One Act Plays
The Teeth of Our Skin
This parody of Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth” juxtaposes timeless themes with the quirky setting of ‘Bikini Dentistry’ — a brothel-turned Hooters-turned dentist office. Dr. Juliette Hope navigates a series of ludicrous challenges as she confronts a metaphorical ‘ice age’ of societal change. Her assistant Sabina serves as a witty, self-aware conduit between…
Read MorePeter Perfect Picked a Peck of Pickled Perfection
Peter Perfect is perfect. So is his partner Poppy Perfect, and so are their friends Pokey Perfect and Pepper Perfect. But when Peter’s daughter Piper brings home her new fiancé Bruce Kerfuffle, things get a little pesky. This play will challenge your audience’s politics and your actors’ pronunciation. Three men. Three women. One set. Click…
Read MoreInsert Laugh Here
“Welcome to The Jungle Room. I’ll be at your service to help you fill your empty life with the fleeting pleasures of alcoholic delusions.” And so begins Insert Laugh Here – a one-act comedy that takes place at a bar where a simpleton named Les has come to drown his sorrows. Along the way to…
Read MoreTrilogy for Two
Marty and Jerry, a writing team whose careers have recently stalled, work on a new script. They improvise scenes to get their creative juices flowing – including: Bad actors performing Hamlet . . . First-timers at a nudist colony . . . Mail that’s never delivered to Buenos Aires, South Africa . . . and…
Read MoreThe Wily Ray Riley
A dark comedy about a beautiful gypsy fortune teller – Ray Riley – whose gifts of foresight are genuine. But the seeress hides her necromancy by acting as a well-trained expert in the workings of the human psyche. The classic tale of discovering the defrauder is turned on its head when a preacher threatens to…
Read MoreThe Flaxen Miss Jackson
Everything has been going right for Simon Barjonas all year long. And it’s driving him crazy. He’s pinpointed the exact moment his good fortune began: When Mary Jackson said to him, “Have a happy New Year.” Simon is compelled to confront Mary about her “inexplicable” gift. But he gets more than he bargained for when…
Read MoreRuns, Drips & Errors
This baseball comedy is set at home plate during a game between the Rockwood Scouts and the Chattahoochee Nads. Leo, the umpire, is mercilessly heckled by songstress Luanne Linder, who opens the proceedings by butchering the Star-Spangled Banner. The catcher, Corky Bristol, is grossing everyone out with his stinky feet. And the batter, Goo-Goo Dawkins,…
Read MoreRheumatoid Floyd
This is Jay’s spoof of Orson Welles’ classic movie Citizen Kane. Charles Foster Floyd utters his last word “Rosebud” and falls to the floor. Enter Bradford Thompson, a reporter, who immediately begins to write Floyd’s obituary. But, as Floyd lies there dying, he doesn’t like what he hears Thompson write. So, he wills himself to…
Read MorePlumber’s Butt
Vicki is a bohemian hot mess who has endured a lifetime of nagging health issues – from acute sinusitis to acid reflux to fibromyalgia and everything in between. Then, one day, she calls for a plumber to fix her leaky sink. When he arrives and bends over to go to work, she sees his butt…
Read MoreIt Happened at Kings Island
Hannah and Fritz meet at Kings Island amusement park, and their chemistry is immediate and palpable. That is, until she breaks down, and Fritz realizes that Hannah is an animatronic exhibit, part of one of the park’s attractions. Barbara, a park maintenance worker, comes to fix Hannah, and is dismayed that Fritz thought she was…
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