Scripts by Title
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La Casa de Bernarda Alba
by Federico Garcia Lorca
The play takes place in a small village in southern Spain following the funeral of Bernarda Alba's second husband. After the mourners depart, the tyrannical matriarch announces to her five daughters that their period of mourning will last eight years. Obsessed with family honor, Bernarda rules the household with an iron fist, but all of her daughters secretly harbor a passion for Pepe el Romano, the handsomest man in the village.
Cast: 12 F, 1 child
Ladyhouse Blues
by Kevin O'Morrison
It is St. Louis in 1919 and five women are gathered awaiting the return of the family's men from the war in Europe. The central character is Liz, a youngish, gutsy, widowed woman faced with selling the family farm to pay debts. With her are her four daughters, one dying of tuberculosis, one who's married into a society family, another who's a blooming activist and the youngest on the brink of discovering sex and losing her innocence in general.
Cast: 5 F
Le Cid
by Pirre Corneille
In this tragic coming-of-age story, a young knight is asked to defend his father's honor by challenging his future father-in-law to a duel. Caught between filial devotion and romantic love, LE CID is in an impossible situation, and he solves this dilemma through true heroic action.
Cast: 7 M, 4 F
Legally Blonde
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by Heather Hach
Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle ingeniously charms her way into the prestigious law school. While there, she struggles with peers, professors and her ex. With the support of some new friends, though, Elle quickly realizes her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world.
Cast: 3 M, 4 F, + ensemble
Lemon Sky
by Lanford Wilson
At seventeen, Alan visits the California home of his father and his father's former mistress turned wife. His father's life now centers around his two young sons, a tiresome job at an aircraft plant, and two teenage girls who are boarded with the family by the state. Alan has come expecting to go to school full time and work part time at the plant, having accepted his father's encouragement to do so. But the older man is incapable of honesty, least of all emotional honesty, and his lies about school are worth about as much as his lies about love.
Cast: 2 M, 3 F, 2 boys
Letters Home
by Rose Leiman Goldemberg
Since her tragic death, Sylvia Plath continues to fascinate readers of her poetry and sole (autobiographical) novel The Bell Jar. Letters Home explores the enigma of the great poet's life, dramatizing correspondence between Plath and her mother Aurelia. Every line of this engrossing drama comes from these letters, evoking a gripping and powerful portrait of the woman, artist, daughter and mother.
Cast: 2 F
Lie, Cheat, and Genuflect
by William Van Zandt and Jane Milmire
The Buckle brothers, Billy and Tom, are in big trouble: Tom's infallible eye for slow horses has drained away all of Billy's savings and he has borrowed from loan shark Pizza Face Petrillo, who now wants his money back or else! Involve a stuffy young lawyer, a hard drinking, man hungry housekeeper and a trio of beautiful young women, and you have the recipe for a laugh packed farce of twists, turns, puns and pratfalls as Tom strives mightily to compensate for Billy's "habitual" errors.
Cast: 4 M, 4 F
Life and Limb
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by Keith Reddin
Franklin, a young draftee, and his new bride, Effie, are on their honeymoon, an idyll which ends when Franklin returns to his unit and then goes off to Korea, where he loses an arm. When he returns home things go steadily from bad to worse; he can't find a job; his wife is having an affair; and they are visited constantly by her best friend, Doina, a Rumanian émigré who mangles the English language and shares Effie's passion for movies.
Cast: 5 M, 2 F
Limbo
by John O'Brien
This powerful and moving play concerns an almost desperate struggle to communicate—something to which, in one way or another, every member of your audience can relate. An old man is locked in the garden of his memories, locked there because he can only speak in disjointed syllables. His three daughters who are with him in this moment can't understand what he is getting at, and they are becoming increasingly impatient. Then, in the magic that can only be experienced in the theatre, the old man stands and talks fluently—to us. This is truly an important play that is ideal for contest use.
Cast: 2 M, 3 F
Little Shop of Horrors
by Howard Ashman
The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II's out of this world origins and intent towards global domination!
Cast: 4 M, 4 F
Little Women
by John D. Ravold
A musical adaptation of Louisa M. Alcott's novel, Little Women, a story that never will grow old for its treatment of a mother's love for her children and their appreciation. Who can forget tom boy Jo and her sacrificing her glorious hair to help finance her mother's trip to Washington, when the telegram arrived saying her father was dying? Of her writing "The Christmas Play," rehearsing Amy in the fainting scene and then the playing of the drama on the fateful night when everything went wrong. Her beautiful scenes with Little Beth when they both knew the Angel of Death was hovering near? Of her going to New York, meeting Professor Bhaer in Mrs. Kirk's rooming house, their comedy courtship and ultimate marriage?
Cast: 4 M, 6 F
Love, Death, and the Prom
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by Jon Jory
These are mini-plays that connect and create a fascinating full evening of theatre. The play begins with Love in ways that are at times touching and at other times wryly humorous. Then the play proceeds to Death as some young people have to cope with the staggering news of a suicide. And, of course, it ends with The Prom. Out of these three related themes comes a fulfilling sense of beginning to understand, appreciate and enjoy these people and this time of life.
