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  • The Bargain by Kathryn Funkhouser, a ten-minute play, part of the short play collection Ten(ish): Comedies - Stage Partners

    The Bargain

    Written By: Kathryn Funkhouser
    Length: 10 minutes
    Cast Size: 3 actors (suggested casting: 1F, 1M, 1 any)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    When you sell your soul, Dan is the demon who comes to collect. But things aren't as simple as that  - especially if evil coworkers object to working overtime, people don't respect a cool trench coat, and worst of all, the doomed mortal has a cat.     This play is part of the short play collection Ten(ish): Comedies.
  • Superhero Issues - Stage Partners

    Superhero Issues

    Written By: A.M. Dittman
    Length: 30-35 minutes
    Cast Size: 8-28 actors (suggested casting: 4F, 4M, 8 any)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    The one where it's hard to be a superhero, whether dating a school of eels or applying for a job at a fast food restaurant or letting your therapist alter your memories. Robots from outer space and dastardly plots collide with superfans and a girl who is terrific. What else do you need in a play?
  • Identity Play; or Who You Are If You Think You Are - Stage Partners

    Identity Play; or Who You Are If You Think You Are

    Written By: Jason Pizzarello and Jon Jory
    Length: 35-40 minutes
    Cast Size: 10-30+ actors (suggested casting: 5F, 5M, 5 any)
    Genre: Dramedy, Drama
    Synopsis:
    A series of comedic and dramatic vignettes exploring who we are and who we want to be. With endless choices and expectations, do our actions define us or do our intentions? What about our words? What about the way we dress, the friends we keep, or how we act online? Is who we think we are different than how other people see us? In such a complex, face-paced world, it's vital to slow-down, reflect....
  • Northview High School Will Shelter Her (If We Must) - Stage Partners

    Northview High School Will Shelter You (If We Must)

    Written By: Emily Hageman
    Length: 90 minutes
    Cast Size: 11 actors (suggested casting: 7F, 3M, 1 any)
    Genre: Drama
    Synopsis:
    In the aftermath of a horrific shooting at a neighboring high school, a group of students is asked to welcome their rivals into their school for the remainder of the year. Over FaceTime and Instagram Live, students from both schools struggle to navigate trauma and grief amidst group projects, student council meetings, and planning for prom. As their preconceptions about each other gradually begin...
  • The 8 Ways Pokemon Go is Destroying Your Life - Stage Partners

    The 8 Ways Pokemon Go is Destroying Your Life

    Written By: Don Zolidis
    Length: 30-35 minutes
    Cast Size: 8-40 actors (suggested casting: 15 any)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    The most popular app may just be your doom. Sure everyone is playing it. But whether it leads you off a cliff, into a volcano, or into the waiting arms of super-criminals, this play explains the perils and pitfalls of Pokemon, including old people, mind control, hallucinations, and people who are just a little bit too into it. Also featuring the terrors of upcoming apps like Poke-Cupid, Sonic the...
  • The Surviving Christmas App - Stage Partners

    The Surviving Christmas App

    Written By: Werner Trieschmann
    Length: 30-35 minutes
    Cast Size: 10-20 actors (suggested casting: 4F, 1M, 5 any)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    Sisters Sam and Shelly’s blissful Christmas of violent video games and selfies is interrupted when their sentimental mother wants the family to watch the legendarily awful Christmas dog movie Santa Woofs! That’s when a mysterious Surviving Christmas App is uploaded on Shelly’s phone. Then, even though there is a blizzard, mysterious people keep showing up at the house with unfinished school...
  • How to Win at Life - Stage Partners

    How to Win at Life

    Written By: Don Zolidis
    Length: 30-35 minutes
    Cast Size: 8-25+ actors (suggested casting: 2F, 2M, 8 any)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    Sure technology has made some things easier, but has it really made everything easier? Now, with a new mobile home system of drones from Amazon-Google-Microsoft-Apple, technology can truly help you win at life. Do you need your food chewed and regurgitated into your mouth like a baby bird? Done. How about all that pesky parenting that takes so much of your time? Solved. Think about all the wasted...
  • 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.
  • 15 Minutes of YouTube Fame - Stage Partners

    15 Minutes of YouTube Fame

    Written By: Ian McWethy
    Length: 25-30 minutes
    Cast Size: 10-30 actors (suggested casting: 9F, 9M, 8 any)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    The one where a kid falls on his butt and becomes a viral video a la Charlie Bit My Finger. A biting satire that explores the bizarre world of being a celebrity in the Internet age.
  • 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...
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