Ten-Minute Plays

1. Comedies
2. Dramas

Comedies

Play	Characters	Description
Aftershocks	2f, 1m	Three people try to survive the after effects of an earthquake and a love triangle.
Embodied	3f or m	Explorers find something unexpected and insidious on the surface of an unexplored planet.
Hit and Run	3f	A woman runs into her ex-husband’s mistress at the grocery store.
It’s the Little Things That Get You	2f or m	Taylor wrestles with pesky power chords.
Ladies’ Night Out	3f, 1m	Three ladies of a certain age have a night out.
Pink Slipped	1f, 2m, flexible	Things aren’t going so well in the Viking world, forcing warrior ships to downsize.
The Clip	1f, 1m	A couple finds a surprising video on their new video camera from a thrift store.
The Date	1m, 1f, flexible	Brett tries to impress Jessica on their first date by taking her to the zoo.
The Duel	3f, 2m	Penny must marry in this melodramatic spit-take.
The Fast Track	2f, 3m, flexible	Billy arrives in Limbo and joins the line for death. While he is looking forward to the afterlife, others are not quite ready.
The Insured	2f, 1m, flexible	A couple tries desperately to buy health insurance.
The Levy	1f, 1m, flexible	Steve visits the Department of Personal Property Tax.
The List	1f, 2m	Three felines discuss relationships and each other’s “list.”
The Rabbits of Valdez	2f, 2m, 2f or m, flexible, extras	The rabbits of Valdez, AK, deal with the spring.
The Sleepover	3f, 1m	Three young women exercise their power at a slumber party.
Trademark	2f, 1m	Bob must go to court to defend his name.
Twilight Nutcracker	2f	Flo says good-bye to her old friend, Edie.
Without a Paddle	1f, 3m	Rafters wash up on shore where they face the elements, fear, and monsters.

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Dramas

Play	Characters	Description
Ask	1f, 1m	Williams, a college professor, questions Alex about her behavior.
Drenched	1f, 1m	A couple gets caught in a rainstorm.
Dressing in the Dark	3f	A daughter deals with her mother’s dementia when the lights go out in a department store.
Prerogative	1f, 1m	A couple stands at a crossroads.
Raiders	3f	Jan and Danica try to steal a tribal artifact and are met by a strange character.
Tea and Socrates	1f, 1m, flexible	Lee and Beatrice debate philosophy and paradoxes over tea.
The Bird and the Bear	2f	A woman’s solace is interrupted by a neighbor.
The Cave	2f, 1m	A couple finds refuge and more in a cave after one is injured and meets a mysterious resident.
The Graduate	1f, 1m	Kayla hides in the park during her college graduation party.
The Skeptic	1f, 1m, flexible	A religious woman is witnessed to by an atheist at her door.
The Storm	2f, 1m, flexible	Two friends are hiking when they get caught in a red lightning storm.
The Tent	2f, 1m, flexible	A mother searches for her missing daughter with the help of an officer and fellow parent. When do you stop searching?
The Wishing Well	2f, 1m, flexible	Two women make wishes at a well and get more than they bargained for.
Up There	2f or m	DREW and JORDAN hike down a steep mountain to the river’s edge and realize what comes down must go back up.
Visitation	2f, 1f or m	Melissa is a new volunteer mentor who spends time with Journie, an incarcerated young woman, during visiting hours at her local juvenile detention center.