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Ten Minute Play Series: Be Challenged

Recommended for High Schools

Ten Minute Play Series: Be Challenged

by Lindsay Price

A collection of short plays with challenging stories and complex characters.

 About 10 minutes

Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks


Simple Set


 64 pages

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Our Ten Minute Play Series continues with these 'challenging' shorts. What makes them challenging? The characters are more complex, like in Bottle Baby or Sunday Lunch. The rhythms in the scene require more specific timing to make them work, like in Oh Chad and You. Or there's a twist that needs more than simple memorization and blocking like Hall Pass and Juice Box.

All in all, there's a lot packed into these ten minute plays. Up for the challenge?

Look for other collections in our Ten Minute Play Series!

This Book is a Collection of 6 Plays

Bottle Baby
Beeb is a young recovering alcoholic. But the recovery isn't going so well.

2 W. Approx. 10 minutes long. Rights: $25.00, Script Distribution License: $14.95

Hall Pass
No hall pass? No entry. No matter what you say. No matter what you do. No matter what history you bring up.

2 M. Approx. 10 minutes long. Rights: $25.00, Script Distribution License: $14.95

Juice Box
Two very prim and proper young ladies are no match for the power of juice in a box.

2 W. Approx. 10 minutes long. Rights: $25.00, Script Distribution License: $14.95

Oh Chad
The story of a love that withstands all obstacles and surpasses all boundaries... except for one.

1 M 1 W. Approx. 10 minutes long. Rights: $25.00, Script Distribution License: $14.95

Sunday Lunch
The sons of a divorcée and a widow try to cope with this longstanding ritual.

2 M. Approx. 10 minutes long. Rights: $25.00, Script Distribution License: $14.95

You
An accused trio probes one another. Who is the rat?

3 M. Approx. 10 minutes long. Rights: $25.00, Script Distribution License: $16.95

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