VIKING VAMPIRES by Jerry Rabushka

Type: Full Length Play

Genres: Comedy, Parody

Running Time: 90 minutes

Speaking Cast: 11 females, 5 males, 11 either, 27 total cast

Flexibility: 0-10 extras, doubling possible, gender flexible

Who doesn't love a good vampire flick? And who doesn't love their electronic gadgets? Put them both into one play and you get two obsessions for the price of one! The hit TV show Viking Vampires follows the love story of Torger and Hallvor-they live and love eternally! In 'real life,' a high school student named Erica decides to share that same eternal love with Roderick, a classmate who's barely interested enough to look up from his computer screen. And when he does, he notices her best friend! Throw in a cooking show where poor taste rules, a wacky family picnic, and an internet cafe where speaking out loud is virtually forbidden, and you've got a comedy to 'obsess' your cast, crew and audience!

FAST FOOD SHAKESPEARE by Burton Bumgarner

Type: One Act Play

Genre: Comedy

Running Time: 45 minutes

Speaking Cast: 6 females, 3 males, 18 either, 27 total cast

Flexibility: doubling possible, gender flexible

Bobby's Burger Boutique is a fast food joint with sanitation issues. Susie has tried to keep her family's restaurant in business in spite of horrible food and all kinds of bugs. Just before the health inspector arrives for an inspection, a pest control man accidentally uses lemonade instead of bug spray... and the bugs love it! Added to the chaos are four out of work actors who want to perform excerpts from Shakespeare, a spoiled brat, the owner of an exotic pet store and his two Peruvian gutter rats named Elvis and Priscilla, and a variety of unsuspecting customers. Pandemonium reigns as Shakespeare meets really bad food.

SPOILER ALERT by Bradley Hayward

Type: One Act Play

Genres: Comedy, Fairy Tales

Running Time: 30 minutes

Speaking Cast: 3 females, 2 males, 5 total cast

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. When a loud mouth in the front row gives away the shocking conclusion to this story, the rest of the audience begins to question their motives. Is it better to know how a story ends or experience each surprise as it comes? As this debate wages on, Jack and Jill suddenly realize they have wasted their entire lives fetching water. While Jack considers climbing a beanstalk, Jill ponders what her life would be like on the other side of the footlights. How this story turns out is anybody's guess. Spoiler alert: it's not how you'd expect!

BOTTLED UP by Bradley Hayward

Type: Ten Minute Duet

Genres: Comedy, Farce

Running Time: 10 minutes

Speaking Cast: 2 either, 2 total cast

Flexibility: gender flexible

When a depressed man opens a bottle of Coca-Cola, he uncorks an exuberant genie who is hopped up on sugar and caffeine. This genie would love to grant him three wishes, but that becomes difficult when he realizes that he has no clue what he wants.

FLOWERS FROM OUR FATHER by Carl L. Williams

Type: Ten Minute Duet

Genres: Drama, Award-winning Plays

Running Time: 10 minutes

Speaking Cast: 2 females, 2 total cast

Two sisters clash following the memorial service for their father. The younger sister's love for their father makes her resent the emotional remoteness of the estranged older sister. In the aftermath of their loss, they struggle to overcome the breakdown in their relationship and reach a measure of reconciliation.

LAID OFF by Lauren Tunnell

Type: Ten Minute Skits & Play

Genre: Comedy

Running Time: 10 minutes

Speaking Cast: 2 females, 2 males, 4 total cast

Flexibility: gender flexible

In these difficult economic times, everyone is making cuts, and that includes playwrights. The four actors in this play portray lines from the play that are facing the threat of layoffs as the script undergoes revision.

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