Comedy Articles for Drama Teachers

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Are your students tired of fairy tales? The Magic Diary of Mozambique by Chris Stiles is a challenging, character driven, story driven piece for middle...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Snapshot: Bee-u-ti-ful is a competion-length version of Beauty and the Bee, and an awesome character piece for your next competition! Do you get along with...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. The Truth or Dare Sisterhood by Jeffrey Harr is a sharp, funny, and unexpectedly emotional coming-of-age play that tackles identity, friendship, and the...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Are you ready for a high-energy journey through romance, wit, and charm? Then you're ready for Instant Austen: Jane Austen at Warp Speed by Treanor Baring!...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Middle school: a wild mix of excitement, nerves, and really big eighth graders. With a large cast and relatable characters, School Daze by Lindsay Price is...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. The one-act noir comedy, Tough City, Prone to Rain by Alan Haehnel, is perfect for a competition piece – easy to stage, with a large cast and fun to play! In...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Love Rebootilization? Now you can enjoy Rebootilization: Competition Version by Alan Haehnel with your group! Stories are disappearing in a worldwide...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Dive into Commedia Chekhov! This lively adaptation by Lindsay Price introduces your students to Anton Chekhov through the vibrant, over-the-top world of...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight! Lord of the Pies by Clint Snyder is a hilariously fun one-act parody of Lord of the Flies that you need in your classroom. A pie shop erupts into panic after...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Rainbows vs. Bunnies: Annihilation by Bradley Walton is a fun one-act comedy. Fun themes, fun characters... and a super fun title, of course! Aaron is...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Typecast by Amanda Murray Cutalo is a fantastic comedy for students, featuring a heartwarming message and memorable characters. The auditions for an upcoming...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. High school and middle school performers around the globe will love Lindsay Price's theatrical adaptation of the first A.A. Milne book, Winnie-the-Pooh. Join...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. A Lighter of Shade of Noir by Patrick Derksen is a fabulously funny and high styling take on film noir - it’s a lighter shade of noir after all! Trent Trowel...

*Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. * You don’t want to miss this one act annotated version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Shakespeare’s magical tale of mischievous fairies, and love potions...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. _ _ The Haunting of Chip Lake Lodge by J. Robert Wilkins is all about a great story with fantastic characters. Plus wonderful opportunities for technical...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. The Burgundy Letter by Kirk Shimano is a comedic retelling of the classic novel The Scarlet Letter set in a high school and reframed for a digital age. In an...

*Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. * If you believe that Shakespeare’s characters deserve to celebrate the holidays too, then the “what if” holiday extravaganza, Shakespeare’s Super Snowy...

*Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. * The Virtual Support Group from Hell by Jeffrey Harr is a perfect play for an online environment – a hilarious virtual adaptation with fun, vivid...