Products tagged with 'Comedy'
The Viewing Room New Release
Comedy Drama by Mark Edward Smith
60 pages
4 m, 3 w, 1 flexible
Stern patriarch Chester Dumbrosky has decided to make amends. Unfortunately, he waited for the day of his wake to do so. Lots of angst and laughs as his dysfunctional family tries to heal old wounds. Approximate run time 1.5 hours.
"For many, as funny as this play was, it was also introspective and probably hit home for many in the audience."
--Jay Pateakos, Broadway World R.I.
"Dark comedy The Viewing Room a must-see performance" - Th...
Waiting for the End of the World New Release
Comedy by John Shanahan
16 pages
2 m, 1 w
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse gather in a park to usher in the start of Armageddon. But Famine's running late and isn't answering his cell phone. Should the other three kick off the end of the world anyway? What will happen if they do? Or do they need to wait for their fourth member to maintain proper symmetry? Well, at least there are chicken fingers...
About 30 minutes. This show contains adult language. Substitutions are permitted.
If a Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood New Release
Comedy by Brian Sylvia
56 pages
2 m, 2 w, 2 flexible, extras
When the colorful residents of an out-of-the-way trailer community meet an unknown lumber executive, questions and assumptions abound! Charles Stashgrove appears as a corporate executive who wants to buy the 200+ acres of woodlands the trailer community, Woodchuck Estates, sits on. Little do the residents know, Charles is actually escaped thief Rocco Riccardi. He seems to fool all the residents while another mysterious character, Lucinda, who gives off a sinister vibe, scares all the locals.
The residents are a colorful bunch: Dorothe...
Secret Agent Man New Release
Comedy by Tony Howell
51 pages
5 m, 10 w, 3 flexible
Matt is a former secret agent who is determined to live a normal life after he was nearly blown up on his last mission. But then he finds out that his new life has been compromised and agents from around the world want him dead. He has to stay alive, capture assassin after assassin, and keep his buddies from getting killed, all while trying to figure out who blew his cover and actually wants him eliminated. The show has seven parts where the actor gets a great scene, gets to do a comic fight with the hero, and then is finished, making it perfect for cameos or...
Crossing Over New Release
Comedy by Laura Mazzuca Toops
60 pages
3 m, 5 w
Six current-day ghost hunters set out to find the truth in the murder legend of Vinney Keller, a naïve teenager who was found dead in her farmhouse cellar in 1903. Historical opinion places the blame on the Keller’s hired hand: Enos Patchett, a lumbering, illiterate man in his 40s, who was with the Keller family for years. But there were other suspects as well. The ghost hunters hope to contact Vinney’s spirit to find out the real story. But for some of the hunters, truth is secondary to hyping their methods and results to increase their media popularity and ...
A Day of Dreaming New Release
Comedy by Claudia Haas
43 pages
4 w, 4 m for small cast; 8 w, 7 m, 2 flexible for large cast
Melisande dreams of catching a unicorn, Ana dreams of capturing the perfect sunrise, River dreams of finding the all-consuming love of his life, while Kristi seeks to unlock her love. These are just a few of the stories of love lost and found in “A Day of Dreaming.” We meet young people with powerful dreams which they write in a Dream Journal that is nestled in a covered bridge (which exists today in Winterset, Iowa). There is always the hope that if they write down their dreams, they will come to fruition. The stories run the gamut from forging new connectio...