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Waning Crescent Moon
2 Male, 1 Female
What mysteries are held in the moon? In the great beyond? This play is an engrossing coming-of-age story about two teenage boys who want out of their lives Hal, wants to escape an abusive…
Wanted - Dead or Alive
1 Male, 2 Female
W. J. Wallace a/k/a “Eddie Adams,” was an outlaw famous for shooting policemen. He was, legend has it, betrayed by his girlfriend Megal Mulhaney He died in a shoot out in Wichita. His…
Warts and All
3 Male, 3 Female
Poor Homer Shrugg, a certified angel has granted him one wish. So many things to choose from, and he just knows he’ll end up learning some moral when all is said and done And just as he’d suspected,…
Ways and Means
5 Male, 4 Female
In a bedroom in Mrs. Lloyd Ransome’s fabulous villa on the Cote d’Azur are heiress Stella Cartwright and her husband, a gambler, in this one act comedy They are plagued by debts and their prolonged…
We Were Dancing
5 Male, 3 Female
In this one act comedy, single Karl and married Louise grow sentimental while waltzing and fall desperately in love When Louise’s stodgy husband finds them kissing, she must ask her new lover his…
Welcome to the Moon and Other Plays
In THE RED COAT, a teenage boy in the Bronx lays in wait outside a party for a girl he hardly knows. His mission, which he accomplishes with touching if halting effectiveness, is to tell her that he loves…
What Did You Say ‘What’ For’?
1 Male, 1 Female
This hilarious dialogue between two lost souls was first performed at Jose Quintero’s Director’s Seminars in 1958 and then Off Broadway. It is considered the first absurdist drama written or…
What the Doctor Ordered
1 Male, 1 Female
When Susan wants George to try their new psychiatrist’s techniques of transcendental oneness, marital chaos is the result. This superb duet is full of twists and turns, clever wit, and interesting accents.…
What’d Ya Do Today Billy Joe?
3 Male, 2 Female
It is 1966 in a small Southern town, and Billy Joe Tyler, a nine-year-old black boy, is preparing to go to an all-white school in the morning Despite a white minister’s assurance that he will walk…
What’s New at the Zoo?
3 Male, 3 Female
Here’s a joyful little fable that pokes gentle and hilarious fun at the human condition Manfred Sparrowhill, a young zoologist who lives near a jungle forest, manages to turn a clever…
What’s for Pudding?
2 Male, 2 Female
Jack and Mary are preparing themselves for yet another stultifyingly boring night in, when the doorbell rings unexpectedly What follows is a series of anarchic comic revelations, as we meet their friends…
When Altars Burn
0 Male, 4 Female
A study of four generations, marked by finely drawn characterizations.A child is caught in the conflict between her mother and grandmother, and the crisis is precipitated by her revelation of a long concealed…
When God Comes for Breakfast You Don’t Burn the Toast
2 Male, 1 Female
What do you do when “The Almighty” drops in for a casual breakfast? When Harry and Beatrice Katzman are faced with this, the commonplace and the totally unexpected come together in a flurry…
When Men Are Scarce
0 Male, 6 Female
Three career girls who share an apartment make an agreement that one night a week two must clear out leaving the third one free to cook dinner for her boy friend Maudie doesn’t have a boy friend…
When Men Reduce As Women
5 Male, 0 Female
Just imagine what happens when men gather and talk like women about their efforts to lose weight. Cecil is engaged to Natalie who abhors stout men, so she insists on placing Cecil on a rigid diet After…
When Queens Ride By - A Contest Selection
1 Male, 1 Female
Arranged from Agnes Sligh Turnbull’s story, this ia a compelling reading for 1 or 2 women, detailing a woman’s overwhelming compassion for a lost soul. A popular reading of profound meaning…
When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet
0 Male, 6 Female
Imagine the fun when six of Shakespeare’s heroines get together to discuss the universal topic — love. That’s what happens in this thirty-minute playlet Juliet has just fallen in love…
When You’re by Yourself - You’re Alone
4 Male, 0 Female
William, an eccentric recluse, has a unique problem. The building he lives in is being torn down. The contract with the landlord states the tenants’ lives must end with the building’s destruction…
When the Fire Dies
1 Male, 4 Female
A thoughtful, expressive scene of the southwest Indian, in which an “Americanized” Indian girl goes back to her family abode during school vacation She looks contemptuously on the old Indian…
Whence
1 Male, 1 Female
This award winning, cerebral play is set in the future but is very much for our time Driven underground by the “greenhouse” effect on the atmosphere, two people eke out an existence in a wary…
Where Are You Going Hollis Jay?
1 Male, 1 Female
College freshmen meet and she succeeds in getting him to ask her out. In this one act comedy, we hear what he thinks as well as what he says and there’s a great difference between the two Then the…
Where Have All the Lightning Bugs Gone?
1 Male, 1 Female
Written by a college playwriting instructor, this nostalgic play captures the almost unspeakably poignant wonder of love. It is popular with high school, college and community theatres A boy and girl meet…
While Shakespeare Slept
1 Male, 9 Female
William Shakespeare, a budding playwright, decides to give up his career and settle down to a good steady job as a stable hand His employer, Mistress Ford, assures him he’s made a wise move,…
