky." Her cathartic rant after they allow her to speak directly to "he who, let us say, hears all" is a stinging enumeration of ruinous fallout from Bush policies. Cheering enthusiastically at Eleanor’s list of grievances, the audience senses what is foreordained for poor Eleanor after being allowed to
Title: Little Blood Brother in - Vittorio Rossi: Two Plays / CCO Author: Rossi, Vittorio Publisher: NuAge Editions 1988
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian all male cast; three characters three male one act
Description not available.
Title: Little Miss Fresno in - Win/Lose/Draw / COL Author: Watson, Ara Gallagher, Mary Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1983
Description:
roy comedy - women all female cast; two characters two female one act
unit set.
"Deals hilariously with two very competitive mothers whose daughters are in the semi-finals of a local moppet beauty contest. One mother is a gossipy veteran who cooly keeps a score card along with the judges; the other, a first-timer, is anxious and ill-at-ease. When both daughters win there is a truce between them - but the finals are still to come". Title: Little Pezidents in - Snapshot / COL Author: Dixon, Michael Bigelow Smith, Val Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2003
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one scene
A couple discusses the relations between a destroyed car, a Pez dispenser and Mt. Rushmore.
Title: Little Something for the Ducks, A in - A Little Something for the Ducks and Scent of Honeysuckle / COL Author: Toddie, Jean Lenox Publisher: Samuel French 1983
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
'Two elderly people meet by duckpond.'
Title: Lodger, The in - Amazon All Stars / COL Author: Schenkar, Joan Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1996
Description:
roy comedy - women - revenge fantasy all female cast; two characters two female one act
'In short, episodic scenes punctuated by blackouts, two amazon women, April and May, negotiate among conflicting memories in an attempt to recapture a lost sense of their Amazon history and mythic past.' Title: Lonely Impulse of Delight, A in - 13 by Shanley / COL Author: Shanley, John Patrick Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1992
Description:
roy comedy - fantasy all male cast; two characters two male one act
1 exterior.
"Man in love with mermaid introduces her to his best friend."
Title: Long Time Coming in - Best American Short Plays 2014-2015, The / COL Author: Rusiecki, David Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books 2016
Description:
roy comedy - relationships all male cast; two characters two male one act (three scenes)
simple set.
Two friends, both stand-up comics, discuss one of the friend's new girlfriend.
Title: Lost Letters of a Victorian Lady, The in - Romantic Friction and other plays / COL Author: Read, Michelle Publisher: Miscellaneous n.d.
Description:
roy comedy - melodrama ten characters two male; one female one act
Edith Lampton is an extremely naive, guileless character, who through no choice of her own, becomes embroiled in an international drug smuggling cartel, headed by the notorious Vicar of Marmsey. Brought up in the Victorian ideal of womanhood, Edith is ill-prepared for the bizarre adventure she is drawn into, inhabited by such strange characters as Maverick, the cowboy with the heart of gold and Master Kelly, the Irish intellectual and rebel sympathiser with a penchant for a good sing song. Title: Louis and Dave in - Instant Applause / CCO Author: Foster, Norm Publisher: Blizzard Publishing 1994
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
A young man confesses his true nature to his buddy while 'cruising for chicks' on a Saturday night.
Title: Love and Lather in - Miniature Plays for Stage and Study / COL Author: Kester, Katharine Publisher: Walter H. Baker 1958
Description:
nonroyalty farce three characters two male; one female one act
Description not available.
Title: Love Mouse in - A Collection of Canadian Plays, Volume 1 / CCO Author: Rosen, Sheldon Publisher: Simon and Pierre Publishing 1972
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy three characters two male; one female one act
1 interior.
"Comedy of the absurd. Man and wife are trapped in apartment which is without hot water and electricity, where the dining room is flooded, and a wolf has settled himself. Prologue." Title: Love of the Game in - Dark, No Sugar / COL Author: Leight, Warren Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2007
Description:
roy satire three characters one male; one female; one boy one act
A star baseball player teaches his son that how you play the game is not nearly so important as winning.
Title: Loveliest Afternoon of the Year, The in - Something I'll Tell You Tuesday & The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year / COL Author: Guare, John Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1967
Description:
roy comedy - romance - high school two characters one male; one female one act
'Absurdist style comedy. Park meetings between lonely girl eager to marry and strange young man lead to death.'
Title: Ludlow Fair in - Ludlow Fair and Home Free! / COL Author: Wilson, Lanford Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1993
Description:
roy comedy - relationships all female cast; two characters two female one act
'Hysterical young woman tells roommate about relationship with larcenous boyfriend.' Title: Ludlow Fair in - Balm in Gilead and Other Plays / COL Author: Wilson, Lanford Publisher: Hill and Wang 1965
Description:
roy comedy - relationships all female cast; two characters two female one act
'Hysterical young woman tells roommate about relationship with larcenous boyfriend.'
Title: Lunch Date, The in - Dating Games / COL Author: Wingfield, Garth Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2006
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
Over Cosmos in a New York City bar, Holly tells Alice the details of a recent shocking event in her life following her breakup with a longtime boyfriend. Red meat is involved. So is another woman.
Title: M Word, The in - Five One-Act Plays / COL Author: Ball, Alan Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1994
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
In THE M WORD two ambitious executives decide that they are good for each other and proceed to negotiate a future together. As they're so caught up in the corporate lifestyle, this truly is a negotiation and in the end, they agree to "merge." Title: Made for a Woman in - Five One-Act Plays / COL Author: Ball, Alan Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1994
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
The perfect young woman and her perfect young boyfriend in MADE FOR A WOMAN are perfect examples of the image conscious society in which we live. She has everything and he does too, and they have each other. All is fine until she feels duped by a case of over-packaging, her world falls apart, and she decides to take matters into her own hands in a dangerous way.
Title: Major Weir in - Glamorgan and Other Plays / COL Author: Nigro, Don Publisher: Samuel French 1996
Description:
roy dark comedy two characters one male; one female one act
'Ghosts of brother and sister executed in Scotland in 1670 for devil worship.'
Title: Make Like a Dog in - Four Short Plays / COL Author: Kass, Jerome Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1967
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior set.
"Whimsical and bizarre in mood, this play deals with a childless suburban couple who take turns making believe they are the dog which the husband wants but the wife won't allow in their compulsively clean house". Title: Maker of Dreams, The in - 24 Favorite One Act Plays / COL Author: Down, Oliphant Publisher: Doubleday 1958
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
one interior set.
Pierrette silently lavishes on Pierrot her love and care, but laments the fact that he does not return her affection.
Title: Mamet Women, The in - Single and Proud and Other Plays / COL Author: Stroppel, Frederick Publisher: Samuel French 1993
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
'Comic power scene between two women written à la David Mamet.'
Title: Man Who Died at Twelve O'Clock, The in - Fifteen American One Act Plays / COL Author: Green, Paul Publisher: Washington Square Press 1961
Description:
roy farce three characters two male; one female one act
1 interior set.
"A most interesting amusing folk comedy on Negro life. The story here has to do with a young couple who dress up and make the old guardian of the girl believe he has seen the devil. After this, he is forced to give up the money he has been unjustly holding, which allows the couple to get married". Title: Many Happy Returns in - Many Happy Returns and Fast Women / COL Author: Reale, Willie Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1983
Description:
roy comedy - romance - adolescence two characters one male; one female one act
"This cleverly understated yet warmly amusing work details the not-at-all-by-chance meeting of a love-smitten young girl and the young man who had performed his clown act at her birthday party several years earlier."
Title: March Madness - Shhhhhh! in - The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014 / COL Author: Tasca, Jules Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2015
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; three characters three male one act
What the assistant basketball coach found the head coach doing would destroy their careers....
Title: Marriage Proposal, A in - An Introduction to Modern One-Act Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Publisher: National Textbook Company 1992
Description:
roy comedy - farce three characters two male; one female one act
adapted from a Russian story. ⌦This little farce is very popular and one of the funniest ever written. The story tells of the efforts of a nervous and excitable man who starts to propose to an attractive young woman, but who gets into a tremendous quarrel over a boundary line.
A hypochondriacal suitor quarrels with the girl he wants to marry, but she accepts him. Title: Marriage Proposal, A in - The Brute and Other Farces / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich translated by Theodore Hoffman Publisher: Samuel French 1956
Description:
roy comedy - romance - farce three characters two male; one female one act Adapted from a Russian story. This little farce is very popular and one of the funniest ever written. The story tells of the efforts of a nervous and excitable man who starts to propose to an attractive young woman, but who gets into a tremendous quarrel over a boundary line.
Title: Marriage Proposal, A In - The Mentor Book of Short Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Publisher: New American Library 1969
Description:
roy comedy - farce three characters two male; one female one act
adapted from a Russian story.
This little farce is very popular and one of the funniest ever written. The story tells of the efforts of a nervous and excitable man who starts to propose to an attractive young woman, but who gets into a tremendous quarrel over a boundary line.
Title: Marriage Proposal, A in - 24 Favorite One Act Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Baukhage, Barrett Publisher: Doubleday 1958
Description:
Roy Comedy - farce Three characters Two male; one female One act
Adapted from a Russian story.
English version by Hilmar Baukhage and Barrett H. Clark
This little farce is very popular and one of the funniest ever written. The story tells of the efforts of a nervous and excitable man who starts to propose to an attractive young woman, but Title: Mary Just Broke Up With This Guy in - Dating Games / COL Author: Wingfield, Garth Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2006
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female (cast may be expanded to twenty-three males) one act
Mary just broke up with this guy she's been seeing for six years. Welcome to the next year of her life -- as she goes through a bazillion dates from hell.
Title: Matador Love in - Summerworks / CCO Author: Brebner, Morwyn Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2009
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - romance two characters one male; one female one act
The blind date from hell.
Title: Match, A in - The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014 / COL Author: Bolen, John Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2015
Description:
roy comedy - marital relations two characters one male; one female one act
Married couple rediscovers love after argumentative date night. Title: Mathematics in - Return of the Big Five / CCO Author: Alianak, Hrant Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1974
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
"A play for and about objects, without characters or dialogue, in which a man who comes home from the office and a woman who has been doing housework get into bed."
Title: Mathematics in - Western & Mathematics / CCO Author: Alianak, Hrant Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1973
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
"A play for and about objects, without characters or dialogue, in which a man who comes home from the office and a woman who has been doing housework get into bed."
Title: Me Too, Then! in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 5th series / COL Author: Dudzick, Tom Smith, Steven Publisher: Samuel French 1981
Description:
roy comedy - American four characters two male; one female (doubling) one act
Vera, a woman with a profound dependence on material goods, discovers that there's more to life than that which one can buy or own. She learns that laughter is the best medicine when she is finally capable of laughing at herself. Title: Mere Mortals in - Mere Mortals / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1998
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; three characters three male one act
suggested for high school.
'Mere Mortals' eavesdrops on a lunch hour on a girder 50 stories over the street, as three construction workers share increasingly amazing secrets of their past.
Title: Mere Mortals in - Long Ago and Far Away and Other Short Plays / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1999
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; three characters three male one act
Suggested for high school.
'Mere Mortals' eavesdrops on a lunch hour on a girder 50 stories over the street, as three construction workers share increasingly amazing secrets of their past.
Title: Mere Mortals in - All in the Timing (Fourteen plays) / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Vintage Books 1995
Description:
roy comedy - men all male cast; three characters three male one act
suggested for high school.
'Mere Mortals' eavesdrops on a lunch hour on a girder 50 stories over the street, as three construction workers share increasingly amazing secrets of their past. Title: Mexico City in - The Russian Play and Other Short Works / CCO Author: Moscovitch, Hannah Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2008
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy two characters one male; one female one act
A comedy about a suburban Canadian couple on holiday in Mexico City in the 1970s. They have brought everything with them from Mississauga – cameras, Hawaiian shirts, and their frustrations with each other – but the city gradually works its transformative magic on them.
Title: Meyer's Room in - A Collection of Canadian Plays, Volume 1 / CCO Author: Rosen, Sheldon Publisher: Simon and Pierre Publishing 1972
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - men all male cast; three characters three male one act
1 interior.
"Mixture of horror and comedy of the absurd. Three men occupy single claustrophobic shabby room, two of whom cannot leave. Only Meyer (the 'blind' beggar) is free."
Title: Mickey's Teeth in - Mickey's Teeth and Bindle Stiff / COL Author: Gray, Amlin Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1992
Description:
roy comedy all female cast one female one act
interior set.
"A comic look at the dark side of the life of a former Mouseketeer." Title: Mineola Twins, The in - The Mammary Plays / COL Author: Vogel, Paula Publisher: TCG Books 1998
Description:
roy comedy - political satire six characters; extras one male; two female (doubling) six scenes
The Mineola Twins is an outrageous political satire set on suburban Long Island.
Title: Mineola Twins, The in - American Theatre (Feb 97) / PER Author: Vogel, Paula Publisher: Miscellaneous 1997
Description:
roy comedy - political satire six characters; extras one male; two female (doubling) six scenes
The Mineola Twins is an outrageous political satire set on suburban Long Island.
Title: Miss Kentucky in - Great Short Comedies: Volume 1 / COL Author: Williams, Allison Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2007
Description:
roy family relations all female cast; two characters two female one act
A mother and daughter reconcile while the daughter is taking a smoke break from a beauty pageant. Title: Miss You in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Auburn, David Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy four characters one male; one female (doubling) one act
Two couples rearrange via call-waiting.
Title: Miss You in - Fifth Planet and Other Plays / COL Author: Auburn, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2002
Description:
roy comedy - relationships - love⌦four characters one male; one female (doubling) one act
Two couples rearrange via call-waiting.
Title: Missing Marisa in - Humana Festival '96 / COL Author: Shanley, John Patrick Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1996
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
'Two men discuss woman who loved and abandoned them both.' Title: Missing Marisa in - Missing / Kissing / COL Author: Shanley, John Patrick Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc. 1997
Description:
roy comedy - relationships all male cast; two characters two male one act
Terry and Eli are friends with a woman in common: Marisa. Marisa was Eli's wife. Then she ran off with Terry. Now she has abandoned Terry as well. Terry comes to Eli's apartment looking for Marisa. Did she return to Eli? Eli is not forthcoming. The two men circle each other, combative and vulnerable. Eli wants friendship. Terry just wants Marisa back. Neither man can get what he wants. The phone rings. Is it Marisa? Eli won't pick it up. Terry grabs the receiver and says hello. But the caller hangs up. Eli is baking a chicken. Terry wants to know who's coming to dinner. Eli will not
Title: Mistaken Identity in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Cooper, Sharon E. Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy - LGBTQ+ two characters one male; one female one act
Set in a pub in Leicester, England, a Hindu lesbian and a disarmingly clueless American discuss their needs and desires.
Title: Mommy (Maman) in - Anthology of Quebec Women's Plays in English Translation / CCO Author: Dussault, Louisette translated by Linda Gaboriau Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2006
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - monologues - women all female cast; seventeen characters one female (doubling) one act
On a bus, halfway between Montreal and Québec City, a "mommy" accompanied by her 3 year old twins whose exuberance is obviously disturbing the other passengers. She decides to reject her role as mother-cop. This comedy takes a scathing look at the traditional roles foisted upon mothers. All the characters, including the twin daughters and the other passengers, are played by one woman. Title: Money In - One-Act Plays for Acting Students / COL Author: Calhoun, Matthew Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1987
Description:
roy comedy - conversation all male cast; two characters two male one act
If you wholeheartedly accept the off-the-wall, improbable comic style of Money, you will find yourselves with a real success on your hands. It takes place in an empty store, where one man tries to convince the other that the bank does exist, even though it is invisible (for safety reasons). Crazy plot and conversation.
Title: Monkey Business in - Four by Four by Four / CCO Author: Zylstra, Nicole Publisher: Red Deer Press 2008
Description:
roy comedy - romance - Canadian - Alberta playwright two characters one male; one female one act
In Zylstra’s play, paleoanthropologist Myriam and her young research assistant Horace find themselves alone in the rainforest, catching monkeys and clashing over their views on evolution, their philosophies of life and their seemingly unbridgeable age gap.
Title: Motel in - America Hurrah and Other Plays / COL Author: Van Itallie, Jean-Claude Publisher: Grove Press Inc. 1978
Description:
roy theatre of the Absurd three characters flexible casting one act
1 interior set; part of 'America Hurrah.' "The action in this instance is set in a modern, antiseptically stark motel, and underscores the chilling irony of our mindless penchant for defacing and destroying the very advantages which affluence and technology have brought us". Title: Mother Figure in - Confusions / COL Author: Ayckbourn, Alan Publisher: Samuel French 1977
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
"A mother unable to escape from baby talk".
