A Christmas Carol

Every man has the power to do good.

When Scrooge’s nephew Fred returns letters Scrooge had written to his sister Fan long ago the past is unlocked, and Scrooge learns how his fear of poverty and pursuit of wealth cost him a chance for love and genuine happiness.

Two Act Drama, 25+ 15M, 10W, Multiple Sets, 120 minutes

NOTE A SHORTER LARGE-CAST ADAPTATION RUNNING 100 MINUTES IS AVAILABLE FROM THE CHRISTMAS CAROL PAGE. FOLLOW THE MORE INFORMATION LINK FOR THE SHORTER VERSION.

Under the Mistletoe

Not every romantic evening goes as planned.

Two couples in their late fifties, one long-time friends and the other having just met, try to navigate the tricky road of love, sex, and desire while spending a romantic night in the Christmas themed suites at the Prairie Dog Inn.

Two Act Romantic Comedy, 1M, 1W, Single Set, 120 minutes

What the Dickens!

Even Scrooge got a second chance.

When Marty Fisher gets caught kissing his stage manager Samantha and the actor playing Scrooge shows up drunk Marty has to scramble to save the opening night production of A Christmas Carol and his engagement to his fiancee Tami.

Two Act Comedy, 6M, 3F, Multiple Sets, 120 Minutes

A Christmas Carol – for a Cast of Ten +

Every man has the power to do good.

When Scrooge’s nephew Fred returns letters Scrooge had written to his sister Fan long ago the past is unlocked, and Scrooge learns how his fear of poverty and pursuit of wealth cost him a chance for love and genuine happiness.

Two Act Drama, 10+ 6M, 4W, Multiple Sets, 120 minutes

This script is almost identical to the large cast version but the production style allows for a smaller cast.

NOTE A SHORTER SMALL-CAST ADAPTATION RUNNING 100 MINUTES IS AVAILABLE FROM THE CHRISTMAS CAROL PAGE. FOLLOW THE MORE INFORMATION LINK FOR THE SHORTER VERSION.

Heart of Stone: A Jessica Quinn Mystery

Trusting the wrong person can be deadly.

When Jessica Quinn uncovers the truth about her father’s killer and the truth behind a woman claiming to be the long-lost daughter of Mary McConnell more than one person ends up dead.

Two Act Mystery, 7M, 3 W, Multiple Set, 120 minutes

Masquerade

Every marriage bed has its cast of characters.

Sarah loves her Saturday afternoons with her lover Jerry, but when her husband Glenn finds out about the affair and threatens to kill Jerry – Sarah has to make a choice. Which wouldn’t be so strange – except for the fact – that Glenn and Jerry are the same man.

One Act Comedy, 1M, 1W, Single Set, 80 Minutes

Stories from Langford

Every town has its secrets.

Six characters from Langford tell stories from their lives: stories about, jealousy, revenge, love, and forgiveness.

Two Act Drama, 1M, 1W, Single Set, 120 Minutes

NOTE: Language Warning & Adult Themes

Phantom of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Everyone’s a critic!

Failed playwright Leo Green kidnaps his ex-wife theatre critic Scarlet Osgood and rival playwright Morgan Brown and holds them at gunpoint just so he can prove to Scarlet how much he loves her and why his new play, The Phantom of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, deserves a Broadway production.

One Act Comedy, 2M, 1W, Single Set, 50 Minutes

The Candy Cane Suite

Every love story can get a little off track.

Harvey Swanson and Nancy Potter have been friends for years and have decided to try and make their friendship a romantic one. Unfortunately, Harvey is still struggling to get over the death of his wife and feels guilty about being with another woman. Will Nancy and Harvey become lovers or will Harvey’s reluctance to let go of the past end their friendship?

One Act Comedy, 1M, 1W, Single Set, 60 Minutes

The Gingerbread Suite

Who doesn’t believe in love at first sight.

Mike Riley has had a run of bad luck. He’s unemployed, divorced, and living in his brother’s basement. It isn’t until he meets Claire McKenzie and the two spend a romantic night together that his luck begins to change. Now, on Christmas Eve determined to change his life Mike hopes to make his relationship with Claire more than a one-night stand.

One Act Comedy, 1M, 1W, Single Set, 60 Minutes

Death and the Psychiatrist

Even Death could use a friend.

Feeling depressed about having a job where no one likes him, Death goes into therapy with Dr. Thompson in order to help him cope with his guilt.

One Act Comedy, 3M, or 2M, 1W, Single Set, 50 Minutes

500 bucks and a pack of smokes

How much is your life worth?

Calling off a hit he put out on himself because he mistakenly thought he was dying proves to be more difficult than Donny had expected.

One Act Comedy, 3+ 2M, 1W, Multiple Sets, 60 Minutes

Perfect Match

Every relationship has a glitch or two.

When Sarah Quan invites her old boyfriend Christopher Conner over for dinner and old feelings are reignited her glitchy robotic companion Leo becomes jealous and decides to keep Sarah and Christopher apart by any means necessary.

