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Discover good plays for community theater, play scripts for community drama groups and amateur dramatic groups to perform. Find good scripts for community theatre plays with a flexible cast, Most scripts with a large cast of actors have flexible casting.  There are scripts with small casts, plays with simple easy staging, multi-racial casts, and diverse roles.

Community drama and amateur drama groups often need play scripts for small groups with a broad range of roles for casts of different ages, races and acting abilities.  Comedy scripts for community theater are most popular. Community drama groups often prefer to build an evening of theater from several short plays to give all the group members a chance to perform on stage.

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    The Pinch Hitter

    $8.00 – $39.79
    A one-act family comedy for 5 actors. A woman is pushed to the limits by the needs of her family. Her husband is overwhelmed by a new business venture, two of her children are self-absorbed, and her eldest son copes, with her help, with mild mental retardation. What will they do when she goes on strike? Great for middle school, high school, community theater,  school competitions, and groups for women. Downloadable, printable PDF available.
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  • The Quest of the Yellow Pearl

    $9.00 – $75.00
    In ancient times, Eldad, a gem merchant hears rumors of a magnificent pearl. He spends his life seeking for this marvelous jewel. Throughout his travels——and travails——he encounters both the splendor and the baseness of humanity. When his riches and health, and even his sight are finally gone, he discovers that the rumored pearl is, in fact, a man named Jesus, the true pearl beyond price.
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  • The Selfish Giant

    $7.99 – $75.00
    A full-length fantasy play for five characters, based on Oscar Wilde's Story The Selfish Giant.  This adventure tells the enchanting story of a group of city kids who discover a beautiful house and garden in the middle of their cement and broken glass environment. But they are chased off by the selfish giant, Gorgon, who places a 'No Trespassing' sign on the gate.  Because of his selfishness, the elements of Frost, Snow, and Hail invade his garden and transform it into a place where Spring is banished.
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  • The Snow Queen

    $13.70 – $180.00
    This 60-minute Christmas play for the whole family is adapted by Gillette Elvgren from "The Snow Queen" story by Hans Christian Anderson. Follow the adventures of the young girl Gerda as she strives to free her best friend Kay from the icy grip of the Snow Queen. A modern version with optional audience participation, for Children's Theatre or students to perform for family audiences.
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  • The Straight Dope

    $8.00 – $35.00
    Jeff, a college student who, in his words, "has honorable intentions, a good future, and works out 3 times a week" asks his friend Bob for advice on women after he learns that Veronica can't stomach him. He wonders if he's asked the right person when he discovers that Bob doesn't even know how Marvin Gaye died. Alicia puts it all into perspective.
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  • The Tempest for Youth

    $7.97 – $75.00
    A 45-minute appealing comedy adaptation of The Tempest to be relished. It has all the exciting elements: of the original play: shipwrecks, a love story, an evil plot, and the fun exploits of the spirits Ariel and her adversary, the rebellious fish-man, Caliban.   The flexible cast roles ensures a part for everyone. A must-see for young audiences.
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  • The Trunk

    $8.95 – $48.00
    A man is about to board a mysterious train when he is stopped because of the size of his luggage. What is in his trunk that he is so reluctant to part with? And where is the train going? In this 15-minute play, L. Elizabeth Powers bears witness to the fact that it's never too late to take a different path.
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  • The Unmasking of Yetta Breen

    $13.70 – $155.00
    A full-length touching and funny 'dramedy' by Mickey Coburn, about a newly widowed woman and her changing relationships with her grown children. Yetta's family expect her to remain 'mama': dependent and indecisive but Yetta has ideas of her own. After years of marriage, she wants to live for herself. But when the suitors begin to appear!!!! Will Yetta be able to emancipate herself from the role of "Jewish Mother"? Even if her new beau is the "likker" salesman? Great for community and regional theaters. Downloadable PDF available.
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  • The Yellow Brick Road Trip

    $7.97 – $30.00
    A very different Dorothy lands in Oz to find some romantic interest from one of the Munchkins and a conflict over language and meaning from the Good Witch.
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  • This’ll Only Take a Second

    $8.97 – $29.99
    As Miranda prepares to go to sleep, she recounts the events of her day—and her life—through a series of imagined and surreal interactions with her parents and psychiatrist.
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  • Three Long Days

    $9.00 – $75.00
    In this one-act comedy for high school, a group of teens win the prize of WPHL Radio’s Three Long Days Lottery. The prize is they are trapped in a room for three days, with no showers and no escape. They have to come to grips with stereotyping and the need for tolerance and understanding if they are to survive. An entertaining and insightful play by award-winning playwright and director, Gillette Elvgren.
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  • Tom and Huck–Breakin’ The Law

    $13.70 – $145.00
    An award-winning romantic comedy that imagines Tom and Huck as gay sixteen-year-olds, trapped in the 1850’s in St. Petersburg, Missouri. The adventures will be familiar, yet comically twisted, full of teenage angst, and discovery of one's sexuality and uniqueness.
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  • Unlocked Doors

    $7.25 – $35.00
    “Unlocked Doors” is a 10-min drama within Monique Franz’s play series, “Legacy of a Father" , and touches on the impact of incest for one woman. Christine, a wife and mother in her thirties, is losing her faith and has hit an emotional wall due to the past sexual abuse of her father. Decades after the abuse, Christine is challenged to aggressively take back the control robbed from her as a child.
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  • Voices from the Bible: Monologues for Women

    $13.97 – $55.00
    These 16 fictional monologues by Gillette Elvgren are based on women in the Bible. They range from the profound and moving to the comic and even sassy. Find the biblical characters you would expect: Mary, Mother of Jesus; Mary Magdalene; and Martha. Add to that the Witch of Endor and Claudia, the wife of Pilate and you have a vibrant mix of voices, both serious and comic. This collection of monologues can be performed as an evening or individually as a portion of a church or school event.
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  • Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    $7.25 – $35.00
    “Wrong Place, Wrong Time” is another 10-minute short in Monique Franz play series, “Legacy of a Father.” The script touches on the soil on which many troubled inner-city youth grow, especially those without the presence of a quality father figure. The script highlights the lack of choices that men of urban contexts are presented with, from birth until adulthood.
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