Title: Mother's Love, A in - Life is Short / COL Author: Pospisil, Craig Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2005
Description:
roy dark comedy - monologue - women - parenthood all female cast; one character one female one act
In a darkly comic monologue, Melissa calmly explains her reasons for taking a parent's natural desire to protect her child a little too far.
Title: Motherhouse, The in - Out on a Limb / CCO Author: Lagrandeur, Tamara Publisher: Signature Editions 2011
Description:
roy comedy - seniors - religious - Canadian all female cast; one character one female one act
" 'The Motherhouse' recounts the scheming of Sister Constance McMullen after she learns about the inevitable eviction of the last nuns from the Grey Nuns Motherhouse building." - thelinknewspaper.ca Title: Moving Along in - Public Speaking and Other Plays / CCO Author: Craddock, Chris Publisher: NeWest Press 2014
Description:
roy solo performance - comedy - Canadian - Alberta playwright all male cast; one character one male (doubling) one act
Craddock ricochets wildly through the story of his own life — through childhood traumas, adolescent tragedies, adult triumphs, and frequent philosophical tangents.
Title: Mr. And Mrs. in - Humana Festival 2007 / COL Author: Myatt, Julie Marie Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2008
Description:
roy dark comedy two characters one male; one female one scene
During their first dance as husband and wife, the bride reveals that she married the groom for his money and the groom admits that he married the bride for her looks. It's all downhill from there.
Title: Mr. Biggs in - New American Plays Volume One / COL Author: Barlow, Anna Marie Publisher: Hill and Wang 1965
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
1 interior set.
"Two eccentric old sisters living together deliberately continue to house body of dead tenant". Title: Mr. Fix It in - Palliser Suite / CCO Author: Russell-King, Caroline Publisher: Frontenac House 2014
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - Alberta playwright - marriage two characters one male; one female one act
part 1 of a trilogy of plays called "Palliser Suite"; can be produced as a one act or in conjunction with the other two, "Second Chance, First Love" and "Funeral Fore!".
Mel awakes in his hotel room to find out he isn’t divorced to his ex-wife after all. He has made such a mess of his marriage. Can he fix it now that he has been given a second chance?
Title: Mr. Foot in - The Two of Us / COL Author: Frayn, Michael Publisher: Samuel French 1970
Description:
roy sketch two characters one male; one female one act
interior set.
"A tour de force for an actor and actress - and a foot. Seems the man's foot jiggles uncontrollably at various moments; and the woman enjoys discussing this with a little man who isn't there. An amusing sketch."
Title: Mr. Lewis and Mrs. Wexel in - Bedrooms: Five Comedies / COL Author: Taylor, Renee Bologna, Joseph Publisher: Samuel French 1986
Description:
roy comedy - seniors - sex - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
Mr. Lewis, a widower, invites Mrs. Wexel, a widow who lives in the same Florida senior citizen center, up to his apartment to see his fish. He then tries to seduce her and though both are in their eighties, he pursues her as if they were sixteen. When she finally gives in, he's too tired to do anything. Title: Mr. Morton Waits for His Bus in - Dark, No Sugar / COL Author: Leight, Warren Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2007
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
An anxious rookie cop babysits a corpse in a studio walk-up on a fourth of July weekend.
Title: Mr. Smitten in - Humana Festival 2011 / COL Author: Eason, Laura Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2012
Description:
roy comedy - American two characters one male; one female one act
running time: 10 min.
"Anna comes unglued in the veterinarian's office when she discovers her beloved cat is not long for this world. Strangers find comfort and connection in this surprising comedy about pets and their people." - Doollee
Title: Mrs. Dally Has a Lover in - Whisper Into My Good Ear & Mrs. Dally Has a Lover / COL Author: Hanley, William Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1963
Description:
roy drama - comedy two characters one male; one female one act
"It has something of the quality of a Dorothy Parker sketch with its keen observations and deft portrait of a woman in love, knowing that this love cannot last. Mrs. Dally is well into her thirties, married to a man she despises and carrying on an affair with the teenaged son of a family living in the same tenement building. Despite its theme and its 'kitchen sink' locale, there is nothing sordid about Mr. Hanley's play. It has humour and an equal share of pathos." Title: Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning in - Five One Act Plays by Mark Twain / COL Author: Tasca, Jules Publisher: Samuel French 1976
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
'Dramatization of Mark Twain's story about woman with obsessive fear of thunder and lightning and her long suffering husband.'
Title: Mrs. Sorken in - Christopher Durang - 27 Short Plays / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1995
Description:
roy comedy - monologue - theatre all female cast; one character one female one act
Humorous monologue about theatre.
Title: Mrs. Sorken in - Durang/Durang / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1996
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; one character one female one act
"Mrs. Sorken, a middle aged suburban matron is scheduled to give a lecture on the meaning of theatre, but has lost her notes. Relying on her memory, her comments are dotty, but definitely endearing." Title: Ms Canada in - The Burning of the Cruise: Three one act plays / CCO Author: Williamson, Hector Publisher: Hillhurst Press 2005
Description:
roy comedy - identity three characters one male; two female one act
In the tradition of the Theatre of the Absurd. A play about schizophrenic Peggy, as Ms. Canada, who is confused about who she really is in our modern world.
Title: My Boyfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Laundry in - Sandra Shamas: A Trilogy of Performances / CCO Author: Shamas, Sandra Publisher: Mercury Press 1997
Description:
roy monologue - women - comedy all female cast; one character one female one act
One woman's experiences and thoughts on life, laundry and men.
First performed at 1986 Edmonton Fringe Festival.
Title: My Boyfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Laundry: The Cycle continues in - Sandra Shamas: A Trilogy of Performances / CCO Author: Shamas, Sandra Publisher: Mercury Press 1997
Description:
roy monologue - women - comedy all female cast; one character one female one act
A continuation of 'My Boyfriends Back and There's Gonna Be Laundry'. A woman's unique perspective on the events in her life. Title: My Husband in - Plays for Two / COL Author: Rudnick, Paul Publisher: Vintage Books 2014
Description:
roy comedy - marriage - LGBTQ+⌦two characters one male; one female one act
A Jewish mother wants to marry off her gay son.
Title: My Husband's an Angel in - Angels & Anger / CCO Author: Couturier, Gracia translated by Glen Nichols Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2002
Description:
roy comedy - monologue - men all male cast; one character one male one act
'The ironic underpinning of (the play) is evident from the first appearance of Tarzan Mazerole, middle aged and bearded, "dressed in his wedding suit, shakily playing the wedding march on a harmonica" and showing the unmistakeable silhouette of advanced pregnancy! Tarzan, who is described as "your average guy", explains why he let himself get pregnant, in vitro, in order to let his opera star wife, Jane, pursue her singing career. . . The result is a lighthearted, ironic look at what motherhood is all about, what being a parent is all about.'
Title: Naomi in the Living Room in - Christopher Durang - 27 Short Plays / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1995
Description:
roy comedy - satire three characters one male; two female one act
"Bizarre scene of son and daughter-in-law's visit with mother." Title: Need for Brussels Sprouts, A in - The Best Short Plays 1983 / COL Author: Schisgal, Murray Publisher: Chilton Book Company 1981
Description:
roy romantic comedy two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior set; background music.
"Confrontation between hardboiled, disillusioned police woman, and lonely down-at-heels actor".
Title: New-Found-Land in - Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land / COL Author: Stoppard, Tom Publisher: Samuel French 1976
Description:
roy comedy - British all male cast; two characters two male one act
1 interior set.
"Two Home Office officials consider case of American seeking British citizenship".
Title: Next in - Apple Pie / COL Author: McNally, Terrence Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1968
Description:
roy satire two characters; extras one male; one female one act
one simple set; suggested for high school.
"Set in an Army Induction Center, where an overweight, over-age, and overwrought draftee has reluctantly reported for his physical. Confronted by an Amazon-like female sergeant, he tries every evasion he can think of to disqualify himself, but is ultimately shattered by the realization that nothing will stave off the inevitable. His final monologue, a harrowing exposure of bitterness Title: Nick and Wendy in - Bedrooms: Five Comedies / COL Author: Taylor, Renee Bologna, Joseph Publisher: Samuel French 1986
Description:
roy comedy - marriage three characters two male; one female one act (five scenes)
A married couple check in for the weekend to attend a two day human potential encounter-type seminar. In five scenes that take place during the seminar's bathroom breaks, we ride the roller coaster of feelings they go through before ending where they started at the beginning of the weekend.
Title: Night Out in - Snapshot / COL Author: Kuruvilla, Sunil Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2003
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one scene
A man and a woman search for his keys in the snow, in the dark.
Title: No Dogs Allowed in - Shel's Shorts / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2003
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one scene
'Mr. and Mrs. Q are relaxing on a beach at an exclusive club, where a sign clearly "No Dogs Allowed". Mr. Wills, the manager of the club, confronts Mrs. Q, asserting that Mr. Q is really a dog. Mrs. Q counters with various fantastical reasons to explain his hairy face, big black nose and habit of barking.' Title: No More Medea in - Flowers and No More Medea / CCO Author: Porter, Deborah Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1990
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - women all female cast; two characters two female one act
"Medea meets the Virgin Mary in the afterlife - they embark on a stormy friendship and a whirlwind tour of life on Earth as it exists for women now. The shopping is better, but has anything else changed in 5,000 years?"
Title: No Problem in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 13th series / COL Author: Butterfield, Catherine Publisher: Samuel French 1989
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
Paula, a goofy aspiring actress, arrives late for a lunch date with her friend Terry. Whereas Paula is a nervous wreck, Terry is the picture of the cool businesswoman-- until the waiter takes too long to bring back the steak she returned to the kitchen to be recooked. Terry goes into a frenzy that makes Paula look positively serene.
Title: No Skronking in - Shel's Shorts / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2003
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one scene
'After reading a sign at the lunch counter counter that prohibits "skronking". Arnold becomes abscessed and relentlessly interrogates Bertha, a waitress, for its definition. The conversation goes in circles until Bertha suspects Arnold of having the dangerous potential of being a "skronker" - whatever that is.' Title: No Soliciting in - Shel's Shorts / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2003
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one scene
'Ed, a sign salesman with a sign for every occasion, tries to convince Nellie to purchase one. He suggests that Nellie and her husband select a sign for every number of occasions. Ed discovers that Nellie has a lot of issues regarding her husband and he may not have all the signs she's looking for.'
Title: Noble Savage, Savage Noble in - The West of All Possible Worlds / CCO Author: Amstrong, Bob Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2004
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; three characters three male thirteen scenes
Voltaire, Rousseau and a trapper named Pierre le Breton are plunked into the Canadian western wilderness of 1757.
Title: Nocturne in - Fancy Footwork / COL Author: Gallagher, Miriam Publisher: Society of Irish Playwrights 1997
Description:
roy music - love two characters one male; one female; pianist one act
no set.
"Interlude celebrating John Field (1782-1837) creator of the Nocturne. His father, Robert Field, meets Ehkaterina Karaminskova, a capricious beauty, in love with John Field. Dreamy and enigmatic." Title: Noonday Demons in - Collected Plays / COL Author: Barnes, Peter Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1981
Description:
roy satire all male cast; two characters, extras two male one act
'Satire about pride. Two 4th century ascetic monks challenge each other's holiness and self-depreciation.
Title: Norm-Anon in - Dark, No Sugar / COL Author: Leight, Warren Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2007
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
suggested for high school.
At last there's a support group for adult children of normal parents.
Title: Not To Hong Kong in - Dialogue & Dialectic: A Canadian Anthology of Short Plays / CCO Author: Bullock, Michael Publisher: Alive Press
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy three characters two male; one female one act
Interior representative set; exterior rep set.
"Bella and Mendel discuss the ownership of a coat, help their son read a book that hasn't been written, and discuss the swimming abilities of their invisible dog." Title: Notes on Akiba in - Death & Taxes / COL Author: Kushner, Tony Publisher: Theatre Communications Group 2000
Description:
roy comedy - Jewish all male cast; two characters two male one act
1 interior.
Two gay Jewish men prepare a Passover seder, with a tongue-in-cheek rabbinical commentary.
Title: Nothing in Common in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Nineteenth Series / COL Author: Fell Hayes, Jennifer Publisher: Samuel French 1995
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
'Successful businesswoman offers to adopt baby born to young woman abandoned by boyfriend.'
Title: Now Circa Then in - New Playwrights: The Best Plays 2011 / COL Author: Mensch, Carly Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2011
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female three parts
A humorous look at the world of historical re-enactors, set in the Tenement Museum in NYC. Title: Now Departing in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Ninth Series / COL Author: Mearns, Robert Publisher: Samuel French 1984
Description:
roy comedy - male comaraderie all male cast; two characters two male one act
"This amusing co-winner of the Ninth Annual Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival in NYC is set in the front seat of a flashy cadillac. Frank, who owns the car, is taking his buddy Tommy out to the airport. Tommy is flying out to see his girlfriend, and Frank proceeds to give him hilarious tips about how to deal with women. And, he plants seeds of doubt in Tommy's mind - doubt that the girl cares as much for him as he for her. This hilarious look at male comaraderie is, to coin a phrase, 'Mamet-esque'."
Title: Number on the Roman Calendar, A in - The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011 / COL Author: Johnston, David Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2012
Description:
roy comedy - relationships three characters two male; one female one act
If women have more romantic notions about marriage, life after marriage sometimes entails a female conversion to far more pragmatic matters, including keeping the lid on dreamy, idealistic husbands. This play looks back to an earlier millenial happening (AD 1000) and follows a poor but loving couple through their thoughts and actions on the undoubted eve of the end of the world.
Title: Objects in the Mirror are Stranger Than They Appear in - Scraping the Surface / CCO Author: Albert, Lyle Victor Publisher: NeWest Press 2000
Description:
roy comedy - monologues - men all male cast; one character one male one act
This play sees "Vic" jamming all of his earthly possessions in the back of his 1996 Honda Civic and setting off on a perilous 1000-mile journey through the Rocky Mountains, in search of a new life in Vancouver, BC. He may not know where he's going, but he sure knows what he's leaving behind. Title: Ogre in - Talking Bodies / CCO Author: Tremblay, Larry translated by Sheila Fischman Publisher: Talonbooks 2001
Description:
roy satire - monologue - men all male cast; one character one male one act
In this biting media satire; a thoroughly odious character's actions become ever more disgusting as he begins to believe a hidden camera is recording his every move.
Title: Oh, Baby: Pochsy's Adventures by the Sea in - The Pochsy Plays / CCO Author: Hines, Karen Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2004
Description:
roy monologues - women - satire all female cast; one character one female one act
'Pochsy is at the Last Resort, on holiday from her job packing mercury.'
Title: On Lincoln's Head in - Snapshot / COL Author: Jensen, Julie Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2003
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one scene
A young woman throws firecrackers of Lincoln's head at Mt. Rushmore. Title: On the Edge in - Life is Short / COL Author: Pospisil, Craig Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2005
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
suggested for high school.
There's a party inside, but Gene, seventeen, stands on the ledge of an apartment building. Distraught because the girl he loves is making out with someone, Gene is ready to jump. Sammy, a classmate, discovers Gene on the ledge, but, seemingly unconcerned, mocks him for being melodramatic. But as Sammy realizes Gene's pain runs deeper than a girl, will she pull Gene back
Title: On the Edge in - Under 30 / YCL Author: Pospisil, Craig Publisher: Vintage Books 2004
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
suggested for high school.
There's a party inside, but Gene, seventeen, stands on the ledge of an apartment building. Distraught because the girl he loves is making out with someone, Gene is ready to jump. Sammy, a classmate, discovers Gene on the ledge, but, seemingly unconcerned, mocks him for being melodramatic. But as Sammy realizes Gene's pain runs deeper than a girl, will she pull Gene back
Title: On the Injuriousness of Tobacco (1st Version) in - A Tragic Man Despite Himself: The Complete Short Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich translated by George Malko Publisher: Green Integer 140 2005
Description:
roy monologues - men - smoking - comedy all male cast; one character one male one act
A lecture on the evils of smoking? Title: On the Injuriousness of Tobacco (6th and final version) in - A Tragic Man Despite Himself: The Complete Short Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich translated by George Malko Publisher: Green Integer 140 2005
Description:
roy comedy - monologues - men - smoking all male cast; one character one male one act
A lecture on the evils of smoking?
