• Old Folks Rock: A Celebra…

    $7.50$85.00

    Flexible casting

    85 minutes

    Three plays that celebrate old folks! They can be performed singly or all together.
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  • Writing Plays for Senior …

    $15.00$20.00

    How to write plays

    for older actors

    Discover how to craft the shows that older actors love to perform and audiences love to watch.
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  • Navy Bean Soup

    $5.00$35.00

    1 man, 1 woman, 1 voice

    10 minute comedy

    In this hilarious comedy, inspired by a PBS show, the broadcast of the sophisticated "Madame DuJour Men’s Gourmet Cooking Show" is seriously sidetracked by the guest host, a sloppy and overweight retired Navy cook.
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  • Funding Your Senior Theatre

    $15.00

    Diverse funding sources

    brings theatre to life

    Recently updated! Use these successful techniques to create stable and sustainable funding for your Senior Theatre.
  • Signals

    $5.00$35.00

    2 men, 2 women

    10 minute comedy

    When an online encounter leads to a blind date, two widows plot an escape strategy just in case. Only to have the romance turn the tables on them.
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  • Makeup for Older Actors: …

    $10.00

    Makeup made easy

    Tips for older performers

    When Senior Theatre performers use makeup, they bring characters to life! Learn new techniques, products, and tools for a flawless application from a professional film/television/stage makeup artist.  
  • The Bug Hunters

    $5.00$35.00

    cast of 5

    10 minute comedy

    The Fox sisters outfox two men pretending to be from the State Health Board.
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  • Home for the Holidays

    $5.00$35.00

    cast of 5

    30 minute comedy

    Popular playwright, Bob Naquin is back with a holiday treat! A homeless person reminds us that what's inside a person is more important than outward appearances.    
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  • When Irish Cows are Smiling

    $7.50$55.00 Sale!

    2 men, 1 woman, plus audience participants

    80+ minute comedy

    With all of its wit, charm and laughter, this is a knee-slapping performance. Set in March 1872, five months since the Great Chicago Fire, this MOO-morial pays tribute to Mrs. O’Leary’s cow.
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  • Romance Senior Style: Boy…

    $7.50$35.00

    3 men, 2 women

    33-40 minute comedy

    Take a seniors' singles cruise and discover if nice guys really finish first, or if the ‘bad boy’ wins the girl. The second play in the "Romance Senior Style" series.
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  • Mike ‘Hard As’ Nails …

    $5.00$35.00

    1 man, 2 women

    15 minute comedy

    Mike puts his own stamp on the stolen mink of Ms. Suzette Swank. The second  in the “Mike ‘Hard as’ Nails Series.”
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  • Mrs. Claus

    $3.00$35.00

    1 woman

    5 minute comedy

    In this hilarious monologue, Mabel Claus describes the trials and tribulations of being married to the world’s most famous man for 541 years. A true Christmas gem!
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  • Senior Theatre Online Mad…

    $15.00$20.00

    A great way to perform!

    Not just during a pandemic

    Learn how to adapt classes and performances to online as you learn and have fun!
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  • Old Hams

    $7.50$95.00

    4 men, 6 women

    2 hour comedy

    Actors, Musicians and Singers need to pull off their best performance yet. Otherwise, their unique retirement home may be sold and turned into a mall.
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  • Second Career

    $5.00$35.00

    1 man, 1 woman

    10 minute comedy

    Diane is now retired and ready to take on the world. Her mission: to be an advocate for disgruntled customers.
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  • Alienation of Affection

    $5.00$35.00

    cast of 11

    30 minute play

    A very fun courtroom situation about a cat, arguing neighbors, a wacky bailiff, and a secret romance between the judge and a lawyer. Can it be actually true?  
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  • Finding Gladys

    $7.50$95.00

    4 men, 5 women, 1 either

    Two act, 90 minute

    Gladys dreams of being a celebrity. To fulfill her fantasy, she enters her play in a national contest only to find herself head over heels in comedic trouble. Audiences love this show!
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  • The Pie Ladies Make Bail

    $7.50$35.00

    1 man, 9 women

    35 minute comedy

    The Pie Ladies make bail, but now they owe a lot of money. The second in The Pie Ladies Series.
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  • The Complaint Department

    $5.00$35.00

    3 either

    10 minute comedy

    When a man returns a thermometer to the department store, confusion abounds! This is hilarious stuff!
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  • Did You Hear About the Ne…

    $5.00$35.00

    2 men, 2 women

    30 minute comedy

    Ro and Ilene snoop and eavesdrop on Ilene’s new neighbor, Max, thinking that he works for the CIA, has murdered his wife, and has buried her in his backyard!
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  • Make Money Producing Week…

    $49.95

    Weekday luncheon theatre

    is a viable business!

    This easy-to-read 'How To' manual guides you through every step of establishing your own weekday luncheon theatre business.
  • Love in 4/4 Time

    $7.50$45.00

    2 men, 2 women

    40 minute play

    Two couples, confronted by the reality of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, forge ahead into life's undefined future with humor and honesty.
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  • Not Kate or Leo

    $5.00$35.00

    1 man, 1 woman

    10 minute drama

    Isidor and Ida Straus lost their lives prematurely on the deck of The Titanic, but their love, arguments, and an additional consolation survive the wave.
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  • Jus’ Tus

    $5.00$35.00

    1 man, 1 woman

    10 minute murder mystery

    Mystery surrounds the death of Nell's husband and Sheriff Wally is suspicious. Nell has some doubts of her own.
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  • Connecting Baby Boomers t…

    $10.00

    Give boomers a voice

    Put them on stage

    Once Baby Boomers are attracted to your Community Theatre, it will never be the same!
  • Feeble Fables: L’il…

    $5.00$35.00

    1 man, 2 women, 1 either

    10 minutes

    L'il Red Riding Hood has gotten older and wiser. And in this version, the Big Bad Wolf meets his match.
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  • At the Border

    $5.00$35.00

    3 men, 3 women, 3 either

    25 minute comedy

    The Pettiburg Town Hall spans the Canadian-US border and has two mayors in an ongoing feud. International relations are rarely this hilarious.
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  • Living Large

    $5.00$35.00

    4 women

    10 minute comedy

    Peg knows that she has to make changes if she's going to make it financially. So, she changes her name, gives up her apartment, and moves into a Holiday Inn!
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  • New Plays for Mature Acto…

    $24.95

    2 men, 1 woman

    15 minute comedy

    When Mr. Levine takes over Mr. Abrams’ kosher butcher shop, he needs to learn how ’things are done’ here. A nice play with a lot of good feelings!  
  • On Purpose

    $5.00$35.00

    3 either

    10 minutes

    The old concession stand on the beach is going to be torn down. So the longtime proprietor gathers with a seagull friend to say goodbye.
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  • ‘Twas the Night

    $3.00$35.00

    1 man, 1 woman

    5 minute comedy

    The tree is a mess and now all is wrecked, but thanks to his strategy, their Noel is perfect.
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  • Heart to Heart

    $5.00$35.00

    cast of 3

    10 minute comedy

    A wife, a widow, and one heart romp through a hospital’s halls in this quirky, crazy comedy with some “heart-to-heart” revelations.
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  • The Quibbles Radio Shows

    $7.50$50.00

    flexible cast

    10, 5 minute sketches

    The Quibbles Radio Shows is a collection of 10 comedy sketches, reminiscent of old time radio shows, featuring a delightfully quarrelsome couple in skirmishes of everyday life!
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  • The Perils of Carmen Geditt

    $7.50$55.00

    cast of 11

    50 minute melodrama

    The usual melodrama hero and heroine come up against the evil villain, but all with modern twists that lead to a lot of hisses and boos!
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  • Carol Burnett Sketch Coll…

    $26.95

    Up to 6 characters in 4 sketches

    3-5 minutes

    Carol Burnett, one of the most brilliant comediennes, presents two movie parodies and two comedy sketches. No Royalty!
  • Out to Lunch

    $5.00$35.00

    4 women, 1 either, with optional chorus of 7 either

    15 minute comedy

    Lunch with friends has become complicated. This play is part of the collection, Cuckoos in Cahoots at the Villa Estates
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  • Pauline Cushman: Union Spy

    $5.00$35.00

    4 men, 2 women, 6 either

    15 minute play

    This true, but little-known story is the tale of a brave woman who helped the Union Army win the Civil War. She was a legend!
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  • Something Old, Something New

    $5.00$35.00

    1 man, 1 woman

    10 minute comedy

    Beverly wants to spice up her marriage. What will her traditional husband think when he sees the sex toy she ordered?
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  • Thief!

    $7.50$45.00

    2 men, 2 women

    42 minute comedy

    Three older folk respond to a late-night robber with poetry not cops. Included in "Old Folks Rock: A Celebration of Vitality."
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  • Housekeeper Wanted

    $5.00$35.00

    1 man, 4 women

    15 minute comedy

    Convinced they need to help Dad, two sisters hire matronly Bea to be his housekeeper. His plans are much more fun.
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  • Griddle Cakes

    $5.00$35.00 Sale!

    2 women

    10 minute comedy

    Two aging sisters debate the merits of answering the telephone, global warming, and attending the annual wildflower walk.
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  • The Thingamajig

    $5.00$35.00

    1 man, 2 women

    10 minute comedy

    Two older sales clerks at a thrift store are puzzled by a box of donated materials, unaware of their use, including the one they call the "Thingamajig."
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  • The Day They Kidnapped Blanche

    $24.95

    2 men, 3 women, 1 either

    30 minute comedy

    Ann Pugh & Katy Dacus 30 minute comedy 2 men, 3 women, 1 either When residents in area nursing homes start disappearing, the FBI takes notice. Blanche Sherwin lands the role of a lifetime when federal agent Steven Devon asks her to go undercover to gather evidence. Click below to purchase the collection, New Plays for Mature Actors.
  • Introduction to Readers T…

    $19.95

    A complete guide to

    bring Readers Theatre to life

    This complete guide makes readers theatre come alive! Learn how to use Readers Theatre in class or on stage with poetry, stories, and plays in simple theatrical staging.