If you have any questions, contact the playwright, Stephen Bittrich. This gets you thinking about how sound and dialogue work together. Now, pick one sound at random and write it as the first line of your script. This page features students from schools around the country who have posted their productions on youtube! If a sound you hear makes you think of another sound, stick it on your map. A brief history of the 10-minute play genre and list of scripts available online.
Some of the finest include: Purchase 10-Minute Play Anthology or 10-Minute Play Anthology: Volume II. Requirements of a 10-Minute Play Stick to 10-minutes. There are many 10-minute play scripts available online. The winner of each trick leads on the next. If no spades are played, the highest card wins of the suit that was played first. So even if someone plays the Ace of diamonds, and I play the 2 of spades, I win that trick if no other spades are played. To see the plays in action, check out the videos page. Below, youll learn how to write a 10-minute play and tips for starting out. If someone plays a spade, that spade trumps all other cards EXCEPT for higher spades. You can read all of these plays for free! (Though a licensing agreement must be made, and a royalty is due if you choose to perform them.)Īll types of theatrical genres are available – from comedy ( La Mouche and Corybungus), drama ( Hole), period pieces ( The Proposal), suspense, supernatural (check out the Twilight Zone-like Jubilation, Mississippi). 10- MInute Comedies and Dramas with Small Casts. How to submit a script for the 2024 10-Minute Play Festival. Non-traditional casting is encouraged in these plays, and many of them lend themselves easily to this practice. Ten Minute Plays for Male and Female Actors.
Welcome! This is the place to find the best and funniest short plays for high schools and/or colleges and universities! These one-acts and 10-minutes plays have been performed all over the United States (from Texas to California to New York) and all over the world (in places like Japan, Malaysia, Dubai, and South Africa).