Ten Minute Plays and Scenes

Royalty free.  We ask only that you contact us with your plans to produce.

Theater Words offers royalty free plays and scenes, plays for women, plays for Black actors, African American plays, plays with gay themes, ten minutes plays, scenes, plays for children, plays for small theater groups, created by the Performing Arts Department of The Shipley School.

The Ketchup Bottle. A ten minute play for two people.  Our most popular piece.  This work has been produced by schools and theater groups around the world.  The Ketchup Bottle is an ideal selection for theater competitions and for students learning American English..

Is It Me . A ten minute piece for two young women.  Two women in a waiting room competing for the same job: one is a bit more clever than the other.

Production by MisFit, Bangalore, India

_The Tie.  A short play for two young men.   This work is intended to introduce the male actor to difficult emotional situations.  The Tie was the starting point for our full scale work "When Lilacs Last."

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Oreos and Noserings.  A short piece for four players.  Four classmates at lunch comment on a girl at a nearby table.