Ten-Minute Plays
Stage Partners is home to exciting new 10-minute plays. Whether you are a student-director, or producer putting on an evening of short plays, this collection features some of the most exciting playwrights working in theatre today.
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Some Assembly Required
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 3 actors (suggested casting: 1F, 1M, 1 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
While attempting to assemble a dresser from a certain Swedish furniture company, a long-married couple inadvertently activate a plot to end the world. Some Assembly Required is a comedy for all those who have battled unintelligible instructions. This play is part of the short play collection Ten(ish): Comedies. -
A Place to Rest Your Head
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 4 actors (3M, 1F)Genre: DramaSynopsis:
The residents of a run-down flophouse are transients, haunted in more ways than one. But a deeper mystery unfolds: who are the ghosts, and who are the haunted? This play is part of the short play collection Ten(ish): Horror. -
Viewings
Length: 10 - 15 minutesCast Size: 5-6 actors (suggested casting: 6F)Genre: DramaSynopsis:
You never quite know what you're getting when you buy an old house. The past may still echo within its walls. For Deirdre, who is on the run from her own past, a new home means an escape, but it also comes with some unexpected inhabitants. This play is part of the short play collection Ten(ish): Horror. -
A Talkback
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 6 actors (6 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
Once in a while, after the actors have taken their final bows, the audience of a play is given the opportunity to interact with an actual, living playwright. But talkbacks don't always go as planned, and sometimes a writer can face difficult questions, and hungry theatregoers that demand more than the playwright is willing to give. A Talkback is a comedy about the absurdity of facing your aud... -
I Said Run.
Length: 10-15 minutesCast Size: 4 actors (4F)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
Shadow, Ivy, and Dolores have gathered together to snap their friend Mara out of whatever funk she's been in. Sadly, it might be the last thing they ever do. This play is part of the short play collection It's Her Say and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection. -
Santa's Old Friend
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 5 actors (suggested casting: 2M, 3 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
When Santa gets overwhelmed, he calls in reinforcements...creepy reinforcements. This play is part of the short play collection Holly, Jolly, & Extra Folly and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection. -
Warm the Bones
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 4 actors (4F)Genre: Dramedy, ComedySynopsis:
A group of friends having a Christmas party in a creepy old house have an eerie encounter. This play is part of the short play collection Holly, Jolly, & Extra Folly and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection. -
The Sketch Pod
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 5 actors (suggested casting: 2F, 2M, 1 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
A couple on a disastrous art gallery date are unwillingly drawn into their worst nightmare: a live podcast. This play is part of the short play collection Rogues' Gallery and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection. -
Two Ships Passing
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 6 actors (suggested casting: 3F, 1M, 2 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
Meeting up is tough when your phone is dead, and even tougher when the lines of reality may or may not have evaporated. This play is part of the short play collection Rogues' Gallery and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection. -
The Art Dealer is Impressed
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 3 actors (3 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
When a condescending art dealer mistakenly views the wrong piece and is—for once— impressed, they prove one person's trash is another person’s masterpiece. This play is part of the short play collection Rogues' Gallery and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection.