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Seniors Still Acting Up: Short Comedies

$29.95

Royalty-free, this vibrant collection of 16 short comedies and monologues, with 1-3 actors, is useful, fun, and popular.

SKU: 5449526 Categories: Books of Plays, Books of Plays - When You're On a Budget, Plays, Royalty Free Tags: Comedy, Non Royalty, Non-Royalty, Play Collections, Short Plays
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Royalty-free, this useful collection features short comedies, from 4-6 minutes long, for small casts. It is popular as readings, memorized shows, or in class.

The book includes:

  • A Promise Kept
    3 women
    A trip to Niagara Falls could be just the start.
  • Afternoon Antiquing
    2 women
    A cranky sales clerk deals with a finicky shopper.
  • The Car and the Garage Door
    1 man, 1 woman
    He just wants to read his morning paper. She has to give him bad news.
  • What Emergency?
    1 man, 1 woman
    A husband’s birthday cake leads to much more than a woman bargained for.
  • Two of a Kind
    1 man, 1 woman
    Twin sisters and a long delayed confession.
  • Lend Me Your Ear–Puhleese
    2 women
    Can anyone hear me?
  • Gadgetry
    1 woman
    The do-dads of our modern world can get a woman down.
  • First Time
    2 women
    Mismatched strangers meet on a plane.
  • Lemme See
    1 man, 2 women
    In a restaurant, be careful what you order. Your server may have to ask about it.
  • For Better or Worse–But Not for Lunch
    1 man, 1 woman
    He thinks retirement is time to relax. She thinks it’s time for fun.
  • Doctor’s Office
    2 women
    Right idea, wrong doctor, oddball discussion.
  • Fire
    Coping with a smoke-filled house in a small town.
    1 woman
  • Ladies Who Lunch
    Sustaining life isn’t always delicious.
    3 women
  • Pink
    1 man, 1 woman
    Things are changing at home, beginning with a pink shirt.
  • Good Grief 
    3 women
    Commiseration leads to finding new hope and a new café.
    3 women
  • Storm
    1 man, 1 woman
    Sometimes leaving the past behind is easier said than done.

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The Young at Heartland playwrights, an outreach program of the Heartland Theatre, tours their shows to audiences in the community. The company has grown to 30 members and is so popular that they are often scheduled a year in advance!

 

 

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