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Heuer Publishing licenses productions of short and full-length plays, ten-minute plays, and musicals from accomplished playwrights and composers. Heuer's catalog spans genres and includes an extensive list of works appropriate for school and community theatres. Heuer is considered the premier destination for ten-minute plays with numerous award-winning titles including Avalanche by Sarah Greer, Garden Variety by Troy Iverson, and The Man Who Buried His Dogs in the Front Yard by Christine Rusch. Please use our menu to browse by type and genre or use our Show Finder to search for plays that fit your individual production needs. Thank you for visiting and please do not hesitate to ask our knowledgeable staff for help!

ALMOST TREASURE ISLAND

Jack and his buddies have followed a treasure map to a secluded little island where a priceless treasure is supposedly buried. Led by Roger, “Captain Sir,” and somewhat entertained by Magician Jeff, the boys arrive to discover…

“WATER AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE…”

…and find out that they have only half of the map. Before the group left, Jack’s sister, Sarah, stole the...

BROWNSTONE 213

Francis stands at the edge of the Brownstone Building rooftop late at night, heart pounding and deliberate, contemplating suicide. Keb Krat, who died jumping from that very building 60 years ago, introduces Francis to his fate if he takes this determined leap. Keb has until dawn to change the mind of this young man so eager to take his own life. He proceeds to entertain and...

THE CATHARSIS

Emily has been thinking about her relationship with her fiance, David, and she's had a catharsis. Which is now in a box, growling and purring and really quite alive. So where do they go from here?

CONFLICT

A very amusing explanation of how we crave stories in which the protagonist experiences all kinds of hardship.

Note: The cast of six is flexible. Conflict could be performed by five men and four women, with a total cast of nine.

DOBDINOB

DOBDINOB is a magical musical with heart. It is the story of Billy who is assigned to write a poem for a major school project. Daunted by the challenge and hampered by his lack of self-esteem, he resorts to excuses, finally claiming that he hates poetry. In the course of grappling with these issues, he enters a dream world, meeting such lively characters as Prince...

FURIOUS

In the last days of his life, Leo asks his daughter Clare to kill his cat and have its remains buried with him. Through the years, they have battled each other to a standstill, and with this one final dispute, they begin to understand that a family’s fury can be just as binding as love.

A clever mix of storytelling and drama. Even though the topic is about family and...

HANK CINQUE

A handful of actors attempt to put on Shakespeare’s The Life of King Henry the Fifth with no sets, cheap props and a very limited time constraint. Nevertheless, their show turns out to be funny, earnest, and moving. Ultimately, it contains a message for today from 600 years in the past. Note: The cast for Hank Cinque is extremely flexible and is...

JULIA WALKS ON STILTS

This stilt walker in The Lion King was in the trunk during JFK’s assassination. In a solo performance piece presented ten minutes before the Broadway musical starts, she peels away layer after layer of defenses to reveal her connection to celebrity death, her love of Andy Dick, her attraction to stilt walking, and, as honestly as possible, her troubled relationship...

A MOTHER IN MY HEAD

Where does motherly advice and direction begin and where does it end? Or does it ever end? This witty and fast-paced play follows the lives of two young people as they begin their careers, meet, and fall in love, each coached every step of the way by the "mothers in their heads." The on-stage presence of the mothers provides an interaction between characters that is thoroughly...

NEXT ACTOR, PLEASE!

At an audition, the director is overwhelmed when the actors include “The Swamp Sheik,” a dictator-like Shakespearean actress, and a delusional secret agent. Next to these amusingly artsy thespians, the vindictive gypsy, the homeless guy and the actress prone to panic attacks seem normal.

UNCLE CHICK'S LAST WISH

Uncle Chick has passed away and his last wish is to have his family scatter his ashes on the beach. This request conjures visions of an ocean-side memorial, with a setting sun, full of heart-felt remembrances of Uncle Chick; however, there is one problem – Uncle Chick has chosen a nude beach that he and his Army buddies visited and his surviving family now have reservations...

