Ten-Minute Theatre
By David S. Raine.
Product Code: T17000
Collection
Comedy | Drama
Cast size: 2 to 4m., 4 to 18w.
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Synopsis
Attic Treasure (1m., 2w.): Three siblings search through their deceased father's attic, per the instructions in his will. What they find is more than they ever expected. Carpool (4w.): Four nurses are on their way to work when they come upon the scene of an accident. A man is bleeding out, but without gloves or medical equipment, an agonizing decision must be made. Crosswords (1m., 1w., 1 either gender.): A nervous father-to-be paces around the hospital waiting room. A chance meeting with a woman working on her crossword puzzle helps to calm him down. Cuttin’ Line (2m., 4w.): A family perishes together in a car accident and now find themselves in line for a residence in the afterlife. Should they stay in line until a place opens up, or take a second shot at life? Insight (2w.): Janice has been taking care of her blind sister, Becky, ever since their mother died nine years ago. Becky has regained her sight due to an experimental surgery, but now the sisters must learn to let go of each other. The Tooth Hurts (1m., 1w. [1w. non-speaking role.]): The tooth fairy attempts to train her replacement, but Leon isn't catching on very quickly. Writer Left (4w.): A writer is terrified to realize that one of her characters has come to life and started writing their own story.
Notes
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Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Collection
- Product Code T17000
- Minimum Cast Size 6
- Pages of Dialogue 52
- Min. Royalty Rate $90.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 70 min
- Staging Bare stage w/props.
Categories
- Target Audience High School | College and Adult
- Performing Group High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre
- Genre Comedy | Drama
- ISBN(13) 9780871294319
Customer Reviews
We have done this show twice in the past five to ten years. It is so fun!
My cast of 13 (11F, 2M) absolutely loved this play. There were many different levels of ability across the cast, allowing the veterans to be challenged yet step up into leadership roles. It also allowed me to dive deep into my role as acting coach. Each student improved by miles after this show was complete.
The Tooth Hurts is a well written comedy suitable for all ages. It is simple in terms of set, costumes and properties. It is easy to direct, and our audience laughed heartily at it. Well written!!
We produced most of the plays in the script. We found all the plays enjoyable. It was just the right mix of comedy and drama. Each play was well constructed. It was hard to believe the same author wrote all of them because they could stand so well on their own.
The Tooth Hurts: A witty one-act that was very well received by our audiences. The students had a great time with the silly characters.
The Tooth Hurts was really amusing to direct. As the first show I've directed, it was nice to have such clear and defined characters, yet [the author] allows room to personalize it. I loved how it played to "all-age" audiences and was enjoyable for everyone, yet simple enough that there was room to work on character development.
The Tooth Hurts: This is a hilarious play that cracks up the audience Ñ a great way to start or end an evening of one-act plays.
Cuttin' Line: This is a great comedy that grabs the audience's attention from the opening line of, "We're dead!" It is easy to stage and easy to rehearse Ñ even the small parts are great ones!
I used Ten Minute Theatre for ensemble experience in the lobby during intermission. Students with little acting experience were able to perform instead of losing all roles to the experienced actors in the featured play production.
We performed "Car Pool," "Cuttin' Line," and "Insight." The audience loved the mixture of comedy and drama, of fantasy and realism. Simple sets and costumes allowed the audience to concentrate on the language of the characters.
The Tooth Hurts: Immense fun for all. Excellent bookend piece to "Lessons in Fear" (contained in Plays in Ten by the same author).
Writer Left: With such a twist, even Rod Serling would be proud of "Writer-Left."
Crosswords: A warm, inspiring, touching story of strength of the human spirit.
The Tooth Hurts: I thoroughly enjoyed directing this piece. It was extremely well received at the theatre where it was produced. It is a wonderful piece of comedy for any audience.
Good roles for beginning actors, and an excellent vehicle to teach blocking and timing.
Performed it todayÑthe audience responded especially well toTooth Hurts and Cuttin' Line. Spectators got the point of Writer Left and we thought it was very Matrix-like!
Hints, Tips, and Tricks
The Tooth Hurts: It is absolutely hilarious if Mavis is played as a grouchy old woman (after all, she is on the verge of retirement).
Crosswords: We did this as theatre in the roundÑa very personal approach to a very personal message.
We did it for dinner theater. We did four ten-minute plays and interspaced with talent acts from our parish. It went over very well.
Insight: Easily staged arena style.
Cuttin' Line: We produce our plays in the round, and this is an excellent play for this.
We used simple set pieces that worked with most of the scripts. We used suggestion rather than complete sets. Two door frames were easily moved and helped set each individual play's time and place.
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