Dream Only By Night
Performable Collection. 110 - 120 minutes. 13-47 any gender. Step into the mysterious world of Edgar Allan Poe in this thrilling, vignette-style adaptation of his best-known works like "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Cask of Amontillado." More Info... More Info... |
The Virtual Years
Anthology. 9 - 65 minutes. Varies by title. This collection of eleven plays written during the COVID-19 pandemic isn't just an artifact of a trying time—it's a testament to innovation and creativity. More Info... More Info... |
Go Solo, Volume 2: More Contemporary Monologues for Young Actors
The successor to Go Solo, our first monologue collection, featuring more than six dozen monologues from plays published by YouthPLAYS, for young actors ranging from middle school through university, ideal for auditions, classroom work and competition. Available as a paperback book for individual use or as an ebook that includes a photocopy license for classroom use. More Info... More Info... |
The Great Unstoppable Mighty Mites Take the Field (Again)
Comedy. 70 - 80 minutes. 15+ any gender. In 1948 Virginia, aspiring football star Joe rejoices when Miller Park gets its very own sandlot football team...but does a ragtag team of blue-collar underdogs stand a chance against their big-time, big-city, big-rich competitors? More Info... More Info... |
Hard-Boiled Eggnog: A Christmas Noir
Holiday Comedy. 75 - 85 minutes. 8-12+ any gender. When Santa Claus is murdered days before Christmas, can aspiring elf detective Jingle crack the case in this heartwarming holiday comedy with a healthy helping of noir and a dash of nutmeg? More Info... More Info... |
An Odyssey
Dramedy. 90 - 110 minutes. 16+ any gender (16-50+ performers possible). In this bold and exciting new adaptation of Homer's Odyssey, the audience is transported to ancient Greece, where the hero might be the person to your left or your right—or they might even be you... More Info... More Info... |
Scaredy Kat Presents
Drama. 65 - 75 minutes. 3-4 females. Eleven-year-old filmmaker Kathryn is paralyzed by anxiety, but could a forced encounter with a neighbor girl be the secret to her creative success, or will it make all her fears come true? More Info... More Info... |
Time Freaks
Comedy. 75 - 85 minutes. 5 females, 4 males, 5+ any gender (14-19+ performers possible). When Dubs blows his only line in the school play, he and best friend Kale go back in time to fix his mistake and save his reputation, but will Kale and Dubs save the play, or will their friendship—and maybe even their lives—blink out of existence? More Info... More Info... |
We Didn't Have Time to Be Scared
Musical. 75 - 85 minutes. 11-22+ females, 8-17+ males (19-39+ performers possible). Join Inge and her sister Lucy—who together embarked on an extraordinary odyssey from Nazi-occupied Austria, through England, Trinidad and finally to America—in an extraordinary and uplifting musical journey about the bonds of family and the power of hope. |
Aladdin! Choose Your Own Arabian Night (one-act version)
Comedy. 50 - 60 minutes. 4 females, 4 males, 4+ any gender (12-40+ performers possible). The audience's wishes are granted when Choose Your Own Adventure meets Aladdin in this zany comedy. More Info... More Info... |
The Fall of the House of Usher
Horror. 20 - 25 minutes. 8-12 any gender. Haunted by both the past and the future, a rich shut-in meets his ultimate, unavoidable fate in this adaptation of the Poe short story. More Info... More Info... |
Felicity
Drama. 20 - 25 minutes. 1 female, 1 male. As impoverished teenagers Will and June watch the latest rocket launch, June discovers that her lifelong friend is obsessed with leaving Earth behind forever, but is he willing to leave her along with it? |
The Great Unstoppable Mighty Mites Take the Field (Again) (one-act version)
Comedy. 40 - 45 minutes. 15+ any gender. In 1948 Virginia, aspiring football star Joe rejoices when Miller Park gets its very own sandlot football team...but does a ragtag team of blue-collar underdogs stand a chance against their big-time, big-city, big-rich competitors? More Info... More Info... |
Only One Day A Year
Drama. 55 - 60 minutes. 4 females, 3-4 males. Two generations apart, two young women must use their smarts, determination and some literal "Black Girl Magic" to stand toe-to-toe against injustice. More Info... More Info... |
Straw, Sticks, Bricks
Comedy. 20 - 30 minutes. 6-9 any gender. You know their story, you've just never noticed them in all that huffing and puffing: Straw, Sticks, and Bricks (the chosen building materials of the Three Little Pigs) are personified in this moving comedy, challenging us to take a fresh look at who gets their story told. |
SWALLOWED! (an existential crisis)
Comedy. 50 - 60 minutes. 3 females, 1 male, 4+ any gender (8+ performers possible). Reporting live from inside the stomach of the old lady who swallowed a fly, SWALLOWED! (an existential crisis) chronicles the absurd: an unlikely assembly of animals trying to figure out where they are, how they got there and how to get out. More Info... More Info... |
The Tell-Tale Heart
Horror. 20 - 25 minutes. 6-13 any gender. An unnamed murderer explains his actions in an attempt to prove his sanity, but, ultimately, his guilt overwhelms him into confessing in this adaptation of the Poe short story. More Info... More Info... |
Three
Drama. 20 - 25 minutes. 2-3 females, 2 males, 2+ any gender (6-11+ performers possible). In a dystopia where families are limited to three members, what do you do if you have twins? More Info... More Info... |
The Cask of Amontillado
Horror. 15 - 20 minutes. 10-14 any gender. Revenge, greed, and methodical planning leads to one man’s freedom and the other’s downfall in this adaptation of Poe's short story. More Info... More Info... |
The Masque of the Red Death
Horror. 10 - 15 minutes. 10-18 any gender. No one can escape the power of Death, not even a rich prince and his friends in this adaptation of the Poe short story. More Info... More Info... |
The Raven
Horror. 10 - 15 minutes. 5 any gender. A visitor on a rainy night brings no comfort to one haunted by lost love and despair in this adaptation of Poe's iconic poem. More Info... More Info... |
The System
Horror. 15 - 20 minutes. 13 any gender. A visitor to a private asylum gets more than expected when it becomes clear that the patients have overthrown the staff in this adaptation of the Poe short story. More Info... More Info... |