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Theatrefolk's Ten-Minute Play Collection

by Lindsay Price

These plays offer everything from broad flat-out comedy to quiet, intimate drama. See your students play a wide range of roles.

Comedy Drama Student Directors

Recommended for High Schools

At a Glance

Set
Simple Set
Length
55 pages
Free Excerpt

This Book is a Collection of 5 Plays

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Football Romeo (Ten Minute Version)

2 M, 2 F · Approx. 10 minutes

A football player tries to tackle Shakespeare.

The Four Hags of the Apocalypse Eat Salad at their General Meeting

4 F · Approx. 10 minutes

A black comedy about female self-image.

Liver for Breakfast

1 M, 2 F · Approx. 10 minutes

Three siblings agonize over meeting their father's new girlfriend.

Paper Thin

1 M, 1 F · Approx. 10 minutes

An upwardly mobile couple creates a Tuesday night diversion.

Walls

2 M, 2 F · Approx. 10 minutes

An abstract look at generational barriers.

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Royalty fees apply to all performances whether or not admission is charged. Any performance in front of an audience (e.g. an invited dress rehearsal) is considered a performance for royalty purposes.

Exemption details for scenes and monologues for competition.

Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.

FOOTBALL ROMEO:
NICOLA CALABRETTA [F] 44 lines
High school senior
RICK RINDER [M] 34 lines
Her football player boyfriend
MRS. CAVENDISH [F] 50 lines
Drama teacher
DANNY DINNING [M] 28 lines
Also a high school senior
LIVER FOR BREAKFAST:
JANICE [F] 74 lines
Oldest sibling
DAN [M] 67 lines
Middle sibling
FIONA [F] 54 lines
Youngest sibling
PAPER THIN:
Sweetie [M] 48 lines
Hopes that the man they eavesdrop on will finally put his wife in her place.
Punkin [F] 54 lines
Hopes the woman they eavesdrop on will finally stand up to her husband.
WALLS:
JAMES [M] 42 lines
Father
JOAN [F] 35 lines
Mother
JAMIE [M] 32 lines
Son
JANE [F] 50 lines
Daughter
THE FOUR HAGS OF THE APOCALYPSE EAT SALAD AT THEIR GENERAL MEETING:
DEVOUR [F] 44 lines
PURGE [F] 33 lines
STARVE [F] 32 lines
IMAGE [F] 35 lines

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