Top 11 Plays - Editor's Choices

ALMOST TREASURE ISLAND, by E. McPherson

BROWNSTONE 213, by A. Cerv

THE CATHARSIS, by K. Robinson

CONFLICT, by W. Bradford

DOBDINOB, by C. Lombardo, R. Clemente, D. Lombardo

FURIOUS, by E. Appleton

HANK CINQUE, by G. Peterson

JULIA WALKS ON STILTS, by A. Kozak

A MOTHER IN MY HEAD, by C. King

NEXT ACTOR, PLEASE!, by C. Haas

UNCLE CHICK'S LAST WISH, by L. Oatman High

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MANIAC MANOR - by D. Lowry

Hired by Mrs. Buffington to solve her husband’s murder, amateur detectives Alexis Scott and Tabby Ross arrive at Buffington Manor to find a house full of possible suspects. Beginning with the malevolent butler, a paranoid maid, a sleepwalking niece, several crooked cooks, a shifty chaffeur, and the eccentric Mrs. Buffington herself. The testimonies are exaggerated, the investigation highly-entertaining.

Featured Title:
A Crack in the Wall, a new Holocaust drama by Peter Fisk
Set at the onset of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in April 1943, A Crack in the Wall tells the powerful story of Ari Kerovsky, a young Jewish boy collecting and hiding arms for his father, and Stanislaw Pazlovsky, a young Christian man who risks his life to smuggle arms and food to the Kerovskys. Against tremendous odds and constant fear, a special friendship is born.

Coming Soon:
A Place Called Christmas, by Whitney Ryan Garrity
Beauty, Brains & Personality - One Act, by Emmett Loverde
A Knight in My Locker, by Christopher Burruto
Becoming Juliet, by Dean Dyer
An Emperor Exposed, by Dean Dyer
Higher Power, by Bradley Walton
Leslie and the Boys, by Tim Mogford
Party of Three, by Theresa Sherwood
Pass the Salt, Please., by Jeffrey Ircink
School Bus, by Joe Musso
The Script, by Kamron Klitgaard
So Much Snow, by Emmett Loverde
Shakespeare's Brother, by Carol Roper
Swedish Fish, by Richard Fulco
The Test - One Act, by Cliff McClelland
Tinman, by Sam Miller
Void, by Don Tongue
Who's on Alpha?, by Matt Thompson and Mike McCafferty

For a greener theatre: Download perusal scripts for most plays. Read full play scripts immediately without shipping costs, without waiting. Add a title to your shopping cart and then click on Perusal Script (Internet Download) to download the script!

WHAT'S NEW: Notebook Scripts for full length plays. 8.5 x 11 3-ring binders with large margins for notes. A must-have for directors, designers, and stage managers.

O. Henry Series

Here they are! Selections from O. Henry's short stories in our popular ten minute play format. These plays deliver the same classic wit, humor and surprise endings characteristic of O. Henry's stories. This distinctive style will be cherished by those familiar with O. Henry and truly enjoyed by newcomers.

Grappling With Grammar Series

Who says grappling with grammar has to be a grind? Part of our unique Grammar Series in the popular ten-minute format, which blends performing arts with English studies.

The Maxwell Family Classics Series

Come meet the Maxwells and you will instantly become part of the family. These classic plays are full of comedy and you are given a "ring side" seat in watching the humor of everyday life unfold before your eyes.

The Virgil Series

Come to Lickskillet and join in the adventures of America's #1 family, the Sludges, a clan of fairly unremarkable, but kindly folk, that are guaranteed to keep you in stitches. As you ease back in your chair to enter the slow lane, be prepared for uproarious laughter with a smattering of life's lessons.

Mastering Math Series

The Mastering Math Series inspires knowledge and mathematical concepts through story theatre. Each ten-minute play uses Alberto's family and friends to introduce a new math concept to your students by actively engaging them with humorous dialogue and visual demonstration. This non-traditional, interdisciplinary approach has proven to be a fun, effective means of not only teaching, but also instilling a love of mathematics!

Frankenharry Series

The ridiculously talented Joseph Sorrentino brings you four ten minute plays featuring the famously funny duo, Frank and Harry. Clifford A. Ridley, Philadelphia Inquirer's theater critic, summed it up best when he said, "Frankly, or maybe Harrily, he can't write these clever scripts fast enough to suit me."