2007: The Best Ten-Minute Plays for 3 or More Actors (Contemporary Playwrights)

These terrific and richly varied collections of plays were either produced during the 2006 theatrical season or written expressly for these volumes. Some are by well-known playwrights, but most are from new voices in the theater. Also, most of these plays feature characters who are 35 or younger, which we know will appeal to both acting students looking for plays to work on in class and young actors looking for plays to do in showcases.

A partial list includes:

BLUEBEARD (1M, 2W). George Freek
A BOY A BAT A BALL (3M). Melanie Marnich
BRIGHT, APPLE, CRUSH (2M, 1W). Steven Christopher Yockey
CHARM (2M, 1W). Frederick Stroppel
THE GREAT HELMSMAN (2M, 1W). David Henry Hwang
HEALING(3W). Guy Frederick Glass
IS HOPE DEAD? (2M, 1W) Joe Applegate
THE MAN WHO SHOT SANTA CLAUS (2M, 1W). Carl L. Williams
ONE NIGHT AT YOUR LOCAL SUPERSTORE (2M, 1W). Jenny Lyn Bader
PAST LIVES (1M, 2W). Jenny Lyn Bader
THE PERFECT PROPOSAL (1 M., 2 W) Laura E. Cotton
PLAYTHINGS (2M, 1W) Mark Saunders
SURPRISE (1M, 2F). Mark Harvey Levine
TABLE FOR THREE (2M, 1W). Carl Williams
THIRD WHEEL (1 M., 2 W). Monica Flory
WHO S ON FAUST (3M). Mark Saunders
WORKS IN PROGRESS (3W). Sylvia Reed
THE GIRL S LAST BIG MISTAKE (2M, 2W). Diana Amsterdam
KICKASS LIBRARIAN (2M, 2W) Jason Wilkins
LAUNDROMAT(2M, 2W) Nora Chau
THE NAKED PEOPLE PLAY (2M, 2W. Stacey Lane
RECOGNITION (2M, 2W). William Borden
THE THIRD FIRST BLIND DOUBLE DATE (2M, 2W). Jenny Lynn Bader
EARLY DISMISSAL (5W or 1M, 4W). Vanessa David
THE CAKE WOMEN (1M, 4W). Kevin Six
IF, WHEN, AND ONLY (2M, 3W). Maryann Lesert
THE LONG ARM (4 M, 1W). Estep Nagy
MAGICIAN BEN vs. the WIZARD MERLIN (3M, 3F). Michael Lew
MODEL HOME (2M, 3W). Stephanie Hutchinson
RAIN OF RUIN (3M, 3W). Elaine Romero