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One act comedy plays including the award winning comedy "Ruby Of Elsinore", the Roman farce "I, Colitus,"  the much performed two hander "Caught In The Act" and other off beat scripts about modern relationships.

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A collection of five short plays that take place in and around the theater, told from the point of the view of the audience, a writer, an invisible understudy, two characters trapped in a script going nowhere and a couple with conflicting memories of how an audition lead to much more than getting the part.

60 minutes

SHAKESPEARE IN THE WRONG HANDS
 
An evening of five short comedy plays that have fun with some of the most well know Shakespearean  characters in newly created situations.



Moments 

A bittersweet romantic comedy that moves back and forth in time as a couple accidentally reconnect ten years after sharing a passionate but shortlived relationship in this one act play.

2 women
2 men
2 actors
30 minutes


Prince Charming's Complaint

With his three ex-wives providing a running commentary, Prince Charming tries to figue out why marriages to Rapunzel, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty all fell apart.

5 women
1 man
25 minutes

Ruby Of Elsinore

A slovenly and indecisive Hamlet, a marriage bent Ophelia, an oversexed Gertrude, a power hungry Claudius and a revenge seeking Ghost let their hair down to Ruby, Elsinore's hairdresser with attitude in this award winning one act play for three women and three men.

Winner of the All-Ireland One Act Play Competition.

3 Women
3 Men
20 minutes.



I, Colitus

A freewheeling and bawdy farce in rhyme and verse about Julius Caesar,Cleopatra, Marc Anthony, Brutus, Cassius and all those other zanies who ran the Roman Empire... right into the ground by a writer who claims to have been there.

5 males
2 females
Minimum 3 actors to play all other roles.

1 hour

Most recently performed by Shakespeare Orange County, CA starring Robert Hays (Airplane), Brent Spiner (Star Trek, Next Generation), David Denman, (13 Hours), Mercedes Mason (Fear The Walking Dead),, Jamie McShane (Bloodline), Gita Reddy (Zootopia), Patrick Fabian (Better Call Saul), Matt Corboy (The Descendants)and Eve Gordon (Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves)


Caught In The Act

Two characters trapped in a one act play find it difficult to sort out their relationship when their lines keep getting re-written in this popular two person one act.

1 male
1 female
 25 minutes


The Real Problem

In a comedy about love and men, Shakespeare's Juliet gets conflicting advice from "Othello's" Desdemona, “Taming of the Shrew’s” Kate and, finally, just the severed head of Anne Boleyn.

5 women
15 minutes.


Opposites Attract

A comedic look at all the things that make modern romance so much fun including infidelity, emotional masochism, envy, bad sex, letting go and getting caught in this well reviewed one act.

Multiple roles for men and women.
Parts can be double and triple cast

30 minutes.


Bobby's Brain

A deep dive into that black abyss known as the "male brain" to find out why and how men and women relate and more importantly don't relate.

5 Males
4 Females
20+ minutes




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