2010 The Best 10-Minute Plays (Contemporary Playwrights Series)

Again this year, Smith and Kraus combined its two annual ten-minute play books into this one volume, divided into two sections: Plays for Two Actors and Plays for Three or More Actors. Now, you can get the best ten-minute plays produced during the 2009 2010 theatrical season all in one book!



In this volume you will find a plethora of ten-minute plays, culled from hundreds received. All have been produced successfully. Some have even won awards. These plays are written in a wide variety of styles. Some are realistic, some are not. Some are comic (laughs); some are dramatic (no laughs).



There are a few plays in this book by playwrights who are fairly well-known, such as Don Nigro, Carson Kreitzer, Elaine Romero, Bridgette A. Wimberly, Richard Vetere and P. J. Gibson; but most are by terrific new writers you never heard of, playwrights destined without a doubt to become far better known when their full-length plays get produced by major theatres. And you read their work first here!



Plays for Two Actors

Plays for One Man and One Woman

Goat by Don Nigro

Gunning for Life by William Borden

High Speed Disconnect by Chris Widney

Jesse by P. J. Gibson

Labor Day Weekend by Jon Spano

Ladybug Gonna Getcha by Cara Lee Corthron

A Modest Proposal by Steve Koppman

Mrs. Jansen Isn t Here Now by Steven Korbar

Public Relations by Andrew Biss

Rainbow Sprinkles by Stacey Lane

The Rental by Mark Harvey Levine

Revolutions by Elaine Romero

Rightsized by Kate McCamy

Self Phone by Brendon Etter

Smile by Nina Mansfield

Steve by Liz Bartucci

Use Unknown by Ali Walton

Wish You Were Here by Claudia Haas


Plays for Two Women

Hedge by Jerrod Bogard

Parental Consent by S. D. Graubert

The Pickle Lady by Sharyn Rothstein

Rally by Bridgette A. Wimberly

Saguaro by Philip Dawkins

The Shore by Daniel Talbott

Worse Things by Mona Mansour



Plays for Two Men

Canadian Tuxedo by Nicole Panolfo

His Daddy by Cori Thomas

Ron Swoboda s Wish by Anna Ziegler


Plays for Three or More Actors

The Attractive Women on the Train (2M 2F) by P. Seth Bauer

The Bedmaker s Revenge (1M 2F) by Bekah Brunstetter

Bollywood (2 M 2F) by R. D. Murphy

Carwash; or In This Town, You Are What You Drive (2M 2F) by Stephanie Hutchinson

The Cooking King (2M 1F) by Sharon E. Cooper

Driving Green (2M 1F) by Martin Blank

The End of a Perfect Game (4M) by Jay Rehak

For Our Mothers and Fathers (3F) by Crystal Skillman

The Godot Variations (3M or more) by Meron Langsner

Hands of Horror (2M 1F) by Ann Marie Healy

His Last Fight (2M 1F) by Jacqueline Goldfinger

L. A. 8 AM (1M 1F, + 2 M or F) by Mark Harvey Levine

Let s Not Talk About Men (2M 6F) by Carla Cantrelle

Meatball Hero (2M 1F) by Richard Vetere

Odysseus Swims for It (1M 2F) by Joshua H. Cohen

Off the Map (2M 1F) by Rich Orloff

Parachute Silk (1M 2F) by Carson Kreitzer

Post Wave Spectacular (4F) by Diana Grisanti

Pussy (2M 1F) by Laura Jacqmin

Small Portions (2M 1F) by Quinn D. Eli

Spirit Sex (2M 1F) by Desi Moreno-Penson

Table for Four (2M 2F) by Steven Korbar

Whack-a-Mole (1M 2F plus 4 M or F) by Beth Lein