Title: On the Moon in - A Tragic Man Despite Himself: The Complete Short Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich translated by George Malko Publisher: Green Integer 140 2005
Description:
roy comedy two characters male or female one brief scene
A scene which did not make it into Lentovsky's fairy-play "A Voyage to the Moon". Two astronomers observe a bright light on Earth.
Title: On the Porch One Crisp Spring Morning in - Humana Festival 2009 / COL Author: Dremann, Alex Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2009
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
10 minute play.
Spy vs. spy, mother vs. daughter, twist-a-minute comedy. Title: One Minute Play in - Christopher Durang - 27 Short Plays / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1995
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
"Written for a 1-minute play festival at American Repertory Theatre. A young man tells his suicidal, disparing thoughts to a cheerful woman who chooses to ignore them."
Title: One Minute Play in - Naomi in the Living Room / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1998
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
"Written for a 1-minute play festival at American Repertory Theatre. A young man tells his suicidal, disparing thoughts to a cheerful woman who chooses to ignore them."
Title: One Naked Woman and a Fully-Clothed Man in - Sex and Death / COL Author: Amsterdam, Diana Publisher: Samuel French 1990
Description:
roy comedy; monologues two characters; extras one male; one female one act
A woman's musings on a date at the movie theatre. Title: One Way Street in - 5 Easy Pieces / COL Author: Milligan, Jason Publisher: Samuel French 2007
Description:
roy dark comedy all male cast; three characters three male one act
Originally staged at the Egyptian Arena Theater in Hollywood, this darkly comic piece (reminiscent of the style of David Mamet) takes place in the back room of a Long Island coffee shop as three cops covertly cook up the “perfect crime.” Their scheming is at turns edgy, pointed and hilarious. But can they trust each other? – that’s the question. What begins as a simple burglary plot escalates into a cat-and-mouse game – and finally into a dramatic confrontation, forcing each of the men to come to grips with the fact that trust is a two-way street. And, once it’s broken, there’s
Title: Open Meeting, The in - The Best American Short Plays 1991-1992 / COL Author: Gurney, A.R. Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1992
Description:
roy avante garde comedy three characters two male; one female one act
1 interior set.
'Fate of missing participant of meeting is revealed in surprise ending.'
Title: Or, in - New Playwrights: The Best Plays 2010 / COL Author: Adams, Liz Duffy Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2011
Description:
roy comedy - biographical - women seven characters one male; two female (doubling) one act
A comedy about Aphra Behn, the first woman to make her living as a writer. Title: Our Eliza in - The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Plays v. 2 / CCO Author: Coles, Megan Publisher: Breakwater Books 2014
Description:
roy Canadian - dark comedy - Newfoundland - family relations three characters two male; one female one act
The play, by Megan Coles, is the story of Eliza, who could be one of any number of women in rural Newfoundland, at a time when traditional ways of life are dying and a hard life is becoming even harder. - The Chronicle Herald
Title: Our Father in - Summerworks / CCO Author: Brebner, Morwyn Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2009
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - family relations four characters one male; one female (doubling) one act
Siblings journey to the dying father who abandoned them.
Title: Out of the Flying Pan in - Little Brother: Little Sister / Out of the Frying Pan / COL Author: Campton, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1966
Description:
roy comedy - Theatre of the Absurd - politics all male cast; two characters two male one act
Amid fanfares and popping flash bulbs, two diplomats (A and B) meet to engage in a bout of international bargaining. Their rapid-fire dialogue, while composed largely of outlandish doubletalk and windy pronouncements, has chilly overtones of the "real thing," as do their inevitable disagreement and estrangement. Angrily they tear apart the treaty they have signed, and turn their backs on one another. Sirens wail, guns rattle, and then a cosmic-sized explosion—followed by a sudden, heavy silence. In the stillness B stalks off the stage, but then a Title: Outsourced in - The Best American Short Plays 2007-2008 / COL Author: Shaine, Laura Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2009
Description:
roy comedy - American two characters one male; one female one act
Max is completely maxed out on all of his credit cards but he is desperate for more cash. He telephones his latest card supplier to extend his credit and reaches that dreaded modern phenomenon, the Call Centre. Which country is he calling? Is there a happy end to his crisis?
Title: Outsourced in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Cunningham, Laura Shaine Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
This may be the first play incorporating that staple of modern life, Kimberly the subcontinental call center operator.
Title: Outsourced in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Shaine, Laura Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy - American two characters one male; one female one act
Max is completely maxed out on all of his credit cards but he is desperate for more cash. He telephones his latest card supplier to extend his credit and reaches that dreaded modern phenomenon, the Call Centre. Which country is he calling? Is there a happy end to his crisis? Title: Overlaid in - At My Heart's Core & Overlaid / CCO Author: Davies, Robertson Publisher: Clarke, Irwin and Company 1966
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian three characters two male; one female one act
1 interior set.
"This comedy is concerned with 'intellectual and cultural starvation'. Pop, an 'op'ry' buff, unexpectedly receives a large amount of money and he decides to live extravagantly in New York. His daughter considers this selfish and he gives her the money to buy a gigantic tombstone for the family plot."
Title: Overlaid in - Encounter: Canadian Drama in Four Media / CCO Author: Davies, Robertson Publisher: Methuen 1973
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian three characters two male; one female one act
1 interior set.
"This comedy is concerned with "intellectual and cultural starvation". Pop, an opera buff, unexpectedly receives a large amount of money, and he decides to live extravagantly in New York. His daughter considers this selfish and he gives her the money to buy a gigantic tombstone for the family plot."
Title: Overlaid in - Ten Canadian Short Plays / CCO Author: Davies, Robertson Publisher: Dell Publishing Company 1975
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian three characters two male; one female one act
1 interior set.
"This comedy is concerned with 'intellectual and cultural starvation'. Pop, an op'ry' buff, unexpectedly receives a large amount of money and he decides to live extravagantly in New York. His daughter considers this selfish and he gives her the money to buy a gigantic tombstone for the family plot." Title: Package Deal in - Single and Proud and Other Plays / COL Author: Stroppel, Frederick Publisher: Samuel French 1993
Description:
roy comedy - theatre all female cast; two characters two female one act
'Battle of wits between film actress and conniving agent.'
Title: Parading with Nell in - Funny Girls Coping with Boys / COL Author: Evans, Annie Publisher: Miscellaneous 2006
Description:
roy comedy - Alzheimer's all female cast; two characters two female one act
George visits her grandmother with some big news and finds grandma wearing a pot on her head.
Title: Park your Car in Harvard Yard in - New England Blue / COL Author: Horovitz, Israel Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1995
Description:
roy comedy - serious two characters one male; one female one act
"Comic drama about last year in life of ailing Gloucester teacher who hires former student, who he flunked, as housekeeper." Title: Parrot, The in - Off-off Broadway Festival Plays - 27th Series / COL Author: Wilhelm, Le Publisher: Samuel French 2003
Description:
roy romantic comedy two characters one male; one female one scene
This nostalgic comedy portrays the complicated courtship between two Southern teenagers: a preacher's son who skips church to meet the daughter of an often drunk, unwed mother. Patsy's mom has a new pet, an exotic parrot, and Kevin wants to see it. More than that, he wants to be with Patsy.
Title: Pasquini the Magnificent in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Eighteenth Series) / COL Author: Ingraffia, Sam Publisher: Samuel French 1994
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
'Encounter with troubled housewife gives has-been magician new confidence.'
Title: Pastoral in - Last Chance Texaco and Pastoral / COL Author: Maloney, Peter Publisher: Samuel French 1985
Description:
roy comedy - farming two characters one male; one female one act
"Pastoral" is a perceptive comedy about a city couple temporarily tending a farm. He hates the bucolic life and is terrified by such horrors as a crowing rooster; whereas she is at one with the land and the rooster. Title: Patter for a Floating Lady in - Wasp and Other Plays / COL Author: Martin, Steve Publisher: Samuel French 1998
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
A magician levitates his female assistant, a former lover. He uses magic to give her the freedom he was unable to bestow when they were together. The trick has an unexpected result: she splits in two and reveals her utter contempt for him.
Title: Perfect Analysis Given by a Parrot, A in - Dragon Country / COL Author: Williams, Tennessee Publisher: New Directions 1970
Description:
roy comedy three characters; extras (two non-speaking walk-on for men) one male; two female one act
1 interior set.
A delightful scene about two fading, overdressed women, members of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the "Sons of Mars", who hit town for the annual convention. But, in their search for "boys" and a "high old time", they wind up separated from their party, in a third rate bar, drinking beer, and trying hard to be cheerful. Each is soon finding fault with the other, and they are resigned to a
Title: Perfect Plastic in - Perfect Plastic and The Whispering Time / CCO Author: Snukal, Sherman Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1980
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
"A window dresser and a security guard meet in a deserted shopping plaza. As she arranges her mannequins and her maintains his official posture the barriers between them crumble, but to whose benefit?" Title: Perfect Relationship, The in - The Best American Short Plays 2007-2008 / COL Author: Hughes, Jill Elaine Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2009
Description:
roy comedy - American - relationships all female cast; three characters three female one act
Three Chicago women attending their weekly New Age relationship support group discover that they are all involved with the same man. A wacky comedy about the search for the elusive perfect relationship.
Title: Pete and Joe at the Dew Drop Inn in - The Best American Short Plays 2008-2009 / COL Author: Gardner, Lewis Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers
Description:
roy comedy - men all male cast; two characters two male one act
Two men in a bar discuss the 'male condition'.
Title: Philadelphia, The in - All In the Timing (Six one-act comedies) / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1994
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
"A young man in a restaurant has fallen into 'a Philadelphia', a Twilight-Zone state in which he cannot get anything he asks for. His only way out of the dilemma? To ask for the opposite of what he wants." Title: Philadelphia, The in - All In the Timing (Fourteen plays) / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Vintage Books 1995
Description:
roy comedy - fantasy three characters two male; one female one act
"A young man in a restaurant has fallen into 'a Philadelphia', a Twilight-Zone state in which he cannot get anything he asks for. His only way out of the dilemma? To ask for the opposite of what he wants."
Title: Phoenix in - Humana Festival 2010 / COL Author: Organ, Scott Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2010
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
An out-of-character one-night stand spills into 7 weeks, 4,000 miles and 6 cups of coffee as two strangers question the calculated lives they lead and contemplate the uncertain world that might be. A sly comedy about how getting off course can put you on the right track.
Title: Phoenix in - New Playwrights: The Best Plays 2010 / COL Author: Organ, Scott Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2011
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
An out-of-character one-night stand spills into 7 weeks, 4,000 miles and 6 cups of coffee as two strangers question the calculated lives they lead and contemplate the uncertain world that might be. A sly comedy about how getting off course can put you on the right track. Title: Phyllis and Xenobia in - Naomi in the Living Room / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1998
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female sketch
"Two strange sisters bicker about who did or didn't kill their mother, and who or who doesn't like pudding."
Title: Phyllis and Xenobia in - Christopher Durang - 27 Short Plays / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1995
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female sketch
"Two strange sisters bicker about who did or didn't kill their mother, and who or who doesn't like pudding."
Title: Physical Therapy in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 24th series / COL Author: Reynolds, Jean Publisher: Samuel French 2000
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
'Comedy about woman who persuades friend to get certain type of physical therapy.' Title: Piece for an Audition in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Ninth Series / COL Author: Tenney, Steven Mark Publisher: Samuel French 1984
Description:
roy monologue - audition two characters one male (non-speaking); one female one act
Bare stage.
"The fact that this was performed in NYC by an extraordinary actress named Theresa Marsh had nothing to do with why this piece was chosen a co-winner of the 9th Annual Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival. The writing is richly, brilliantly, entrancingly and poetically evocative of the helplessness actors must feel at the hands of those who can make, or break, their careers. Here, a
Title: Pigeons in - New American Plays Volume One / COL Author: Osgood, Lawrence Publisher: Hill and Wang 1963
Description:
roy farce all female cast; three characters three female one act
1 exterior set; singing.
"Two old women accuse each other of following a third woman. All three squabble like old birds".
Title: Pile, The in - Six Plays by Mavor Moore / CCO Author: Moore, Mavor Publisher: Talonbooks 1989
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - men all male cast; two characters two male one act
"An engineer and a businessman buy a pile of something - that lies where the audience sits - and try to find a use for it." Title: Pile, The in - A Collection of Canadian Plays Vol. 2 / CCO Author: Moore, Mavor Publisher: Bastet Books 1973
Description:
roy comedy - men - Canadian all male cast; two characters two male one act
"An engineer and a businessman buy a pile of something - that lies where the audience sits - and try to find a use for it."
Title: Pillow Talk in - Stay Carl Stay, Best Half Foot Forward, Pillow Talk / COL Author: Tolan, Peter Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1991
Description:
roy comedy - friendship - men all male cast; two characters two male one act
suggested for high school.
In PILLOW TALK, two heterosexual men, Aaron and Doug, are forced to share a bedroom and a bed in the mobile home of Aaron's dotty old grandmother. Hampered by Doug's phobic fear of physical intimacy, the characters are forced to examine their feelings about friendship and each other. As the battle lines are drawn, they get little sleep and a night full of surprises.
Title: Pink Bedroom, The in - Mister Paradise and Other One-Act Plays / COL Author: Williams, Tennessee Publisher: New Directions 2005
Description:
roy comedy - American - 20th century - short play - relationships three characters two male; one female one act
1 interior set.
"Extra marital relationship sours." - Play Index Title: Pink Cadillac Nightmare, A in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 25th series / COL Author: Wilhelm, Le Publisher: Samuel French 2001
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
'Over-extended Mary Kay representative gives a hapless friend a facial and a sales pitch.'
Title: Pith! in - A Teatro Trilogy / CCO Author: Lemoine, Stewart Publisher: NeWest Press 2004
Description:
roy comedy - Alberta playwright three characters one male; two female one act
'1931. An epic tale of travel and adventure told with the most economical means. An itinerant sailor leads a grieving society widow and her stoic housekeeper on an exhilarating and treacherous journey into the heart of the South American jungle, without ever taking them out of the living room. With only four chairs and a phonograph, Jack Vail propels Virginia Tilford and Nancy Kimble from Providence, Rhode Island to New Orleans, Panama, and Ecuador, where hilarious encounters with explorers, shysters, gigolos, natives, and all manner of tropical wildlife
Title: Play #3 in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 31st series / COL Author: Adams, Harley Publisher: Samuel French 2007
Description:
roy dramatic comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
Is it Ok to talk about your neighbor’s penis? What about his wife’s tits? These questions are explored in PLAY #3, a series of conversations that examine the nature of the heterosexual male relationship. Centered around the hallway conversations of neighbors Pete and John, we start at their initial meeting and end at their climactic fight, and watch them choke each other. By the end, the play will have you questioning who is crazy and who is sane, and if you yourself are crazy for laughing at it. The production requires no props or scenery, and the dialogue is a treat for Title: Play for Germs in - Shooting Gallery and Play for Germs / COL Author: Horovitz, Israel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1973
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
'Having become comfortably ensconced in his victims body, Socrates (a gonorrhea germ) resents the sudden intrusion of Aristotle (a syphilis germ). Their confrontation becomes a boasting match as they trade the names of their many famous conquests, but an ominous note is sounded when they realize how many of their fellow germs have fallen prey to modern medicine. And, while Aristotle launches a frenzied attack on his latest would be conquest, so do they, as clouds of lethal "penicillin" billow in, making them choke their last breath.'
Title: Please Have a Seat and Someone Will Be With You Shortly in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Wingfield, Garth Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
Two strangers whose psychiatrists share the same waiting room finally break the ice and share the images they have constructed of each other's life.
Title: Pluck and Tenacity in - Off-Off Broadway Plays - 36th Series / COL Author: Shoshan, Daniella Publisher: Samuel French 2012
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
One member of an aspiring rap duo decides to go rogue in order to write love songs, thereby jeopardizing a lifelong friendship and since-snack-time collaboration. Title: Plumber's Apprentice, The in - The Groves of Academe and The Plumber's Apprentice / COL Author: Stein, Mark Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1982
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
"A wryly humorous and often touching examination of what happens when a young apprentice (female) is assigned to work with a crusty older plumber (male). Especially recommended for school and contest use."
