![]() Was a bit disheartened that I didn't get more out of this. ![]() I mean, you could make a safe guess it was written by and about white people and it was set in New York.Īll in all, most of these have not aged super well. All the works on this site were created by the Performing Arts Department of The Shipl. Theater Words specializes in works for women, students and small theater groups. Free Ten minute plays and scenes, Theater Words offers royalty free plays and scenes. I give props that there are a wide variety of genres represented - there's surrealism, monologues, comedies, dramas, horror, ensemble chanting you never knew what was coming next. Four classmates at lunch comment on a girl at a nearby table. Listen, I love the Big Apple as much as the next gal, but there's only so many little inside jokes about the Bronx or the East River one can take. Like, at least 50% of shows referenced NYC as the location, even though most of the time the location was not central to the stories. This work was published in 1997 it's not like playwrights of color weren't around! And the subject matter/ settings were hyper-focused on New York. The playwrights whose works were included here had the diversity of a ream of printing paper, and there's no reason for that. ) Hole (Drama, this 10-minute Appalachian mining cave-in play was published in The. Its a 10 minute play great for high schools or colleges / universities.) The Proposal (Drama, this Jane Austen Era short play was published in 2006: The Best Ten-Minute Plays for 2 Actors. I read through this looking for duo scenes for the improv show I co-produce called "OffBook." While there were some definite gems in the mix, I have to say I was pretty unimpressed by the lack of racial diversity. La Mouche (Stephens favorite of his one-acts with silly French waiters.
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