There are many 10-minute play scripts available online. It doesn't last long, but its power can stand your hair on end.” The natural time constraint imposed by the form has in no way limited the power of the genreon the contrary, it enhances it, forcing playwrights to get the story moving quickly and keep dramatic action tight, encouraging actors to showcase their talents by playing multiple roles, and allowing audiences to enjoy a broad spectrum of theatre in one sittinga theatre buffet, so to speak.Ī popular anthology of 10-minute plays describes the genre this way: “A ten-minute play is a streak of theatrical lightning. Many of the most prominent playwrights of the modern Theatre have tried their hand at the ten-minute play, including David Mamet, Christopher Durang, Craig Lucas, Tony Kushner, David Ives, August Wilson, and many others. They are a legitimate form of theatre that has proven highly popular with audiences around the world. GLORIA 1: So time to celebrate THEY ALL TAKE ANOTHER DRAG OF THEIR CIGARETTES. What began there as a quirky exercise in “Polaroid playwriting” has since evolved into nothing short of a theatrical phenomenonan exciting and powerful new format that has altered the theatrical landscape with its possibilities. GLORIA 1: This jerk reckons that I can’t go one minute. Free reads for plays - full length and one acts Playscripts offers popular tiles and hidden gems for your theatre, school, and competition performances. Harvey Smiles, the hero, comes to the rescue of his sweetheart. Comedies, dramas, scenes for actors, monologues, and more. Mellow is a kidnapping drama play, where Grimeface Evilslime kidnaps Poppysweet Daisychain. Simply Scripts - Links to hundreds of free, downloadable scripts. Script Archive at Theatre History - Includes full length, one act, 10 minute plays, and monologues. Although Pierre Loving published a book of "ten minute plays" in 1923 (this anthology included pieces by such notable playwrights as Arthur Schnitzler, Ferenc Molnar and August Strindberg), the “official debut” of the 10-minute play as a genre is usually traced back to the Actors Theatre of Louisville’s 1977 Humana Festival of New American Plays. Project Gutenberg One Act Plays - Short plays that takes place in one act or scene.