Title: Pochsy's Lips in - Canadian Theatre Review - No.75, Summer 1993 / PER Author: Hines, Karen Publisher: Miscellaneous 1993
Description:
roy monologues - female all female cast; one character one female one act
'Writer and performer Karen Hines presents Poschy, a contemporary antidote to the pain and suffering of living.'
Title: Pochsy's Lips in - The Poschy Plays / CCO Author: Hines, Karen Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2004
Description:
roy monologues - female - satire all female cast; one character one female one act
'Writer and performer Karen Hines presents Poschy, a contemporary antidote to the pain and suffering of living. In this play, Poschy's in the hospital, convinced she's sick because there's a squid where her heart should be.' Title: Poison in - Outstanding Short Plays - volume 2 / COL Author: Shanley, John Patrick Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc. 2015
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
Kenny has seen the depths of Kelly's self-hatred, and he'll never date her again—unless he drinks a fortune-teller's mysterious potion, which will kill his soul as dead as Kelly's. Can Kelly convince him to drink the potion? Can she convince herself?
Title: Poochwater in - Two Hands Clapping / CCO Author: McPhaden, Mike Publisher: Signature Editions 2006
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
A man finds a wallet in a park and tries to return it to its owner - who is suffering with amnesia.
Title: Poodles in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Cale, David Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy - monologues - men all male cast; one character one male one act
A part of his solo show "A Likely Story", the story displays the marital tribulations which ensue when one partner becomes obsessed with dogs. Title: Poof! in - Plays for Actresses / COL Author: Nottage, Lynn Publisher: Vintage Books 1997
Description:
roy comedy - death all female cast; two characters two female one act
suitable for High School performances.
What's that heap of smoking ash where her husband used to be. . .a magic trick, the wrath of God or evil mojo maybe? As two friends work out the boundaries of personal rights and social consequence, this surprising comedy raises a novel question: Is spontaneous combustion illegal?
Title: Poor Beggar and the Fairy Godmother, the in - A Flea in Her Rear (or Ants in Her Pants) / COL Author: Allais, Alphonse Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1994
Description:
roy tragic farce three characters two male; one female one act
'Tragic farce set in turn of century Paris. Sketch of beggar's state of mind before during and after encounter with fairy godmother.'
Title: Pops in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Sanchez, Edwin Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy - men - monologues all male cast; one character one male one scene
A man reflects on his father's life and his attachment to I Love Lucy. Title: Porch in - Patio/Porch / COL Author: Heifner, Jack Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1978
Description:
roy dramatic comedy - small town life all female cast; two characters two female one act
suggested for high school.
"In 'Porch', the two characters are an ill and crotchety old woman and her restless, spinster daughter. As they sit on their ramshackle front porch complaining of the heat, the meanness of the mother and the aching frustration of the daughter are made vivid through dialogue which, while frequently funny, is also unerring in capturing the quiet desperation which beset them
Title: Porn Star in - Public Speaking and Other Plays / CCO Author: Craddock, Chris Publisher: NeWest Press 2014
Description:
roy solo performance - comedy - Canadian - Alberta playwright all male cast; eight characters one male (doubling) one act
A mousy small-town librarian is titillated to learn that she has unwittingly become an internet sensation thanks to an X-rated viral video starring her and her ex-boyfriend (much to the horror of her mother, a family-values right-wing politician).
Title: Post-its (Notes on a Marriage) in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Dooley, Paul Holzman, Winnie Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
An updated version of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters, substituting Post-its for Gurney's more traditional missives. Title: Prague Summer in - The Best American Short Plays 1999-2000 / COL Author: Orloff, Rich Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2001
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one scene
Summer 1992: When two Czech men deal with an American corporate woman sporting six legs and feelers, one finds her fascinating but the other is bugged.
Title: Prelude to Thirty-five in - Special Days / COL Author: Kramer, Seth Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2004
Description:
roy romantic comedy two characters one male; one female one act
this play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection Special Days.
Rae would rather endure nine hours at a train station in a snowstorm with no coat than spend one more minute at Jay's parents' house. Jay botches the job of running after Rae, and ends up with a bloody nose. All in all, a strange way to kick off an engagement...
Title: Prettiest Girl in Lafayette County in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Twelfth Series / COL Author: Milligan, Jason Publisher: Samuel French 1987
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
interior setting.
"A young woman named Misty is setting up a display of St. Patrick's Day cards in her shop in a small town in Mississippi when a young man saunters in looking to buy a Valentine's Day Card. Since it is the day after Valentine's Day, they are all at half price. He chooses his card and presents it to the abashed salesgirl. Turns out, his buddies have bet him Fifty Dollars that he Title: Price You Pay, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 24th series / COL Author: Hutton, Arlene Publisher: Samuel French 2000
Description:
roy dark comedy all female cast; three characters three female one act
'Dark comedy about two boastful women, whose world is turned upside down by a stranger.'
Title: Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots in - Canadian Theatre Review No.64, Fall 1990 / PER Author: Mojica, Monique Publisher: Miscellaneous 1990
Description:
roy parody - Native issues - Native peoples - Native playwright all female cast; large cast two female (doubling) one act
'A cynical, parodic and historical overview of the experience of Native women in the Americas.'
Title: Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots in - Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots / CCO Author: Mojica, Monique Publisher: Women's Press 1991
Description:
roy parody - Native issues - Native peoples - Native playwright all female cast; large cast two female (doubling) one act
'A cynical, parodic and historical overview of the experience of Native women in the Americas.' Title: Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots in - Staging Coyote's Dream v. 1 / CCO Author: Mojica, Monique Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1990
Description:
roy parody - Native peoples - Native playwright all female cast; many characters two female (doubling) one act
'A cynical, parodic and historical overview of the experience of Native women in the Americas.'
Title: Product in - Plays: 2 / COL Author: Ravenhill, Mark Publisher: Methuen Drama 2008
Description:
roy drama - satire two characters one male; one female one act
Olivia is a hot young starlet. Now all she needs is the script which will save her from B movie hell, a script which balances artistic integrity with blockbuster bucks. James thinks he's got the perfect pitch - a script which combines a torrid love story with the dark spectre of terrorism and big, big explosions. If he can only persuade Olivia, he's got the perfect Product.
Title: Proposal, The in - A Tragic Man Despite Himself: The Complete Short Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich translated by George Malko Publisher: Green Integer 140 2005
Description:
roy farce three characters two male; one female one act
1 exterior set; same as 'The Marriage Proposal'
"Hypochondriacal suitor quarrels with the girl he wants to marry, but she accepts him." Title: Proposal, The in - Chekhov Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Publisher: Penguin Books 1980
Description:
roy farce three characters two male; one female one act
1 exterior set; same as 'The Marriage Proposal'
"Hypochondriacal suitor quarrels with the girl he wants to marry, but she accepts him."
Title: Proposal, The in 15 International One-Act Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Publisher: Washington Square Press 1969
Description:
roy farce - relationships⌦three characters two male; one female one act
1 exterior set; same as 'The Marriage Proposal'
"Hypochondriacal suitor quarrels with the girl he wants to marry, but she accepts him."
Title: Public Servant, The in - Canadian Theatre Review (Spring 2016) / PER Author: Brewin, Jennifer and Haley McGee McVie, Sarah and Amy Rutherford Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy tragicomedy - political - Canadian - autobiographical nine characters (doubling) three female one act (seventeen scenes)
"The Public Servant" is a comic-tragedy about the women who administer the affairs of our country. Step inside the halls of power as Madge, a young, idealistic and enthusiastic civil servant, gets ready to write her first official memo. Inspired by interviews with more then 40 federal, provincial, and municipal public servants, "The Public Servant" offers a rare window into a world so familiar, yet so foreign to many Canadians. Title: Public Speaking in - Public Speaking and Other Plays / CCO Author: Craddock, Chris Publisher: NeWest Press 2014
Description:
roy solo performance - comedy - Canadian - Alberta playwright all male cast; six characters one male (doubling) one act
An amoral lifestyle guru finds his message of guilt-free self-interest tested when his sex-addicted daughter is kidnapped by a pair of dangerous thugs.
Title: Pushcart Peddlers, The in - The Best Short Plays 1981 / COL Author: Schisgal, Murray Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1980
Description:
roy satire - immigrants three characters two male; one female one act
1 exterior set; singing; dancing.
"Satire on immigrant success stories. Two recent arrivals, sitting on the New York waterfront, talk their way into capitalist enterprise and true love for the poor flower girl whom they will catapult into Broadway stardom".
Title: Pushcart Peddlers, The in - The Pushcart Peddlars, The Flatulist & Other Plays / COL Author: Schisgal, Murray Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1980
Description:
roy satire - immigrants three characters two male; one female one act
1 exterior set; singing; dancing.
"Satire on immigrant success stories. Two recent arrivals, sitting on the New York waterfront, talk their way into capitalist enterprise and true love for the poor flower girl whom they will catapult into Broadway stardom". Title: Put Your Best Foot Forward in - Short Stuff: Ten- to Twenty- Minute Plays for Mature Actors / COL Author: Brown, Kent R. Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 1998
Description:
roy comedy - senior adult theatre all female cast; two characters two female one act
A mother and her cleaning woman pass some time playing with her daughter's shoes.
Title: Pyg in - Breakout / CCO Author: Condo, Rose Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2004
Description:
roy comedy - monologues - women all female cast; one character one female one act
'"pyg" tells the funny and touching story of one woman's struggle with loneliness and the relentlessly impossible ideals our culture's media imposes on us.'
Title: Queen's Revenge, A in - Three Dark Comedies / COL Author: Beim, Norman Publisher: Newconcept Press 2007
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
An older gay man plots revenge when he is deserted by his younger lover. Title: Quick Tour of the Monument, A in - Snapshot / COL Author: Wright, Craig Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2003
Description:
roy monologues all male cast; one character one male one scene
A guide describes Mount Rushmore.
Title: Quiet Place, A in - Minor Complications / CCO Author: Gall, Brendan Publisher: Coach House Press 2010
Description:
roy tragicomedy - Canadian all male cast; two characters two male one act
Two amnesiacs in a room with no door attempt to solve the puzzle of their own existence while trying not to kill each other or fall in love. A great reckoning in a little room, this play will take you from mystery to comedy to tragedy - all with just two men, one chair and a light bulb.
Title: Radio: 30 in - Canadian Theatre Review No. 108, Fall 2001 / PER Author: Earle, Chris Publisher: Miscellaneous 2001
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
'A sinister comedy about crumbling confidence.'
Winner - 2001 Chalmers award for best new play - Dora Mavor Moore Award for outstanding new play in the Independent Theatre Division Title: Raft: An Interlude, The in - Ten Canadian Short Plays / CCO Author: Leacock, Stephen Publisher: Dell Publishing Company 1975
Description:
roy satire - romance two characters one male; one female one act
exterior set.
"Satire of romantic adventures. A 'story tale adventurer -- rafts, rescues and other specialties', fishes a girl out of the sea and acts in true gentlemanly fashion despite the close quarters to which they are confined."
Title: Rats in - First Season / COL Author: Horovitz, Israel Publisher: Vintage Books 1968
Description:
roy black comedy three characters flexible casting (adults) one act
"Black comedy about power struggle between Harlem rat and country cousin from Connecticut."
Title: Rattle In The Dash in - Rattle in the Dash / CCO Author: Anderson, Peter Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1988
Description:
roy drama - comedy - men - Canadian all male cast; three characters three male one act
"Carl and Brandon are two young guys who set out on a cross-country car trip from Detroit to Vancouver in pursuit of a woman, but before long mystery and doubt turn their journey into a very strange adventure." Title: Raunchy Dame in the Chinese Raincoat, The in - The Best American Short Plays 2003-2004 / COL Author: Noonan, John Ford Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2006
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
Two down-and-out roommates - ugly Gino and dapper Harry - compete for the attentions of Marla, a flashy blonde who enters their shabby lives bound and gagged inside a rolled-up Oriental rug. Marla, of course, makes a beeline for Gino.
Title: Real Life in - Revue Unique / COL Author: Crowder, David Lloyd Publisher: Samuel French 1964
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior.
"Mother whose son has embezzled ten thousand dollars tries to help him."
Title: Reality Play in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 38th series / COL Author: Swaner, Mark Publisher: Samuel French 2014
Description:
roy comedy - parody - television two characters flexible casting one act
An actor explores and questions the authenticity of reality television by appropriating its essential elements in the form of a “play.” Title: Recounting Our Riches in - Canadian Theatre Review (Winter 2014) / PER Author: Martineau, Maureen Publisher: Miscellaneous 2014
Description:
roy comedy - political - social issues - social class sixteen characters one male; one female (doubling) one act (twelve scenes)
In "Recounting Our Riches" two street people, Lulu and Baloune, who are trying to recycle themselves as entertainers, set out to find the answers and, following the circuitous route of the clown, discover that we need better ways to measure what is really important in life. An invitation to leave a world of things and enter a world of relationships, "Recounting Our Riches" is the English translation of the Théâtre Parminou’s "Contes de la Richesse". It is part of a trilogy based on the works of economist Patrick Viveret and inspired by work by the French theatre company La
Title: Red Carnations in - Fifteen American One Act Plays / COL Author: Hughes, Glenn Publisher: Washington Square Press 1961
Description:
roy comedy - satire three characters two male; one female one act
1 exterior set.
"A dainty little satire, written with wit, humor and distinction. A boy and a girl and a man engage in a very amusing trialogue near a park bench. Very easily produced and for light comedy, well worth doing".
Title: Relationtrip in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 31st series / COL Author: Rothstein, Sharyn Publisher: Samuel French 2007
Description:
roy comedy - relationships four characters two male; two female one act
Carrie and her sister Julie board a train bound for a cousin’s wedding with Carrie’s boyfriend of over two years, Eric. The train has just left the station when their cousin’s friend from college, Owen, introduces himself and, at Julie’s insistence, joins the group. Good-natured flirtations and easy-going conversation about marriage, love and relationships turn more personal and increasingly more intense as Carrie and Eric discover that each has a very different concept of commitment and Julie and Owen discover they both enjoy Italian food. By the trip’s end, one Title: Replacement, The in - Martini with a Twist / CCO Author: Martini, Clem Publisher: NeWest Press 2012
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - Alberta playwright three characters one male; two female one act
A quiet shut-in wrestles with the jealous ghost of his wife. "The Replacement" is the story of Norman, a widowed man who decides to take the leap back into the dating world. He invites a woman over for dinner but is surprised that, when she backs out of the date, a replacement guest shows up at his door.
Nominated! Outstanding New Play. 2003 Betty Mitchell Awards.
Title: Reservations for Two in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 13th series / COL Author: Goodman, Lori Publisher: Samuel French 1989
Description:
roy comedy - dating two characters one male; one female one act
Jim met Anne at a party and has asked her out to dinner. As they are finishing their dessert he makes his move. Anne appreciates his honesty, but launches into a progressively more out of control (and hilarious) tirade against the way men-- in general, of course-- try to seduce women. She gets so carried away that Jim (not that bad a guy, actually) decides he's having dinner with a crazy and abruptly ends the date, as well as what could have been a promising relationship--
Title: Reverb-ber-ber-rations in - Staging Coyote's Dream v. 1 / CCO Author: Spiderwoman Theatre Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1992
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - Native peoples - Native playwright all female cast; three characters three female one act
Deals with the persistence of memory across generations. Title: Rex Morgan, M.D. in - Theatrical Exhibitions / CCO Author: Shein, Brian Publisher: Pulp Press Book Publishers 1975
Description:
roy comedy - satire three characters two male; one female one act
Experimental play satirizing comic strip Rex Morgan, M.D.
Title: Rider Girl in - Canadian Theatre Review (Winter 2017) / PER Author: Sutton, Colleen Publisher: Miscellaneous 2017
Description:
roy comedy - football - monologues - Canada all female cast; nine characters; voice overs two female (doubling) one act (fifteen scenes)
running time: 80 mins
A prairie girl is seduced into sports fandom and discovers the rules don't apply to the game. Loaded with laughs, it's a fast paced, physical, and trash-talking march down the field that will haul your heart into the game.
Title: Ringrose the Pirate in - The Gypsy Woman and Other Plays / COL Author: Nigro, Don Publisher: Samuel French 1992
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior set.
