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CHESTNUTS ROASTED - by D. O'Carroll

A collection of five holiday-themed comedies, which could be performed individually, or all together as a complete evening. THE HOLIDAY DESSERT DRAFT depicts the moments when every holiday selected its classic dessert, including Christmas's odd choice of fruitcake and candy canes. A CHRISTMAS CAROL CAROL finds Charles Dickens visited by a ghostly figure who warns him that his latest... read more

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ABOVE AVERAGE MAN, by C. Engler

ADVENTURES IN THE E.R., by S. Mullen

ALIBIS, by P. Kennedy

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, by M. Foss

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, by J. Arnold

CANST THOU HEAREST THEE NOW?, by Z. Rammelsberg

CHOOSE YOUR HEIST, by D. O'Carroll

A CHRISTMAS CHAOS - FULL LENGTH, by M. Wehrli

THE CURSED BONES, by M. Tennant

DON QUIXOTE DE LA CENTER, by D. Bareford

FLY BABIES, by R. Harding

GLADYS NIGHTS, by B. Kimsey

GOING UP?, by S. Franco, D. Bayless

LOST (AND FOUND) IN IKEA, by G. Stapp

LOVE AND TEAR GAS, by K. Levine

THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE MANX, by M. Matthews

PANDEMONIUM, by J. Atkins

SAINT PETER'S ESCORT SERVICE, by G. Stapp

THE STORY SELLER'S TALE, by C. Pankratz

TEARS OF THE SOUL, by A. Wilson

ABOVE AVERAGE MAN

With nods to radio show pastiche, this modern podcast style show opens with Max Best (AKA Captain Stupendous) once again keeping the streets of Populous safe from his arch enemy Nefarious. However, things get tricky when Piper Penbrooke, a smart upstart reporter, discovers an unknown truth. Captain Stupendous doesn’t have any superpowers; he only thinks he does....

ADVENTURES IN THE E.R.

You never know what you might encounter in the E.R., from frantic hypochondriacs and a severed toe to a needy pregnant woman, foot-rub coupons and a food poisoning mystery.

ALIBIS

Whodunit, howdunit. When famous actress Primavera Donna throws a party and winds up dead, it's up to the guests to figure out who and how, and why the hired help is so annoying. Shades of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, and Ten Little Indians. As the storm outside rages and the body count mounts, the guests must contend with interruptions, shocking revelations, tacky...

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

A stage adaptation of Remarque’s classic novel, All Quiet on the Western Front tells the experiences of the Second Company on the German Front lines during the last year of WWI. Closely following the novel, the central storyteller, Paul, navigates these perilous trenches while learning the heartbreak of loss, the shared humanity and necessity of friendship, and...

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Beauty asked only for a rose. When her father picks one from a castle garden, he must pay the ultimate price. Unwilling to let her father die, Beauty takes his place as prisoner to a volatile Beast. But Beauty's spirit cannot be broken, and soon the Beast softens. The castle and its cursed inhabitants thrive with Beauty's presence, and she cannot help but fall in love with her...

CANST THOU HEAREST THEE NOW?

A modern-day take on Romeo and Juliet where two cell line-crossed lovers are kept apart because they come from two separate operating systems (or families): The Applelets and the MontaGoogles. With help from Siri and Andy and some familiar Shakespearean characters, they try to overcome their barriers and communicate.

CHOOSE YOUR HEIST

The Cosmopolitan Museum of Art has borrowed a famous painting from a European collection but a group of thieves plan to steal it. Will the crooks succeed? Will the museum’s security team catch them in time? And just what’s going to happen with this old supply of explosives and bathtub gin squirreled away in the catacombs beneath the museum? It’s up to you. Every twist and turn...

A CHRISTMAS CHAOS - FULL LENGTH

Gadzooks! The Royal Shakespeare Company hasn't arrived as promised to perform their stirring rendition of "A Christmas Carol." So our intrepid band of hapless actors and technicians must put together their own production in only seven hours! What a pity that they are not quite up to the task, even though they give it their all. Have you ever experienced backstage mayhem? ...

