Comedies
Make 'em laugh, make 'em smile with these comedic plays for your student performers.
Frankenstein vs the Horrendous Goo: Competition Version
by Treanor Baring
A 35 minute cutting of the original suitable for competition.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 3 W + 6 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Franz Kafka Cancels His Cell Phone Plan
by Kirk Shimano
A modern absurdist play that puts elements from three of Franz Kafka’s works into the context of the everyday absurdities of our 21st century lives.
- About 25 minutes
- 5 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 17 pages
The Fried Kobassa
by J. Robert Wilkins
A girl-heavy wacky camp comedy that centres on some missing luncheon meat.
- About 40 minutes
- 2 M + 9 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 pages
Hairball
by Lindsay Price
A light vignette play about our obsession with hair. Flexible casting.
- About 25 minutes
- 3 M + 5 W, Expandable to 14M+27W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 27 pages
Hamlet, Zombie Killer of Denmark
by Chris Stiles
Denmark is plagued with zombies in this gruesomely comic adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 2 W + 11 Any Gender, Plus Extras
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 36 pages
Hamlette
by Allison Williams
Hamlet is played by a girl in this twisty-turny comedic interpretation of the classic Danish tale.
- About 30 minutes
- 1 M + 1 W + 3 Any Gender, Expandable to 13
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 20 pages
The Haunting of Chip Lake Lodge
by J. Robert Wilkins
Things start to go awry when four teens show up at a haunted lodge for their prom. A determined ghost could make this the most bizarre night ever.
- About 60 minutes
- 2 M + 4 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 39 pages
The Hope and Heartache Diner
by Lindsay Price
Diners are a special place. You can get your coffee, fall in love, and find light when the world is dark.
- About 70 minutes
- 6 M + 7 W + 3 Any Gender
- Unit set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 66 pages
The Hope and Heartache Diner - One Act Version
by Lindsay Price
A One Act version of The Hope and Heartache Diner
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 5 W + 7 Any Gender
- Unit set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 31 pages
Horror Movie 101: Failing Can Be Deadly
by Steven Stack
A collection of five hauntingly humorous tales.
- About 55 minutes
- 5 M + 16 W, double and triple casting possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 53 pages
Horror Movie 102: Failing Just Got Deadlier
by Steven Stack
A follow-up to the very popular Horror Movie 101!
- About 60 minutes
- 7 M + 14 W + 1 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Humbug High: A Contemporary Christmas Carol
adapted by Lindsay Price from Charles Dickens
A modern take on the classic Dickens tale. Eddie Scrooge is a 17-year-old Bah Humbug of a guy. Till one Christmas Eve when three ghosts change his life.
- About 70 minutes
- 6 M + 13 W, Expandable to 11M 20W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 63 pages
If You Can't Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry
by Jeffrey Harr
Annarosarosemarie is ready and raring to go for her first play audition. Miss Johnson is not ready to see what Annarosarosemarie has prepared. Not ready at all.
- About 15 minutes
- 2 W
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 11 pages
If You Can't Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry - Virtual Version
by Jeffrey Harr
Annarosarosemarie is ready and raring to go for her first virtual play audition. Miss Johnson is not ready to see what Annarosarosemarie has prepared. Not ready at all.
- About 15 minutes
- 2 W
- Virtual Production
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Jane Austen, Completely Zoomed
by Treanor Baring
A fast-paced, witty modern take on Austen’s six classic masterpieces.
- About 60 minutes
- Virtual Performance
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
A Kidnapped Santa Claus
adapted by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt from L. Frank Baum
Plots and schemes are being hatched to kidnap Santa! That means no toys for good little girls and boys. Adapted from the story by L. Frank Baum.
- About 45 minutes
- 3 M + 5 W + 5 Any Gender, plus Ensemble
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools
- 44 pages
Layers
by Gary Rodgers
Step inside Robin’s world as he grapples with his conscience and his anti-conscience. And then deeper still as the writer tries to figure out an ending... which he may not be able to do if he’s not actually the writer.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 1 W + 14 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 36 pages
A Lighter Shade of Noir
by Patrick Derksen
A fabulously funny and high styling take on film noir.
- About 75 minutes
- 4 M + 5 W + 16 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 62 pages
Little Nell and the Mortgage Foreclosure
by John Donald O'Shea
A delightful melodrama replete with broad comedy, memorable characters, and plenty of booing and hissing for the stovepipe-hat-wearing villain!
- About 45 minutes
- 2 M + 3 W
- Unit Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 pages
Lord of the Pies
by Clint Snyder
A pie shop erupts into panic after Franny, a brash cat-lady, announces the arrival of the apocalypse. A Lord of the Flies parody.
- About 30 minutes
- 2 M + 10 W + 7 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 20 pages
