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Perplexing Polar Problems

$5.00 – $35.00Price range: $5.00 through $35.00

Problems in Santa’s Polar Kingdom have everyone in a titter! A short and easy play that you can pull together quickly.

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SKU: N/A Categories: Plays, Readers Theatre Tags: 10 Minute Play, Christmas, Comedy, Readers Theatre, Short Plays
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Jack Coberly
10 minute comedy
3 men, 3 women, 2 either

About the play: The solution to Santa’s production and labor problems arrives by way of the Brothers Grimm. Toy-making has restarted but the cure comes with some zany side effects.

About the playwright: A retired high school principal, Coberly began writing comedy at age 80 for older adults using Readers Theatre. Nine years later, he has now written many shows designed to accommodate those with impaired physical abilities and he enjoys performing.

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playwright

Jack Coberly

genre

Comedy, Holiday & Christmas

run time

10 Minutes

men

4

women

3

royalty

$15 per performance

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Perusal Script – Digital, Perusal Script – Hard Copy, Production Script – License to Copy, Production Script – Hard Copy, Classroom Script – License to Copy, Royalty per Performance, Streaming License

cast-size

8

theme

Bureaucracy, Christmas, Fractured Fable, On the Job

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