Cast: variable
Love's Labor's Lost
by William Shakespeare
King Ferdinand of Navarre decides to have a three year period of study and contemplation at his court. To avoid distraction he imposes a ban on women, who will not be allowed within a mile of the court. One of the courtiers, Berowne, has reservations about the ban, reminding the King that he has an ambassadorial meeting with the Princess of France. As they prepare to meet the Princess the King sends his court fool to be punished for breaking the rules by dallying with a country girl, Jacquenetta.
Cast: 15 M, 5 F
Lovers
by Brian Friel
In Winners, two commentators are seated on either side of the stage with books. They speak without emotion about a 17-year-old girl and a boy half a year older who are on their way to meet upon a hilltop to study before examinations and perhaps talk about marriage. She is bubbling with life and is extreme in her enthusiasms. Joe, who follows, is earnest and has a total and touching belief in the value of education. Losers is about older lovers. This couple is trapped by an invalid mother who worships a nonexistent saint.
Cast: 3 M, 5 F
Lysistrata/The Acharnians/The Clouds
by Aristophanes
Three classical Greek comedies by one of the most important authors known to western civilization. Each play uses unconventional humor to shine a mirror on social and political issues of the time, all of which are still applicable to our day and age.
Cast: variable
Major Barbara
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by George Bernard Shaw
Andrew Undershaft, a millionaire armaments manufacturer, loves money and despises poverty. His estranged daughter Barbara, on the other hand, shows her love for the poor by throwing her energies into her work as a Major in the Salvation Army, and sees her father as another soul to be saved. But when the Army needs funds to keep going, it is Undershaft who saves the day with a large cheque forcing Barbara to examine her moral assumptions. Are they right to accept money that has been obtained by Death and Destruction'?
Cast: 9 M, 7 F
Mamma Mia
by Benny Andersson
and Bjorn Ulvaeus
ABBA's hits tell the hilarious story of a young woman's search for her birth father. This sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago.
Cast: 6 M, 6 F, + ensemble
Man and Superman
by George Bernard Shaw
Shaw's witty classic in which topics and institutions such as predatory women, motherhood, politics, moral progress, American millionaires, the rise of labor and man's coming dependence on the automobile are viewed as Shaw saw them. John Tanner, an opinionated, progressive and independent male, tries frantically to escape wily Ann Whitefield, whose guardian he is. But Tanner finally submits to the inevitability of Shaw's "Life Force" personified in Ann.
Cast: 6 M, 5 F
Mary of Scotland
by Maxwell Anderson
The author has chosen the six years that began when nineteen year old Mary set foot on her unruly land as queen and ended when the last ray of hope faded with the sunset she watched from the window of her prison. It presents her as more than a puppet moving through a pedant's world. Mary is portrayed as a star crossed girl seeking only to live and love and rule and worship as she pleases, bewildered by the intrigue which closed slowly in on her. Elizabeth is pictured as an older, crafty and ambitious queen seeking to remove from her path a gracious, romantic and religious rival.
Cast: 22 M, 5 F
Mary Poppins
by Julian Fellowes
The jack-of-all trades, Bert, introduces us to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family members how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren't the only ones upon whom she has a profound effect. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two.
Cast: 11 M, 13 F, + ensemble
Medea
(and other plays)
by Euripides
Jason has abandoned his wife, Medea, along with their two children. He hopes to advance his station by remarrying with Glauce, the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth, the Greek city where the play is set. ... Fearing a possible plot of revenge, Creon banishes Medea and her children from the city.
Cast: 5 M, 2 F, + chorus
Me and My Girl
by L. Arthur Rose
and Douglas Furber
The late Viscount Hareford had a youthful, unfortunate marriage – and kept discreetly out of sight was a son and heir. The Hareford Hall set are despondent when the family solicitor finds the legitimate heir in the less than desirable Lambeth area of London. When Bill is brought to Hampshire, he is forced to decide if he should fit in with high society and lose his Cockney roots and his girlfriend.
Cast: 11 M, 8 F
Meet Me in St. Louis
by Hugh Wheeler
It is the summer of 1903, and the Smith family eagerly anticipates the opening of the 1904 World’s Fair. Over the course of a year, the family’s mutual respect, tempered with good-natured humor, helps them through romance, opportunity, and heartbreaks. The musical includes seven of the best-loved songs from the film, plus ten additional Martin and Blane songs written specially for the stage.
Cast: 5 M, 6 F
Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
A young Venetian, Bassanio, needs a loan of three thousand ducats so that he can woo Portia, a wealthy Venetian heiress. He approaches his friend Antonio, a merchant. Antonio is short of money because all his wealth is invested in his fleet, which is currently at sea. They approach Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, who agrees to help them with a seemingly friendly loan. But after repeated insults and betrayal, and the loss of Antonio's ships, Shylock demands his loan be repaid in full.
Cast: 15 M, 3 F
Mere Mortals
(6 one-acts)
by David Ives
THE STORIES:
FOREPLAY OR: THE ART OF THE FUGUE, (3 men, 3 women.)