1916. The writer Henry James, confined to his bed after a stroke, continues to dictate to his loyal young typist, Theodora Bosquanet, although much of what he comes up with at this point is a bizarre and funny parody of his labyrinthine later style that dances on the edge of gibberish. But suddenly - Eureka! - the great man begins pouring out something entirely unexpected and Title: Riverside Drive in - Writer's Block / COL Author: Allen, Woody Publisher: Samuel French 2003
Description:
roy comedy - marital relations three characters two male; one female one act
"Companion play to Old Saybrook, Woody Allen's other half of Writer's Block. These absurdist plays take on marital infidelity, in this instance on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where Fred Savage, a homicidal, paranoid, schizophrenic vagrant ex-copywriter, has been stalking a screenwriter for weeks, convinced that his prey stole his idea - in fact, his life - to create a successful movie plot."
Title: RMEO + JULEZ in - Dramatics (April 2014) / PER Author: Salomon, Michael Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy comedy - Shakespeare - adaptation - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
"In a modern re-imagining of the balcony scene in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” the star-crossed lovers in the 10-minute play "RMEO + JULEZ" face challenges the Bard never could have imagined. Ringing cell phones, urgent text messages and a flurry of e-mails punctuate the play about relationships in the age of technology." - Wendy Leopold
Winner of 2009 MTC/Dentyne National Student Playwrighting Competition
Title: Rock Scissors Paper in - Snapshot / COL Author: Margolin, Deb Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2003
Description:
roy monologues - women all female cast; one character one female one scene
A woman rants about her mother. Title: Role of Della, The in - Plays for Actresses / COL Author: Wooten, John J. Publisher: Vintage Books 1997
Description:
roy comedy - auditions all female cast; three characters three female one act
suitable for high school performances.
An eager young actress has her eye set on the role of Della, but can she convince a cold, sarcastic director that she's right for the part? A riveting and riotous look at the contemporary audition process, giving new meaning to the term "stealing a scene."
Title: Romance in A Flat in - Feydeau, First to Last / COL Author: Feydeau, Georges Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2001
Description:
roy farce three characters two male; one female one act
'Parisian society lady meets her rather odd new piano teacher.'
Title: Romantic Friction in - Romantic Friction and other plays / COL Author: Read, Michelle Publisher: Miscellaneous n.d.
Description:
roy comedy four characters one male; two female (doubling) one act
Anna has moved to Ireland in order to write a 'proper' novel but she's hardly off the boat before she's met a man, fallen in love and been jilted. The play is set as Anna wakes up in a drunken stupor to find two of the characters from her latest 'bodice ripper' large as life in her living room. The ensuing discussion with the chirpy, cockney maid servant Minnie Crabtree and the dashingly, heroic Lord Beaston, helps Anna to get her life, not to mention her plotlines, back into shape. Title: Roosevelt Cousins, Thoroughly Sauced, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 32nd series / COL Author: Lew, Michael Publisher: Samuel French 2008
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
It’s during prohibition, FDR and Eleanor are still fairly young, stuck in Georgia at a Polio clinic and getting drunk on illegal moonshine. As they imbibe, Eleanor tries to convince FDR to run for office. The more drunk they get, the more their comments become absurd and anachronistic, the author’s voice entering the text making for a very silly romp.
Title: Rosa's Eulogy in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Strand, Richard Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy - monologue - women all female cast; one character one female one scene
A woman delivers a moving eulogy for what she believes to be a stray cat.
Title: Rules of Comedy in - Humana Festival 2015 / COL Author: Cotter, Patricia Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2016
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
Caroline is really, really not funny. Which is why she hires Guy, a stand-up comedian with some hang-ups of his own, to teach her how to tell jokes. But it turns out that they both have things to learn from one another, about life as well as laughter. Title: Run in - Dating Games / COL Author: Wingfield, Garth Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2006
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
In a dog run in New York City, dogs sniff one another... and so do humans.
Title: Sad Lament of Pecos Bill on the Eve of Killing His Wife in - Fool for Love / COL Author: Shepard, Sam Publisher: City Lights Books 1983
Description:
roy comic operetta two characters one male; one female one act
"This comic operetta takes a distaff view of the Southwest's legendary cowpuncher and his mate Slue-foot Sue, with irreverent commentary on American heroes and heroics."
Title: Safe Sex in - The Way We Live Now / COL Author: Fierstein, Harvey Publisher: Theatre Communications Group 1990
Description:
roy comedy - LGBTQ+ all male cast; two characters two male one act
'Second play in trilogy entitled Safe Sex is comic argument between two male lovers one of whom believes the other's safe sex stance is attempt to avoid intimacy.' Title: Sale, The in - Short Stuff: Ten- to Twenty- Minute Plays for Mature Actors / COL Author: Alex, David Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 1998
Description:
roy comedy - senior adult theatre two characters one male; one female one act
A teacher gives her new pupil a lesson in life and algebra.
Title: Saying Yes in - Latin American Plays / COL Author: Gambaro, Griselda translated by Sebastian Doggart Publisher: Nick Hern Books 1996
Description:
roy black comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
1 interior; translated by Sebastian Doggart.
Black comedy set in hairdressing salon about man's inhumanity to man.
Title: Scene at Mt. Rushmore in - Snapshot / COL Author: Long, Quincy Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2003
Description:
roy comedy al male cast; two characters two male one scene
In this beautiful, humorous family drama, brothers Bobby and Did contemplate stone-faced presidents and their momma's memory. Title: Scent of Honeysuckle in - A Little Something for the Ducks and Scent of Honeysuckle / COL Author: Toddie, Jean Lenox Publisher: Samuel French 1983
Description:
roy comedy - family relations all female cast; three characters three female one act
'Three generations of women struggle with need for independence.'
Title: Sealwoman and the Fisher, The in - Fancy Footwork / COL Author: Gallagher, Miriam Publisher: Society of Irish Playwrights 1997
Description:
roy folk tales two characters one male; one female one act
no set.
"The God of Christianity and the old Seagod struggle for a fisherman's soul. The Sealwoman and the Fisher uses an old Scottish Folk Tale which lends itself to a magical composition where the theatrical illusion is created by dance, music and mime."
Title: Second Chance, First Love in - Palliser Suite / CCO Author: Russell-King, Caroline Publisher: Frontenac House 2014
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - Alberta playwright - relationships three characters two male; one female one act
part 2 of a trilogy of plays called "Palliser Suite"; can be produced as a one act or in conjunction with the other two, "Mr. Fix It" and "Funeral Fore!".
Decades later Zelda meets up with her first love, Stanley, a washed up sit com star in the hotel room. Does Zelda want to re-kindle her romance with Stanley or is something else her first love? Title: Seduction Duet in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 6th series / COL Author: Appleman, M. H. Publisher: Samuel French 1982
Description:
roy American - comedy two characters one male; one female one act
bare stage; simple set.
Two insecure singles hilariously try to join the sexual revolution. Cynthia, a computer operator, returns home from an office party with Matt, an accountant. They discover mutual interests from saving dolphins, to conversation and reading - about butterflies, overpopulation and sex. In a wild dance seduction scene - when tequila and Mexican music take over - sparks
Title: Senior Prom in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 10th series / COL Author: Mearns, Robert Publisher: Samuel French 1985
Description:
roy comedy - high school two characters one male; one female one act
On Prom night a couple sit on the terrace. The guy is a young actor from New York who became friends with the girl when his theatre company played in the town. He once had one line on a popular soap opera-- which makes him a celebrity at the prom. He is embarrassed-- and reluctant to tell her that he is not really a star. When he finally does, it doesn't matter. She loves him anyway. This sensitive, amusing look at young love is perfect for college and high school productions.
Title: Seven Days in the Life of Simon Labrosse in - Carole Frechette: Three Plays / CCO Author: Frechette, Carole translated by John Murrell Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2001
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
'Play within a play. Earnest, unemployed young man invites public to witness scenes from his life.' Title: Sex with the Censor in - Theresa Rebeck: Collected Plays v. 1, 1989 - 1998 / COL Author: Rebeck, Theresa Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1999
Description:
roy comedy - American two characters one male; one female one act
" 'Sex With the Censor' is about a prostitute’s psychologically complex encounter with a client. Gender and power relations, yes, but with a sharp emotional edge and a comic inevitability."
Title: She With a Capital Ess in - What If? / COL Author: Hanagan, Jay D. Publisher: Samuel French 2006
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
A simple man with girl problems has a little chat with God about those problems. What do you say to God? How do you say it? Doesn't He already know the questions? Doesn't He already know the answers? And what makes Him such an expert?
Title: Shooting Gallery in - Shooting Gallery and Play for Germs / COL Author: Horovitz, Israel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1973
Description:
roy comedy - avant garde three characters two male; one female one act
suggested for high school.
"Young man in amusement park shooting gallery has spent all his money, neglected his children, and exhausted wife in effort to hit a mechanical bear, thereby winning goldfish for wife." Title: Shooting Star in - Plays for Two / COL Author: Dietz, Steven Publisher: Vintage Books 2014
Description:
roy comedy - romance two characters one male; one female one act
flexible set.
Snowed in overnight at a middle-America airport, college lovers Elena Carson and Reed McAllister have an unexpected and life-altering reunion. Elena has stayed true to her hippie-ish, counter-culture path, while Reed has gone predictably corporate and conservative. As the night gives way to laughter, banter, remembrance and alcohol, Elena and Reed revisit a past that holds
Title: Shopaholic in - Four by Four by Four / CCO Author: Stirling, Glenda Publisher: Red Deer Press 2008
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - Alberta playwright thirteen characters one male; two female (doubling) one act
prequel to "Shopaholic Husband Hunt" and "Shopaholic Wedding Bells".
Abigail Adams is an addict, but she isn’t addicted to something nasty like heroin or even booze or cigarettes. Abbie is a shopaholic, and her addiction inspires more laughs than sympathy. She can’t go by a mall without picking up a few things. She bemoans the state of her finances, but she can’t pass up a sale. Her love life is rocky, but she makes up for it by adding something new to
Title: Shoulder Pads in - Cues and Entrances / CCO Author: Ravel, Aviva Publisher: Gage Educational Publishing 1993
Description:
roy comedy - family relations three characters one male; two female one act
'The new rebellious spirit of the sixties and the beginnings of the modern women's liberation movement are presented in the character of a domineering mother who pretends to be a part of this spirit. In reality, however, she retains her deeply-ingrained old-fashioned values that focus on material possessions and social status. She has systematically imposed these values on her timid, over-protected daughter and hen-pecked husband. In a comic reversal, the tide turns on the mother, as her daughter and fiancé leave their repressive homes to lead independent lives, Title: Sid and Elsie in - Best Student One Acts Volume 6 / COL Author: Poulten, Bernari Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 2001
Description:
roy dramatic comedy - communism three characters two male; three female one act
'Sid and Elsie are television actors, writers and comedians during the McCarthy era. Sid writes a show that forces the network to cancel the series, and is forced to appear before McCarthy's Senate committee.'
Title: Singular Kinda Guy, A in - All in the Timing (Fourteen plays) / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Vintage Books 1995
Description:
roy comedy - relationships - monologue all male cast; one character one male one act
A young guy is out on a Saturday night in his best shoes, talking to a girl he's met in a bar. She's nice, he likes her. But he's got this sort of confession, see. There's something she ought to know about him. And he's never told this to anybody. You see, on the inside, deep on the inside, he isn't really a guy at all. He's an Olivetti electric self-correcting typewriter. And he can't even type!
Title: Singular Kinda Guy, A in - Outstanding Short Plays - volume 2 / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc. 2015
Description:
roy comedy - solo performance - relationships - monologue all male cast; one character one male one act
Mitch is a young guy talking to a girl in a bar. She's nice, but he's got this sort of confession, see. There's something she ought to know—on the inside, he isn't really a guy at all. He's an Olivetti electric self-correcting typewriter. Title: Sinners Three in - The Vile Governess and Other Psychodramas / CCO Author: Lemoine, Stewart Publisher: Playwrights Union of Canada 1986
Description:
roy comedy - black comedy - Alberta playwright three characters one male; two female one act
"Brief and psychotic comedy of forbidden love in the gutters and drawing rooms of the Austrian capital."
Title: Sir Herbert is Deeply Touched in - Sir Herbert is Deeply Touched-This Marathon Business-'Hamlet'.../ COL Author: Stevens, H.C.G. Publisher: Kenyon-Deane 1931
Description:
nonroy comedy all male cast; three characters three male one act
Description not available.
Title: Sister Mary's a Dyke?! in - Queer Play / CCO Author: Peña, Flerida Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2017
Description:
roy comedy - LGBTQ+ - women - religion - Canadian - solo performance all female cast; one character one female one act (sixteen scenes)
A playful attack on the church and the oppressive educational systems it has spawned. Peña uses high theatricality ro illustrate her queer vision and empower her characters to be as fully rebellious as she can dream them. What seems at first to be a coming out story quickly turns into a fantastical rebellion of comic book proportions. This action-packed play is a fun foray into the triumph of imagination in the face of oppression - one that culminates in nothing less that a dramatic overthrow of the Vatican. Title: Six Dead Bodies Duct-taped to a Merry-Go-Round in - The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011 / COL Author: Walker, Lindsay Marianna Moore, Dawson Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2012
Description:
roy comedy - relationships all male cast; two characters two male one act
The play captures nothing more complicated than a couple of seemingly disparate people finding each other's humanities.
Title: Skin Deep in - Shrinking Violets and Towering Tiger Lillies / COL Author: Howe, Tina Publisher: Samuel French 2009
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
set on the R train in New York City.
Daphne, the wood nymph is being chased through the subway system by Apollo. She flies into the arms of an infamous dermatologist who tries to save her. But can he?
Title: Smell of Burning, A in - A Smell of Burning and Then... / COL Author: Campton, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1969
Description:
roy comedy - relationships three characters; offstage voice two male; one female one act
simple interior.
'Satire with symbolism. British married couple at breakfast continue to be absorbed in domestic trivialities while in the distance explosives are heard and a mysterious gentleman from the government performs some sinister actions.' Title: Social Event, A in - Summer Brave and Eleven Short Plays / COL Author: Inge, William Publisher: Random House 1962
Description:
roy satire three characters one male; two female one act
'Uninvited, snubbed Hollywood couple plan to attend star's funeral.'
Title: Something from Nothing in - Outstanding Short Plays - volume 2 / COL Author: Reidy, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc. 2015
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
A stranger's intimate gesture on a New York subway causes a couple to reexamine their relationship, and it causes one person to get punched in the face. Told from all three characters' wildly different perspectives.
Title: Something in the Basement in - Something in the Basement and Other Plays / COL Author: Nigro, Don Publisher: Samuel French 1989
Description:
roy comedy - drama - marital relations two characters one male; one female one act
interior.
"A young married couple move into an old house where their nights are troubled by the young wife's reluctance to allow the husband to touch her, and her growing insistence that there is something making increasingly bizarre noises in their dark basement, and gradually their fear turns into an obsessive struggle and a strange erotic triangle the third member of which lurks Title: Something to Eat in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Ninth Series / COL Author: Rhodes, Norman L. Publisher: Samuel French 1984
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
"A young urban couple, the proverbial 'Yuppies', just can't seem to settle on where to go out to eat. Every place that he suggests, she's against. Of course, she doesn't have any suggestions of her own - she just won't go along with any of his suggestions. Then, she finally agrees to suggest a restaurant - and every place she suggests does not appeal to him. Eventually, of course, they are able to make the vital, crucial, earth-shattering decision of where to go get something to eat. A hilarious outlook at a contemporary 'relationship'."
Title: Song for Me, or Getting the Oscar, A in - The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011 / COL Author: Bolen, John Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2012
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
Is honesty always the best policy? If so, then why does love inspire so much deception and such strange behavior? How could any relationship survive unfiltered when verisimilitude will serve much better, and get us kissed at night?
Title: Sort of Holiday, A in - Triple Play / CCO Author: Curran, Colleen Publisher: NuAge Editions 1990
Description:
roy romantic comedy two characters one male; one female one act
'An unlikely romantic comedy about two strangers who clash one afternoon in a small college library. The spirit of Stephen Leacock, which permeates this play, gently leads the two characters to a surprising reconciliation.' Title: Speak Now in - Special Days / COL Author: Kramer, Seth Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2004
Description:
roy romantic comedy two characters one male; one female one act
this play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection Special Days.
It's the biggest day of Casey's life and she's locked on a roof across the street from the church where her wedding just started. Harold, the guy who got them into this mess, must come up with a plan to save the day or face the fact that he just ruined Casey's wedding.
