35 in 10: Thirty-Five Ten-Minute Plays
Compiled and edited by Kent R. Brown. Written by Cass Brayton, Kent R. Brown, Domenick Vincent Danza, Lisa Dillman, Bathsheba Doran, Jeanette D. Farr, Catherine Filloux, David Fleisher, Gregory Fletcher, Nancy Gall-Clayton, Megan Gogerty, Mark Guarino, Jay D. Hanagan, Frank Higgins, Caleen Sinnette Jennings, Julie Jensen, Janet Kenney, Barbara Lindsay, David MacGregor, Michele Markarian, Cherisse Montgomery, Brett Neveu, Edward Pomerantz, Bruce Post, Monica Raymond, Rebecca Ritchie, David Rush, Mark Smith-Soto, Lisa Soland, Donna Spector, Wanda Strukus, Jules Tasca, Jerry Thompson, Christopher Wall, Kathleen Warnock
Product Code: TF4000
Collection
Comedy | Drama
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Synopsis
This exciting collection explores the complex worlds inhabited by amusing, passionate, quirky, obsessive, fallible and sometimes frightening characters. Featuring roles for 80 talented actors, the plays range in style from farce to tragedy, from lighthearted romance to the darker dimensions of the human heart. Audiences and performers will find the plays compelling and intriguing. Teachers will find this volume especially useful in their acting, directing and playwriting classes.
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Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Collection
- Product Code TF4000
- Min. Royalty Rate $15.00/perf
Categories
- Target Audience High School | College and Adult
- Performing Group High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre
- Genre Comedy | Drama
- ISBN(13) 9781583422830
Included Titles
Bodhisattva by Lagoon By Cass Brayton.
A gay community responds to the death of a young gay man.
- Product Code: BB5000
- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 2m., 2w., Alternate option, 1m.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Playtime By Kent R. Brown.
A single mother and her precocious runaway daughter meet at midnight to see how much they still love each other.
- Product Code: PA6000
- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 2w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Defrosting By Domenick Vincent Danza.
Two long-time friends, one recently divorced, gather to eat all the food in a defrosting refrigerator.
- Product Code: D85000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Chiaroscuro By Lisa Dillman
A mother and daughter, both intelligent and inquisitive, deal with the mother's diminished mental capacities.
- Product Code: CC4000
- Genre: Comedy,Drama
- Cast Size: 2w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Film Noir By Bathsheba Doran
A comic send up of lust and intrigue set against a shadowy film noir backdrop of lamp posts and sultry looks.
- Product Code: F90000
- Genre: Comedy,Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Stuffed By Jeanette D. Farr.
Two emotionally stunted people, one a teenage girl, the other an older man, share unusual and disturbing secrets.
- Product Code: SJ7000
- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Converting By Catherine Filloux.
Their perceptions of aging influence the relationship between two older men.
- Product Code: CC5000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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4-1-1 By David Fleisher.
A desperate caller seeks the telephone number of a psychiatrist and a less-than-helpful operator assists him.
- Product Code: F91000
- Genre: Comedy,Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Stairway to Heaven By Gregory Fletcher.
A sister and her brother consider the life they'll lead after the recent death of their father.
- Product Code: SJ8000
- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Rumple Schmumple By Megan Gogerty
An eager queen is more than willing to give up her child to the fiendish Rumpelstiltskin.
- Product Code: R77000
- Genre: Comedy,Farce
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Partial Post By Mark Guarino
An obsessed married man is compelled to write letters to a former lover in front of his wife.
- Product Code: PA7000
- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Let Me Count the Ways By Jay D. Hanagan.
Two young lovers let the anticipation build as they prepare to kiss.
- Product Code: LC9000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w. (male voice.)
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Cheating Death By Frank Higgins.
A woman thinks she is getting the better deal when bargaining with Death.
- Product Code: CC6000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Classyass By Caleen Sinette Jennings
A naive college DJ gets more than he bargains for when Big B arrives from the downtown women's shelter to discuss the complexities of classical music and social responsibility.
- Product Code: CC7000
- Genre: Comedy,Drama
- Cast Size: 2m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Double Mandible By Julie Jensen
Two sisters come to terms with the pressures of competing in the daunting world of synchronized swimming.
- Product Code: D86000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Ma in Her Kerchief By Janet Kenney
A strong willed mother-in-law, suffering from cancer, works out the territorial implications of living in her daughter-in-law's household.
- Product Code: ME6000
- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 2w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Grunions By Barbara Lindsay.
A couple struggles to invigorate a marriage that has lost its sense of adventure.
- Product Code: G81000
- Genre: Comedy,Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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18 Holes By David MacGregor
Two men discuss their lives and wives while strolling through 18 holes of golf.
- Product Code: E47000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Phoning It In By Michele Markarian.
Life and love in the interrupting world of cell-phoning.
- Product Code: PA8000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Lillian Goes to the Mirror By Cherisse Montgomery.
A young woman's experience with breast cancer enriches the life and poetry for her and her husband.
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- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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The Late Afternoon (Around 3:45 or So) Before Christmas By Brett Neveu.
A man seeking an audience with Santa Clause definitely knows whether he has been naughty or nice.
- Product Code: LD2000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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A Change of Pace By Edward Pomerantz
A husband and wife, married a considerable number of years, confess one night in bed that they have been unfaithful. Or have they?
- Product Code: CC8000
- Genre: Comedy,Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Jumpers and Spinners By Bruce Post
Two laborers on lunch break contemplate the forces of nature and the foibles of man while discussing the habits of killer spiders
- Product Code: J39000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Creche By Monica Raymond
Two teenage girls find a newborn baby placed in a papier-mach
- Product Code: CC9000
- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 2w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Buying a Brassiere By Rebecca Ritchie.
A woman seeks to buy a prosthesis to accommodate her special situation.
- Product Code: BB6000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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I'll Fly Away By David Rush.
A loving granddaughter and her confused grandfather wait in a valley for the arrival of aliens from outer space.
- Product Code: I87000
- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Trio By Mark Smith-Soto.
Two soldiers and a prisoner of war are locked in a timeless battle of life and death.
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- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 3m.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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An Earthquake By Lisa Soland.
An earthquake in Hollywood, California shakes up the lives of prospective lovers.
- Product Code: E48000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Short-Term Affairs By Donna Spector
A man goes to the Bureau of Short-Term Affairs and gets exactly what he needs.
- Product Code: SJ9000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) By Wanda Strukus
Two hit men, long-time business associates, meet under a bridge to settle the score.
- Product Code: D87000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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The Sasmann Aesthetic By Jules Tasca
A male patient and his female psychiatrist navigate the titillating waters of fetishism and romance.
- Product Code: SK1000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Coffee Break By Jerry Thompson
An older painter and his single-mother assistant come to terms with aging and its impact on their working relationship.
- Product Code: CD1000
- Genre: Comedy,Drama
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Dumpster Dan By Christopher Wall
A father and son, living in dumpsters in the alley behind their home, come to terms with a death in their family.
- Product Code: D88000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 2m.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Rocks in the Bed By Kathleen Warnock.
An estranged son and his half-brother visit the home of their deceased father and learn of the influence he had on the lives of total strangers.
- Product Code: R78000
- Genre: Drama
- Cast Size: 2m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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A Mustache and A Mattress By Nancy Gall-Clayton.
A woman seeking a mattress—a man who wants to sell a mattress—what might happen next?
- Product Code: ME7000
- Genre: Comedy
- Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
- Approx. Run Time: 10 min.
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Production Map
| Location | City | State | Opens | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunlop Village Hall | Dunlop | 03/15/2025 | 03/15/2025 |
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