MERE MORTALS
(3 men.)
TIME FLIES
(2 men, 1 woman.)
SPEED-THE-PLAY
(3 men, 3 women.)
DR. FRITZ
(1 man, 1 woman.)
DEGAS C'EST MOI
(3 men, 3 women, flexible casting).
Metamorphoses
by Mary Zimmerman
Metamorphosis is based on thousands-year-old stories presented in vignettes. Both presentational and representational in style, the show features many of the characters who are familiar to audiences from common myths and legends including King Midas, Eurydice, Zeus, Orpheus, and Aphrodite. It forces the audience to contemplate the importance of and the nature of change and transformation while also emphasizing the need for communication and storytelling.
Cast: variable
Morning's at Seven
by Paul Osborn
Aaronetta and Ida Gibbs have lived next door to each other most of their lives and along with Esther, all of the Gibb sisters are an open book to each. Husbands not included. Into the fray comes Myrtle Brown, perpetually engaged to Ida's son Homer. But Homer can't seem to pop the question. Taking matters into her own hands, Myrtle finally gets a proposal by compelling Homer to fly the nest. Sort of.
Cast: 4 M, 5 F
Mother Courage and her Children
by Bertolt Brecht
Mother Courage and Her Children Summary. The play is set in Europe during the Thirty Years' War. Mother Courage, a canteen woman, pulls her cart with her three children (Eilif, Kattrin, and Swiss Cheese) in the wake of the army, trading with the soldiers and attempting to make profit from the war.
Cast: 18 M, 5 F
Murdred Alive!
by Wilbur Braun
Wealthy Marvin Ryder dies in a motor accident. His lawyer wires the heirs to come to Ryder's estate. The will mentions most relatives, but there are two codicils. Ryder states he knows he will be murdered, so he sets aside $10,000 for apprehending the murderer and the same sum for the person or persons who capture the criminal! Action Chance, a detective, arrives. His attempts at solving the crime lead from one ludicrous situation to another.
Cast: 5 M, 7 F
My Fair Lady
by Alan Jay Lerner
Eliza Doolittle is a young flower seller with an unmistakable Cockney accent which keeps her in the lower rungs of Edwardian society. When Professor Henry Higgins tries to teach her how to speak like a proper lady, an unlikely friendship begins to flourish.
Cast: 8 M, 5 F + ensemble
Naomi In The Living Room (and others)
by Christopher Durang
THE STORIES:
NAOMI IN THE LIVING ROOM. (1 M, 2 F) THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS SHOW(2M, 3 F)
ENTERTAINING MR. HELMS. (2 M, 2 F)
CARDINAL O'CONNOR (1 M)
WOMAN STAND UP (1 F)
DMV TYRANT (1M, 1 F)
THE HARDY BOYS AND THE MYSTERY OF WHERE BABIES COME FROM(3 M, 1 F)
AUNT DAN MEETS THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT. (2 F or 1 M, 1 F)
CANKER SORES AND OTHER DISTRACTIONS. (1 M, 2 F)
MEDEA (2 M, 4 F)
. . . and many more
Nerdlandia
by Gary Soto
A hip, funny, Latino rendition of Grease, this play features three cool muchachos who come to the aid of Martin, a chicano nerd who loves a beautiful, popular girl, Ceci, from afar.With the help of his friends, Martin changes his miage and impresses Ceci and her friends, without letting on who he is. This is a problem for Ceci, because, in the meantime, she’s transformed herself into a Chicana nert to win the heard of her secret love–Martin.
Cast: 4 M, 3 F
Newsies
by Harvey Fierstein
Set in turn-of-the century New York City, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged "newsies." When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for what's right!
Cast: LOTS
No Exit
(and 3 other plays)
by Jean-Paul Sartre
Two women and one man are locked up together for eternity in one hideous room in Hell. The windows are bricked up, there are no mirrors, the electric lights can never be turned off, and there is no exit. The irony of this Hell is that its torture is not of the rack and fire, but of the burning humiliation of each soul as it is stripped of its pretenses by the cruel curiosity of the damned. Here the soul is shorn of secrecy, and even the blackest deeds are mercilessly exposed to the fierce light of Hell. It is an eternal torment.
Cast: 2 M, 2 F
No Time For Comedy
by S.N. Behrman
Gaylord Easterbrook is a clever young playwright whose comedies are highly successful. He is married to Linda, a brilliant actress who stars in all his plays. But Gay is discontented and restless, and he feels that this is no time for comedy. He feels rather that the modern tempo and constant change demand reality and a serious approach. He is encouraged in this opinion by Amanda Smith, a restless dabbler and society woman who is married to a dull businessman. With her as an inspiration Gay manages to write a serious play about death and the Spanish Loyalists.
Cast: 4 M, 3 F
Nunsense
by Dan Goggin
The show is a fundraiser put on by the Little Sisters of Hoboken to raise money to bury sisters accidently poisoned by the convent cook, Sister Julia (Child of God).
Cast: 5 F