Title: Specter in - Green man and other plays / COL Author: Nigro, Don Publisher: Samuel French 1991
Description:
roy dark comedy - ghost stories two characters one male; one female one act
On a rainy night a young professor drives on a twisted road through the woods near Princeton, swerves into a ditch to avoid a girl in a white dress, and finds himself stuck in his car with an outrageous and possibly demented young lady who might want to murder or make love to him, or both. This ancient ghost story is retold as a funny and frightening play about the relationship of desire to danger and the perils of relying on the kindness of strangers.
Title: Spelling Bee, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays Nineteenth Series / COL Author: Vassallo, Philip Publisher: Samuel French 1995
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
'Encounter between two young men, one black and one white, each victimized by same crime.' Title: Square Root of Love, The in - The Square Root of Love / COL Author: Meltzer, Daniel Publisher: Samuel French 1979
Description:
roy romantic comedy two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior set.
"Two college geniuses discover more to life than intellectual pursuits".
Title: St. Nicholas in - Weir and Other Plays, The / COL Author: McPherson, Conor Publisher: Theatre Communications Group 1999
Description:
roy black comedy - Irish all male cast; one character one male one act
'Black comedy about obsession, seduction and entrapment. Jaded London theatre critic falls for beautiful actress.'
Title: Stacy in - Plays: One / COL Author: Thorne, Jack Publisher: Nick Hern Books 2014
Description:
roy comedy - relationships - monologue all male cast; one character one male one act
In this monologue play, twenty-something Rob tells the story of a confusing couple of days in which everything in his life seems to have gone wrong. Rob works in a call-centre – a job for which he claims he is vastly overqualified – and lives in Croydon with his brother. Following an unexpected sexual encounter with his best friend Stacy the night before, he has turned up at her house hoping to continue where they left off. But when flatmate Shona arrives first, he makes a terrible decision that will change the course of his life forever. The play is performed by an actor Title: Starman, Wish me Luck in - Short Stuff: Ten- to Twenty- Minute Plays for Mature Actors / COL Author: Burton, Nicole J. Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 1998
Description:
roy comedy - senior adult theatre two characters one male; one female one act
A couple of odd characters and a conversation on a park bench.
Title: Starter Home in - Three on the Boards / CCO Author: Koller, Katherine Publisher: Signature Editions 2007
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - Alberta playwright three characters one male; two female seven scenes
"Vanessa and Wayne are in love and want to move in together. They find the perfect starter home for rent, but they're not so sure about the landlady."
Title: Statue of Bolivar in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Lane, Eric Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
Sets an encounter between a self-possessed eighth-grader and a woman of a certain age near the statue of Simon Bolivar in New York's Central Park. Title: Streak in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Smith, Tommy Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy - baseball all male cast; two characters - voice two male one act
Presents an on-field encounter between a Hispanic third baseman and an American baseball coach.
Title: Street of Blood in - String Quartet / CCO Author: Burkett, Ronnie Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2010
Description:
roy dark comedy - puppet play - fantasy - Canadian all male cast one male; puppets one act
When Mrs. Edna Rural pricks her finger and bleeds onto her sewing, she sees the face of Christ in a quilt square. As the media and the faithful converge on her sleepy prairie town, a has-been Hollywood vampire seeking rejuvenation and a karaoke-singing gay terrorist intent on revenge join the fray. And just as the bloodbath begins, the man in the quilt appears in the flesh to the odd trio, revealing that the bonds of blood are thicker and stranger than their individual thirsts led them to believe.
Title: Street of Blood in - Modern Canadian Plays Volume II - Fifth Edition / CCO Author: Burkett, Ronnie Publisher: Talonbooks 2013
Description:
roy dark comedy - puppet play - fantasy - Canadian all male cast one male; puppets one act
When Mrs. Edna Rural pricks her finger and bleeds onto her sewing, she sees the face of Christ in a quilt square. As the media and the faithful converge on her sleepy prairie town, a has-been Hollywood vampire seeking rejuvenation and a karaoke-singing gay terrorist intent on revenge join the fray. And just as the bloodbath begins, the man in the quilt appears in the flesh to the odd trio, revealing that the bonds of blood are thicker and stranger than their individual thirsts led them to believe. Title: Strife Faces Jan in - Revue Unique / COL Author: Crowder, David Lloyd Publisher: Samuel French 1964
Description:
roy satire three characters one male; two female one act
1 interior.
"Satire on radio and television serial drama."
Title: Stronger, The in - The Plays of Strindberg Vol. 1 / COL Author: Strindberg, August translated by Michael Meyer Publisher: Vintage Books 1964
Description:
roy comedy - women all female cast; three characters three female one act
1 interior.
"Social comedy. Wife vs. other woman."
Title: Student, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 34th series / COL Author: Hoverman, Matt Publisher: Samuel French 2010
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
A two-character holiday comedy about a burnt-out, adult education writing teacher who rediscovers his passion in one of the strangest student-teacher conferences of all time. Title: Stuff in - Out of the Fringe / COL Author: Bustamante, Nao Fusco, Coco Publisher: Theatre Communications Group 2000
Description:
roy satire - revue three characters; extras one male; two female one act
audience participation; music, singing, dancing.
Satirical revue about Latin women, food, and sex - cultural consumption, as practiced by North Americans and Europeans.
Title: Stuffings in - Stuffings and An American Sunset: Two Plays / COL Author: Prideaux, James Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1973
Description:
roy romantic comedy three characters two male; one female one act
1 interior set.
"Dowdy lady taxidermist forced to choose between love and her career".
Title: Sturm und Drang in - Steven Berkoff: Plays One / COL Author: Berkoff, Steven Publisher: Faber and Faber 1994
Description:
roy comedy - British three characters two male; one female one act
No description available. Title: Subtext of Texting, The in - The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011 / COL Author: Howard, Lorin Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2012
Description:
roy comedy - romance three characters one male; two female one act
Puts a contemporary spin on early romantic contacts by reminding us how the advent of new technologies like texting generates a new language of love not quite sorted out.
Title: Success in - The Best American Short Plays 1991-1992 / COL Author: Kopit, Arthur Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1991
Description:
roy black comedy three characters one male; two female one act
1 interior set.
'Author of best seller about depression commits suicide during promotional tour.'
Title: Successful Life of 3, The in - Eight Plays from Off-Off Broadway / COL Author: Fornes, Maria Irene Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. 1966
Description:
roy comedy - vaudeville - skits three characters; extras two male; one female one act (ten scenes)
"The Successful Life of 3" playfully examines the intersecting lives and relationships of two men and the woman they sometimes share. Its characters are nameless archetypes; He, She and 3, who careen through ten episodic vaudevillian scenes. Title: Suicide Meet, The in - The Suicide Meet / CCO Author: Baldridge, Mary Humphrey Publisher: Playwrights Co-op 1977
Description:
roy Alberta playwright - Canadian - comedy multiple characters two female; one male one act
" "The Suicide Meet" was true Canadiana - with all our warts showing. Parts made me squirm with their truisms - parts made me reminisce briefly - a few parts were sad in their candor... After the series of skits was over, little sardonic slices of life as crude and unabashed as picking your nose in public, I realized I felt good, I was entertained." - Shirley Gordon, Radio CKXL, Calgary
No further description available.
Title: Summer in the Country in - The Brute and Other Farces / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Bentley, Eric Publisher: Samuel French 1956
Description:
roy dramatic comedy - death - suicide all male cast; two characters two male one act
Depressed man begs friend for revolver to end his life but his request goes humorously unheeded.
Title: Summer Morning Visitor in - Twain Plus Plain / COL Author: Sabath, Bernard Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1984
Description:
roy biographical - comedy - Samuel Clemens / Mark Twain three characters one male; two female one act
First in a series of Sam Clemens one acts.
A young man of Southern background but Northern sympathies agonizes over which side to join in the growing conflict that will become the Civil War. Befriended by a young Missouri woman whose husband is with the Union forces, he (young Sam Clemens) is introduced to a nosy neighbor as a long-absent brother and, in this guise, he sends his new friend a witty letter after Title: Summing Up, The in - Three Dark Comedies / COL Author: Beim, Norman Publisher: Newconcept Press 2007
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
part of "It Tolls for Thee" - a one act trilogy.
An ageing socialite wants a journalist to ghost write her memoirs.
Title: Super Hot Raven and Raven II: The Ravening in - Best American Short Plays 2014-2015, The / COL Author: Gogerty, Megan Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books 2016
Description:
roy LGBTQ+ - spoof all female cast; two characters two female one act (three scenes)
1 interior set.
"A sexy, silly spoof of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," "Super Hot Raven and Raven II: The Ravening" are two ten-minute plays reimagining the famous poem as a hot lesbian love story between a poet and a mysterious plumber in a Baltimore Ravens jersey."
Title: Supermarche, Le in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 31st series / COL Author: August, Ian Publisher: Samuel French 2007
Description:
roy comedy - relationships three characters one male; one female; one male or female one act
It starts with a Girl, and then adds a Boy. They meet amidst the colorful aisles of Le Supermarché. They blend well and marry, and move to a little cottage in the country. But the Girl begins to curdle in her milquetoast life, and returns to the market to find comfort and peace. Instead she finds a strange old man, who offers her a recipe for change; a delicious but dangerous solution to her marital woes. A Fairy Tale in Foodspeak, LE SUPERMACHÉ is the story of cream colored romance and frosty revenge, wrapped in wit and warmth and topped with bits of Title: Support Your Local Police in - Five One Act Plays by Mark Twain / COL Author: Twain, Mark Tasca, Jules Publisher: Samuel French 1976
Description:
roy comedy - satire all male cast; three characters three male one act
'Adaptation of Mark Twain's story of elephant that roams New York City creating havoc and the maniacal police chief who cannot catch it.'
Title: Suppressed Desires in - Thirty Famous One Act Plays / COL Author: Glaspell, Susan Cook, George Cram Publisher: Random House 1943
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
1 interior.
"Psychoanalysis. Husband and wife."
Title: Sure Thing in - All In the Timing (Six one-act comedies) / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1994
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
"...is a classic of contemporary comedy: two people meet in a cafe and find their way through a conversational minefield as an off-stage bell interrupts their false starts, gaffes, and faux pas on the way to falling in love." Title: Sure Thing in - Telling Tales / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Penguin Books 1993
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
"...is a classic of contemporary comedy: two people meet in a cafe and find their way through a conversational minefield as an off-stage bell interrupts their false starts, gaffes, and faux pas on the way to falling in love."
Title: Sure Thing in - All In the Timing (Fourteen plays) / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Vintage Books 1995
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
"...is a classic of contemporary comedy: two people meet in a cafe and find their way through a conversational minefield as an off-stage bell interrupts their false starts, gaffes, and faux pas on the way to falling in love."
Title: Surprise in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Levine, Mark Harvey Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy - relationships three characters one male; two female one act
A psychic young man finds the perfect mate. Title: Surviving Fad in - Special Days / COL Author: Kramer, Seth Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2004
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
this play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection Special Days.
Bob and Gloria are two prehistoric lungfish in love, with just one major problem -- evolution. Will the two fish survive a momentous journey onto land, or will this mean the end of their relationship, and possibly their very species?
Title: Sweet Room, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (30th series) / COL Author: Ramos, Brandon Publisher: Samuel French 2006
Description:
roy comedy - family relations three characters one male; two female one scene
This play explores the relationship of two young sisters living in New York City as they navigate the economies and moralities of their lives. What begins as a tale of a lurid date quickly turns into a quirky debate as Hannah and her older sister Madeline struggle and wise-crack through would-yous and could-yous. Hannah defends a free-spirit's yearning to experience her life to the fullest while Madeline seeks to ground herself in her scholastic work and even-keel approach. Both women's positions are put to the test when an unexpected pizza delivery lays their
Title: Table Top in - High Sticking / CCO Author: Brownell, Mark Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2006
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - hockey all male cast; three characters three males one act
running time : 10 mins.
An American, a Quebecois and an English Canadian search for the Holy Grail of table-top hockey: The Hubbard Cup. A lethally comic piece about guys and hockey and the differences between Canadians and Americans and Canadians and Canadiens. Title: Take My Land ... Please in - The Best American Short Plays 2011-2012 / COL Author: Richardson, John F. Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2013
Description:
roy comedy - American - short play - historical three characters two male; one female one act
A meditation and reflection with a decidedly irreverent twist. Splashed with comic anachronism, this play is Richardson's rewrite of the "bad rap" given to the Native Americans who sold Manhattan to the Europeans: "I'm convinced there's a deeper truth behind the historical record. My play is an attempt to set that record straight". It's not entirely clear what record is being set straight, but it's not a real cause for concern.
Title: Tales of an Urban Indian in - Darrell Dennis: Two Plays / CCO Author: Dennis, Darrell Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2005
Description:
roy Canadian - dark comedy - Native peoples - Native playwright large cast all male cast; one male (doubling) nineteen scenes
A one-person play that follows the trials and tribulations of Simon Douglas, a young Native man who moves from his rural reservation to the big city of Vancouver. This dark comedy examines the issues of race, identity, and assimilation that drive young, Native males to self-destruction.
Title: Tarantino Variation in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Kramer, Seth Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy - movies all male cast or; all female cast; three characters three male or three female one act
Stages a holdup scene replete with references to the director's movies. Title: Tears of a Dinosaur in - Ilsa, Queen of the Nazi Love Camp and Other Plays / CCO Author: Brooker, Blake Publisher: Red Deer College Press 1993
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - family relations three characters two male; one female one act
A taut, mischievous meditation on the modern family with mom, pop, adopted son and numerous dinosaurs.
Title: Teeth in - Shrinking Violets and Towering Tiger Lillies / COL Author: Howe, Tina Publisher: Samuel French 2009
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
set in a dentist’s office. It’s Bach’s birthday. A neurotic woman has come to her dentist to have a filling replaced, but he’s struggling with his own problems.
Title: Tempting Fate, A in - Best Student One Acts Volume 7 / COL Author: Stoller, Brad Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 2002
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
'A husband and wife discover the relief of turning their life over to fate by using first a coin and then dice until their quixotic oracle turns them inside out.' Title: Ten Ways to Abuse an Old Woman in - Canadian Brash / CCO Author: Clark, Sally Publisher: Coach House Press 1990
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
"A black-hearted look at the relationship between a fifty-year-old woman and her mother."
Title: Ten Ways to Abuse an Old Woman in - Playing the Pacific Province / CCO Author: Clark, Sally Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2001
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
"A black-hearted look at the relationship between a fifty-year-old woman and her mother."
Title: Tender Offer in - Seven One-Act Plays (Wasserstein) / COL Author: Wasserstein, Wendy Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2000
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one girl one act
"TENDER OFFER focuses on a distant father and his nine-year-old daughter. When he arrives late to pick her up from dance class, they discuss their lack of communication and why he missed her dance recital. Title: Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (29th series) / COL Author: Camp, Jennifer Publisher: Samuel French 2005
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
Lillian and Ben are attracted to one another. The only trouble is they've never met. Or even spoken, for that matter. They've only seen each other in the lobby of the Museum of Natural History where each, for their own reasons, has been drawn. Once they notice each other, the unexpected possibility of love begins to take shape as they work up the nerve, over the course of four weeks, to speak to the other person. Through the use of monologues, imaginary conversations and a shared dream, this unlikely duo - a video game designer and a literature
Title: Theory of Mind in - Dramatics (May 2012) / PER Author: LeZebnik, Ken Publisher: Miscellaneous 2013
Description:
roy romance - comedy five characters two male; one female (doubling) one act
Two high school students, one with autism, go out on a date.
Title: Thom Pain (based on nothing) in - Thom Pain (based on nothing) / COL Author: Eno, Will Publisher: Theatre Communications Group 2005
Description:
roy monologue - one man show all male cast; one character one male one act
When Will Eno’s one-person play "Thom Pain" opened in New York in February 2005, it became something rare—an unqualified hit, which soon extended through July. Before that, the play was a critical success in London and received the coveted Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival. Dubbed “stand-up existentialism” by The New York Times, it is lyrical and deadpan, both sardonic and sincere. It is Thom Pain—in the camouflage of the common man—fumbling with his heart, squinting into the light. Title: Thread Count in - The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011 / COL Author: Soland, Lisa Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2012
Description:
roy romantic comedy three characters two male; one female one act
The play brings together an uppity sales clerk and North Dakota widow and generating a not-quite-love-at-first-sight encounter that is wacky and romantic at the same time.
