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  • The Semi-Amazing, Sort-of-Sensational, Almost Unbelievable Christmas Spectacular! - Stage Partners

    The Semi-Amazing, Sort-of-Sensational, Almost Unbelievable Christmas Spectacular!

    Written By: Jon Jory
    Length: 30-35 minutes
    Cast Size: 15-48 actors (suggested casting: 3F, 3M, 14 any)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    What happens when a school tries to put on a Christmas Spectacular for the bargain price $11.50? You get a ton of elves, a spirit of Christmas, a visit from the little match girl, Jacob Marley and a partridge in a pear tree. It may be low on budget, but it's high on laughs as we watch the Christmas characters we know and love hilariously collide in this Christmas disaster for the ages.
  • School of Sharks - Stage Partners

    School of Sharks

    Written By: Chris Barlow
    Length: 30-50 minutes
    Cast Size: 9-22 actors (suggested casting: 4F, 4M, 4 any)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    Does your school have what it takes to come up with the next million dollar idea? Find out when everyone’s favorite startup competition comes to town, and students, teachers, and parents all gather to pitch their wildest and weirdest business ideas to a panel of eccentric investors. With wacky pitches, hilarious sharks, flexible casting, and bonus scenes to customize the runtime, School of Shark...
  • Peter Pan's Jump Shot - Stage Partners

    Peter Pan's Jump Shot

    Written By: Jon Jory
    Length: 25-30 minutes
    Cast Size: 16 actors (suggested cast: 14F, 2M)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    When a scrappy girls basketball team from Littleburg, Texas (population 117) actually makes it to the finals, they're praying for divine intervention. What they get is something they never expected and hardly believe: Peter Pan. But beggars can't be choosers. With Peter's flying slam dunk, they might actually have a shot at the championship game. That is, if they can defeat Captain Hook and he...
  • The Silent Sentinels - Stage Partners

    The Silent Sentinels

    Written By: William Prenetta
    Length: 40-50 minutes
    Cast Size: 10-30 actors (suggested casting: 19F, 7M)
    Genre: Drama
    Synopsis:
    It is 1976 and the leaders of the ERA movement are just three states short of their dream of legal equality for women. Kate O’Halloran, barely in her 20s and not interested in feminism, has snagged an interview with suffragette legend and ERA proponent Alice Paul, aged 93. Arriving at her small cottage in Connecticut, Kate, unbeknownst to Paul, has no desire to discuss the ERA but to uncover the...
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (one-act) - Stage Partners

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (one-act)

    Length: 35-40 minutes
    Cast Size: 8-20 actors (suggested casting: 11F, 4M)
    Genre: Drama
    Synopsis:
    When ten-year-old Rebecca Randall’s family falls into dire financial straits, she is sent away from the family farm to live with her two aunts in Riverboro, Maine. Rebecca’s spirited nature and zest for life quickly win her the affection of townspeople and classmates alike, but she must contend with her strict Aunt Miranda, who sees Rebecca’s behavior as nothing but troublesome. Adapted from...
  • Fake News! - Stage Partners

    Fake News!

    Written By: Werner Trieschmann
    Length: 30-40 minutes
    Cast Size: 10-18 actors (suggested casting 5F 4M, 9 any)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    It’s time for another nightly edition of KFKE’s Newstime, your nightly real news leader despite the accusations that KFKE is fake, fake, fake. News anchors Rusty and Sandy serve up only the hottest real news including an interview with an unfrozen cave man, a revealing expose on the mysterious Illuminati, and a prospector mining for gold. Stay tuned for the weatherman, Bob Deepmantan, who clai...
  • Captain Theatre Nerd and the Magnificent Techies

    Captain Theatre Nerd and The Magnificent Techies

    Written By: Jon Jory
    Length: 30-35 minutes
    Cast Size: 15-40 actors (suggested casting: 10F, 10M)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    Let Captain Theatre Nerd take you on a whirlwind tour of the history of theater from ridiculous melodramas to sweeping musicals. Everything on stage happens just as it's supposed to, except when it goes horribly and hilariously wrong. Actors on strike, indecisive directors, wrong cues and costumes... But the show must go on! Right? Leave it to the techies to save the day. 
  • The Women's Land Army - Stage Partners

    The Women's Land Army

    Written By: Stephanie Buckley
    Length: 10-15 minutes
    Cast Size: 3 actors (3F)
    Genre: Drama
    Synopsis:
    Mary, Helen, and Ruth are working on a farm in New York as they serve in The Women’s Land Army (WLA), a civilian WWII organization where women replace men in agricultural positions. Despite their differences, Mary, an experienced farmer from Iowa, Helen, a New York City college student, and Ruth, a teenager from nearby Poughkeepsie, are brought together by their contribution to the war effort. H...
  • Fancy People Like Fondue, a ten-minute play by Maria Pretzl, part of the short play collection Rogues' Gallery - Stage Partners

    Fancy People Like Fondue

    Written By: Maria Pretzl
    Length: 10 minutes
    Cast Size: 2 actors (suggested casting: 1F, 1M)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    When a custodian decides to make a grand romantic gesture, the results are unexpected. This play is part of the short play collection Rogues' Gallery and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection.
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