Playwright
Matthew Salazar-Thompson
The Call Girl of Vassar
3 M /2-3 F
10 minutes
In the genre of film noir, Jack Moran, private detective, gets a visit by a poor sap named Larry Scrabbleton, a lonely door-to-door magic salesman. Whenever Larry gets an urge for some academic conversation he contacts a local literary madame, Lady Lemon and she sends over a brainy call girl to discuss 19th century comparative literature. Now he's being blackmailed and he needs Moran's help. The hard-nosed detective is on the case as he attempts to bust open a brothel of bright and brainy women in the intellectual sting of the century!
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Don't Play Games With Me
2M / 3F / 1 Either
10 minutes
This short comedy is set during a group therapy session for board game fanatics. There is an English professor who plays Scrabble in Latin. Then there’s the housewife who doesn’t recycle the pieces of paper she uses in Pictionary. Finally, there’s the married woman who fears that she is falling in love with the way another man plays Monopoly.
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The Holdiay Icon Monologues
3M
10 minutes
In three comical monologues, we learn a little more about the heart and soul of our favorite holiday icons. The Easter Bunny gives a commencement speech at Kosher College during which he shares with the graduating class that he is renouncing his iconic status and shall now be known as the Passover Rabbi! In our second monologue, Mr. Turkey gives a harrowing narration to Vegetarian Monthly Magazine about his escape from the Thanksgiving dinner table. Our third monologue finds Sergeant Elf speaking to the crowd of new Elfin recruits as they prepare for the Holiday Season. This ten-minute short is sure to have your audience rolling in the aisles any time of the year.
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The Holiday Icon Monologues Part II
3M
10 minutes
Your favorite holiday icons are back to share some of their most memorable stories! First, Frosty the Snowman is the ultimate TV pitchman as he sells the all-purpose Kitchen Companion! Next up is a stout little Irish man who wants to be an actor, as he recites a monologue from the world's most famous play: Leprechaun and Juliet. Shakespeare is combined with Irish sensibilities in this hilarious parody on auditioning. And finally, we spend some time with the Tooth Fairy, who happens to be from New York. This former sanitation worker, now Tooth Fairy, explains the ins and outs of cuspids and incisors in this very 'filling' monologue!
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It's the Holidays!
1M / 1F
10 minutes
Sparky and Joy are two Christmas elves on a blind date. Through their funny interactions and direct addresses to the audience we discover their true affections for one another. By play's end they both realize that love is in the air and that, hey, it's the holidays!
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The Lamentable Tragedy of King Henry the V... Wheel
4M / 4F
10 minutes
King Henry V is having brunch with his friends Romeo and Juliet, when Hamlet and Ophelia just happen to show up and join them. Soon they are joined by William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway who were out shopping for a second best bed. The married couples discuss marriage, divorce, kids and how Hamlet has re-roofed the minaret at their castle and cleaned up the dungeon as a game room. Henry, who is feeling like an outsider to the three couples attempts to fit in but finds himself lost until the waitress, Hermia, sits down and finds that there might be a connection between the two. It's a laugh a minute in this funny take on some of Shakespeare's classic characters!
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My Big Fat Greek Divorce (co-written with Ted Reis)
1M / 5-6 F
10 minutes
There's trouble in Mount Olympus! The queen of the Greek Gods, Hera, has filed for divorce from her husband, Zeus. The whole court case gets complicated when the 1940's film noir version of Medusa shows up to tell her side of the story. Only the bubbly Valley Girl known as Aphrodite can show our couple the true meaning of love.
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Next Stop!
1M / 1F
10 minutes
Denise and Ian attempt to read each others' minds as they romantically probe one another in this heightened romance set in the New York subway.
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Nobody's Perfect
1M / 1F
10 minutes
Donna and Reed are on a blind date. As the two strangers attempt to explore each other's personality, their idiosyncrasies become more and more glaring. During the verbal intercourse, we the audience hear each individual's thoughts through asides as both the good and the ugly appear. In the end, both Donna and Reed ask the question: 'How much am I willing to put up with in a relationship?' They'll both find out that nobody's perfect!
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Return to Sender
2M
10 minutes
Wilbur is the post office's latest employee-of-the-month, but the strain of the holidays begins to take its toll when a customer hits Wilbur's last nerve and he takes out his frustration in a very unique way.
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The Smell of Success
1M / 1 Either
10 minutes
A frustrated author sits at his typewriter attempting to create his next best seller. There’s only one problem: he has no lead character! With only two weeks left to deliver, the author frantically searches the far reaches of his creativity in a desperate attempt to develop the perfect character. As the author types, his creations come alive as the “character” acts each of them out, from a handsome lifeguard to a teenage girl on a cell phone! When all seems lost, our author invents a classic comedic solution, one that smells of sweet success!
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Taking Flight
1M / 1F
10 minutes
Johanna is a long- time business executive on her third tech conference to Hawaii. The trouble is,; she's never gotten to experience all the wonderful tropical amenities that the islands have to offer... until she meets The Big Kahuna! After an unexpected job offer from the competition, our uptight, stressed -out business executive finds a little inner peace all while mixing business with fun!
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Tough as Nails
3F
10 minutes
Tara, an overachieving young go-getter, is getting raked over the coals by the C.E.O. of one of the world’s largest ad agencies. Determined to make an impression, she shows the boss what she’s made of during her interview. Just when she thinks she’s landed the job, a twist of fate reveals that it might take a bit of creativity to land this highly touted position!
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Writer's Block
5-6 Either
10 minutes
The host of Writer's Block is George Bernard Shaw. His co-host is the morose Edgar Allan Poe. Before a live studio audience, the two chat with intriguing guests William Shakespeare, Aeschylus and Moliere. All is in perfect harmony until George Lucas pops on the program and shows us the true side of "reality."
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Zebra Visions
3M
10 minutes
Three historical inmates attempt to solidify their reasoning to their captures.