One Act Comedy, 2M, 2W, Single Set, 25 Minutes

QUOTA

You should have read the brochure.

When Dave Dixon finds himself facing jail time for being unemployed, left-handed, and trafficking in sugar he’s forced to make a moral choice between naming names and protecting himself.

One Act Comedy, 2M, 1W, Single Set, 27 Minutes

They Killed Roscoe

Til death us do part.

Ever since Betty’s husband Sammy recovered from a near-fatal heart attack she has been planning his funeral and looking forward to the day she can bury him.

One Act Dramedy, 1M, 1W, Single Set, 14 Minutes

Heap of Trouble!

You don’t always know the whole story.

On a hot summer day during the last week of June 1933, nine-year-old Emily has run off after getting into a fistfight. Her older brother Charlie has been sent to find her and bring her home.  

One Act Drama, 1M, 1W, Single Set, 12 Minutes

Ho, Ho, Ho!

Sometimes even Santa ends up on the naughty list.

When Kris Kringle makes a guest appearance on the Dick Corey show he gets accused by one crazed member of the audience of making hamburger out of Rudolph and planning to take over the world.  

One Act Comedy, 4M, 3W, Single Set, 15 Minutes

Back Roads

People do crazy things.

Mitch just wants to get drunk with his friends, roast marshmallows, and burn every copy of, The Story of Langford: A Century of Progress, the book he was commissioned to write by the mayor.

Dramatic Monologue 1M, Single Set, 16 Minutes

Smile for the Camera

Not everyone knows how to forgive.

Simone is busy getting things ready for her parent’s 50th wedding anniversary while she talks about Debbie Fisher and how much the two of them hated each other and how she caught her father cheating at the Green Gables Motel when she was sixteen and how that forever changed the relationship between her and her father.

Dramatic Monologue 1F, Single Set, 22 Minutes

Ain’t Nothing Better Than Fried Chicken

Sometimes bad things happen.

Earl is eating fried chicken and potato salad, on a hot summer day, in the park, while remembering, how twenty years ago, all that trouble started and people ended up getting killed.

Dramatic Monologue 1M, Single Set, 18 Minutes

Bad Habits

Sometimes we end up where we started.

On a hot summer day during the Harvest Festival Carol is packing a picnic basket and talking about wanting to leave Langford when she was growing up and having to come back years later to look after her sick mother.

Dramatic Monologue 1F, Single Set, 22 Minutes

Dandelions for Becky

You write the story of your life by the choices you make.

Trent Bowers is painting his fence and talking about the first summer he and his wife Tammy moved into the old neighborhood and how every Sunday morning they’d wake up and find a dandelion bouquet wrapped in a white ribbon on the bottom step of their front porch.

Dramatic Monologue 1M, Single Set, 22 Minutes

Never Give Up

Every mother thinks their kid’s got talent.

Even though he’s an awful playwright Nigel Davenport is determined to one day win the Short Cuts Playwriting Festival and make his mother proud.

Ten Minute Comedy, 2M, or 1M, 1W, Single Set, 10 Minutes

Elvis is Dead

Saving the world takes time.

Time travellers Dr. Fred Bunson and Commander Robert Frump have travelled back in time to retrieve a lost book and save the universe but when things don’t go as planned librarian Sally Knowlton comes to the rescue.

Ten Minute Comedy, 2M, 1W, Single Set, 10 Minutes

Valentine’s Day

True love lasts forever.

On Tom’s first Valentine’s without his wife Heather he relives the day they met fifty years ago and fell in love.

Ten Minute Drama, 2M, 2W Single Set, 10 Minutes

Written in Stone: The Story of the Ten Commandments

You think your boss has anger issues?

When Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are tasked with writing the Ten Commandments we discover how Lucifer ended up in hell and man was given a soul.

Ten Minute Comedy, 4M, Single Set, 10 Minutes

The Blood of a Thousand Chickens

What would you sacrifice for your people?

It’s tough being a dad – just ask Oedipus who murdered his father and married his mother and now has to save his Kingdom from starvation by offering the Gods a blood sacrifice which could include the life of his own son.

Ten Minute Comedy, 4+, 4M, 1W, Single Set, 10 Minutes

A Lumberjack, a Eunuch, and a Pope

Each man lives many lives.

Mr. Kensington has died without learning the true meaning of life and must plead his case for another chance or be returned to earth as a slug.

Ten Minute Comedy, 1M, 1W, Single Set, 10 Minutes

Cinderella

Every Girl Wants Options.

As a male writer works on a traditional telling of Cinderella his Cinderella has some very different ideas about how the story should be told.

Ten Minute Comedy, 1M, 1W, Single Set, 10 Minutes

Family Secrets

Being yourself is never easy.

Amy’s father suspects that Amy is about to announce to the family that she’s gay and that’s okay with him, but when Amy tells him she’s straight and an atheist he has trouble accepting the truth.  

Ten Minute Comedy, 2M, 3W, Single Set, 10 Minutes