Title: Thrift of the Magi in - Snapshot / COL Author: Weisman, Annie Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2003
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one scene
A couple look for clothes to wear to the evening's party.
Title: Through a Glass Darkly in - Shrinking Violets and Towering Tiger Lillies / COL Author: Howe, Tina Publisher: Samuel French 2009
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
set in an optometrist’s office. Things spin out of control when a young playwright visits her optometrist for an emergency eye exam. Title: Ties that Bind in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Coble, Eric Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
Portrays the trials and tribulations of modern life as embodied in a Houdini-like magic act.
Title: Tiger, The in - The Typists and The Tiger / COL Author: Schisgal, Murray Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1963
Description:
roy satire - relationships - self realizations two characters one male; one female one act
suggested for high school
Suburban housewife and nonconformist make love after exchanging clichés about conformity and human communication.
Title: Till Death Do Us in - The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011 / COL Author: Fiskin, Gene Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2012
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
Men and women view things differently when it comes to weddings. The play is a brief tongue-in-cheek exploration of those differences. Title: Time Flies in - Mere Mortals / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1998
Description:
roy comedy - romance three characters two male; one female one act
In 'Time Flies', two lonely but sweet young mayflies meet at a pond and really hit it off. Unfortunately, Horace and May watch a nature program on this first night out and discover they have a lifespan of only one day - and their lives are half over.
Title: Time Flies in - The Best American Short Plays 1997-1998 / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Miscellaneous 1998
Description:
roy comedy - romance three characters two male; one female one act
In 'Time Flies', two lonely but sweet young mayflies meet at a pond and really hit it off. Unfortunately, Horace and May watch a nature program on this first night out and discover they have a lifespan of only one day - and their lives are half over.
Title: Time Flies in - Time Flies and Other Short Plays / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Grove Press 2001
Description:
roy comedy - romance three characters two male; one female one act
In 'Time Flies', two lonely but sweet young mayflies meet at a pond and really hit it off. Unfortunately, Horace and May watch a nature program on this first night out and discover they have a lifespan of only one day - and their lives are half over. Title: Time Flies in - Under 30 / YCL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Vintage Books 2004
Description:
roy comedy - romance three characters two male; one female one act
In 'Time Flies', two lonely but sweet young mayflies meet at a pond and really hit it off. Unfortunately, Horace and May watch a nature program on this first night out and discover they have a lifespan of only one day - and their lives are half over.
Title: Tinka's New Dress in - Canadian Theatre Review No. 95, Summer 1998 / PER Author: Burkett, Ronnie Publisher: Miscellaneous 1998
Description:
roy comedy - puppet play many characters one male; puppets one act
Description not available.
Title: Tinka's New Dress in - Alone, on Stage / CCO Author: Burkett, Ronnie Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2008
Description:
roy comedy - puppet play - monologues - men - Canadian⌦many characters one male; puppets one act
Description not available. Title: Tongue, Tied in - Humana Festival 2008 / COL Author: Cooper, Thomas Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2009
Description:
roy comedy six characters one male; one female; four puppets one scene
A couple give in to their sock puppets' baser desires (and find a little something in it for themselves).
Title: Total Body Washout in - Johnnyville: An Official Secrets Act; and, Total Body Washout / CCO Author: Carnwath, Drew Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1998
Description:
roy dark comedy all male cast, one character one male one act
'A play which charts one man's journey to the edge of modern madness - and back again - complete with post cards, x-rays, dreams and large antlered animals.'
Title: Tough Choices for the New Century in - Humana Festival '95 / COL Author: Anderson, Jane Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1995
Description:
roy black comedy two characters one male; one female one act
Black comedy about disaster preparedness seminar. Title: Tough Choices for the New Century in - 20/20 ... / COL Author: Anderson, Jane Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1995
Description:
roy black comedy two characters one male; one female one act
Black comedy about disaster preparedness seminar.
Title: Tour in - Apple Pie / COL Author: McNally, Terrence Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1968
Description:
roy satire three characters; extras two male; one female one act
1 simple set.
"An American couple being chauffeured through Italy, imagine themselves to be ambassadors of good will despite their fatuous, patronizing chatter. Mixed in with their inane comments, to their driver and others, are references to their son in Vietnam and to the carnage there; but somehow they remain unable to comprehend the reality of the world they live in - and to be comfortable
Title: Toys for Men in - Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music and Toys for Men / COL Author: Blessing, Lee Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1982
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; three characters three male one act
1 exterior set.
Description not available. Title: Tragic Man Despite Himself, A in - A Tragic Man Despite Himself: The Complete Short Plays / COL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich translated by George Malko Publisher: Green Integer 140 2005
Description:
roy farce all male cast; two characters two male one act
A man requests a favor from a friend.
Title: Trapped! in - Queer Play / CCO Author: Thompson, Hope Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2017
Description:
roy comedy - women - LGBTQ+ - Canadian - relationships all female cast; three characters three female one act (five scenes)
A play that inhibits the film noir genre to tell the story of a beleaguered and bedridden newlywed. A critique of gay marriage that stages a camp representation of the regulatory structures it imposes. Progressive mainstream concepts of freedom result here in a state of mutual entrapment. Trapped! is a tale of menace and murder in a queer comedic frame.
Title: Traveler, The in - 24 favorite One Act Plays / COL Author: Connelly, Marc Publisher: Doubleday 1958
Description:
roy satire all male cast; three characters three male one act
one interior set.
Scene: The smoking compartment of a Pullman Car.
Subway rider breaks travel pattern by taking railroad train. Title: Tremulous in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 22nd series / COL Author: Wilhelm, Le Publisher: Samuel French 1996
Description:
roy tragicomedy all female cast; two characters two girls one act
'Tragicomedy about two teenage girls who talk about life while planning their suicides.'
Title: Trick of Fate, A in - Talking Bodies / CCO Author: Tremblay, Larry Publisher: Talonbooks 2001
Description:
roy monologues - men all male cast; one character one male one act
A man loses a tooth eating a chocolate eclair, then all his teeth, his tongue, a finger, and finally his head, as his body increasingly abandons its "ordinary" place in the world.
Title: Tridget of Greva, The in - 24 Favorite One Act Plays / COL Author: Lardner, Ring Publisher: Doubleday 1958
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; three characters three male one act
one interior set.
All three men are seated in three small flat-bottomed boats. they are fishing. Title: Trio, The in - The Best American Short Plays 1997-1998 / COL Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2000
Description:
roy relationships - comedy two characters; extras one male; one female one act
1 interior.
Maestro and cellist meet in restaurant to discuss their relationship, both personal and professional.
Title: Tropical Depression in - Natural Disasters / COL Author: Heifner, Jack Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1985
Description:
roy comedy all female cast two female one act
"In a slightly seedy resort hotel on a remote Caribbean island, two high-living Texas housewives, Gloria and Janine, are enjoying a respite from their rich but boring husbands. They are determined to savor their holiday to the fullest, but nature has other plans. First they get burned to a crisp by the tropical sun, then a hurricane imprisons them in their tacky room. In between, however, Gloria defiantly spends a great deal of her absent husband's money on various "art treasures," while Janine (a former Miss Texas) pays for the favors of a handsome lifeguard, an act
Title: True Author of the Plays Formerly Attributed to Mister William..., The in - The Best American Short Plays 2008-2009 / COL Author: Armstrong, James Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers
Description:
roy comedy - monologue - women all female cast; one character one female one scene
Full title: The True Author of the Plays Attributed to Mister William Shakespeare Revealed to the World for the First Time by Miss Delia Bacon.
This play is inspired by the life of nineteenth-century scholar, author, and complete basket case Delia Bacon. Delia was brilliant - there's no doubt about that - but wrong, wrong, wrong, both in her scholarship and in her personal life. After traveling across the United States and England, Title: Twinkle, Twinkle in - Answers / COL Author: Thompson, Ernest Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1980
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
1 simple interior set.
"A bored housewife who has written a seductive fan letter to her favorite soap opera actor is dumb-founded to find her hero on her doorstep. Once she (and her husband) have recovered from their shock (and her husband has gone bowling) their relationship takes on a hilarious see-saw nature, with the possibility of promised delights left in the balance".
Title: Twister in - Natural Disasters / COL Author: Heifner, Jack Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1985
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
"Betty and Roy are apparently the only survivors of a tornado that has destroyed their tiny Texas town and all their worldly goods. After the initial shock wears off Roy sets about trying to restore things to what they were, while Betty, suddenly freed from all the junk she owned, wants to move on and start over. The resulting debate is both hilarious and revealing, as Roy resists the notion that what they had was nothing great while Betty pours out all her hopes and frustrations that have been bottled up for years. In the end it is the dream that triumphs."
Title: Two Candidates at a Debate What For to Be the President of the U.S.A. in - Dramatics Vol. 76, No. 3 / PER Author: Collective, The Publisher: Miscellaneous 2004
Description:
roy comedy - political three characters two male; one male or female one act
A political sketch about the stupidity of elected officials and the sham of the public political process. Title: Uncle Lumpy Comes to Visit in - Uncle Lumpy Comes to Visit and No Time / COL Author: Klavan, Laurence Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1986
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
'Embittered wife and her perpetual loser brother-in-law find both solace and loss in each other's company causing strains on her marriage.'
Title: Under Duress in - Naomi in the Living Room / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1998
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female sketch
Chris and his friend Stephanie debate global warming. Stephanie's pretentiousness irritates Chris, but they make up, and Chris composes a letter to the President about the subject. Realizing he has to go to the post office to buy a stamp, Chris is overwhelmed, but he gathers courage and goes."
Title: United in - Dark, No Sugar / COL Author: Leight, Warren Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2007
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
A young woman meets her brother's new boyfriend who turns out to be her ex-boyfriend. Title: Universal Language, The in - All In the Timing (Six one-act comedies) / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1994
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
"...brings together Dawn, a young woman with a stutter, and Don, the creator and teacher of Unamunda, a wild comic language. Their lesson sends them off into a dazzling display of hilarious verbal pyrotechnics - and, of course, true love."
Title: Universal Language, The in - The Best American Short Plays 1993-1994 / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1994
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
"...brings together Dawn, a young woman with a stutter, and Don, the creator and teacher of Unamunda, a wild comic language. Their lesson sends them off into a dazzling display of hilarious verbal pyrotechnics - and, of course, true love."
Title: Universal Language, The in - All In the Timing (Fourteen plays) / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Vintage Books 1995
Description:
roy comedy - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
"...brings together Dawn, a young woman with a stutter, and Don, the creator and teacher of Unamunda, a wild comic language. Their lesson sends them off into a dazzling display of hilarious verbal pyrotechnics - and, of course, true love." Title: Unseen, The in - Humana Festival 2007 / COL Author: Wright, Craig Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2008
Description:
roy dark comedy - prison all male cast; three characters three male two scenes
Imprisoned by a totalitarian regime and mercilessly tortured for unknown crimes, Wallace and Valdez live without hope of escape or release. When an enigmatic new prisoner arrives and begins communicating in code, both men develop new relationships to each other, their captors and themselves. A darkly humorous examination of faith in an uncertain world.
Title: Unveiling in - The Vanek Plays / COL Author: Havel, Vaclav Novak, Jan, * translator Publisher: University of British Columbia 1987
Description:
roy satire - Czech three characters two male; one female one act
'Variant title: "Private View". Television satire. Dissident Czech playwright is urged by materialistic friends to redirect his supposedly futile life.'
Title: Unveiling in - The Garden and Other Plays / COL Author: Havel, Vaclav translated by Jan Novak Publisher: Grove Press 1975
Description:
roy satire - Czech three characters two male; one female one act
'Variant title: "Private View". Television satire. Dissident Czech playwright is urged by materialistic friends to redirect his supposedly futile life.' Title: Up on the Roof in - A Three Martini Lunch / CCO Author: Martini, Clem Publisher: Red Deer College Press 2000
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - relationships - Alberta playwright three characters two male; one female one act
"An unwitting Robert is placed on a rooftop with a dueling couple who must come to terms with their disintegrating lives and an uncertain future."
Title: Uranium in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Sixteenth Series) / COL Author: Hunt, Pamela Publisher: Samuel French 1996
Description:
roy absurdist comedy two characters one male; one female one act
'Girl wants father to return from desert where he wanders in search of wealth.'
Title: Urlicht in - Bizarre Behavior / COL Author: Innaurato, Albert Publisher: Avon Books 1960
Description:
roy comedy - drama - family relations two characters one male; one female one act
There is a young man, about twenty-five, plump, sloppy-looking, in a tattered suit coat and an ugly tie, and a nun about fifty. She is husky, beefy. She uses, more often or not, a tough, lower-class accent. She behaves a lot like a truck driver, but can change and act like a nun or a pathetic old lady. These two meet at a subway platform. They began to talk and the boy talked to the nun about an opera that he had written. He described it to her (it was modeled after the disappearance of his mother) and she recognized it and mother and son were reunited. Title: Vajayjay Monologues, The in - Dough: The Politics of Martha Stewart & The Vajayjay Monologues / CCO Author: Burns, Lindsay Publisher: B house 2008
Description:
roy comedy - women - monologues - Canadian all female cast; one character one female one act
A satire of Ensler's famous work that questions the role played by The Vagina Monologues in how and where women see themselves today.
Title: Valedictorian, The in - The Art of Communication / CCO Author: Smiley, George Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1976
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - high school three characters two male; one female one act
"A high school valedictorian finds herself trapped in the men's washroom in a bus station."
Title: Valerie of Now, The in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Hedges, Peter Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy - monologues - women all female cast; one character one female one act
A 12-year-old girl celebrates her menarche. Title: Valley Forgery in - One-Act Plays for Acting Students / COL Author: Montley, Patricia Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1987
Description:
roy satire - farce all female cast; three characters three female one act
Marie Antoinette and Martha Washington converse and begin to fight among themselves, unaware of exactly who the other one is. It is Fanny Howe who makes the connection for the two.
Title: Vandal, The in - New Playwrights: The Best Plays 2013 / COL Author: Linklater, Hamish Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2013
Description:
roy dark comedy - American three characters two male; one female one act (four scenes)
setting: Kingston, New York; running time: 75 min.
A middle-aged woman meets a strange teen-aged boy while waiting for a bus to take her home. Who is he really?
Title: Variations On the Death of Trotsky in - All In the Timing (Six one-act comedies) / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1994
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
"...shows us the Russian revolutionary on the day of his demise, desperately trying to cope with the mountain-climber's axe he's discovered in his head." Title: Variations On the Death of Trotsky in - All In the Timing (Fourteen plays) / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Vintage Books 1995
Description:
roy comedy - Russia three characters two male; one female one act
"...shows us the Russian revolutionary on the day of his demise, desperately trying to cope with the mountain-climber's axe he's discovered in his head."
Title: Venus in Fur in - Plays for Two / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Vintage Books 2014
Description:
roy dark comedy two characters one male; one female one act
A playwright-director, Thomas, has written an adaptation of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's classic erotic novel "Venus in Fur," the story of an obsessive relationship between a man and the mistress to whom he becomes enslaved. At the end of a long day in which the actresses Thomas auditions fail to impress him, in walks Vanda, very late and seemingly clueless, but she convinces him to give her a chance. As they perform scenes from Thomas's play, the lines between writer, actor, director, and character begin to blur. An unsettling drama, a playful comedy, "Venus in Fur"
Title: Victoria Station in - Other Places: Four Plays / COL Author: Pinter, Harold Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1984
Description:
roy comedy all male cast; two characters two male one act
"A brilliantly funny yet eerily chilling dialogue between a bewildered taxi driver (who may have gone mad) and the exasperated dispatcher who is trying without success, to direct him to a waiting fare. The driver, who says he has fallen in love with the passenger who is asleep (or perhaps dead) on his back seat, doesn't seem to know his own location, much less that of Victoria Station." Title: Village Wooing in - Seven One Act Plays / COL Author: Shaw, George Bernard Publisher: Penguin Books 1958
Description:
roy courtship - adult - comedy two characters; extra one male; one female one act
'Eager young woman's successful pursuit of an uninterested man.'
Title: Visions of Grandeur in - Sally's Shorts / COL Author: Nemeth, Sally Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1995
Description:
roy monologues - women - comedy all female cast; one character one female one scene
She becomes herself filming herself. Her life in black and white.
Title: Waiting For To Go in - The Square Root of Love / COL Author: Meltzer, Daniel Publisher: Samuel French 1979
Description:
roy romantic comedy two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior set.
