Description
Curated by Kate Katcher
Edited by Bonnie L. Vorenberg
This collection brings together 11 lively short plays written especially for older actors. Each script runs about ten minutes, and showcases older characters as active, witty, and fully engaged with life. They are bold, spirited people with stories worth telling. From laugh-out-loud comedy to poignant moments of connection, these plays highlight the humor, resilience, and vibrancy of later life.
Perfect for Senior Theatre groups, acting classes, or community productions, the collection offers roles that are fun to perform and resonate with audiences of all ages. Whether you’re looking for material to perform, teach, or simply enjoy, these plays affirm that age is no barrier to adventure, laughter, or meaningful drama.
- The tastefully written plays from the Still Crazy After All These Years Festival take the high road of humor lifting spirits as we laugh at ourselves and enjoy being who we are in our senior years. John Boccuzzi, Sr., Friends of Newtown Seniors, Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging, Newtown Commission on Aging
- In this refreshing anthology, passions are vibrant, emotions bubble with excitement, and relevance prevails making timeless and meaningful theatre. John Bonanni, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular
- The Still Crazy After All These Years plays are engaging, funny and authentic. They speak directly to people of a certain age with abundant humanity that touches adults in every stage of life. Bravo. Martin Blanco, Flagpole Radio Cafe, Newtown, CT
All plays run approximately 10 minutes.
Table of Contents
Backfire by David Lee White
1 man, 1 woman
It’s the morning after their high school reunion in this comedy about a long overdue hook-up. Is it the fulfillment of a couple’s life-long dream or a case of mistaken identity?
Let’s Make a Deal by Scott Mullen
1 man, 2 women
In this tender comedy about wanting more, a woman brings an unusual object to the Antiques Roadshow for appraisal: her husband.
Blue Sky with Approaching Storm by Kate Katcher
2 men, 2 women
A painting in a gallery leads to a showdown between a wealthy man, his wife and her first lover, the artist. As with a clear, blue sky, you don’t always see what’s coming.
The Reunion by Ken Levine
2 men
A chance encounter on a New York street brings together a bored businessman and the friend who has waited fifty years to return a crayon.
Second Career by Ellen Margolis
1 man, 1 woman
An obsessive businesswoman jumps into retirement with a vengeance making a mission of returning defective items for people who don’t have the time.
Splitting Hares by Brett Hursey
1 man, 2 women
A psychiatrist tries to help an empty-nester couple when the husband starts dressing like a rabbit.
Prepper’s Nightmare by Rex McGregor
1 man, 1 woman
An American man is building an underground bunker in New Zealand prepping for the end of the world. Here to talk him out of it is a down-to-earth sheep-herder. But who sent her?
Mistranslations by Jack Rushton
1 man, 1 woman
A magical device helps a couple communicate better, but is better communication what they really want?
Action and Reaction by Joël Doty
1 man, 1 woman
This harrowing drama involves the moments after a couple has witnessed a violent crime. Their differing reactions to the event lead to a moment of reckoning in a previously stable marriage.
Something Old Something New by Margie Semilof
1 man, 1 woman
A woman seeking to jazz things up in the bedroom challenges her husband’s sense of adventure.
Shelley Berman’s “No Soap!” by Bob Canning
2 men, 3 women
Based on Shelley Berman’s legendary “Little Soaps,” and adapted with permission by Bob Canning, a masterclass in comedic escalation! A mundane hotel complaint explodes into a full-blown soap opera — literally.
