Ten-Minute Plays
Stage Partners is home to exciting new 10-minute plays. Whether you are a student-director, or producer putting on an evening of short plays, this collection features some of the most exciting playwrights working in theatre today.
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Baby Yoga
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 7 actors (7F)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
Some mothers always seem to have it all together, and others... not so much. When Chaos Mom and Chaos Baby arrive in a community yoga class for babies and mothers, all pretenses and expectations of what motherhood should be quickly fall apart. Baby Yoga is a hilarious ode to all those moms who are just trying to get through the day. This play is part of the short play collection Ten(ish... -
Some Assembly Required
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 3 actors (suggested casting: 1F, 1M, 1 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
While attempting to assemble a dresser from a certain Swedish furniture company, a long-married couple inadvertently activate a plot to end the world. Some Assembly Required is a comedy for all those who have battled unintelligible instructions. This play is part of the short play collection Ten(ish): Comedies. -
The Cosplay
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 5-11+ (suggested cast: 5 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
A trio from a fantasy land play a role-playing game set in the equally magical realm of New Jersey. This play is part of the short play collection Quest! and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection. -
A Talkback
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 6 actors (6 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
Once in a while, after the actors have taken their final bows, the audience of a play is given the opportunity to interact with an actual, living playwright. But talkbacks don't always go as planned, and sometimes a writer can face difficult questions, and hungry theatregoers that demand more than the playwright is willing to give. A Talkback is a comedy about the absurdity of facing your aud... -
The Job Interview
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 3 actors (suggested casting: 2F, 1M)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
Interviewing for a new job is never easy. It's especially awful when you're called in to interview alongside your competition. It's even more anxiety-inducing when the job you are interviewing for has been known to demolish the spirits of those who have worked there - at a certain establishment that specializes in the construction of stuffed animals. This play is part of the short play collection... -
The Power of the Elves
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 4-7 actors (suggested cast size: 4 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
Elves seem to have it all together - but lost in the woods, it becomes clear Lemondil may have been exaggerating about a few key things... This play is part of the short play collection Quest! and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection. -
The Wizards of Northwick
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 3-10 actors (suggested cast: 5 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
Epic journeys involve a lot of long walks...unless you're a wizard. Then magical montages are the only way to travel...unless something goes wrong. This play is part of the short play collection Quest! and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection. -
The Three Thieves
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 3 actors (3 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
A riddle causes three thieves to turn on each other in the final room in a dungeon…but the treasure may not be what it seems. This play is part of the short play collection Quest! and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection. -
Santa's Old Friend
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 5 actors (suggested casting: 2M, 3 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
When Santa gets overwhelmed, he calls in reinforcements...creepy reinforcements. This play is part of the short play collection Holly, Jolly, & Extra Folly and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection. -
Oy, Oy, Oy, Merry Christmas!
Length: 10 minutesCast Size: 2 actors (1F, 1M)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
A Jewish woman learns her grandfather's surprising holiday secret. This play is part of the short play collection Holly, Jolly, & Extra Folly and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection.
