10-minute plays

10-minutes & super short plays

 

Morning at the Bakery

An artist’s gotta art, as they say. And Ricki, a genius with dough, has a secret passion for writing plays. But her fellow French bakers need her attention on the patisseries, not on the page, and she must choose which to focus on if she’s going to get through the morning at the bakery.

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Pretzel’s Funeral

Willow comes home to attend the funeral of her mother’s cat, Pretzel, who lived to a robust 32 years of age. A researcher, she’s devoted her career to understanding cats, but lately things have gotten a little out of control. She’ll need to ward off the nosy relatives if she wants to help her mother say a proper good-bye to Pretzel.

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Immersive Training

You know those bosses who are just So Involved? Well this one’s got a special project that needs to be done ASAP, and the clock keeps ticking. How is it almost 4pm already? Gotta make the deadline, gotta get through the day, gotta . . . DING! TIME’S UP! Welcome to our new immersive training program.

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A Battle of Whisps

Nothing will wake the Senator - nothing. Not even her nosy spouse who so desperately wants her to share her dreams with him. She’s stuck in some sort of fantasy battle, and he’s stuck with the banalities of domestic life.

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This Isn’t a Good Play So Don’t Demand Your Money Back Because I Already Warned You

 
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Pirates, pirates, tea, and pirates. This isn’t a very good play.


Catamount Out!

A very big cat has escaped its cage at the zoo. So come on, people run!

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Mr. Brixley

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A man in a hat demands to be let in to a house, but a man in a robe really doesn’t want to let him. Who is this mysterious Mr. Brixley the hat man so desperately wants to find?


The Staircase

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The bust of former American philosopher and educational reformer John Dewey really wants to be freed. But a little museum goer has ideas of her own…


Waitin’ By the Skin Tree

Why are the Devil and a Man waitin’ by the skin tree? Who called them here? God forbid a woman! And why the heck did she hang a skin on this tree, anyway?

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The Bathtub Play

All Sam would like is to perform her bathtub play, which a play she performs in the bathtub. It requires peace and quiet and a glass of wine. But my goodness, why does everyone seem to need her right now.

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The Jelly Jam

Marmalade sales have skyrocketed overnight! There are riots in the streets! Fear spreads like jam on toast. Which side will you choose?

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