"Retired plumber who thinks his life is over meets recent widow on plane". Title: Water Music in - The Best American Short Plays 2003-2004 / COL Author: Howe, Tina Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2006
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
The ancient pools of mythic yore reflected the temperaments of the gods and concealed their unfathomable deeds. Similarly, an Upper West Side health club whips up from its scabby sediment and detrital depths a palpable figment of an English teacher’s disoriented dream. Straight from her twelfth grade class, behold! ’Tis Ophelia, Hamlet’s occasional beloved. Equally out of joint in every age, Ophelia humanizes the chlorinated waters, leavens the teacher’s cynical rage with exotic poesies, and reminds the lifeguard, Jesus, of the extravagant depths inside his gene pool.
Title: Water Music in - Shrinking Violets and Towering Tiger Lillies / COL Author: Howe, Tina Publisher: Samuel French 2009
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
The ancient pools of mythic yore reflected the temperaments of the gods and concealed their unfathomable deeds. Similarly, an Upper West Side health club whips up from its scabby sediment and detrital depths a palpable figment of an English teacher’s disoriented dream. Straight from her twelfth grade class, behold! ’Tis Ophelia, Hamlet’s occasional beloved. Equally out of joint in every age, Ophelia humanizes the chlorinated waters, leavens the teacher’s cynical rage with exotic poesies, and reminds the lifeguard, Jesus, of the extravagant depths inside his gene pool.
Title: Way of All Fish, The in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: May, Elaine Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
The first part of Power Plays by Elaine May and Alan Arkin, portrays a shift in the balance of power between a female executive and her secretary. Title: Way to Miami, The in - The Best American Short Plays 1999-2000 / COL Author: Steele, Donald Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2001
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
The Way to Miami is the bitingly funny and brilliantly written tale about the wife of a retired couple having second thoughts about selling up and moving to Miami on the morning the movers are due to show up.
Title: Wedding Bell Hell in - Sandra Shamas: A Trilogy of Performances / CCO Author: Shamas, Sandra Publisher: Mercury Press 1997
Description:
roy monologues - women - comedy all female cast; one character one female one act
One woman's observations about marriage and her own experiences during her wedding.
Title: Wedding Duet in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Wilson, Lauren Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
Description:
roy comedy - marital relations two characters one male; one female one act
Presents the first marital spat of a newlywed couple, literally on the threshold of their new life together. Title: Western in - Return of the Big Five / CCO Author: Alianak, Hrant Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1974
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
"A story of love, violence and survival, the dialogue is composed of names of Western movies and stars."
Title: Western in - Western & Mathematics / CCO Author: Alianak, Hrant Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1973
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
"A story of love, violence and survival, the dialogue is composed of names of Western movies and stars."
Title: Wet Echo, The in - The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014 / COL Author: Chapman, Clay McLeod Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2015
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
As wicked as it is witty and weird, Clay McLeod Chapman’s latest sordid story follows a journeyman who finds more than he bargained for when he explores towards intimate territory. Title: What Do You Save From a Burning House in - Dialogue & Dialectic: A Canadian Anthology of Short Plays / CCO Author: Farmiloe, Dorothy Publisher: Alive Press
Description:
roy Canadian - farce three characters two male; one female one act
interior representative set.
"A conservative student and his radical wife argue over a demonstration. An analogy for English and French Canada."
Title: What I Did Wrong in - Dark, No Sugar / COL Author: Leight, Warren Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2007
Description:
roy satire - monologue - relationships all female cast; one character one female one act
A single woman obsesses about the mistakes she made that ended her relationship with a jerk.
Title: What is Making Gilda so Gray? Or, It is Just Depends on Who You Get in - Tom Eyen: Ten Plays / COL Author: Eyen, Tom Publisher: Samuel French 1971
Description:
roy tragicomedy two characters; extras one male; one female one act (as part three of trilogy)
'Tragi-comedy in Black-comedy vein. Boy meets girl in satire on marriage, which projects it as just a sad compromise, not the fantasies hoped for.' Title: What We're Up Against in - Theresa Rebeck: Collected Plays v. 1, 1989 - 1998 / COL Author: Rebeck, Theresa Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1999
Description:
roy comedy - American all male cast; two characters two male one act
"Two male colleagues rail against a female co-worker."
Title: What's a Girl to Do? in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 13th series / COL Author: Hansen, Jim Publisher: Samuel French 1989
Description:
roy comedy three characters one male; two female one act
Jill has just found out she is pregnant by her boring boyfriend Jack. Mary advises her to marry the twit, but she is not so sure. When Jill tells Mary she is not going to have an abortion, Jack realizes what is upsetting Jill and, in his awkward, nerdy way, he proposes. Jill turns him down, denies she is pregnant, and tells him to get lost. Heartbroken and embarrassed, Jack leaves Jill with no one to talk to but her unborn child.
Title: Whatever in - Life is Short / COL Author: Pospisil, Craig Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2005
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
This sly riff on Poe's "The Raven" finds Jessica hallucinating that a talking pigeon has flown into her apartment. Her friend Liz tries to talk her down, but eventually realizes Jessica isn't suffering from a combination of too much wine and Benedryl but from her inability to let go of a relationship that has ended. Title: When Something Wonderful Ends in - Humana Festival 2007 / COL Author: Kramer, Sherri Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2008
Description:
roy monologues - women - dramatic comedy all female cast; one character; one Barbie one female one act
After the death of her mother, Sherry's family home goes up for sale. Sifting through memories of a seemingly simpler time as she packs up her baby-boom childhood, Sherry begins to connect the dots between her Barbie collection and America's place in the rest of the world. A touching, funny, deeply personal and daringly global one-woman, one-Barbie play.
Title: White Elephants in - Jane Martin: Collected plays - Vol. 2 / COL Author: Martin, Jane Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2001
Description:
roy comedy - monologues - women - political all female cast; one character one female one scene
Quick monologue about Republican heaven.
Title: White Liars, The in - The White Liars and Black Comedy / COL Author: Shaffer, Peter Publisher: Samuel French 1968
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
"Produced in London and on Broadway as a companion piece to 'Black Comedy'. It featured Geraldine Page as a fortune-teller to whom a youth comes with his 'buddy' in tow. He doesn't want his fortune told, but he wants to pretend it's been told. What he really wants is to bribe the fortune-teller to frighten his 'buddy' so he will relinquish his girl to him. But the 'buddy' sees through the ruse. All the false biography he had planted with the other fellow comes back through the fortune-teller, and both he and the fortune-teller make a discovery about love." Title: Who's Looking After the Atlantic? in - Who's Looking After the Atlantic? & The Proper Perspective / CCO Author: Graves, Warren Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1982
Description:
roy comedy - Alberta playwright two characters two male or female one act
"A comic encounter between a psychiatrist and a mildly insane millionaire."
Title: Whole Thruth, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Sixteenth Series) / COL Author: Boyle, Viki Publisher: Samuel French 1996
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters two female one act
'Two women jurors sequestered in hotel room discuss trial.'
Title: Whoppers in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Twenty-first Series) / COL Author: Wilhelm, Le Publisher: Samuel French 1997
Description:
roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
'Husband and wife engaged in ridiculous arguement while fishing.' Title: Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt? in - Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt? and Other Stand-Up Theatre Plays / COL Author: Dowie, Claire Publisher: Methuen Drama 1996
Description:
roy British - monologue - comedy - LGBTQ+ all female cast; one character one female one act (two parts)
Claire Dowie's award winning "Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?" takes us on a comic journey through female roles and dress codes via "The Knicker Factor", the hell of school discos and errant sperm in the bedroom - all through the eyes of one young woman wishing to be a Beatle, or at least a boy. Cleverly dissecting society's attitude to differing sexes Claire Dowie's understated oratory portrays a forceful plea for understanding and tolerance.
Title: Widows in - One-Act Plays for Acting Students / COL Author: Grecco, Stephen Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1987
Description:
roy comedy - women - recollection all female cast; two characters two female one act
Two women meet at a park bench, and discover that they both are widows. They begin to recollect on their past lives with their husbands.
Title: Wild Abandon in - See Bob Run and Wild Abandon / CCO Author: MacIvor, Daniel Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1988
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - solo performance all male cast; one character one male one act
A young man's blackly humorous and static observations about life, the universe and his real mother. Title: Wild Abandon in - See Bob Run and Wild Abandon / CCO Author: MacIvor, Daniel Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1988
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy all male cast; one character one male one act
A young man's blackly humorous and static observations about life, the universe and his real mother.
Title: Wild Abandon in - See Bob Run and Wild Abandon / CCO Author: MacIvor, Daniel Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2013
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - monologue - male all male cast; one character one male one act
A young man's blackly humorous and static observations about life, the universe and his real mother.
Title: Wild Goose, The in - Four Dogs and a Bone and The Wild Goose / COL Author: Shanley, John Patrick Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1995
Description:
roy comedy - vaudeville - power - greed three characters two male; one female one act
When the story opens, we find Jameson and Renaldo deciding if they can live together in the world or not. They tear each other down to gain the upper hand. Jameson shoots Renaldo dead. Now Jameson can have Ramona all to himself. But Ramona misses Renaldo and nothing is settled until Renaldo jumps up! Alive again! Now Ramona must choose between them. This presents a problem since Ramona was just about to hang herself. Jameson shoots her instead—to forego the grief of a suicide. Soon the wild goose hovers over the scene with its majestic sound and beauty. Title: Winnetou's Snake Oil Show from Wigwam City in - Keepers of the Morning Star / COL Author: Mayo, Lisa Miguel, Gloria Publisher: UCLA American Indian Studies Center 2003
Description:
roy comedy - native playwright - spirituality - native peoples many characters three female (doubling) one act
Also written by Muriel Miguel and Hortensia Colorado as part of Spiderwoman Theatre; running time - approx. 80 mins.
Winnetou's Snake Oil Show from Wigwam City is loosely based on the fictional Apache character Winnetou and his close friend Old Shatterhand, made famous by nineteenth century German author, Karl May. Spiderwoman Theater satirizes the stereotypes perpetuated by authors like May
Title: Winning Number, The in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Sixteenth Series) / COL Author: Brown, Sarah Publisher: Samuel French 1996
Description:
roy comedy all female cast; two characters; extras two female one act
'Elderly Texas grandmother is obsessed with playing bingo.'
Title: With or Without You in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Twenty-first Series) / COL Author: Jannuzzi, Luigi Publisher: Samuel French 1997
Description:
roy romantic comedy two characters one male; one female one act
'Woman reluctantly meets devoted admirer in restaurant.' Title: Woman Stand Up in - Christopher Durang - 27 Short Plays / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1995
Description:
roy monologues - drama all female cast; one character one female one act
"A sensitive woman trying to do stand-up comedy has to bring her own laugh track, just in case. Her self-depreciating jokes turn out to be all too real, as is her pain when she senses the truth."
Title: Woman Stand Up in - Naomi in the Living Room / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1998
Description:
roy monologues - drama all female cast; one character one female one act
"A sensitive woman trying to do stand-up comedy has to bring her own laugh track, just in case. Her self-depreciating jokes turn out to be all too real, as is her pain when she senses the truth."
Title: WOMBmanWARs in - Moon Marked and Touched by Sun / COL Author: Jackson, Judith Alexa Publisher: Theatre Communications Group 1994
Description:
roy satire - women - monologue all female cast; one character one female one act
'Satirical one woman show addresses issues raised by Anita Hill / Clarence Thomas hearings.' Title: Wooed and Viewed in - Feydeau, First to Last / COL Author: Feydeau, Georges Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2001
Description:
roy farce two characters one male; one female one act
'Husband alone while his wife visits her mother, is approached by neighbor to make love in front of her jealous husband.'
Title: Word Games in - Sally's Shorts / COL Author: Nemeth, Sally Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1995
Description:
roy scene - women - comedy all female cast; two characters two female one scene
Two young women getting stoned, riffing on words and on the memories those words bring.
Title: Words, Words, Words in - All In the Timing (Six one-act comedies) / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1994
Description:
roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
"...recalls the philosophical adage that three monkeys typing into infinity will sooner or later produce 'Hamlet', and asks: what would the monkeys talk about at their typewriters." Title: Words, Words, Words in - All In the Timing (Fourteen plays) / COL Author: Ives, David Publisher: Vintage Books 1995
Description:
roy comedy - Shakespeare - theatre - playwriting three characters two male; one female one act
"...recalls the philosophical adage that three monkeys typing into infinity will sooner or later produce 'Hamlet', and asks: what would the monkeys talk about at their typewriters."
Title: Work of Art, The in - Ontario Playwrights / CCO Author: Dawe, Victoria Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2008
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roy comedy - friendship - art two characters one male; one female one act
Neighbours Frank and Annie assemble a found object sculpture in Frank’s backyard and in the meantime discuss life, love and everything in between. At the end of the day, could it be that what they’re looking for has been next door all along?
Title: Workout in - Plays for Actresses / COL Author: Wasserstein, Wendy Publisher: Vintage Books 1997
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roy comedy - monologues - female all female cast; one character one female one act
"In the course of a single WORKOUT, an exercise instructor writes on a novel, opens a chain of departments stores, learns to unravel the double helix, and announces her husband's candidacy for governor." Title: Yankee Doodle in - Pops / COL Author: Linney, Romulus Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1987
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roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
"Yankee Doodle finds a tipsy Jesse Grant, son of President Grant, at Windsor Castle and faced with a humbling slight from Queen Victoria."
Title: Yes and No in - The Collected Plays of Graham Greene / COL Author: Greene, Graham Publisher: Penguin Books 1985
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roy comedy - theatre all male cast; two characters two male one act
'Young actor auditions for eminent director.'
Title: Yesterday in - Modern Drama from Communist China / COL Author: Chang, Pao-hua and Ho Ching-chih translated by Sidney Shapiro Publisher: University of London Press 1970
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roy comedy - recollection - China two characters two male or female one act
'Comic dialogue comparing life before "liberation" with life afterward.' Title: Yodellers - a one act comedy in eighteen scenes in - The Road to Hell / CCO Author: Healey, Michael Lynch, Kate Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1999
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roy comedy - Canadian - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
"'Yodellers' is a one-act comedy in which a male golf reporter falls in love with a lesbian professional golfer. Will they build a relationship, or will things just turn 'caddy'? "
Title: You Can't Trust the Male in - The Best American Short Plays 1991-1992 / COL Author: Noojin, Randy Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1991
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roy comedy - romance two characters one male; one female one act
1 interior set.
'Woman discovers that her mailman has been reading her mail and is romantically interested in her.'
Title: You Have Arrived in - Outstanding Short Plays - volume 2 / COL Author: Ackerman, Rob Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc. 2015
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roy comedy - relationships three characters one male; one female; one undetermined one act
Dan and Kristin are navigating their first date, and fortunately, the other woman with them knows the way through the confusion into Brooklyn. That would be Cyndi, the GPS system in Dan's car. Title: You're Him in - John Lazarus Shorts / CCO Author: Lazarus, John Publisher: Playwrights Guild of Canada
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roy comedy three characters two male; one female one act
Also a street scene about the sexual misunderstandings between strangers.
Title: Young Love in - What If? / COL Author: Hanagan, Jay D. Publisher: Samuel French 2006
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roy comedy - dating all female cast; two characters two female one act
It's been a long time since thirty-nine year old Constance has been on a date, and there seem to be so many rules! What do you eat? What don't you eat? What do you wear? It's a good thing she's got her sixteen-year-old daughter Sandra there to help with any questions she might have about, well, you know... boys!
Title: Your Mother's Butt in - Five One-Act Plays / COL Author: Ball, Alan Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1994
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roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
YOUR MOTHER'S BUTT focuses on a therapist desperately searching for clues to help her seriously disturbed young patient. As the patient rattles on about shoes and belts, he recalls a dream he had about his mother, and the therapist thinks she's got her answer. Title: Your Mother's Butt in - Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays / COL Author: Ball, Alan Publisher: Vintage Books 2007
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roy comedy two characters one male; one female one act
YOUR MOTHER'S BUTT focuses on a therapist desperately searching for clues to help her seriously disturbed young patient. As the patient rattles on about shoes and belts, he recalls a dream he had about his mother, and the therapist thinks she's got her answer.
Title: Zipless in - The Best American Short Plays 1993-1994 / COL Author: Thompson, Ernest Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1995
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roy satire - romance - marriage two characters one male; one female one act
'Second part of "Valentines for Two Trilogy". Satirical exploration of contemporary marriage.'