THE CURSED BONES

“Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones.” William Shakespeare’s Gravesite Epitaph

Joe, and his daughter Angela, have inherited an old house after his uncle’s mysterious death. They soon discover that many owners of the home have died under suspicious circumstances—Shakespearean circumstances––as the past owners have met...

DON QUIXOTE DE LA CENTER

It is the night before Halloween at a group home for senior citizens in the small town of La Center, Washington. Donald Quintero, an aging resident with dementia, is costumed as a knight by the staff and decides that he really is a cavalier of old, viewing the world around him as land of castles, giants, fair ladies, and evil sorcerers. At first, his antics are harmless––even...

FLY BABIES

1943 – WWII is raging. Five young American women, all qualified pilots, lend their skills to the newly-created Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs): Dotty, the wide-eyed farm girl; Peggy, the spoiled heiress; Pauline, the seasoned barnstormer; Hazel, the Asian-American who has already witnessed the horrors of war; and Mazy, the African-American who is fighting her own war...

GLADYS NIGHTS

Gladys is having a mid-life crisis. Stuck in the daily grind, working at her office day job with an irritating narcissist boss, Gladys feels she is about to lose her mind. Suddenly, she is visited by her childhood imaginary friend, Pepper. Unlike the usual imaginary friends, Pepper is a sleek, sexy badass super assassin who made a pact with Gladys 30 years ago that she would...

GOING UP?

Imagine you are suddenly trapped in an elevator and you cannot get away! Going Up? chronicles the hilarious struggles of passengers trapped in three separate elevator cars during a New York City power outage. From a fitness freak to an overly calm psychologist, to an OCD germ-a-phobe and a non-stop chatter box this show is filled with colorful characters and outrageous...

LOST (AND FOUND) IN IKEA

Can two strangers find love at IKEA? Possibly—with a playful ghost involved. Winifred and Lex are both lonely hearts, but neither of them is convinced that true love can be found while shopping. Winifred’s brother and Lex’s deceased wife think differently and have decided to play cupid for their reluctant loved ones, who unexpectedly find themselves wrestling with...

LOVE AND TEAR GAS

Set in the late 1960s/early 1970s, a movie star marries a political activist and moves into his shabby house that comes complete with an unusual handyman. This three-character comedy explores idealism vs. practicality. What follows are a series of complications, including an adoption, a costly faux pas, PR nightmare, and the Oscars.

THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE MANX

In a city of never-ending crime, the beautiful Lola Appletree enters the office of private eye Sam Steel, hoping he can find her missing boyfriend. Sam and his bumbling partner, Max Mooney, eagerly jump on the case but everything seems to lead back to a mysterious Manx. With a host of suspects such as mobster Big Tony Gallo, Peg the Pirate, Irish Mike, and the kind-hearted...

PANDEMONIUM

Who killed Zeus? That is the question that private detective Minerva Owler is trying to answer in modern day New York City. The Greek gods live incognito among the mortals, but when Zeus is murdered by one of their own, it is up to the goddess of wisdom, Minerva, to find out who is behind the betrayal. With the help of her Olympian siblings––the EMT Mercury and Sergeant Mars...

SAINT PETER'S ESCORT SERVICE

When entering the uncertainty of the afterlife, everyone is first drawn to the light at the end of the tunnel––a celestial place where one will either meet Stella or Cessal, employees of competitive escort services that are literally out-of-this-world. The two of them, frenemies at best, wittingly engage in the age-old conflict of good versus evil as they roll out the red...

THE STORY SELLER'S TALE

Desperate to make rent, a Story Seller tries to sell tales to a group of nonplussed medieval peasants who cannot read. These stories each tell about an instance of everyday magic, misunderstanding, or happenstance, inspired by the style of traditional folk tales. As the Story Seller orates each story, the action takes over onstage employing a large ensemble cast. Will the...

TEARS OF THE SOUL

1968. The most turbulent year in America. Racial unrest and violent protests in the streets. Social division and a nation on the verge of collapse. Internal family and external community tensions fueled by differing political perspectives. Tears of the Soul is set for two months and four days during the sanitation workers strike in Memphis, TN. There is a war raging in...